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Social Night - Burgers and Beers - 6 April A great night of relaxation and chatter was held at our April social night at Canberra Brewing. Brod's burgers were super! Club Meeting 13 April - Welcome to Lynne and Chartering Discussion A highlight of our club meeting on 13th April was to welcome Lynne Duckham into our fold. Lynne brings many years of Rotary experience and knowledge from her past membership in RC Canberra South and Canberra Sunrise. Welcome Lynne. Led by Sam Doyle, we also had a good discussion on some of the aspects of operating the club once we have chartered - helping guide our small team involved in developing the Club constitution and by-laws. This was an important member engagement activity and will allow us to progress development of the draft constitution and by-laws in the near future - a key step toward chartering. ---------------------------------------------- 27 April Meeting - Speaker Janelle Weissman. Executive Director UN Women Australia We had a great turn up for our meeting, with 19 members, prospective members and friends attending. Ian led the Rotary toast, saluting the Rotary Club of Bordertown and recognising their work supporting wildlife rescue and conservation. The hilight of the evening was Janelle's presentation, which walked through her journey from being a Rotary Exchange student, to Rotary Peace Fellow to head of UN Women Australia, and finally presenting the ongoing challenge for gender equity, both in Australia and around the world. This was starkly focussed on with a short video - "She'll Be Right". It was also wonderful to have guests Cristina Holman (and baby Iris) and Marcus Clifford and his wife Christina join us, along with Jill Bailey from Sunrise. As usual, a few club stalwarts stayed on after the meeting for a drink and to solve some of the world's challenges. Good time:) ---------------------------------------------- Chair Emma was Guest Speaker at Sunrise On 22nd April, Emma was the guest speaker at the Sunrise breakfast meeting. She had been asked to provide an update on the Sundowner's activities and progress toward chartering. Her presentation was well received. -------------------------------------------- Paul Harris Fellow Presentation Most of you will be aware that the club recently presented a Paul Harris Fellow to Steph McCorkelle for her work and generosity in donating commissions from our End Polio virtual Tupperware party last year that raised $1248. We had to mail the actual certificate and pin down to her. Below are photos of her with her PHF. Thanks Steph. More news on Steph later in the bulletin, with her running our next virtual tupperware fund raising function on 4 May. ----------------------------------------------- Chartering The chartering committee chaired by the Club Development Officer – Sam Doyle continues to work on the main preliminary tasks including development of an initial budget and draft by-laws and constitution. The team will provide an update to the club in the next few weeks. ----------------------------------------------- Fund Raising - Chocolates Thanks Mitra for initiating and organising our current fund raiser selling boxes of Cadbury chocolates. Hopefully it did not mean too many extra kilos being added to member's weights through the enticement of supporting our club!! This activity has yielded over over $500 into our Service coffers. Anyone with money still outstanding please get it to Sam Saunders asap or discuss the situation with her. Fund Raising - Bunnings BBQ ANZAC Day Afternoon Our BBQ team of champions were at their best on ANZAC Day at Bunnings Fyshwick. The team cooked up a storm and raised $376. Thanks to Mitra and Ian for organising and purchasing the goods, and to Pip, Ser, Peter, Ian, Mitra, Simon and Masothy for their work on the day. Great effort everyone!! Need More Tupperware - 4 May Virtual Tupperware Party: Thanks again to the wonderful generosity of Steph McCorkelle (PHF), we will be running another virtual Tupperware fund raising night on Tuesday 4 May, with proceeds supporting Dili recovery from the early April extreme flooding event. Make sure you spread the word to family and friends. There are plenty of bargains to be had in 'Tupperware Birthday Week'. If you’d like to come to the 4 May online demonstration, shoot us an email - canberrasundowners@gmail.com and we will send you the link ----------------------------------------------- Optional Activity Monday 17th May - Movie and Panel Discussion (Chaired by Janelle) - Supporting UN Women Australia Following our wonderful presentation by Janelle Weissman, some members may be interested in the following event, which is a fund raising activity for UN Women Australia. Join UN Women Australia for a special screening of Ili Baré’s compelling documentary film, The Leadership, to continue this essential conversation about how to grow women’s representation as leaders in all facets of life – with a spotlight on women in STEM. The screening will be followed by a panel discussion with an amazing line-up of experts, each with deep knowledge and lived experience of the topics raised in the film. You won’t want to miss this important conversation exploring the systemic changes necessary to facilitate participation and leadership of diverse women in STEM and other male-dominated industries. 100% of ticket revenue will be donated to UN Women Australia thanks to the support of Good Pitch Australia, the Documentary Australia Foundation and the Shark Island Institute. Janelle Weissman, Executive Director of UN Women Australia will moderate the Canberra Q&A panel following the film with Kylie Walker, CEO of the Academy of Technology and Engineering and Dr Meru Sheel, Field Epidemiologist. Event Details
Date: Monday 17 May 2021, 6:00 pm arrival (for 6.30pm start) – 8:45 pm
Where: Dendy Canberra, Canberra Centre, 148 Bunda St, Canberra ACT 2601
Cost: $25 for UN Women Australia Members, $30 for Non Members (includes refreshments) ------------------------------------- Sundowners Web Page The Canberra Sundowners web pages are available within the Canberra Sunrise web site - located here. We welcome your thoughts on how we can improve it. Send your thoughts, recommendations and photos to Peter. We have included pages on our community service events, some background on the club, our fundraising and more. ------------------------------------------------ Our Meeting Routine We meet on Tuesday evenings, typically from 6.30pm. We alternate our meeting routine, with fortnightly club meetings at our home venue, the Canberra Club at 51 Blackall St, Barton. Club meetings are normally held in the meeting room downstairs and start at 6.30pm. At these meetings we like to discuss club activities, community service options what is happening in Rotary. We also have guest speakers at some of these meetings. If you would like to order a meal it is best to arrive about 15 minutes early to place your order and you are welcome to eat it during the meeting. On these meeting nights a number of members like a social chat and drink after the meeting finishes (around 7.30pm). Between our club meetings, we typically will have one social event a month and one or more community service activities. Check our Facebook page for details of what is happening over the next few weeks. ---------------------------------------------------- |
. Birthing Kit Foundation Australia (https://www.bkfa.org.au/) will ship these units to where they are needed, making a tremendous impact on the ground for women in need of them.
