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FANTASTIC ACHIEVEMENT 2023 Rotary InternationaI Convention - News & Volunteering Melbourne will host the 2013 Rotary International Convention, 27 - 31 May, 2023 It is with great excitement that Rotary Club of Melbourne announces Melbourne as the host city for the 2023 Rotary International Convention, attracting over 20,000 delegates and the largest Conference secured this century for . Thirty years since Melbourne hosted the same international event.

This is now a Multi-District project initiated by RC Melbourne and D9800. A vital part of hosting is to have an engaged and energised volunteer team to assist all visitors during the Convention.

Volunteers – A vital part of this is to have an engaged and energised volunteer team to assist all visitors during the Convention. We wish to include volunteers from all ages - so be a Rotary Ambassador for Melbourne by registering to volunteer at the Convention in 2023! Meet & Greet, Marshalls, Chaperones, Home stays, Host hospitality. We will need your help and if you would like to be involved please contact us, [email protected].

For the latest News Release please click , News_Release_1,_January_2019__1.pdf

THIS WEEK'S MEETING 'BRIGHT SIDE OF LIFE' PART 2 Don’t miss our slightly light-hearted, but informative look at a serious matter that most of us will have to organise. The earlier you inform those that are near and dear to you what your wishes are and how they are to be carried out, the better.

Part two of our double feature on ageing will be a panel of three experts to answer your questions from the questionnaire distributed at lunch on the 16th January.

The panel consists of: Gerard Mansour, Commissioner for Senior Victorians; Rachel Lane, Principal of Aged Care Gurus; Sabine Phillips, a lawyer; Sandra Hills OAM as moderator.

Hopefully everyone will be well informed and equipped to ensure the golden years are filled with health, happiness and prosperity.

UPCOMING SPEAKERS 06 Feb: Mark Rubbo OAM, CEO Founder Readings 13 Feb: Anthony McClaran, CEO, Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Authority LAST WEEK'S MEETING ROB McGUIRK - PRESIDENT -INTERNATIONAL HOSTELLING Thanks to Rob McGuirk for so much fascinating history of youth hostels through the many international decades. Memories were activated as we recalled our own travels and youth hostel stories. What a tremendous organisation International Hostelling is today filling the needs of travellers of any age providing comfort, friendship and safety to world travellers.

CLUB EVENT & REMINDERS WofY WERRIBEE OPEN ZOO REFUGEE PICNIC Some of the exotic animals we viewed close up:

BREAKFAST PANELLISTS ANNOUNCED Check out the Flyer: WIR-FB_A5_Flyer-Email_1.pdf

MC: Josh Earl Moderator: Catherine Fox Panellists: Fiona Patten MP Rob Hulls Kristen Hilton Josh Bornstein Dr Emma Burrows

Make your booking and support our Fundraising Event: www.RotaryIWDbreakfast.org.au

SAVE THE DATE: EVENING MEETING 26 FEBRUARY Dr. Kaushik Sridhar is the National Sustainability Manager at Regis Healthcare, Advisory Board Member at Lord Mayor Charitable Foundation, Business Coach at Latrobe University’s Accelerator Program and Adjunct Lecturer at the University of Melbourne and RMIT.

He has spent the last ten years working across both the private and academic sector in stakeholder engagement, business development, sustainable development, sustainability strategy, governance, reporting and assurance roles.

Kaushik is a PhD and MBA graduate from the Macquarie Graduate School of Management. He has published over 20 academic and professional papers/articles on sustainability in international peer-reviewed journals as well as presented at international conferences and corporate expos/festivals in Auckland, Bangkok, Melbourne, Paris and .

ANGUS MITCHELL ORATION - SAVE THE DATE! Tilman Ruff is a public health and infectious diseases physician; Co-President of International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War since 2012 (Nobel Peace Prize 1985); and co-founder and founding international and Australian Chair of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN), awarded the 2017 Nobel Peace Prize “for its work to draw attention to the catastrophic humanitarian consequences of any use of nuclear weapons and for its ground-breaking efforts to achieve a treaty-based prohibition of such weapons".

Dr Ruff is Associate Professor in University of Melbourne’s Nossal Institute for Global Health, which he helped establish. Tilman was the first civil society representative on Australian nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty delegations, civil society advisor to the International Commission on Nuclear Non-proliferation and Disarmament, and a delegate to the landmark Conferences on the Humanitarian Impact of Nuclear Weapons in Norway, Mexico and Austria (2013-4). In 2017, he led the IPPNW delegation in New York throughout the UN General Assembly negotiation and adoption of the historic Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. In support of the treaty, he helped build a continuing collaboration between IPPNW and the largest international health federations - the World Medical Association, the World Federation of Public Health Associations and the International Council of Nurses.

An IPPNW member since 1982, Dr Ruff has served as International Councillor for , Boston-based consultant on policy and programs, and SE Asia-Pacific Vice-President. He is a past national president of IPPNW’s Australian affiliate, the Medical Association for Prevention of War.

Dr Ruff has clinical interests in immunisation and travel medicine, with over 22 years as Australian Red Cross international medical advisor. He was first to document links between outbreaks of ciguatera fish poisoning and nuclear testing in the Pacific.

The inaugural head of travel medicine at Fairfield Hospital and then Royal Melbourne Hospital; Dr Ruff worked on hepatitis B control and maternal and child health in Indonesia and Pacific island countries with Burnet Institute, UNICEF and WHO; spent 5 years as regional medical director for an international vaccine manufacturer, and is a foundation member and serving his third term on the WHO Western Pacific Region Hepatitis B Immunisation Expert Resource Panel.

Dr Ruff was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia in 2012 “for service to the promotion of peace as an advocate for the abolition of nuclear weapons, and to public health through the promotion of immunisation programs in the South-East Asia – Pacific region”.

MULTI DISTRICT CONFERENCE 15-17 FEBRUARY We will be showcasing: Baton Relay End Trachoma 2020 Rotary UNICEF "Give Every Child a Future" Rotary Safe Families including Working with Child Trauma Peace Forum 2021 AND hopefully, Rotary International Conference Melbourne 2023!

We are presenting all Victorian Rotary Districts with these and many other events in the planning stage, to initiate support and awareness from all Rotary Districts. Please join us in this mission.

ARTS COMMITTEE CONCERT - 20 FEBRUARY Check out the attached Invitation: Arts_Committee_Event_-_MSO_Concert_2019.pdf Enjoy: Jacinta Parsons presenter Benjamin Northey conductor Veriko Tchumburidze violin Calvin Bowman organ Holdsworth A Hero’s Journey – 2019 Cybec Young Composer in Residence Dvořák Carnival Overture Dukas The Sorcerer’s Apprentice Bruch Scottish Fantasy Saint-Saëns Symphony No.3 Organ MEETING PLACE Myer Music Bowl (exact meeting place TBA) BRING Picnic dinner and refreshments, (also available for purchase), rug and low chairs. CONTACT Garry Fowler (Arts Committee ) [email protected] Mob: 0411 881 389

MEMBER HIGHLIGHTS CONGRATULATIONS - PETER HABERSBERGER Minister for Veterans’ Affairs Darren Chester announced: "Seventeen members of the board have been appointed for a term of five years, while two members have been reappointed until November 2020 in order to "mentor and develop the skills of the new appointees". "These appointments ensure the board will have relevant experience suitable for deciding applications for review of decisions of the Repatriation and Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Commissions," Minister Chester said. "The members have outstanding experience and achievements in their fields and I am confident that each member will serve the veteran community with distinction in this important role. I congratulate all the appointees and look forward to their contribution to the important work of the VRB."

AUSTRALIA DAY HONOURS The Australia Day Honour Awards 2019 reads: DAVID INGLIS: For significant service to the international community through humanitarian medical programs. Interplast Australia and New Zealand: President, 2010-2016. Vice-President, 1994-2010. Board Member, 1984-2016. Provided Pro Bono legal advice, from 1983.

Minter Ellison, Victoria: National Chair, International Trade Group, current.

Former Chair, Melbourne Office, 8 years. Other service includes: Lead Speaker, 1st International Conference on Humanitarian Medical Missions, 2014. Member, Law Council of Australia, current. Former Vice-President, Australian Indonesian Business Council, 1990s. Former Member, Australia Malaysia Business Council. Member, Old Melburnians Council, Melbourne Grammar School, 6 years. Former Member, Beyond Australia Committee, The Myer Foundation. Member, Rotary Club of Melbourne, current. Awards and recognition includes: Recipient, Paul Harris Fellowship, Rotary Club of Melbourne, 2016.

STEPHANIE WOOLLARD OAM For service to the international community through humanitarian aid. Seven Women Project - Chief Executive Officer and Founder, since 2006. Founder, Kathmandu Cooking School. Founder, Hands On Development, running study tours to Nepal for university, high school students and Rotarians, since 2011. Started a fair trade seven women student society at La Trobe that runs a fair trade stall every week (for 8 years running.) The group has won awards for Best Student Club and Society and brought awareness about fair trade, raising funds for our work in Nepal.

Rotary International • Recipient, Inaugural International Responsible Business Award, presented at the United Nations, 2016. Rotary Club of Melbourne: Chair, Evening Meetings Committee, current. Member, since 2016 Recipient, Royce Abbey Award, 2016. Rotary Peace Fellow, 2013.

Board Member Fair Trade Association of Australia and New Zealand, 2016 Young Social Pioneers Program, Foundation of Young Australians, 2012-2013. Red Cross Youth Advisory Board, 2010.

Leadership Programs Williamson Community Leadership Program, Leadership Victoria, 2018. School for Social Entrepreneurs, 2010.

Keynote Speaker Graduation ceremonies and guest lectures at Victorian universities and high schools throughout Australia including Newcastle, Swinburne, Deakin, La Trobe, RMIT, CQU, Monash and Edith Cowan University, Shepparton, Dalby. Rotary District Conferences in Australia including Mudgee, Agnes Waters, Townsville,Tasmania, Ingham, MTGambier; and international conventions and conferences. International Conferences including Bahrain, Taiwan, Nepal, China, America, Canada, Poland and Ireland.

University contributions Collaborated, Ichange social innovation course, Central Queensland University. Collaborated with teams of researchers in the field of home economics and education for research projects in Nepal, Central Queensland University. Offer a range of internships and DFAT funded Study Tours to Nepal for Australian students to gain overseas working experience in their respected fields.

Awards and recognition includes: Women's Economic Forum Award, 2017. Manama Week Entrepreneurship Award, Capital Governate of Bahrain, 2017. Honorary Member, Golden Key International Honours Society, 2017. Nepalese Association of Victoria Award, for commendable service to the community, 2016. Young Achievers Alumni Award, La Trobe University, 2016. Ethical Enterprise Award, Moral Fairground, 2014. Fellow, Young Social Pioneers Program, Foundation of Young Australians, 2011

MEMBER ANNIVERSARIES Lucy Luo (6 years) Garry Fowler (11 years today!) Max Barr (36 years) Amir Dastaviz (3 years) Brian Horwood (7 years) Sharann Johnson (25 years) SPECIAL OFFER SPECIAL WINE OFFER At this price per bottle and $170.00 per case delivered to your door, Alan believes it is great value for our members. This is the description and offer: Nero_DAvola_Wines.pdf

GREETINGS Birthdays this week Bob Glindemann & Sianna Panagiotopoulos (both today!), Don Hyde, Daryl Hawkey.

LAST WEEK'S GUESTS Visiting Australian Rotarians Catherine Baxter (Brisbane High Rise), Judy Parslow (Southbank). Guests of Rotarians Sandy Colombo, Keith Bhebhe (Ian Evans).

On duty this week Amir Dastaviz, Bill Philip, Robin Syme, Keith Callinan, TBA (Wine), Bruce Davidson (Photos).

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