Weekly Bulletin (Dec. 11, 2023)

The Market has now re-opened.
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.

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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 151

Monday, 11th December 2023

Message from our President - Ron's Ramblings

The is my last report for this calendar year and you can all look forward to a well earned break, although our market will continue to provide us with our much need funds for community projects.
Good to hear Faye is home from hospital and on the road to recovery, unfortunately Roy Kaplan is having surgery later this week and we wish him well for a good outcome. Glenda and Warren have returned from Thailand and the Philippines, luckily they missed the current wave of Covid but unfortunately both ended up with Influenza A and are on the mend.

One of our longest serving members Charles Rener will have a ‘Magic’ 90th birthday in the next few weeks, probably won’t get a letter from the King but wonder if a letter from the President would fill the bill? Congratulations and best wishes from us all.
Sunday afternoons end of year function at Dendy Park Café was well attended and fellowship was enjoyed by all. Thanks and well done to Sam Langridge and her team for organising.
Our first meeting for 2024 will be at The Deck in Bay Street Brighton on Wednesday 17th January, at 7.00am.
We look forward to seeing you all this week, do not forget, partners are invited but please let me know for catering purposes.
Our first major activity in 2024 will be the hosting of the District Conference in Warrnambool in March and it is great to see so many members registered as we will need a few helpers over the conference days to assist with some of the smaller tasks.
Happy Chanukah, Merry Christmas, and a Joyous New Year

Remember, our first meeting for 2024 is planned for January 17th at The Deck in Bay Street Brighton. Details here.

Yours in Rotary ‘Create Hope in The World.’

President Ron

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 December 13th, 2023

Chairperson Impey, Jo

Cashier Perry, Grant

Cashier O'Brien, Peter

Regalia Loeliger, Sue

Meeting January 17th 2024
Chairperson Moran, Tim
Cashier Carruthers, Kellie
Cashier O'Brien, Peter
Regalia Ferguson, Paul

Market December 17th, 2023

Market leader Green, Larry

Assistant - Carruthers, Kellie

Assistant - Kaplan, Roy

Market December 24th ,20233

Market Leader Gledhill, Geoff

Assistant Kane, Terry

Assistant Lynch, Tim

This week's speaker / event

This week will be our special meeting where we will celebrate the festive season. Please try and wear something festive!

Latest edition of District Highlights can be found here

First Meeting - 2024

The Deck, Brighton - January 17

Details here as they are finalised

Club Meeting December 6 2023

Posted by Karin Soster

Jo was our chairperson for today’s club meeting at Cilantro. Geoff Gartly performed the invocation and toast to Rotary and Australia. Charles and Karin joined the meeting via Zoom.

PRESIDENT ANNOUNCEMENTS – President Ron

Apologies for today’s club meeting - Alan, Faye, Tony, Sam, Glenda, and Roy.

Ron reminded everyone of the following dates and events:

Sunday 10/12/23 – is our end of year function at Dendy Café, Dendy Park in Brighton 1-4pm.

Monday 11/12/23 – BMC Board meeting in Cilantro at 7.30pm

Wednesday 13/12/23 – our last club meeting for this year at Cilantro

Wednesday 17/1/24 – first club meeting for 2024 – morning meeting at The Deck in Bay Street, Brighton – venue to be confirmed.

Marriot Services Open Day

Posted by Kellie Carruthers on Oct 26, 2023

Om the 26^th Oct Marriot support service opened a new site in Hampton East . Marriott supports those in our community with disability to achieve their goals and live an independent life. Hampton East will provide us with a modern location that is close to all amenities to support the capacity building of our NDIS participants . Want to know more contact Kellie @ Marriott : kellie.carruthers@marriott.org.au

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Special Evening Meeting November 29 2023

Posted by Ian Ballantine on Nov 29, 2023

This week we enjoyed a very special evening with guest speaker, author Laraine Stephens.
We had a number of guests attend on the evening and all appeared to have enjoyed the night.

Laraine had worked as a teacher-librarian and Head of Library before she became a writer of historical crime fiction. Her first novel in the Reggie da Costa Mysteries, was The Death Mask Murders (2021) followed by Deadly Intent (2022) and then A Deadly Game in 2023. Laraine sets her Reggie da Costa Mysteries in Melbourne, early 20th century, in the aftermath of the Great war and during the heady days of 1920's, when gangs, sly grog and gambling dens inhabited the back streets of Melbourne.

Laraine happily signed copies of her books at the end of the evening.
Our thanks to Tony and the staff at Holmsglen for making our evening so special.

Take read more link to see some pics of the evening.

Club Meeting Nov 22 2023 AGM

Posted by Karin Soster on Nov 22, 2023

Sue was our chairperson for today’s club meeting at Cilantro, and also did a double act of performing Invocation and a toast to Rotary and Australia. Charles joined the meeting via Zoom. Another lovely breakfast with a superb selection was prepared by the students and budding chefs of The Cordon Bleu Cookery School.

Today’s meeting was also our club’s Annual General Meeting.

Club Meeting November 15 2023

Posted by Karin Soster on Nov 15, 2023

President Ron chaired today’s club meeting at Cilantro where we enjoyed a Cordon Bleu buffet breakfast prepared by the cookery school budding chefs. Julie performed invocation, and Faye performed the loyal toast. Charles joined the meeting via Zoom. Guests included Marilyn Brownlees, and Gary Ramage. Apologies came from Paul Ferguson, Geoff Gartly, Kelly Carruthers, Barry Oliver, Helen Nodrum and John Mason.

High Tea Sunday November 12

Posted by Faye Weeks

We were fully booked. A big success. Thank you to everyone who contributed. We raised around $5000 for PNG mothers and babiesFaye

Take Read More for pics

Market Report December 10 2023

Team members:Peter O’Brien, Linda O’Brien, Julie Reid
Other helpers and visitors:Viv Chetty (Moorabbin Rotary) and Intha Chetty (Moorabbin Rotary)
Cars in queue: 3. Night parkers : 0
Pedestrian count 1097
Market Report: The market started well with lots of activity. Most stalls were booked but in the end we had 24 stalls which were vacant as a result of no shows. A number of these spaces were used to park stallholders cars. We had 2 people turn up late and were told they need to be here by 7am otherwise their stall may be resold due to no show. I observed stalls creeping into walkways and asked them to move.

Leader, Julie Reid

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 preferred.
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

Member Birthdays

Sue Loeliger

December 2

Grant Perry

December 11

Charles Rener

December 28

Spouse Birthdays

Sheryl Zorella

December 4

Stewart Reid

December 19

Puja Mahajan

December 22

Join Date

Roy Kaplan

December 2, 2020

3 years

Paul Ferguson

December 10, 2014

9 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

A reminder to members to keep checking the calendar of upcoming events for evening and perhaps, one day, daytime events.

Thank you for being a subscriber to our Weekly Club Bulletin. I try to have it published each week by Tuesday morning.
If you would like to have something included please contact me at editor@rotarybmc.org.au and attach, as separate files, the words and any images (jpg files are fine, minimum width 820 pixels). Please DO NOT send information as pdf files.
Ian Ballantine, Editor.

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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

Message from our President - Ron's Ramblings

Latest edition of District Highlights can be found here

First Meeting - 2024

Note from the Editor re Images and Events

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