Rotary Melbourne may be interesting in reading about 'Bees, youth and healthcare can be catalysts for change' in the latest hundup Congo publication by Rotarians for Bees. Click here to read.
MITS (Melbourne Indigenous Transition School) has shared their latest newsletter here. Edward Tudor, Executive Director, mentions that 'In recent months we’ve all reflected on how good it is to be returning to life as normal: the friends, the events, the milestones and the connections. Over the past few weeks at MITS this return to normal has been particularly profound, as we’ve celebrated Sir Doug Nicholls Round, Dreamtime at the ‘G and Reconciliation Week.'
Save the Date Sun 31 July 2022 National Tree Day.
Join Rotary Melbourne in a Community Planting.
Expressions of interest to Jo click here
More details to come.
Rotary Melbourne launched its first annual ‘World Environment Day’ on June 2nd with partners City of Melbourne, and Sofitel Melbourne on Collins with all the profits from the lunch going to SecondBite.
Members will be saddened to learn that Josh Badenoch advised on Saturday 11 June that his father, Ken Badenoch, had passed away on Tuesday. Funeral details will be advised when known. Members can read more about Ken's recent acceptance of a Paul Harris Award here.
Wednesday 15 June 2022 – Lunch Meeting
6th Thomas Baker Oration
Speaker Dr Cathy Foley AO PSM, Australia's Chief Scientist
Topic ‘Harnessing the Power of Science and Technology in a Rapidly Changing World’
Venue Level 1 Latrobe Room Sofitel Melbourne
Register Bookings https://events.humanitix.com/thomas-baker-oration-2022
Invite partners, friends and colleagues along
A reminder it is Annual Appeal time. Your donation is essential and valued and will support the Club’s projects and activities some of those are shown in the image on the right. Consider the impact your donation will have on the lives of less fortunate.
Support the RCM Foundation. Tax deductible donations available. - 30 June is just around the corner!!!!
Make sure you book for this lunch, on Saturday 23 June, as we congratulate our own Mandi Wendt as she takes the reigns from DG Dale. Our Club is the host supporting the in coming DG Wendt. Our first District Governor for some years.
Register: https://events.humanitix.com/district9800-changeover2022
This spring ESRAG Oceania launched a Carbon Calculator for Clubs in Australia and New Zealand to use to calculate their carbon emissions from meetings, events and projects.
Several years ago, Katie Wilford came from Iowa to Melbourne under the Rotary Global Scholar program. Recently at the RI Convention in Houston she caught up with Amanda Wendt.
Rotary Melbourne's evening meeting was our second hybrid format held at the Lyceum Club on 8 June. The guest speakers were Phoebe Gardner - the winner of Rotary Melbourne’s Environmental Sustainability Award in 2022 and Garry Fowler on Carbon Calculator. A great recording of the meeting can be viewed on Rotary Melbourne’s YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=toouWzudydk.
Zone 8 Better Together Conference will be held in Canberra from October 28-30.
Read the RI President 2021-22 Shekhar Mehta's message here.
June 2022
We have received this update on current service of our first Interactive Water Trailer - built in 2018 for service in APY Lands, SA as part of our Rotary Melbourne EndTrachoma R100 initiative.
This month the Environmental Sustainability Rotarian Action Group (ESRAG) Oceania newsletter features information on the launch of the Cabon Calculator by Jessie Harman (RI and Zone 8 Director) who launched the event, along with Gary Fowler (Rotary Melbourne), Pat Armstrong (incoming Chair of ESRAG) and Dr Roger Blakeley (Rotary Club of Wellington). Click this link to read the ESRAG Oceania May 22 edition.
This Week Wednesday 8 June 2022
Evening Meeting
Speaker Garry Fowler, Co-Chair RCM Environmental Sustainability Committee
Topic 'Towards Carbon Zero'
Time 5.50 for 6.00 - 7.30pm
Venue ZOOM or The Lyceum Club Melbourne
Price $30 (light refreshments provided)
$10 ZOOM Online only access
A reminder it is Annual Appeal time. Your donation is essential and valued and will support the Club’s projects and activities some of those are shown in the image on the right. Consider the impact your donation will have on the lives of less fortunate.
Support the RCM Foundation. Tax deductible donations available.
Make sure you book for this lunch, on Saturday 23 June, as we congratulate our own Mandi Wendt as she takes the reigns from DG Dale. Our Club is the host supporting the in coming DG Wendt. Our first District Governor for some years.
Register: https://events.humanitix.com/district9800-changeover2022
Our World Environment day celebration on Thursday 2 June will go down as one of President Reg's highlights of 2021/22.
View the video of last week HERE
Please see the details of the Governor of Victoria and Mr Howard invitation to a musical morning at Government House Victoria on Tuesday 21 June 22.
Save the Date Sun 31 July 2022 National Tree Day.
Join Rotary Melbourne in a Community Planting.
Expressions of interest to Jo click here
More details to come.
Members can read the June 2022 Rotary Downunder online here.
Rotary Melbourne members may interested to read Jessie Harman's article on changeovers on page 5.
As the end of the World Environment Day event approached, Garry Fowler, Co-chair of the Environment Sustainability Committee came to the podium to accept the Carbon Social Certificate from Andrew Mahar AM, founder of WithOneSeed, an East Timor based social enterprise.
