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Rotary Central Melbourne Report 25/02/2020 - Visiting Rotarian – Mary Barry, Rotary club of Melbourne
- Guest Speaker – Greg Fordham
- Hugh O’Donnell – friend of Warwick Cavell
- Lotta Rink – Rotary Exchange student
Announcements Suvam On 24 March 2020 RCM invites RCM members and guests to join us for a special breakfast at the William Angliss Institute Restaurant to celebrate the diversity that exists within the Rotary International family in Australia and around the world. RCM will host a keynote speaker on the day and have other entertainment for members and guests to enjoy. This is a special breakfast and a prior booking for the event is preferable. Members and guests could also register and pay on the morning of the meeting at the venue. Members are encouraged to invite family, friends and colleagues to the event. Please use the following try booking link to make your bookings. Funds raised at this event will go towards Rotary Central Melbourne Projects. Booking Cost: $50pp. Try Booking Link:https://www.trybooking.com/BIODS Neville John The Engagment survy has an 85% completion rate which is excellent though will be open until the end of the week for those final few (including this reporter! ) Herb STAGE TO SCREEN A celebration of well-known and loved musical songs, performed by soloists from Opera Australia. Rotary Central Melbourne is proud to present a special cabaret concert to be held in the Theatre of the Library at the Docks. Four outstanding soloists will perform an exciting program full of highlights from popular musical theatre and operatic productions, as well as cinematic classics, including selections from classic films such as ‘Sound of Music’ and ‘My Fair Lady’, to ‘Phantom of the Opera’ and ‘Les Miserables’. The night will commence with canapes and champagne on arrival (all included in the price of the ticket), and the performance will commence 7pm. Our Artists No strangers to the Australian and International musical scene, our artists will include: Date: 7 Mar 2020
Time: 7pm
Venue: Library At The Dock, Docklands
Cost: $90pp Gerard Just to flag a few up coming activities 1 - Roof top drinks 20 March, after the BBQ at Bunnings Port Melbourne. Location to be decided 2- Morning tea, Parliament of Victoria $ 35/ head ($25 /head for seniors)10 am one Monday or Tuesday morning in April Bookings are essential 3- If anyone is interested in attending the District conference in Bendigo please register via this link https://rotarydistrict9800.org.au/sitepage/conference2020 Tony Tony Thomas alerts that the launch for his new book, “Come to think of it — essays to tickle the brain” (Connor Court, Brisbane) will be at 6.30pm on Tuesday March 10 at Il Gamberos Restaurant (upstairs), 166 Lygon St, Carlton. It will be launched by Dr Tom Quirk, nuclear physicist and Fellow of three Colleges at Oxford University. Tony’s daughter Ros, like Tony a journalist and author, is coming from Perth to tell a few writer’s stories. It’s Tony’s third book since 2016, after That’s Debatable -60 Years in Print (2016) and The West - An insider’s tales (2018). All welcome to the launch, free entry registration here Anne With the new probus club, speak to Anne to enquire about cheaper travel insurance (Sorry, was wrestling apart the packaging of an Iron Man cereal bag at this one and the next two announcements, hence their brief appearance) Russell Rolls Thank you to the 11 DIK volunteers last week. It was an excellent day. Warwick The Present Elect Training Seminar was held in Ballarat last weekend. Brett’s Inquisition: Ignacio Inchausti “Knows a little about blood and a lot about retail” Wine over Beer BBQ over fine dining Theatre over Rock n’roll Unsure whether Ignacio chose rugby over some other inconsequential sport…we’ll say he chose the correct answer of Rugby. This week’s guest speaker Today’s guest was Greg Fordham, Managing Director of Airbiz. Recognised in the top 100 influential engineers and taking Australian expertise in the airport planning field all over the world. When Greg began, federal government & public servants planned airports. In 1988, this changed when the Federal Airports Corporation was formed, and, in their infinite knowledge, would hire international firms and consultants instead of locally! Air Biz has ten locations around the world and have worked on such airports as, but not limited to, Hong Kong, Calgary, Brussels, Tokyo (2020 Olympics preparation), JFK Terminal 4, Phoenix Skyhigh, Newark, Dubai, Geneva, Marseille as well as customer experience projects with Delta and QANTAS. By focusing on customer experience where the staff could get out on the floor and help customers with their check in procedure, increasing effectiveness, and reducing loss of baggage all make for a more pleasant experience to all. It shows that combining modern methods whilst not forgetting about important human centric indicators vastly increase overall satisfaction for all parties. Greg spoke about Airbiz’s advisory contributions to the Schipol group & Vinci airports. It was very interesting to hear about airports such as Christchurch and Oslo are focusing on sustainability in their airports. First impressions are everything and if we can see innovative, forward thinking ideas as soon as we touch down in to the country – it sets a precedence. Airbiz are very proud (and rightly so!) of their team building days which they hold twice a year to help those in need. This including Jesuit Social Services (halfway house), Fire recovery in Strathewen, Christchurch Earthquake Recovery, Yarramut, Vancouver, Auckland, Gold Coast, Children’s first (Kilmore), Fiji, Murray Human services in Echuca, Rotarua, Sunshine Coast Cancer Care, and Kew Bush hut. How could this be summed up? Easy. “There is a little bit of hope when we all work together, even if it is just for a day”. Greg Fordham Thank you for an amazing talk Greg, best of luck with undoubtedly your hardest task yet on an airport riddled with problems – our very own Melbourne Tullamarine! Warwick’s Closing statements The exciting prospect of other SME’s looking to make a difference and collaborating with Rotary to achieve their aims. By revisiting “Corporate Service Responsibility” and focusing more on Corporate Shared Value – we can make positive steps in the right direction. Peace out, I hope you enjoyed reading this! David |
