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MEETING 485-
Tuesday 02 June
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 |
|
02.06.2009 |
Richard |
Jenny |
Dean |
Lyn |
Leigh |
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 Speakers at next weeks meeting will be
Steve Nicolls and Paul Roberts from
Seeing Eye Dogs Australia.
Seeing Eye Dogs Australias
mission is
"To enhance the mobility and independence of people who are blind or
vision impaired throughout Australia by providing Seeing Eye Dogs,
mobility training and rehabilitation services free of charge."
Currently in Australia there
are 480,000 people aged over 40 with considerable vision impairment
and 50,000 of these are legally blind. Over the next 15 years this
number will almost double.
Steve has been using Seeing
Eye dogs for the past 10 years so he knows first hand of the
wonderful change a dog makes to a persons life.
Hear about how he received
the diagnosis of his eye condition and the resultant struggles that
he faced. Then what lead him to the life changing decision to get a
Seeing Eye dog and the profound difference this made. Learn the
amazing things he discovered that a Seeing Eye dog can do for
someone.
President Gabe's
Message
The Rotary
Foundation, our very own charity, have always provided grants to
Rotary clubs, including District Simplified Grants, Multi-Year and
Cultural Ambassadorial Scholarships; Rotary Grants for University
Teachers; Health, Hunger and Humanity (3-H) Grants; Volunteer
Service Grants; and Disaster Recovery Grants, just to name a few.
The Foundation is considering streamlining the grants process and is
putting in place a Future Vision Plan. In short, the Future Vision
Plan is a pilot project to combine all Foundation grants into 2
categories: Rotary Foundation District Grants and Rotary Foundation
Global Grants. A 3 year pilot program will be conducted starting
from 1 July 2010 to 30 June 2013. After the pilot, the Future Vision
Plan will be implemented worldwide....
(Full President's Message here)
Last Week's
Meeting
At last week's meeting members and guests Clinton, Aurora and Judy
had the chance to listen to Barbara Harrison's adventures with
meerkats in the Kalahari desert.
 Looking
at beautiful photographs (hard to believe that they where taken with
a "cheap camera") featuring these funny animals and the breathtaking
landscape we all could get a taste of what it must be like to be an
Earthwatch Volunteer Traveller......
(Click here for full scribe notes)
RC Southbank 10th Anniversary and Changeover Celebrations
Click here for
booking form
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 44, 25 May 2009)
May is Australian Rotary Health Research Month
"How Can We Improve The Gender Balance In
Our Clubs?"
In my message last week, I reported on the
findings of the RI Membership Development Division following focus
group studies of Rotarians for the purpose of gathering
information to better encourage women to become Rotarians.
Rotary International reported that 85% of Rotarians are male and
15% female so it is important that we do everything we can to
improve our gender mix. This week we look at ways we can improve
the gender balance in all of our clubs.
The focus group participants were asked to consider the
opportunities available to clubs as a result of increasing women’s
participation and best practices for recruiting women.......
(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 |
|
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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