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The Bentleigh Sunday Market has now re-opened.
The Club currently holds meetings on line via Zoom each week.
See below for details.
 
Welcome to another issue of our weekly Bulletin!
If you wish to contact the Editor, please see details at the bottom of this Bulletin.
Edition 7 Monday, 16th November 2020

Message from our President

Well we certainly got the timing right in terms of the market reopening with another great day last Sunday. We have also had a number of new and potential stall holders in contact with us about future opportunities.
I have not had any responses to my call for members to engage with DG Alma’s desire to establish a district Rotaract Club. If nobody comes forward this week I will contact Alma and advise her we won’t be participating.
Please consider the info Ian distributed relating to dining opportunities at Cilantro as they emerge from the lockdown, it’s a great chance for us to get together in a friendly and familiar environment. (Click here for details, Ed).
Looking forward to seeing you all Wednesday
 
All the best,
Geoff Gledhill
This week's meeting's speaker is Ken Miriams, Youth protection update WWC. Ken is Youth Protection Officer for District 9810
Please keep an eye on the Coming Events page of the website for a full list of meetings and events.
Also, have a look at the article below on subscribing to our Events Calendar.
Ian Ballantine
AGM
Members are reminded that the club's AGM will be held next week on Wednesday November 25. All members were sent an email several weeks ago by Secretary Neville Kruss outlining the procedure for nominating a fellow Club member to a position on the Board for 2021-22. If you have any questions, please address them to secretary@rotarybmc.org.au
The Nominating Committee appointed by President Elect Helen Nodrum hereby advises members of its nominations:
VICE PRESIDENT:    Greg O’Shea PRESIDENT ELECT NOMINEE.     Margaret Mason
SECRETARY:            Neville Kruss DIRECTOR, Other                      Linda O’Brien
TREASURER:           Alan Kempton DIRECTOR, Other                      Jo Impey
In addition, as at the date of publication of this Bulletin, one further nomination has been received from the general membership of the Club, that being of Peter Lewis for the position of Director, other.
Members are reminded that they can submit further nominations for any of the positions above until midnight this Friday to the Secretary at secretary@rotarybmc.org.au.
As it appears an election by voting will be necessary, members can expect to receive an email over the coming weekend detailing the process of voting via email as it will not be possible to conduct a secret ballot in a Zoom meeting next Wednesday.
Board Motions
The following motions were put before the members at last week's Club meeting of November 11 and passed.
!. Donation to Foundation (the charitable arm of Rotary). $5000 donation proposed by Ian B. Seconded by Ron B. Motion carried.
2. .Donation to ARHRF. $5000 donation earmarked for indig enous scholarships proposed by Ian B. Seconded by Tony G. Motion carried (Australian Rotary Health Research Fund)
Our Club meets weekly. For the time being we are meeting on Zoom each week at 7.30am Wednesday. Meeting ID 3532621046 Pwd 3191
or click here. You are very welcome to join us.
 
Zoom Meeting November 11 2020 Jenna Kruss
Numbers of members participating. 27. Apologies. Zilla Roth. Guests. Karin Knoester from the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation and Tony Fritzlaff from Holmesglen Guest speakers. Jenna Kruss and Cassie Hose from Anglicare November 11th is Remembrance Day
The meeting commenced with John Mason reading 2 poems To the Fallen  by R.L. Binyon and In Flanders Fields by J McCrae. Welcome back to Julie Reid. Great you can join us again.
Faye Weeks, who has been very industrious during the lockdown, made and sold face masks.
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Cilantro Dining
Here is a list of dates when Cilantro is Open for a’la carte service and one Degustation Dinner. I am trying to keep the Deg Dinner available for Club members to fill a few tables of 10 if we can, but book individually if you want, you can have tables of 2 or more, all the way up to tables of 10 maximum.
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Long Walks in Lockdown
Like many  Melbournians Peter and I took to walking daily during the recent lockdown, wandering our local streets and parks, watching the progress or lack of progress on building sites, admiring gardens, plants and decor. One of our regular walk locations is to Landcox Park, this walk would sometimes take us past the now empty site that was W.T. Grants Building and Garden Supplies in Nepean Highway, Brighton East. W.T.Grants was a bit of a institution in the area being a family business of more than 100 years, but sadly closed their doors many years ago selling a large area of land at the rear of the Nepean Highway property but retaining the shop front and a number of other buildings facing Nepean Highway.
 
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Major achievement focus of Rotary's World Polio Day event

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Rotary’s 2020 World Polio Day Online Global Update program on 24 October hails this year’s historic achievement in polio eradication: Africa being declared free of the wild poliovirus.

Paralympic medalist and TV presenter Ade Adepitan, who co-hosts this year’s program, says that the eradication of polio in Africa was personal for him. “Since I was born in Nigeria, this achievement is close to my heart,” says Adepitan, a polio survivor who contracted the disease as a child. “I’ve been waiting for this day since I was young.”

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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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New page about the Board
I have added a page on the site that may help explain how the Club's Board is formed each year.
This is especially relevant as we approach the Annual General Meeting. Go here.
Chat with the DG
Chat with the District Governor, Alma Reynolds
Alma runs Zoom meetings
  • every second Tuesday at 10.30 am - Morning Tea with Alma
  • and the following Sunday at 4pm - Sunday Sundowners
The sessions are informal chats about anything and everything Rotary – BYO topics or take up those brought by others.  No need to RSVP just turn up.
Meeting ID's and passwords tend to vary so they are not being published here. Check your email or our Club Events Listing here.
 
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Market Report Sunday, November 15 2020
Team present. Michael Bury, Larry Green , Jo Impey, Tim Moran, Rob (Nomads) Bruce Fitcher (Moorabbin) & Ron Brownlees.
Great morning , good team spirit, all systems seemed to work well over, 2200 pedestrians through the gate again. Lots of happy  stallholders.
Due to sellouts we have decided to open some extra stalls on December 6th and some more on the 13th, with more  again on the 20th , virtually back to a normal market.
The single entrance appears to be working well. No major hassles during the rather warm but windy morning. Our regular entertainers have finally
been able to travel back to Adelaide for a while and we wish them well, they have organized another fellow –Arty – to fill in. Please welcome him.
Ron Brownlees
Upcoming Speakers
Nov 18, 2020 7:30 AM
Youth protection update WWC
Youth protection update WWC

Ken is Youth ProtectionOfficer for District 9810

Nov 25, 2020 7:30 AM
Rotary Youth Exchange
Dec 02, 2020 7:30 AM
Kingston Council update
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Upcoming Events
Click here to see all
Youth Protection Update WWC
Zoom
Nov 18, 2020
7:30 AM – 8:30 AM
 
Annual General Meeting
Zoom
Nov 25, 2020
7:30 AM – 8:30 AM
 
Kingston Council Update
Zoom
Dec 02, 2020
7:30 AM – 8:30 AM
 
Christmas Break up party - get together
TBA
Dec 13, 2020
2:00 PM – 4:00 PM
 
Christmas Break Up on Zoom
Zoom
Dec 16, 2020
7:30 AM – 8:30 AM
 
Birthdays & Anniversaries
Member Birthdays
Helen Nodrum
November 15
 
Ian Ballantine
November 16
 
Neville Kruss
November 17
 
Margaret Lucas
November 21
 
Geoff Gartly
November 24
 
Join Date
Neville Kruss
November 8, 2017
3 years
 
Tony Grusd
November 8, 2017
3 years
 
Sue Loeliger
November 20, 2019
1 year
 
Tim Moran
November 25, 2009
11 years
 
ClubRunner Mobile
A reminder to members to keep checking the calendar of upcoming events for evening and perhaps, one day, daytime events.
Market Roster
Roster for the next 2 Markets.
Click on See all Rosters for future weeks.
Members click here to see your own roster.
Market Nov 22nd 2020
Market Leader Ballantine, Ian
Assistant Davidson, Kevin
Assistant Lucas, Margaret
Assistant Mahajan, Vishal
Extra Shift Nolan, Peter
Market Nov 29th 2020
Market Leader Gledhill, Geoff
Assistant Gartly, Geoff
Assistant Perry, Grant
Assistant Loeliger, Sue
Extra Shift Impey, Jo
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