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MEETING 497 - Tuesday 1
September 2009
This meeting of the
Rotary Club of Southbank will be held at
Palace Cinema Como
Corner Toorak Road & Chapel Street
South Yarra
6.00 for 6.15 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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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.
The Rotary Club of
Southbank invites you to a special screening of
BALIBO to celebrate the independence of Timor Leste (East
Timor). East Timor 1975: Five journalists are missing.
One man searches for the truth. One man fights for justice.
 Guest Speakers:
Kevin Bailey. Kevin
is the Honorary Timor Leste Consul General for Melbourne and
Executive Chairman of The Money Managers Ltd. He will
introduce the film Balibo.
More upcoming
speakers here!
President
Philip's
Message
This
week I want to talk about teamwork, commitment and the importance of
these to achieve our goals this year. Rotary, as we are all well
aware, is a voluntary organisation. It’s therefore a fantastic
opportunity for real teamwork that has rewarding outcomes. Our
Club is a team; each Avenue of Service is a sub- team, and each
project also requires a team effort. If we are to work effectively
as a team to achieve our objectives, we need to commit to a few
basic principles:
...
(Full President's Message here)
Last Week's
Meeting
The meeting
opened at 6:30 pm with Sergeant-at-Arms Chris proposing toast to
Australia and Rotary International and on this occasion in honour of
our guests the Rotary Club of DiRaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. He
then introduced a rather off-colour President Philip Archer who
nevertheless received a spirited welcome and conducted a lively
meeting. President Philip introduced the following visitors and
made or introduced the following announcements: ...
(Click here for full scribe notes)
Rotary Foundation
Thought
 This week’s
Rotary Foundation Thought
is
about bridging the world’s needs. ...
Southbank Profile
 This week, we profile one
of our well respected and well loved member ... Michael Glinski -
aka Inspector G!
(Click here for
full Profile)
Inspire - from "The Prez"
“Never doubt that a small group of committed people can change the
world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.”
Margaret Mead
Upcoming Events
 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
 Sunday
30 August 2009 - Lord Mayor's Charitable Foundation - Lake Attack
We need volunteers for 2-3 hours for a barbeque for this LMCF event.
 Thursday
17 to Sunday 27 September 2009 - Royal Melbourne Show "Know your
numbers Campaign" We need volunteers to assist in running
the stall jointly with RC Canterbury.
 DG Colin Muir's Weekly Message
in
Networker
(Issue 9, 24 August 2009)
August is
Membership Extension & Development Month
"What Membership Means"
We often hear about membership in Rotary – how we should work
to increase membership, how we can go about attracting new
membership, how membership is so vital to every club’s health.
But rather than writing these off as just perennially rolled out
mantras, take a moment to stop and imagine what increased
membership could really mean to Rotary – and your club. ...
(Click here for the Networker with the full DG's message)
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