The Market will be re-opening on November 7th. The Club is currently trying to return to meetings in person but venues vary each week. Please confirm venue below or via the website here.
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Edition 52
Monday, 1st November 2021
Message from our President
“Serve to Change Lives”
Well, here we are at that magical 80% double vaccinated milestone. Time to retire the track pants, come out of our caves and be ready to socialize face to face.
The beginnings are our market which starts up this coming Sunday, 7th November. Lots of work has occurred in the background by Ron B and supported by Grant P and Larry G to be covid ready, which we are.
Peter O’Brien has been assisting with some market site repairs following vandalism to our signs. Also, you will notice an uptake in Facebook posts per Geoff Gartly – sincere thanks to these gentlemen.
Confirming that we are meeting face to face as of Wednesday 10th November, 7 am for the usual 7.10 am start at Royal Brighton Yacht Club in the function room upstairs. The area will allow for all members to attend plus any guests you may care to invite.
All details will be placed on our website. ( Go here. Ed) Note that in order to attend, members and guests are to be double vaccinated.
Thanks to everyone for participating in last week's membership forum meeting. The comments and points raised provide us a pathway to reset the club back to activity as we emerge from lockdowns.
One of the critical areas I perceive is the need for project opportunities for all members to be involved in, other than market duty rosters.
As we did last year, we will be putting together 100 Christmas hampers filled with treats and staples for families in need. Margaret M and Linda OB have been shopping this week, thank you, ladies.
Members are invited to contact Margaret Mason if you are interested in helping put the hampers together or delivering to our charity partners.
Moorabbin Policing Unit has invited us to participate/assist with their SafePL8 day, which is set for Saturday 20th November 10 am to 1 pm, at the rear of Glen Eira Town Hall.
We are asking for 4-5 members on the day. This is a community event and provides our club a great opportunity to be seen to be active out and about in the community.
Please let me know if you are prepared to be involved. (Click here Ed)
Last breakfast zoom meeting this Wednesday 7.30 am.
We will continue to provide hybrid meetings at the breakfast venue each week.
Meeting this week - MORNING MEETING
Zoom meeting only this weekMeeting ID 3532621046 Pwd 3191 or click here.
All meeting info can be found here.
It will be an morning meetingstarting at 7.30 am but the meeting will be open from 7.15 am
Guest speaker will be Anna Pylkanen, former Rotary Exchange, who came from Finland as a student –
Loved the country so much she has since emigrated and now living here in Melbourne. Presently Anna is Property Manager for Tim’s Ray White Real Estate. She will talk about the exchange and how the experience impacted her life
Also, have a look at the article below on subscribing to our Events Calendar. Have all events update directly to your phone.
By the way, I have updated the Zoom help page about Raising your Hand in Zoom here. It works a little differently now.
Ian Ballantine
Our Club meets weekly. It can either be a Zoom meeting, or an "in-person" meeting.
This week, we will be on Zoom only - details here Please check details of each week's meeting here or elsewhere in this Bulletin to confirm the venue. You are very welcome to join us.
Please click here to see all events and here to see how you can have events added automatically to your calendar.
Annual General Meeting
NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING & CALL FOR NOMINATIONS FOR ELECTION AS DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS
The Annual General Meeting of the Rotary Club of Bentleigh Moorabbin Central Inc. Will be held on Wednesday 24th November 2021 at a location and method to be advised.
Business includes Presentation of accounts for the Club and Market, Statutory matters for the Incorporated Association, and the Election of Directors and Officers for the Rotary year 2022-2023
The formal Agenda will be issued later.
Election of Directors and Officers:
2 Directors to be elected to serve for 2 years from 22-23 to 23-24.
Ron Brownlees and Julie Reed whose terms have expired retire but are eligible for re-election. (Two other Directors, Linda O’Brien and Peter Nolan continue to serve their second year)
Officers to be elected for the Rotary year 2022 - 2023 (commencing 1 July ’22)
(Margaret Mason, currently President Elect, will become ‘President’)
( Helen Nodrum, currently President, will become ‘Past President’)
•President Elect Nominee. (To serve as President 23-24)
•Vice President
•Secretary
•Treasurer
•Auditor
The President-Elect has appointed a Nomination Committee to ensure there are nominations for each position. Members may also nominate themselves or other members for any position.
Nominations must be in writing and bear the signatures of the nominator and nominee, and be forwarded to the Secretary. A member may only be nominated for one position.
Where there is more than one nominee for a position, there will be a ballot.
Time Line:
Nomination are open now.
The Nomination Committee will present their nominations to the Club meeting on Wed 17th November (one week before the AGM.)
Nominations from members must reach the Secretary by Friday 15th November
Rotary’s goal of ridding the world of polio is within reach, global health experts said during the 2021 World Polio Day Online Global Update on 24 October. The 30-minute program, “Delivering on our Promise of a Polio-Free World,” provided encouraging information about the progress and remaining challenges in the fight to end polio.
by Aidan O’Leary Illustration by Viktor Miller Gausa
“There’s something about the whole idea of eradicating polio that grabs the imagination,” says Aidan O’Leary. “Most people talk about making steps toward achievements, and it’s almost always into the never-never. Eradication is a zero-sum game; anything short of zero is failure. You keep getting closer and closer, but ultimately the only number that actually matters is zero.”
Do yourself and Bentleigh Moorabbin Central Rotary Club a Favour.
Purchase an apartment with a retirement lifestyle for yourself at The Healey, or refer a friend who purchases an apartment and you will receive a $1000 Visa card. Plus Bentleigh Moorabbin Central Rotary Club will also receive a $1000 donation**.
From the Calendar page here you can subscribe to the Club's event calendar.
This will result in the Club's calendar being added to your existing calendar subscriptions, thus ensuring that as an event is added (or modified) to the Club's calendar, it will appear on your phone, tablet etc. Calendars supported are Outlook, Google and Apple.
Take the link, Subscribe to Calendar, from the Calendar Page.
Roster for the next 2 weeks
Meeting Chairman refer here for help
Note Market start time is 6.15am
Click on See all Rosters at right for future weeks. Members click here to see your own roster.
Meetings
Meeting November 3rd 2021
Chairperson O'Brien, Linda
Cashier / Regalia O'Brien, Peter
Cashier / Regalia Green, Larry
International Toast Perry, Grant
Meeting November 10 2021
Chairperson Ballantine, Ian
I remind members that you are responsible for the information contained in the Club's database. This includes, birthdays, phone numbers, addresses etc etc. Even your own photo. You maintain this via this link.
Ian Ballantine
A reminder to members to keep checking the calendar of upcoming events for evening and perhaps, one day, daytime events.
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Moorabbin Policing Unit has invited us to participate/assist with their SafePL8 day, which is set for Saturday 20th November 10 am to 1 pm, at the rear of Glen Eira Town Hall.
The Annual General Meeting of the Rotary Club of Bentleigh Moorabbin Central Inc. Will be held on Wednesday 24th November 2021 at a location and method to be advised.
Members Terry Kane and Jo Impey ares seeking support from fellow members and friends of Rotary in their effort to help raise funds for Cerebral Palsy
