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MEETING 490 -
Tuesday 7 July 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 |
Acting Sergeant |
Members' Moment |
Attendance |
|
7.7.2009 |
Michael G |
Leigh / Rhys |
Carl |
(Gaby) |
Narina & Tracey |
|
14.7.2009 |
Tracey |
Gaby / Mandy |
|
Barbara |
Narina & Tracey |
|
21.7.2009 |
Philip |
Barbara / Nick |
|
Narina |
Narina & Tracey |
|
28.7.2009 |
Diane |
Steven / Lyn |
|
Troy |
Narina & Tracey |
|
4.8.2009 |
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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.
Guest Speakers: D9800 GST Team (Sweden).
The GSE Team returning from Sweden will give the club a presentation
of their experiences in Sweden - a meeting not to be missed!
Find out about
upcoming speakers here!
President
Philip's
Message
Greetings
Southbankers!
What a great
start to our year! Thanks to all who contributed to such a
fantastic Changeover and 10th Birthday Celebration on 20th June.
And now our year begins ...
(Full President's Message here)
Last Week's
Meeting
Gabe announced that RC Southbank won 2 Awards
at the District Changeover – for the street soccer program and the
PR trophy for the Gill Hicks lunch.
Charles advised that the 1st of the Business
Breakfasts will be held on 16/7. Bookings via Narina.
Gordon was proud to tell us that the YAA
company has had its product approved. The product is an
environmentally friendly Journal ...
(Click here for full scribe notes)
Rotary Foundation
Thought
This week’s
Rotary Foundation Thought
is about PolioPlus.
In 1985, Rotarians made a
promise to the children of the world to eradicate polio. Since
PolioPlus began, the number of polio cases worldwide has declined by
99 percent, thanks largely to the efforts of Rotarians around the
world. Rotarians have committed nearly US$650 million toward global
polio eradication efforts. Already, five million children are
walking who would have been paralysed, and more than 1.5 million
lives have been saved. None of this would be possible if it weren’t
for Rotary’s leadership and vision.
What a wonderful legacy we are leaving to the
children of the world. Goodbye Polio. Thank you, Rotary.
Rotary's PolioPlus $200 Million Challenge has
just reached the $90 million mark!
Southbank Profile
Gabe Hau
This week, we profile our immediate past president, Gabe Hau ...
(Click here for
full Profile)
Inspire
Find out about the exciting opportunities of service and
collaboration between Crown and RC Southbank.
(Click here for
more details)
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.
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
Speaker for 8 September
2009
Dr Judith Slocombe
CEO of the Alana and Madeleine Foundation
 CEO
of the Alana Madeline Foundation, Dr Judith Slocombe is renowned
for the dedication and vision which has seen her achieve
Australia’s most highly regarded award for women in business - the
Telstra Australian Business Woman of the Year.
Holding an MBA from the
Melbourne Business School as well as veterinary qualifications,
Judith’s work in small business saw her redefine veterinary
pathology before she transitioned into the corporate world as the
Group General Manager of Gribbles Group.
Managing a portfolio of Board
positions, including the Australian Red Cross Blood Service, Open
Universities Australia and VicHealth, as well being the Chair of
the Animal Welfare League of Victoria, Judith’s success is all the
more remarkable for the fact that she has achieved such
professional accolades whilst raising nine children with her
husband, Professor Ron Slocombe.
DG Colin Muir's Weekly Message
in
Networker
(Issue 1, 1 July 2009)
July is Changeover Month
"Consider the Future of Rotary"
Moving into
a new Rotary year, it is vital that we do so with the challenges
we face in a rapidly changing world firmly in mind. Our role as
Rotarians has never been more important; and the difference we can
make never more evident.
When Rotary
International President John Kenny opened the International
Assembly in San Diego last January he said:
"Ninety-six
years ago, Paul Harris told those at the 1913 Rotary Convention in
Buffalo, New York:
It is a far greater undertaking to be a good Rotarian today
than it was yesterday; it will be a far greater undertaking
tomorrow than it was today." ...
(Click here for the Networker, including the full message)
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