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At our last meeting on 7 September we were privileged to have District Governor Dylan Murray to our club. Dylan's messages to us were clear: Look out for new club members - there will be people just waiting to be asked. Look after your new club members - get them involved in club activities and make them feel valued. We need to understand what potential members of Rotary would like out of Rotary. When we achieve wonderful things, celebrate them - share in bulletins, on the website, through social media, local newspapers etc. Develop enthusiasm. Dylan encouraged us to think about other ways we can run our club - invite overseas speakers via zoom, meet with other clubs in our district, other NZ Districts and overseas. If Rotary is to survive and prosper there might be a pool of people who want to meet in a different format - e-clubs, satellite clubs, etc. New clubs must be seen as complementary, not competition. He encouraged us to think about what we want our club to look like in 5 years time. Dylan reminded us that the 2020-2021 is the 100 year celebration of Rotary teaming up with UNICEF in Australia and NZ. The key centenary project across Australia, New Zealand and the South Pacific is the regional ‘ Rotary Give Every Child a Future’ Pacific immunisation project. Its aim is to vaccinate 100,000 children across nine Pacific Island countries against rotavirus, pneumococcal and cervical cancer and establish sustainable vaccination programmes in each country. Dylan finished up by inviting us all to Waimate 19-21 March 2021 for the District 9980 Conference - the first time the conference has been held in Waimate. |
