Larry Green chaired this week's club meeting at Cilantro, and which was also our club's Annual General Meeting. Ian and Helen joined via Zoom, as did former club member, Sue Loeliger. Committees also provided updates on activities within their committee. CLUB ANNOUNCEMENTS
President's Meeting Fri 21/11 - President Grant and Ron attended the President's Meeting which also included the District AGM. Emma Clark was confirmed as the incoming DG for D9815 for 2026-2027, and Murray Wilson as the DG Nominee for the year 2027-2028. Shalini Penny was confirmed as the District Secretary for 2026-2027.
Other topics covered during the President's Meeting included a project for Men's Health, Marketing, and a Film Night at the Dendy theatre in Brighton.
Riding for the Disabled Club Visit - Sat 22/11. Jo Impey attended the RDA in Moorabbin with a few other club members, and had the opportunity to see the horse that was partly funded by BMC. A lovely time was had by all. It is expected that all going well, the horse should provide a further 15 years of service for RDA.
CLUB DONATIONS
The following two motions were put forward for club voting.
Motion
Moved that the Rotary Club of Bentleigh Moorabbin Central Inc. donates $5,000 to Polio Eradication.
Moved: Linda O'Brien Seconded: Peter O'Brien. Motion carried
Motion
Moved that the Rotary Club of Bentleigh Moorabbin Central Inc. donates $5,500 to Australia Rotary Health for their Indigenous Scholarship program for 2026.
Moved: Linda O'Brien Seconded: Neville Kruss Motion carried.
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING - ROTARY CLUB OF BENTLEIGH MOORABBIN CENTRAL INC. AND THE INCORPORATED ASSOCIATION.
Larry Green conducted the Annual General Meeting for the Rotary Club of Bentleigh Moorabbin Central Inc to elect officers and directors for next year's board 2026-2027. The club members nominated by the nominated committee were announced, and as no further nominations were received, all club members who were nominated were duly elected as follows:
President: Neville Kruss
Vice President: Linda O'Brien
Treasurer: Ian Ballantine
Secretary: Karin Soster
Two Directors to serve 2 years 2026-2028 - Paul Ferguson and Jules Gadde
It is noted:
President Grant Perry will take on the role of Immediate Past President
President Elect - remains vacant as a position to be filled
Current Directors - Kellie Carruthers and Larry Green continue on the board to serve their second year 2026-2027.
Current Directors - Julie Reid and Terry Kane will retire from the board on 30 June 2026.
The club acknowledged and thanked Julie and Terry for their dedicated work on the board.
Tony Ryan conducted the Annual General Meeting of the Incorporated Association.
Minutes of the previous year's AGM minutes, and the club's audited financial accounts for the year ending 30 June 2025 were circulated to club members for member acceptance.
Motion was moved for club members to accept the minutes and the club's audited financial accounts.
Moved: Tony Ryan Seconded: Jo Impey Motion was carried.
COMMITTEE REPORTS
The following committee reports were provided:
Market - Larry Green
Income - The committee is tracking income received from E-tickets, racks and table hire, coins and notes. Each week varies but comparisons over the months show the income evens out.
Mobile Phone - the committee is considering doing away with the mobile phone and introducing a 1300 number.
Try Booking - emails are being directed to Larry
Market gates - Peter O'Brien is investigating changing the current gates
Mulch - enquiries for mulch previously available at the market are being advised where they purchase the garden mulch.
Santa Claus market visit - Santa will attend the market on Sunday 7/12 from 10:30am. Publicity posters and giveaways are being arranged.
Jim Magee is liaising with Glen Eira Council regarding food at the market.
Southern FM - will visit the market sometime early 2026.
International - Linda O'Brien
Linda listed the following organisations as having received donations during the current Rotary Year - $2,000 for ShelterBox, $2,000 for Disaster Aid Australia, and $2,625 for Donations in Kind.
The following organisations are in the pipeline for consideration: Wheel Chairs for Kids, ROMAC, Interplast, Mercy Ships, Medical mission in the Philippines, and Schools in Fiji.
Youth and Vocational - Ron Brownlees
The following are current programs - Police Proactive program, Peace Poles program, Headspace - food program, School Awards at secondary colleges - Cheltenham, McKinnon and Bentleigh.
Ron is also the club's Youth Protection officer - and advises the club has 6 members yet to provide their WWCC (Working with Children Check) certificates. Members who do not have a current WWCC certificate will not be able to participate in any programs that involve youth.
Membership - Tim Lynch
Tim announced so far this year we have had one new member, and he has a couple in 'the wings'.
Tim has arranged a notice to be placed in the Glen Eira News to promote the club and market.
Tim encourages club members to invite potential members to attend club meetings. He conducted an 'on the spot member survey' for positives for joining Rotary. The following comments were put forward - Do good for others, Give back to the community, Make connections and friends, Receive knowledge and information on current issues within the community, Develop professional and leadership skills, Rotary is an ideal forum for harnessing ideas and coordinating projects to serve local and international communities.
CLUB ROSTERS
The rosters for next week's club meeting and the market were announced.
President Grant thanked everyone for today's AGM and committee reports, and declared the meeting closed.