Guest Speakers:

• Rtn Tony Pilkington OAM
• Rtn Sue MacKenzie, Polio Australia

Bookings and payment: https://trybooking.com/422828

Cost: $35.30 Two Course alternative drop, Cash Bar

RSVP: 19th October, 2018.
Please include Name and Rotary Club name in your booking details.

Friday after the first Monday of the month from 5:30pm is Cocktail Hour at the Rotary Club of Brisbane!

You and your family and friends are cordially invited to share Rotary Fellowship and Fun.

Free Parking at the United Service Club (entry from Upper Edward Street)
Meeting fee is $15 to cover room hire and bar food. 

Lunch Meeting on Monday cancelled in favour of Cocktail meeting on Friday 7th December

Friday after the first Monday of the month from 5:30pm is Cocktail Hour at the Rotary Club of Brisbane, and the December cocktails double up as our Christmas celebration function.

You and your family and friends are cordially invited to share Rotary Fellowship and Fun.

Free Parking at the United Service Club (entry from Upper Edward Street)
Meeting fee is $20 to cover room hire and upgraded Christmas finger food.

Friday after the first Monday of the month from 5:30pm is Cocktail Hour at the Rotary Club of Brisbane!

You and your family and friends are cordially invited to share Rotary Fellowship and Fun.

Free Parking at the United Service Club (entry from Upper Edward Street)
Meeting fee is $15 to cover room hire and bar food. 

Ray is a Principal Business Services Officer in the Office of Fair Trading in the Queensland Department of Justice and Attorney-General and he is located in George Street overlooking the new Casino excavation site.

He has 42 years’ experience in dealing with legislation governing Queensland based legal entities including building societies, credit unions, friendly societies and cooperative housing societies, prior to their transfer to new supervision schemes from 1992 to 1995.

Ray began administering cooperatives legislation in 1978 and has participated in National Working Party officers’ teleconferences since 1996 and is currently the longest serving participant.

Ray acted as Executive Manager of Registration Services during the transition of REVS, bills of sale and business names to the Commonwealth in 2012.

He is currently in charge of a team which deals with the registration of cooperatives and limited partnerships, the review of funeral trust account audit reports, the receipting of OFT mail payments, and    enquiries about incorporated associations, charities and bodies incorporated by letters patent or Act of Parliament.

President Chris is calling for a volunteer coordinator and volunteers to work with the coordinator on this one. Sign up at the link at left.

Councilor Adrian Schrinner will be one of the two distinguished guest speakers at the 2019 Rotary International Women's Day Breakfast. He will introduce the experience of the Brisbane City Council in achieving diversity amongst its empolyees. 

Adrian Schrinner has served as the Councillor for Chandler Ward since 2005 and Deputy Mayor since 2011.

Adrian has been a member of Civic Cabinet since 2008 and is currently the Chairman of the Public & Active Transport Committee. In this role, he has special responsibility for the development of the Brisbane Metro project.

Former roles include Chairman of the Finance and Economic Development Committee (2008-2012) and Chairman of the Infrastructure Committee (2012-16).

In previous positions he has overseen many major projects including the $1.5 billion Legacy Way tunnel and the New Farm Riverwalk.
Adrian is passionate about Brisbane and his local area and is working hard to help make sure our city and its suburbs are even better in the future. He and his wife Nina live in Carindale and have four young children, Octavia, Wolfgang, Monash and Petra.

Professor Margaret Sheil AO will be one of the two distinguished guest speakers at the 2019 Rotary International Women's Day Breakfast. She will introduce the experience of the Queensland University of Technology in achieving diversity amongst its empolyees. 

Professor Margaret Sheil AO was appointed Vice-Chancellor and President of QUT in February 2018, having previously been Provost at The University of Melbourne since 2012.

Professor Sheil has been an academic in chemistry and held a number of senior roles at the University of Wollongong. She is a Fellow of the Royal Australian Chemical Institute (RACI), the Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (ATSE), and was inaugural Fellow of the Australian and New Zealand Society for Mass Spectrometry (ANZSM). 

Professor Sheil is a Director of the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO) and a member of the Advisory Council of the CSIRO Science Industry Endowment Fund (SIEF).   She was Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Research Council (2007-2012) and has previously been a member of the Advisory Board for Coursera; she has also been a member of the Prime Minister’s Science, Innovation and Engineering Council, the National Research Infrastructure Council and the Cooperative Research Centres Committee. 

In June 2017 Professor Sheil was made an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) for her distinguished service to science and higher education as an academic and administrator, through significant contributions to the national research landscape, and to performance standards. Professor Sheil holds a Bachelor of Science and a PhD in Physical Chemistry from The University of New South Wales, and was presented with the Science and Technology Alumni Award from UNSW in 2016.

Following the success of the inaugural Rotary International Women's Day Breakfast, held in 2018, the Rotary Club of Brisbane is pleased to invite you to attend or to partner with us to deliver the 2019 Rotary International Women's Day Breakfast, to be held in Brisbane, Australia, on Wednesday, 6^th March 2019.

With a theme of “Achieving Diversity”, the seminar will be focusing on the contemporary challenges organisations face to achieve a proper balance in their workforce. We are delighted to announce our distinguished speakers for the event:

• Professor Margaret Sheil AO, Vice-Chancellor and President of the Queensland University of Technology; and
• Councillor Adrian Schrinner, Deputy Mayor, Chairman of the Public & Active Transport Committee, Brisbane City Council.

Our objective is to facilitate a space for open dialogue on the crucial topic of “Achieving Diversity”, enabling stakeholders to acquire practical knowledge and build collaborative contacts which will allow them to incorporate it into their long-term strategies successfully. Thus the event is for business people serious about achieving diversity in their organisations. An extensive promotional campaign including advertisements, direct email campaigns, web and social media exposure will be implemented in the lead up to 2019 Rotary International Women's Day Breakfast, providing a massive opportunity for businesses to be featured as key supporters.

Alongside with the crucial conversation the 2019 Rotary International Women's Day Breakfast, we will be fundraising for Rotary Youth Leadership Awards (RYLA) scholarships for young Brisbane women. RYLA is an exciting and challenging program which aims to equip leaders and potential leaders aged 18 to 26 with the personal, leadership and citizenship skills required to succeed in all areas of life. The week-long program provides participants with an unforgettable experience in life, learning and laughter in a rural setting.

In case you would like to SPOTLIGHT your organisation to key stakeholders and ALIGN your brand to the conversation we can offer sponsorship opportunities:

Platinum sponsor (exclusive opportunity) = $3000

Our Platinum Sponsor is the premier sponsor of the 2019 Rotary International Women's Breakfast and can nominate two young women to attend the Rotary Youth Leadership Awards 2019.

Benefits included:

• Two tables for eight guests each for a total of 16 tickets
• Verbal recognition of partnership at the event opening and closing
• Opportunity to provide a free-standing banner to appear in a prime location at the breakfast
• The organisation will be entitled to use the endorsement phrase “Platinum Sponsor of Rotary International Women's Breakfast 2019” until 31 March 2019
• Distribute up to two corporate giveaways as part of the event to event participants (at own expense)
• 250-word corporate message on the event page on the Rotary Club of Brisbane website
• Listing as the Platinum donor with logo and hyperlink on event materials
• Listing as a website sponsor on the Rotary Club of Brisbane website
• Opportunity to nominate two young women to attend the Rotary Youth Leadership Awards 2019 (valued at $1990, subject to further approval by the RYLA organising committee)

Gold sponsor (exclusive opportunity) = $1500 (sold to Davidson Executive & Boards)

Our Gold Sponsor is an integral sponsor of the 2019 Rotary International Women's Breakfast and can nominate one young woman to attend the Rotary Youth Leadership Awards 2019.

Benefits included:

• 1 table for eight guests for a total of 8 tickets
• Verbal recognition of partnership at the event opening and closing
• The organisation will be entitled to use the endorsement phrase “Gold Sponsor of Rotary International Women's Breakfast 2019” until 31 March 2019
• Distribute one corporate giveaway as part of the event to event participants (at own expense)
• 250-word corporate message on the event page on the Rotary Club of Brisbane website
• Listing as Gold sponsor with logo and hyperlink on event materials
• Listing as a website sponsor on the Rotary Club of Brisbane website
• Opportunity to nominate one young woman to attend the Rotary Youth Leadership Awards 2019 (valued at $995, subject to further approval by the RYLA organising committee)

Silver sponsor (two opportunities) = $750

Our Silver Sponsors are important sponsors of the 2019 Rotary International Women's Breakfast.

Benefits included:

• 1 table for eight guests for a total of 8 tickets
• Verbal recognition of partnership at the event opening and closing
• The organisation will be entitled to use the endorsement phrase “Silver Sponsor of Rotary International Women's Breakfast 2019” until 31 March 2019
• 250-word corporate message on the event page on the Rotary Club of Brisbane website
• Listing as a Silver sponsor with logo and hyperlink on event materials
• Listing as a website sponsor on the Rotary Club of Brisbane website

Table sponsor = $450

Benefits include 1 table for eight guests for a total of 8 tickets. A table can be sponsored here.

Individual tickets are priced at $65 and can be purchased here.  

If you would like to discuss further, please, contact Daniel Vankov.

Friday after the first Monday of the month from 5:30pm is Cocktail Hour at the Rotary Club of Brisbane!

You and your family and friends are cordially invited to share Rotary Fellowship and Fun.

Free Parking at the United Service Club (entry from Upper Edward Street)
Meeting fee is $15 to cover room hire and bar food. 

Location: 

23 Mary st, Kingston. From Kingston rd,  at lights into Clare st then first right into Anthony st ( show Baptist church sign) and at the end of the T is Mary st and we are directly in front.

More information at:

http://www.conference9600.org

Friday after the first Monday of the month from 5:30pm is Cocktail Hour at the Rotary Club of Brisbane!

You and your family and friends are cordially invited to share Rotary Fellowship and Fun.

Free Parking at the United Service Club (entry from Upper Edward Street)
Meeting fee is $15 to cover room hire and bar food. 

Morgan Marks is a Peace Fellow at the UQ Rotary Peace Centre and RCoB is her host club. Morgan will talk about her time so far as a Peace Fellow and about her Applied Field Experience project working with indigenous gropups in Canada.

BOOK HERE   - It's Free!

We are pleased to invite you, members of your Rotary Club and the partners to join our 35th charter
anniversary. The celebration activities will be held in Taipei from Tuesday April 16, 2019 through
Thursday April 18, 2019. Please refer to the schedule below.
＞Tuesday, April 16, 2019
18:00 Welcome dinner party
＞Wednesday, April 17, 2019
8:00 ~ Golf/ Tour/ Free time for optional activities
＞Thursday, April 18, 2019
17:30 Registration
18:00 Celebration party / meeting
Dress code for the celebration party/meeting will be suit & tie, other activities will be casual.
We would appreciate your advice in advance the names of your club members and the partners who
will join our celebration. We look forward to seeing you and your members in Taipei next April.