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MEETING 450- 09
September 2008
This week's meeting of the Rotary Club of Southbank will be held at :
Drawing Room, Level 3
Crown Towers Hotel
Whiteman Street,
Southbank
Meeting time: 6 pm for 6:30 pm start
To book or record an
apology, please contact Bobbi
via
email before
10 am Monday.
PROGRAM
Guest Speaker:
Sally
Branson, today a Media Affairs Specialist of the Office of
Public Affairs at the U.S. Consulate General
has her own very
personal experience with Rotary's great Youth Programs.
She will share her endeavours as Rotary Exchange Student in
Denmark 1994 with us.
Next Week's meeting
Guest Speaker:
Sigrid Wilkinson about the
UPCOMING ROSTER
If you are unable to
attend a meeting for which you are rostered, please arrange for a
swap with someone and let
Carl know.
Scribes
- please send your scribe notes by 5pm
Friday to
the Bulletin Editor
to ensure your notes are included in the next
Bulletin.
Click here for
Scribe Notes Template
All rostered responsibilities are important to the success and
professionalism of our weekly meetings. Thank you for your
ongoing enthusiasm in fulfilling your rostered roles.
|
Date |
Chair |
Scribe / Greeter |
Corporal |
Members' Moment |
Attendance |
|
09.09.2008 |
Michael G |
Barbara |
Gordon |
Michael F |
Nick |
|
16.09.2008 |
Bettina |
Mandy |
Wendy |
Stuart |
Richard |
|
23.09.2008 |
Leigh |
Stuart |
Michael F |
Mandy |
Mandy |
|
30.09.2008 |
Gordon |
Dianne |
Lyn |
Chris |
Richard |
|
07.10.2008 |
Stuart |
Michael F |
Michael G |
Philip |
Nick |
|
14.10.2008 |
Rhys |
Lyn |
Bettina |
Wendy |
Chris |
|
21.10.2008 |
Richard |
Michael G |
Leigh |
Tracey |
Barbara |
|
28.10.2008 |
Rhys |
Bettina |
Mandy |
Dianne |
Philip |
|
11.11.2008 |
Chris |
Leigh |
Philip |
Richard |
Bettina |
|
18.11.2008 |
Barbara |
Gordon |
Jenny |
Rhys |
Michael F |
Last Week's
Meeting
Another entertaining and informative meeting was held on Tuesday
night....
Our guest speaker was Caz
Coleman from Hotham Mission. Caz was an excellent speaker and is the
Project Director of the Hotham Mission Asylum Seeker Project. She
enlightened us on the incredible difficulties and frustrations that
face asylum seekers....
Next week Philip will have 4 sensational wines (including the
sensational Heathcote Shiraz – a mighty fine drop) for tasting .....
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President
Gabe's Message
Lyn, Richard Gill and the
Banner Lady Team, lead a very successful event at Club 3004 on
Thursday night which, amongst other things, promoted Southbank. In
addition to raising over $1,000 for Southbank, we have also
identified a number of potential members, some of whom will be
coming to our club next week. Of course, Lyn and Richard Gill
didn’t do that all by themselves.....
Full President's Message here)
Club 3004 Fundraising Night
Thanks to
our member Lyn Gill and
 her
business
The Banner Lady our Southbank Rotary Club was
provided with an excellent opportunity for fundraising and New
Member Marketing last Thursday, 04th September 2008.
Club 3004 networking meetings are held
monthly at the club’s official home, Ormond Hall in St. Kilda and
are sponsored by a different company each month.
September’s Sponsor Lyn
-The Banner Lady- offered us a
 unique
chance to mix with almost 200 guests, raise some funds selling
books and toys and connect with potential new Rotary members…and it worked!
Read more about it in this weeks
presidents message.
Click here for all pictures
A big THANK you to Lyn who
had this great idea!
Footy Colours Night - RC Port Melbourne
The
Rotary Club of Port Melbourne invites to a Footy Colours Night to raise funds and awareness on behalf of the
Rotary Bone Marrow Donor Institute (BMDI)
Monday, 8 September 2008
6.00 pm to 9.30 pm
Life Saving Victoria
200 Boulevard (Cnr Todd Rd)
Port Melbourne 3207
Cost
$45 per head (tables of 10 available) Incl. Canapes, Main Course
(Choice of 2 Dishes), Bottle of red &white wince per Tables and
tea/coffee
Guest Speakers
include
Tom Hafey & Kevin
Bartlett
Click
here for more details and bookings
 Royce
Abbey Award Celebration
The inaugural dinner will be a celebration of
enthusiasm and commitment to the ideals of Rotary. All clubs are
encouraged to nominate a member or members to receive their Royce
Abbey Award, who will be presented with the award by Rotary
International Past President Royce Abbey on the night.
Wednesday 3 December 2008
Moonee Valley Racecourse
Key note speaker & special guest:
Past President Rotary International
Mr. Bill Boyd
Starting time, price information and payment terms will be forwarded
shortly.
The Rotary Club of Essendon
PO Box 161
Essendon VIC 3040
www.rcessendon.com.au
please click here to read
Royce Abbey's letter
or here for
Royce Abbey Award Application Form
Dinner with Hon Peter Costello MP
RC Toorak
Tuesday 30th Sept.
7 pm for 7:30
Peter Costello will
personally sign The Costello Memoirs!
For more information and bookings please click here
Currently, Rotary District 9800 has four pilot Partnerships
Advancing Community Engagement (PACE)
projects up and running in four areas of Melbourne.
Rotary Club of Southbank and Rotary Club
of Melbourne are specifically engaged in one of these projects
supporting the Street Socceroos and the upcoming Homeless World
Cup.
Find out more about the Homeless World Cup and
how you can contribute to tacking homelessness. See the
attached
information and
volunteer form,
and
summary.
What do you know about the
Street Socceroos? Test your knowledge and win a prize.
Click here for the Homeless World Cup Quiz
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 Rotary
Foundation
District 9800 GSE Program 2008/2009
This Year's Group Study
Exchange Program addresses two Countries in Europe:
Sweden (District 2380) and Turkey (District 2420)
Please find more
information about the Program here:
Rotary Foundation
Melbourne Fringe Festival
William Shakespeare’s Cymbeline with Chris Bunworth
Sunday, 12th October 2008 at 5 pm
FortyFiveDownstairs, 45 Flinders Lane, Melbourne
Tickets are $27 or $20 for groups (10)
Chris may be joining us for a drink after the performance
If you would like
to join us for an entertaining Fellowship Event please contact Bobbi
via email
or phone (0410 105 360) before Monday 22nd September.
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Fellowship Dinner
Our next next Fellowship Dinner is coming up soon.
Please reserve the 14th October for a night out with friends
at the Italian Waiters Club.
more details
soon...
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DG Jim Studebaker's Weekly Message
(Issue 10, 1 September 2008)
September is
New Generations Month
"Our District - Our Responsibility"
While
District 9800 is small in geographical terms when compared to the
geographical areas covered by most Australian Rotary Districts,
numerically we are Australia’s largest district boasting 69 clubs
and almost 3,000 members.
Large District... large responsibility. But even more than that,
District 9800 is comprised largely of metropolitan clubs. This is
unlike many other Rotary districts, such as D9790, where the
concentration of rural clubs is greater. Our rural clubs stretch
from the north-western metropolitan border of Melbourne to the
Murray River at Echuca Moama. The most ‘outer’ of these are those
clubs in the Goldfields.
Together with Carol, I recently spent a number of days in the
Goldfields cluster area, talking to Rotarians and trying to
understand the issues and concerns that confront their
communities. And so it is the rural area of our District I would
like to write about this week....
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here
for full message)
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