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MEETING 457- 21 October 2008
This week's meeting of the Rotary Club of Southbank will be held at :
Drawing 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
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.
Next Week's meeting
Guest speaker:
Tony Thomas (RS Melbourne Sunrise)
"The 13th Century Mongol Conquests and their legacy to Europe"
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 |
|
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
 We
had a great Fellowship Dinner at the Italian Waiters Club!
For all of you who missed it....
make sure you come along next time...
(Thanks to Charles for this snapshot)
President
Gabe's Message
We’ve had
some really good weather for the past couple of weeks – sunny
weekends perfect for going to the beach or for just sitting
outside sipping coffee. It seems almost like we’ve skipped
straight from winter to summer. It sounds perfect but there are 2
sides to every coin. The same weather that is bringing us sunshine
is also not bringing us rain. With our water storage still at a
critically low level (currently 34.4% compared to 80% this time in
1997), we should do what we can to help save water.....
(Full
President's Message here)
Melbourne
Races - Call for Marshals!
Summer is coming and so are all the races
that need volunteers to make them happen!
RC Southbank has a tradition of sending
Sprint Marshals to help with a variety of roles during these
competitions. This is not just a fantastic opportunity for our
Club to raise some money it is also a great Fellowship Event.
If you are an early starter (marshal duty
normally begins around 6am in the morning), enjoy sports and a
day out, this is the kind of activity to go for!
Please have a look at the dates below and
get in touch with
Richard if you are available
for any of them.
|
Event |
Venue |
Date |
|
Gatorade Triathlon Series - Race 1 |
Catani Gardens, St Kilda |
23.11.2008 |
|
SUB Women's Cycle Challenge |
Catani Gardens, St Kilda |
06.12.2008 |
Sussan Women’s Fun Run *
Bag Packing |
Catani Gardens, St Kilda |
06.12.2008 |
|
Sussan Women’s Fun Run |
Catani Gardens, St Kilda |
07.12.2008 |
|
Gatorade Triathlon Series - Race 2 |
Elwood Beach Reserve, Elwood |
14.12.2008 |
|
Gatorade Triathlon Series - Race 3 |
Trevor Barker Oval, Sandringham |
11.01.2009 |
|
Gatorade Triathlon Series - Race 5 |
Elwood Beach Reserve, Elwood |
15.02.2009 |
|
BP/BRW Corporate Triathlon - Race 1 |
Elwood Beach Reserve, Elwood |
01.03.2009 |
|
Gatorade Triathlon Series - Race 6 |
Catani Gardens, St Kilda |
22.03.2009 |
|
Cadbury Easter egg hunt |
Werribee Mansions |
10.04.2009 |
*full day event
Tracey did a bit of research on the
Homeless World Cup site to find this information - the
nominations for the Australian team.
The Australian Street Socceroos
are:
Alex Marshall (Captain, NSW)
Stephen Maloney (Vice-captain, VIC);
Lorenso Neghad (VIC);
Hamid Arabi (SA);
Kevin Knight (QLD);
Coen Slaughter (NSW);
Toni Whelan (SA);
Eddy Halid (VIC).
For those involved in our
activities with the Melbourne team, you will be pleased to see three
familiar names in the team; and for those at the National
Championships, who could forget Toni from SA!
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
 Paul
Harris Society
Paul Harris Society is a District based
Program of‘
The Australian Rotary Foundation Trust.
“EVERY ROTARIAN ... EVERY YEAR”
Did you know that EREY contributions to the
APF can help
support all of the Foundation’s programs and Rotary’s funding for
the push to end polio worldwide?
Contributions to the Annual Programs Fund (APF) are the lifeblood
of The Rotary Foundation’s educational and
humanitarian programs. Fifty percent of the contributions go to
the World Fund to support Foundation programs. The other 50
percent goes into District Designated Funds (DDF).
DDF can be used to participate in the Foundation’s programs,
including Polio Plus.
"At the Shepparton District Conference, I attended the Paul Harris
Society Breakfast. The PHS is a great way to support our Rotary
Foundation so that they can continue to do exceptional work such
as Polio Plus, the 3H programs and many more. DG Jim Studebaker
encourages all of us to join the PHS so we can support our very
own charitable organization. Don’t forget, Foundation month is
just around the corner in November!"
Yours in Rotary,
Gabe
Gabriel Hau
President 2008-2009
Rotary Club of Southbank
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Newsletter or
Contribution Form
 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)
Team leaders have been
chosen last Sunday at International House:
The GSE Selection Committee has selected Mike Flavel from the
Rotary Club of Melbourne as the Team leader for the Team
exchanging with Sweden.
Brett Lefebvre from the Rotary Club of Kyneton was selected to
lead the Team exchanging with Turkey.
Team Members will be selected in the upcoming weeks and we
wish our nominated Candidate all the best for that.
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 16, 13 October 2008)
October is Vocational Service Month
"The Drought and Our Plan!"
Eleven
years is a long time to wait for something that ‘should be coming
any time now’ or is deemed ‘about to happen’. But it in rural
Victoria it has been 11 years of waiting and hoping for decent
rainfall.
The ‘longest drought’ goes on and the end is not in sight. It is
literally impossible to be indifferent to the plight of rural
communities. And as the ravages of the drought continue unabated,
it’s important that we continue to make the wellbeing and future
of those communities a focus of our Rotary programs........
(Click
here
for full message)
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