One of our newer Members, Yidan Xi contributed beautifully to last week's Members' Meeting. Yidan has been a stalwart of Rotary Melbourne even prior to induction with her position at Chateau Yering, she organised the main prize in our Rotary International Women's Day Breakfast this year.
Dr Carol Bond was inducted at last week's meeting. Welcome Carol, we look forward to working alongside you at Rotary Melbourne and even more, we look forward to actually meeting you personally.
Who are the brainpowers behind The Great Debate? What experience do they bring to the table? Ensure you join The Great Debate and register here: https://events.humanitix.com/the-great-rotary-debate-2020-rotary-melbourne
Norman Taralrud-Bay was awarded a Multiple Ruby Paul Harris at last week's meeting. Congratulations Norman.
Chris Sotiropoulos made an outstanding contribution to our Member's Meeting describing his Rotary Melbourne journey and incorporation of Rotary into both his professional and personal life.
Membership Team's 16 November event will be "Positive Energy for a Better World". Guest Speakers: Susan Morrice (Pictured. International Speaker (USA), Stephanie Woollard and Serena Low with Richard Dent as MC. Positive_Energy_Flyer.pdf Register: https://bit.ly/2GiASUm
Thanks Bob Fels for providing some insight into a marvellous Global Post Graduate Scholar - Dr Ida Whiteman.
This lovely contribution Colour Your World is another item from the newly created Environment Sustainability Rotary Action Group. Supporting the environment became Rotary's seventh area of focus in 2020. Categories of service activities supported by global grants include peacebuilding/conflict prevention; disease prevention/treatment; water, sanitation, and hygiene; maternal/child health; basic education/literacy; and community economic development.
Rotary is working to End Trachoma in all different forms. For example, many indigenous people do not have access to a mirror. The point of providing a mirror?
Editor has collated some screenshots of the WHO video of the history of Polio, with acknowledgement of Rotary International's commitment to End Polio.
October 24 was World Polio Day. Editor is sharing an article from The Age, 25.10.20 describing a brief history of ventilation from 1732 through to the years of the polio epidemic to COVID 2020. I shall always remember the shock of visiting my friend from primary school and seeing her enveloped in an iron lung in hospital.
This lovely contribution Colour Your World from Peter Berg, Yidan Xi and Ari Talantis is another item from the newly created Environment Sustainability Rotary Action Group. Supporting the environment became Rotary's seventh area of focus in 2020. Categories of service activities supported by global grants include peacebuilding/conflict prevention; disease prevention/treatment; water, sanitation, and hygiene; maternal/child health; basic education/literacy; and community economic development.
You are invited to our next Rotary Melbourne event: "Business and Professional Connections in Rotary". Picture shows one of our three presenters: Sandra Hills OAM.
Date: Friday, 30 October, 2020
Time: 2.00 - 3.00 (AEST)
Booking Registration: (Online Zoom) https://bit.ly/36byzx1
District Governor Philip Archer has extended an invitation to Members and friends who would like to attend the next Rotary District 9800 Breakfast on Wednesday, 28 October at 7.00 am.
04 Nov Lunch Meeting - Sir John Reid Community Service Award Presentation
11 Nov Lunch Meeting - Lord Mayor’s Annual Address
18 Nov Lunch Meeting - Professor Salvatore Babones, Associate Professor, Globalisation, University of Sydney
25 Nov Lunch Meeting - Members Lunch
02 Dec Lunch Meeting - Greg Moriarty, Secretary of Defence, Department of Defence Australia, Australia's former Ambassador to the Republics of Indonesia and Iran
The ESRAG Environment Sustainability Rotary Action Group is providing regular newsletters and notice of events for Members to participate.
Our weekly Rotary meetings this year in the year of COVID-19, have been terrific as we all know. Who is behind the scenes? Who has stepped up to make our meetings so successful whilst continuing fellowship and friendship, induction of new members, outstanding presenters and the latest news from our Members?
Wednesday, 28th October – LUNCH MEETING
Meeting Registration: https://www.trybooking.com/BLXFX
Topic: Members Lunch
Chairman: David Carruthers
At our last meeting, we had not just one highlight but two. Professor Sharon Lewin AO received our Rotary Melbourne Vocational Service Award 2020-21. Check out the video link: https://youtu.be/mMYhhu0Ma20
The second highlight from last week's meeting was obviously Tom Switzer. What a terrific presentation of "behind the scenes" of the US election.
Did you know there is a campaign happening at Rotary Sydney to beat Rotary Melbourne in the Great Debate? We need you to promote this Great Debate to your colleagues and friends. City of Melbourne has lost too many events recently with COVID. Now Rotary Melbourne has the chance to redeem ourselves! You can register over the page.....
Peter Dakin gave a most appropriate reflection at last week's DOUBLE HEADER meeting. Thank you Peter.
PP Lesley McCarthy (Rotary Flemington Kensington) has published the following article for the Environment Sustainability Action Group Newsletter on the plastics that contaminate our world. Thanks Lesley.
