Our meeting guest speaker was Stephen Rando, Senior Technology Project Manager with the ANZ, engaging members in a lively discussion on Blockchain and Cryptocurrencies, concepts most of us have heard about but struggle to understand.
Ed Tudor, Executive Director of MITS (Melbourne Indigenous Transition School) has shared his 2021 Mid-Year Supporter Update so please open the attachment and take a look at how the MITS family continues to grow, with over 80 students now studying in Melbourne either in the Year 7 program or at one of our Partner Schools during 2021. Ed says that this year his students have continued to show great courage and resilience in the face of the ongoing disruptions caused by COVID-19.
Rotary Melbourne Sir John Reid Community Service Award 2021 is now open for applications which close on Monday 13 September 2021.
Recently hand sanitiser didn't end up in landfill because Donations in Kind did what it does so well and the people who needed the assistance in Timor-Leste received it.
Thank you to members who provided feedback to me on the Board report from our July meeting. A busy Board meeting was held on 18 August and a detailed report will be sent by email to all members this coming Wednesday 25 August.
Join the annual Rotary Melbourne Around the Bay Raffle supporting the Smith Family Learning for Life Program for your chance to win a $2000 voucher for purchase of bicycles and bicycle accessories donated by My Ride Collingwood 192 Wellington St Collingwood.
Tickets $20 each
Drawn: Wednesday 1 September 2021
Purchase your tickets here
Online only via Zoom
Speakers David Carruthers & Trevor Nink
Topic Members Lunch explores Around the Bay Project
Time 12.50 for 1.00 – 2.00pm
The theme for this month is membership. At this week’s meeting we will be profiling Nick Pelham and new members Ahmed Tohow and Vaideek Chaudhary. Trevor Nink will update members and guests on the ‘Around the Bay’ project.
Registration https://events.humanitix.com/25th-aug-rotary-melb-lunch
Thank you to members who provided feedback to me on the Board report from our July meeting. A busy Board meeting is planned for the evening of 18 August and I will provide an update in next week’s bulletin.
Join the annual Rotary Melbourne Around the Bay Raffle supporting the Smith Family Learning for Life Program for your chance to win a $2000 voucher for purchase of bicycles and bicycle accessories donated by My Ride Collingwood 192 Wellington St Collingwood.
Tickets $20 each
Drawn: Wednesday 1 September 2021
Purchase your tickets here
On Wednesday 11 August we were intrigued to learn of the shear commitment and resilience needed to build a career in TV writing.
The Trauma Response Network recently piloted a focused intervention program to a group of 12 key emergency response and community workers involved in post bushfire support in NE Victoria.
The following article was taken from Rotary International's website and will be of interest to members.
Vaideek Maheshbhai Chaudhary was inducted as a new Member of Rotary Melbourne at our meeting on 2 June 21. Welcome Vaideek.
Rotary Melbourne thanks Prof the Hon Barry Jones AC for his superb remarks on General Sir John Monash (SJM) and Leadership, and for his graciousness in accepting the Monash Medal award on Wednesday 4 August 21.
Rotary Melbourne has organised a lecture and visit to the NGV 2021 Melbourne Winter Masterpieces on Friday 17th September. French Impressionism: From the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
The date of the Rotary Club of Melbourne Inc Annual General Meeting has now been fixed as Wednesday 17 November 2020. Formal notices will issue in due course.
A “reel Melbourne story “. See link to Age article below. There are 40,000 items in Museums Victoria’s collection of Kodak memorabilia. But if senior curator Fiona Kinsey (pictured right) had to pick her favourite one, it would be Thomas Baker’s formula book.
Thanks to The Rt Rev The Dr Peter Hollingworth for last week's Reflection.
Rotaries might be interested to read a recent aricle in Rotary Down Under 'Beecause They Need Us'
Did you know our Past Presidents gather annually to welcome our newest President at Kingston Heath.
….No golf was played 😊
Next week's Evening meeting, only on ZOOM, features an intimate conversation with Netflix writer, Joe Murphy
Registration: https://events.humanitix.com/rotary-melbourne-evening-meeting11aug
