Events

Guest speaker: We will be joined by Richard Tanner the President of the Wellers Hill Bowls Club who will be talking about a potenial project in Fiji.

Chair: Doug Kelly

Sergeant: Ron Hunt

Fellowship: Alan Charles 

Door: Cassie Mutimer & Paul Straka

Three Minute Person: Marlin Othman & Myles Waugh

Partner & Friend of Rotary Night: all are welcome to attend. 

Guest Speaker: Sheridan Rabbitt from UQ’s Centre for Marine Science

Sheridan is a Senior Project Officer, Centre for Marine Science at the University of Queensland and is marine social scientist, specialising in gender- and nutrition-sensitive approaches to community-based fisheries management in the Pacific. 

Sheridan is passionate about addressing the dual challenges of environmental sustainability and food security, while supporting livelihoods. 

The Centre for Marine Science at UQ is one of the largest and most diverse groups of marine experts in Australia, comprising nearly 100 research-intensive groups.

An important point of focus for their research is the Indo-Pacific Marine Belt – the most biodiverse, populated, industrialised and threatened marine region in the world, with a mix of developed and developing countries that span the Northern and Southern hemispheres. 

The Centre for Marine Science has an enviable record in developing and delivering knowledge, approaches and technologies for, and from, our oceans. They are always looking for ways to positively change and protect the world’s oceans, coasts and reefs.

Chair: Paul Straka 

Sergeant: Myles Waugh

Fellowship: Doug Kelly  

Door: Alan Charles & Marlin Othman 

Three Minute Person: Cassie Mutimer 

General Meeting: RYLA 2022 Candidates Elysse Morris and Kahli Jones

RYLA 2022 was held on Saturday 24 September and finished on Friday 30 September. 

This week we will welcome back our RYLA 2022 Candidates Elysse Morris and Kahli Jones. We will hear about their experiences at RYLA and what they have gained from attending. Elysse and Kahli are both PHD Students at IMB at UQ. 

Chair: Myles Waugh 

Sergeant: Paul Straka

Fellowship: Marlin Othman

Door: Ron Hunt & Doug Kelly

Three Minute Person: Dudley Schmidtchen

General Meeting: Strategic Development Evening 

This meeting will be run differently from a normal meeting and we will be starting to form a strategic plan for the club guided by David Kitchen. The meeting may run a little later than usual. 

Before the meeting, members are asked to consider the following questions: 

• What do you think Salisbury Rotary is currently known for?
• What should Salisbury Rotary be known for?

Partners are welcome to attend.

Chair: Paul Straka

Sergeant: Marlin Othman 

Fellowship: N/A

Door: Myles Waugh & Ron Hunt

Three minte Person: N/A

Strategic Development Evening Part 2/Janine Griffen

This week's meeting will run differently from other meetings. This meeting may run a little longer than usual. 

We will continue with the strategic development with David Kitchen and we will also be joined by Janine Griffen who will talk about a potential fundraiser for Breast Cancer. 

This meeting will not have a three-minute person and all non-urgent announcements can be made at the Social BBQ on Saturday 12 November 2022 or prior to the meeting. 

Based on our last session, David Kitchen has assigned homework as a part of the Strategic Development. Please see a separate email with that information. 

Chair: Ron Hunt

Sergeant: Doug Kelly

Fellowship: Myles Waugh

Door: Ali Burton & Cassie Mutimer 

Hedge Espresso sponsored BBQ Lunch at Ali's house 

Saturday 12 November 2022, 12:00pm to 3:30pm 

148 Ness Road, Salisbury Qld 4107

$25.00 per person (funds raised will go towards Rotarys efforts to eradicate Polio) - Partners/friends welcome 

RSVP ASAP or before 10 October, via club runner or email Ali at aliwag2@yahoo.co.uk 

Please advise of any dietary restrictions

Promoting peace, Fighting disease, Providing clean water, Saving mothers and children, Supporting education and Growing local economies. Those are the six focus areas of the Rotary Foundation. 

The Rotary Foundation transforms our donations gifts into projects that change lives both close to home and around the world. As the charitable arm of Rotary International, the foundation taps into a global network of Rotarians who invest their time, money, and expertise into our priorities, such as eradicating polio and promoting peace. Foundation grants empower Rotarians to approach challenges such as poverty, illiteracy, and malnutrition with sustainable solutions that leave a lasting impact.

More than 90 percent of donations go directly to supporting our service projects around the world.

As November is Rotary Foundation month, we will be joined by Elwyn Hodges the Foundation Coordinator for District 9620. Elwyn will discuss the Foundation and update us on the latest developments. 

Chair: Johnno Chen

Sergeant: Alan Charles

Fellowship: Ali Burton

Door: Myles Waugh & Dudley Schmidtchen

Three minute person: Paul Straka & Ron Hunt (Project Director presentation)

24 October 2022 was World Polio Day. Rotary International has been working to eradicate polio for more than 35 years. As a founding partner of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative, Rotary has reduced polio cases by 99.9 percent since our first project to vaccinate children in the Philippines in 1979. Rotary members have contributed more than $2.1 billion and countless volunteer hours to protect nearly 3 billion children in 122 countries from this paralysing disease.

On Tuesday 22 November 2022, we will be hosting a lawn bowls charity night with all monies raised going to fund the Rotary effort to eliminate polio worldwide. Please invite anyone you know who may be interested. 

A BBQ Dinner will be provided. 

Chair: Myles Waugh

Sergeant: Dudley Schmit

Door: Paul Straka & Alan Charles 

Fellowship: Cassie Mutimer 

This club meeting falls on the 5th Tuesday of the month, the meeting will be held via Zoom so members who are unable to attend in-person meetings are able to attend. 

We will be discussing the club's strategic development  following the discussions facilitated by David Kitchen. 

A Zoom link will be sent to members before the meeting. 

Chair: Cassie Mutimer

Sergeant: N/A

Fellowship: N/A

Door: N/A

Three Minute Person: Alan Charles (Treasurer talk)

The Rotary theme for December is Disease Prevention and Treatment and we are especially encouraged to give thought to that area during this month. Next week, our guest speaker will be Professor Des Richardson of the Griffith Institute for Drug Discovery. 

Professor Richardson holds the Alan Mackay-Sim Distinguished Chair of Cancer Cell Biology at Griffith University and is a National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) of Australia Senior Principal Research Fellow. He is also the Director of the Centre for Cancer Cell Biology and Drug Discovery. Prof Richardson’s research regards the discovery of anti-cancer drugs (such as Dp44mT and DpC) for the treatment of belligerent, intractable tumours (e.g., breast, skin, brain, lung, pancreas, prostate, colon, etc). 

Professor Richardson’s presentation topic is Developing innovative anti-cancer drugs to overcome spread, resistance and primary tumour growth.

Partners & friends of Rotary are welcome to attend.

Chair: Dudley S.

Sergeant: Ali Burton

Fellowship: Paul Straka

Door: Myles Waugh & Ron Hunt 

Three Minute Person: N/A

To celebrate the upcoming holiday season with cheer, we’re planning a party to end the year.

The Rotary Club of Salisbury Christmas Party 2022 will be held on Tuesday 20 December 2022, 6:15pm for 6:30pm until 8:00pm at the Wellers Hill Bowls Club (34 Esher St, Tarragindi).

Partners, friends and family are welcome to attend. 

The Cost is $25.00pp. Please pay via bank transfer for via card on the night. The club’s bank details are as follows: 

Account Name: Salisbury Rotary General

Account BSB:633 000

Account Number:151871290

Ref: December 20 (Surname)

Members are asked to bring a small gift to the value of $10.00 to be raffled off during the night. 

Please RSVP ASAP or by close of business 16 December 2022 via club runner or contacting Myles. Please advise of any dietary requirements.  

Chair: Warren Craze 

Sergeant/Raffle: Johnno Chen & Alan Charles

Fellowship: N/A

Door: Ron Hunt & Ali Burton

General meeting: Social Night: Welcome back (Partner Night)

Chair: Alan Charles

Sergeant: Ron Hunt 

Fellowship: Ali Burton 

Door: Paul Straka & Doug Kelly 

3 Minute Person: Dudley Schmidtchen

General Meeting: working groups/strategic planning (Working groups on 60^thYearbook & 60^thBirthday Party & Australia Day Event).

Chair: Cassie Mutimer

Sergeant: Paul Straka

Fellowship: N/A

Door: Myles Waugh & Ali Burton 

3 Minute Person: N/A

General Meeting: Roger Crawfoot (Australian Rotary Health)

This week we will be joined by Roger Crawfoot, District 9620 Committee Member, Australian Rotary Health who will deliver an update on Australian Rotary Health. 

Chair: Myles Waugh

Sergeant: Ali Burton

Fellowship: Dudley Schmidtchen

Door: Paul Straka & Alan Charles

3 Minute Person: Doug Kelly 

Club Night: Planning for 60th Birthday Party. 

As this meeting falls on the 5th Tuesday of the Month, this meeting will be held on Zoom. A Zoom link will be emailed to members before the meeting. 

Chair: Ali Burton

Sergeant: N/A

Fellowship: N/A

Door: N/A

3 Minute Person: N/A

This week we will be joined Rotary Peace Fellow Titus Kemboi and Leslie Smith the Peace Fellowship Chair for District 9620 and the Vice-President of Rotary Club of Paddington to talk about the Rotary Peace Fellowships.

Each year, the Rotary Foundation selects up to 130 individuals from around the world to receive fully funded academic fellowships at one of our peace centers. One of peace centers is the University of Queensland (UQ). During the one-year blended learning program, experienced peace and development professionals with diverse backgrounds gain practical skills to promote peace within their communities and across the globe. Fellows complete field studies and design and carry out a social change initiative. This program is intended for working professionals. Fellows earn a post-graduate diploma upon completion of the program.

Titus recently graduated from UQ with his Masters in Peace and Conflict. We will his about his story and his experiences.

Chair: Cassie Mutimer

Sergeant: Doug Kelly

Fellowship: Ali Burton

Door: Myles Waugh & Ron Hunt

3 Minute Person: Paul Straka

Partners and friends of Rotary are welcome to attend.

Celebrating 60 years of Rotary in the Salisbury community.

Time & date: 6:00pm, Saturday 11 February 2023  

Venue: Orchid room, Sunnybank Community & Sports Club, 470 McCullough St, Sunnybank QLD 4109 

Dress: Formal

Theme: Diamonds are forever  

Cost: $60.00pp  

Payment: Please purchase tickets via the Trybooking link below as soon as possible to secure your place as there is a limited number of tickets. 

Club Strategic Planning: This week we will be discussing the future of the club and finalizing the strategic plan.

If you have been assigned a role on the duty roster and are unable to attend or are running please let us know as soon as possible or nominate a surrogate to act in your place until you arrive.  

This week we will be jonied by District Governor Tim Keeler AM and his wife Gail. DG Tim will also be inducting Diane Masselos as our newest member. 

Tim was born and educated in Melbourne. Always wanting to be a teacher, from a very early age, he attended Monash University where he majored in Education and Science. He has worked for over 35 years in education as a boarding house coordinator, teacher, principal and school operations manager in the Independent Sector in Victoria and Queensland.

Tim joined Rotary in 1994 with the Rotary Club of Hamilton North in District 9780 and served as corporal and as the club RYLA representative. After transferring to Queensland, he attended meetings in both Toowoomba and Gladstone, before joining the Rotary Club of Logan in 2009. Interestingly, he was appointed to the District RYDA committee and the Logan Rotary Board prior to being inducted into the club!

Upcoming Meeting Duty Roster

Sheridan Rabbitt, Senior Project Officer from the Centre for Marine Science at the University of Queensland. Sheridan will be talking to us about her PHD research. UQ’s Centre for Marine Science combines cross-disciplinary research and innovative technology to develop and deliver change around the world.

Chair: Doug Kelly

Sergeant: Alan Charles

Fellowship: Ali Burton

Door: Dudley Schmitchen & Paul Straka

3 Minute Person: Johnno Chen

Partners and friends of Rotary are welcome to attend.

Club Night - Strategic Development (Partners and friends of Rotary are welcome to attend).

Chair: Dudley Schmitchen

Sergeant: Cassie Mutimer 

Fellowship: Myles Waugh

Door: Diane Masselos & Bruce McNab

3 Minute Person: Ron Hunt 

We will meet at 8:30am at the "Salisbury Central" carpark near the Trail Co store at  Unit 14/655 Toohey Rd, Salisbury QLD 4107. 

We will then divide into teams and collect rubbish from both sides of Evans Road.  Equipment to pick up rubbish will be supplied.

Please RSVP by Friday 24 March. Please contact Ron or Myles if you have any questions or concerns.

Followed by lunch at Hedge Expresso afterwards.