The Malvern Group enjoyed a wonderful early “Christmas” meeting at the Kooyong Lawn Tennis Club on Monday 29th November.
President Reg Smith is pleased to announce that the Rotary Melbourne Pandemic Health Management Protocol has been approved by the Board in an endeavour to provide a trusted environment for the conduct of fellowship events and committee business.
Garry Higgins OAM, President of the Rotary Club of Maryborough spoke at the November Rotary Safe Families Champions meeting on Rotary Maryborough’s ‘SayNo2familyviolence’ campaign.
Wednesday 8th December – Evening Meeting @ Online only via ZOOM
Guest Speaker Dr Kate Robb, Founding Director and Head of Research at the Marine Mammal Foundation,
Time 17.50 for 18.00 – 19.00pm
Venue ZOOM online - No Charge
Bookings https://events.humanitix.com/rotary-melb-evening-meeting-8dec
President Reg, his wife Sue and Peter Berg at the weekend visited Claire Moore the recipient of the inaugural 2020-21 Environmental Sustainability Award to present Claire with the Award Citation.
Congratulations to Jenny Taing and Rohan Sheehy who welcomed a baby girl on Tuesday 16 November named Giselle (Gigi), weighing in at 3.7 kg and 51cm in length. Mother and daughter arrived home on Saturday 20 Nov and all are settling in well.
Jenny hopes you are well and looks forward to catching up soon.
Members maybe interested to read a recent article in The Age on 24 November 2021, written by Katina Curtis on the above subject. Our Watch chief executive Patty Kinnersly, says plans to tackle violence against women have focused too strongly on individual behaviours and not stopping perpetrators. Click here to view the article.
Dr Tania Miletic, Assistant Director, Peacebuilding Initiative at the University of Melbourne, was presented with a Paul Harris Fellow which is based upon the contribution of individual members and deserving members of the community who practice the Rotary motto - “Service above Self” at last week's meeting on 24 November 2021.
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Wednesday 1st December – @No35 Sofitel & Online via ZOOM – Lunch Meeting
Guest Speaker Andrew Mahar, Entrepreneur & Honorary Consul for Timor Leste
Topic ‘The Importance of Social Enterprises in Developing Economies’
Venue No35 Sofitel & ZOOM online
BOOKINGS ESSENTIAL CATERING PURPOSES - HYBRID MEETING IN PERSON & ONLINE
Registration https://events.humanitix.com/rotarymelbmeeting-1dec
Each week at our lunches a volunteer brings along a bottle of wine, tickets are sold and the raffle is drawn. This week John Saunders, new member, was on duty.
Last week's member meeting incuded Dale Hoy, District Governor's 'Annual Update'.
If you missed the event, you can view it on our YouTube channel by following this link: https://www.youtube.com/user/RotaryClubMelbourne
Peter Pal, Rotary Peace Fellow was introduced by Carol Bond at last week's lunch on 24 November 2021.
Heroes, Hives and a Journey of Healing was published on November 14, by Landline
We have added this story to our club's Environmental Blog, as we love stories about the power bees have on our mental health.
Last week's member meeting incuded the 'State of the City' update by Sally Capp, Lord Mayor, City of Melbourne.
If you missed the event, you can view it on our YouTube channel by following this link: https://youtu.be/y4uRPHAZcrE
The 100th Annual General Meeting of The Rotary Club of Melbourne Inc. was held during the regular weekly luncheon meeting at No 35 Sofitel, 25 Collins St Melbourne on Wednesday 17th November 2021 at 1.05p.m. and also broadcast on ZOOM.
At the 17 November meeting it was gratifying to be able to include on-line participants (around 25) in this first official Hybrid regular meeting of Rotary Melbourne.
Melbourne Rotary welcomed and inducted our New Member - Elmina Joldic, Acting Head - Youth, Brotherhood of St Laurence into the Club on 17 November 2021. She has the classification of Community Welfare, Corporate Designee. She is already making her mark as a member of the Welfare of the Young Committee in helping to shape opportunities for young people.
