DG WAYNE DELIVERS

 
 
District Governor Wayne and Suzanne
 

DG Wayne told us that RI President Mark Daniel Maloney has chosen the Theme Rotary Connects the World as he believes Members of Rotary connect with their families, their communities and via projects around the world.

Mark Maloney has four (4)Priorities for 2019-20

1. Increase our Impact 

  • 9 November 2019 – Rotary Day at the United Nations, New York, 
  • 4 Presidential Conferences 
           1.28 February 2020 – Santiago, Chile 
           2.28 March 2020 – Paris, France 
           3. 7-8 May 2020 – Rome, Italy 
           4.5 June 2020 – Honolulu, Hawaii, USA

2. Expand our Reach by growing Rotary

  • Retain / Engage Members
  • New Members
  • New Clubs
  • Look at all alternatives

3. Enhance Participant Engagement

  • Be more family freindly
  • Welcome children to our activities

4. Increase our ability to adapt

  • New approaches to our Organising principles do not threaten our sense of who we are, but can enhance who we are.
  • Rotary Leadership should not be a Full Time Job and was never intended to be this way.

And Then There Was DG Wayne's "Take" On Things   

  • We are one of the largest services organisations in the world with over 1.2 m members and yet unless you have been involved with Rotary at some point in your life, Rotary is virtually unknown to the general population.
  • We have over 1.2 million members with over 33,000 clubs worldwide.
  • A conservative estimate say each club contributes $30,000 per year into their local and international communities. This would mean that Rotary directly inputs in excess of $1.0 billion dollars per year into the world economy.
  • Let's say each member gives 2 hours per week to Rotary over and above their meetings, this would equate to 120 million hours of service to the world each year.
  • Now imagine if the Rotary International Leadership could go to some of the biggest companies in the world, Coca Cola, Apple, Ford and say we contribute over $1.0 billion and over 120 million hours of service to the world would you like to partner us in our next big project
  • Now on a District level we have close to 50 clubs this would give us $1.5 million dollars and with 1250 members over 125,000 hours per year to the community. So imagine the strength that would give the District and clubs in negotiating a partnership with local council or large business enterprise like BHP or Fortescue.
  • However we can say all this but we can't prove it. That is where and on a worldwide basis we are asking clubs to input their goals for 2019-20 into Rotary Central so the club, District and Rotary International have a record to allow us to tell the world. 
  • At a District Level via Project Director Max Bird and with the input, help and the assistance of the District Chairs. The Clubs within the District will be requested to complete a spreadsheet to build a data base for our District of projects our clubs do in the areas of International, Youth, Vocational and Community.
  • This data basis will assist District in enabling us to know the amount our clubs contribute to the world.
  • But even more important it will allow clubs to access projects within our District that they themselves may wish to do with contact points, thus enabling clubs to Connect with other clubs and ultimately via the projects Connect with their communities and the World.

Now imagine a world where

  • A 38 YO Wife and mother of 2 primary school children who works full time as a Financial Controller at a Transport company, but is now ready to give back to the community.
  • a 50 YO married man who is a FYFO worker on a 3 on 1 off roster whose wife works full time and finds himself bored at times during his week off and is seeking something more
  • a couple in their mid 60's retired for about 2 years and have done the bulk of their traveling now want to contribute to an overseas community they visited on their travels
  • a 30 year old Physiotherapist  who has commenced their own practice in a country town, but is seeking to get to know the local community and also contribute
  • 58 YO single professional woman looking towards retirement and is concerned about how she will fill her time and meet like minded people
  • All of these people have needs that could be met by joining a Rotary Club but how do they find out about this.

Now imagine if in one week these people hear and see the following

  • Walking after work they go to a park and find a new children's play ground and in a big sign next the play ground it advised all this was a Local Rotary Club Project
  • They then read the local paper and find the Rotary Club has an article with photos of an overseas project that was  funded by the local Rotary club and the Rotary Foundation
  • They are listening to the radio and find the Local Rotary Club is running a community concert to raise funds for a recent natural disaster.
  • Then at a local shopping centre they are given flyer on meeting the community and mental health that will be run by the local Rotary club.
  • Some look at facebook at find projects that Rotary has run.

Would this not give us a better chance of the general community understanding us and perhaps joining us.

So I ask that at every opportunity lets tell our story and 

Connect with the World.

Thank you