"What's on in District?"
Southbank Club
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MEETING 484-
Tuesday 26 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 |
|
26.05.2009 |
Michael G |
Chris |
Leigh |
Michael G |
Steven |
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 Speaker at next weeks meeting will be
Barbara Harrison from Earthwatch. Some of you may remember that
Barbara was invited to speak to our Club last year but due to
technical difficulties with the presentation could not show us her
amazing pictures of meerkats of the Kalahari.
Earthwatch
Australia was founded in 1982, firstly in Sydney and now Melbourne.
The organisation has dedicated activities to areas of social
and environmental topics as much as to the conservation of our
natural resources.
Barbara
Harrison is a long service volunteer of Earthwatch and has been
engaged in many Earthwatch projects.
 Barbara
Harrison, is the winner of the 2007 Get Up & Go Award for
Australia’s most adventurous traveler. More than half a century
ago she got up and went off to see the world.
She is also a former
Earthwatch Institute Volunteer of the Year
winner.
For Barbara, the real attraction of an Earthwatch expedition is the
opportunity to work alongside and socialise with local communities,
making lifelong friends and making a real difference to their lives
and their environment.
Read more about Barbara and Earthwatch on their website
http://www.earthwatch.org.au
President Gabe's
Message
I have but a
short message this week. Do you think it is cold this week? If so,
think about the victims of the bushfire. Those who have lost
everything in the fire except their lives could do with some warm
clothing. If you have any spare ones, please consider donating them
to charities collecting for them, including the Salvation Army,
Brotherhood of St Lawrence, Rotary Op shops and many others.
Help where we can and let us make the dream of a warm winter a
reality for the bushfire victims and others in our community!
(Full President's Message here)
Last Week's
Meeting
The club had a wonderful meeting with the Rotary Club of Glenferrie.
The guest speaker, Gemma
Sisia gave a wonderful presentation on the School of St Jude. Many
of the photos show the connection between the school which only
started 7 years ago (with 3 pupils) to a school of over a thousand
pupils and a new additional campus. The school is also now providing
secondary education. The children are provided with free education
and free boarding. Many RAWCS teams have visited to assist with the
building of the school, with many of the equipments (including
school buses) provided by many Rotary clubs.....
(Click here for full scribe notes)
and read more about the School of St Jude and Rotary's engagement in
this weeks Networker
District Assembly 2009
9:30am on
Sunday, 31 May
Wilson Hall, Melbourne University
Do not miss out on this great opportunity to learn about Rotary,
it's Avenues of Service and upcoming Activities in District
9800.
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.
The Big
Issue
Street Soccer National Championships
The National Championships will
be held Sunday 19th July at Cultural Forecourt, Brisbane
Southbank
The event will be launched at
the Homeless Connect on 27 May with the objective of driving
spectators and possible participation in the Corporate Cup.
Homeless Connect brings together Brisbane City Council, state
government, businesses and community groups to provide free
services to homeless people for a day.
So far it has helped over 2300 homeless people.
The first Homeless Connect event was held on 1 November 2006 at
City Hall, Brisbane. It was the first of its kind in Australia.
Read more
about this initiative here
Homeless Connect Website
Brisbane City Council will be sponsoring the
Championships. If you have any corporate contacts in Brisbane who
you think may be interested in participating in the corporate cup,
please forward the
attached flier
to them.
DS 9800
Bushfire Support
Activities
District 9800 Bushfire Recovery
Project sponsors The Kids Foundations Burn Survivor
Network for one of their burn survivors Family camps,
Camp Phoenix. 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.
 GSE
2009 Sweden
Wednesday, June 17
The RC of Albert Park will be hosting the welcome home dinner for
the Swedish GSE Team, including team member Jamie Anderson, who
had been sponsored by RC Southbank.
Contact
albertpark@rotarydistrict9800.org for more information.
Are you interested in their
adventures in Sweden?
Have a look at their
blog
with lots of pictures!
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.
Ryder Cheshire Charity Dinner 17th July
In April our guest speaker Helen Trueman
talked to us about the Ryder-Cheshire Foundation and their
engagement in Klibur Domin – East Timor.
If you like delicious food and would also
like to support projects in Klibur Domin this Dinner is a must for
you.
Please refer to the
attached flyer
for more details
DG Jim Studebaker's Weekly Message
(Issue 43, 18 May 2009)
May is Australian Rotary Health Research Month
"Can We improve the Gender Balance in
our Rotary Clubs?"
At the 2008 Rotary Convention in Los Angeles, the RI Membership
Development Division conducted focus groups of Rotarias for the
purpose of gathering information to better encourage women to
become Rotarians.
Rotary International reports that 85% of Rotarians are male and
15% female and whilst there are understandable historic reasons
for the higher male participation rate, it is important that we do
everything we can to improve our gender mix and improve gender
balance......
(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 |
|
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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