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  • WELCOME SARAH AND DAVID
  • NEXT MEETING: TUESDAY 14th JUNE 2016 
  • EMPHASIS ON MEMBERSHIP

  • WORKING BEE  
  • VICPOL MENTORING PROGRAM GRADUATION BREAKFAST - Registration necessary.
  • CLUB CHANGEOVER EVENING - Register now please.
  • DISTRICT 9800 CHANGEOVER - 26th JUNE 2016
  • MEETING REPORT TUESDAY 7th JUNE 2016 
  • GALLERY
 

NEXT MEETING 31st MAY 2016

GUEST SPEAKER: JASON BOSLAND

"SUPPRESSION ORDERS AND MEDIA FRUSTRATION"

The Open Courts Act 2013 (Vic) (‘OC Act’) came into force on 1 December 2013. It was introduced to ‘strengthen and promote open justice’ in Victoria following ongoing concerns that the use of suppression orders by the courts in that state was placing the fundamental principle of open justice into jeopardy. The media, in particular, claimed that too many suppression orders were being made in Victoria compared to other jurisdictions in Australia and that many were imprecise and overly broad in scope and often contained insufficient limitations as to their duration.
But is the Open Courts Act achieving its aims in reducing the number of suppression orders made in the Victorian courts? Has it resulted in improvements in their drafting? This presentation will share the findings of an empirical study of all suppression orders made by the Victorian courts under the new Act in the two years following its commencement.
 
Jason Bosland is Deputy Director of the Centre for Media and Communications Law at Melbourne Law School, where he teaches communications and intellectual property law.  He holds degrees from the University of Melbourne and the London School of Economics.  His primary research interests lie in media law, including defamation and privacy, open justice and the media, contempt of court and freedom of speech.
 

WORKING BEE SATURDAY 18th JUNE

     
 
DONATIONS in KIND
 
SATURDAY 18TH JUNE.  
 
9.00am to 1.00pm [but leave earlier if you need].
Rear Shed 40,
400 Somerville Road, West Footscray. 
 
 

DISTRICT CHANGEOVER, 26th JUNE. INVITATION

  This is the changeover of Julie to Neville our own District Governor and the first from our Club to achieve this high office. It would be great if as many members, partners, friends as possible would be there to support Neville and Rebecca on this important occasion.
 
To book through Trybooking CLICK HERE
 

CENTRAL MELBOURNE CHANGEOVER, 1st JULY. INVITATION

 
 

MEETING REPORT 24th MAY 2016

Chair of the day Rob Hines opened the meeting with a toast to Rotary International.
 
There was one visitor to the club this morning – soon to be inducted Sarah Overton
 
 Announcements:
  • Frank O’Brien advised that the new date for DIK was 18/6 after several changes in arrangements
  • President George Mackie revealed that he had attended the launch of Tony Thomas’ book and said that it was an elegant affair and that for the first time in his experience he had seen Tony lost for words. He also advised that the 7/6/2016 was the date for three events:
    • Sarah’s induction
    • Vote by the club on the proposed new name for the club
    • A discussion on membership focus and a vote on the way forward.
    • President Elect Justine Murphy put a plug in for a screening of a movie on 2nd June called Bringing the Light – the story of 7 women. It is being screened at 6.30 at the Nova Cinema and is an inspiring story of a sustainable social enterprise.
 
Club Forum:
President Elect Justine announced her goals for 2016/17 to be:
 
  *A happy, productive club
 
  *A proven, systematic process in place for attracting and recruiting members
 
  *A new member mentoring program in place, with new members active and engaged
 
  *A successful and well attended District Conference (March 2017)
 
  *A sustainable fundraising program in place
 
  *An ongoing commitment to humanitarian service at district level
 
The club’s Focus Plan developed during this rotary year (strategy on a page) was displayed and then project managers / directors spoke about individual components of the plan.
 
Various matters were discussed and the full set of slides are on the web-site.
 
Justine also handed out a document to members asking them to indicate what area / project they were interested in being involved with for the year. Members who haven’t completed the document can find it on the web-site.
 
Highlights were:
  • The swindle is to remain
  • Reports on club activities in future are going to be project based rather than avenue of service based.
  • We need to determine a use for the trailer previously used for community village
  • A reminder that DIK can be used for community projects not just overseas aid.
  • Rob Hines is keen to continue to explore indigenous projects and/ or engagement opportunity with the indigenous community
  • It was decided that we would probably not continue with the Fraternitas award as its value to international house has diminished since the quantum of the award has reduced to $250

GALLERY

Club Strategy Meeting: 

WARWICK EXPLAINING THE CLUBS STRATEGIC PROCESS.
 
 
TEAM LEADERS FOR THE INCOMING YEAR PRESENTING TO THE MEETING:
 
 
 
 
 
 
Meeting Responsibilities
WEEKLY ROSTER 14th June
 
Chair
VOICE, Mary
 
Presenter
THOMAS, Tony
 
Greeter
ZHANG, Yanpu
 
Reporter
GERLINGER, Marjorie
 
Photographer
JONES, David
 
Door
GERLINGER, Marjorie
 
Bulletin Editor
DRIVER, Allan
 
MARKET ROSTER 16th June 2016
 
Bump In
CUTHBERT, Greg
 
Bump Out
HOGAN, Gerard
 

Upcoming Events

Echuca Moama Steam Rally
Jun 11, 2016 – Jun 12, 2016
 
VicPol Mentoring Program Graduation breakfast
RACV City Club
Jun 21, 2016
7:30 AM – 8:45 AM
 
Changeover Dinner
Amora Riverwalk Hotel
Jul 01, 2016
7:00 PM – 11:30 PM
 

Speakers

Jun 14, 2016
 
Jun 21, 2016
 
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