The Rotary Club of Bentleigh Moorabbin Central extends a warm invitation to members of district 9810 to join us at our evening meeting on November 30th, 6.30pm start at Cilantro Restaurant, 488 South Road, Moorabbin – behind Holmesglen Hospital and Tafe School, end of driveway behind building 4
2 course meal at $25.00 per head with drinks at bar prices.
This is an opportunity to listen to a very high-profile speaker, Professor John Le Marshall whose work with NASA, satellites and climate scientists is world renown.
Professor John Le Marshall
In 2003 Professor John Le Marshall became the first Director of the NASA, NOAA and DoD Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation (JCSDA) at the World Weather Building in Camp Springs, Maryland, USA. The Center is responsible for accelerating the operational implementation of satellite data assimilation systems in NOAA, the National Weather Service, NASA and the Department of Defence, to allow exploitation of current and next generation satellites.
For his work on the assimilation of hyperspectral satellite data at the JCSDA Professor Marshall was awarded in 2006 NASA’s
“Exceptional Scientific Achievement Medal”, NASA’s highest scientific award. Professor Le Marshall returned to the Australian Bureau of Meteorology in 2007 where he worked as a Senior Principal Research Scientist on planning for and implementation of advanced satellite systems and in the remote sensing research area.
He is currently a visiting scientist at the Bureau of Meteorology.
Professor Le Marshall is a Fellow of the American Meteorological Society and a Fellow of the Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society.
RSVP ESSENTIAL FOR CATERING PURPOSES - Contact Greg Oshea at Greg.Oshea@holmesglen.edu.au
Please ensure that you register early for the Convention to get the early bird price of USD475. The price will go up to USD575 in December and again to USD675 in March. Even if you're unsure about attending, you can lock in the early bird price now, knowing that you cancel any time before 1st April for an administration fee of USD50.
Note also that there is a special registration rate of USD60 for Saturday-only access to the House of Friendship. Why not use this opportunity to invite guests and prospective members to experience the global impact and scale of Rotary?
Once registered, please consider booking your evening events through the Host Organising Committee events pagehttps://rotarymelbourne2023.org/eventsAll events are capped in number to ensure all participants have a quality experience, so be sure to book early.
If you have friends from out-of-town attending the Convention, encourage them to consider our Convention-associated tours https://rotarymelbourne2023.org/tours
Volunteering
As one of the five host districts, we are all ambassadors for the Convention. Why not consider volunteering for a few hours to help our guests enjoy Melbourne? Please register your interest in volunteering via our Host Organising Committee websitehttps://rotarymelbourne2023.org/volunteer(note: you do not have to be registered for the Convention to be a volunteer, unless you volunteer for a shift inside one of the Convention venues).
If you have any questions about the Convention, please contact Tony Monley atacmonley@gmail.com
ALL PROFITS to 2023 PROJECTS PROMOTING RECONCILIATION
Our small but enthusiastic Satellite Club wants to start 2023 with funds ready to go to support projects and programs making a tangible difference for the inclusion and acknowledgement of First Nations People. We are keen to support the work of Children’s Ground which has committed to work with individual First Nations communities for generational programs (25 years) developed with them and by them to create sustainable change and positive futures steeped in both First Nations and Western skills and knowledge. We also have a local reconciliation project in planning (with great potential for scalability) working with local Koori advisors. We will be happy to share more on this as details are refined.
During November we are selling packs of Hoyts Movie Ticket Packs ready for end of year celebrations and suitable for all ages.
The options are:
A. ADULT PACK 5 movie vouchers valid for general admission* sessions (value up to $110) for $67.50
B. BARGAIN PACK 5 movie vouchers for any general admission* on Monday to Thursday (value up to $110) for $57
C. CHILDREN PACK (3-15 years) 5 child movie vouchers to general admission*sessions (value up to $80) for $57
Terms & Conditions:
1. *These tickets cannot be used on public holidays.
2. You may share this opportunity with family/friends/colleagues on email but not via social media
A bike ride has been run in District 9810 raising funds for Australian Rotary Health for 37 years, only missing a ride in 2 of all those years. In this time 29,290 kilometers have been covered and $1,243,528 has been raised, all of it going to Australian Rotary Health.
In 2021 the Covid-19 pandemic meant, for only the second time, the normal ride was not able to go ahead. Not to be daunted, the ride committee looked for another way of continuing fund raising and so the “MAD March Cycle Challenge” was born.
Begun in 2021 as a way of helping to raise funds for Australian Rotary Health during Covid-19 lock downs, it continues now as a compliment to the Districts annual bike ride. In the spirit of supporting healthy minds, bodies and communities, it allows anyone to take part in a manner that suits them anywhere in the world. (In fact over the last 2 years we have had people join in from not only other parts of Australia, but also India, Indonesia and South Africa). Participants can challenge the riders on the D9810 Annual Ride and see if they can cover 590km over the month of March, the riders have to do it in 6 days, or they can choose their own form of exercise and set their own goals.
It is Free to join in, although not compulsory, all we ask is that participants try and raise some funds, via sponsorship, for Australian Rotary Health. The typical goal participants set is $200 and all donations of $2.00 or more are tax deductible.
All funds raised go direct to Australian Rotary Health.
So go on, challenge yourself, your Club and friends, join in the fun and Make ADifference, to not only your health, help Australian Rotary Health make a difference to everyones health.
Highlights is published Monthly on the third week of each month.
So please send me your upcoming events to highlights9810@gmail.comprior to the next edition of Highlights which will be sent out on Monday 12th December.
If you would like to see the previous versions of "Highlights" and the "District Newsletters" click here.
District 9810 raising funds for Australian Rotary Health for 37 years, only missing a ride in 2 of all those years. In this time 29,290 kilometers have been covered and $1,243,528 has been raised, all of it going to Australian Rotary Health.
It is Free to join in, although not compulsory, all we ask is that participants try and raise some funds, via sponsorship, for Australian Rotary Health. The typical goal participants set is $200 and all donations of $2.00 or more are tax deductible.
