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MEETING 493 -
Tuesday 28 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. If you want to know how to get there,
please click
here.
Roster for this meeting:
|
Date |
Chair |
Scribe |
Greeter |
Members' Moment |
Attendance |
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28.7.2009 |
Diane |
Steven |
Lyn |
Troy |
Narina & Tracey |
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 Speaker: Thom
Woodroofe, 19, is the founder and Executive Director of Left Right
Think-Tank, Australia’s first independent and non-partisan think-tank of young minds,
and the 2009 Young Victorian of the Year.
Established in early 2008,
Left Right’s mission is to involve young people in public policy.
Its vision is for a society that seeks and embraces the ideas of
young people.
For Thom's bio, please
Click here.
More upcoming
speakers here!
President
Philip's
Message
After our Board meeting last
week, we had our first presentations of Directors’ reports on the
projects each Avenue of Service will be undertaking this year. It
was also fantastic to hear from Project Champions, who will ensure
we gain real traction. ...
(Full President's Message here)
Last Week's
Meeting
We welcomed guests
including Rotarian Ashok Bhatti from the Rotary Club of Rajkot,
District 3060 in Gujarat, India.
A special toast was made to
acknowledge the Rotary Club of Murrumbidgee District 9700.
...
(Click here for full scribe notes)
Rotary Foundation
Thought
 This week’s
Rotary Foundation Thought
is about
Rotary World Peace Fellow at work on the
frontlines. ...
 Southbank Profile
Dean Fakira
This week, we profile one of
our well loved members, Dean Fakira ...
(Click here for
full Profile)
Inspire
 Nine-year-old
Skylar Bolton got a puppy, but really, she could have wished for
anything. A visit with Johnny Depp, as her mom suggested.
A trip to Disney World. Even a meeting with the U.S. president.
But all she wanted was that dog. Skylar – whose wish was
granted by the Rotary Club of Memphis Central, Tenn., USA, and the
nonprofit Dream Factory – has type 1 diabetes, and she wished for a
specially trained service dog that could help save her life someday.
(Click here for
more details)
Upcoming Events
 Tuesday
11 August 2009 - Bowling and Laser Skirmish, our first
Fellowship events of 2009-2010! A event not to be missed!
 23-26
August 2009 - Camp Phoenix of The Kids Foundation's Burn Survivor Network,
supporting burn survivors and their families.
 8
September 2009 - CEO
of the Alana Madeline Foundation, Dr Judith Slocombe
will speak at the RC Southbank meeting.
 Rotary
District 9800 District
Conference 4-7 March 2010, Perth.
 Rotary
International,
International Convention 20-23 June 2010, Montreal, Canada.
Service Projects and Opportunities
 Rotary
Environmental Planting Scheme (REPS) - The Rotary Club on
Manningham is sponsoring a tree planting activity on Sunday, 9th
August, 2009 at Glenaroua (via Broadford) in the Goulburn Valley
about one and a half hours from Melbourne CBD.
 16
August 2009 - RAWCS District 9800 Seminar "Share the
Knowledge and the Joy of International Service".
23-26 August 2009 - Camp Phoenix of The Kids Foundation's Burn Survivor Network,
Rotarian volunteers wanted!
Monday 24 August 2009 - Camp Phoenix Trivia Night,
Rotarian volunteers wanted to help with a Trivia Night at Camp
Phoenix!
Don't
forget to nominate anyone you think would make a good
GSE team member to
Spain!
For further information, please contact
Steven asap as
applications are closing very soon!
 DG Colin Muir's Weekly Message
in
Networker
(Issue 4, 20 July 2009)
July is Changeover Month
"Leading by Example"
As I visit
each club in our District, as part of my DG visits program, I have
been quoting the words of Paul Harris when he addressed the 1913
Rotary Convention. He said "It is 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. You are the
Rotarians and the Rotary leaders of tomorrow so Paul Harris’
challenge, to the Rotarians of 1913, is now your own". As Rotary
leaders of the future we must be ever mindful of our organisation
and what we need to do to keep Rotary strong. Your leadership is
key to our future as the Future of Rotary is in Your Hands. ...
(Click here for the Networker with the full DG's message)
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