Bentleigh Market click on image at right. The Club has returned to meetings in person and run them in conjunction with Zoom. Arrangements may vary each week. Please confirm venue below or via the website here.
NORMAL MORNING MEETING THIS WEEK
Meeting This Week - we are at Cilantro 7am for 7.10am start
For full location details, please refer here.
The meeting will also be available on Zoom - details here
Edition 170
Monday, 20th May 2024
Message from our President
This weeks speaker will be Jeremy O’Halloran who will talk on the subject of ‘Hidden disabilities in our community’, and next week we will have James Aloni from the Salvation Army taking to us about Domestic Violence, a problem shamefully too prevalent in our community today.
Last week I mentioned the sale of the property in Frankston and the club will be shortly asked the club to determine how best to manage the funds in the short term. Please give it a thought and if you have any good suggestions please give me a call.
The Rotary Foundation is one the major sources of funding for matching grants for projects in partnership with clubs around the world. One of the ways we can support our own Foundation is to become Centurion members via an annual donation of $100 to the Foundation. It is a very small cost that has an enormous outcome. Several of our members are Centurions and some even contribute a greater amount. This year our club was successful in receiving a matching grant via the District Grants process. I urge you all to consider becoming a donor.
Last Friday I attended the final District Governors meeting with Club Presidents and I saw a presentation of how a club gained 10 new members and frequently used their market as a promotional and recruiting source for new members. Food for thought.
Yours in Rotary ‘Create Hope in The World.’
President Ron Brownlees
Editor's Note - there wil NOT be a Bulletin next week as Helen and I are traveling to Singapore for Rotary International Convention.
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 May 22nd ,2024
Chairperson Nodrum, Helen
Cashier Soster, Karin
cashier Carruthers, Kellie
Regalia Ryan, Tony
Meeting May 29th, 2024
Chairperson Oliver, Barry
Cashier / Regalia Ferguson, Paul
Cashier Lynch, Tim
Regalia Kane, Terry
Market May 26th , 2024
Market leader Moran, Tim
Assistant Kruss, Neville
Assistant - Carruthers, Kellie
Market June 2nd, 2024
Market leader Perry, Grant
Assistant - Kruss, Neville
Assistant - Lynch, Tim
This week's speaker / event
This weeks speaker will be Jeremy O’Halloran who will talk on the subject of ‘Hidden disabilities in our community’
Please forward any events you want promoted to the Editor.
President Ron chaired today's evening club meeting at Cilantro where club members, partners and guests enjoyed a lovely buffet dinner prepared by students in the Cordon Bleu Cooking School. Julie Reid performed Invocation and the Rotary Toast to Rotary and Australia. President Ron welcomed all club members and partners, with a special welcome to Madeleine Popper and Ron Popper , AG Les Martin, Louise Godfrey - Yoga teacher and last week's guest speaker, and Jinyola Blanco - houseguest/student of Larry Green and Sarah.
Grant Perry was our chairperson for today's club meeting at Cilantro. Geoff Gartly performed invocation and toast to Rotary. Visitors included Dee Mason, Lily, and Simon. Charles Rener and Karin Soster joined the meeting via zoom. Apologies were received from Jo Impey, Paul Ferguson, Linda O'Brien, and Faye Weeks.
PRESIDENT'S REPORT - President Ron Brownlees
ANZAC Day - Our club will present wreaths at the ANZAC dawn services at RSL Bentleigh, and Cheltenham.
District Assembly - This year's district assembly will be conducted over Zoom with separate zoom meetings scheduled. Club officers and incoming committee chairs are encouraged to attend, including newer club members to get a better understanding of Rotary.
TRIBUTE TO ANZACS - John Mason
To commemorate our ANZACS John performed the Ode of Remembrance by reciting stanzas from the poem For the Fallen by Laurence Binyon. "Lest we Forget".
Well, we had the District Conference this last weekend in Warrnambool.
I am so proud of the contribution of so many of the members of our Club. All of you contributed to the outstanding success of the weekend.
Having attended so many conferences in the past and watched other Clubs help their District Governor I knew how much "in the spotlight" it places the host club.
You all did such a great job. You made me so proud of my Club and I am so very grateful.
Click on Read More for more of this story.
Also, David Liao's photos from the Conference are here.
Team members: Helen Nodrum, Brent G, Kevin E, Vivian and Indra Chetty from Moorabbin Other helpers and visitors: Julie and Alan Kempton, Charles Rener Cars in queue: 0. Night parkers : 0 Pedestrian count 1200 Market Report: EFT $140.00. Gentle but steady market. Attempted to replace the broken pedestrian counter but none in any store in Bentleigh. Most of our permanent stall holders are opting to pay at the very end of the month not before. Stall 107-110 reduced by one stall for June, July and August - back up from September, form filled out. Great to have our busker back
Leader, Helen Nodrum
Note from the Editor re Images and Events
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Would any member like to take responsibility for the updating of the Club's Event Calendar? I have created a page of instructions here so it is very easy to take over.
Thank you, Ian Ballantine
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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This weeks speaker will be Jeremy O’Halloran who will talk on the subject of ‘Hidden disabilities in our community’
Well, we had the District Conference this last weekend in Warrnambool.
