May 12, 2024 (May 12, 2024)

Presidents Update

Greetings GNMRC Members
Hello to you all from

President Sally

Hello Fellow Rotarians and Friends,

May is one of those busy months for us professionally - where we celebrate who we are.

The International Day of the Midwife - was on the 5th May and thank you President Salem for presenting our club to your leaders and colleagues in Tanzania.

On the 12th May we celebrate International Nurses Day.

Both days allow us professional, collegially and as citizens to acknowledge the work that we do as nurses and midwives.

This month we have two great presentations. On Tuesday 14th May we have colleague Claire Lane founder of Save our Supplies she will share her journey from being a theatre nurse to travelling to different countries donating hospital supplies that would otherwise have been disposed of from theatres and hospitals. Come and join us for our usual Tuesday meeting and hear from Claire

On Tuesday 28th May our education experience presenter is Rotarian and member of the GNMRC Tricia Davidson whose presentation Emerging from the Pandemic Lessons learnt and moving forward will be very insightful. Tricia is the Vice-Chancellor and President of the University of Woollongong and her presentation will be insightful and provide much valuable data for us to consider.

Please invite colleagues to join us both nights - we love having guests to share our experiences with us.

Flyers for both evenings are in this bulletin and the zoom link for both evenings is our usual zoom link that we have been using this year

Portfolio Lead - Projects

This position remains vacant - if you are interested come along to the next leadership meeting or contact President Salem at sally_d38@hotmail.com

Review of Constitution and Club Rules

Our District now has a new template for club constitution and rules. It is timely then that our members revise and update our constitution and rules. The leadership team discussed these at the leadership meeting on the 8th April and is awaiting feedback from members.

Club Changeover

President Elect Rudson has nominated Tuesday the 9th July for his changeover event. Rudson will provide more information to us about his theme for the event. This will be the time where President Salem can reflect on her year as President. Remember changeover is also where our club presents a Paul Harris fellow to a deserving club member or colleague in the broader community. If you would like to nominate someone for consideration please email Rotary Foundation Lead Cecelia at: ceceliakf1@yahoo.com and President Salem at: sally_d38@hotmail.com

Meetings link

Please note that all meetings now use the same zoom link.

Leadership meetings – first Monday of each month commences 1800hrs – Brisbane time

Club meetings 2^nd Tuesday of the month starting 1830hrs Brisbane time – zoom room will be open from 1820hrs

Club education meetings – 4^th Tuesday of the month starting 1830hrs Brisbane time – zoom room will be open from 1820hrs.

Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81175022393?pwd=cW9MTjIyT282a3BpZjc3Ui9ZOVcvQT09

Meeting ID: 811 7502 2393
Passcode: 784114

President Salem at the Tanzanian special event - Midwives: A vital Climate Change Solution

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President Sally invites all members to contribute to promoting Rotary International Monthly Theme. We will be promoting the month and a piece written by a member on our social media and we will create a page on the website and upload all pieces there when it is month specific.

Please think about a theme you would like to write about and send your piece to Wendy’s email wendy@davaar.com.au for formatting and promotion.

Next month, the theme is Youth Service Month.

If you have not yet done the Youth Protection training, now is an opportunity to do so. District 9620 have updated links and content, so jump on and familiarise yourself with the content and complete the online training. A reminder that Sue Walker is the GNMRC’s Youth Protection Coordinator

Become a Rotary Leader

The leadership team is inviting everyone to consider colleagues who might be interested in becoming a peace scholar. Applications close 15th May.

If you or someone you know is interested in this opportunity, the application process has been shared in the information email. This is a great chance to expand knowledge and skills in the field of peace and conflict resolution.

Find out more on how to apply

Sharing Hope with the World

The Host Organisation Committee is very excited to welcome Rotary members and guests to Singapore for the 2024 Rotary International Convention.

News from Rotary International

South Pacific & Philippines Office

Pacific children get health boost with government immunization commitments

Nine Pacific countries have committed to greater protection for children against life threatening diseases by adopting an immunisation program that has been implemented by UNICEF in collaboration with Ministries of Health and funding from Rotary since 2020.

The commitment will see vaccines for Pneumococcal Disease, Rotavirus, and Human Papillomavirus (HPV) added to the nations’ National Essential Programs for Immunisation. The adoption of the vaccines will benefit children in Vanuatu, Samoa, Tonga, Tuvalu, Cook Islands, Nauru, Niue, Tokelau and Kiribati.

Since the Rotary ‘Give Every Child a Future’ project’s inception it has supported the countries to strengthen the supply chain, including the cold chain system to ensure that every child has timely access to safe and potent vaccines.

To date, fundraisers from Rotary have contributed US$3.9 million.

See the full media release here

Consider donating the price of a cup of coffee

Have you considered forgoing a cup of coffee and instead donating the money to one of our projects once a week?

See the details below from Treasurer Jeff on how to set up regular payments.

For more details, email Treasurer Jeff

The Three Cs Cafe

The Three C’s Cafe offers a virtual space for colleagues to come into for a chat about professional matters of interest to them / and a space in which to be supported. The cafe is open to colleagues where ever they are in the world. The cafe is open to members of this club and non members. It is currently on hold. The project lead with confer with cafe facilitators for the next steps for this project. The outcome will be published in upcoming bulletins

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Disaster Fund

Shelter Box is an exceptional organisation that our Club has partnered with. They provide emergency relief to people around the world who have been made homeless by natural disasters and conflict.

We have pledged to fund five Shelter Boxes each year for the next 3 years. The cost is $1000 per Shelter Box and we raise funds for this through raffles and events held at Education Conferences conducted by the Nurses for Nurses Network and Education at Sea.

A big thank you to the work of Sue, Jason and Louise to make this happen. Shelterbox is very active in Turkey and Syria due to the recent devastating earthquakes.

Find out more about Shelterbox

Rotary Solar Case

The Rotary Solar Case has been developed, first and foremost, to provide light in remote health centres, aiding health workers where the availability of electricity is problematic at the best of times. The ability to provide portable lights for village birthing assistants is a major priority in areas where women often give birth in village huts or village health centres where the light from kerosene lanterns or mobile phones is otherwise the best available alternative.

Find out more about Rotary Solar Cases

Social Media & Website

LinkedIn

It is great to see that gradually our followers on LinkedIn are increasing.

Fabulous to see that some of our LinkedIn posts are also being posted on Rotary International LinkedIn which has over 197,000 followers.

Facebook

Big thanks to James for the fun and informative daily posts on our club Facebook.

Remember follow and share our links as you see them.

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Club / Education Meetings

If you want to know the date of any of the Club Meetings or Events then go to the events page on the website.

Meeting agendas and minutes are sent out by the club Secretary attached to an email a few days before the meeting takes place. If you are not receiving those emails then contact the Club Secretary on secretary.gnmrotaryclub@gamail.com

Projects Portfolio Leads

This position is vacant if you are interested in taking on the role please contact President Sally at: sally_d38@hotmail.com

Education Lead

Vice President Wendy is currently managing this and looks forward to a current member taking on this position. Please contact Wendy at wendy@davaar.com.au if you are keen to do so and she can walk you through the role. The education / information sessions for our members on the 4th Tuesday of each month.

News from Treasurer Jeff

Members have requested information on how to establish setting up regular payments for either their own membership fees, sponsoring a new member or donating to our projects fund.

Own membership fees

In your own bank account set up regular transfer of money into the clubs General Account

Global Nurses & Midwives Rotary Club Bendigo Bank

BSB: 633 000

Account: 180 669 889

Ref Your name and what the payment is for

Sponsor a new member

Also our general account

In your own bank account set up regular transfer of money into the clubs General Account

Global Nurses & Midwives Rotary Club Bendigo Bank

BSB: 633 000

Account: 180 669 889

Ref Your name and SNM (Sponsor new member)

Project donation

In your own bank account set up regular donation amounts to be paid into the Clubs Project Account

BSB: 633 000

Account: 180 669 913

Ref your name and project specific for example Turkish Student Nurse Fund raiser (TSNFR)

Shelterbox Project

In you own bank account set up regular donation amounts to be paid into the Clubs Shelterbox Account

BSB: 633 000

Account: 188 202 750

Ref Your name

If you are overseas the SWIFT code required to make payment into our accounts is: BENDAU3B

If you have any questions contact Treasurer Jeff at his email: jeffp5040@gmail.com

Member Resources

If you would like to present to other Nursing colleagues or to other Rotary Clubs in your area about the Global Nurses and Midwives Rotary Club Wendy and her team have created a Powerpoint presentation and notes to assist you.

As with all the documents that are referred to in the Bulletin these resources are available for you to download from the website. Just log in to the Member's area and choose the documents tab. Our website address is https://gnmrotaryclub.com/

Have you accessed the Members Website?

The Members area of the Global Nurses and Midwives Website houses a lot of information about our club.

You can find all the documents that are discussed at meetings and in the Bulletin, plus check your own details, communicate with other Members and there is an App you can download so you can access info anywhere, anytime.

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