Bulletin of Moreland Rotary
EDITION 9|4 NOVEMBER 2022
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WINNING THE WAR ON POLIO Reflections in the light of the recent World Polio Day on the role of Rotary and our partners in our success in eliminating polio Pages 3-4 Award of Excellence for Club Bulletin 2018-2019
Moreland Rotary acknowledges the Wurundjeri people of the eastern Kulin Nations on whose unceded lands we conduct our business. Moreland Rotary respectfully acknowledges their Ancestors and Elders, past, present and emerging. Moreland Rotary also acknowledges the Traditional Custodians and their Ancestors of the lands and waters across Australia where we conduct our business.
Cover : Young child receiving an oral polio vaccineation (Image: Rotary International)
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Ending Polio - Rotary's role
Rotary has been working to eradicate polio for more than 35 years. Our goal of ridding the world of this disease is closer than ever. As a founding partner of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative, we've reduced polio cases by 99.9 percent since our first project to vaccinate children in the Philippines in 1979. Rotary members have contributed more than $2.1 billion and countless volunteer hours to protect nearly 3 billion children in 122 countries from this paralyzing disease. Rotary’s advocacy efforts have played a role in decisions by governments to contribute more than $10 billion to the effort. Today, polio remains endemic only in Afghanistan and Pakistan. But it’s crucial to continue working to keep other countries polio-free. If all eradication efforts stopped today, within 10 years, polio could paralyse as many as 200,000 children each year.
For more information and/or to donate, go to: https://www.rotary.org/en/our-causes/ending-polio TEXT: AND IMAGES: ROTARY INTERNATIONAL
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Global Polio Eradication Initiative
Who we are The Global Polio Eradication Initiative is a public-private partnership led by national governments with six partners – the World Health Organization (WHO), Rotary International, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and Gavi, the vaccine alliance. Its goal is to eradicate polio worldwide.
The endgame: What will it take to eradicate polio? We are close to making polio the second human disease to be eradicated, but what will it take to finally consign this killer disease to the history books? Both were exceptionally talented researchers, so united in their desire to rid the world of polio that they inoculated themselves and their families with disabled versions of the virus. Yet the rivalry between Jonas Salk and Albert Sabin was intense, with Sabin once suggesting that Salk’s efforts could be achieved in a kitchen sink. The source of their hostility was a disagreement about the best way to immunise people against polio. Salk believed the answer lay in a “killed” virus vaccine – where the virus particles had been chemically inactivated, so they could no longer replicate or cause disease. Sabin favoured using a “live” oral vaccine – one containing live, but weakened, virus particles that could replicate but couldn’t cause paralysis. The incidence of polio has reduced by 99.9% and GPEI and its partners have achieved what many had assumed would be impossible: the eradication of polio from all but a handful of countries. Salk’s inactivated polio vaccine (IPV) entered human trials and was approved first. But it was Sabin’s oral polio vaccine (OPV) that became the global workhorse in polio eradication efforts and has been largely responsible for driving polio to the brink of extinction. However, polio isn’t gone, and the combination of COVID-19, ongoing conflict and political turmoil, has given polio the space it needed to fight back. Now, as polio eradication approaches its endgame, it is a combination of Salk’s and Sabin’s approaches that experts are hoping will prove to be humanity’s : winning hand.
For more information, go to: https://polioeradication.org/who-we-are/
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“END POLIO NOW” – BRINGING OUT THE BEST QUALITIES OF ROTARY A message from Moreland Club President Trevor Moyle Located here in Melbourne Australia as President of Moreland Rotary, I cant help being a little awe struck on and proud of the collective efforts of the global Rotary organisation. Many Rotary clubs in Polio affected areas around the world have over time undertaken extensive hands on work with victims as well providing education in prevention to their own communities. Support of many thousands of Rotarians has also contributed to vital public health education and fundraising to support the work on ending Polio. Moreland Rotary has been a consistent fundraiser for the End Polio Now campaign which, as indicated above, gives us a sense that our efforts are worthwhile. Whether it be End Polio Now or for local programmes like our work in the area of Youth Mental Health there is tremendous scope for our work as effective community change agents. I would therefore encourage readers to give thought to becoming involved in Rotary.
Trevor Moyle, President Ph 0419348500 Email – trevormoyle@optusnet.com.au
Moreland Rotary and individual Rotarians proudly donate regularly to the Polio Plus campaign to help ensure that humanity is free from this terrible disease.
You can help too! Just click on: https://www.rotary.org/en/our-causes/ending-polio :
then click on "DONATE" TEXT: AND IMAGES: TREVOR MOYLE
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Rotary
: Rotary International President Jennifer Jones
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About Rotary District Governor's Newsletter
Members of Rotary are part of a diverse group of community and professional leaders working to address community and international service needs and to promote peace and understanding throughout the world.
Rotary districts are a way of grouping a number of clubs in a particular geographic area. The area covered quite often crosses state and even international boundaries.
"IMAGINE What your Rotary can be" is the monthly newsletter of our late District Governor David McPherson in 2022-23. There is a lot of information about the many Rotary projects and events across our District. Simply click here to read the last edition
Rotary District 9790 encompasses the northern Rotary clubs receive a charter suburbs of Melbourne and from the worldwide organisation - stretches north and north east of Rotary International. Victoria to the Murray River and up into parts of NSW. A Rotarian belongs to a particular Rotary Club often near his/her For more information about home or work or sometimes Rotary District 9790, click here because of the club meeting time. THE MORELANDER
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Rotary Leadership 2022-23 Rotary International: President: Jennifer Jones (Nick Krayacich), Windsor-Roselands Rotary, Canada District Governor: David McPherson, Deniliquin Rotary Assistant Governor Group 2: TBA Moreland Rotary President: Trevor Moyle
Moreland Rotary Service Roles 2022-23 President President Elect Secretary Treasurer Community Service Vocational Services Membership, International Service and Assistant Bulletin Editor Rotary Foundation Youth Club Administration and Governance Environment Bulletin Editor and Public Image Australian Rotary Health Club History Social Valued members Honorary Members
Trevor Moyle Jo Connellan Silvana De Pretto Nino Galgano Rosemary Freeman Brian Bennett Trevor Moyle Rosemary Freeman Silvana De Pretto Nino Galgano Jo Connellan David Redfearn OAM Rosemary Freeman Nino Galgano Russell Stuckey John Hoffmann, , Lee Garwood, Emma Davis The Hon. Kelvin Thomson, Helen Bailey, John Awler, Richard McCarthy
District 9790 /Multi District Roles 2021-22 Director, 2023 Convention Host Organising Committee Australian Rotary Health District Legal Officer District Bulletin Editor and Peter Toomey Community Police Award Shine On Awards
Emma Davis Rosemary Freeman Nino Galgano David Redfearn OAM Brian Bennett
WHEN AND WHERE WE MEET: Moreland Rotary Club meets most Wednesdays at 7.30 for a 7.40 am start. We meet at the Sorrento Bar, 801 Sydney Road, Brunswick, 3056 HOW TO GET A COPY OF THE MORELANDER: If you would like to receive our bulletin via email each week, email our editor at: dredfearn@vtown.com.au WHERE TO SEND FORMAL CORRESPONDENCE: Attention: The Secretary, Moreland Rotary Club, PO Box 219, Coburg, Victoria, 3058
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Upcoming events and meetings A standing invitation exists for all readers of The Morelander to attend Moreland Rotary Club meetings and some of our other events. Please let us know if you intend to join us by ringing David Redfearn on 0448 852 747 or emailing on dredfearn@vtown.com.au (click on email address).
Upcoming speakers/events 2 November: Joe Perri, Fawkner Residents' Association 9 November: Monthly Board meeting 16 November: Jo Connellan on RIMERN (Rotary Inner Melbourne Emergency Relief Network) 22 November: RYLA Dinner at Doxa Camp, Malmsbury 30 November: Rotary Peace Fellow Michael Chew
Our Guest Speakers Moreland Rotary invites speakers to our club both from our local community and further afield. They come from a wide range of backgrounds and are invited because they hopefully inform and stimulate our members and guests. We feel that this is of value in fostering a deeper understanding of our diverse community and even providing guidance as to the types of activites and projects our club may engage in. However the opinions expressed by our speakers do not necessarily reflect any official viewpoint of Moreland Rotary nor those of individual club members. Irrespective of this we always offer a warm Rotary welcome to all of our speakers.
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During the pandemic restrictions we met via Zoom on Wednesday mornings from 7.30-8.30 am but we NOW MEET in person at our usual venue (listed on page 7). You should contact us beforehand in case restrictions are in force but you can still join us on Zoom at any time and the link is below.
We always aim to have great guest speakers whether meeting in person or virtually! Why not join us one morning? Simply ring David on 0448 852 747 the day before to RSVP or go to: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/3068589175 just before the meeting to join in.