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Edition 40
Monday, 2nd August 2021
Message from our President
“Serve to Change Lives”
What a relief to have our market back up on Sunday last. The sun was shining, stallholders were happy and the pedestrian flow through was chatty and cheerful. Our market is very compliant with Covid rules and restrictions and we take this responsibility seriously.
I would like to acknowledge the work Ron Brownlees has put into having all our covid safe procedures and equipment in place and to the weekly market teams for ensuring compliance in this area.
As the new Rotary year gets underway, the club’s service teams are starting to get together,
discussing their agendas and plans for the rotary year, budgets have been set with an emphasis on community and identifying local needs as we move past the covid crisis.
The membership team has met and as an immediate result, all club members will have received a ‘health check for club” survey. I encourage each one of us to fill out this survey, with some thought if you can and this will then provide the team a starting point to focus on for the year.
The first 100 years of Rotary in Australia are being celebrated throughout this year. The organisation has survived principally because the underlying structure and strategy were right. However, to survive the next 100 years I don’t believe we can stagnate in past glories and there will be a need for change.
Where do I see that need kicking in? Well, firstly membership. We live in a fast pace, time-poor society. Social media and IT technology have changed the way we work and live. The younger generation today doesn’t want to sit in meetings for hours on end, they want immediate outcomes for their time spent and action plans for the way forward.
So, I believe there is an agenda for Rotary to look at its membership styles and diversify where possible. Certainly, I know our membership team will be addressing this point.
Covid has left our club with one problem and that is the Covid cap of 25 in our meeting venue. It is a problem because we have more than 25 wishing to attend our face-to-face meetings each week. Rest assured we are working on this and until a solution is found may I suggest that the option of our new hybrid meeting where you can zoom in to attend is used rather than the disappointment of missing a meeting.
Stay safe everyone
Regards and all the best,
Helen Nodrum
Meeting this week
We are back at Cilantro this week but will also provide for participation via Zoom.Meeting ID 3532621046 Pwd 3191
All meeting info can be found here.
The speaker this week will be Pat Armstrong who has agreed to step in. She will talk our club through the set up and suggestions for our Environment and Sustainability arm of Rotary service
Pat spoke at the beginning of the year to our club on this topic
Also, have a look at the article below on subscribing to our Events Calendar. Have all events update directly to your phone.
Ian Ballantine
Our Club meets weekly. It can either be a Zoom meeting, or an "in person" meeting.
This week, we will be back at Cilantro as well as on Zoom - details here Please check details of each week's meeting here or elsewhere in this Bulletin to confirm venue. You are very welcome to join us.
There are a number of upcoming events that are beyond the listing below. MLA Brad Rowswell is speaker on the 8th September. There is a community event to raise awareness of suicide prevention on the 10th September and a fundraising picnic for Rotarians Against Malaria on the 18th September. Please click here to see all and here to see how you can have events added automatically to your calendar.
It was back in 2019 that RC Bentleigh Moorabbin provided the funds for the shipping, transport and re-installation at Railuli School of the huge playground from Melton West Primary School.
The Rotary year of 2021-22 marks the 40th year of District 9810 having been officially launched with an inaugural dinner at Pitrone’s Function Centre, Keysborough on 16th July 1982. The function was hosted by the Rotary Club of Nunawading and Fred Hay from the Rotary Club of Waverley assumed the role of our first District Governor.
The incredible storm that swept through the Dandenong Ranges on the late evening of June 10thleft a trail of devastation and destruction behind it and the nine or ten D9810 Rotary Clubs in the Hills in particular, were greatly affected.
The meeting was held on Zoom. The chair was Julie Reid and the guest speaker was Pat Armstrong.President Helen welcomed members and the guest speaker. She then advised that she attended the District Presidents meeting on line.
The arrival of the first peace fellows at the new peace center in Kampala, Uganda, heralds the beginning of a new era for Rotary and the continent. by Jeff Ruby Photography by Tobin Jones From the rotary.org website here.
Members may recall that our club through the international service team, donated $3,000 in last Rotary year to the Philippines.
This money was directed through Terry Kane to the Rotary Club of South Davao, who have reported back to us that the funds were used for the following three causes:
Manabo Tribal School
Mother Theresa orphanage
Missionaries of Charity home for the elderly, sick and dying
Do yourself and Bentleigh Moorabbin Central Rotary Club a Favour.
Purchase an apartment with a retirement lifestyle for yourself at The Healey, or refer a friend who purchases an apartment and you will receive a $1000 Visa card. Plus Bentleigh Moorabbin Central Rotary Club will also receive a $1000 donation**.
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.
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Team: Helen Nodrum, Ian Ballantine, Sue Loeliger, Terry Kane. Geoff and Beau from Moorabbin. Other helpers: Ron BrownleesNumber cars in queue: 1Number O’night parkers: 0Market report: Cool and damp start but no rain and no wind. Amazing after tthe previous evening. Very quiet start but good atmosphere amongst stall holders. As expected traffic picked up after 11am. Thanks to all the team for making it a great morning. Pedestrian count 1335. Helen and Ian
Roster for the next 2 weeks
Note Market start time is 6.15am
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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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I would like to acknowledge the work Ron Brownlees has put into having all our covid safe procedures and equipment in place and to the weekly market teams for ensuring compliance in this area.
Meeting this week
