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 202
Monday, 17th February 2025
Message from our President - Tim's Tattles .
It was great to hear our speakers from Amalocal about the supply of fresh food and Sandra from Matt's Place which offers free dinner at 2 of their outlets Cheltenham & Chelsea for the hungry and lonely. Great work
This week we have our dinner at Mid Valley restaurant at 259 Bay Rd Highett on Thursday 6.30 which is published in our bulletin. From all accounts this is a beautiful meal and I am looking forward to it.
This wednesday we have the principal Karl Russell and his assistant for communication Naomi Smith from Cheltenham Secondary college in recognition of our donations to their school.
We have a dinner evening on the 5Th of March at Cilantro. As usual this will be a fabulous dinner prepared by the cordon Bleu trainee chefs and is always a Highlight . We have a guest speaker who is a famous artist, George Petrou . I know you will enjoy this.
It was great to have Carolyn and Peter Worthy join us for breakfast last week as our guests and it would be good to see them again.
Yours in Rotary ‘The Magic of Rotary’
President Tim Lynch
Roster for the next 2 weeks
Note Market start time is 6.15am
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Meetings
Meeting February 19th, 2025
Chairperson Reid, Julie
Cashier Stone, Jennifer
Cashier Ballantine, Ian
Regalia Gartly, Geoff
Meeting February 26th ,2025
Chairperson O'Brien, Linda
Cashier Oliver, Barry
cashier Green, Larry
Regalia Kruss, Neville
Market February 23rd, 2025
Market Leader Moran, Tim
Assistant O'Brien, Peter
Assistant O'Brien, Linda
Market March 2nd, 2025
Market Leader Ballantine, Ian
Assistant Stone, Jennifer
Assistant - Stahel, Warren
Assistant - Stahel, Glenda
This week's speaker / event
Karl Russell (Principal) and Naomi Smith (Communications/business manager) Cheltenham Secondary College
February 26 Justine Coleman. Southside Welcome Crew -part of CRISP (Community Refugee Integration and Settlement Project) 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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Guests at this morning's meeting were Carolyn and Peter Worth, guests of Jo Impey.
Our guest speakers were Don Smith, owner and director of AMALOCAL and Sandra Cavallo from Matt's Place.
AMALOCAL is a business providing deliveries to homes in the Bayside, and South East of fresh produce including fruit, vegetables, milk, eggs etc sourced from farmers/growers based in the general south east region. Generally, clients provide a weekly order and the produce is delivered to your door. His base of operation is in Tulip Street, Sandringham.
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.
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Market Report February 16, 2025 - No report received
Team members:Paul Ferguson (Leader), Tim Lynch, Margy Lucas and James Grant - (rostered). Other helpers and visitors:
Waiting in queue:?. Night parkers : ? Pedestrian count ? Market Report:
Leader,
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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
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Karl Russell (Principal) and Naomi Smith (Communications/business manager) Cheltenham Secondary College
February 26 
REGISTRATION FOR MEETINGS
Our guest speakers were Don Smith, owner and director of AMALOCAL and Sandra Cavallo from Matt's Place.
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.
