On December 1st, members were treated to a fascinating talk about the history of the Bristol Hill Tower by local historian and Councillor, Geoff Lovett. Geoff reported that he was delighted when he heard that our club was interested in seeing the tower area restored to its former glory, and he encouraged members to follow up their interest with a commitment to seeing the job through as an important Rotary project. See "Read more..."-
#23 Captain Ron Scobie - Salvation Army
Mill HouseDec 08, 2022
6:30 PM – 7:30 PM -
#24 Christmas Event
Railway CafeDec 15, 2022
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#6 Board Meeting ZOOM
ZOOMDec 19, 2022
7:00 PM – 8:00 PM -
No Meeting
Dec 22, 2022
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No Meeting
Dec 29, 2022
On December 1st, members were treated to a fascinating talk about the history of the Bristol Hill Tower by local historian and Councillor, Geoff Lovett. Geoff reported that he was delighted when he heard that our club was interested in seeing the tower area restored to its former glory, and he encouraged members to follow up their interest with a commitment to seeing the job through as an important Rotary project. See "Read more..."
Members are reminded to reply to Secretary Anthony by TODAY (Monday 5th) or TOMORROW (Tuesday 6th) at the latest if you plan to attend our Rotary Christmas party on Thursday, December 15th at the Railway Station.
Members are reminded that this coming week will be your last chance to bring items for our Salvation army boxes, and Cpt. Ron Scobie will be attending to collect them. Bring along items such as cans of spaghetti, corn, peas, carrots, fruit salad, tuna, soup, or ham; jars of pasta sauce or simmer sauce; packets of pasta, custard, instant mashed potato, 2-minute noodles, jelly, gravy, rice, or biscuits; boxes of fruit mince pies, cereal, or Christmas bon-bons or any Christmas treats. 
Maryborough Rotary Members and partners are invited to join us for New Year's Eve at Meryl and Geoff's place on December 31st. We plan to optionally eat at a local eating place beforehand (place to be confirmed) and then gather for a night of fun and dancing until 2023. BYO Drinks and a plate of nibbles to share. Please let Meryl or Geoff know if you plan to attend by our Rotary Christmas party night on Dec. 15th.
Thanks to PP Meryl and PP Alison, we now have at the Mill House during meeting times a number of Christmas Boxes from the Salvation Army, and members are invited to bring along non-perishable food and household goods and place them in the boxes to be delivered to those in our community who are struggling this Christmas. Suitable items include cans of spaghetti, corn, peas, carrots, fruit salad, tuna, soup, or ham; jars of pasta sauce or simmer sauce; packets of pasta, custard, instant mashed potato, 2-minute noodles, jelly, gravy, rice, or biscuits; boxes of fruit mince pies, cereal, or Christmas bon-bons or any Christmas treats. Please bring along a few items to each of the next couple of meetings.
Eight Rotarians and members of local and district organizations accompanied "Ellie", the elephant in the room, in a walk to Phillips Gardens last Friday for the official launch of the 16 days of Activism event. After the launch, Ellie was moved to the foyer of the Library centre. More pictures in "Read more..."
At the November 24th meeting, Rotarian Dr. Lowen Clarke reported on the conference that he and Rotarian Adrian recently attended on the effects of Trauma on individuals. At the event, Lowan was honoured with a crystal plaque for his written work on Trauma and Dissociation. (See Read more... for photo). Congratulations Dr. Lowan! Lowan also reminded members of the 16 Days of Activism event (pictured) and of his and Adrian's success in having their garden featured in the latest edition of Gardening Australia. (See Read more...for a photo)
At Thursday's meeting, Secretary PDG Anthony displayed a banner he recently received acknowledging our club's generous donation to the Gippsland Fire Appeal. Thank you again to all those members who contributed to this effort in various ways.
The club's new marquee was set up for the first time, last Thursday morning in readiness for the Energy Breakthrough. The picture shows members gathering around the tent during our Thursday night meeting. For more Photo's see "Read More"
On November 10th, members heard a talk via video from Gillian Thomas, President of the Australian Polio Survivors Organization. Gillian provided a detailed outline of her Polio journey from contraction of the disease as a young child, to becoming President of the Australian Polio support group up to her recent crippling battle with the onset of long-term symptoms of Polio. Along the way she provided a clear description of the different types of Polio vaccine, how Polio attacks the body, and what can be done to support current survivors. 
At our last meeting, Foundation committee member PP Meryl provided members with an update on the latest Polio figures before we heard from Polio sufferer, Gillian Thomas. As of November 10th, there 29 Wild Polio Cases in the world compared to 6 at the same time last year:
2 in Afghanistan
20 in Pakistan
7 in Mozambique, Africa.
Africa had been declared was declared Polio free about 20 years ago, and it technically still is, but these cases were genetically derived from cases in Pakistan. These cases are concerning when we consider that there was a 22 year old male in New York who contracted Polio in a community that had a low Polio vaccination rate and polio has also been identified in the sewerage systems in London and in Jerusalem as well. According to the Regional Polio expert, Dr Murray Versoe, the reason is increased travel since the Covid lockdowns.
District 9780 Governor, Kathy Rivett visited our club meeting on November 3rd and inspired members to move into our Rotary future as "imagineers". Following the challenge from Rotary Interenational President Jennifer Jones to "Imagine Rotary" as this year's Rotary theme, Kathy believes that if we use our imaginations, we can go a long way towards solving the current problems facing our organization as we move forward. Click "Read more..." for more details.
Whilst visiting the club on November 3rd, District Governor Kathy Rivett inducted our newest member of the club, Grace La Vella. Grace was proposed by President Garry, will have the classification of "Local Government - Councillor", and PP Thea Allan will be her mentor. A warm welcome to Maryborough Rotary Club, Grace!
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On October 27th, members confirmed nominations for every position except one due to take office on July 1st 2023 for the 23-24 Rotary year.President - PDG Geoff James
Past President - PP Garry Higgins OAM
President Elect - Rebecca Lowrie
President Nominee - Still To Be Appointed
Secretary - PP Thea Allan
Treasurer - Rot. John Williamson (Continuing)
Director of Administration - PDG Anthony Ohlsen
Director of Foundation - Esther Waters
Director of Fundraising - PP Brian Reed (Continuing)
Director of Membership - Tracey Smith (Continuing)
Director of Public Image - Max Berry
Director of Special Projects - Harold Breitinger (Continuing)
Director of Community - Leigh Williamson (Continuing)
Director if International - Louise Hanby D'Wynn (Continuing)
Director of Vocational Service - PP Meryl James (Continuing)
Director of Youth - Martin Mackay (Continuing)
Members enjoyed a fascinating talk on October 27th from author and Rail Trail promoter, Janice Simpson. Janice spoke to the club on Zoom last year about her work promoting the Maryborough to Castlemaine Rail Trail project, but this time she shared her adventures of some amazing bicycle journeys around Europe. A friend introduced Janice to bike riding after participating in the Great Victorian Bike Ride in 2004. Janice duly took herself off to a bike shop in Carlton and bought herself a "lovely, navy-blue speed machine" and that's when the adventures began. See "Read more..."
On September 29, Rotarian Dr Lowan Clarke outlined details of the Maryborough Rotary Literacy Project and the work that he and Rotarian Adrian Masterman-Smith have been working on for a number of years. The full text and images from Lowan's presentation can be seen by clicking "Read more...".
Service Committees met last Thursday and planned their service activities and projects for the coming year. Pictured is the new Director of International Service, Louise Hanby D'Wynn sharing the committee's plans with members. Other Directors, PP Leigh Williamson (Community), PP Martin Mackay (Youth) and PP Meryl James (Vocational) also presented reports which will be published in the near future. See "Read more..." for more pictures.
On Thursday, August 11th, over twenty members and guests gathered at the Mill House for our club's first face to face meeting for three weeks due to Covid concerns. We were also joined by three members online via Zoom. The topic of the night was an engaging presentation by new member, Bec Lowery, who shared her vocational story - so far. Click "Read more..." for more details and photos.
Bec Lowery's Three Pieces of Advice are ...1. Always say "Yes" and give it a go - you never know what you'll be able to achieve. You might think you're out of your depth, but jump in anyway and you'll grow as an individual.
2. Enjoy the people around you at work because they become your second family - when you're at work, you're with your colleagues as much as with your own family. They're all different, all at different levels, and you can all get the best out of each other if you treat each other as if they were family members you care about.
3. When you have a problem, and you have to go for help, come with a solution or an idea that might help - it is so important that you think for yourself and try to solve your own problems, but also vital to check to see if your idea is OK, and whether wiser people think you're on the right track.
The Rotary Leadership Institute (RLI) is a Rotary inspired training and education program conducted by independent groups of Rotarian leaders in many Rotary Districts around the world. Our District 9780 has had an active RLI team for many years, and this year, starting this month, they are offering the first of a series of 3 sets of sessions (Levels 1 & 2 online, & Level 3 face to face) to district Rotarians - especially new Rotarians and those about to take on positions of leadership. See "Read more ..." for our club's special opportunity, dates, times and locations.
President Garry Higgins OAM, PDG Anthony Ohlsen, and PDG Geoff James all shared their "Rotary Moments" with members at our first meeting during Rotary's Membership and Development month of August last Thursday. A "Rotary Moment" is regarded as the time when a Rotary member feels sufficiently committed to the mission of Rotary to call themselves a "Rotarian". Click "Read more" for more details.
25 members joined together on Zoom last week to explore ideas for the 2022-23 Program and also to start some thinking about the Regionalization of Rotary issue. Links to the two videos shown on Regionalization may be found on the home page of the Club Website - down the left hand side under the "Links" heading and the sub-heading, "Club Videos on YouTube".
Due to concerns about and indicated absences due to the increasing spread of Covid, the Flu and other bugs around the community, our members met online by "Zoom" last Thursday. Members moved off to Breakout Rooms for Governance committees and then returned for a plenary session. This picture shows some of the members chatting after the meeting last Thursday - some members have left the screen. Decisions about Zoom will be made on a week by week basis because we need to be sure of twenty in attendance for a face to face meeting.
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On Friday evening, several club mentors met with their new member mentees to explore the structure of our club's Standing Committees. The presentation was an expanded version of the "Ink Spot" given at the club a couple of weeks ago and included this new slide that brings together Rotary's two mottos, the 5 avenues of service and the 7 areas of focus. See "Read more..." for more details.
Members who would like to re look at the information presented last Thursday on how to navigate our club, district and RI websites, can find all the slides in a single PDF file in the "Download Files" section down the left hand side of this home page. By clicking on the link you will be taken to a list of downloadable files including the PowerPoint (in PDF format). The previous week's PowerPoint is also there in the same list.
Our club website has been updated to reflect the new Rotary International theme of "Imagine Rotary". Check it out.
At our meeting on Thursday 16th of June, we had the great pleasure of inducting 6 new members to our club. We extend a very warm welcome to each of them and look forward to their active participation in our clubs activities. The following photo's are of our new members along with their personal mentors. See more photos by clicking "Read more..."Here is a selection of photo's from our changeover dinner last Thursday the 30th of June.
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Click on the image below to access the Strategic Plan
At our changeover dinner last week President Garry inducted two new members, Riley Upton and Craig Young. Here are both new members with Membership Chair, Tracey Smith.
Motto: Service Above Self
Maryborough, VIC 3465
Australia