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Southbank Club
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MEETING 489 -
Tuesday 30 June 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 Narina via
email
before 12 am Monday.
Roster for this meeting:
|
Date |
Chair |
Scribe / Greeter |
Corporal |
Members' Moment |
Attendance |
|
30.06.2009 |
Barbara |
Dean |
Lyn |
Gordon |
Richard |
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
Club
Service.
Club Assembly - President Philip, the incoming
Board and project leaders will outline
the club's plans and initiatives for the coming year. The
chairperson for the meeting is PP Barbara Adams.
President
Philip's
Message
Just over ten years ago, when
Ann White contacted me about becoming a member of the Rotary Club of
Southbank, I really had very little idea about what being a Rotarian
meant. Nor had I any idea at the time of how fortunate I was that
Ann had called. ...
(Full President's Message here)
Last Week's
Meeting
RC Southbank 10th Anniversary and Changeover Celebrations
What a fantastic night of celebrations! What a venue!
What a sensational performance! ...
(Click here for full scribe notes)
Rotary Foundation
Thought
This week’s
Rotary
Foundation Thought is about the
founder of our Foundation, Arch C. Klumph.
A member of the Rotary Club of Cleveland, Ohio,
USA, Klumph served as the RI president in the 1913-14 Rotary year.
In 1917, Klumph declared that "we should accept endowments for the
purpose of doing good in the world in charitable, educational, and
other avenues of community service." His vision and a contribution
of US$26 left over from the RI Convention helped to establish the
charitable and humanitarian arm of our organization, The Rotary
Foundation.
Due to the hard work and generosity of Rotarians worldwide, The
Rotary Foundation has improved lives for over 90 years. With ongoing
financial support, our Foundation will continue to carry on Klumph’s
dream well into our second century of service.
Southbank Profile
Gordon Hastie
This week, we profile one of our past presidents, Gordon Hastie ...
(Click here for
full Profile)
Inspire
 Who
said young people are not community minded? Read
this and find out how be truly inspirational young people are!
 We
have heard him speak at our meeting. He is a Rotarian in our
district, just like you and me. Each of us can achieve many
things, but together, we can achieve greatness! Look
here to find out more about Alex in Birmingham.
Christmas
in
July
9 July
2009
The Lord Mayor’s Charitable Foundation
and The Rotary Club
of Southbank
would like to welcome you to join us to celebrate a little
yuletide spirit in the middle of Melbourne’s blustery winter.
The lunchtime event on Thursday,
9th July (12pm for 12:30pm)
will cater for around 1500 guests from aged care and homeless
charities across Melbourne at the
Melbourne Exhibition Centre
(2 Clarendon St., South Melbourne).
Corporate Table costs $1200 and includes festive meals for
ten. Sponsorship options are also available to help aged care
and homeless charities enable their guests to attend.
To book or sponsor, contact
via email
or alternatively, complete the booking information and fax it
back to (03) 9690
9494.
For more
information and a booking form, see
the
attached
Everything
Old
is
New
Again
16
July 2009
Having
advised some of Australia’s largest corporate clients,
Julian Riekert
is one of Australia’s most pre-eminent
Workplace Relations legal experts. Now is your
opportunity to hear Julian speak on the upcoming workplace
relations changes which will see plenty of new – and old –
changes to existing workplace laws.
Over a sumptuous breakfast at
Crown Casino’s Garden Room on the
16th July, Julian will share valuable
insights into Australia’s new workplace relations legislation
presently being introduced in Federal Parliament.
What’s more, the very reasonable ticket price of $50 per person
will support a great cause – profits from the event
will
go to The Rotary Club of Southbank’s Community Fund, established
in partnership with
the Lord Mayor’s Charitable Foundation (LMCF).
To book, simply complete the booking information and email it to
or alternatively, fax it
back to (03) 9690
9494.
For more
information and a booking form, see
the
attached
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.
Tuesday 23 June
2009
Charter Night of the Rotary Club of Docklands
We celebrated the charter of the newest club in the district: RC
Docklands. A contingent of Southbankers led by President
Philip attended the event.
It is wonderful to have a new cluster to join us for a new
exciting year of Rotary service!
Wednesday 24 June
2009
Charter Night of
the Rotaract Club of Tullamarine
It has been at
least 10 years since our District 9800 chartered a Rotaract club.
In fact, up until 24 June 2009, our district only has one active
Rotaract Club of Balwyn (sponsored by RC North Balwyn).
It is no
wonder that RC Tullamarine, as sponsoring club of the new Rotaract
Club of Tullamarine won the district award this year for Rotaract
Club support! Congratulations to both RC Tullamarine and
Rotaract Club of Tullamarine.
The Charter
Night was a great success with an attendance of a hundred or more!
Our club was also very well represented.
(Click here for
some Rotaract Club of Tullamarine Charter Night Photos)
DG's Changeover 27
June 2009
The DG's
Changeover was a fantastic success with a huge attendance to
celebrate the achievements of the past year under DG Jim's guidance
and to welcome DG Colin as we look forward to the 2009-2010 Rotary
year!
The highlight
for our club is, of course, the winning of 2 district awards.
For community
service: jointly with RC Melbourne, Southbank won this award for the
Homeless World Club project.
For the Public
Relations Trophy: Southbank won this award for the Gill Hicks and
Christine Nixon Luncheon and the fantastic publicity Rotary received
as a result of it.
Well done
Southbank! In case you don't know, there were only a handful
of club winning two awards. For a club our size, this a a
great achievement and we should all be very proud of it!
(Click here
for some DG's Changeover Photos)
Ryder Cheshire Charity Dinner
17th July 2009
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 48, 22 June 2009)
June is Rotary
Fellowship Month
"What a Year!"
What a year... we started the year on a high when
we were fortunate to be visited by RI President DK Lee and his
wife Young Ja. DK Lee inspired us to Make Dreams Real both in our
local communities and across the globe.
I am proud to say that District 9800 has taken on
this challenge with great success. Our clubs have posted some
significant achievements this year. We should all be so proud of
the good we have done for our local and international communities
across hundreds of projects. ...
(Click
here
for full message)
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