Upcoming meetings
This week’s meeting is a Social Meeting and partners are encouraged to attend on Zoom, at 6pm .
At 6pm our Quiz Host (Lyn) will kick off with a Quick 45 minute Quiz. Then we can join one another for dinner and a drink (if you didn’t order from the Golf Club last week – sorry, please just bring your own). Thanks again Joe for organising this and delivering!.
Don’t forget that on Wednesday October 7th we have our past Australian Rotary Health PHD Scholarship Holder, Bevan Main, speaking to us from the USA, but at 8pm NOT the usual 6pm. Partners also welcome. Given that it is a few days before Lift the Lid Day, we are inviting everyone to contribute $20 on the night. And anyone who does not wear a hat, well maybe they can donate more
The Board Meeting Report
You should receive the Minutes shortly. There was nothing major that had not been discussed at the previous week’s club meeting. We did agree to put the proposal to members at our meeting on October 7 to formally approve the investment in another Australian Rotary Health PHD Scholarship.
“That the club approves another Australian Rotary Health PHD Scholarship, this time for research into bowel cancer. This involves a financial commitment of $12k pa for 3 years, (possibly 3.5) so a total of $36k (possibly $42k). It is likely to start in the 2021-22 year. Ross Kilborn has committed to contribute 50% of this, on the understanding that the Scholarship is called the Mornington Rotary Club – Reg Kilborn PHD Scholarship, in memory of his father who died of this disease. He encourages other members to make a direct contribution. The balance will be funded from Club Project funds”.
Kid’s Hope
Recall our guest speaker a couple of weeks ago, Ian Johns, mentioned the opportunity to get involved with mentoring kids. Here is more information and an invitation from Tim Costello to get involved. https://kidshope.org.au/about-us. I encourage you to share this with friends and family.
End Trachoma
I heard last week from Peter Rogers at the Rotary Club of Melbourne, regarding their Centenary Project to end Trachoma. You will be pleased to hear that the Mk2 interactive water trailer, that we contributed to last year, has been launched in Darwin and handed over to the Katherine West Health Board. There was coverage in the "Katherine Times" see below.
Zone 8 Conference – Report on the Sunday Sessions.
I did watch the recording of the Sunday sessions and you can too at
In summary it was even better than the Saturday sessions. Speakers included Jennifer Jones (future RI President) on her views of “modern Rotary”, based on traditional values of service and fellowship, and Barry Rassen Foundation Trustee, on why the Rotary Foundation is one of the world’s best humanitarian organisations. So far it’s contributed $29m by “pivoting” to the battle against COVID.
Mike McGovern (past RI VP and Polio Plus Chair) was excellent on the status and success of the program. Did you know that 19m people are alive or walking because of it ? Type 2 & 3 Polio has been eliminated and Type 1 (wild) only continues in 2 countries. A total of $2B has been invested by partner organisations and each year Rotary contributes $50m, matched by Gates Foundation $100m. Similarly a presentation on Foundation in Australia reinforced the investment made in Drought, and Fire relief in the last 18m.
Upcoming in October
Two important Rotary events, Lift the Lid (10th) and International Polio Day (24th). As you will have read above we will celebrate Lift the Lid on Oct 7th and we will recognise Polio Plus at our meeting on the 21st.
With our meetings we will be sharing the Chairing, with Victor hosting Bevan on the 7th, John R hosting a guest speaker on Blaze Aid on the 14th and Richard hosting the 21st on International / Foundation.
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