Rotary Central Melbourne meets at the RACV Club on the first and third Tuesdays of each month.

If you would like to visit our meeting, you are welcome to join us at the Theatrette, Chancery Level of the RACV Club. There is no charge for attending the meeting.

If you would like a more general discussion about attending a Rotary meeting, please contact the club secretary at rotaryclubcentralmelbourne@gmail.com

The meeting will commence at 7:40 am and conclude no later than 8:30. Members and guests are invited to stay for coffee or breakfast in the RACV Club Bistro following the meeting.

Dennis Shore: Doing Good in the World – why The Rotary Foundation matters

The Rotary Foundation exists to support Rotarians to deliver educational and humanitarian services to advance world understanding, goodwill and peace, the key shared mission of Rotary International and The Rotary Foundation and our shared priority to eradicate Polio. It does this and much more. In so many ways our Foundation is the DNA that makes Rotary uniquely different from other service organisations. This talk is a Trustee’s insight into how The Rotary Foundation is creating lasting impact.

Dennis joined Rotary in 1980 and is a Trustee of The Rotary Foundation from 2023 to 2027. He is also vice chair of Rotary Foundation Australia. In D9800 Dennis was District Governor in 2012-13 and has been District Foundation Chair and twice District Council on Legislation Representative. He has also served as District Secretary, Vice-Governor and Finance Committee Chair (twice), and many other district and club roles. He is honoured to be a recipient of The Rotary Foundation Distinguished Service Award and the Royce Abbey Award.

Dennis is a chartered chemical engineer with degrees from the University of New South Wales and postgraduate qualifications from Stanford University Graduate School of Business and INSEAD (France). After a career in paper manufacturing, culminating in international business development and management in the USA, Europe, and Asia, he established his own consulting business. These days Rotary is his main focus.

He has been married to Lynda for many years and they are proud parents to 2 wonderful adult daughters and grandparents to four treasured grandchildren.