Mary Barry provided a comprehensive presentation on opportunities for Rotarians and supporters to get involved in the Rotary International Convention in May 2023 in Melbourne. Most important is to take the sizeable discount when you register as an early bird during 4-8 June 2022. Look for updates in our upcoming newsletters. You can view Mary's presentation in the meeting recording HERE.
Norman Taralrud-Bay is currently travelling in Europe and sent us a few lovely pictures of his travels.
Please find attached the District 9800 ESRAG ESential news May 22.
Thank you to Dr Peter Hollingworth for last week's reflection.
Rotary Safe Families is a program which has emphasised that children are often invisible in the coverage of domestic and family abuse where the trauma of the experience whether to themselves and/or other family members can continue throughout their lives.
Garry Fowler has been working with a team for 18 months to create an effective and practical club carbon calculator which Rotary clubs can use to identify and quantify the carbon emissions generated by their club meetings and events.
The Australian Rotary Health 27 April 2022 newsletter is available here.
Last week’s meeting pivoted to the Zoom format due to uncertainty of bookings following the Easter break, ANZAC Day and the D9800 Conference in a crowded 10 day period leading up to Wednesday 27 April.
View the video of last week here.
Sue Barton AM sent the a thank you to Rotary Melbourne for the donated COVID tests.
In lieu of the Presidents dinner this year we are planning a wonderful evening of fellowship and fine wine at CRU in Kew. Dont miss out on this exciting fellowship event and book early to avoid disappointment.
A Rotary fundraiser for SecondBite.
Your ticket will buy 75 meals along with yours!
Bookings: https://events.humanitix.com/rotary-food-waste
Hybrid Lunch Meeting
Speaker Clive Scott, AM Sofitel General Manager Sofitel Melbourne On Collins
Topic The Interdependency of Arts Revival & Hospitality in Melbourne
Venue No 35 Sofitel Melbourne on Collins & Online via ZOOM
Chair David Kram
On Duty John Shaw, Bruce Davidson (wine).
Register https://events.humanitix.com/rotary-melb-4-may
Melbourne Town Hall
90-120 Swanston Street, Melbourne VIC 3000
Book HERE $25.00
Melbourne Rotary welcomed and inducted Arbaaz Tareen (Baz), is currently pursuing a fulltime MBA at Melbourne Business School, into the Club on 20 April 2022. Alongside this, he recently started in his full time role as the Assistant Manager, Vehicle Demand planning at Honda Australia. His classification is Engineering - Mechanical. Baz is excited about his new beginning with Rotary Melbourne and is looking forward to his participation in the Club activities.
Thank you to Suresh Marcandan for last week's reflection. A very appropriate reflection for the upcoming ANZAC Day.
Peter Berg thought Rotary Melbourne members might be interested in reading an article in the New Yorker on 18 April by Rebecca Mead, 'Transforming Trees Into Skyscrapers'. In Scandinavia, ecologically minded architects are building towers with pillars of pine and spruce. Click here to view.
In lieu of the Presidents dinner this year we are planning a wonderful evening of fellowship and fine wine at CRU in Kew. Dont miss out on this exciting fellowship event and book early to avoid disappointment.
Former member Bill Charlton, the beloved husband Beverley, passed away on 31 January in Western Australia. A Memorial Service for the life of Bill Charlton will be held at St Peter’s Eastern Hill, 15 Gisborne St, East Melbourne on Wednesday 11th May at 10.30am. Rotary Melbourne members are invited to attend by Beverley.
The funeral service to celebrate the life of Leslie William Edward Charlton (Bill) was held at Christ Church, Claremont, WA on Monday 7th February, 2022. A recording of the service can be watched here.
Rotary Melbourne is honoured to have Australia’s Chief Scientist, Dr Cathy Foley AO PSM, give the 6th Thomas Baker Oration on Wednesday 15 June 2022 at the Sofitel function area.
Thank you to Robert Fisher for providing a very comprehensive review of the District 9800 Conference held in Albury last weekend.
Members will be interested to know Rotary Melbourne will be hosting a Tennis Fellowship event during the RI convention in May 2023. More to follow.
This month the Environmental Sustainability Rotarian Action Group (ESRAG) ESRAG April 2022 Volume 6 Issue10 features 'This Earth Day: How Rotarians Embrace Circular Economy'.
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World Immunization Week is an opportunity to raise awareness about the effectiveness of vaccines and mobilize people’s support for immunization.
Our guest speaker on Wednesday 20 April was Prof. Peter Doherty AC, Laureate Professor, Department of Immunology, University of Melbourne presenting on ‘Opportunities for Australian Research Development & Manufacturing’.
View the video of last week here.
