One thousand plus men and women including 110 Year 12 male and female students, gathered at 7.00 am Crown Palladium for Breakfast and Panel discussing diversity, contributions of women to business and society and to acknowledge that women must be treated equitably now and forever.
A snapshot of an enjoyable event! Thank you again for a wonderful International Women's Day Breakfast!
Trevor Neroy our latest Member is seen here with Mandi Wendt, his sponsor. We need to thank Trevor already for his support of Club activities prior to his induction to Melbourne. Thank you Trevor, we look forward to working with you in the future.
Well done Austen on winning a Raffle Prize at this year's International Women's Day Breakfast!
Topic: "Human Rights in the Australian Context"
Chair: Ian Hamm
Check out the Flyer: Evening_Meeting_25_March_2019.pdf and read about our next Evening Meeting presented by Guest Speaker, Mike Davis. Topic: “The Future of Work”. The future of work, purpose-driven business and inspiring people through meaningful workplace programs and social impact opportunities.
Register for our Rotary Safe Families Workshops here: Rotary_Club_Invitation_to_Participate_2.19_1.pdf Invite a family member to be part of your conversation to understand that violence can happen in any family, any street, any community.
Thank you Katie (Global Scholar and Rotoractor) for providing an "insightful" summary of an "unsightful"mess on the Yarra River. A call to action saw Rotoractors and friends performing a massive clean up on Australia Day 2019.
RAFFLE REMINDER – SELL SELL SELL
Jo says: More raffle tickets are available for the RCM Fundraising Raffle should you need them. Ticket stubs need to be returned to the RCM office and payment can be cheque, cash, or EFT. Check with Jo should you wish to transfer your raffle sale proceeds.
Rotary Rochester is inviting us all to their Annual Pie & Port Night. Best of health to PP Bryan Griffiths. He would love to see as many of us there as possible. Pie_and_Port_invitation_2019_1.pdf
Photo shows Dr Kaushik Sridhar and some of last week's Evening Meeting Members and Guests after Kaushik's well presented discussion and presentation "The Building Blocks to Leading in Sustainability".
Speaker: Our Melbourne Rotarian, Professor Susan Davis is presenting this week and we suggest inviting your partner, adult daughter to an outstanding presentation by Susan who is a world leader in Endocrinology.
Topic: "Inequitable Equity"
Last Sunday was World Hearing Day. This is a WHO project raising awareness of the importance of protecting our hearing and helping those who can't hear. It's time to remember that we can help by collecting used hearing aids and giving them to Elaine Saunders or Jo in the Rotary office. These will be provided free to people who have no formal access to hearing aids through Recycled Sound: https://www.who.int/deafness/world-hearing-day/2019/en/
Don't miss out on the Footy Tipping -- Bruce Davidson is waiting for your registrations. Remember: Footy Tipping helps fund our Projects. Flyer_for_RCM_2019_Footy_Tipping_Competition_3.19.pdf
Pictured here with President Robert and Sponsor Ian Evans, is our new Member Jing Lin. Welcome Jing.
VP Barbara is organising this year’s exciting Arts Committee Architecture Walk for Friday, 22 March in "uptown" Collins Street area. Meet on the steps of the Old Treasury Building 5.45pm. Annual_Walking_Tour_22.3.19.pdf
What have these two events got in common? Yes, the date: May 20! Dinner at Choi’s Restaurant, Hawthorn will see all of us celebrating President’s Robert’s year as President and maybe some of our Members celebrating the sensational travel prizes et al announced after the Drawing of our Club Fundraising Raffle that evening.
The Rotary Safe Families team of PP Mary Barry, Philip Cornish, Dorothy Gilmour and Graham O'Donnell have been hard at work putting final touches to our Club's Rotary Safe Families Initiative. We are inviting our Members and family member to participate in 2 Workshops to be "Part of the Solution" in saying "NO" to Family Violence (including covert Elder Abuse). Rotary_Club_Invitation_to_Participate_2.19.pdf
At last week's meeting, Keith Murray, Most Worshipful Grand Master of Freemasons Victoria, spoke about the history of Freemasonry. It was noted that Keith hails from Paisley in Scotland, which is a similar origin to President Robert. A great coincidence.
Hugh Bucknall at last week's R100 meeting, conveyed the excitement and successes achieved in promoting Rotary 100 Years to Australasia. The years of planning are paying off with a flurry of activation from Districts and Clubs Australia wide.
Speaker: MWBRO Keith Murray, Grand Master, Freemasons Vic.
Topic: Freemasonry in the 21st Century
Chairperson: Philip Mayers
Editor asked Katie Wilford, a Rotary Peace Scholar for an update on her adventures here in Australia. It is splendid to read Katie's passion for Rotary and her study time here.
One of the three major projects running up to the our Centenary Year is ‘Give Every Child a Future’ – working with UNICEF and other Rotary Clubs in Australia and NZ to immunise 100,000 children in nine Pacific nations against three life threatening diseases. We are this week launching our Special Fundraising Raffle.
Thank you to Ian Evans for his summary of Rotary Melbourne's day at the Zoo, Thursday 7 February at the "Leopard Lodge". The Club was in invited by AMP Advice to be a stall holder and at short notice President Robert, Mandi Wendt and I attended.
