Events

Next week our guest speaker will be Chris Ellis and he will be talking about the Windeward-Bound Sailing Adventure. Chris is a member of Sunnybank Rotary and is well known to many club members as a passionate supporter of the Windeward-Bound Sailing Adventure. 

The Windeward-Bound Sailing Adventure is a leadership program run by the Windeward Bound Trust and Rotary Tasmania that promotes understanding, inclusiveness, and community by bringing together 20 young people between the ages of 15-18 of vastly different backgrounds for a ten-day voyage aboard the STV Windeward Bound, and giving them the opportunity to connect and grow with one another in both the short and long term.

The brigantine "Windeward Bound" is a 33 metre ‘tall ship.’The trip from Hobart to Bundaberg and back to Hobart runs from July to December. Chris will be giving the club an update on the program.

Chair: Kiri McNamara

Sergeant: Diane Masselos

Fellowship: Col Acton 

Door: Johnno Chen & Sam Douglas

Three Minute Person: Darren Ball

On 9 May 2023, we will be joined by Claudia Diaz Amayo of the Human Rights Review Team at the Queensland Human Rights Commission (QHRC). 

The QHRC is an independent statutory body established under the Queensland Anti-Discrimination Act 1991. The QHRC still handles complaints and training on discrimination, vilification, victimisation and sexual harassment, under the Anti-Discrimination Act 1991 (Qld). Their work includes resolving discrimination complaints, delivering training to business, government and the community on discrimination and human rights and promoting public discussion on human rights.

Claudia will give a brief overview of the work of the QHRC. 

Chair: Paul Straka 

Sergeant: Dudley Schmidtchen

Fellowship: Ron Hunt

Door: Alan Charles & Chris Miranda 

Three Minute Person: Col Acton 

This week we will be holding a social night at Hedge Espresso (4 96/94 Lillian Ave, Salisbury) hosted by Ali & Grant Burton. Partners & friends of Rotary are welcome to attend. The cost of this special meeting is $22.00pp. The meeting will operate differently to a normal meeting.

Chair: Col Acton

Sergeant: Ali Burton 

Fellowship: Bruce McNab 

Door: Doug Kelly & Myles Waugh

Three Minute Man: Samuel Douglas 

The month of May is the Rotary Month of Youth Services. Our guest speaker will be District 9620 Youth Programs Coordinator Colleen Caruana. Colleen will give an overview of the District 9620 Youth Programs and answer any questions we have. We have also invited representatives from the local schools. 

Chair: Doug Kelly

Sergeant: Kiri McNamara

Fellowship: Alan Charles 

Door: Johnno Chen & Cassie Mutimer

Three Minute Man: Dudley Schmidtchen

Social Meeting/Getting to know you. This will be a special social meeting and will be run differently to a normal meeting. Members will be broken up into small groups for the evening to have "fireside chats" and have more intimate discussions.

Chair: Ali Burton 

Sergeant: N/A

Fellowship: N/A

Door: N/A

Three Minute Man: N/A

General Meeting : Club night: Voting on Board for 23/24 and new Constitution and bylaws

Chair: Myles Waugh

Sergeant: Ali Burton

Fellowship: Paul Straka 

Door: Samuel Douglas & Darren Ball

Three Minute Man: N/A

On Tuesday 13 June, we will be holding a club night and working on the strategic development of our club and working in small groups to come up with ideas and projects that fit into the club’s Why. 

Chair: Ron Hunt  

Sergeant: Diane Masselos  

Fellowship: Col Acton

Door: Kiri McNamara & Bruce McNab

Three Minute Man: Darren Ball

On 20 June 2023, we will be holding a Bowls Night Fundraiser & Community Partner Night at the Wellers Hill Bowls Club (34 Esher Street, Tarragindi QLD 4121) from 6:00pm to 8:00pm. We will be inviting our local community partners to come and join us and raise money for Rotary Programs.

Cost: $25.00pp or $100 for a team of 4 (please pay via bank transfer or card payment on the night; no cash will be accepted). The price includes green fees and a BBQ dinner. 

RSVP ASAP or before 9:00am Monday 19 June 2023 to salisburyrotaryqld@gmail.com

Chair: Cassie Mutimer 

Sergeant: N/A

Fellowship: Paul Straka 

Door: Dudley Schmidtchen & Alan Charles

Three Minute Man: N/A

Next meeting we will be joined by Graham Perrett MP the Federal Member of Parliament for Moreton. Graham will be talking the Voice to Parliament. This will be the last meeting before Change Over on 4 July 2023. 

Chair: Ali Burton

Sergeant: Cassie Mutimer

Fellowship: Alan Charles

Door: Chris Miranda & Johnno Chen

Three Minute Person: Ron Hunt

The event details are as follows; 

Date: Tuesday 4 July 2023

Time: 6:00pm for 6:30pm to 8:00pm

Where: Wellers Hill Bowls Club, 34 Esher Street, Tarragindi 4121

Cost: $30.00pp

Payment: Please pay via bank transfer or via card upon arrival to (cash will not be accepted at the door): 

Account Name: Salisbury Rotary General

Account BSB:633 000

Account Number:151871290

Ref: July 4 (Surname)

RSVP ASAP: to salisburyrotaryqld@gmail.com or call Myles on 0411 080 289 by 5:00pm Friday 30 June 2023

Please advise of any dietary restrictions upon RSVP.

We ask that members bring a small gift to the value of $15.00 for the raffle.  

This week we will hear from President Ali Burton and she will outline her plans and ideas for the next 12 months. We will also discuss and vote on the up-dated by-laws. The By-Laws are similar to the ones we voted on previously but now have included the mandatory sections required by the Office of Fair Trading that were previously not included. They will be sent again shortly, if you have any questions or concerns please contact Ali, Warren or Myles. 

Chair: Col Acton 

Sergeant: Darren Ball

Fellowship: Johnno Chen 

Door: Warren Craze & Samuel Douglas 

Three Minute Person: Alan Charles 

This will we will be joined by Professor Chamindie Punyadeera, PhD, GCLead, GAICD, Head, Saliva and Liquid Biopsy Translational Laboratory, Griffith Institute for Drug Discovery (GRIDD) and Menzies Health Institute, Gold Coast, Griffith University, Australia. Chamindie will give a presenation on Advancing precision medicine through liquid biopsy approaches for cancer management. 

Professor Chamindie Punyadeera is an inventor and an ambassador to women in STEMM. She has had a hybrid research career working in industry as well as in academia. She heads the saliva and liquid biopsy translational laboratory at Griffith University in Brisbane. Chamindie’ s laboratory develops biomarkers from concept through to commercialisation. She has made ground breaking discoveries that has led to the world-first detection of an occult HPV driven oropharyngeal cancer in a healthy person, laying the foundation for a screening trial. Her research into saliva-based test to early diagnose and predict head and neck cancer, received FDA approval under breakthrough device designation for her industry partner in 2021.

Chair: Cassie Mutimer 

Sergeant: Doug Kelly

Fellowship: Bruce McNab

Door: Kiri McNamara & Chris Miranda 

Three Minute Person: Diane Masselos 

Social Night: Wine & Cheese

Chair: Diane Masselos 

Sergeant: Dudley Schmidtchen

Fellowship: Myles Waugh

Door: Col Acton & Darren Ball

Three Minute Person: Paul Straka

This week our guest speaker will be Fadzai Mamvura who is a solicitor with the Women's Legal Service. The Women’s Legal Service (WLS) is a community legal service that helps women experiencing family violence, separation, and divorce to find safety and get legal advice especially if they are experiencing family violence, separation, and divorce.

The WLS was formed in 1984 after a meeting of committed women, from a mix of welfare, counselling and legal backgrounds identified a need for a free service that would respond to legal issues affecting women in Queensland. 

Women’s experience of the legal system was often distinctly different to that of men with women more likely to be primary carers of children, to be financially dependent on male partners and have lower economic status, and they are more likely to have experienced domestic and sexual violence.

Fadzai will talk about her work with WLS and provide an overview of their services. 

Chair: Alan Charles

Sergeant: Dudley Schmidtchen

Fellowship: Sam Douglas 

Door: Doug Kelly & Ron Hunt 

Three Minute Person: Paul Straka

Strategic development 

Chair: Myles Waugh 

Sergeant: Samuel Douglas 

Fellowship: Johnno Chen 

Door: Darren Ball & Col Acton 

Three Minute Person: Dudley Schmidtchen 

Social Night at Salisbury Hotel

This week we will be having a social meeting at the Salisbury Hotel (668 Toohey Rd, Salisbury). This is not a normal meeting and it will be a social gathering. There is no meeting cost as those attending will purchase their own meals and drinks. Friends and partners are welcome to attend.

Chair: N/A

Sergeant: N/A

Fellowship: N/A

Door: N/A

Three Minute Person: N/A

Clubrunner Night: This week we will be talking Clubrunner and we will run members through it and explain how they can use it and how it is used to run the club. We will also discuss our club's strategic development. 

Chair: Doug Kelly

Sergeant: Warren Craze

Fellowship: Myles Waugh

Door: Kiri McNamara & Chris Miranda

Three Minute Person:  N/A

Richard Tanner - Fiji Project

Chair: Alan Charles

Sergeant: Samuel Douglas

Fellowship: Ron Hunt

Door: Cassie Mutimer & Dudley Schmidtchen

Three Minute Person: Doug Kelly

Joint meeting with Rotary Club of Mt Gravatt - Guest Speaker: Bernie Wilson from Rotary Youth Exchange Program (YEP)

Chair: Paul Straka

Sergeant: Myles Waugh

Fellowship: Darren Ball

Door: Alan Charles & Johnno Chen

Three Minute Person: Col Acton 

Clean up Evans Road Day

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 8 September. Please contact Warren or Myles if you have any questions or concerns.

Followed by coffee at Hedge Expresso afterwards.

Guest Speaker: RYLA Candidate Wisam Dawood from GRIDD

Chair: Warren Craze 

Sergeant: Diane Masselos       

Fellowship: Doug Kelly

Door: Col Acton & Darren Ball

Three Minute Person: Ron Hunt 

Social Night: Mentorship & Fireside Chats

Chair: Diane Masselos 

Sergeant: Bruce McNab 

Fellowship: Chris Miranda 

Door: Johnno Chen & Ron Hunt

Three Minute Person: N/A

Guest Speaker: Holland Park State High School student Julia who will talk about her trip to Japan and the fundraising efforts she and her mother undertook to have made the trip possible. 

Chair: Kiri McNamara

Sergeant: Cassie Mutimer 

Fellowship: Col Acton 

Door: Myles Waugh & Ron Hunt 

Three Minute Person: Johnno Chen 

This week our guest speaker will be Hannah Kitchen from Wellness Through Movement (Brisbane Health Connect Suite 205, 51 Orford Street Tarragindi, Brisbane, 4121).

Hannah is an Accredited Exercise Physiologist  and has been involved in many different sports for many years. From dancing to rowing, she has explored a diverse range of exercise and how each form has its own benefits. Because of her experience, Hannah believes in setting everybody up with the skills needed to allow them to reach their fullest potential. Hannah will be providing an overview of her work and Wellness Through Movement. 

Chair: Myles Waugh

Sergeant: Johnno Chen

Fellowship: Sam Douglas 

Door: Ron Hunt & Doug Kelly

Three Minute Person: Warren Craze

This week we will be holding a Zoom meeting and hearing from our guest speaker Diana Kleine from CoralWatch.

In this talk, Diana Kleine will share the journey of UQ-CoralWatch marine citizen science program of coral monitoring, education, and outreach to help protect reefs globally. Since the development of the Coral Health Chart in 2002, the program has outreach in 137 countries and data collection in 80 countries. The chart is an easy-to-use scientific tool to quantify changes in coral colour associated with coral bleaching on the reef. It is so simple; no prior training is needed, and anyone can get involved.

CoralWatch is a not-for-profit marine citizen science program by The University of Queensland aiming to increase understanding of coral reefs, bleaching and climate change. CoralWatch developed a simple tool, the Coral Health Chart that standardises changes in coral colours, and provides a simple way to check coral health and contribute to the CoralWatch database powered by the Atlas of Living Australia. All data from >2000 reefs is publicly available and can be downloaded. Apart from monitoring, CoralWatch focuses on education and raising awareness since the biggest threat to coral reefs is climate change and the greatest solution to save reefs for the future is reducing carbon emissions. This is where we can all help!

Diana is project manager for CoralWatch, organising education, monitoring and outreach events, designing materials that raise awareness about coral reefs, and encouraging people to help save reefs from home by adopting a more sustainable lifestyle. Diana’s background is in teaching, graphic art, and science communication. Diana loves the reef, has been diving for over 30 years and learned about the reef by working closely with marine scientists for the last 25 years. Diana is co-author and designer of the book “Coral Reefs and Climate Change” published by CoralWatch in 2009 (second edition 2012).

There are no duty officers for the Zoom meeting and the Club President will chair the meeting. 

Club Health Check Survery Results

Chair: Ali Burton

Sergeant: Chris Miranda

Fellowship: N/A

Door: Dianne Masselos & Bruce McNab

Three Minute Person: N/A

Social Night Halloween Event with the Rotary Club of Brisbane Taylor Bridge & RYLA Candidate Wisam Dawood

Chair: Bruce McNab

Sergeant: Cassie Mutimer

Fellowship: Dudley Schmidtchen

Door: Paul Straka & Myles Waugh

Three Minute Person: N/A