Another week, another Melbourne Cup, and so the year rolls on. It means Christmas is coming up fast, and also that planning for our Christmas function is well underway. After looking at various options and costs, we have decided this year to have a special Christmas Cocktail Party at the West Brighton Club. Our Fellowship Director extraordinaire Geoff Cunningham is putting the final touches on a special Garden party, it promises to be at the usual high Fellowship standard, so make sure you book early to guarantee yourself a spot.
This week’s speaker is Bruce Wolpe, a Senior Fellow at the United States Studies Centre at the University of Sydney. He is also a renowned author and regular commentator on US politics for Sky News, ABC News and 2CC. PP Tom Buxton has been stalking Bruce for 7 years and finally got him to surrender and agree to talk to us. So, get ready for a great night.
PP David Grodski spoke on Thursday with one of his excellent ideas for the night – could all Rotarians please bring a guest to the meeting. I think this is a great idea and took up the challenge by inviting two guests. So, a plea to all members to see if you can match this.
Look forward to seeing you on Thursday.
President Arthur Hubbard
Last Meeting Highlights
At last week's meeting we had a very interesting talk from guest speaker Angie Bone of tackling the health impacts of Climate Change. Angie is Assistant Professor of Practice in Planetary Health at Monash Sustainable Development Institute. Below is a sample of her presentation.
Secretaries Announcements
Secretary Nicole Chong presented her segment.
Apologies were:
Di Allan, Glenys Hitchen, Stuart McIntyre, Roger Fairlam, PP Chris Tuck,
PP Ian Stacy & Donna Wright
Geoff Cunningham: Geoff spoke about the RCB Christmas Cocktail Party to be held at the West Brighton Club on Sunday 10 December at 2:30pm - 5:30pm. A flyer had been sent out and the trybooking link attached. He encouraged us to book early. See below for flyer with full details.
David Finney: David spoke about the guest speaker for the 16 November meeting who is Bruce Wolpe. He encouraged us to book early for this meeting and said it would be a question and answer type of presentation with himself as questioner. Details in President's Message. Please book before 5pm tomorrow.
PP Norm Thomas: Norm spoke about the Bayside Art ShowGala Opening Night which is on Thursday23 November at the Brighton Town Hall. See details below.
PP Rob Tucker:Charter Member Rob Tucker was asked to speak about the early days of the club and what it was like to be a member of our Club during this time.
Last week's Raffle results
Anne Holland ran the raffle last week with help from David Finney and the winners were Anthony Langley and a guest of the Club.
Trybooking link for this event is:https://www.trybooking.com/CNCFU
