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Southbank Club Diary Dates
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MEETING 474-
Tuesday 17 March 2009
This meeting of the
Rotary Club of Southbank will be held at
Garden Room
Crown Towers Hotel
Whiteman Street, Southbank
6.00 for 6.30 PM
To book or record an
apology, please contact Bobbi via
email before 10 am Monday.
PROGRAM
Our Speaker at this weeks meeting is
Richard Randla, General Manager, North Metro Region
Justice Service Centre, Department of Justice
who will talk to us about Community Correctional Services in
Victoria.
President Gabe's
Message
District conferences have
always been a fantastic way for Rotarians to recharge their Rotary
batteries. The 77th District conference of Disctrict 9800 is no
exception. So far, we have had a wonderful line up of speakers from
comedians to professors, from professional speakers to police
officers. It is not the variety of speakers that is making such an
impression on delegates but the quality of those speakers. In short,
they are supurb.
How do I know they are supurb? That’s easy – at the end of the day:......
(Full President's Message here)
Last Week's
Meeting
President Gabe Hau welcomed Ted from North
Walsham Club in Norfolk England. Club flags were exchanged.....
Chris Truman doubled as our guest speaker and
explained the operation of the Xanana Trust, named after East
Timor President and founding patron Xanana Gusmao.
The trust focuses on providing funding for and
establishing vocational training facilities in war ravaged East
Timor.....
(Click here for full scribe notes)
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.
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Date |
Chair |
Scribe / Greeter |
Corporal |
Members' Moment |
Attendance |
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17.03.2009 |
Mandy |
Gordon |
Rhys |
Steven |
Wendy |
|
24.03.2009 |
Lyn |
Gabe |
Jenny |
Dean |
Mandy |
|
31.03.2009 |
Steven |
Stuart |
Rhys |
Bobbi |
Chris |
|
07.04.2009 |
Dean |
Leigh |
Dianne |
Barbara |
Wendy |
|
14.04.2009 |
Steven |
Stuart |
Barbara |
Philip |
Jenny |
|
21.04.2009 |
Stuart |
Dean |
Jenny |
Troy |
Stuart |
|
28.04.2009 |
Dianne |
Leigh |
Chris |
Tracey |
Steven |
|
05.05.2009 |
Dean |
Stuart |
Jenny |
Stuart |
Philip |
|
12.05.2009 |
Stuart |
Steven |
Barbara |
Dianne |
Chris |
The Xanana
Trust
At last weeks meeting Chris
Trueman told us about his
work with the Xanana Trust. As this is a very important Rotary
activity with strong RC Southbank involvement please find here
some more information about it:
 The
vision of the Xanana Vocational Education Trust is a self
sustaining vocational educational system that meets the needs of
the people of East Timor.
The Trust's programs are designed to help the whole vocational
sector in East Timor to grow into a self sustaining system.
Trust income is applied to
programs of support in one of the following four areas:
-
Vocational Assistance
Training Grants
-
Industry Wide Training
Development
-
Business Skill
Enhancement
-
Institutional
Development Initiatives
If you want to read more about the Trust or are interested to
become a Supporter please go
their website.
State
Championship 2009
22 March
Docklands
Mark this date in your
Calender and join us for the annual State Championship of the
Street Socceroos at Docklands on Sunday 22nd March.
The Street Soccer Championships are a
chance for players to demonstrate their courage, determination
and commitment to making positive changes in their lives.
Sunday March 22
4pm – Semi Finals
4.30pm – Grand Final
4.50pm – Medal Presentation
With the Homeless World
Cup in Milan, Italy coming up in September 2009 Street Soccer
players all around Australia get ready to win one of the few
places on the Australian National Team.
To be successful having
excellent soccer skills is good but not vital. Discipline,
dedication, commitment to improve the own situation, team
player attitudes and more social qualities are being put to
the test.
To read more about the
program go to
The Big Issue website
or come along to one of the weekly training
sessions.
In 2009 RC Southbank will continue it's engagement in the
Rotary District 9800 Partnerships Advancing Community
Engagement (PACE) supporting the Street Socceroos.
Please contact
Tracey for more information!
DS 9800 Bushfire Support
Activities
Bellydance Concert 5 April 2009
 The
Rotary Club of Caulfield has, with the assistance of the
Rotary Clubs of Elsternwick, Glen Eira and Brighton Beach,
joined with OMEDA (Organisation for Middle Eastern Dance in
Australia)Inc. to present a Spectacular Bushfire Recovery
Benefit Bellydance Concert on Sunday April 5th at Glen Eira
Auditorium.
Costs are $25 prepayment & concession and $30 Door Sales on
the night (if still available)
The concert will feature many of Melbourne's top professional
dancers and their students, all of whom are performing gratis.
Everyone assisting with the organisation and production of the
Concert is doing so voluntarily and the City of Glen Eira has
generously donated use of the Auditorium.
All proceeds are going to the Rotary International D9800
Bushfire Recovery Fund to help in medium and long-term
recovery from the devastating effects of the recent bushfires
in Victoria.
(Click here for more information an
bookings)
Lions
Eye Health Program (LEHP)
At our meeting on Tuesday
February 3rd Ian Bjorkman & Mr. Rodger Bud
of the Lions Club of Wheelers Hill shared some interesting
information with us about the Lions Eye Health Program.
The Lions Eye Health Program is a community awareness program
to prevent unnecessary vision impairment. Vision impairment
costs Australia in the vicinity of AUD 1.8 billion per annum.
Early intervention is key in order to reduce vision
impairment, and symptoms are usually noticed when it is too
late and damage has been done.
The Board has decided to give our colleagues from the Lions
club some support with their program:
If you have any old spectacles you would like to donate
please bring them along to the next Club Meetings. Rhys
will collect them and hand them over to the Lions Club to be
used where needed.
(Read more about the LEHP program on Lions Website)
DG's ChangeOver
This year’s ChangeOver dinner will
be held on Saturday, 27 June from 7pm at the Melbourne Park Function
Centre beside the Rod Laver Stadium.
The Rotary Club of Hawthorn will be hosting the event.
Please contact David Pisterman on 0418 345 607 for further
information.
DG Jim Studebaker's Weekly Message
(Issue 33, 9 March 2009)
March is World Literacy Month
"Rebuilding our Communities"
Gill Hicks was the last person
to be rescued from her train in the London bombings of July 2005.
Losing both her legs in the incident and coming perilously close
to losing her life, Gill faced a battle few of us can imagine. But
her recovery forms just part of the story that makes Gill so
remarkable.
As Victoria’s most recently retired Chief Commissioner of Police,
Christine Nixon’s anti-corruption stance and willingness to
modernise the way policing is conducted in Victoria has not been
short of challenges or controversies.
Our District, along with District 9810 is lucky enough to have
both Gill and Christine share their stories at a luncheon at The
Melbourne Exhibition and Convention Centre on Thursday, 16th
April.......
(Click
here
for full message)
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