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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 185 Monday, 16th September 2024

Message from our President - Tim's Tattles

We had Peter Allen vice principal of Cheltenham Secondary College along with 2 students Atica and Lauren in to speak to us at our last meeting.
The students from year 11  school attended a driving education course funded by RCBMC at Sandown Race Course. It is a worthwhile project which is heartily endorsed by all concerned. This will save lives on the road . It could be ours.
We have some functions coming shortly Hat day at a time to be confirmed and a Ball to raise funds for cancer research.
It was good to see James and Jenny  2 prospective members attend the meeting .
 
Yours in Rotary  ‘The Magic of Rotary’
President Tim Lynch
 
 

Members are reminded of our Club's policy regarding the payment of meals for prospective new members. Please refer here.
 
 
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 September18th 2024
Chairperson Loeliger, Sue
Cashier Impey, Jo
Cashier Perry, Grant
Regalia O'Brien, Peter
Meeting September 25th, 2024
Chairperson Langridge, Samantha
Cashier Lucas, Margaret
Cashier Kempton, Alan
Regalia Soster, Karin
Market September 22nd, 2024 2023
Market leader O'Shea, Greg
Assistant Lucas, Margaret
Assistant - Jenny Stone
Gartly, Geoff
Assistant - Loeliger, Sue
Market September 29th , 2024
Market leader Perry, Grant
Assistant O'Brien, Linda
Assistant - O'Brien, Peter
This week's speaker / event
18th September Morning Meeting
Libby Dewar is the Programs Coordinator at Glen Eira Leisure and leads the Every Body Active team who deliver our Inclusive programs at GEL.    
Libby will share with us the great success of the Inclusive Program and other news about Glen Eira Leisure.
More info here

Coming Speakers:

Next week -
 
 

Note that Club Meetings on September 25 and October 2 will be at Onyx Cafe
Members are asked to advise us of their intention to attend or NOT via the Registration facility on the corresponding pages at:
September 25 and October 2
Non members can be registered by a member or email via Contact on each event.
For help with Registration, refer here.
 
 
Please check the upcoming events on the Club website here
Please forward any events you want promoted to the Editor.

Special event for Members - ALA Evening
More info and Registration here

 
 
Club Changeover Photos here

District Changeover Photos here

Link to photos from Conference here
 
Club Meeting Sept 11 2024 Chelt. SC
Neville Kruss was our chairperson for today's club meeting at Cilantro.  Barry Oliver performed Invocation and Toast to Rotary and Australia.  Guests included Fr James Grant, Jenny Stone, and Cr Jim Magee; and our guest speakers Peter Allen - Asst Principal at Cheltenham Secondary College, and students Atika Saysouk and Lauren Hermann.  Charles Rener,  Tony Ryan, and Glenda Stahel joined the meeting via Zoom.  Apologies were received from Sue Loeliger, Paul Fergusson, Sam Langridge, and Linda O'Brien.
 
 
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Emergency Plus App
As members may recall, a couple of weeks ago we had reason to call for an ambulance to attend at Cilantro.
I am taking the opportunity now to recommend to members, and whoever else finds this article, to consider installing the Emergency Plus app on their smart device. And, to ensure you place a shortcut on your Home Screen.
 
Opening the app at a time of emergency will give you immediate access to the appropriate phone numbers and, very importantly, provide accurate location information. Often a simple street address may not be available or useful.
Read on into this article for how to obtain the app and a summary of what it contains.
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Tim Wilson Evening Sept 4 2024
President Tim was chairperson for this evening's club meeting at Cilantro where club members, partners and guests enjoyed a wonderful dinner prepared by students studying at the Cordon Bleu Cookery School.   Tony Ryan performed Invocation and the Toast to Rotary and Australia.  Guests included Leonie Ryan, Puja Mahajan, Gary Ramage, Kieran and Bronwyn Lynch, former club member Richard Wright, Marie Arendsen and Jenny Fox from the R.C. Hampton, Jenny Stone, Kirsten Oakley, Chris Burrows, Peter Cummins from the R.C. Box Hill, Ross Delahunty, Ian Crane, and of course our guest speaker Tim Wilson. 
 
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Savusavu Update
FROM OUR SISTER CLUB ROTARY CLUB OF SAVUSAVU
{Rotary Club of Bentleigh Moorabbin Central donated $1500.00 to this project last month}

Rocket Burn Barrel
Waste disposal, particularly plastic waste, is a major problem for remote villages and islands in Fiji. There is no recycling possible in these remote areas, so all garbage is either thrown into a casual landfill, burned in an open fire, left at the side of the road, or thrown into the sea.
 
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Important Polio Update
There have been some disturbing developments in the End Polio campaign, initiated by Rotary in 1985.
Please note, this is not an official update but one that I have prepared to update members of my own Rotary Club.
Background:
Since 1985, Rotary in conjunction with the World Health Organisation and more recently The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation have sought to eliminate Polio from the planet. This has involved the immunization of some  2.5 billion children in 122 countries. Background of campaign here.
This campaign has been incredibly successful, to the point where it could be claimed that cases have been reduced by 99.9%.
Over the last two years, Polio (Type 1) has been endemic in only two countries namely Pakistan and Afghanistan where in 2022 there were 22 cases in total and 2023 there were 12 cases in total.
This year, 2024 has taken a turn, on two fronts.
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Registering for an Event
This article is intended to help members register themselves and/or a guest to a Club event. Note, your can also register your intention NOT to attend.
If an event is inviting members to register there will be a button with the word: "Members" below "Online Registration". refer image at left.
If you are not a member, this page will not be of any help. It may still be possible to register for an event as a non member if the event is open to the public.
 
 
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Club Meeting Aug 28 2024 Website
Helen Nodrum was chairperson for today's club meeting.  Alan Kempton performed invocation and the toast to Rotary and Australia.  Charles attended via Zoom,  and Lili De Brango from Holmesglen attended as a guest.  Apologies were received from Terry Kane, Fr James Grant, Kevin Egan and Linda O'Brien.   We wish Faye Weeks all the best for her upcoming surgery.
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Club Meeting Aug 21 2024 Don Elgin
Paul Ferguson, was our chairperson for today's club meeting at Cilantro.  Tony Ryan and Charles Rener joined the meeting via Zoom.  Barry Oliver performed invocation and the toast to Rotary and Australia.  Guests included Jenny Stone, June Egan, and Don Elgin - our guest speaker for today's meeting.    President Tim announced apologies   were received from Kellie Carruthers, Greg O'Shea, Glenda Oram, Helen Nodrum, Linda O'Brien, Faye Weeks, and Sam Langridge.  
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Subscribe to Calendar
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.
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Latest Photo Albums
RICON 2024 Singapore
Club Changeover 2024
Mentor match evening Mar 2023
BMC at Conference 2023
International Assembly 2023
Bentleigh Market October 2022
Curry Night Aug 28 2022
Inner Wheel Changeover July 2022
RYLA June 28 2022
District 9810 Changeover June 25 2022
Club Changeover June 2022

Market Report September 8 2024

Team members: Helen Nodrum, Barry Oliver, Neville Kruss, Geoff and Stef from Moorabbin RC.
Other helpers and visitors: Charles Rener, Helen Nodrum
Cars in queue: 0. Night parkers : 0
Pedestrian count  1291
Market Report: Mild weather. 13 degrees. Market busier that winter time. Umbrella from stall 121 scratched Vehicle of stall 124. 1291 in attendance..
Leader, Neville Kruss
 
Note from the Editor re Images and Events
A point regarding the submission of images for the Bulletin and Website: Members are reminded that images have to meet a minimum size requirement, as has been specified for some time in the section at the bottom of this Bulletin. 820 pixels is the minimum size required with larger being better as this allows for cropping. The submission of images via MMS is NOT preferred as they are too small and of inferior quality. Email or Whatsapp is far superior.
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
 
Club Meeting Sep 18 2024 GESAC
Cilantro Restaurant
Sep. 18, 2024
7:00 a.m. – 8:30 a.m.
 
Club Meeting Sep 25 2024 Onyx Cafe
Onyx Cafe
Sep. 25, 2024
7:00 a.m. – 8:30 a.m.
 
Club Meeting October 2 2024 Onyx
Onyx Cafe
Oct. 02, 2024
7:00 a.m. – 8:30 a.m.
 
Club Meeting October 9 2024
Cilantro Restaurant
Oct. 09, 2024
7:00 a.m. – 8:30 a.m.
 
Club Meeting October 16 2024
Cilantro Restaurant
Oct. 16, 2024
7:00 a.m. – 8:30 a.m.
 
Club Meeting Oct 23 2024 Denise Grocke
Cilantro Restaurant
Oct. 23, 2024
7:00 a.m. – 8:30 a.m.
 
ALA awards presentation night
Loev
Oct. 24, 2024
6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
 
Club Meeting October 30 2024
Cilantro Restaurant
Oct. 30, 2024
7:00 a.m. – 8:30 a.m.
 
Melborne Cup Dinner Cilantro
Cilantro Restaurant
Nov. 06, 2024
6:30 p.m. – 10:30 p.m.
 
Club Meeting November 13 2024
Cilantro Restaurant
Nov. 13, 2024
7:00 a.m. – 8:30 a.m.
 
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Birthdays & Anniversaries
Member Birthdays
John Mason
September 7
 
Spouse Birthdays
Margaret Mason
September 1
 
Sarah Bennett
September 12
 
Dr Helen Parker
September 23
 
Join Date
Ian Ballantine
September 16, 1997
27 years
 
Linda O'Brien
September 18, 1996
28 years
 
Terry Kane
September 18, 2013
11 years
 
Geoff Gartly
September 19, 2001
23 years
 
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
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