It was a pleasure to host District Governor Amanda Wendt at last week's meeting on Wednesday 10 August 2022.
This Week Wednesday 17 August – Hybrid Lunch Meeting
Guest Speaker Professor Douglas Hilton AO FAA FTSE FAHMS, Director, WEHI
Topic 'WEHI Research Impact and Combatting Malaria'
Venue No35 Sofitel & ZOOM
Time/Venue: 12.30 for 12.50-1400 - Lunch - @ Sofitel No35 and Zoom
Register https://events.humanitix.com/rotary-melbourne-17-aug
This month the Environmental Sustainability Rotarian Action Group (ESRAG) ESRAG August 2022 Volume 7 Issue 2 features Rotarians Foster Green Housing.
Rotary Melbourne celebrated two members' birthdays at last week's meeting Sue McCarthy & Stephen Lake.
Last week’s meeting was the awarding of the Monash Medal to Prof Emer Peter Darvall AO FTSE FIE Aust
You can view the full recording of the meeting HERE.
Please consider volunteering some time to RIMERN. A wonderful opportunity to involve your self and your partner in an activity that recycles and assists disadvantaged to housing. This could make a great regular Group or workplace activity.
Peter Davis provided the following report on the Commemoration of the Battle of Amiens on 8 August 2022.
Stephanie A. Urchick, of the Rotary Club of McMurray, Pennsylvania, USA, is the selection of the Nominating Committee for President of Rotary International for 2024-25.
Venue: State Library Victoria, Create Quarter – enter via 328 Swanston St. Melbourne
The Arts Committee invites Club members and guests to attend an event at the 2022 Melbourne Writers Festival – it’s a free event discussion with the winners of ‘The Age’ 2022 Book of the Year awards which will be announced on the festival opening night. Club members and guests can book as follows: https://mwf.com.au/program/meet-the-winners-the-age-book-of-the-year-awards-fba1/
On making a booking please advise Peter Berg at pberg8@bigpond.net.au and confirm an interest in joining Club members at dinner after the event.
Nominations for this year's Vocational Service Award are required by 30 August 2022. This picture shows the 2022 Awardee, Professor John McNeil AO is a pre-eminent Australian public health researcher. He was Head of Monash University’s School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine (SPHPM) and Head of the Department of Epidemiology & Preventive Medicine at the Alfred Medical Research Precinct from 1986 to 2019.
ROMAC provides surgical treatment for children in Australia and New Zealand from developing countries from our Pacific Region in the form of Life Giving and/or dignity restoring surgery not accessible to them in their home country.
If you would like to read the latest ROMAC Chairman's Message for May 2022 please click on this link
President Adrian advised that the NOMINATING COMMITTEE Nominations are now open.
Last week’s meeting was the awarding of the Monash Medal to Prof Emer Peter Darvall AO FTSE FIE Aust
You can view the full recording of the meeting HERE.
This Week Wednesday 10 Aug – Hybrid Lunch Meeting
Guest Speaker Emeritus Professor Peter Darvall AO FTSE FIEAust
Topic 2022 Monash Medal
Venue No35 Sofitel & ZOOM
Time/Venue: 12.30 for 12.50-1400 - Lunch - @ Sofitel No35 and Zoom
Register https://events.humanitix.com/rotary-melbourne-10-aug
Nominations for this year's Vocational Service Award are required by 30 August 2022. This picture shows the 2022 Awardee, Professor John McNeil AO is a pre-eminent Australian public health researcher. He was Head of Monash University’s School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine (SPHPM) and Head of the Department of Epidemiology & Preventive Medicine at the Alfred Medical Research Precinct from 1986 to 2019.
Everyone who's been to the RIMERN warehouse has seen Ros McMaster in action, quietly organizing, leading, picking orders, making things hum. This is an opportunity for you to vote for Ros in the Westfield Local Heroes Awards.
SecondBite is BACK at the Prahran Market. With all of the activities to deal with this over the past few years, we are now at a point where we can recommence these Sunday collections, but we have to reconstitute the rosters.
For the first edition of District 9800 Networker for 2022-2023. Please click here.
Planning is underway for the Around The Bay in a Day Bicycle 2022 event and the Rotary Melbourne fund raising activities for The Smith Family’s - Learning for Life Programme. Please vonunteer NOW.
Rotary Melbourne's evening conversation was held at the Lyceum Club on 13 July. The guest speaker was Richard Weiss OLY, CEO and Founder Living the Dream Foundation speaking on 'Past Present & Future, Healthy Communities & Partnerships'.
A recording of the meeting can be viewed on Rotary Melbourne’s YouTube Channel: https://youtu.be/ZjsRhecKPQA
Rotary Melbourne Members are reminded to respond to the Groups survey sent via email to all members on Friday 5 August. Make sure you participate in this important survey. The survey closes Friday 19 August.
Jim Orchard went to the opening of Launch Housing's new facility in Dandenong on 5 August 22 as the Rotary Melbourne representative.
