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MEETING 455- 07
October 2008
This week's meeting of the Rotary Club of Southbank will be held at :
Garden Room
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:
Geoff Walker, GM Asset Management VicTrack about
Rail Crossing Safety in Victoria
Next Week's meeting
Instead of our regular
weekly meeting we will have a Fellowship Dinner at the Italian
Waiters Club.
Click here for more details
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 |
|
07.10.2008 |
Wendy |
Michael F |
Michael G |
Philip |
Nick |
|
14.10.2008 |
Rhys |
Lyn |
Bettina |
Wendy |
Chris |
|
21.10.2008 |
Richard |
Michael G |
Leigh |
Tracey |
Lyn |
|
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 |
|
23.11.2008 |
Philip |
Nick |
Barbara |
Lyn |
Dianne |
|
02.12.2008 |
Wendy |
Michael G |
Chris |
Michael G |
Jenny |
|
09.12.2008 |
Mandy |
Gordon |
Philip |
Bettina |
Dianne |
|
16.12.2008 |
Richard |
Mandy |
Barbara |
Leigh |
Lyn |
Last Week's
Meeting
Gordon introduced our Guest Speaker - Gabe's
better half .... Dr Aurora Poon. Aurora is involved in the Austin
Hospital's Nuclear Medicine and PET scan programs using radioactive
isotopes for diagnostic and therapeutic use. These can be
administered by oral, intravenous or interdermal means to diagnose
or treat a myriad of conditions. Some areas covered are heart /
blood supply problems, fractures, cancer and in brain death studies
of dementia related problems. Do all the frequent air travellers
know that we subject ourselves to higher levels of radiation whilst
flying than staying on the ground - preferably at sea level?
(Click here for
full scribe notes)
President
Gabe's Message
Although the impact of the international financial system crisis
will no doubt be reduced by the US rescue package of USD$700b, the
problem is far from over. Many analysts and commentators have
compared the current economic woes to the 1920’s recession. Even
as President Bush signs the rescue package, the share market
falls, reflecting the market’s concern that the package will not
be enough to stave off a recession – or worse, a global financial
system meltdown. These are not pleasant thoughts but the dangers
are all too real. In the coming years, or even a decade or more,
everyone is faced with a very challenging time ahead. Some of us
will be able to weather the storm with relative ease, others will
not be so lucky.
(Full
President's Message here)
 Albert Park
Book Fair
(Help
needed!)
The
Annual Rotary Albert Park Book Fair has 1,000's of pre loved
books for adults and children, ranging from recently published
novels and non fiction to some very collectible old books on a
very diverse range of topics. RC Southbank will sell the
Aussie Bush Buddies Children's Books at a special stand.
11th & 12th October 2008
Albert Park Primary School, cnr Bridport Street and
Victoria Ave Albert Park -
free entry
Now
that all these books have been sorted and bagged for the Book
Fair
(click here for some snapshots from the
 )
We
need some more Volunteers to sell them!
Can you please
contact Wendy if you can
do a shift or two at the Stand ?
We need to cover the
following times:
Saturday, 11th from 8am – 6pm and
Sunday, 12th between
10am-4pm
Have you already registered as Volunteer for the upcoming Homeless
World Cup?
We know many of you that have not
been able to "sign up" as yet are still considering involvement -
subject to other commitments that might arise.
If you are interested in "possibly volunteering" it would be great
if you
could
let Tracey
know
so that she can put you on a follow up list to talk to you as time
gets closer.
Australia's
National Street Socceroos Coach George Halkias will give us an
update on the preparation for the Homeless World Cup at our Meeting
on Oct 21st.
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The Rotary
Youth Leadership Award (RYLA) is a week-long residential personal
development program for young people aged 18 to 25, which focuses
on yourself, leadership and community. Each RYLA
candidate is sponsored by a Rotary Club from District 9800. The
cost of sponsoring a candidate is used to pay for venue hire,
speakers and catering throughout the program. The sponsoring
Rotary Club is also responsible for transporting the participant
to and from the camp.
RC Southbank is currently looking for a
potential candidate to nominate for this year's RYLA Camp in
December.
Please contact
Michael Fingereth, if you know someone, you would like to
support to participate in this great program.
Applications close Friday November 14, 2008
click here for applications forms and
to find out more about RYLA
RC Southbank
Special Book Sale
 Those
of you who have read the article about our successful event at
Club 3004 a couple of weeks ago will remember that we had some
very special Children's Books, Aussie Bush Buddies by Maxine
Philp-Wright, for sale.
Christmas is getting closer and we thought that you might want to
have a chance to by some of these books for your children,
grandchildren, nephews, nieces, friend's children, neighbour's
children.......
click here for
Brochure and Order sheet
 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
Message from Stuart/ OnToConference
2008/2009:
"Rotary District
conference is fast approaching with only 169 days to go (and who’s
counting)?
Barbara, Philip, Gordon,
Gabe and have indicated that are planning to go, but please don’t
get me wrong – Conference is not exclusively for past presidents!
The first Rotary
Conference I ever went to was when I was in Rotaract and was in
Launceston.
If you haven’t been there lately, it is well worth the visit!
Important dates to
Record:
Conference: March 12th to 14th, 2009
Early Bird Special: Book prior to 15th December.
Conference Websites:
http://www.rotarynthbalwyn.org/conference/
(includes special fares for the Spirit of Tasmania)
http://www.groupstasmania.com.au/r9800.html
Please contact
Stuart for any additional
information or assistance with bookings.
 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)
RC Southbank has nominated two
candidates for this year's GSE Program Sweden. We will keep
you informed about their progress.
Rotary Foundation
RC SOUTHBANK’S
4TH ANNUAL THANKSGIVING PICNIC
WHEN:
SUNDAY, 23RD NOVEMBER 2008 FROM NOON ONWARDS
WHERE:
ST VINCENT’S GARDENS, ALBERT PARK (MELWAYS 2K B5)
WHO IS INVITED:
ALL ROTARIANS, FRIENDS AND FAMILIES (AND DON’T FORGET YOUR DOG!)
WHAT TO BRING:
AS IN THE PAST, EVERYONE WILL BE ASKED TO CONTRIBUTE
A DISH OR SUPPLIES TO OUR PICNIC. A
MENU WILL BE SENT OUT AS WE GET CLOSER
TO THE DATE WITH SUGGESTIONS SO THAT WE
HAVE SELECTION OF DISHES.
PLEASE MARK THE DATE ON YOUR
CALENDAR.
THE MORE THE MERRIER!
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Fellowship Dinner
On Tuesday,
14th October we will be having our meeting at the
ITALIAN
WAITERS CLUB
20 Meyers Place
(03) 9650 1508.
6pm for 6.30 pm
As most of you
will remember we had a Fellowship dinner there last year and it was
most enjoyable.
As is customary for our Fellowship events, friends and family are
invited, but we have a cap of 25 guests due to the seating capacity
of the restaurant so first in, first dressed -- or as we say in the
States, first come, first served.
Please RSVP your ACCEPTANCE OR APOLOGY by COB on Friday, 3rd
October via email to
meetings@rotary.to.
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DG Jim Studebaker's Weekly Message
(Issue 14, 29 September 2008)
September is
New Generations Month
"Looking To The Future"
Clubs are
changing in so many positive ways, after my first 3 months as DG,
this is very evident. There has been a change in club strategy …
Clubs of District 9800 have acknowledged that the Club of the
future needs to have a good balance of members. Clubs need to work
closely with the public, corporate partners, government
authorities and community organisations within the not-for-profit
sector.
Soon clubs will be assisted on this journey by the Club Vision
Facilitation Program. I strongly recommend the Vision Facilitation
Program to you. Our District is fortunate to host the first of the
‘train the trainer’ sessions in Southern Australia.
Vision Facilitation helps a Rotary club design its own VISION, and
then sets out the steps necessary to achieve that....
(Click
here
for full message)
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