Meeting No 5052 in the Club’s 104th year
Highlights in this bulletin include:
- This Week's Meeting
- Upcoming Meetings & Events
- Last Week's Meeting
- Reflection
- Member News
- Club News
- District News
This Week's Meeting - 2 October 24
Guest Speaker: Mark Brooke, Chief Executive Officer, Lung Foundation Australia
Date/Time Wednesday 2 October 24 @ 12.30 for 12.50 – 2.00pm
Venue No35 Restaurant Sofitel Hotel on Collins also Online via Zoom
Price Lunch $62 +online via Zoom $10
Information and Bookings: https://events.humanitix.com/rotary-melb-2-oct
Upcoming Meetings & Events Calendar
Wednesday 16 October 24 Lunch@No35
Dr Katie Allen, Prof. Fellow, Murdoch Children's Research Institute &
Professor Colin McLeod, Executive Director of the Melbourne Entrepreneurial Centre (MEC)
Information and Bookings: https://events.humanitix.com/rotary-melb-16-oct
Wednesday 9 October 24 Evening@TBD
Wednesday 16 October 24 Lunch@No35
Wednesday 23 October 24 Lunch@No35 End Polio Day Murray Verso & Shirley Glance OAM
Wednesday 30 October 24 Lunch@No35 Tammy Medard, ANZ, Managing Director, Institutional Australia & PNG
Wednesday 6 November 24 Lunch@No35 Dr Peter Larkins, Specialist Sport & Exercise Physician, Author
Last Week's Meeting
Last Week's Meeting 25 September 2024
The Rotary Melbourne meeting on Wednesday 25 September 24 the guest speakers were Stephen McBurney, head of AFL Umpiring & Adrian Anderson, Vice President of the Melbourne Cricket Club, former General Manager Operations of the AFL.
Reflection
Reflection by Barbara Yerondais 25 September 24
Thank you to Barbara Yerondais for last week's reflection.
Member News
Look who supported the Lions this weekend Sophie & Deb
Walk With Us to end Polio 2024 - Update #1
Support PP Robert Fisher - He is already over half way to his target fundraising of $5,000 - $2,901 thanks to all those who have supported him so far.
District 9800 Rotary Walk with Us to end Polio 2024
https://www.rotarywalkwithus.org/s/528/616/e
Club News
Harmony Amongst Australian based South Soudanese Communities
Between Thursday 13th and Saturday 15th September 2024, 30 emerging leaders of South Soudanese immigrant communities in Canberra, New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria and Western Australia were hosted by the University of Melbourne Initiative for Peace in a 3-day residential program to develop their skills in Peace Leadership. Rotary Melbourne funded the program from annual funding of Welfare of the Young Committee initiatives supported by the Peter Mackay Bequest.
Rotary Peace Bells Project
Rob McGuirk the Project leader of the Peace Bells project advised the meeting that he was very pleased and also very relieved to confirm that the bells were now installed in Rotary Peace Park just in time for the UN International Day of Peace on 21st September.
Regional Pacific Conference on Disinformation - Brisbane
At the Rotary Melbourne meeting on Wednesday 18 September 24 Damian Cardona Onses, Director of the United Nations Information Centre in Canberra recommended Rotary members may be interested in attending the Disinfo Pacific, Regional Conference on Disinformation, Australia, New Zealand and The Pacific, 11-12 November 2024, Brisbane.
District News
Rotary Oceania Medical Aid for Children Newsletter September 24
ROMAC provides surgical treatment for children in Australia and New Zealand from developing countries from our Pacific Region in the form of Life Giving and/or dignity restoring surgery not accessible to them in their home country.
If you would like to read the latest ROMAC article on Taisha's Journey please click on this Link
On Duty: Peter Dakin (MC), Robert Fisher (Reflection), Bill Pickett (Photography), Stephen Mandie (Raffle), Vacant (Reception).
Member Anniversaries: John Shaw (28), Barbara Yerondais (14).
 Member Birthdays this week: Rob Helme, Stephen Mandie.
Visitors & Guests at Meeting 25 September 2024
Club Guests: Stephen McBurney & Adrian Anderson (Speakers).
Visiting Rotarians: Antonio & Santiago Parsons (Buenos Aires), David Fernee (Packenham).
Guests of Rotarians: Jane deGit (Catherine Baxter), Alex & Di Dakin, Peter & Ian Hammet (Peter Dakin), Nushan Anguru & Annabelle Tresise (Bernie McIntosh), Anthony Austin (John Saunders), Nick Bennett & James Manger (Peter Manger), Ranjan Tirimanne (Suresh Marcandan).
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