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7th February 2023
  • Next Meeting
  • Speakers
  • Meeting Report 31 January 2023
  • New membership application - Annet Brouwer
  • Port Melbourne Sausage Sizzles
  • RAWCS Project - Calling For Volunteers
  • 2023 Melbourne Rotary International Convention - Registration Guide for Members
  • Call for volunteers at RI Convention
  • Gallery

Meeting Responsibilities
Chair
WILLIAMS, Rohan
 
Greeter/Zoom Host
GANGULI, Suvam
 
Reporter
ROLLS, Russell
 
Photographer
THORNTON, Roger
 
Door
HINES, Rob
 
Bulletin Editor
LIM, Daniel
 
Social Media
LIM, Daniel
 
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NEXT MEETING

Next meeting would be face-to-face meeting at the RACV Club in the CBD on 7 February 2023. If you would like to visit our meeting, please book directly through Humanitix by close of business on Monday, 6 February 2023. If you would like a more general discussion about attending a Rotary meeting, phone 0455-858-996.

The meeting will commence at 7:40am and conclude no later than 8:45.

Members can use this Humanitix link for all future face to face meetings. This link will be published in the bulletin every week going forward.
https://events.humanitix.com/rotary-central-melbourne-breakfast-meeting
 
Online meetings are scheduled on the last Tuesday of each month. Members can use the following Zoom link to attend these meetings. 
 
SPEAKERS, TUESDAY 7 FEBRUARY 2023
CLUB FORUM
 
For this meeting, President Rohan will lead a discussion on the club’s half-yearly review of its activities.
 
The Service Directors will provide a 5-minute presentation on their teams’ progress for the current year.
MEETING REPORT 31 JAN 2023
Reported by Suvam Ganguli
 
President Rohan Williams presented a Welcome to Country and then welcomed guests Kerrie Hicks, Annet Brouwer and guest speaker Daniel Williams.
 
Chair Mary Voice proposed a toast to Rotary International.
 
Announced anniversaries & birthdays:
Partner birthdays:
Athina Driver (Allan Driver, 5/2)
Charity Chen (Luke Allen, 6/2)
Wedding anniversaries:
Doug & Pamela Robertson (54 year on 1/2)
Herb & Leonie Greenwood (56 years on 3/2)
Bruce & Nasima Heron (40 years on 5/2)
 
Guest Speaker:
Mary Voice introduced our guest speaker Daniel Williams. Daniel spoke to members about the very interesting and topical area of Machine Learning.
 
Daniel described the main purpose of machine learning to be the use of data to find patterns. Daniel also touched upon some key concepts of:
  • Natural Language Processing and Language models
  • Document Summary
  • Machine Vision
  • Reinforcement Learning
  • Human-Machine interaction
  • Ethics of AI and the limitations and biases of AI and its developers.
Lively questions followed from several members, illustrating the interest that the talk generated.
 
Member Announcements:
Campbell Chambers and team raised around $1700 at Bunnings Sausage Sizzle at Port Melbourne. Campbell also mentioned his plans to use the February raffle to raise funds for Ukrainian refugees.
 
Alan Seale – Requested members who are interested in playing tennis to sign up to the RI Fellowship of tennis players. Participants from 11 countries have already signed up to play tennis before the RI convention in 8 categories. Members can use the following link to sign up.
Any enquiries can go direct to Brenton Whittenbury at melbourne2023itfr@rotarymelbourne.org.au or 0434686667. Further information from RCM, contact Alan Seale.
 
Michelle Crawford – Community Service committee members to attend the committee meeting on Thursday.
 
President’s Announcements:
RIMERN monthly working bee coming up on 26 Feb, Saturday 10am. Members are requested to join.
RI convention Organising Committee is looking for volunteers. Members are requested to use the following link to indicate interest. The first step to register as a volunteer, use:  https://rotarymelbourne2023.org/volunteer.
 
Next meeting will be an in-person meeting at RACV club. The meeting will be a club forum.
 
Rohan thanked all guests for attending and closed the meeting.
NEW MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION - ANNET BROUWER
I am pleased to inform members that Annet Brouwer has submitted an application to become a member of Rotary Central Melbourne and that the Board has approved her application.   Annet is currently a member of Rotary Rotterdam Mainport and has recently relocated to Melbourne with her husband.
 
Do let me know if you have any questions or concerns.
 
President Rohan
PORT MELBOURNE SAUSAGE SIZZLES
Another Happy Customer 
 
This is a photo of Juliette and Sam, visitors from England who had their first ever Bunnings Sausage.  They were served by the friendly team from Rotary Central Melbourne.  A Bunnings Sausage Sizzle is an iconic part of life across Australia and the public love them.
 
Our club participates in these BBQs at both Collingwood and Port Melbourne Bunnings stores.  We can raise as much as $3,000 a month, which is a valuable contribution towards the many projects we do.
 
Aside from the fundraising, the BBQs are a great way to connect with members and their partners, a reason for staying in touch with each other after the isolation we all felt.  Shifts only go for about 2½ hours and all you need to do is turn up, we’ll do the rest.
 
We’ve got lots of spots for volunteers each month through until July.  If you are interested in helping out, please contact the chair of the Fundraising Committee, Campbell Chambers.
RAWCS PROJECT - CALLING FOR VOLUNTEERS

April 12th 2023 the 15th voluntour for Umoja Orphanage Kenya departs Australia. Will you be on that flight?   This is a project of Rotary Australia World Community Service (Project 51 / 2011-12,) See information in last week's bulletin.

We are after handymen and women or anyone who seeks adventure and a unique experience at a RAWCS project. The tour includes 10 - 11 days volunteering at the Umoja Project, then a 6 day wildlife safari to 3 national parks  of Kenya.

Is this for you?  Contact us, we'll send you info to help you decide, may be experience of a lifetime. cathy@umojahome
2023 MELBOURNE ROTARY INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION - REGISTRATION GUIDE FOR MEMBERS
 
CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS FOR RI CONVENTION
We have the opportunity to volunteer during the RI Melbourne Convention to provide assistance to visitors throughout the Convention to ensure they feel truly welcome in our city.
 
It would be greatly appreciated if you would be willing to undertake at least one four hour shift, the time, day and location of which you will be able to select yourself. Information for all the shifts will be sent out to registered volunteers closer to the Convention time to enable them to select what they would like to do.

The first step is to register as a volunteer which can be done here:  https://rotarymelbourne2023.org/volunteer

If you have any questions or would like further information please contact Michelle Crawford or Rohan Williams.
GALLERY
Guest speaker Daniel Williams, Pres. Rohan, Group attending, Kerrie Hicks, Chair Mary Voice, Annet Brouwer, Campbell Chambers