The last meeting had our District Governor, John Pohl, as our guest speaker.
John mentioned that prior to meeting the day before with President Don, he had accessed our Club’s website and Facebook page to gain some insight into the Club’s activities and ‘public face’. He was pleased with what he saw and reinforced the need for Clubs to ensure that they provided a friendly and Informative portal to Rotary for potential members to access.
John advised that Rotary International is in the process of reviewing and in some instances changing the number of Rotary Districts, and as a result it is likely that some Rotary Districts may be amalgamated with others and all District numbers changed as a result.
John then also discussed the importance of Police checks for all Rotarians associating with vulnerable youth in the course of Rotary projects. He gave the following examples of situations where Rotary members need or don’t need to have current Police checks:
Rotarians who do not involve themselves in any Rotary projects but only attend meetings and adult Rotary functions – do not need to have Police checks done, but this information needs to be reported to the Club Board and noted in Club records
Rotarians working in e.g. sausage sizzles which may involve selling directly to youth under 18 years of age – should get Police checks done to ensure that all risks are covered
Rotarians working on Rotary initiatives like Ryla, Rypen and other similar projects that involve more ongoing contact with youth – must have a Department of Community and Social Inclusion (DCSI) check done.
In all situations it is better for the Club to take a conservative approach and have members arrange for Police Checks to be done, to ensure compliance with Government requirements.
President Don thanked District Governor John for his visit to the Club and for the informative and friendly coffee catch-up with him the day before. Don also reminded members to consider registering for DG John’s upcoming Rotary Convention in Geelong next March.
President’s thought for the week “Communication is a skill that you can learn. It’s like riding a bicycle or typing. If you’re willing to work at it, you can rapidly improve the quality of every part of your life.” Brian Tracy.
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8/11/16 - Pres Romaine Dawson: RC St Peters
"The Ice (Crystal Meth) Community Forum"
15/11/16 - Rtn Don Law: RC Yankalilla
"The Yankalilla Cruise"
22/11/16 - PP Peter Neale: RC Burnside
"Sailing"
29/11/16 - Rtn Ken Vear: RC Morialta
"The South Australian Wood Carving Academy"
2. Training News
Transformational Change: The Journey So Far
Working Together to Increase Membership
There are some great stories to tell in D9500 where clubs are focusing on attracting and engaging members!
Rotarians are encouraged to take up the opportunity to hear many of these stories at Membership Summit 2, to be held on Saturday November 19 from 9.00 am to 12.30 pm at St Michael’s College
(PLEASE NOTE THE CHANGE OF DATE). The format will be very interactive and two of the Pilot Project Clubs will share their story as part of the morning. Membership Summit 2 will be a bonus for those
who came to Summit 1 and very worthwhile for those who did not!
Register NOW on: http://e.mybookingmanager.com/membershipsummit2
Email: mdorring@bigpond.net.au
PDG Marie Dorrington
D9500 Learning & Development Team Leader
3. Donations in Kind working bee
Joint D9500 and D9520 working bee will be held on Saturday 12 November 2016, 10am - 3pm.
The Rotary International Convention will be held in Atlanta, Georgia, USA on 10-14 June 2017. It will be a celebration of The Rotary Foundation's 100th Anniversary.
Register before 15 December for extra savings.
5. ShelterBox - Mosul City - Iraq
Many displaced families could be forced to seek shelter outside managed camps in a barren and inhospitable landscape at a time of year given to storms and freezing overnight temperatures.
Giving people shelter and essential items such as a solar lamp, blankets and a water carrier will allow them a
degree of dignity and security to rest and recover.’
ShelterBox has recently committed 3,000 lightweight tents for the region, and has a further 3,000 on standby. The first shipment left a few week ago.
ShelterBox is asking its donors to dig deep to provide over £1.75 million more to allow this vital work to continue.
All clubs should consider assisting this cause – now
Contact – Chair – Greg Love – 0412 405 176 or Tim Klar – 0488 966 640 for further information.
For the benefit of members, we will aim to give the Duty Roster a few weeks ahead - see below.
Responsibility
3 November 2016
10 November 2016
17 November 2016
Chairperson
Phil Harding
Substitute meeting
Barry Grear
Attendance
David Riggall
may be held - TBC
Graham Smith
Attendance
Di Lane
Miriam Silva
Hosting
Angus Tuck
Yvette Reade
Furniture
Di Casey
Carolyn Wigg
Furniture
Fred Field
John Campbell
Invocation
Barry Grear
Richard Jarrett
Bottles/cans
Andrew Black
Dean Sullivan
Graham Smith
Rotaract roster
Not required
14/11 Yvette Reade
Not required
Bread roster
6/11 Richard Jarrett/
Terry Rodoni
13/11 Richard Jarrett/
Carolyn Wigg
20/11 Richard Jarrett/
Dean Sullivan
Member's Corner
Chairman: Meet/greet speaker for the meeting; introduce and thank speaker. Preparation:- find details about the speaker prior to the meeting. Attendance: Set up reception table (attendance sheet; members list – re -payments; guest welcome sheet; money; wine raffle sheet); register member payments/ apologies/ guests. Hosting: Set up name badges display; welcome all at the door; ensure speaker and guests are introduced to appropriatepersons. Furniture: Flags; banner display; raffle balls; collection boxes; Rotary theme banner; gong and hammer; lectern position before and returned after the meeting. Computerset up – Connect to projector. Switch on. Hold function key & press F5 twice. Invocation: Recite Rotary or other invocation relating to Rotary and fellowship. Bottles/cans: Collect bags of bottles/cans at meeting and take to recycle centre for refund, pass refund and empty bags to David Rowe at next meeting. Members’ Corner: write for the Newsletter on a topic of your choice, particularly during the 3 weeks you appear here on the roster, but also anytime you have something to say. Rotaract, Church, Bread roster: Roster is for the Sunday/Monday after the meeting date. Rotaract: Meets alternate Mondays at 6pm (for a 630pm start) at the General HavelockHotel in Hutt Street. Church: Sundays, 5.30pm at Pilgrim Uniting Church, 12 Flinders St (Park via boom gate in Flinders St. from 5pm). Bread: Sundays, meet outside Romeo's, North Adelaide at 4:45pm
Members rostered for Thursday morning duty are asked to be in attendance by 6.45am
For good food, for good fellowship and the opportunity to serve through Rotary, we give thanks
Rotary Club of Adelaide Light Mission Statement
To be recognised as the Service Club of Choice in the Eastern Precinct of Adelaide because we are a Friendly Breakfast Club that appeals to a broad range of busy people who want to make a difference to local and international communities.
