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MEETING 495 - Tuesday
11
August 2009
This meeting of the
Rotary Club of Southbank will be held at
King Pin Bowling and M9 Laser
Skirmish
Crown Entertainment Complex
8
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 |
|
18.8.2009 |
Philip |
Michael G |
Barbara |
n/a |
Narina & Tracey |
|
25.8.2009 |
Lyn |
Bettina |
Troy |
Clinton |
Narina & Tracey |
|
1.9.2009 |
Bettina |
Gabe |
Dean |
Gabe |
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.
It's 10 pin
bowling and laser skirmish night destined to be a fantastic
fellowship event, so bring along your aiming skills and show us
what you are made of!
More upcoming
speakers here!
President
Philip's
Message
We’ve started the year with great gusto and it’s fantastic to see
the enthusiasm in the Club. I’m mindful however, that as the year
progresses, we need to maintain the momentum so that we do achieve
what we have set out to do. ...
(Full President's Message here)
Last Week's
Meeting
Chris
as sergeant started the meeting and toasted Australia and Rotary
International as usual followed by the Rotary Club of Kyneton (home
of out guest speaker, PDG John Wigley) although originally he
confused it with another club, for which he was fined later). ...
(Click here for full scribe notes)
Rotary Foundation
Thought
 This week’s
Rotary Foundation Thought
is about
The Annual Programs Fund. ...
 Southbank Profile
Lyn Gill
This week, we profile one of
our Royce Abbey Awardee, Lyn Gill ...
(Click here for
full Profile)
Inspire - from "The Prez"
Every worthwhile
accomplishment, big or little, has its stages of drudgery and
triumph; a beginning, a struggle and a victory.
Ghandi
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.
 30
September 2009 - Salvador Dali: Liquid Desire at the National
Gallery of Victoria
 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.
 23
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 6, 3 August 2009)
August is
Membership Extension & Development Month
"Let's talk about Membership"
August is Membership and Extension Month so let’s talk about
membership and what we can do to ensure the future success of our
District but more importantly the future success of our clubs. ...
(Click here for the Networker with the full DG's message)
Rotary Image Award
Here is a photo of the Rotary Image Award (Bill King Trophy) awarded
to both RC Melbourne and RC Southbank for our work with the Homeless
World Cup. It is currently held by RC Melbourne and RC
Southbank will hold it in the second half of the year.
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Batman Cluster ~ Club Meeting Details |
RC Melbourne
President
Barry Watts
Wednesday 12:40 pm for 12.50 pm
The Windsor Hotel
103 Spring Street, Melbourne
Ph: 03 9654 7242
Click for website |
RC Central Melb-Sunrise
President Kevin Love
Tuesday 7:15 am for 7.45am
RACV City Club
501 Bourke Street, Melbourne
Ph: 03 9944 8888
Click for website
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RC Albert Park
President Joan Robison
Wednesday 6 pm
for 6.30 pm
Lifesaving Victoria
cnr Todd Rd & The Boulevard
Port Melbourne
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for website |
RC Melbourne South
President Bronwyn Stephens
Friday 12:45 pm for 1:00
pm
The German Club Tivoli
291 Dandenong Road,
Windsor
Click for
website |
RC Port Melbourne
President
Geri Charles
Monday
6 pm for 6.30 pm
Lifesaving Victoria
cnr Todd Rd & The Boulevard
Port Melbourne
Click for website |
RC Docklands
President Mark Nutter
Tuesday
6.30 pm to 7.30 pm
Berth Restaurant (upstairs),
45 New Quay Promenade
Docklands
No website yet |
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