Last Sunday, 14th March, I attended the Rotary Club of Eynesbury charter event. It was fantastic! People from around the District attended, many who had not seen each other for over twelve months and it was wonderful to see the kind of camaraderie for which Rotarians are renowned. The brunch event was held in a marquee with many local business and community people in attendance, including the Mayor and four councillors. The Club chartered with 21 members, with a further member joining after being so inspired by the guest speakers at the event. Well done to Loryn Clark and all those involved with this charter, and I wish the members of this new and vibrant club every success going forward.
A new communication connection program is about to be piloted with the Goldfields Cluster clubs. This program, called Common Times, will connect local communities and attract volunteers and donors by sharing events and opportunities in their region via a website that differs substantially from other forms of media. Our aim of course, is also to attract new members, particularly to charter a new club at Heathcote and a satellite millennial group for the Goldfields Cluster. I will provide further information about Common Times and the results of the pilot program in coming editions of Networker.
It has been genuinely pleasing to see during my club visits, that all Rotarians are so upbeat about coming back together for face-to-face meetings. Let’s keep the spirit up and in coming weeks I will talk more about the last quarter of this Rotary year and what we can do together to achieve as much as possible and have fun doing it.
Enjoy the week ahead in giving service above self.
Rotary District 9800 Governor Philip Archer