Meetings & Speakers
On this page: Guest Speakers, Meeting Location and Times, Annual General Meetings, Committee Meetings
2024 General Meeting Calendar
| January No meeting |
23 February | 22 March (AGM) |
| 26 April |
24 May |
28 June |
| 26 July |
23 August |
27 September |
| 25 October |
22 November |
December Christmas Luncheon |
Please advise our Secretary if you are unable to attend a monthly meeting.
NOTE: With respiratory diseases such as COVID-19 and influenza still circulating in our community, members are encouraged to continue to exercise caution and follow health department guidelines with regard to social distancing and mask wearing.
Please do not attend a meeting if you are feeling unwell or have any COVID-like symptoms.
Forthcoming Guest Speakers
Here's what's planned for guest speakers at our Club general meetings in the near future ...
(To find out about upcoming activities and outings go to the ‘Activities and Outings’ page.)
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October 25th Martin Green - Women of Beleura Beleura is a heritage house museum with five hectares of garden on the Mornington Peninsula. For a different viewpoint on Beleura’s story, Martin will look at five different women over different periods who have had a connection with Beleura including 1840 aboriginal woman Eliza; Lady Tallis, hostess, charity fundraiser, mother and wife of a theatre entrepreneur; artist Christian Waller in the 1930s; ceramicist Klytie Pate; and contemporary jazz pianist Andrea Keller. Martin Green has worked in heritage tourism and the museum sector for 24 years. For over twelve years he was the Education, Collections and Interpretations manager at the National Trust. He has also worked for ABC TV as a Producer in education and the arts as well as for ACMI and their Digital Story series. |
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Post-Meeting Club Lunch NOTE: the club lunch normally held after the monthly meeting has been temporarily cancelled. The committee is currently considering alternative arrangements for the club lunch, and will provide more information at a future meeting. |
General Meetings - Location and Times
Monthly Club General Meetings take place at 10.30am on the fourth Friday of each month, February to November inclusive (however always check the calendar above). Meetings usually finish around 12.45pm
General Meetings are held at the South Melbourne Community Centre, a City of Port Phillip facility, located at 1 Ferrars Place, South Melbourne. (If you are heading east on Park Street, Ferrars Place is the first street on the right immediately after crossing over the St Kilda light rail line).
There is plenty of 2 hour parking in Ferrars Place if you come by car. The venue is also very well served by public transport with a number of tram (routes 1 and 96) and bus (236) stops within 5 to 10 minutes walk.
The meeting format is usually as follows:
10.30-10.55: Coffee and socialising
11.00 sharp - be seated ready for the meeting's commencement
11.00-12.00: Guest speaker and questions/discussion
12.00-12.10: Short break
12.10-12.45: Meeting formalities and new member induction
Members and visitors may not enter the hall until 10:30am and are asked to have their mobile phone switched to silent during the meeting. The hall must be vacated by 1pm.
Annual General Meetings
AGMs occur on the fourth Friday of March (however always check with the calendar grid above), in conjunction with the normal monthly general meeting. The AGM is quite brief, focusing mainly on the nomination/election of the Committee for the following year.
Committee Meetings
These are held on the second Friday of each month, February to November starting at 10:30am. The venue is the Liardet St Community Centre at the corner of Liardet and Nott St in Port Melbourne. Non-Committee members of the Club are welcome to observe at these meetings.