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MEETING 482-
Tuesday 12 May
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
12 am Monday.
Roster for this meeting:
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Roster
|
Date |
Chair |
Scribe / Greeter |
Corporal |
Members' Moment |
Attendance |
|
12.05.2009 |
Stuart |
Steven |
Barbara |
Dianne |
Chris |
Are you rostered for duty at
this meeting, but will not be able to attend? Please make sure, that
you organise a replacement and inform
Clubservices.
PROGRAM
Our Guest speaker at this
meeting will be Kevin Love.
 Kevin
is the Deputy Secretary of Land Stewardship & Biodiversity for the
Department of Sustainability and Environment. Kevin is an active
member of the Rotary Club of Central-Melbourne Sunrise.
During the recent Victorian Bushfires, Kevin was frequently on
television with updates on the tragedy. He will be sharing his
experiences of the Bushfire with us.
Kevin was appointed to the role of Deputy Secretary, Public Land
Stewardship and Biodiversity in May 2003. Kevin is responsible for
ensuring that all public land management and resource utilisation is
consistent with sustainability policy and represents best practices
in environmental management.
Kevin was previously Deputy Secretary, Public Land, Heritage and
Biodiversity with the former Department of Natural Resources and
Environment. Before that he was Director, Resources and
Infrastructure with the Department of Premier and Cabinet. Kevin
worked for 20 years in country Victoria for the Department of
Agriculture.
The Department of
Sustainability and Environment (DSE) leads the Victorian
Government's efforts to sustainably manage water resources and
catchments, climate change, bushfires, parks and other public land,
forests, biodiversity and ecosystem conservation.
Please find more information about this Department on their website
www.dse.vic.gov.au.
The website also leads you to the new website of the Victorian Bushfire Reconstruction and Recovery
Authority.
www.wewillrebuild.vic.gov.au
 Please
note, that on May 19th we will join the Rotary Club of Glenferrie
at their
location in Hawthorn. The special guest speaker that night will be Gemma Sisia, founder of the School of Jude in Tanzania.
Bring partners and friends along to this meeting! If you haven't
done that yet, please inform Gabe if you will attend.
President Gabe's
Message
In this week's Networker, DG Jim said "Be an Ambassador for Rotary!"
As we continually struggle to truly represent ourselves in the eyes
of the public, this is now more important than ever.
I remember when I first joined Rotary all those years ago, every
time I put on my jacket, with my Rotary pin on it, I became very
self-conscious. To outsiders, or even friends of Rotary, wearing
that Rotary pin might well be a 'badge of honour' but to me, and I
suspect to most Rotarians, it is something entirely different.
As a newly inducted Rotarian, wearing the Rotary pin meant I was 'on
display', as a representative or ambassador of this great
organisation that is Rotary.......
(Full President's Message here)
Last Week's
Meeting
....Our Guest speaker, Dr.
Alex Buchanan a member of Rotary Club of Melbourne
 (more
details about him in last weeks bulletin) spoke on the process of
developing biscuits for disaster relief situations. He designed them
to have the full goodness of milk, but remain storable and
transportable without availability of refrigeration. They contain
cane sugar, wheat flour – carbohydrate & vanilla or chocolate
concentrate.
He spoke on the process of developing the biscuits product – found
that due to high protein content, biscuits broke unless they had a
hole in the middle of them (to increase surface area), hence the
donut shape. Similarly using ordinary milk powder did not work
either due to lactose burning. He also told how the final size of
the biscuit was set at the size of his daughters’ finger!. ........
(Click here for full scribe notes)
DS 9800
Bushfire Support
Activities
District 9800 Bushfire Recovery
Project has decided to sponsor The Kids Foundations Burn Survivor
Network for one of their Family camps that addresses special
needs of Bushfire survivors and their families.
Camp Phoenix provides children, teenagers and adult burn survivors
and their families with a unique opportunity to meet other
survivors, share experiences and develop friendships in a socially
accepting environment that requires a number of volunteers. Camp
Phoenix will be held from 23rd - 26th August 2009 in Anglesea.
Find more about the Kids Foundation and Camp Phoenix on their
website:
www.kidsfoundation.org.au
RC Melton Valleys
Yellow Ribbon initiative.
If you would like to order Yellow
Ribbons to support this program please find more information
on RC Melton Valleys
website
or
click here for
Order Form.
District Assembly 2009
9:30am on
Sunday, 31 May
Wilson Hall, Melbourne University
Have you registered yet?
Do not miss out on this great opportunity to learn about Rotary,
it's Avenues of Service and upcoming Activities in District
9800.
It’s also great for fellowship, not just within our own club but
with members from other clubs AND
it can help us to showcase Southbank.
Call Narina Amvazas on 0430 189 622 to book you tickets. The cost
of $30 per head will be paid by the club.
For those of you who can't make it perhaps you can join us for
some fellowship (a glass of wine or coffee in Carlton) following
the Assembly.
Rotary Science School Programs
Did you know that Rotary is
involved in two great Science Programs, the National Youth
Science Forum (NYSF) and the Siemens Science Experience?
Whilst the Siemens Science
Experience is a 3 day program for Year 9 students, the National
Youth Science Forum caters for students Year 11 and lasts for 12
days.
Applications for both programs
are now open.
Please refer to their Websites for more information:
Siemens Science Experience
National Youth Science Forum (NYSF)
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 41, 04 May 2009)
May is Australian Rotary Health Research Month
"The Perception of Rotary"
I recently read a report of
the findings for a focus group of non-Rotarians who were in the
demographic groups of professional women aged 30+ and professional
men aged 30 to 45 years.
I know that all of us at some time or another have been asked by
our friends, work colleagues and acquaintances “What is Rotary?”
and “What do you do?”. This is a very difficult question to
answer, as Rotary does so much and Rotary means different things
to different Rotarians depending on our Rotary passions and
experience. One of the great strengths of Rotary is that we are
involved in so many diverse projects and initiatives that allow
all of our members to identify an area of service, or multiple
areas of service to which they can contribute.........
(Click
here
for full message)
UPCOMING ROSTER
If you are unable to
attend a meeting for which you are rostered, please arrange for a
swap with someone and inform
Club services.
Scribes
- please send your scribe notes no later than 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 |
|
19.05.2009 |
Rhys |
Lyn |
Rhys |
Richard |
Dean |
|
26.05.2009 |
Michael G |
Chris |
Leigh |
Michael G |
Steven |
|
02.06.2009 |
Richard |
Jenny |
Dean |
Lyn |
Leigh |
|
09.06.2009 |
Jenny |
Chris |
Richard |
Troy |
Steven |
|
16.06.2009 |
Dianne |
Philip |
Dean |
Jenny |
Stuart |
|
23.06.2009 |
Barbara |
Steven |
Michael F |
Leigh |
Michael G |
|
30.06.2009 |
Rhys |
Dean |
Lyn |
Gordon |
Richard |
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