Our Honorary Life Member Peter McCall was warmly greeted by Members and Guests. Terrific to see Peter at this Special Event.
Our new Director of Community Service, Phil Cornish with partner Debbie Sonin. Have a great year Phil.
PP John Garland and Rebecca Tolstoy from Rotary Club of Perth made a flying visit to be part of our Special Changeover Event plus meet with our Safe Families team to explore the possibility of our Safe Families initiative being part of their Path of Hope project. Pic shows L-R: President Kevin, PP Mary Barry, Rebecca Tolstoy and Suzanne John (both seated), Dorothy Gilmour and PP John Garland (Perth). Exciting times ahead!
What a delight to see Mev and Brenda Connell and Mev in his traditional tartan. Thanks Mev for adding even more colour to the night!
Thank you Phil Cornish for this mission statement. We wish you well and hope that this new role in Rotary Melbourne is everything you are hoping to achieve and we appreciate your commitment and time.
Dr Shahid Yamin is seen here with President Robert when he was inducted to Rotary Melbourne on 19 June. We look forward to working alongside Shahid in his chosen area of Rotary projects and initiatives. Welcome Shahid!
We tend to take for granted that our lunch meeting with banners, flyers, bell, microphones, table numbers and names just appear out of "netherland". Well, they don't! And, if we want to be met with an organised meeting set up in the future, we need to offer some assistance.
Jim Orchard is seen here accepting the 2019 Axle Award from President Robert. Congratulations Jim.
Last week, our Vice Presidents - Barbara Yerondais and Trevor Nink presented the year's achievements from all directions of Rotary Melbourne. We were updated on some of our 85 Humanitarian Projects, Awards and Events by Members including Bernie McIntosh, Chris Stilwell, Alan Trumble, Ari Talantis, Jo Mavros and more.
As we prepare for Rotary Melbourne's Presidential changeover this coming Wednesday 26 June, you might like to take a look at Rotary Melbourne'sOperational Plan for 2019/20 and the accompanying Organisation Chart.
Thanks to Kerry Kornhauser for spotting this terrific initiative: Heat the Homeless. We all have a coat in our wardrobe we don't wear or maybe doesn't fit as well. Winter is here with a vengenance. Check out the website:
Boroondara Cares Foundation is the foundation formed by the eight Rotary Clubs of Boroondara and the CHANCES Scholarship Program supports disadvantaged students in Boroondara schools. See the Invitation attached to the Breakfast with Lord Mayor Sally Capp.
Last week's meeting, DG Bronwyn Stephens surprised our Hugh Bucknall. Surprised him so much that he was "speechless"! A District 9800 Triple Sapphire Paul Harris was awarded to a "champion" Rotarian Hugh Bucknall.
Stephanie Woollard and Seven Women invite Rotary Club members from both RCM and Rotary International to join a 10-day Rotary ‘Hands on Development’ Cultural Immersion Tour to Nepal.
We welcomed Marg recently when she became a Member of Rotary Melbourne. Marg will be a member of the Central 2 fellowship Group. Welcome Marg - we look forward to working alongside you in Rotary Melbourne.
Put on your "party shoes" and prepare for a "bobby dazzler" special Changeover Dinner event at Sofitel's LaTrobe Room (1st floor). Thank you to all of the hundreds of Members who have booked. Not too late to book if you haven't. Don't forget you can pre-book your $12.50 parking at Sofitel.
Members and their partners are invited to a Special Preview Performance of Come from Away, a Broadway Musical with Book, Music and Lyrics by Irene Sankoff and David Hein.
David Kram has provided an update on a Speaker at a luncheon meeting last year. "Our Arts Committee promised to help one of our guest speakers, who is a Rotarian and a choir conductor: Dr Kathleen McGuire (www.kathleen-mcguire.com).
We are launching the Rotary 100 Year Celebrations. This is not to be missed as it is a once in a lifetime event in the history of Rotary Melbourne.
VP's Barbara Yerondais and Trevor Nink have planned a terrific, informative summary of their year and presenters will include some of the "quiet champions" of our Club.
The Club was fortunate to have Shani Cain present to the members and guests today. Shani is the recently appointed CEO of the Oaktree Foundation (Oaktree.org) and spoke to the topic of Empowering and Enabling Youth.
Welcome Mikaela! Mikaela was inducted only last month and has "hit the Rotary Melbourne ground running"! Mikaela will be Chairperson of our Evening Meetings and we are all looking forward to working with her in this important area of RCM.
Rotary Melbourne’s Dr Tilman Ruff, AM was recently awarded an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List for distinguished service to the global community as an advocate for nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament, and to medicine. Our congratulations Tilman seen here with President Robert and his Nobel Peace medal!
An OAM to our DG Bronwyn Stephens for service to the community of South Melbourne and an AM to Young Achiever Alumni - Marita Cheng - for significant service to science and technology, particularly to robotics. President Robert has written on behalf of the Club to congratulate them all.
