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 201
Monday, 10th February 2025
Message from our President - Tim's Tattles .
Isn't it amazing one of our own members with such a great story. I am surprised how often this happens. A riveting tale from start to finish. Jenny Stone thank you for telling just part of your story.
On the 5th of March we have another delicious evening dinner at Cilantro with George Petrou OAM. George is an artist and has a history of painting military subjects and I am sure you will find his subject fascinating.
The community group is pushing on with its community donations with maximum of $3000 to assist organizations to achieve their aims. It will be exciting to hear the outcome of this . We can help to give birth to a vibrant business that will contribute to the community.
Yours in Rotary ‘The Magic of Rotary’
President Tim Lynch
Roster for the next 2 weeks
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 February 12th, 2025
Chairperson Brownlees, Ron
Cashier / Kane, Terry
Cashier Mason, Dee
Regalia Weeks, Faye
Meeting February 19th, 2025
Chairperson Reid, Julie
Cashier Stone, Jennifer
Cashier Ballantine, Ian
Regalia Gartly, Geoff
Market February 16th, 2025
Market leader Ferguson, Paul
Assistant - Lynch, Tim
Assistant Lucas, Margaret
Assistant - Grant, James
Market February 23rd, 2025
Market Leader Moran, Tim
Assistant O'Brien, Peter
Assistant O'Brien, Linda
This week's speaker / event Don Smith, AMALOCAL. Details and registration here.
Coming Speakers:
February19 Cheltenham Secondary College Details and registration here.
Please check the upcoming events on the Club website here
REGISTRATION FOR MEETINGS All meetings will now utilise the Registration facility. asking members to register their attendance, or non-attendance, at Club meetings. Note that it is equally important that guests are registered as well.
Members can either register as soon as the event appears in the calendar or respond to the invitation(s) via email to members in the week prior to the meeting. This email will contain a direct link to the event registration page. Here, we ask that you either accept or decline the invitation. You will also have the opportunity to add any guests. Once registered for the event, you will no longer receive an email for that event.
If you choose not to register either your intention to attend or not, it will be assumed you are not attending.
A reminder that instructions for Registration are here.
Ian Ballantine
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Club Evening Meeting
Special evening meeting, March 5, 2025 BOOKING ESSENTIAL
Treasurer Neville Kruss was our chairperson for today's club meeting at Cilantro. Charles Rener joined via Zoom and Gary Ramage joined the meeting as a guest. Our guest speaker was our own Jenny Stone - Member behind the Badge.
District Governor Colin Byron has released his January, 2025 edition of 9815 Connections.
Click on image at left for YouTube video.
Key Updates: ✅ Rotary Events & Activities – Clubs started the year strong with family picnics, BBQs, and annual art shows from Sorrento, Leongatha, and Mornington (celebrating its 53rd year!). 🎨 ✅ Australia Day Celebrations – Many clubs are hosting events to reflect, respect, and celebrate our communities. ✅ District Conference (March 2025) – Over 400 registrations and 52 clubs confirmed! Our theme: "We Belong Because We Are Better Together" 🤝 ✅ Special Guest – Welcoming Rotarian Dr. Bharat Pandya from Mumbai, India, Rotary Foundation Trustee & past RI Director! 🎤 ✅ Membership Growth – 27 new members joined by December, making us the 2nd highest-growing district in the zone! 👏
📅 Upcoming Events: 📌 New Club Seminar – Mid-February 📌 PELDS Training – March in San Remo
Congratulationsto one of our newer members, Jim Magee who received a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) as part of the Australia Day honours list.
The official citation reads: Mr Jim MAGEE Bentleigh East VIC 3165 For service to local government, and to the community of Glen Eira.
The following is taken from the Glen Eira City Council website. (link)
Former councillor Jim Magee awarded OAM
Council congratulates former Tucker Ward Councillor Jim Magee, who received a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) as part of the Australia Day honours list. The OAM has been awarded to recognise ex-Cr Magee’s service to local government.
Jim was a long-serving councillor who was a four-term representative of Glen Eira’s southern suburbs which he affectionately referred to as the ‘Paris end’ of Glen Eira. During this time, he was a fierce advocate for sustainable planning, all abilities access and protecting services for the most vulnerable, along with increasing open space and sporting infrastructure. During his time in office, Council invested significantly in these key priorities.
As Mayor, Jim also advocated strongly for the role and financial sustainability of local government. Recognising local government’s unique role in promoting connections to place and quality of life, he worked closely with colleagues across the sector to call for reform which led to inquiries from the Victorian Legislative Council and Auditor-General.
Jim’s term on Council concluded in October 2024 and since that time he has remained a staunch support of local government and regularly appears in sector media to discuss current events.
Jim joins the late councillor Dr David Zyngier AM, former councillor Jamie Hyams OAM and and current Councillor Sam Parasol OAM as other recent recipients of Order of Australia honours.
Chair today was Margy Lucas. Today's meeting was intended to be an opportunity to brief the members on plans for the second half of the Rotary year.
We heard reports from Youth Chair Julie Reid, with Helen Nodrum and Co Market Chair Grant Perry.
We were joined this morning by Rotarian and Co President, Carole Harris from the Rotary Club of Saint Marylebone. She was accompanied by her friend (and former colleague from Army days of member Margy Lucas), Alan Brimelow. Carole visited our Club a couple of years ago. Carole gave a description of her Club in London and exchanged banners with President Tim.
Two other momentous events this morning....
President Tim had the honour of inducting our newest member Bert d'Unienville. Bert was introduced to the Club by member Neville Kruss and has a mangaement background in the paint manufacturing sector.
Secondly, member Ian Ballantine had the privilege of awarding a second Paul Harris Fellow to Glenda Stahel. Glenda served as "emergency" President during the year 2022-23 and was also recognised for her contribution to the running of the registration desk at the D9810 Conference last year. Glenda is a continuing contributor to the successful operation of our Club and it was a pleasure to make the presentation.
Please click on Read More to see plenty of pics from this morning's meeting along more words on Committee activities. All photos from today's meeting are also available at full resolution here.
Brother Thomas Oliver Pickett AM, Co-founder, Wheelchairs For Kids, has been made 2025 Senior Australian of the Year.
Brother Thomas Oliver Pickett AM co-founded Wheelchairs For Kids in 1996 to provide adjustable wheelchairs and occupational therapy expertise for children in developing countries, free of charge. Since then, more than 60,000 custom-built wheelchairs have been gifted to children in over 80 countries.
Rotary, and particularly our own Club, support Wheelchairs for Kids. Refer recent meeting here.
We had a total of 26 members and guests register for our first meeting for 2025. The venue was Aila Cafe in Highett. Amongst attendees were members John and Dee Mason, proudly showing off John's new set of "wheels".
The atmosphere was great with everyone enjoying the opportunity of catching up after our "holiday" break.
Member Larry Green conducted a quiz which was a lot of fun, if not a little chaotic! Well done Larry.
We had three guests attend, Bert d'Unienville, Jules Gaddie and Margaret Toyas.
About 30 members and partners attended a great evening dinner to celebrate the holiday season on Sunday evening, December 15, 2024.
The venue was the Olympic Room at the Sandringham Yacht Club.
The meal was excellent, as was the venue. Most came a little earlier to enjoy some pre dinner fellowship in the member's lounge area with it's magnificent outlook over the Club and Port Philip Bay.
The staff at SYC couldn't have been more efficient or pleasant.
The event was organised by Linda O'Brien who also prepared the table decorations.
The evening was such a success, I'm sure we'll be choosing this venue once again.
Some years ago Rotary International declared their strong and commendable stance on Diversity Equity and Inclusion and expects all members to be familiar with this code of conduct and abide by it.
To quote:
Rotary core values: fellowship, integrity, diversity, service, and leadership This code of conduct reflects our core values and explains the responsibility that comes with being a Rotarian and Rotaractor, which includes members from nearly every country in the world, speaking over 100 different languages. We are committed to upholding and evolving this code as our organization grows. Like our core values, we expect Rotarians and Rotaractors to exemplify this code of conduct as they interact with one another, Rotary program participants, Alumni, project partners, and members of the community. Specifically, the code of conduct applies at all club, district, zone, and Rotary International meetings, trainings, events, and anywhere else a member represents Rotary and on My Rotary and social media. Expectations All club members and other participants including Rotary program participants, Alumni, project partners, and representatives of Rotary are expected to comply with this code of conduct, be considerate and contribute to a collaborative, positive, and healthy environment in which all are respected and valued.
The entire document can be accessed here. Note this link will download/open a pdf document to your computer.
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.
Note that you need to be already logged in as a member. 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.
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.
Team members:Ian Ballantine (Leader), Chris Burrows, Helen Nodrum - stepped up to cover busy time up to 7.30am, Bruce Fitcher from Moorabbin. Other helpers and visitors: Holland Foundation- Rakesh and Aki Charles Rener.
Waiting in queue: 2. Night parkers : 0 Pedestrian count 1250 Market Report: Fine morning but very windy. Stallholders hiring racks were warned about danger of wind. Table and rack hire limited to 11 items only. Many vacant sites obviously due to inclement conditions. Pedestrian count picked up as the sun emerged. Wind remained strong all morning. The easterly seemed to blow all the rubbish in the Cole’s carpark into the market! A special thanks to Helen Nodrum who covered this morning for my Helen who was working. BTW there is $180 in the bag to be included in next weeks banking - late stall hire payment.
Leader, Ian Ballantine
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
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.
Additionally, member's birthdays and anniversaries will no longer be listed in the Club Bulletin. This is to protect the privacy of members. This information is still available to members here.
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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Congratulationsto one of our newer members, Jim Magee who received a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) as part of the Australia Day honours list.
Brother Thomas Oliver Pickett AM, Co-founder, Wheelchairs For Kids, has been made 2025 Senior Australian of the Year.
About 30 members and partners attended a great evening dinner to celebrate the holiday season on Sunday evening, December 15, 2024.
Market Report February 9, 2025
