BULLETIN 11 June 2024 (Jun 07, 2024)

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11 June 2024

Next Meeting
From the Last Meeting
Guest Speaker - 11 June 2024
MUNA Update: Team Presents in August
Upcoming: RESCA-VIC Awards Dinner
Invitation to Rotary Melbourne Special Event
Polio Plus Society Invitation
Donations in Kind Open Day
Mia Fornasaro's D2060 Completed NGSE Experience
Drive for Life L2P Program
Invitation - Guest Speaker RIPE Stephanie Urchik
Gallery

Chair

OVERTON, Sarah

Greeter

FOWLER, Paul

Reporter

LEE, Ben

Photographer

THORNTON, Roger

Bulletin Editor

HARVEY, Koren

NEXT MEETING

This is a Zoom meeting.

If you would like to visit our meeting, please contact our club secretary by email on rotaryclubcentralmelbourne@gmail.com and request log-in details.

The meeting will commence at 7:40am and conclude no later than 8:45. The meeting login details were distributed recently by President Michelle.

FROM THE LAST MEETING

RCM Meeting Bulletin Report 04 June 2024

Reported by Suvam Ganguli

The chair of the day Roy Garrett opened the meeting with a toast to Rotary Central Melbourne.

President Michelle Crawford acknowledged the traditional owners of the land upon which the meeting was conducted and welcomed members and guest, which included:

DG Elect Michael Lapina
PDG Bronwyn Stevens
Mark Stephens Rotary Club of Brighton North
Tessa Hines

The chair acknowledged the following member milestones:

Members’ Birthdays June 2024

Doug ROBERTSON

Alice MILLER

Bruce McBAIN

Wedding Anniversaries June 2024

Veronica & Kevin LOVE together 45 years

Been in Rotary June 2024

Neville John, 29 years

Neil SALVANO, 24 years

Mary VOICE, 23 years

Koren HARVEY, 13 years

Darren PARK, 12 years

Stella AVRAMOPOULOS, 10 years

Cecily NEIL, 9 years

Sarah OVERTON, 8 years

Roy introduced himself, Tessa & Rob Hines and Rebecca & Neville John as the speakers of the day. The topic being their recent trip to Cambodia, Vietnam and Lao.

Roy started the presentation by sharing with members about Annie and his long tradition of taking friends and acquaintances to Vietnam and other parts of Asia and that is how he met Roger, Frank and Herb.

Roy then proceeded to explain how he met Som Nuak, his contact for many years in Cambodia. Roy also presented to members photos of all the Scheel projects he has been involved in over the years.

School 1 – Ban Heu Yen Village

School 2 – Houay Kang High School – 2013 (Kitchen & Toilet)

School 3 – Houy Thao School – 2014 (Toilet Block donated by Kevin Love)

School 4 – Boum Or – 2016

School 5 – Houay Tan – 2018

School 6 – Luan Prabang – 2024 (School Library)

Rob Hines presented the good work RCM is doing in collaboration with World Of Difference and Darrel Steer, aka ‘Dunny Darrel’ in Cambodia building 643 Toilets for villagers near Siem Reap.

Rebecca and Neville presented photos of their trip around Vietnam and Lao. Some of the places they visited were Ho Chi Min, Hoi An, Danang, Ha Noi, Sapa and Luang Prabang.

Member announcements:

Neville john invited members to volunteer for upcoming Bunnings BBQ in September.

Rob Hines reminded members that the auction for Changeover event is now running and the raffle information will be shared with members soon.

President Michelle presented Past President Rohan Williams with the lapel pin for joining the Polio Plus Society.

President Michelle reminded members about RCM’s Changeover Dinner on 28^th June and encouraged members to book their tickets.

President Michelle ended the meeting by thanking the speakers of the day for sharing the details of their eventful journey across Cambodia, Vietnam and Lao and thanked guests for joining RCM members for the meeting.

GUEST SPEAKER - 11 JUNE 2024

President Michelle Crawford: Club Forum

The program for this meeting will be a discussion on the club’s progress with our objectives for the Rotary year. The program will feature four of the club’s directors who will present progress reports on their objectives for the Rotary Avenues of Service.

Ignacio Inchausti - Director Vocational Service
Rebecca John - Director Community Service
Cecily Neil - Director International Service
Rhys Williams, - Director Youth Service

MUNA UPDATE: TEAM PRESENTS IN AUGUST

Presentation Team and Date:

Model United Nations Assembly (MUNA), 13 August 2024

Presenters:

Chaplain Monique Riviere-Pendle from Casey Grammar School

Students: Anushka Abbott and Naheed Jafary

Bios:

Monique Riviere-Pendle has worked at Casey Grammar since 2017. Monique has proven herself as a lover of life-long learning. Her education includes teaching (Humanities and English) as well as a Masters in Theology, leading to her moving from classroom teaching to Chaplaincy.

Monique seeks to instil a passion for learning and for community in her students through running events such as Harmony Week and Reconciliation Week. She loves helping students connect with issues of justice, seeing how they can make a difference in the world.

Naheed Jafary is in Year 12 at Casey Grammar, while Anushka Abbott is in year 11. They’ll tell us a little more about their interests during their presentation.

Title:

Presentation from RCM’s Accomplished MUNA team

Precis:

Naheed and Anushka: Background motivation: why they were interested in, and motivated to participate in, an extension activity like MUNA
Naheed and Anushka: MUNA itself: describe the experience of representing Japan, preparing for, presenting at MUNA, what they learnt, a key new perception of the UN or the world that they now have
Monique: how MUNA fits into the mission and ethos of Casey Grammar

UPCOMING: RESCA-VIC AWARDS DINNER

INVITATION TO ROTARY MELBOURNE SPECIAL EVENT

Please note that the 11th of June is a Tuesday, not a Wednesday. The date remains correct.

POLIO PLUS SOCIETY INVITATION

You are warmly invited to the Polio Plus Society Afternoon Tea on Saturday 15 June. The details are shown above in the flyer.

A message from PDG Grant Hocking ASM

District Rotary Foundation Chair - Rotary District 9800

Polio eradication is a real success story for Rotary.

However there is still a lot to do and your support is required.

We have made great progress in recent years, with a new novel Polio vaccine and cases of wild polio and vaccine derived polio cases are very low.

When the task is completed, Rotary and Rotarians will be recognised for our wonderful part in eradicating Polio from the world.

When it's done, you can say you did your bit to support the End Polio program and wear your badge with pride.

Everyone is welcome to come along to this Afternoon Tea to hear about the wonderful work, progress made and what the future holds. Joining the Polio Plus Society is not essential but we would love you to join.

It will be a great afternoon of information, degustation and celebration.

And a message from PDG Murray Verso, Zone 8 End Polio Now Coordinator:

The Polio Plus Society is a district run program, endorsed by Rotary International. It enables people to support Rotary’s historic goal of a polio free world. The program began in one district in the USA about 10 years ago and has now spread throughout the Rotary world. Members know that, after smallpox, poliomyelitis will be only the second disease to be eradicated. Thanks to the work of Jane Pennington, the District 9800 Polio Plus Society is the largest PPS in Australia. Why not come along on June 15 to learn more and to play your part in the countdown to history?

You can register here: https://www.trybooking.com/CRODN

We would love to see you there.

Grant Hocking and Murray Verso

DONATIONS IN KIND OPEN DAY

Keep your calendars booked for Saturday, August 10th for this event!

MIA FORNASARO'S D2060 COMPLETED NGSE EXPERIENCE

Please see the testimony of Mia's successful NGSE experience written by Italy's NGSE Chair.

Dear All,

On behalf of the D2060 District I would like to express our sincere gratitude for the successful NGSE experience of our exchange student, Mia Fornasaro.

From the very beginning, it was evident that your D9800 NGSE commission, the hosting club of Melbourne Central and its coordinators were dedicated to creating a unique and memorable experience for Mia.

Mia's words have only reinforced our understanding of the immense effort and commitment that went into ensuring the success of her internship at Napa. She felt supported and cared for from the moment she arrived, thanks to the unwavering attention of the club and her wonderful host families.

We extend our deepest appreciation to the Rc Melbourne Central, Mia's sponsoring club, for making her lifelong dream a reality. To her warm hosting families, who welcomed Mia with open arms and treated her like one of their own, and to the entire team that worked tirelessly on this project, we thank you for your exceptional contributions.

We eagerly await the arrival of your exchange student in District D2060 to reciprocate this incredible exchange experience.

Thank you once again to D9800 district and to everyone involved.

With warm regards,

Valeria Zavanone
D2060 Italy NGSE Chair

DRIVE FOR LIFE L2P PROGRAM

This excellent Salvos program may interest some members. It will certainly assist young people.

INVITATION - GUEST SPEAKER RIPE STEPHANIE URCHIK

We'd like to extend our invitation to each of your clubs to join the Rotary E-Club of Melbourne for a very special guest speaker, RI President-Elect Stephanie Urchik, who will be joining us on Wednesday 12th June at 9PM AEST.

Our meeting will be held on Zoom, with the details below, and also in the attached image.

Date & Time: Wednesday 12th June 2024 at 9PM AEST (Find Your Timezone)

Zoom URL: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/3134970027?pwd=bW04ZDRRdkNJMDdoeVdNRXZoUmY3dz09

Meeting ID: 313 497 0027
Passcode: 970027

With the Rotary E-Club of Melbourne transitioning to the new E-Clubs Community Group made up of clubs across Zone 8, we especially wanted to emphasise both links to our new collaborators across the Zone, and our close and continuing friendship with the clubs of the Batman Cluster, which has been our home for many years, and with whom we look forward to continuing to serve.

Rotary E-Club of Melbourne (D9800)