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Chair: Doug Robertson 29 members in attendance. Visitor: Bettina Cruise – 2nd visit, potential new member President Frank stood-in for Gerard Hogan to congratulate: Rebecca John, Des Benjamin, Peter Duras and Roy Garrett for birthdays this week; Rohan Williams on the first anniversary as a member of Rotary Central Melbourne. Announcements: President’s announcements: Drew attention to the projected photographs of Rana Ebrahimi’s wedding last Saturday. Frank, David Jones and Neville John were invited to the ceremony, conducted by an Iman in Rana’s home, with celebrations afterwards in a restaurant. At Rana’s request, Neville stood-in for her father in Iran during the ceremony. Noted that RCM had been awarded a District banner as the Club with the 2nd highest fundraising per member during 2016-17. Looking to design and mount a plaque at Princes Hill Secondary College acknowledging the Wolfgang and Monika Jacobs Science Experience program.
New Member Talk: Therese Robinson  Therese has been a member of RCM for almost a year but, as one of seven children, she probably learnt from an early age that sometimes one needed to wait to get one’s turn in the spotlight. Therese’s own family is a little smaller - three children, now all in their 20s.
Therese graduated from university in the late 1980s and has spent a very satisfying career in public health with the Victorian Public Service. Her first roles were in mental health services, at a time of great optimism in that sector, as long standing institutions such as Mont Park and Laurendel were closed and mental health services merged with mainstream hospitals. Therese then became involved in the management of public health in the Yarra Ranges region of Melbourne, operating on a positive definition of health as being a complete state of physical, mental and emotional wellbeing, rather than merely an absence of disease. The third major part of her career so far has been working in Aboriginal Health, an experience which greatly increased her awareness of the incidence and effects of racism on the people subject to it. The most rewarding part of her career has been the people with whom she has worked: people of vision and energy, caring and compassion. The most difficult part of her career has been dealing with stories and related criticism of public health services in the media, especially where she knew that parts of those stories were accurate and the criticisms valid. When asked to name the characteristics of success in her career, Therese replied that the best Public Service is one which represents everyone in the community. Guest Speaker Presentation: - please refer separate item in this BULLETIN. The Swindle: Birthday boy Roy Garrett drew the highest card in the 1st round, but unfortunately not the Joker in the 2nd, so missed out on an additional birthday gift. |
Rotary’s 2017-18 International President, Australia’s Ian Riseley, wants a trachoma-free Australia by 2021, Rotary’s 100th year in Australia. We are the world's only developed country with trachoma, an infectious eye disease that can be prevented with good hygiene practices. It is his wish that Australian Rotarians join forces to eliminate Trachoma by 2020..JPG)
Youth Projects Inc is familiar to RCM members through its facilities in Hosier Lane, Melbourne, from which it offers a range of services to the homeless and transient population of the CBD. The age profile of its CBD clients is significantly older than the 12 – 26 year age range of its core operations in the north-western suburbs of Melbourne, where the organization originated in the 1980s and where it has its head office in Glenroy.
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