Rotary Club of Melbourne Inc

Rotary Club of Melbourne Inc.

ROTARY CLUB OF MELBOURNE INC VICTORIA AUSTRALIA ROTARY INTERNATIONAL DISTRICT 9800 REGISTRATION NO. A0019177Z ABN 31564943498 CHARTERED 21 APRIL 1921 CLUB NUMBER 18333

PRESIDENT 2019-20 Kevin F Sheehan

NINETY NINTH ANNUAL REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDING JUNE 2020

Office Bearers 2019-20

P r e s i d e n t Kevin F Sheehan

Vice Presidents David Carruthers / Cynthia Edgell

President Elect Marion S Macleod

Immediate Past President Robert W Fisher

Honorary Secretary Assistant Secretary Reg N Smith Russell J Board

Honorary Treasurer Peter T Hanlon

Board of Directors Peter Addison, Peter B Davis, Philip Cornish, Dorothy Gilmour, Bernie J McIntosh, Adrian Nelson, Amanda M Wendt.

Minute Secretary to Board Graeme Whitelaw

Protection Officer Russell J Board

Bulletin Edito r Dorothy Gilmour

A u d i t o r Greg J McCluskey F.C.A - GM Auditing Services P/L

District 9800 Governor Grant Hocking

Office Manager Jo Mavros

Club Office P: P.O. Box 18388 Collins Street East, Melbourne, 8003 O: Suite 3, Level 9, 15 Collins Street, Melbourne, Vic., 3000 T: +61 3 9654 7242 E: [email protected] W: http://www.rotaryclubofmelbourne.org.au

2 Committee Structure

DIRECTORS TEAMS/COMMITTEES TEAM LEADERS

Vice President Club Management & Communications – Cynthia Edgell

Corporate Issues Director, Peter Davis Audit & Risk Garry Fowler Governance Tony Greenwood

Events & Fundraising Director, Dorothy Gilmour Fundraising Dorothy Gilmour RCM Community Foundation Sue McDonald R100 Centenary Hugh Bucknall Club Groups & Member Support Philip Endersbee Evening Meetings Mikaela Stafrace International Women’s Day Kerry Kornhauser Inter-Club Visits John Peberdy Lunch Organisation Peter Washusen Speakers Program Peter Lake Reception Richard Skinner On-To-Conference Ari Talantis

Club Communication s Director, Adrian Nelson Archives Bruce Davidson Citation Writer Keith Callinan Bulletin Dorothy Gilmour Photography Ian Ross Social Media & Website Ari Talantis

M e m b e r s h i p Director, Amanda Wendt Alumni Connector & Honorary Members Peter Rogers Corporate Membership Michael Selth Member Care Peter Dakin Membership Engagement Chanti Bou Membership Review & Mentoring Robert Fisher New Members Ian Evans Volunteering Ari Talantis / Jim Orchard

Vice President Humanitarian Service – David Carruthers Community Service Director, Philip Cornish Community Welfare Mary Barry Ending Homelessness James Pullar / Richard Parker R100 Safe Families Dorothy Gilmour End Hepatitis Peter Clark Health & Ageing Chris Stillwell Second Bite Bob Glindemann / Jan Moffatt

International Service Director, Peter Addison East Timor Bob Glindemann International Programs & Fellowship Brian Horwood Peace Fellows Rob Helme R100 RGECAF Chris Wang Rotary Foundation Rob Helme

Youth & Vocational Service Director, Bernie McIntosh Indigenous Programs Quin Scalzo R100 Trachoma Jim Orchard/Peter Rogers/Rob McGuirk Welfare of the Young Robert Thomson/Bernie McIntosh

Arts David Kram Rotary Park Peter Bailey Vocational Service Iqbal Reta 0808 Peter Davis

Club Officers Secretary, Reg Smith Minute Secretary to the Board Graeme Whitelaw

President – Robert Fisher Horizons Marion Macleod Investment Peter Berg Protection Officer Russell Board Rotary Connects Reg Smith Think Tank Chris Stillwell Treasurer Peter Hanlon

3 Membership

Members at 30 June 2020

Members at 30 June 2020 227 Ordinary members 205 Honorary members 22

Summary of Movements 2019-20 Members at 30 June 2019 244 (223 Ordinary, 21 Honorary) Inducted Ordinary 9 Inducted Honorary 0 Ordinary to Honorary 2 Resigned Ordinary 25 Resigned Honorary 0 Deceased Honorary 1 Deceased Ordinary 0

Honorary Members: at 1 July 2019 (22) Neville J Barwick, Alfred K Brierley, Murray W Campbell, Sally Capp, Linda Dessau AC, Peter C Doherty AC, Alan S Finkel AO, Timothy Fisher AC, Gillian Hibbins, David C Jones AO OBE, Anthony D Kosky OAM, John S Levi AM, Peter H McCall OAM, Kazuyoshi Matsunaga, John C Melbourne, Gustav Nossal AC, David S Nurse, Kevin O’Fla- herty, Tilman Ruff, Les Schultz, J W Bill Pratt AM, Hugh R Taylor AC.

Honorary Members Movements Honorary Members elected during the year: (0) Honorary Life Members from Ordinary Members during the year: (2) Melville Connell PSM, Anthony D Kosky OAM. Honorary Members left during the year: (0) Deceased - Honorary during the year: (1) The Hon Timothy Fisher AC

Ordinary Members Movements Inductions: (9) Mina Guli, Robyn Hollands, Drasko Kraguljac, Kirsten Sayers, Chris Carrodus, Yidan Xi, Tim Conolan, Deb Ash- bolt, Christina Boys. Resignations: (25) John Allen, Sianna Panagiotopoulos, John Reynolds, Helena Michaels, Holly Ransom, Don Hyde, Gladys Liu, Alex Buchanan, John Fuller, George Koczkar, Peter Lake, Ryan Saville, Peter Burns, Bob Cowan, Luke Belfield, Lucy Luo, Ian Evans, Marcus Mandie, Peter Payne, John Brady, Adriaan denDulk, Robert Thomson, Olga Hogan, Ma- nuela Rathey, Spencer Bock.

4 Valedictory Address by 2019-20 President Kevin Sheehan

In preparing this report, I have incorporated the text of my Valedictory Address delivered at ChangeOver on Wednesday 24th June 2020 and covered aspects in more detail for what was a truly unpredictable year. My address was to be the first virtual valedictory and within production constraints, perhaps the shortest in our 99-year history. The ChangeOver Event is somewhat overwhelming, and I can readily identify that day in the life of any President of this great Club – hand over day, the day that the Chain of Office is passed to our next President. Over 24 years of membership I have listened to fine valedictory addresses and had the opportunity to refresh my memory by reading some. During these years I learned many things about the workings of our Club – especially that the wheel does not need to be reinvented. There is so much history, so many members willing to share their project experience when consulted – and so many valuable partner connections that enables us to leverage our project capacity and reach. At my installation last 26th June, I referred to the three goals of the 2019-20 Operational Plan. In implementing this Plan, I talked of Actions, Responsibility, Timelines and Evaluations and I asked the question – is it all achievable? – to which I answered – time will tell. Looking back, I can say that the year has been busy and it has had some challenges. As Lisa will attest, I spent plenty of time at my desk.

Goal One - Deliver humanitarian project outcomes by working our Operational Plan We had the tools. We had the 4 Year Strategic Plan that I was fortunate to inherit from my predecessor, Robert Fisher. Within this framework, the Horizons team developed and polished a succinct Operational Plan which was worked and worked over the last 12 months to deliver humanitarian outcomes within a vast array of projects. The team delivering these outcomes not only comprised those 7 Directors, 27 Committee Chairs and 22 Team Leaders of the Organisation Chart, but also included the good work of triple that number of dedicated Members, the heavy lift- ers, the quiet achievers, volunteers, spouses and partners and sometimes family members. They all delivered project outcomes that were superbly outlined on the 17th June by our Vice Presidents when presenting their annual report, which in format and content truly raised the bar. All this good work had the dedicated support of our hard-working Administration team comprising our Office Manager, Jo Mavros, Hon Secretary, Reg Smith and Hon Treasurer Peter Hanlon. Plus, I was extremely fortunate to have two of the best Vice Presidents in David Carruthers and Cynthia Edgell who was most capably assisted by Past VP, Barbara Yerondais. I was also fortunate to be able to lean on Past Present Robert Fisher when the need arose. So, the answer is Yes - there were achievements aplenty.

Goal Two - Elevate the 2021 Centenary to inspire existing Members and attract new Members The dream of nine years ago was to create signature projects that left a legacy for the next 100 years, giving us something tangible to celebrate. Traction took a while, the R100 Team worked solidly to promote awareness throughout Australia and New Zealand to motivate project outcomes. The momentum has built so let us maintain the excitement as 2021 can be our light through the COVID tunnel. D9800 through DG Grant Hocking and DGE Philip Archer have embraced the Centenary as has our Lord Mayor and Hon Mem- ber Sally Capp. The Governor General and Mrs Hurley are now Centenary Ambassadors and will host our National Launch ceremony from Yarralumla on the 10th July. As Australia’s first Rotary Club we connected with the three other Centurion Clubs of Sydney, Wellington and Auckland, to mark this Centenary milestone in the biggest and boldest possi- R100 Governor’s event—Sydney ble way. An Australasian project, Rotary Give Every Child a

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Future (RGECAF) to immunise 100,000 children in nine Pacific Island Nations is well underway with our partner UNICEF, as is a National project, End Trachoma 2020. Each of the 1,107 Australian Clubs and 267 New Zealand Clubs have been challenged to create their Centenary project which has created much excitement and implementation. Rotary Melbourne has three Centenary projects: Trachoma Water Trailer partnering with Monash University Engineering and Impex in Darwin, End Hepatitis Now, an awareness campaign partnering with Hepatitis Victo- ria and Gatherings of Kindness partnering with the Hush Foundation of which our Hon Member, the Governor of Victoria is Patron.

So, have we elevated R100 ? Yes indeed, and the work continues through 2021.

Goal Three - Ensure that Members enjoy doing what they do as volunteers I am proud that so many Members have risen to the challenges of this year. Their commitment to deliver our project work, awards and events has been mammoth. During the year we dedicated time to expose our projects, identify and accolade the project champions and quite achievers. This was implemented from the podium and through the superb communication work of our Bulletin and social media team. We injected variety by taking a meeting to Dame Nellie Melba’s Coombe Estate last October which exposed the connection with Sir John Monash. We combined the International Women’s Day Breakfast and an Evening Meet- ing as substitutes for our regular luncheon meetings. My weekly chats on the blue carpet prior to our luncheon meetings provided great feedback as did the various Committee meetings, Group nights, emails and phone calls. With all these opportunities, I learned what Members were up to and importantly, more about their Rotary interest and achievements. The outcome enabled more life to be put into the meeting running sheets enhanced by the variety of speakers, topics, interaction and at times, musical accompaniment. So did we have some fun ? Yes by observation, we did.

Just as we were sailing well, along came COVID-19 and a further necessary Goal that was never contemplated.

Goal Four - Don’t waste a crisis As we were plunged into new territory, this goal was hastily defined as the need to stay connected, maintain member engagement, continue to deliver our projects wherever possible, keep our regular meetings occurring and care for member welfare in this pandemic environment. COVID-19 There was a rush to embrace virtual networks and maintain the continuity of delivering our regular weekly meetings on-line. We sourced speaker content from within by showcasing our projects, engaging our Honorary Members and others. The outcome widened our weekly reach and raised our profile to new heights. First Honorary Member to the camera was Professor Peter Doherty AC on the 18th March in Studio One (the Rotary office) when a wide broadcast of his outstanding COVID-19 address was achieved. Then, with the pandemic shutting down Studio One, total reliance was on connecting virtually from our respective locations as we did with Dr Alan Finkel AO, Dr Tilman Ruff AO and Lord Mayor Sally Capp who marked our 99th Anniversary. Other notable speakers included Professor Hugh Taylor AC who delivered our 50th Angus Mitchell Oration, our 2016 Monash Medallist John Ber- trand AO, former member Nev Power, Chair of the COVID-19 Coor- dination Commission and EMDR Therapy Specialist Dr Derek Far- rell from the UK. For our ANZAC Day remembrance, Dr Rob- ert Webster OAM, State President of the RSL and our 2019 Monash Medallist Major General (Retd) Jim Barry AM MBE presid- ed and finally, on the 1st July, The Hon Peter Costello AC, Chair of Prof Peter Doherty, historic broadcast from the Rotary Office the Future Fund provided a futuristic insight to the road ahead.

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The 2020 Young Achievers Awards were conferred virtually as was Mal Walden’s launch of our Safe Family Vide- os, our various Member service awards, Paul Harris Fellow recognitions, Mev Connell’s Honorary Life Member- ship, Member inductions and our Vice President’s reporting day. I acknowledge that Reg Smith, Jo Mavros and others immediately rose to the challenge to spearhead continuous delivery of our weekly meetings via virtual platforms. The outcome anchored our member engagement and achieved wider reach than ever before. There is no doubt that each week their host operational skills became more and more sophisticated which was extraordinary support to myself and the standing of Rotary Melbourne. Group Captains, Committee Chairs and Team Leaders also rose to the occasion and progressed good work via Zoom to keep our Rotary wheel turning. Did we meet the challenge ? Yes we certainly did.

The continuing challenge is not to go backwards and so we look to embrace the current situation as an element of the new normal, maintain Zoom connection, our WhatsApp, our occasional Coffee Club chit-chats and even plan to livestream our meetings when the day arrives that we can meet again in-person. To summarise, through the dedication of so many who had their shoulder to the wheel, the score card is looking good. There are always regrets but as the words of that famous song says - too few to mention. What more could have been achieved if only....! What next, for me there is R100, our Centenary Year and I look forward to working with Hugh Bucknall, the backbone of our R100 endeavours. I look forward to working with Peter Clark and Penny Trumble as our R100 Hepa- titis Awareness project rolls on. I also look forward to some sailing with Phil Endersbee, who sponsored me into Rotary Melbourne and has been a great mentor, especially this past year. I do not think that I am alone in looking forward to 2021. I always knew that I had many friends in Rotary – now I have many more. My Rotary journey has had a big personal impact, supported as always by my dear Lisa. Now I am satisfied that with the help of so many, the best job has been done this Rotary year.

Pres Kevin - Studio2 Thank you sincerely for the honour to have served Rotary Melbourne as President.

For the Rotary year 2020/21, I wish President Marion Macleod every success and I trust that she and Michael Har- vey will have a rewarding year.

Kevin F Sheehan, 24 June 2020

2019-20 RCM Board and Office Bearers

7 Response by 2020-21 Incoming President Marion Macleod

Thank you Kevin, for this great honour. Fellow Rotarians, visitors and guests – welcome to this Changeover – Covid-19 style. I warmly add my welcome to you all on this our 104th Presidents’ Changeover Day and the start of our 100th — Centenary Year. In addition to greeting all the notable guests introduced by Kevin, it is also a great pleasure to have so many of my family and friends joining us today and whose support has been invaluable as I step into the very large shoes of all those who’ve gone before me. I would also like to congratulate Past President Kevin and thank him for his leadership through a very challenging COVID affected 2019 – 20 and, whilst conferring his pin and name badge in a virtual environment, I look forward to doing so in person in the near future. We have spent many hours together on Zoom over the last year in support of this club we both serve. So now to Rotary’s next 100 years. I have two quotes to start with and I want you to reflect on who said them. First, "The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again, but expecting different results." Secondly, ‘The story of Rotary will need to be written again and again. … the world is a changing place and we must change with it. Yes Albert Einstein and Paul Harris. Well we have shown that we are NOT mad – we have done things differently and we ARE capable of change– we’ve moved quickly and easily onto Zoom. The Governor General and Mrs Hurley highlighted this feature of our Rotary service as one of the key reasons that Rotary has lasted as long as it has. Seeing David Freize, at 96, join us regularly on Zoom has been a real highlight of the last few months. As we start our journey of the next 100 years I wonder, when looking back with 2020 hindsight, what will be said of the passing of this first 100 years. We have found ourselves in extra-ordinary times and have shown that we are capable of amazing resilience and the extraordinary ability to change to survive. It also shows that, what would have been inconceivable only a few months ago, has cemented our fellowship in newer and for some stronger ways. When I was first proposed for membership of the Rotary Club of Melbourne I was taken to lunch by Chris Wang, who said then that Rotarians are born not made and he has always offered me sound counsel since that time, along with Robert Fisher whom I met when I attended my first District Conference. I was then inducted by Austen Burleigh, another great sounding board, and set to work by Keith McNeil, Peter Beasley and Peter Rogers. All of these amazing ‘born to be’ Rotarians, along with my many other mentors – including, Bob Glindeman, Mary Barry, Trevor Nink, Clive Weeks, and Quin Scalzo have given me the incredible support to engage in my Rotary journey. In mentioning these in particular, it should not detract from the very many others including Chris Stilwell, Pam Brown, Barbara Yerondais, Reg Smith, Sharann Johnson, Cynthia Edgell, Garry Fowler, Kerry Kornhauser and Dorothy Gilmour to name a few – who have been part of my fellowship group and supported me in so very many ways. In addition, I know I have missed the very many others whose company and counsel I have enjoyed throughout this time and who have been equally supportive. This journey through Rotary has seen many highlights, including the conferring of my Royce Abbey and Paul Har- ris Fellow awards. Paul Harris, our founder, was born 152 years ago, in Wisconsin, USA. Whilst it was the camaraderie of his colleague, Bob Frank, and his engagement with the local community in Chica- go, that impressed Paul Harris to start Rotary – it is now the service-focus on local and international projects which keeps engaged the 1.2 million members worldwide who are our ‘people of action’.

8 Response by 2020-21 Incoming President Marion Macleod Contd...

So, with fellowship at its heart Rotary has changed to remain relevant to the community it first engaged with on that day 23rd February 1905 in Chicago and just a few years afterwards on 21st April 1921 in Melbourne, the start of its Australasian journey. It is important that we continue to change, as Rotary has always done, to remain relevant to our membership and the community we serve. To this end, and with the commencement of the next 100 years, this coming year will signal some exciting new approaches. Our focus will be on four areas: 1. Firstly, building a refreshed cohort of ‘Rotarians of Action’, those new members, within our club who bring the energy to our many projects and activities we have more than 84 activities and projects that need renewed energy to change and grow. 2. Next, providing events that align with the expectations of all of our members as we’ve seen in recent months, when we introduce new events because we had to, we are able to engage enthusiastically. Reg and Kevin set the benchmark for our district by introducing zoom to our members in a heart- beat, and look at how we’ve embraced it. For many of us this has been a wonderful opportunity to engage with our club in ways we couldn’t before, indeed some of us wish that Zoom was a little less accessible - as it takes over our lives. 3. Then, developing projects that attract new members. The bushfires highlighted that the great work of Rotary on occasion needs refreshing, and Jim Orchard and Peter Davis’s brother came to the party with our new caravan project the work that Jim and the District committee have done to support those challenged, first with drought, then bushfires, then floods and most recently the pandemic has shown our true Rotary spirit in action. 4. Finally, partnering in our community and engaging with our City of Melbourne colleagues to support the needs of our community we have already started partnering in a number of ways with our City and our honorary member – Lord Mayor Sally Capp. We want to deepen these relationships, as we work together to come out of the current business and community challenges. The journey for the focus on these four areas started with some planning of our future - that we did with our Corporate member PWC, which was facilitated by Maureen Mangion and a wonderful Horizons team, who worked assiduously with me on bringing our plan to fruition. The people we partnered with at PWC were astonished to find out about Rotary, and to know of the things that we did, and for them the true strength of our club was summed up in: • Our ability to be the crucible of great ideas. • The amazing projects that we championed in support of our communities. • The depth of the skills and mentoring possibilities of our cohort of members. • Our global network of industry and business colleagues. These are the things that they valued in Rotary and that make us stand out. These are the ways in which we need to focus our future to continue being relevant. These areas of focus will translate into: • Service projects that respond to the modern needs of our community and the challenges that lie ahead, • seeing Rotary take its place in supporting, and building the resilience of our community and stepping up to be there for that community in troubling times and, • making Rotary relevant and vibrant, as it moves into its second century, with its sense of place deeply rooted in our city. We know that Rotary has changed lives, and our R100 projects reflect this and the work of Rotary more broadly. These initiatives started in our club, with an endeavour in each of International, National, and Local areas, and have blossomed into the plethora of projects that clubs all over our region have commenced as they join in celebrating our collective 100th anniversary in Australasia. Our fellow Centenarians of Sydney, Wellington and Auckland have actively engaged in these celebrations, under the dedicated guidance of Hugh Bucknall and his team, and our own club has expanded its suite of R100 initiatives to include:

9 Response by 2020-21 Incoming President Marion Macleod Contd...

• Give every child a future, our Pacific immunisation program. • End Trachoma, where we are the only first world country with this highly treatable prob- lem. • Healing the hurt, through trauma recovery and mental health initiatives. • Hush foundation and its focus on kindness. • Rotary Safe Families, dealing with Family violence and elder abuse, this has received enormous promotional exposure through the ambassadorial efforts of Mal Walden An R100 sub-committee of the board is taking the Rotary & RCM Leadership with Lord Mayor Sally Capp lead under Kevin Sheehan to deliver some signature Rotary events which include: • A baton exchange in front of the Governor general in July this year • An anniversary event on our birthday – 21st April 2021 that occurs alongside a Peace symposium and • A gala event in May 2021. Kevin Sheehan and Hugh Bucknall will keep us across all of these events as they occur. These will be exciting times as we celebrate our past and forge new paths for our future. I look forward to working with all our Rotary colleagues as we start this next century. I know we are well placed to manage these exciting times with our values founded in: Service above self, Friendship, Diversity, Ethics and integrity – as written in our ‘4-way test of: • Truth • Fairness • Goodwill and better friendships and • beneficial to all Leadership We have a great Rotary leadership team, both on the Board and amongst the very many active members of our club, who deliver over 80 projects and activities each year. This leadership team is well positioned to set the strong foundations for the next 100 years. I am extraordinarily privileged to become your president at this time, and will take this honour that you confer upon me with all the seriousness and effort that I can. From here on in, we will be celebrating routinely the 100th anniversaries of our great past leaders and the extraordinary influence and impact that they each made - starting with Professor Osborne and his secretary William Drum- mond - followed by Sir John Monash who can stand as an inspiration for doing what no one else has done. I look forward to starting this next 100 years with a great legacy of Rotarians behind me and a great Rotary board ahead - and I’d now like to introduce our directors to you. We are all here to serve and this year, in the post COVID 19 world, we couldn’t have a better motto than to take advantage of ‘Rotary Opens Opportunities’. Let me now introduce the team on the Board of Rotary’s 100th year

10 Vice Presidents’ Report

Vice President Humanitarian Services – David Carruthers The format for the Humanitarian Services report for 2019/2020 involves a review of three areas of Humanitarian Services. Director Community Services - Philip Cornish will report on Community Service. Director International - Peter Addison is an apology, so I will present on International Service, and, Director Youth & Vocational Service—Bernie McIntosh. To quote from one of many YouTube clips: “But then in 2020 a new virus came our way. The Governments reacted and told us to hide away…” Despite these circumstances our club has continued to deliver Service above Self, al- beit with more creativity than before, to around 80 projects. In an environment of depressed financial markets, these activities were made possible by funding from private individuals, foundations and other Rotary (Clubs, District and Rotary Foundation) of over $285,000 before this year’s Annual Appeal. Special major projects this year include: • R100 Give Every Child a Future vaccination project – while dissemination has been deferred due to COVID-19, processes are in place to recommence when possible. • Rotary Safe Families produced 2 high quality videos focussing on Domestic violence and Elder Abuse. • Acceleration of Trauma relief in response both to bushfires and the virus. • The Hepatitis Awareness/Reduction campaign with Burnet Institute and Hepatitis Victoria to remove this debili- tating disease from an ongoing health threat. And so, when we find a cure for COVID19 and are allowed to go outside will we all prefer the world we find to the one we left behind and will every act of kindness be given its due?

Director, Community Services - Philip Cornish

Community Service Committee activities and projects: H O U S I N G Homeless Service Provider (Launch) needs have changed. Make a House a Home is a terrific volunteering and involves assembling goods for the new BUSHFIRES home. Rotarians paused collections from warehouses for the time Rotary Melbourne in conjunction being with others has helped organise caravans to assist bushfire victims Richard Parker has taken over with accommodation in the north from James Puller and east of the state.

This isn’t Jim Orchard pictured or one of ours, but he would be glad to hear from anyone about assistance

Bushfires & Housing

Pandemic Responses •requests for basic food support in some areas as economic closures hit. Rotar- ians have been volunteering. As a club we are looking at ways of supporting. •Unfortunately we have paused Second Bite due to health advice Projects • Around The Bay – Smith Family - $20,750 • Trauma alleviation through skilled intervention –EMDR training Healing the Hurt Bernie McIntosh picks up a ‘Bushfire Caravan’ • John Reid award Libby Clarke, Very Special Kids

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Health & Ageing Committee • Hepatitis Awareness Raising -first in person then virtual, almost viral! • End Trachoma we heard from Prof Hugh Taylor AC • Lift the lid awareness for Mental Health • Seniors award Dr Rodney Syme Safe Families Committee The Program was launched by Mal Walden and consists of a comprehensive education package around Family Violence and Elder Abuse. Congrats to Dorothy Gilmour, Mary Barry and Graham O’Don- nell. Have a look at the videos, others are doing so around the world! International Women’s Day Committee

INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY B R E A K FA S T

Jointly with RCNB

9th year breakfast held at Crown

1,037 attendees:

• 80% Non-Rotarians

40% Male / 60% Female

70% Corporates

130 Students

8 sponsors ($2,000-$10,000)

70% extremely satisfied

$46,000 distributed to charities

International Service Director - Peter Addison Three committees exist under this heading with a summary of the activities for the year as follows. East Timor Committee The club continues to support the annual rental of the DIK store and contribute to its management. In early January, a donation from a Cali- fornian based not for profit organisation, delivered the club around Sewing machines reconditioned headed for East Timor 400,000 face masks to be distributed from the store to bushfire effected areas in Australia. The club continues to contribute to the freight costs of goods sent to Timor Leste, and also supports the Dili Rotary Liaison Office through Rotarians helping Timor. We shipped a playground in conjunction with the Victorian Government and arranged for the supervision of its erection in Timor. The Rotary Foundation Committee The Committee oversees RCM donations to the Rotary Foundation which remain at $20,000 together with $5,000 to the End Polio Now campaign. Other avenues for club donations include Paul Harris fellows and private donations mostly through Every Rotarian Every Year and the Paul Harris Society. These monies are returned to the Club mostly through designated District Grants, Peace fellowships, Global Grants, Vocational Training Teams and Royce Abbey scholarships.

End Polio Day 2019

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International Programs Committee The Barra water Global Grant project in the Philippines has stalled since the initial borehole was drilled but found to be affected by the water flow rate and salinity problems. Limited support from local partners, GHD and the Rotary Club of Lucena Central during 2019 caused frustrating delays. GHD has now promised to undertake more flow rate/ water quality tests on the borehole, but work has been suspended due to Corona virus restrictions in the Phil- ippines. However, sufficient funds are still held to complete the project. Akama school water supply and sanitation project in Vanuatu. The Australian based builder of the project went to Epi Island in 2019 to complete the project, but scheduled deliveries of building materials had not occurred. He had to return to Australia for his own building activities. Work has recommenced in 2020, with local contractors working under the guidance of the Australian based builder. No RCM funds have been used for this project. Empowering Youth in Cambodia. This program provides social assistance to financially disadvantaged students in Phnom Penh. High potential students are given assistance to attend selected schools. The program has been very effective and provided good outcomes for assisted students. School rebuilding project in Nepal. The project to rebuild the roof of a school building destroyed by earthquake in Gorka has been successfully completed. Other Contributions: Two donations each of $2,000 were made for disaster relief work: in Phnom Penh where fire destroyed a number of houses and family businesses, and for victims of cyclone Harold in Vanuatu. A donation of $5,000 was made to fund the purchase of two microcentrifuges which will be used for research into malaria research and cure. Annual donations of $2,000 each were made to Rotarians against Malaria (RAM) and Rotary Oceania Medical Aid for Children (ROMAC). A donation of $5,000 was made to send an Interplast Team to Vanuatu to train local medical staff in plastic and reconstructive surgery. Rotary Centenary Immunisation. This project is more recognisa- ble as “Rotary Give Every Child a Future” and solid progress has been made to establish the program to vaccinate around 100,000 children in nine Pacific Basin countries. The Asian Development bank will fund the costs for the five largest countries whilst the RC’s of Melbourne, Sydney, Wellington, and Auckland will be funding the other countries. Global grants have been obtained together with corporate and charitable contributions. Our club will make a further contribution of $50,000 next year, much of which should be raised externally. UNICEF will oversee the project which will commence shortly.

Director Youth & Vocational Service—Bernie McIntosh Indigenous Programmes Committee • The John Mitchell scholarship, funded by Rotary Melbourne for the support of a student at the Melbourne Indigenous Transition school was concluded. • Re - “End Trachoma 2020” The second Face-washing station trailer has been launched and we are exploring the possibility End Trachoma Water Trailer of a third trailer. Relationships to assist with maintenance and on-going operational issues have been established with the Rotary Club of Darwin and the Katherine West Health board. • And finally, the committee has discussed the possibility of arranging a visit to Donydji and making it available to

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Club members in 2021, but we shall see……….. Welfare of the Young Committee Highlights for 2020 include: • Helping hand to Western Chances and two students. Fund- ing and mentoring support to enable the completion of tertiary education and to assist with employment. • Day at the Zoo – Kevin Simkiss. Hosting refugee families for a day at the zoo. • National Youth Science forum – sponsored 5 girls from Mel- bourne Girls College. Ted Garland Welfare of the Young stalwart & Pres Kevin • Sponsored a District Scholarship awarded to Melbourne Girls College student to assist with the costs of education. • Supported three schools with Community Service Awards for students who display leadership and involvement with community programs. • Offered seminars and work experience to candidates identified by the Brotherhood of St Laurence. • Contributed to the Afri-Aus care food project with a number of Batman Cluster clubs. Brazilian Exchange student co-hosted with RC Macedon Ranges • Approved the development of a sailing simulator to assist with disabled and troubled youth. • Assisted the Rotary Clubs of Richmond and Macedon Ranges with their Youth Exchange programs. We are grateful to the Peter Mackay Trust for their financial support of the WOY committee and we recognise the work of Ken Badenoch and Ted Gar- land in embedding that relationship in the Club. Rotary Park Committee There were two tree dedications this year. The first on 25 September 2019 by RI President Mark Daniel Maloney and the second on 13 November 2019 by Past RI President (2015-16) K R ‘Ravi’ Ravindran. This year the high level of support from the staff of the City of Melbourne and Rotary Park with RI President Mark Maloney their contractors has been very important in enabling the Committee to meet tight deadlines for tree dedications. 0808 Committee Latest Monash medallist (Leadership, Integrity and Service) we celebrated was Major General James Edward (Jim) Barry, an Australian businessman, Army Reserve officer, and sports administrator. Arts Committee The Arts Committee epitomises the value the RCM places on the arts as a contributor to society wellbeing. It provides a focus for fellowship and engag- es in projects relevant to other vocational and welfare committees within the club. Three significant highlights were: Formal partnership with the Hush Foundation and two Fellowship events - NGV Winter masterpieces event - Terracotta Warriors and the online Architectural walk through Collingwood led by Barbara Yerondais. Vocational Service Committee A highlight of the year was celebrating three Young Achievers and their sto- ries. The awards were presented online by presented by Peter Hollingworth. Charles Qin on Terracotta Warriors

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Vice President Management & Communications – Cynthia Edgell I would like to begin by thanking three people: First - President Kevin for having faith that I would get well enough to take up my VP role. Second – Barbara Yerondais, last year’s VP, who generously agreed to continue in the position until I was back, and finally David Carruthers, my co-VP who has done a lot of the heavy lifting and shared the load. I also want to acknowledge my 4 Directors – Dorothy Gilmour, Amanda Wendt, Adrian Nelson and Peter Davis – for their ongoing support. Their teams play critical roles in the operation of Rotary Melbourne. The fact that you may not be aware of what they do is because they do it so efficiently. Lunch meet- VP Cynthia Edgell with US Visiting Rotarian Ellen Kendall ings, until the recent situation – ran like clockwork, thanks to the Reception Committee (under Richard Skinner), and the lunch Committee (under Peter Washusen) who set it all up then put it away. Evening Meetings have a new lease of life under the dynamic leadership of Mikaela Stafrace, Groups are nurtured by Captain Phil Endersbee and Corporate Issues overseen by Peter Davis. And there, for everyone, is the unflappable, all-knowing, incom- parable Jo Mavros, who always has her finger on the pulse of the Club. 2019-20 has certainly been a year of change for Club Meet- ings. In Spring there was a delightful lunch at Coombe Cot- tage in the Yarra Valley, next an Evening Meeting was up- graded to an all-of-Club event and thirdly the Women in Ro- tary Breakfast in March was treated as a Club Meeting. As it turned out, just in time, for then the sky fell in. The pandemic was amongst us. No more congregating. Suddenly we were all confined to home. Zoom, a technology On Duty with leader Richard Skinner, Allan and Sue new to many, entered our lives and kept us all virtually together. Suddenly we got a peep into everyone’s houses, we were all in our casual gear – no more putting on for- mals and travelling into the city. Suddenly everyone was available, with time on their hands and eager to see each other. Attendance was 50% above normal lunches, and the number of other Rotarians and guests, some from overseas, has been impressive. Without skipping a beat President Kevin kept the meetings going. He was able to attract high profile, busy people as speakers who would have been unlikely to find the time to come to the Sofitel. On 18th March, for our first on-line, we were addressed by our honorary member the remarkable Nobel Laureate Professor Peter Doherty on the Impact of the Covid-19 Virus. That the video has been viewed over 8000 times, is testament to its timeliness and interest. Next, our member Hugh Bucknall threw down the gauntlet with Never Waste a Good Crisis, lessons he had learned from being in the SARS outbreak in Singapore 18 years ago. He urged us to stick with the tried and true and maintain stability in the short to medium term, but assured us that the landscape will change and provide fertile ground to innovate.

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We enjoyed such high profile figures as Professor Hugh Taylor AC, John Bertrand AO, Nev Power former club member and Chairman of the PM’s National COVID-19 Coordination Commission, and, most recently, honorary member and Nobel Laureate Tilman Ruff introducing another honorary member and Australia’s Chief Scientist Dr Alan Finkel AO. What a remarkable, inspiring presentation. Have we wasted a good Crisis? I suspect not. In our Club and everywhere, there is a fundamental rethink going on about the value and efficiency of conducting meetings on line, maximising members’ time and making it more do-able for busy people. This will certainly be an element in attracting new people to join and lend their expertise. Director Membership Mandi Wendt New members We’ve attracted and welcomed a high-calibre of corporate and not-for-profit leaders to Rotary Melbourne in 2019- 2020. We inducted 9 new members and conferred honorary membership on Tony Kosky and Mev Connell. It was particularly encouraging to induct the majority of these new members in the middle of the COVID crisis. Pre-COVID19 we were on track to induct 20 new members by 30 June 2020. From March, the majority of our pipeline decided to temporarily hold off joining. How- ever, we have recently received 2 new applications which will be processed over the final weeks of June. We are therefore handing over to the 2020-21 membership committee a healthy pipeline of 12 membership leads plus 2 potential July inductions. Corporate members 2020 also saw us induct a new corporate member, RedR. It has been approximately 5 years since the club inducted their last corporate member. RedR have already engaged broadly with Rotary at a RedR Australia our newest Corporate Members club, District and international level. We’ll also be handing over to 2020-2021 membership committee several corporate membership leads. In April of this year, we also introduced account managers for each of our corporate members. Already these dedicated relationships have generated new ideas and renewed enthusiasm for what’s possible for corporate membership through Rotary Melbourne. Volunteering We trialled a meet-up subscription to advertise our guest speakers and volunteering opportunities outside of our existing club networks. Over 3 months we recruited 43 people who had an interest in volunteering, with around half a dozen joining us at Sec- ondbite. Membership engagement Our new member mentoring program continued into its second year and the membership engagement committee began a ‘buddy system’, to compliment the existing program. Rotarians embraced several new technology platforms this year, including What’s App - an initiative of this committee – which proved to be Chris Wang, Around the Bay volunteer up bright and early. a popular and successful tool for members to connect throughout COVID 19. Honorary membership We’ve enjoyed continued engagement with our honorary members, in particular Professor Peter Doherty, Profes- sor Hugh Taylor, Dr Alan Finkel, Lord Mayor Sally Capp and Japan Consul General Kazuyoshi Matsunaga, all of whom have been wonderful ambassadors for the club especially over the last quarter. We look forward to building on these relationships throughout the centenary year and during 2022-23.

Director of Events and Fundraising, Dorothy Gilmour Has a large portfolio of responsibilities including the Club’s Community Foundation (which has doubled contributions), meetings, which are now videoed and recorded (as you will hear), the International Women’s Day Breakfast which raised over $40,000 for our Club projects and R100.

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Now, as everyone knows we are building up to a very special year, 2021, the Centenary of Rotary Melbourne. It will also be the centenary of Sydney, Auck- land and Wellington which were inaugurated just after us. We will be part of a moment in history and will make our own history. The champion of this wide- ranging project, Hugh Bucknall, has requested that we play a video message from the Governor General: There will be many celebratory activities involving multiple clubs around the country including: The Launch of the Centenary Baton on 10 July by the Governor General A commemorative stamp and coin A Peace Symposium and Five Rotary Melbourne Centenary Projects that will make a difference and leave a legacy: End Trachoma in indigenous populations Rotary Safe Families against violence and abuse End Hepatitis Now combatting liver disease The Hush Foundation’s Kindness transforming the culture of A message from Governor General & Mrs Hurley health care through the arts and Give Every Child a Future immunising children in the Pacific In addition there will be a significant anniversary event on our actual Birthday 21 April, and a Gala on 1 May. Watch this space. So, in these unprecedented times, communications have been central to keeping our boat afloat and bringing new people along with us. Now, not only is there the Bulletin, but, huge thanks to Ari Talantis as well as Dorothy, Mark Pinoli and Jo, Rotary Melbourne also has its own website, we are on Facebook, YouTube, Podcasts, Instagram and LinkedIn. While I suspect some of us need to be dragged by the coat tails, what a giant step into future opportunities has been taken. Director of Communications Adrian Nelson (Video report. To the theme of dancing queen.) At the start of the year we focused on members - People of Action with our wonderful Social Media team of Ari Talantis, Dorothy Gilmour and Jo Mavros we built a .range of media to communicate with our members and the public at large and celebrating everything we do. When COVID changed everything, Australia’s largest Club had to transition FAST. And, we did. At times like these we need to bring the community together - and who better to bring the community together than the organisation that’s been doing it in Melbourne for nearly 100 years? ‘The new social network is the original social network - Rotary Melbourne’. We launched our first virtual meeting - a Face- book Live broadcast with Nobel Laureate Professor Peter Doherty. Moving to weekly virtual meetings and featuring prominent Australians as guest speakers. We added new ways to communicate with member care at the fore. President Kevin with Secretary Reg took the opportunity to lead the Club into the next 100 years. What does the next 100 year have in store.

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The Hon Gerald Ashman 21 August 2019 The swan is often used analogously to the unrecognised and unseen work that is essential for success just as the unseen feet of a swan are necessary for it to glide so gracefully across the water. Today we recognise a member who for many years has been a stalwart of “dad’s army” – the Lunch Organi- sation committee who set-up the venue for our weekly meetings week in and week out. Gerald Ashman was born in 1941 and was educated at Monash University. He was inducted into the RCM on 10/07/1985 (that’s 34 years membership as of last month) with his sponsor being David Jones. At that time of his induction Gerald was the Executive Director of the Small Business Association of Victoria. Since 2014 Gerald has been a Member of the Board at Kyneton District Health and is the Deputy President. He was its treasurer from 2014 to 2017. He is also the Chair of the Project Control Committee. Ambulatory Care Centre con- struction. Prior to that, Gerald was the Secretary of the Victorian Congress of Employer Associations from 1986 to 1988; Deputy Director of the State Chamber of Commerce and Industry from 1984 to 1988; and from November 1988 to November 2002 was the Member of the Legislative Council for Boronia and Koonung Provinces in the Parliament of Victoria. During his terms he served as the Chairman of the Economic Development Committee and the Transport Committee and was on the Board of VicHealth. Additionally, Gerald was Executive Director of the Small Business Association of Victoria, and a long-term member of the Liberal Party. He chaired the Aston Federal Electorate Committee in 1984 and 1988, and was convenor of the Small Business and Public Works Policy Committee in 1986 and 1988. He was also Conference Director of 10th Confederation of Asian Chambers of Commerce (CACCI) and 2nd Asian Bankers' Council Conference, Melbourne, 1985. Sec. General, Aust. delegation to 11th CACCI Conference, NZ, 1987. Organised first Small Business Trade Fair and Forum for new business intendees and operators 1984. Di- rector, KnowBiz project 1985-88. Director RMIT Innovation Ltd 1996-97. Director Technisearch Limited 1997-99. Deputy Chairman, RMIT Innovation P/L since 1998. In 1988, Gerald was elected to the Victorian Legislative Council for Boronia Province, which he held until its aboli- tion in 1996, when he moved to Koonung Province. He left parliament in 2002. He was the club’s Honorary Secretary for two years: 2005-2006 and 2006-2007, the Presidential terms of Mev Connell and Chris Wang respectively. During this term of office Jo was recruited, and the arduous task of bringing all aspect of the office administration, membership and the Treasury back into the office was completed. He has been an active member of the Canterbury-Waverley group for many years even though he now lives in Kyneton. Gerald has been the group captain. Additionally, Gerald is on the roster as a photographer at our lunch meetings. Over the years Gerald has been on a number of committees of RCM: Public Issues, Rotary Conference (1993), and Vocational Service - Police Mentoring. But it is his long-term membership of “dad’s army” that drew our attention. It’s a thankless task unseen by most but if not done correctly, in a timely manner, and the pack-up completed effectively and efficiently, our “swan” would surely sink. It is with great pleasure on behalf of all members that I ask Gerald Ashman come forward to receive his Paul Harris Fellowship.

Bernie J McIntosh Paul Harris Fellow Multiple Sapphire 20 May 2020 - via ZOOM Bernie McIntosh was inducted to Rotary Melbourne on 14 September and was sponsored by our esteemed David Wittner. Bernie was given the Classification of Mortgage Finance. He joined the Rotary Melbourne Group of Haw- thorn/Kew. As a Paul Harris Society supporter of the Rotary Foundation – Bernie is a 6 Sapphire PHF Donor and a highly respected member of Rotary Melbourne.

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We recognise the meritorious service that Bernie has rendered to Rotary Melbourne and our Humanitarian project work over the past 15 years. Bernie has worked tirelessly and has an extensive involvement in many areas of Ro- tary Melbourne. Bernie is part of our 0808 Committee and the Rotary International Founda- tion. He serves on the Club President’s Nominating Committee and has provided and continues to provide his professional presence as MC at our Club meetings. Formerly, he acted as Sergeant when Rotary Melbourne used the role of Sergeant “to help maintain an orderly, dignified, and effective Rotary club meeting”. Bernie has created much success in our projects involving youth and vocational service. He continues to have a valuable role in many Rotary Mel- bourne youth projects including being Relationship Manager with the Broth- erhood of St Laurence working on supporting youth projects with his office familiarisation experience. He has been Chair of our Welfare of Young Committee, Director of Membership 2010-12, Director of Youth & Vo- cational Services 2018-20 whilst providing strong financial support to all Club fundraising efforts. Bernie is a Spe- cial Friend of the Club’s Community Foundation. Bernie received the 2017 Axle Award for giving that bit extra in ‘service above self’. Lisa and I have very pleasant memories of a sunny Sunday in 2016 when Bernie and Virginia opened their Roms- wood Peony farm for a Peony Picnic and donated all proceeds. This was the second biggest Club fundraiser for that year, with proceeds supporting our End Trachoma Project. Members have spoken to me about Bernie having a positive disposition, a warm clear communicator and a good listener. I acknowledge that Bernie is a delightful and dependable person to work with and so much has been achieved because of his loyal endeavours. Bernie, for a sustained commitment to Service Above Self, it gives me pleasure to name you on behalf of the Board and Members of Rotary Melbourne, a Paul Harris Fellow.

Professor Jeremy Oats Paul Harris Fellow Double Sapphire 27 May 2020 Professor Jeremy Oats was inducted into the Rotary Club of Mel- bourne on 13th March 1991 with the classification Obstetrics and Gynaecology. After a short break from Rotary in the late 1990s he re-joined the RCM on 17th April 2002 and has been an active and involved Rotarian ever since. Born in Adelaide and educated in Geneva and Hobart. He graduated from Adelaide University in 1968. Following his hospital appointments in Adelaide, Jeremy spent over 2 years in PNG - and then completed his post-graduate Jeremy & Sue Oats training in Nottingham, UK. Jeremy returned to Australia in 1978 at the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Melbourne, Mercy Maternity and Austin Hospitals. He completed his Doctorate in Medicine at Nottingham University in 1983 and left Melbourne University in 1987 and entered private practice. He served on the Club’s Health Issues, International, East Timor and Public Relations Committees and continues to serve on the East Timor Committee. He was the Group Captain of the North Balwyn-Ivanhoe Group and in 2007 -2008 he was a Vice President of the Club. However, it is his commitment to the District 9800 Rotary Foundation Special Projects Committee Vocational Training Teams (VTT) project that deserves special recognition. Under the Mission of the Rotary Foundation of Doing Good in the World, our District 9800 Vocational Training Team worked with and visited District 9550, Timor Leste, in order to assist in improving their Maternal and Child Health and specifically to reduce the one in thirty-five mortality and morbidity rate of mothers and children.

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Jeremy volunteered and was the driving force in a program to up-skill midwives and doctors in the remote Bacau region in Timor Leste. Through his knowledge and persistence, the program has become a reality and the training has been developed and adapted to be delivered in the local language. Manuals have been compiled to ensure ongoing delivery of the program after the VTT project concludes. Jeremy assembled and led a first-class team of health teaching professionals and associates who volunteered with him to deliver these essential programs. Jeremy is an exemplary Rotarian who lives by the Rotary motto - "Service above Self” through his involvement in the project work of Rotary Melbourne and through leadership of the Vocational Training Team to Timor Leste which has made a significant contribution to the mission of the Rotary Foundation – “To do Good in the World”. In 2013 Jeremy was named a PHF Sapphire by a grateful District 9800 by DG Dennis Shore and in 2017 recognised with a Rotary Foundation Service Award presented by DG Neville John. Staging 20 sets of training work- shops in Timor Leste and participating in 18, Jeremy has told me that with funding still available, 2 additional works shops were planned for early this year but are held over due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Jeremy, we believe that your commitment to Rotary and the international community make you a very worthy recipient of Paul Harris recognition by our Club and so for a sustained commitment to Service Above Self it gives me pleasure to name you on behalf of the Board and Members of the Rotary Club of Melbourne - a Multiple Sapphire Paul Harris Fellow.

Reginald N Smith OAM Paul Harris Fellow Sapphire 3 June 2020 Reg was inducted into Rotary Melbourne on the 21st May 2008 with the classification Consultancy Corporate Governance. His Sponsor was Alistair Urquhart. Reg is a human resources and organisational development professional who over his career with major corpora- tions, deployed his experience and analytical skills to provide strategic advice to clients requiring alignment between people and their business strategies. In the 2020 Australia Day Honours, the Order of Australia (OAM) was conferred on Reg for his service to ‘Youth through Intercultural Programs’, recognising his tireless work as an Australian Board member of the American Field Service Volunteers (AFS) in the area of bi-lateral educational exchanges. Since his induction Reg has been a member and Chair of a host of Committees including: Audit and Risk; Voca- tional Service; Alumni Connector; Rotary Connects; Corporate Members; Horizons; International Disaster Relief; Member Support; International Programs and for many years, Team Leader for the Annual Vocation Award. Reg was Malvern Group Captain for a number of years and together with his wife Sue, have been stalwart Second Bite volunteers and were On-To-Conference co-Chairs for 2017 & 2018. Over the last four years Reg has been instrumental in the annual wine fundraiser and last year was the driver of our very successful raffle to support our Australasian Centenary Pacific Island Immunisation Project, Rotary-Give Every Child a Future (GECAF). Reg was the recipient of the 2018 Axle Award and the 2019 Forth Bridge Award and this summer, led the P95 facemask project for the bushfire response effort. At Board level, Reg has been; Director of Corporate Issues and Fund Raising for 2012-13; Director of Corporate Issues for 2013-14; Vice-President, Humanitarian Services for 2016-17 and to my benefit this year, Reg has served admirably as our Honorary Secretary and on the 30th June will become our President Elect 2021-22. In March of this year came the COVID-19 Pandemic and Reg immediately rose to the challenge to spearhead continuous delivery of our weekly meetings via virtual platforms. The outcome has anchored our member engagement and achieved wider reach. Today is our 12th regular meeting and there is no doubt that each week his host operational skills have become more and more sophisticated which has been an extraordinary support to myself and Jo Mavros. Members have been consistent in saying that if you want something done, something done quickly which is perhaps a little tricky, Reg is the Rotarian for the job. Now it is time to recognise the meritorious service that Reg has truly rendered to Rotary Melbourne in fellowship, administration, and our humanitarian project work delivery over the past 12 years.

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I wish to acknowledge today that Reg has his wife Sue with him to share this occasion and his son Nick is online from Los Angeles and his daughter Jess who resides in London will view our recording at a more sensible hour. Reg for a sustained commitment to “Service Above Self” it gives me pleasure to name you on behalf of the Board and Members of the Rotary Club of Melbourne - a Paul Harris Fellow.

Dr Peter D Clark 10 June 2020 Peter Clark was inducted into the Rotary Club of Melbourne on the 3rd August 1994 with the classification Occupational Medi- cine. His sponsor was Robin Reid, and, in those days, the Club met at the ANZ Pavilion in the Arts Centre. Peter was initially a member of Adelaide Rotary whilst he was the Head of Public Health in South Australia before transferring to Melbourne where he joined Mobil as a General Manager of Health, Safety and Environment for the Company throughout Australia and the Pacific Region. Peter & Sandra Clark Peter served as a member of the Board during the Presidential years of Roger Nicholson and Jack Melbourne during 1998-2000. He was Captain of Groups in 2004-5 for Anne Jacques in her Presidential year and, with Alan Trumble, organised On-To-Conference tours to Canberra and Adelaide. Peter and his wife Sandra have been active in the Mornington Peninsula Group and participated in numerous OTC treks. Peter has long had a focus on infectious diseases and in 2018, learned that the World Health Organization had set a Global Goal for the elimination of Hepatitis by 2030. With the support of President Robert Fisher, Peter, working through our Health & Ageing Committee, assembled a Member working group and formed a collaboration with Hepatitis Victoria to raise awareness, reduce the stigma and misinformation in the community. To achieve this aim, presentations have been arranged with Rotary Clubs to demonstrate that effective treatments are available for Hepatitis. The delivery by trained speakers, drawing on clinical knowledge and life experience, explain how Hep B can be treated Hep C can be eliminated. The project was formally launched at Rotary Mel- bourne last 3rd July and was elevated to R100 Centenary status and is now a D9800 Endorsed Project. Covid-19 has intervened and dominated all other infectious disease concerns temporarily, but our collaboration with Hepatitis Victoria continues under Peter’s leadership and the administrative assistance of Penny Trumble. Presentations are continuing via Zoom with Rotary Clubs near and far to raise awareness under the rubric of End Hepatitis Now. Peter Clark, for your longstanding commitment to Rotary Melbourne and your passionate ‘Service above Self’ endeavours to champion the elimination of Hepatitis, it gives me great pleasure to name you on behalf of the Board and members of the Rotary Club of Melbourne, a Paul Harris Fellow.

Ian J Evans 17 June 2020 Ian Evans was inducted into Rotary Melbourne on 12th September 2009 with the Classification: State Government -Transport and is an active member of Bayside/Toorak 2 Group. His sponsor was Chris Knight. Ian quickly become well known in the Club as Chairman of the New Mem- ber Committee and over the years, his contribution to extending our Mem- bership has been relentless. Achieving some 30 new Members in 2015-16 was largely due to Ian’s efforts and was hailed as a first-class example of “Service Above Self” which led to Ian being the recipient that year of the Axle Award. In subsequent years, Ian has put in hours of work to foster the interest of prospective Members. Since 2012, Ian has served as our New Membership Chair and since 2015, has been a member of the Member- ship Review Committee and a Mentor to many new Members. Rotary Melbourne’s membership engagement

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strategy has primarily focused on ensuring members are involved in areas that best suit them to achieve an enhanced membership experience for both new and existing members. In this endeavour, Ian was involved in many new initiatives undertaken to improve engagement through-out the entire membership cycle with the Mentoring Program, code of conduct, member surveys, lifestyle retiree event, obtaining feedback from Corporate Members, conducting exit interviews and rewriting the Membership Review pro- cess with President of the day, Mary Barry. Notably the efforts of our Membership Team were recognised by District Governor, Bronwyn Stephens conferring a (2018-19) District 9800 Recognition ‘For implementing a successful Membership Engagement Project’. Now it is time to recognise the meritorious service that Ian has truly rendered to Rotary Melbourne over the past 11 years and today, I acknowledge that Ian has his wife Helen with him to share the occasion. Shortly, Ian will be transferring to Rotary Nunawading and he leaves us with our best wishes and deep gratitude. Ian Evans, for a sustained commitment to “Service Above Self” it gives me pleasure to name you on behalf of the Board and Members of the Rotary Club of Melbourne - a Paul Harris Fellow.

Meredith Bucknall 17 June 2020 It is an honour to recognise a special lady as a Paul Harris Fellow for she has served the interests of Rotary Melbourne for the last 13 years as a wife of one of our distinguished Members. Raised in a real estate family, she graduated from Monash University with a Bachelor of Arts/Geography and furthered her studies in Town & Regional Planning at Melbourne Uni- versity and practiced as a Town Planner. She met her hus- Meredith & Hugh Bucknall band at Monash University and as a mother, followed his work assignments to Sydney and his long sojourn in Singapore whilst raising two sons and a daughter in Mel- bourne. The most cheerful and intuitive person one could ever meet, this lady is best described as having immensely strong family values and boundless energy having supported her husband in all that he has achieved and, in more recent times, all that he has endured. There were accolades a plenty during my behind the scene chats with family and friends and this rephrasing of a famous quote resonated so well with me when it was said ‘that behind every great woman, there is potential of a great man’. Meredith Bucknall, for a sustained commitment to supporting the outstanding contribution that your husband continues to make to Rotary Melbourne, District 9800 and indeed, the Rotary World in delivering our Centenary next year and 2023 International Convention, and for your individual contribution to numerous On-To-Conference treks, Group home hosting and fund raising that you have so graciously undertaken, it gives me great pleasure to name you on behalf of the Board and Members of the Rotary Club of Melbourne - a Paul Harris Fellow. Meredith, I know that this recognition came as a most unexpected surprise to you and Hugh when I dropped by your home last week, and today I acknowledge that he and members of your family are on-line to share this occasion. Your Paul Harris Pin and Citation will be delivered to you and now would Members please join me in congrat- ulating Meredith Bucknall.

Mary C Barry Paul Harris Fellow Sapphire 24 June 2020 Mary was inducted into Rotary Melbourne on 16th August 2006 with the Classification Organisations CEO. Her sponsor was Philip Myers. She was our 101st President in 2017-18 having served as Fellowship Director 2008-10 and Vice- President 2011-12. Professionally, Mary was CEO of Our Watch having previously been CEO of the

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Victoria State Emergency Service (VICSES), CEO of the Na- tional Heart Foundation of Australia and CEO of the Victorian Association of Health and Extended Care. Notably, at our Change Over last year, Mary was the recipient of the inaugural Mentoring Award, created by our Board to honour the memory of our esteemed Past President David Wittner AM. In service to Rotary Melbourne, Mary created our Mentoring Program for all members joining our Club and for existing members who felt they would benefit from the experience. The purpose is to help members fully understand Rotary, to find their way around what can be a complex organisation, and to ensure that they become engaged in ways that best suit them. A mentor training program was delivered to more than a dozen senior members and a procedure and questionnaire/ profiling technique was implemented to match each mentee with the most suitable mentor. In the 2018-2019 year 20 mentees went through the Mentoring Program, and a quarter of them have leadership positions in the 2019-20 year. Mary is currently Chair of our Community Welfare Committee and oversees a variety of projects that make a difference. Mary has been the co-instigator of our Safe Families project, which was elevated to R100 Status, where the work- shop material has transitioned to create the Domestic Violence and Elder Abuse Videos launched this month. Earlier this year Mary, was appointed to the Host Organising Committee (HOC) responsible for delivering the Melbourne 2023 Rotary International Convention and recently was elected HOC Chair. With her organisational skills and depth of experience, we know that Mary will serve us well in this vital role. She has also supported District 9800 as a Director for many years and headed the Strategic Planning & Risk portfolio and now as the District Chair of Vocational Service which is making significant improve- ments in the promotion and revitalisation of the Vocational service area. These achievements led to Dis- trict Governor Grant Hocking conferring Paul Harris recognition. Now it is time to recognise the meritorious service that Mary Barry has truly rendered to Rotary Mel- bourne in fellowship, administration and our humanitarian project work delivery over the past 14 years and I wish to acknowledge today that Mary has her partner Philip Whelan on-line with her to share the occasion. Mary Barry, for sustained commitment to “Service Above Self” it gives me pleasure to name you on behalf of the Board and Members of the Rotary Club of Melbourne - a Paul Harris Fellow with Sapphire.

Ari Talantis 15 July 2020 Ari Talantis was inducted into the Rotary Club of Melbourne on 13th September 2017 with the classification of ‘Dentistry - Practice Management’ and her sponsor was her husband, Richard Skinner. It is true to say that Ari hit the ground running, becoming an enthusiastic and supportive member from the very start and for convenience, her workplace is on the same floor as our Rotary Office. She plunged into our website and social media needs and driving our Facebook and Instagram profiles as our Webmaster and in 2019, received the Royce Abbey Award as a relatively new member who demonstrated strong commitment to Rotary Melbourne. During this time Ari has served on the New Members, Rotary Foundation, Peace Fellows and Family

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Violence Committees and was an integral member of the Evening Meeting Team when we met at Leadership Victoria contributing greatly to the professional and warm delivery of these events. Ari became our Volunteer coordinator and with Richard are regular Marshals for Round-the-Bay and this year Chaired our On-to- Conference Bendigo trek which, regrettably due to COVID-19, had to be abandoned at the 11th hour. Now whilst studying for her Mas- ters, Ari has found time to join our newly formed Environment & Sustainability Committee and our Membership Engagement Com- mittee. Ari does not hesitate to put her hand up when something needs to be done – and this is greatly appreciated. Now it is time to recognise the meritorious service that Ari has truly rendered to Rotary Melbourne in fellowship, administration and our humanitarian project work delivery and I wish to acknowledge that her husband Richard Skinner is on-line to share the occasion today. Ari Talantis, for sustained commitment to “Service Above Self” it gives me pleasure to name you on behalf of the Board and Members of the Rotary Club of Melbourne - a Paul Harris Fellow.

Graeme Whitelaw 15 July 2020 Graeme Whitelaw was inducted into Rotary Melbourne on 17th February 2010 with the Classification Stockbroking and his sponsor was Peter Marfleet. Graeme’s career has embraced various areas of finance including stockbroking, funds management & investment banking. He worked for Barclays Bank in Melbourne and London, Ord Minnett in its equity capital markets division and Tolhurst Noall where he was director of the corporate finance division. In 2005, Graeme joined E. L. & C. Baillieu Stockbroking, where he was a senior client advisor. Graeme is one of those Rotary Melbourne members who quickly qualified for the title - quiet achiever. He brought his expertise as a financial advisor and stockbroker in a most practical and important way as a member of the Invest- ment Committee since 2017. Rotary Melbourne is most grateful for Graeme’s most valuable advisory services provided over many years both in terms of his professionalism and efficiency and in particular his constructive input into moving our investment management to Morgan Stanley. In everything Graeme does, he epitomises Rotary’s central ethic of ‘Service above Self’. His openness to new ideas has been exemplary and this was reflected in his time as Group Captain of the Balwyn Group, his chairing of the annual Festive Wine Fundraiser which has contributed more than $75,000 to the club’s operations over the past decade and more recently, Graeme has turned his attention to the work of the Welfare of the Young Commit- tee, where we are confident he will play an influential leadership role. Significantly, from July 2018 to June 2020 Graeme has capably performed the role of Minute Secretary to our Board, skilfully documenting the detail and the nuances of decisions. Now it is time to recognise the meritorious service that Graeme has truly rendered to Rotary Melbourne in fellowship, administration and our humanitarian project work delivery over the past 10 years and I know that his wife Dianne is on-line to share this occasion today. Graeme Whitelaw, for sustained commitment to “Service Above Self” it gives me pleasure to name you on behalf of the Board and Members of the Rotary Club of Melbourne - a Paul Harris Fellow.

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The Hon Timothy Andrew (Tim) Fischer AC 3-05-1946—22-08-2019 (73 years) Honorary Member Rotary Melbourne Tim was a BIG Australian in every sense of the word. Tim will cast a big shadow on our nation, always curious, gener- ous & enthusiastic especially about trains & John Monash! Tim embodied loyalty, kindness and courage and Regional Aus- tralia had no better friend. A former soldier who became an MP at the age of 24, was nation- als leader from 1990-1999, Deputy Prime Minister 1996-1999 and our first Ambassador to the Holy Sea, the Vatican. Any Australian that is grateful for our gun laws can thank Tim for his courage at the time. Importantly, to Rotary Melbourne, Tim was a stalwart advocate for the posthumous promotion to Field Marshal of our founding member, Sir John Monash and was the 9th recipient of our Monash Medal in 2018. Interestingly his lifetime commitment to serving his community through politics and community service has demonstrated exactly the same characteristics, Leadership, Integrity and Service as his hero General Sir John Monash. Tim worked to improve support for autism, a condition he and his son Harrison had. Our sympathy is with his wife Judy & their sons Harrison & Dominic.

Prof Ian Ferguson AM 13-Dec-1935 – 10-07-2019 (83 years) Ian’s early education in his profession began at the Australian Forestry School, Melbourne University and Yale University then moving through a distinguished career of service to head up the department of Forest and Ecosystem Science at Melbourne University. Ian Ferguson returned as a member of the Rotary Club of Melbourne on 23 Janu- ary 2002, having previously been a member of the Rotary Club of Weston Creek, NSW 1981/82 and Melbourne in 1994/95. At the time Ian was Professor of For- Ian Ferguson, Westgate Park…."From little things ..... big things grow" today's plantings estry at Melbourne university so his classification was, logically, Universities – will create a splendid plantation for the future. Forestry. An announcement in The Queen’s Birthday Honours list of 2012 was published as follows- “Emeritus Professor Ian Ferguson AM. Professor Ferguson received his award for service to tertiary education through administration and teaching roles to forestry and land management, and as a researcher and author and to the community”. Within the Club, Ian was best known for his work on the Rotary Park committee, which he chaired since 2004. The Rotary Park is situated on the corner of Anderson Street and Domain Road and forms part of that extensive area known as the Domain Parklands. In 1934, the City of Melbourne Council made available a small area in the King’s Domain for a Rotary Park of Remembrance. The Park was inaugurated in March 1935 by Paul Harris and Angus Mitchell, later to become the first Australian President of Rotary International. For the Rotary Club of Melbourne it was a very significant day in June 27 2013 when Ian Ferguson and Alan Threader’s submission for our Rotary Park to be included in the Heritage Register, was accepted. In 2012 it was proposed that the Domain Parklands be placed on the Heritage Register. Ian, with Alan Threader, prepared lengthy submissions from our club in support of that proposal. In June 27, 2013 those submissions were accepted: “Rotary submitted that Rotary Park is a significant part of the cultured history of Victoria. It was submitted that the Rotary Club of Melbourne was the first club established in Australia and had progressively chartered many more clubs in Victoria and Australia. The Committee heard that Rotary has gone on to play a very significant role in supporting worthy and charitable causes in Victoria and further afield. It was argued the Rotary Park serves as a reminder to the users of the Park of the role that Rotary plays in helping others.”

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And: ”After considering a recommendation and submissions and conducting a hearing into those submissions, pur- suant to Section 42(1) the Heritage Council has determined that part of the place is of cultural heritage significance to the State of Victoria and should be included in the Heritage Register”. This recognised Ian’s status and standing in his profession in Victoria, throughout Australia, and internationally. When Australian Rotary International President Ian Riseley (2017-18) called for Rotarians world wide to plant a tree as a contribution to sustainability, Ian Ferguson, as Chair of the Rotary Park Committee planned and organised Rotary members to plant 400 trees in Westgate Park. Those trees can be seen thriving today and along with his Rotary Park work form a legacy of Ian’s good work. Ian was an enthusiastic and competent sail boarder which he enjoyed on Port Philip Bay at Mt Martha, especially on windy days. He sought to entice others to follow his practice saying: “it’s a breeze!” Ian was recently presented with a Paul Harris Fellow by the RCM in recognition of his continuous work as chair of the Rotary Park Committee, and all that follows from that position. His professionalism, commitment, and expertise will be missed. Rest in peace Ian.

Rotary Park Rotary Park and the adjacent Royal Botanic Gardens are a part of the Domain Parklands, and are some of Mel- bourne’s great assets. In 1934, at the request of the Rotary Club of Melbourne, the City of Melbourne Council made available a small area in the King’s Domain for a Rotary Park of Remembrance, where trees could be planted or ‘dedicated’ to honour distinguished Rotarians or mark significant Rotary occasions. Paul Harris launched this Park in 1935 when he planted a Brush Box tree in the south-west section of the Park.

Rotary Park tree commemoration for Past RI President K R Ravi Ravindran.

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In 2015 the Rotary Club of Melbourne decided to commemorate the contribution of its 9th President, Thomas Baker, to the fields of medicine/science/technology and philanthropy. The inaugural address was made in July 2016 by Australia’s Chief Scientist, Dr Alan Finkel AO, and each year a worthy candidate will be approached to continue the tradition. The Thomas Baker Oration commemorates the 9th President of the Rotary Club of Melbourne by showcasing Aus- tralians who have demonstrated leadership and innovation in the fields of medicine, technology and industry. Thomas Baker was the entrepreneurial leader of Australia’s photographic industry, the founder of what is now the Baker Heart and Diabetes research institute and the humanitarian benefactor who established the Baker Founda- tion through his will. He was a person of “deeds not words”. David Thodey is a business leader focused on innovation, technology and telecommunications with more than 30 years of experience. He is currently Chairman of the Commonwealth Scientific and Industri- al Research Organisation (CSIRO), Australia’s national scientific research agency; a non-executive Board director of Ramsay Health Care, a global hospital group; Tyro, Australia’s only independent EFT- POS banking institution; Vodafone Group Plc.; and Xero, a cloud- based accounting software provider for small and medium-sized businesses. Mr Thodey is currently leading the Independent Review of the Australi- an Public Service (APS). This review was commissioned by the Prime Minister to ensure that the APS is fit-for-purpose to serve Australian Governments and the Australian people into the future. He also had a successful executive career as CEO of Telstra, Austral- ia’s leading telecommunications and information services company and CEO of IBM Australia and New Zealand. In 2017, Mr Thodey was made an Officer (AO) in the General Division of the Order of Australia. Based on the CSIRO Report on Our National Outlook – David will explore some of these challenges and some solutions for the prosperity of future generations of Australians. David Thodey’s speech was delivered to an oversubscribed attendance at the Sofitel’s Fitzroy Room.

4th Thomas Baker Oration - David Thodey AO Chairman of CSIRO ‘How we are using our science and technology to plan for the future’ 4 September 2019 “I am pleased to be here to deliver the fourth Thomas Baker Oration - after Dr Alan Finkel, Dr Ziggy Switkowski and Professor Fiona Wood - all wonderful Australians who have given so much to our nation. My thanks also go to Melbourne Rotary Club for arranging this event and for the great work you do in the community. Thomas Baker was truly a great scientist, technologist, doctor and philanthropist. I would like to begin by acknowledging the Wurundjeri people as the Traditional Owners of the land that we’re meeting on today, and pay my respect to their Elders past, present and emerging. Today I wanted to talk to you about our science, research and commercialisation, and how we can plan for the future of our country. I will very briefly touch on: - CSIRO and importance of Science and Research, - The impact of technology using CSIRO as an example, and - The Future View – The Australian National Outlook II

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A CSIRO CSIRO is a national treasure. It is a team of the most outstanding scientists working to make Australia a better nation. We should all be proud of them. It was more than 100 years ago now, back in 1916 that the then Prime Minister Billy Hughes famously said, “science can open up a thousand new avenues for capital and labour, and help the people to clearer thinking, to the rejection of shams, to healthier and better lives, to a saner and wider outlook on life”. That’s how CSIRO was born. CSIRO is our national science agency and innovation catalyst collaborat- ing to boost Australia’s performance both domestically as well as internationally. It is the only national, multi-disciplined, industry focused research and science organisation left in the world. CSIRO conducts its world class research to solve our greatest challenges but there is still room for us to do better. We have the best scientists, but we are not as good as we would like in translation, creating value through applied science or commercialisation. CSIRO is involved in many of Australia’s biggest challenges which includes: our environment, energy, mining, urbanisation, the Great Barrier Reef, agriculture, water management, and others. By looking through a lens of solving challenges, our science is driven to make a difference. You will recognise some of the CSIRO innovations over the years which have included: WiFi, Aerogard, polymer banknotes, Equivac HeV vaccine for Hendra virus, the Total Wellbe- ing Diet, self-twisting yarn and extended wear contact lenses just to name a few. Now let me talk a little about the organisation itself. CSIRO has 5300 staff with a budget of 1.3 billion. It has nine divisions which include: • Agriculture and Food: the largest division working across livestock, grains, aquaculture, viticulture, horticulture, cotton and Australia’s soil. • Astronomy and Space: This includes the Parkes Radio Tele- scope, Tidbinbilla Deep Space Communications Centre, and the Square Kilometre Array. • Advanced Manufacturing: An exciting area which includes work on 3D printing and Internet of Things. • Data61: is our digital and data research, including AI and robotics. • Energy: Production, distribution, consumption of energy, including hydrogen, gas, grid design, and solar. • Health and Biosecurity: A growing area of research in preventative health, as well as diets and biosecurity. • Land and Water: Hydrology (particularly in Northern Australia and the Murray Darling Basin), geography, land use and interplay between land and sea. • Mineral Resources: Work across geology, including Lab-at-rig, which includes x-ray of core samples at site. • Oceans and Atmosphere: Our Hobart Climate Centre, Cape Grim, Antarctic research, pollution and carbon capture. CSIRO also manages the nation’s research infrastructure and biological collections. This includes • Australian Animal Health Laboratory: protecting Australia from emerging infectious disease threats. • Australia Telescope National Facility: Australia’s premier radio astronomy infrastructure and technical leadership for space activities. • Marine National Facility: Our Research Vessel, the Investigator, supports, enables and inspires marine science. • National Research Collections Australia: securing our biodiversity future. • Pawsey Supercomputing Centre: a world-class high-performance supercomputing facility.

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• Atlas of Living Australia: making Australia’s biological specimen collections available online. Looking to the future we are investing in Future Science Platforms in order to balance our research excellence and value creation. These Platforms have the potential to help reinvent and create new industries for Australia. These include: • Digiscape • Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning • Synthetic biology • Environomics • Deep earth imaging • Active integrated matter • Probing biosystems • Hydrogen energy systems • Precision health • Space technology In terms of commercialisation activity and value creation, we undertake a number of initiatives: • the largest IP library in the country • 35 joint ventures and spin out companies have been formed • created the ON accelerator program to teach scientists how to commercialise an idea • extensive industry and university partnerships – both domestic and international • $232M CSIRO Innovation Fund managed through Main Sequence Ventures. Our heart is in innovation and driving science excellence along with an inclusive culture focused on the national interest.

B. THE CHANGING FACE OF CSIRO CSIRO, like all organisations, must continue to adapt and grow. Especially as the impact of new technology changes the way we conduct research and perform our science. The rate and breadth of technological change over the last decade has been more than I have experienced in my 40 years in the industry. It is happening more quickly and more broadly than we have seen before. Technological change is very real, and we are already seeing several new paradigms moving into mainstream ac- ceptance, such as: • Lower cost of computing: Cloud computing, on demand and new models like Quantum Computing. • Increased connectivity, faster networks, higher expectations and new devices: 5G, 8B devices, and fore- casting 50 billion connected things IoT (internet of things) • Data Analytics: Data lakes and analytical ability • Robotics and Automation: Now a daily reality through examples like Pepper and Simo • Voice recognition, personal assistants and cognitive capability: We have Siri, Alexa, Cortana and Google Go. • Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning and Neural Networks: Predictions we will see more in 2028! • Virtual and Augmented Reality: Pokemon Go. These new technologies are allowing us to do things that we believed was possible. These changes are driving significant changes in the way we will conduct science in the future, for example: • Impact of Artificial intelligence, Virtual Reality/Augmented Reality, and data analytics in the lab and in our research • The ethics of Artificial Intelligence • Impact of robotics in the lab and in field work

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• Use of drones in agriculture, mining, water, marine research • Internet of Things and sensors – sharks, whales, water, environment, weather and others • Power of Quantum • Gene Sequencing – Genetic modification. CSIRO must reinvent itself to be relevant and to continue making a difference.

C. THE AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL OUTLOOK II - 2019 Now I would like to share with you the Australian National Outlook Report II, or ANO. Which maps out Australia’s future through to 2060. In setting out to develop the ANO we fundamentally wanted to answer the question: How can we ensure that Aus- tralians continue to enjoy the best quality of life available to any nation and give future generations access to even better opportunities? In particular, how do we create a future where Australia has: prosperous and globally competitive industries; inclusive and enabling communities; and sustainable natural endowments; all enabled by strong public and civic institutions? To answer these questions, we brought together over 50 senior leaders from a diverse group of well-known Australian organisations. We used modelling from the CSIRO to project economic, environmental and social outcomes for Australia across multiple scenarios out to 2060. We investigated 13 national issues including economic growth and productivity, social cohesion and inequality, the liveability and form of our cities, energy and environmental impact, land use and agriculture. On the surface, Australia looks to be in great shape: 28 con- secutive years of economic growth, some of the world’s most liveable cities, amazing natural landscapes, and so forth. But the world is rapidly changing and there is no guarantee it will continue. We are facing a number of significant challenges which include: • Disruptive technologies like AI and genomics are transforming every industry • Education rankings are slipping, our workforce is poorly prepared for future jobs • Asia is growing rapidly and will be home to two thirds of the world’s middle class by 2060 • We have a relatively undiversified export mix, we rank 87th in the world, sitting between Khazakstan and Cu- ba, and we’re too reliant on fossil fuels • Climate change is already having an impact on Australia – we are the driest continent on Earth. • Population is growing and ageing. By 2060, the ABS projects that we will have 41 million people and the per- centage of people of working age will decline from 66% to 60% • Our social cohesion and trust is declining, in part because of stagnant wages, housing affordability, and the per- ception of intergenerational inequality – leading to greater levels of unrest and dissent in the most vulnerable de- mographics.

The ANO reports on two main scenarios – the “Slow Decline” and the “Outlook Vision”. The difference between them is large. Under the Outlook Vision we can expect 33-36% increase in GDP per capita and 90% higher wages, but it requires us to take action to tackle these challenges. So, what do we need to do to achieve the Outlook Vision? In order to achieve the Outlook Vision, the ANO identifies five major, intergenerational shifts that Australia will need to undertake, starting today – an industry shift, an urban shift, an energy shift, a land shift and lastly, a culture shift. • INDUSTRY SHIFT: To achieve higher GDP per capita of 33-36%, our modelling and analysis shows there are three main things we need to do. - We need to boost productivity in our existing industries through the adoption of world-leading technologies/global productivity frontier.

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- We need to invest in human capital and education to give our workforce the skills it will need to adapt to new technologies/jobs. - We need to create new sources of economic growth by investing in high-growth, export-facing industries that draw on Australia’s strengths. Many of these will be enabled by emerging technologies in areas such as precision health and advanced manufacturing.

• URBAN SHIFT: Moving on to the urban shift – we want to enable our cities to grow while maintaining their liveability: - We need to plan for higher-density cities that grow around multiple city centres (Sydney) that spread that density across a wider area of the city- increasing the density of our major cities by between 60 and 88%. - We need to plan for more diversity of housing and land use – which will allow more people to live closer to high-quality jobs, education, services and recrea- tion. - We need to evolve our transport infrastructure.

• ENERGY SHIFT: We want to successfully navigate the global energy transfor- mation: - Across all the scenarios we modelled, the electricity grid shifts to almost 100% renewables by 2050. - We can triple energy productivity using readily available, cost-effective technologies in our homes, buildings/industrial processes. - We can turn our vast renewable resources into an economic opportunity by investing in low-emissions energy export, such as hydrogen. We can create new sources of economic growth and jobs and help countries like Japan and Korea reduce emissions in their econo- mies.

• LAND SHIFT: Turning to the land shift, returns to rural landholders more than triple. - We need to boost agricultural productivity through new R&D in plant genomics and uptake of digital agriculture technologies. - We can find new and profitable ways to use our land. For example, in the Outlook Vision, as much as half of Australia’s intensive-use agricultural land could be profitably transitioned to carbon plantings. This would have the dual benefit of increasing the economic returns from the land/offsetting emissions from elsewhere in the economy. - We can go even further to restore ecosystem health through more diverse plantings and land management, which will be necessary to achieve higher productivity targets and increase resilience to a changing climate.

• CULTURE SHIFT: And finally, the culture shift. In many ways, this is the most important of the five. Each of the other shifts will require long-term thinking, bold leadership, and concerted collaborative action to achieve the Out- look Vision. Unfortunately, there’s no silver bullet here. But through action we can begin to make these shifts and regain the public’s trust by showing a commitment to the long-term interests of the country: our economic well-being but also our natural environment and the communities we live in. CSIRO is currently working with the ANO partners to organise a series of national forum events. We’re going to plan them around each of the shifts I mentioned, and we’ll use them to share best practices and solutions.

The Australian National Outlook 2019 is a call to action. - First, the challenges we face today are large, and if we don’t act, we face a Slow Decline into the sunset. - Second, we can achieve the Outlook Vision with bold, concerted collaborative action and long-term thinking across the five shifts I’ve just described.

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- And third, I think we have a strong imperative to do so. As you’ve just seen, the difference in outcomes is significant.

AUSTRALIA’S BIG CHALLENGES CSIRO has identified the six big national challenges that we are working on: 1. Food security and quality 2. Health and wellbeing 3. Resilient and valuable environments 4. Clean energy and resources 5. Secure Australia and Region 6. Future industries.

CONCLUSION Just to summarise: 1. We need strong R&D capability across the public and private sectors as we transition our economy 2. Education and STEM skills will be critical to our future prosperity – building a strong minerals, agriculture and services industries for Australia 3. Technology is changing the way all our organisations operate and the na- ture of work 4. Australia must continue to build a vision for a bright Australia as we manage some large transitions around the environment, trade, energy, economy and urbanisation and employment. The Australian National Outlook II covers some of these issues 5. We need to focus on the six great challenges for our nation. Thank you and I would now be pleased to take questions.”

Chris Wang with Gerry Johnston checking R100 socks and Thomas Baker Portrait Angus Mitchell Oration

Angus Mitchell Oration The Angus Mitchell Oration was initiated in 1971 when the Rotary Club of Melbourne on the Club’s 50th birthday, decided to honour Angus Mitchell, its past President (1931) and in 1948-49 the first Australia to be elected to the Office of Rotary International. Angus Mitchell was born In Shanghai, China and moved to Australia with his family at a young age and settled at Williamstown - where his father worked for the Sea Pilots. He became a Wheat Trad- er, setting up his own business, and was inducted into the Rotary Club of Melbourne in December 1927 at the age of 43. He was President of the Club in 1931-32 – and enjoyed it so much he retired early at age 51 and devoted the rest of his career to Rotary. He was elected District Governor in 1934-35 and again in 1937-38. In 1948-49 he became the first Australian to be elected to the office of President of Rotary International. Angus Mitchell was created a Knight Bachelor by Her Majesty the Queen in 1956 and 2 years later he was the first member of the Rotary Club of Melbourne to be elected a Paul Harris Fellow. Sir Angus Mitchell died on 18 August 1961.

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The 50th Angus Mitchell Oration was delivered by Professor Hugh R. Taylor AC, MD, LLD(Hon), FAAHMS, FRANZCO, Harold Mitchell Professor of Indig- enous Eye Health, University of Melbourne to an online audience via ZOOM. Hugh is a Melbourne Laureate Professor and the Harold Mitchell Chair of In- digenous Eye Health at the University of Melbourne. From 1990-2007 he was the Professor of Ophthalmology at the University of Melbourne and the Founding Director of the Centre for Eye Research Australia. Prior to that, he was a Professor of Ophthalmology at the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore Milpa - indigenous eye health icon with joint appointments in Epidemiology and International Health. He is currently working to close the gap for vision by eliminating trachoma and providing equity in eye care for Indigenous Australi- ans. He has written 30 books and reports and more than 700 scientific papers. He has received multiple international awards and prizes. In 2001, he was made a Companion in the Order of Aus- tralia. He has been President of the International Council of Ophthalmolo- gy, Vice President of the International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness and Chairman of Vision 2020 Australia. He has served a number of international bodies including the World Health Organization. Our podcast is available on https://soundcloud.com/rotarymelbourne/amo

50th Angus Mitchell Orator - Professor Hugh Taylor AC “How to fix a leaky pipe, providing equity in eye health” 29 April 2020 Professor Hugh Taylor addressed the Club in a online format to 130 registrants. He spoke without notes on the challenges and progress of eye care in our indigenous populations. He drew quite a few parallels with his life journey and that of Angus Mitchell. Hugh’s field work revealed extraordinarily acute vision in aboriginal people however the rate of blindness was ten times higher than other Australians. Most blindness is cureable and Hugh went about his work back here at the University of Melbourne working Hold on equity in eye care. Applying a multipronged attack on upskilling medical services and awareness programs. Currently all remote work is halted due to the threat of Corona Virus entering our Indigenous communities. Hugh commended our efforts to eradicate Trachoma in these communities with our hygiene - Water Trailer project and the efforts of the Rotary End Trachoma team..

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Monash Medal 2020 Chairperson, Peter Davis In 2010 the Club established this prestigious Award to honour annually an outstanding Australian for their contribution to the life and development of the Australian community and wider. The criteria are Leadership, Integrity and Service – key Monash values and core values of Rotary. The award is presented on the date closest to 0808 commemorating the outstanding major victory of the Australian Forces united for the first time under an Australian commander, General Sir John Monash at the Battle of Amiens. General Sir John Monash is an acknowledged model of leadership, integrity, community service and personal achievement for all Australians. As the most significant Australian for his professional, military and community leadership and service before, during and after WW1 he was a founding Member of the Rotary Club of Melbourne and of Rotary in Australia; he was the Club’s 2nd President - 1922-23. On the 5th anniversary the Battle of Amiens – 8 Aug 1923 – he was asked to say a few words at our Club meeting. The minutes record his brief commentary on the extraordinary outcome of his planning and execution leading to the end of the war in less than 100 days from 0808. His contribution to Victoria, Australia and the world community is legion. His counsel to all, especially to students, was – Adopt as your fundamental creed that you equip yourself for life not solely for your own benefit but for the benefit of the whole community. He is our greatest Australian by any measure. The 2020 Monash Medal was presented at the Rotary meeting on the 7th August 2019 at the Sofitel by President Kevin Sheehan in the presence of Michael Bennett, Great Grandson Sir John Monash. Major General J E (Jim) Barry AM MBE RFD ED “Businessman, citizen soldier, community leader, sports administrator”. For his outstanding Leadership, Integrity and Service, contributing to the Australian Community as a citizen soldier, community leader, and sports administrator. Educated at Wesley College and Melbourne University, graduating a Bachelor of Commerce. Jim’s business life was in the graphic arts area of printing and publishing, establishing his businesses in the mid 1960’s, before “retiring” in 1992. He is an experienced sports administrator rising through his sport of gymnastics, to being its Australian Presi- dent for 25 years and on its International Gymnastics Federation Executive Board for 12 years, retiring as a Vice- President in 1996. Jim has officiated at six Commonwealth Games and ten Olympic Games, with the latter, starting in 1956 in Melbourne and continuously from 1972 in Munich, to Athens in 2004. He was also an Executive Board Member of the Australian Olympic Committee for 12 years, from 1993 to 2005. He was a founding member of the Federal Government’s Sports Advisory Council in 1974 and its Chairman 1977/82, which established the Australian Institute of Sport in 1981. In the same period, he was a founding Director of the Confederation of Australian Sport 1976/1991 and President 1987/89. Similarly, he was a member of Olympic Park Management Committee from 1981 and its Chairman 1993/95; when the committee was merged into the Melbourne & Olympic Parks Trust, he remained a Trustee. As a citizen soldier, he enlisted in the Citizen Military Forces in 1951, as he did not wish to be “conscripted”! He chose Artillery to learn something different and was selected for officer training and obviously succeeded, in that he retired at the rank of Major General in 1989. Rising through various regimental and staff appointments, he commanded 2 Field Regiment RAA 1967/70 and as a Brigadier, the 3rd Division Field Force Group 1977/80 and 3 Training Group 1980/83. He then served as a Staff Officer on HQ Logistics Command until promoted to command 3 Division 1985/ 87. After relinquishing command, he was Honorary Colonel of Melbourne University Regiment 1988/94 and Colonel Commandant Artillery – Victoria 1992/1996. He currently is a Patron of the National Servicemen’s Association of Aus- tralia, Victorian Branch and the Patron of Military History and Heritage Victoria. He is currently, among other activities: a founding member of the General Sir John Monash Foundation, that awards the prestigious John Monash Scholarships; an executive member of the Field Marshal Sir Thomas Blamey Memorial Fund; the Immediate Past National President of the Defence Reserves Association; Vice President-Reserves of De- fence Force Welfare Association and in his civic roles: is Deputy Chairman of The Spirit of Australia Foundation that commemorates Australia’s heritage and Past President of The Pipeclay Club (former Naval & Military Club). He is an Honorary Fellow of Wesley College and an Honorary Life Member of Lord Somers Camp & Power House.

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Sir John Reid Community Service Award Chairperson, Mark Pinoli Sir John Reid, known always as Jock, was inducted into the Rotary Club of Melbourne in December 1939 with a classification of BUILDING MATERIAL MANUFACTURING. He remained a Rotarian until his death at age 81 in 1984. His inter- view for membership was undertaken by Sir Angus Mitchell and he, in due course, delivered the Angus Mitchell Oration to the Club in 1981. He was President of the Club in 1953 -54, awarded the Vocational Service award in 1978, and made a Paul Harris Fellow in 1984. Among his many Rotary activities was a role in re-establishing Rotary in post war Japan. The Rotary Club of Melbourne introduced a Community Service Award in his honour in 1987. The award is made in recognition of an individual judged to have been devoted to community welfare for a lengthy period without remu- neration and the recipient is presented with a citation and plaque commissioned by the Club and produced by sculp- tor Michael Meszaros. In May 2017, the John T Reid Charitable Trusts awarded a significant financial grant the Rotary Club of Melbourne in celebration of the anniversary of the Trusts. The cheque was presented by Chairman Belinda Lawson, Grand Daughter of John T Reid. The grant will further recognise the legacy of community service of Past President John Reid and will be used to award annually to the organisation the recipient of this Award. The 2019/20 presentation was made on the 13th November with family of Jock Reid present - Chairman JTR Charitable Trusts Belinda Lawson, Deputy Chair Andrew McKenzie and daughters Jean Hadges and Margaret Ross.

Libby Clarke With 21 years of service, Libby Clarke is one of Very Special Kids longest serving volunteers. Very Special Kids cares for children with life-threatening conditions by providing a children’s hospice. They also provide support services for families throughout their experience of caring for children with life- threatening conditions, from diagnosis through to adulthood or bereavement. Libby’s volunteer service has been unique as most of her contribution has been in emotionally challenging programs that offer a safe and affirming space for families to explore the impact of their child’s passing. Libby has made a significant contribution as a volunteer in the Bereavement Support Program, which provides a range of activities designed to meet the individual needs of families. These include ongoing emotional support, activities for siblings, weekend retreats for parents, and she has a key leadership role in the annual Remembrance Day. Libby has supported hundreds of children and teenagers through her leadership and mentoring roles. In particularly, the Adolescent Camps and Adolescent Days program for both bereaved and non-bereaved teenagers who are coming to terms with the changes in their family. Libby has the ability to identify situations where she can do far more than simply support, supervise and have fun with the children. She is able to recognise a special moment a child is having and encourages them to work through their difficulties, to draw on their own strength, and trust their own ability to not only survive the experience, but to grow through it. Her wisdom, care and compassion has helped many children to build competence, maturity and self-love. Libby’s long record of consistently striving to help those in the community who are facing overwhelming challenges makes her a most appropriate recipient of Rotary Melbourne’s Sir John Reid Community Service Award. This is service above self and is true volunteerism as applauded by the Sir John Reid Award.

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Seniors Award Chairperson, Robin Syme Dr Rodney Syme AM 4 December 2019 Dr Rodney Syme has been a distinguished surgeon and physician in Victoria for over 50 years. While he could have limited himself to treating physical conditions, his conscience and compassion have led him to examine the needs and concerns of patients at the end of their lives. Dr Syme has drawn attention to the limitations of palliative care and fearlessly campaigned for the last 25 years on the need for a regime where patients, in limited and guided circumstances, have the right to choose how they die. He has been a tireless advocate for considered public debate, public education and law reform to provide options and control of choices to those individuals with end stage terminal illnesses. His strong and successful advocacy for the availability of medically assisted death with many safeguards has become law in Victoria since June 2019 in the form of the Voluntary Assisted Dying legislation. In relation to this legislation, Dr Syme has stated that few people who are given access to the law will use it, rather it will encourage doctors and patients to have an open dialogue and give dying people greater autonomy over the end of their life. Good communication and support will hopefully alleviate patients’ fear and the psychological and existential suffering about their death. Dr Syme’s public advocacy for medically assisted death has caused him many fights with the medical establish- ment over the years. In 2016 he successfully appealed a ban imposed on him by the Medical Board of Australia aimed at stopping him providing advice to terminally ill patients. Once dubbed by the broadcaster Andrew Denton as “Australia’s oldest outlaw”, Dr Syme can now point to the adoption by the Victorian Parliament of the Dying with Dignity legislation, and the likely adoption of similar legislation in other States, and his appointment as a Member of the Order of Australia (AM ) in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List this year, as his welcome in from the cold. Dr Syme meets all the criteria for the Club’s Seniors Award and is a very worthy winner.

Vocational Service Award Chairperson, Reg Smith The Rotary Club of Melbourne established its Vocational Service Award in 1964. It is presented annually to a person who has achieved a high level of excellence in a vocation and through such vocation has rendered outstanding service to the community. The 2019-20 Rotary Club of Melbourne Vocational Service Award recognises the distinguished vocational service of Dr Joe Tucci. The presentation was made at the meeting of 2 October 2019. Dr Joe Tucci, Joe is recognised nationally and internationally as a thought leader in the welfare of children, resulting from his extensive research and significant experience in child protection and working therapeutically with children. His standing as an authority on child welfare is reinforced by his practical leadership as CEO, of Australian Child- hood Foundation (ACF) for 23 year. During that time the foundation has grown significantly in capacity and reach, now touching directly the lives of more than 800 children each year and annually training around 6,000 people, including most new foster parents across Australia. Joe graduated with Honours in Psychology (1986) and Honours in Social Work (1988) from Monash University and completed his Doctorate into emotional child abuse at Monash University in 2005. Joe’s selfless leadership in developing and implementing child-focused therapeutic programs and child abuse prevention campaigns in our community extends beyond his ACF role, both nationally and internationally. His experience also spans hands-on child protection work, and family counselling at the North Melbourne Commu-

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nity Health Centre, and child abuse research with the De- partment of Social Work at Monash University. He is a frequent guest lecturer in child abuse and family therapy at Monash, La Trobe and Deakin Universities and Honorary Research Fellow with the National Research Centre for the Prevention of Child Abuse at Monash Uni- versity. He has served extensively on a number of government advisory bodies including the Commonwealth Gov- ernment’s Australian Council for Children and Parenting. He has been a driving force in organising multiple international conferences on child protection in Australia, and in 1993, was awarded a Creswick Foundation Fellowship in Child and Family Relationships to work with the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC) in the United Kingdom. Through this Award, Rotary Melbourne recognises and applauds Dr Tucci’s willingness to put service above self, which has resulted in significant advances in the well-being of young people and their family relationships.

Student Community Service Award 2019 This Award is made by the Club’s Welfare of the Young Committee to a student in recognition of their special service to the Community. The recipients receive a Certificate of Recognition and a monetary contribution. This year the committee made three Awards to secondary school students that have shown ‘Outstanding and Persistent Commitment to Service in their School and Related Communities’. Yasmine Heng, Melbourne Girls’ College Ayanna Ripas, The University High School Phineas (Finn) Mollison, Princes Hill Secondary College

Young Achiever Awards

Chairperson Iqbal Reta Iqbal Reta, Chair Vocational Service Committee Vocational Service is one of the key avenues of Rotary Service. Young Achievers are selected by our Vocational Service Committee from nominations made by members and others and from the finalists in the State Training Awards each year. They are between the ages of 18 and 26 and have demonstrated outstanding vocational skills, and the capacity to apply these to benefit both their chosen vocation and the community. Alumni of these awards have gone on to make important contributions to Australia in sport, academia, music, medicine, social service and business. Vocational excellence can be demonstrated through academic or vocational education, business, sport or the Arts. Leadership capabilities and broad interests are also common features of future leaders. In presiding over the online Award ceremony on the 27th May, Rev Dr Peter Hollingworth AC OBE former Gover- nor General of Australia, warmly congratulated and commended the three awardees for their outstanding achievements as community volunteers. “In their remarkable endeavours within their respective communities, they have been nurtured and assisted through the difficult passag- es in their lives, by family, mentors, educators and several key partner organisations with whom Melbourne Rotary has built some great relationships with over the years. There are few initiatives more important in the development and thriving of young people, especially among those who have settled here after deeply disruptive circumstances and suffering faced by their families in their countries of birth. Rev Dr Peter Hollingworth AC OBE As our President has reminded us, Rotary’s simple motto is ‘service above self’. In an age of selfies, self-interest, self-promotion, consumption and the pursuit of personal advance- ment and rampant individualism, this longstanding motto sounds almost counter intuitive. Until now it has often felt like rowing against the stream of mass mediated values, much are mostly about the self.

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Perhaps the worldwide coronavirus will be an object lesson in the recovery of community. However hard things have been and will be in the future, we will all learn, just as you and countless other young people are discovering that ‘we are all in this together’ which is the theme of Reconciliation week, as we all seek a better world for all to live in, despite what has happened in recent times. This is not the way we usually make these important presentations but we can honour you and recognise the important people in your lives on live stream, proudly sharing in your achievements, both in caring for others and pur- suing justice for all.”

Olivia Beasley Outstanding Achievement as an Advocate and Role Model for the Young Deaf and Hard of Hearing Olivia is currently studying Bachelor of Communications at Dea- kin University as a part timer. She has 3 more years to complete her degree. Currently she is employed as Projects and Engage- ment Officer at Expression Australia, designing, implementing and delivering targeted engagement activities with the Deaf community. Olivia is an emerging leader in the youth, disability and Deaf sectors, having been Youth Governor of Victoria in 2019 and leading the YMCA-led Youth Parliament. Growing up in a Deaf family has given Olivia a unique perspective. She communicates via Auslan (Australian Sign Language) at home with her siblings and parents (who are also Deaf). In 2019, she was awarded the Deaf Youth Australian of the Year award by Deaf Australia and the Emerging Lead- er Award in the Victorian State Disability Awards. Olivia has also contributed to the community through the following roles: Youth Governor of Victoria, Leading the YMCA-led Youth Parliament, serving as a Board Director of Deaf Victoria, the peak advocacy body for Deaf and hard of hearing Victorians, representing Australia at the World Federation of the Deaf Youth Section Camp in 2019, held in Paris, France.

Eangano Singehebhuye Outstanding Achievement for his Passion for Helping Others Eangano is currently completing his Bachelor of Biomedical and Exercise Science at Victoria University, where he received the Victoria University Education High Achiever Award. In 2015 he also received a scholarship from The Smith Family and later Achievement Awards from Western Chances. He and his seven siblings moved to Australia in 2005 as ref- ugees from Tanzania, but his family was originally from Burundi. Poverty drove his father to try his luck and apply for the UNCHR refugee resettlement program. A year later, they were finally given the all clear to come to Mel- bourne. Eangano was seven. Eangano’s abiding motivation is to help others, which he does for 15-20 hours per week. Aged only fifteen he started an organisation Acts of Random Kindness, to help children and others, which currently has 250 volunteers. A gifted athlete he is coach of the Brimbank Football Empowerment Program for children whose parents can’t afford sporting club fees. He believes he was saved by sport which can counter social isolation, boredom and youth crime. In addition to his studies and part time work, he has participated in many community led projects and raised funds for the Salvation Army homelessness programme. In 2020, he received Brimbank Young Citizen of the Year award and Western Suburbs Unsung Hero award. Eangano chose Biomedical Science as a skill to take back to Africa and help people improve their lives. ‘My motivation is to see people thrive in my community.’

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Hiba Abd El Hamid Outstanding Achievement for her Community Work with Diversity and Inclusion Hiba and her family arrived in Australia in 2003 after fleeing the civil war in Sudan. Growing up in Australia, her earliest memories were of overwhelming poverty and struggle. She worked to support her family and siblings. She was also actively involved in the African and mainstream Australian community and wit- nessed the effects that intergenerational poverty, poor mental health and poor educational effects on the communities. After receiving a VCE bursary from Skyline, she completed her Bachelor of International studies in International politics from Deakin University with a scholarship in 2015. Later in 2018, she completed her Master of International Development from RMIT. She is also a graduate of the Leadership Victoria African Leadership Program. Hiba has been extensively involved in the community development sector in Melbourne in recognition of the unique and complex issues that the African community faces. She co-founded AfriCare a youth-led, non for profit organisation that aims to address mental health issues through education and empowerment. Working to link the community and mainstream service providers, it has been featured extensively on SBS, the ABC and international media as an Australian first. She has also been a Volunteer Coordinator for SAIL (Sudanese Australian Integrated Learning program). In 2015 Hiba went to Sudan for six months as a Humanitarian Affairs Intern with the UN, or- ganizing training programs on gender-based violence and humanitarian law. Her skills were reported as exceptional. After 2 years as Cultural Consultant with the City Mission, she is currently employed as Policy Adviser in the Disabilities and Communities Branch of DHHS. In 2017 Hiba was a nominee for Australian of the Year and also a Victorian Young Australian Achiever finalist.

District 9800 Awards 2019-20

The District 9800 Awards were presented by incoming RI Director Zone 8 Jessie Harman in an online ceremony to Rotarians of District 9800 on the 6th June.

Trevor Nink - Rotary Foundation District Service Award The Award recognizes people whose humanitarian efforts are making, or have made, a difference through the Foundation’s programs. Nominations for the award in District 9800 are made by The District Rotary Foundation Committee and endorsed by the District Governor. Trevor has promoted the work of the Rotary Foundation and has extensive experience managing global grants.

Robert Fels Rotary International District 9800 Peace Award Honours a Rotarian who has demonstrated their ongoing commitment to Peace. The inaugural recipient is: Robert (Bob) M Fels Citation Robert Fels is both the inspiration for, and the inaugural recipient, of this award. Bob has been a member of the Rotary Club of Melbourne for 33 years. For 15 years, he was the Head of College at Melbourne University’s International House, and this experience provided the strong foundation for his commitment to world understanding and peace Bob was the inaugural Chair of the District Peace Fellows Committee from 2001 until 2014 and he is still an active

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member of that Committee, now chaired by Professor Robert Helme. Bob’s reputation in D9800 is well known. Our District is the only District in the world to have successfully nominated one or more Rotary Peace Fel- lows every year since the program began. 40 of them in total, many of whom Bob mentored. What is less well known is Bob’s recognition on the international scene. From 2007 to 2013, he was a member of the Rotary International Peace Centres Committee. This 6-year contribution is in itself remarkable because Rotary International does not usually permit international committee appointments to exceed 3 years unless there are exceptional circumstances and the General Secretary agrees. It was a formidable committee which met annually in Evanston each October. Three (3) Past Rotary World Presidents were members at Bob’s first meeting. He felt like a min- now, never having been a Club President or a District Governor. But his contribution to that committee was very highly regarded and he was able to break the glass ceiling. Nowadays PDG status is no longer a prerequisite for membership of an international committee. Bob decided that he needed to understand the distinctive characteristics of each of seven (7) Rotary Peace Centres at universities around the world, so over the years he visited each one. To improve his knowledge and understanding, he also visited non-Rotary Peace Centres in London and Washington DC. Bob was given several international assignments, the main one being to lead a task force charged with identifying a new Peace Centre. Uppsala University in Sweden was selected. He was also part of a Task Force which did the final review of a Rotary Peace Centre in Buenos Aries, leading to its termination! He also evaluated the Bradford University Peace Centre which came out with flying colours. Having had conversations with 17 Rotary International Presidents as well as visiting Evanston 8 times, Bob’s understanding of some of the machinations of Rotary Head Office has helped our District. He is a Paul Harris Fellow with multiple Rubies and was awarded a Citation for Meritorious Service from The Rota- ry Foundation in 2014. Bob is uniquely qualified for this new award, It acknowledge his service and achievements not only in relation to the Rotary Peace Centres, but also the assistance he has given to many individual Peace Fellows in their personal and academic development, and of course, his untiring tenacity to promote Peace through Rotary Service.

Response by Bob Fels Rotary International Director Elect Jessie, District Governor Grant, District Foundation Chair Murray and his predecessor, Dennis, Rotarians and friends all. I am deeply honoured that District 9800 has established this award in my name but quite humbled to be the inaugural recipient. When I said that I doubted my appropriateness, I was told “the judges’ decision is final and no cor- respondence will be entered into!” The powers that be have done me proud by not just mounting this plaque but organising the Chair of the international Peace Centers Committee , Brynn Styles in Canada to co-sign it with District Governor Grant in these logisti- cally difficult times. It is the strong consistent support that I received from our District that got me to this position. I am grateful to several District Foundation Chairs and their committees who encouraged and supported our endeavours. It was the Dis-

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trict Foundation Committee under Don Jago that strategized how to get me appointed to the international committee. They had to break a glass ceiling. The committee helped advertise these new but different opportunities to peace makers. As Rotarians we did not know how to reach them. But through our intertwined networks, we had links into organisations which employed peace workers like Red Cross, World Vision, Vic Police., Care Aus- tralia. We identified those Rotarians with links who then knocked on the doors. It took a few years and persistence. But you got us there. An objective of the Rotary Peace Program is to educate Rotarians about the meaning of peace. Initially we thought it was aimed at stopping the guns. Now we know that is but step one – negative peace. There is no point in stopping the violence if, firstly, peace can’t be sustained and then secondly, devastated communities are not rebuilt so they learn to work cooperatively. What Rotarians did not realise is that through the work of Foundation and its many projects : Clean water, literacy and basic education, maternal and child health, eliminating polio, Donations in Kind, we were getting rid of jealousy and unfair disadvantage which are causes of tension and dispute which lead to violence. This morning’s respected newspaper commentators say the riots in USA grew out of bla- tant disadvantage Our programs built peace but we did not know it. You are peace builders. The over arching Ro- tary Peace Program puts coherence into our work elevating us to a higher level of achievement. Violent conflict is not something merely overseas. We have racial tension in Australia with and between some ref- ugees. They may come from countries were police are not trusted. We are developing sustainable relationships through our cohort of 8 Victorian Police Rotary Peace Fellows, we are breaking down that barrier to living in har- mony. The program is not one sided. It not just about Rotarians giving and helping others. In my Peace work, I have learnt much. Firstly, I have a deeper understanding of the many meanings of peace. I have been enriched by meeting inspiring peace workers- especially young dedicated ones – who get out there in conflict zones facing risk and tension working as volunteers in places like the Sudan, Syria, Afghanistan. I have learnt so much from their selfless approach to life. I thank them. They too have spread the message of the Rotary Peace Program. Not just in recruiting Peace Fellows but generously giving their time to speak to Rotary Clubs and other fora. What was not for seen when establishing the Program was that Peace Fellows would become a powerful alumni group supporting each other growing into a cohort enriching the program. An added ongoing benefit of the Pro- gram. Our Peace Fellows are wonderful human beings who inspire us to keep extending the program. So I warmly thank our District Rotarians who have helped me get to this position. Especially do I thank Marie who supported me and handled ever so many phone calls. Indeed our second Peace Fellow Yung Li from Werribee told me several times how gracious and supportive Marie was as she, Yung Li moved along the path to be selected as a Rotary Peace Fellow at Duke /University of North Carolina Peace Center.18 years on. Yung Li, now Yung Li Neitsche is still giving back to Rotary as a Regional Alumni Coordinator strengthening the substance of our peace program around the world. While studying at Duke/ University of North Carolina, Yung was asked to give the lunch address to the Zone Institute in Indiana. Seated next to the World President, she so wowed the 400 plus attendees, that one came up afterwards to say he was so inspired that he would donate $US 250,000 to the Rota- ry Peace Program. – a pretty good speakers fee! Peace Fellows sustain their Rotary connections and generously give back. So, what is peace? I have gathered a collection of meanings of peace because I now know peace means different things to different people growing out of their personal experiences of life. It is US President Jimmy Carter’s that I like best. It reflects what Rotary is about: Peace is more than just the absence of war. People everywhere seek an inner peace that comes from the right to voice their views, choose their leaders, feed their families, and raise healthy children. That is what we Rotarians strive for. Thank you.

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Axle Award - Mark Pinoli The Axle Award was instigated in 2004 by PP Bob Glindemann and is a trophy in the form of an axle to represent the hub of the Rotary wheel. It is voted on by the Board and is given to a Rotarian who, during the Rotary year, has given that little bit extra in “Service Above Self” and is presented as the “Vice-Presidents Encouragement Award”. For the 2019-20 year the Axle Award was presented in an online ceremony on 10th June to Mark Pinoli. Citation Mark was inducted on the 16th August 2017 with the Classification: Interna- tional Development – Children. Whilst he has been active in the working of the Peace Fellowship & Interna- tional Committees, over the years he has put his shoulder to the wheel to record our meeting speakers, up load the recordings as a podcast to our website and as an outcome of COVID-19, jumped to the task of broadcasting our first virtual regular weekly meeting so seamlessly delivered – that being the outstanding address by our Hon Member, Professor Peter Doherty AC on the 18th March. A most worthy awardee of the 2020 Axle Award is Mark Pinoli.

Forth Bridge Award – Kerry Kornhauser OAM This perpetual trophy was inaugurated in 2006 by Past President Mev Connell: “The mighty Forth Bridge derives its strength from rivets, an original of which forms part of this trophy. In a similar way, Rotary depends on each member for its strength and durability. The trophy is awarded annually to a Leader of a Team of two or more members whose project or activity is considered to be the most outstanding contribution in the year. This year the trophy was awarded to Kerry Kornhauser by Past Presi- dent Mev Connell in an online ceremony on 10th June. Citation Kerry Kornhauser was inducted into the Club on 16th August 2017 but was not new to Rotary having joined the Rotary Club of Albert Park in 2008 and over the years has worked tirelessly in many project areas including those of District 9800. Kerry has been an Assistant Governor in District 9800 and District Director for Public Image & Communications and her awards include a Royce Abbey Award, a Paul Harris Sapphire, and an Order of Australia Medal in the 2017 Australia Day Honours. In 2012, Women in Rotary was born and changed the face of gender balance in the District. Kerry instigated this and is justifiably proud of the Women in Rotary International Women’s Day Breakfast which she has now successfully managed for nine years while showcasing Rotary to a broad audience and raised substantial funds for the benefit of selected charitable projects.. Partnering with Rotary Brighton North to host an annual breakfast for over 1,000 at Crown Palladium, it takes leadership to assemble a team to canvas attendance from a wide range of Rotary Clubs and schools, select a talented Panel, manage the event bookings and fundraising in order to deliver a world class event. It is for this project that we have pleasure in awarding Kerry Kornhauser the 2020 Forth Bridge Award

Royce Abbey Award - Mikaela Stafrace This award, established by the Rotary Club of Essendon to recognise their member and our Honorary Member and Past RI President Royce Abbey, was adopted by the Club to be made to a member who is relatively new to the Club, has not been awarded a Paul Harris Fellow, is well accepted by Club members, has a good attendance record, has demonstrated a strong commitment to the Club and also complies with the Object of Rotary. Each Rotary Club adopting the award program contributes $1,000 to the Rotary Foundation (to the Royce and Jean Abbey En- dowment Fund) for each award it makes. The Royce Abbey Award for 2019-20 was awarded to Mikaela Stafrace via an online meeting on 17th June 2020.

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Citation Mikaela Stafrace, was inducted on 22 May 2019 with the classification Em- ployment – Skills Training and is a member of the Toorak 1 Group. Her sponsor was Steph Woolard. She is actively involved with the Think Tank Committee, the Evening Meetings program, the Horizons Committee and for 2020 – 21 will be the Director of Club Events & Fundraising. Mikaela is a graduate of Melbourne & Monash Universities in Law, Com- merce and Risk Management and as a qualified lawyer was admitted to the High Court of Australia, has held senior roles in corporate settings providing insurance risk, governance and regulatory compliance, has taught insurance law at Monash & Melbourne Universities, completed the Williamson Commu- nity Leadership program at Leadership Victoria and was a finalist for Telstra Businesswoman of the Year Award (2000). Five years ago, Mikaela transitioned to the not-for-profit sector with Legacy Melbourne, Kidney Health Australia and was Deputy Chair of CERES before founding her own NGO - "Women Can", a social-benefit company that seeks to connect women with training and employment opportunities and to facilitate peer-led networks that support women to thrive in workplaces that treat them with dignity as Respect Matters. Mikaela has told me that she had an early introduction to Rotary when at the age of 14 she won a Public Speaking Competition sponsored by Rotary. Now having demonstrated great commitment to Rotary Melbourne, Mikaela contributes vast experience to the implementation of our community service projects.

Mentoring Award In memory of Past President David Wittner AM A w a r d e e - Cynthia E Edgell The Rotary Club of Melbourne Mentoring Award recognises a Rotarian who has ex- celled as a mentor and advocate for Rotary. The Award was inaugurated this year hon- ouring the memory of Past President David Wittner AM. The Board recognised David’s extraordinary commitment to Rotary spanning 54 years until his sudden passing in 2018, and his willingness to mentor many members, and indeed beyond in the community at large. The perpetual trophy of multi-faceted design is a reminder of the breadth of character that was David Wittner. The inaugural award was presented to Past President Mary Barry in 2018 by David’s son Mi- chael in the presence of David’s wife Rosette, daughter Deborah and son Peter. Citation Since her induction on the 5th May 2004 as sponsored by Robin Syme, Cynthia has been a most active Rotarian and is currently our Vice President Club Management and Communications and delivered an outstanding report at last Wednesday’s first ever, virtual VP Reporting Day meeting. Over the years, her involvement included our Public Relations Committee, Membership Development Committee, Community Welfare Committee, Reception Committee, Second Bite volunteer, a regular On-To-Conference partic- ipant, and an active member of the Malvern Group. In 2005-06 Cynthia joined the Vocational Service Committee, where she remains today, having chaired the committee for a number of years. Cynthia was part of our 2008 team who visited East Timor and that year she received the Axle Award for her passionate and enthusiastic service to our Club and the community. Eight years ago her mentoring role began as an outcome of our partnership with the Brotherhood of St. Law- rence’s ‘Stepping Stone’ project and since then, Cynthia has mentored migrant women through a small business training program, women who could not get a job but had great skills which has led to numerous lasting relationships. In everything she does, which has included mentoring new members as part of our Club’s mentoring program, Cynthia exemplifies warmth and friendly understanding and true ‘Service Above Self’. Cynthia’s enthusiasm is reflected in the various roles she has pursued, in the same passionate way she embraces life. Tonight, we recognise a gracious lady who has demonstrated great commitment to Rotary Melbourne.

43 Speaker Program 2019-20

Date Speaker Topic Title Chairperson

Prof. Margaret Hellard AM, Burnet Institute & The elimination of viral hepatitis as a public 03-Jul-19 Peter Clark Frank Carlus, President of Hepatitis Victoria, health threat – think global, start local.

Land and Water Degradation – Turning a 10-Jul-19 Major General Michael Jeffery AC, AO (Mil), CVO, MC, (Retd) Kerry Kornhauser Threat into an Opportunity’

Professor Catherine Crock AM Adjunct Professor, Faculty of Promoting Kindness in Care - An opportunity 17-Jul-19 Reg Smith Health, School of Psychology Deakin University for Rotary

24-Jul-19 D9800 Governor Grant Hocking Rotary Connects the World President

31-Jul-19 Captain James Nixon, A380 Pilot This is Your Captain Speaking Chris Sotiropoulos

07-Aug-19 Major General James (Jim) Edward Barry, AM, MBE, RFD, ED Monash Medal Peter Davis

Anthea Hargreaves, General Manager Public Affairs Bicycle Cars or bikes or public transport - the public 14-Aug-19 Jim Orchard Network policy choices facing Melbourne

21-Aug-19 Members Day Peter Dakin

Jason Balkin, Associate Director of Business Development and Post RI Hamburg and forward RI Melbourne – 28-Aug-19 Hugh Bucknall Bids at the Melbourne Convention Bureau winning an RI Convention Bid

How we are using our science and technology 04-Sep-19 4th Thomas Baker Oration David Thodey AO, Chairman CSIRO Gerry Johnston to plan for the future

11-Sep-19 David Parkin OAM Where is Our Game Now? Phil Endersbee

The Hon. Gabrielle Williams MP, Minister for Prevention of 18-Sep-19 Elder Abuse Mary Barry Family Violence, Minister for Women, Minister for Youth

AFL Grand Final Lunch & 25-Sep-19 Peter Jones Rotary International President Mark Maloney

02-Oct-19 Dr Joe Tucci Vocational Service Award Reg Smith

Issues and Opportunties for Victorian Busi- 09-Oct-19 Mark Stone AM, VECCI CEO Adrian Kloeden nesses

16-Oct-19 Daniel Johnson, CEO Coombes Estate Trip to Coombes President

Playing the long game, parks management 23-Oct-19 Jeff Floyd, Chair Parks Victoria Peter Dakin challenges in Victoria Improving media reporting of suicide: How 30-Oct-19 Professor Jane Pirkis, Chairman ARH Research Committee funding from Australian Rotary Health made a Peter Rogers difference

06-Nov-19 The Hon Sally Capp, Lord Mayor City of Melbourne Lord Mayor's Annual Address Reg Smith

13-Nov-19 Award recipient Libby Clarke & RCM AGM Sir John Reid Community Service Award Mark Pinoli

Dependent Upon: Partner Visa Holders and 20-Nov-19 Alexandra Ridgway, Rotary Global Scholar Bob Fels Experiences of Family Violence

27-Nov-19 Raymond O’Flaherty, CEO Metro Trains Meeting Passenger Needs for a Growing Catherine Baxter Melbourne

04-Dec-19 Robert Klupacs, CEO Bionics Institute The Future of Medical Bionics Elaine Saunders

Christmas Celebration Meeting - Partners 11-Dec-19 Claire Patti & David Kram President Day

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Date Speaker Topic Title Chairperson

What are they up to? - Vocational Service 15-Jan-20 Members Day - Ian Hamm Richard Skinner Month

22-Jan-20 Mina Guli Running on Empty President

Vocational Service Panel - Dr Elaine Saunders, Dr Richard 29-Jan-20 How will Technology change our lives Reg Smith Skinner, Dr Chris Sotiropoulos

A police diver and search and rescue 05-Feb-20 Senior Sergeant Greg Paul, Search & Rescue Squad Bob Glindemann coordinator’s perspective

Prof. Leonard Harrison, Laboratory Head, Population Health 12-Feb-20 What you should know about your Microbiome Mikaela Stafrace & Immunity, Walter & Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research

Melbourne Cricket Club - a private club with a 19-Feb-20 Michael Happell, President – Melbourne Cricket Club Peter Dakin very public purpose - managing the MCG

Dorothy Gilmour, Reg Smith, Peter Rogers, Peter Clark and 26-Feb-20 Panel Session - R100 Projects – up-date President Chris Wang

International Women’s Day Breakfast, Crown Palladium 05-Mar-20 A seat at the Table Kerry Kornhauser Room

11-Mar-20 Helen Leake AM, Producer of biopic 'Monash' Monash Peter Davis

The impact of the Covid-19 Virus, why flatten- 18-Mar-20* Prof Peter Doherty AC ing the curve matters and how we can best President protect ourselves and the community

Never waste a good crisis. The Corona Virus 25-Mar-20 Hugh Bucknall trumps everything. The past can inform us President about the future. Dr Derek Farrell, International mental health trauma recovery 01-Apr-20 Trauma & EMDR President specialist

Bushfire Recovery - Rotary's response to the 08-Apr-20 Mark Humphries - DGE9820 / Bob Glindemann / Jim Orchard Marion Macleod other tragedy of 2020

The road ahead…can our Rotary emerge 15-Apr-20 District 9800 Governor Philip Archer President stronger from COVID-19? Yes we can 99th Anniversary of RCM Meeting / Survive, 22-Apr-20 John Bertrand AO and Lord Mayor Sally Capp revive, thrive - The road ahead for the Australi- President an Olympic swimming team! Tokyo 2021 Professor Hugh Taylor AC, Harold Mitchell Professor of 50th Angus Mitchell Oration How to fix a leaky 29-Apr-20 Kevin Sheehan Indigenous Eye Health at the University of Melbourne pipe, providing equity in eye health

Evening Meeting: Professor John Wilson AM, Head, Alfred 06-May-20 Lets chat about women in medicine...HARD Mikaela Stafrace Health, Dr Louise Segan Cardiology Trainee, Alfred Hospital

Dr Robert Webster OAM, State President of the Returned & What’s a naive young accountant like me do- 13-May-20 Peter Rogers Services League of Australia (Vic Branch) Inc ing ion a war zone

Nev Power, Chair National COVID-19 Coordination 20-May-20 Damage control and economy reboot Peter Dakin Commission

27-May-20 Olivia Beasley, Hiba Abd El Hamed, Eangano Singehebhuye Young Achiever Awards 2020 Iqbal Reta

Working in isolation – what’s been occupying 03-Jun-20 Dr Alan Finkel AO, Australia’s Chief Scientist Tilman Ruff Australia’s Chief Scientist in 2020? An eyewitness to six decades of News. A jour- 10-Jun-20 Mal Walden - Rotary Safe Families Launch ney behind the headlines that shaped the Peter Jones News and the life of a Newsman

17-Jun-20 Vice Presidents David Carruthers and Cynthia Edgell Vice Presidents' Reporting Day President

24-Jun-20 Presidents' Changeover Dinner Note:* all online meetings from 18 Mar 20

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