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Southbank Club Diary Dates
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MEETING 456- 14 October 2008
Instead of our regular
weekly meeting we will have a Fellowship Dinner at the
ITALIAN
WAITERS CLUB
20 Meyers Place
(03) 9650 1508.
6pm for 6.30 pm
Please note that due to the seating capacity of the
restaurant attendance had to be pre-booked. All seats have already
been taken!
Please notify
Bobbi
for any last minute changes.
Next Week's meeting
Membership Information Night
We will be
holding a Membership Information Night on Tuesday 21st October
2008 to profile Rotary’s role in service to the community,
specifically focusing on two of Southbank’s very successful
projects, ie the Young
Achievement Awards (YAA) program and our support of
The Big Issue’s
Community Street Soccer program and the Melbourne 2008 Homeless
World Cup. Our speakers for the night will be some of
the YAA students, along with George Halkias and one of the Street
Socceroos who will be competing in the Homeless World Cup. On the
night, we will also take the opportunity to raise awareness of the
work of Rotary more broadly and to link in the benefits of Rotary
membership on a personal level.
Of course,
this all sounds great doesn’t it …. however, absolutely key to the
success of the night will be your support in inviting along friends,
colleagues and associates who may be interested in learning more
about our Club and Rotary in general – and also in joining Rotary
(as is our usual practice, the first meeting of potential members is
gratis).
Please advise guest
details to
meetings@rotary.to with a copy email to
Barbara by cob Friday 17th
October.
Thanks in advance for your usual support!
Regards
Barbara
PP and Director of Membership
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 |
|
14.10.2008 |
|
Fellowship |
Dinner |
|
|
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 |
|
13.01.2009 |
Michael F |
Chris |
Dianne |
Bobbi |
Gordon |
|
20.01.2009 |
Lyn |
Paul |
Wendy |
Charles |
Bettina |
Last Week's
Meeting
Tracey volunteered last minute to take scribe
notes in the absence of our rostered scribe. Due to this
surprise assignment and all the other exciting stories that night
she then ended up leaving her notes behind on the table after the
meeting:-)
Her memory though seems to be fantastic
.......she still managed to provide a short version....:-)
Other members, encouraged by our Sergeant's
task to become a rhyming expert for words like "orange", "month",
"silver" and "purple", did some serious research on that topic and
came up with a solution for the problem.....
(Click here for
full scribe notes and rhyming tips)
President
Gabe's Message
Whilst our
club has a lot of ongoing projects, we should not forget that
there are also many District and other projects we can support.
The best sources of information on all District projects are the
District website (http://www.rotarydistrict9800.org.au/) and the
Networker. The Southbanker has a link to the latest Networker so
every week; we have the opportunity to find out more about what is
happening in the District. There are a lot of worthy and exciting
projects at District: RAWCS, DIK, ROMAC, RYLA, RYPEN, GSE – just
to name a few....
(Full
President's Message here)
 Albert Park
Book Fair
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 participated with a
Aussie Bush Buddies Children's Books stand.
(click here for more
snapshots from the bookfair )
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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DG Jim Studebaker's Weekly Message
(Issue 15, 06 October 2008)
October is Vocational Service Month
"The Challenge!"
This week
I wanted to talk to you about how we, as a District, are faring
meeting RI President’s DK Lee’s membership challenge. His
challenge was to increase membership by a net 10% across the
District and for each District to charter 2 new clubs.
I know through my club visits that we’ve all accepted this
challenge of membership development not simply leaving it to our
respective membership chairs or club presidents. It seems that
there is a genuine interest on behalf of our club members to
encourage friends, neighbours and other people like you and me
along to a club meeting or to membership nights. Certainly, new
member introductions seem to be on the increase. Please continue
to do your bit.
.....
(Click
here
for full message)
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