The Guest Speaker for this meeting was Nerita Waight, a proud a Yorta-Yorta and Narrandjeri woman with Taungurung connections. Nerita is CEO Aboriginal Legal Service.
At last week's meeting President Adrian highlighted the work of Rob McGuirk in his leadership of the Rotary Melbourne Peace Park – Peace Bells project. Through the efforts of Rob and many Rotary colleagues the targeted fund-raising has nearly been achieved.
The Environmental Sustainability Committee is calling for nominations for the 2023 Environmental Sustainability Award.
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Young Achievers Award 2022 - Call for Nominations
The Rotary Club of Melbourne Young Achievers awards recognise and honour annually up to three outstanding young Victorians with an award and a cheque for $1,500.
Congratulations to Professor Jeremy Oats AM who has been awarded this year’s Rotary International highest honour, the Service Above Self award.
Congratulations to Jenny Taing and Rohan Sheehy who welcomed a sister for 18 month old Gigi on Monday 23 January named Estelle (Elle), weighing in at 3.16 kg. Mother and daughter arrived home on last week and all are settling in well.
Jenny hopes you are having a great start to the year.
Marg Leser is currently enjoying a bit of snow in Berlin.
Rotary Melbourne's evening conversation was a picnic in the Rotary Melbourne Peace Park, South Yarra, on Wednesday 8 February. The guest speakers were Rotary Melbourne member Rob McGuirk and Associate Professor Neil McLachlan designer of the Rotary Melbourne peace bells.
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Guest Speaker Nerita Waight, CEO Victorian Aboriginal Legal Service
Topic ‘Indigenous Justice Issues’
Time from 12.30pm – 2.00pm
Venue No35 Restaurant Sofitel Hotel on Collins also Online via Zoom
Price $53 (2 course lunch @ No35) / $10 Zoom only online access
Register https://events.humanitix.com/rotary-melbourne-15feb
We are pleased to advise that our Organising Committee is well advanced in organising the 2023, Second Rotary World Environment Day luncheon on Wednesday 17 May 2023 in the Sofitel Ballroom.
Rotary District 9800 has designed a targeted Post-Graduate Scholarship to focus on overseas study for a Masters degree, to a value of up to USD60,000 (or two scholarships at USD30,000 each).
Rotary Melbourne is honoured to have Professor Sharon Lewin AO, Director of the Doherty Institute, give the 7th Thomas Baker Oration on Wednesday 19 April 2023 at the Sofitel.
Professor Jeremy Oats AM has been awarded this year’s Rotary International highest honour, the Service Above Self award, joining past Rotary Melbourne awardees, George Tippett, Mev Connell, Bob Glindemann and Ruth Carlos Martinez.
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This Week's Evening Meeting 8 Feb 23 Picnic at Rotary Park
Topic Rotary Peace Bells
Time from 5.30pm – 7.00pm
Venue Rotary Park, Cnr Domain Rd & Birdwood Ave, South Yarra
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An Evening at Rotary Park
Did you know that there is a Rotary Tennis Tournament on prior to the RI Convention organised by our own members Garry Fowler, Stephen Rando and Peter Rogers (22-26 May 23). All abilities can register for the tournament. There is an opening Yarra River cocktail cruise on 22 May.
More information visit the website https://dasunpremadasa.wixsite.com/itfr2023
Enquiries to melbourne2023itfr@rotarymelbourne.org.au
A recent article from the Cork Echo, Ireland, newspaper came across your Editor's Desk about a fellow Rotary Melbourne member.
We are pleased to advise that our Organising Committee is well advanced in organising the 2023, Second Rotary World Environment Day luncheon on Wednesday 17 May 2023 in the Sofitel Ballroom.
Numbers in person and on-line increased last week with an interesting presentation from Professor Graham Currie from Monash University on the compelling subject of Melbourne’s Public Transport Future.
Good news - a study on UK trees shows that trees could store almost twice as much carbon as previously thought. Different trees will have different levels of sequestration though and likely cannot directly apply results of this study to Australia because of many different species of trees - still very promising news and other future studies hopefully provide similar results. Read more here: https://phys.org/news/2022-12-uk-woodlands-carbon-previously.html
