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Guest Speaker Prof. Andrew Pask, Head, Thylacine Integrated Genomic Restoration Research Lab, University of Melbourne
Topic 'Bringing the Tasmanian Tiger Back to Life'
Time 12.30 for 12.50-2.00pm
Venue No35 Sofitel on Collins
Price $53 (2 course lunch@No35) /
$10 (Zoom only access)
Event
Date From : Wed Sep 7, 2022 : 12:30
Date To : Wed Sep 7, 2022 : 14:00
After 2 and a half years of COVID, it was momentous to be back at Prahran Market with our energetic Rotary volunteers and generous market stall holders for Second Bite. 🍎🥦🥖
Date & Time: Friday September 9, 2022 6.30-7.30pm
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.
Guest Speaker Amanda Wendt, RI District 9800 Governor
Time 12.30 for 12.50-2.00pm
Venue No35 Sofitel on Collins
Price $53 (2 course lunch@No35) /
$10 (Zoom only access)
Event
Date From : Wed Aug 31, 2022 : 12:30
Date To : Wed Aug 31, 2022 : 14:00
Tony Pearce, Chair of the Emergency Services Foundation and Victoria’s Inspector General for Emergency Management, is embarking early 2023 on a solo trek over 50 days and 1440kms in the areas worst affected by the 2019/20 black summer fires.
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.
This year we commemorate 100 years since General Sir John Monash was President of the Rotary Club of Melbourne.
Jim Orchard went to the opening of Launch Housing's new facility in Dandenong on 5 August 22 as the Rotary Melbourne representative.
Rotary Melbourne member Ahmed Tohow presented at the prestigious International Leadership Conference, with the theme “Toward Peaceful Reunification of the Korean Peninsula: Creating a Global Culture of Peace”.
This World Hepatitis Day, LiverWELL is supporting ten sector partners in hosting their own events around viral hepatitis through our World Hepatitis Day Incentives.
Seven Women has now resumed physical cooking classes while we continue online cooking sessions. We welcome anyone in Nepal who would like to join these physical cooking classes where we make traditional Nepalese cuisines.
Click HERE to view a collage of images from the End Trachoma Water Trailer in WA bringing hygiene and lots of smiles to young faces.
Rotary Melbourne was proud to be the club of 2022-23 Rotary District 9800 Governor Amanda Wendt. Amanda was our club's 10th District Governor, our first female, and the youngest in the District's history.
This end of financial year and MITS are excited to share a short video celebrating the growth of their connected community of MITS students on Wurundjeri Country in Richmond HERE.
Former member, Bruce Harmer, has sent Rotary Melbourne a link to a video that features his parents and tells the story of what they do in their Sydney community under the Salvo’s banner. It also features Bruce’s wife Carolyn and their family. View the video HERE.
Rotary Melbourne has become one of the first Rotary Clubs in the world to achieve net zero emissions from meetings and events.
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.
Read the RI President 2021-22 Shekhar Mehta's message here.
June 2022
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.
