"What's on in District?"
Southbank Club
Diary Dates
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details available)
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13 October 2009 |
Fellowship event - back office at Crown |
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[To be confirmed] |
Southbank Speaker Series - Business Breakfast
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Lord Mayor Robert Doyle on the next 100 years in Melbourne |
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5 November
2009 |
Breakfast with "The Prez" - Observatory Cafe at the
Botanical Gardens |
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19 November 2009 |
Southbank Speaker Series - Business Breakfast
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29 November 2009 |
Thanksgiving Picnic |
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3 December 2009 |
Breakfast with "The Prez" - Observatory Cafe at the
Botanical Gardens |
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8 December 2009 |
Fellowship: Lawn Bowls at St Vincents Place |
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15 December 2009 |
Christmas Function, Clarendon Room |
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MEETING 503 - Wednesday
6 October 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:
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Date |
Chair |
Members' Moment |
Attendance |
Scribe |
Greeter |
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6.10.2009 |
Rhys |
Dianne |
Narina/Tracey |
Clinton |
Wendy |
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13.10.2009 |
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20.10.2009 |
Philip |
Mandy |
Narina/Tracey |
Nick |
Richard |
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27.10.2009 |
Gaby |
Lyn |
Narina/Tracey |
Leigh |
Gordon |
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: Anne
Mitchell, Manager of Steps Outreach Service and
Dean Troth, Development Manager of Concern Australia.
More upcoming
speakers here!
President
Philip's
Message
During the past week
I met with the Yarra Glen Bushfire Recovery Centre to discuss two
projects for which we have received a grant. These being:
1.
The purchase of 10 X 20 ft
containers ...
2.
The building of an indoor play area
at Yarra Glen for kids whose parents are attending to insurance and
other personal/business matters. ...
(Full President's Message here)
Last Week's
Meeting
More details coming up soon ...
(Click here for full scribe notes)
Rotary Foundation
Thought
 This week’s
Rotary Foundation Thought
is
about
the generosity and dedication of our Foundation Alumni.
...
Inspire - from "The Prez"
“Strength lies
in differences, not in similarities.” Stephen Covey
“Teamwork is
the ability to work together toward a common vision. The
ability to direct individual accomplishments toward organizational
objectives. It is the fuel that allows common people to attain
uncommon results.” Andrew Carnegie
Upcoming Events
 10
October 2009 - Trivia Night with RC Boroondara.
In association with Boroondara Cares to raise
money to assist communities in drought affected areas.
 16
November 2009 - Di Morrissey will speak at the RC Toorak
sponsored dinner about her new book, "The Silent Country".
 Rotary
District 9800 District
Conference 4-7 March 2010, Perth.
R otary
International,
International Convention 20-23 June 2010, Montreal, Canada.
Service Projects and Opportunities
 Be
part of the Regeneration of Kinglake. Volunteers needed -
plenty of opportunities to help the victims of the Black Saturday
bushfires.
 DG Colin Muir's Weekly Message
in
Networker
(Issue 14, 28 September 2009)
September
is
New Generations Month
"How Things Can Change"
I am pleased to report that everything is running
smoothly in District D9800, the DG Visits are progressing well and
our Clubs programs and activities in full swing. Lots of
great things are happening in Membership with a group of “Young
Professionals” interested in forming a new club, and our Community
Service teams doing great work in the bushfire affected areas.
Not only that the Rotary Club of Collingwood turns 50.
Everything was going along fine, as they say just “Swimmingly”.
...
(Click here for the Networker with the full DG's message)
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