Our Youth Director Mike Weber is continuing in this new Rotary Year.
Following last week's article about the plans of International Director Maurie Selth, this week we look at the wprk proposed by Mike & his Committee
We have started the new Rotary year under the most trying times ever, but we will not be daunted, for the show must go on! It will not be easy, but with the Youth Team we have, all like-minded and focused, it will be as a good a year as we can possibly make it.
We are currently responsible for an Overseas Youth Exchange student, Chloe Holmes, who is currently in Finland. What a rising star she has turned out to be? We, the RCME, are fortunate that we have her mentor and President elect, Neil Heron on our team. Chloe and her parents are well pleased about the situation and send their thanks.
One of our Youth projects for the new year will be when we can draw (RCME) students from our local schools, to attend the District MUNA (Model United Nations Assembly) conference at Phillip Island. Hopefully they can again debate themselves right into the National MUNA Assembly, to be held in Canberra like our team did last time. All things being equal, the first round of MUNA should happen in April or May 2021.
Our club has always sponsored a team or at least some students for this most amazing of events where young people really shine!
PP Ross and Rotarians Mike and Brynton, have been requested to be part of the mentoring team for District 9820 when it all takes off again. This is in recognition for our physical support during the 2019-2020 gathering of the minds in Canberra.
We plan to allocate and subsidise two students to NYSF this Rotary year in January 2021. Sophie Nolan, who is an automatic candidate due to her tenure being lost in 2020 as a result of Covid-19 that caused the event to be cancelled.
The other candidate will have to be interviewed as part of the standard procedures. This is not an auto-fill position and only the select students go through to the event. PP Ross (Youth Team) has made himself available to formally participate in the Canberra forum as a team facilitator on behalf of RCME. Fortunately we are closely connected to our DG Mark and Past ADG Steve who may consider us favourably for this role.
We can only plan, but if there are no available funds or the Covid-19 issue prolongs, and we cannot go, then so be it, but at least let us be prepared!
Again, this year, the Youth Committee will work closely with the Vocational Group, so that together we can make things happen.
It will not be easy, but it will be challenging, and we will face each opportunity from a positive angle.
This of course, has all to fit into the path which Pres. Sue has chosen to lead us in.
Once again, a big thank you and a bigger welcome to my Youth Team members.
Together we will make it happen and hopefully have fun while we do it.
Mike Weber - Director Youth 2020-2021
