Rotary Club of Melbourne
 

Meeting No 5057 in the Club’s 104th year  

Highlights in this bulletin include: 

• This Week's Evening Meeting
• Upcoming Meetings & Events
• Last Week's Meeting
• Reflection
• Member News
• Club News
• District News
• Environmental News

This Week's Meeting - 6 November 24

Guest Speaker Dr Peter Larkins, Specialist Sport & Exercise Physician, Author

Topic: ‘Exercise is the Key to High Performance in Life’

Time/Date Wednesday 6 November 24 @ 12.30pm-2.00pm

Venue No35 Sofitel Melbourne on Collins also Online via Zoom

Price Lunch $62 via Zoom $10

Information and Bookings:  https://events.humanitix.com/rotary-melbourne-6-nov-24       

Upcoming Meetings & Events Calendar 
      

There is something we need in these planned events. YOU!  We need more members to participate and enjoy these fellowship opportunities.  

Wednesday 13 November Evening@Carlton

Kindness in Healthcare in conversation with Bronwyn Shipway, Head of Donor Engagement, Eastern Health Foundation 

Information and Bookings:  https://events.humanitix.com/rotary-evening-13-nov-kindness

Wednesday 20 November Lunch@No35

Vocational Service Award 2024

Information & Bookings: https://events.humanitix.com/rotary-melb-20-nov

Wednesday 27 November Lunch@No35

Guest Speaker Dennis Shore, Trustee, The Rotary Foundation

Information & Bookings: https://events.humanitix.com/rotary-melb-27-nov

Last Week's Meeting

The Rotary Melbourne meeting on Wednesday 30 October 24 the guest speaker was Tammy Medard, Managing Director of Institutional Australia and PNG for ANZ.         

Reflection

Thank you to Barbara Yerondais for the reflection on Wednesday 30 October 24.            

Member News

PP Robert Fisher - Well, October is over and – thanks to you, my wonderful 36 supporters – we have raised $5,327 for the End Polio campaign. With the Gates Foundation’s generous x 2 matching, this becomes $15,981. So from the bottom of my heart, thank you.
District 9800 Rotary Walk with Us to end Polio 2024
https://www.rotarywalkwithus.org/s/528/616/e

Longer serving members will be saddened by the news of the passing of Ian Dakin a former member of the club and brother to Past President Peter Dakin.  Ian died at Cabrini Hospital on 22 October after a long illness.  He was 88.       

The sad news of the unexpected death of Dr Sianna Panagiotopoulos, was advised at last week's meeting. She was an esteemed Medical Researcher with Austin Health, a former member of the Club who had remained active in the Balwyn Group. Details of a service for Sianna follow.       

Club News 

At this week’s meeting President Catherine on behalf of Past President Chris and his Board made the presentation of the Forth Bridge Award to Richard Parker & MAHAH Team.        

The Smith Family Raffle 2024 was drawn by Past President Mary Barry before the Rotary Melbourne lunch on Wednesday 30 October 24.

The prize was a $2,000 cycling equipment voucher from My Ride Collingwood supporting the Smith Family's Learning for Life Program for families needing support to fund the education of their children.                    

Fantastic! 🎉 Mission accomplished! Proud to partner with Rotary Club of Greater Marikina Valley and @rawcs_rotary_australia on a meaningful project at Jose F. Diaz Memorial National High School in the Philippines!          

Wednesday 13 November Evening@Carlton

Venue: Skin Health Institute level 1/80 Drummond St, Carlton

Kindness in Healthcare in conversation with Bronwyn Shipway, Head of Donor Engagement, Eastern Health Foundation 

Topic: 'Kindness in Healthcare'

Date/Time6.00 -7.30pm Wed 13 Nov 2024

Cost $35 (Beer, Wine and Soft drinks and light finger food)

Information and Bookings:  https://events.humanitix.com/rotary-evening-13-nov-kindness.      

Rotary members and friends might be interested in attending the Macedon Writers Festival. It has some great speakers including; Bob Brown, Bruce Pascoe (Dark Emu), Geena Chick (Alone), Paul Bangay, Annie Smithers and many more. There are also events for children and an art class so it has something for everyone.
Also there will be several performances of the Ash Wednesday play (about the fires at Mt Macedon) which was sold out when it last was performed in 2022. Shane Jacobson (Kenny) and Pia Miranda (Looking for Alibrandi) are in this. Click HERE for more info.

District News

On this important day, Rotary Melbourne is proud to highlight @ausrotaryhealth ’s life-changing research!        

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 Chairman's Message and articles on successful medical cases for June 2024 please click on this link

Environmental News

Garden DesignFest  will be held on the weekend of 16 & 17 November 2024 and gardens will open 10am to 5pm.  To find our more click HERE.

On Duty: Philip Endersbee (MC), Ruth Carlos Martinez (Reflection), Gerald Ashman (Photography), Trevor Nink (Raffle), Bob Glindemann (Reception).

Member Anniversaries: Kelton Dennis (22 - TODAY!), Peter Manger (40), Iqbal Reta (16), Amanda Wendt (7).

 Member Birthdays this week: Manoel Felipe Marques, Kevin Sheehan, Hugh Taylor.

Visitors & Guests at Meeting 30 October 2024 

Club Guests: Tammy Medard (Speaker), Shirl Brown, Anna Simms.

Visiting Rotarians: David Fernee (Packenham).

Visitors: Mamun Haque,  Duncan Harris & Alberto Balbo (Peter Rogers & Stephen Rando), Getrude Matshe (Peter Berg), Richard Miller (Branko Panich), Dominic Puglisi (Visitor), Ned Talic (Visitor - Chris Sotiropoulos), Junseoak Yang & Daniel Leong (Stanley Ho)

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