President John Bolto welcomed Rotarians and our guest to another Club Zoom meeting due to the lock-down provisions of the current pandemic. Trust you all made Zoom work again.
Hope you all have your beverage and appetiser ready to tuck into.
Dinner money for the matching fundraising – have you contributed? This money will go to the John Fawcett foundation as part of a matching grant.
Zone Cluster Meeting
- AMcG & JB attended
- Nick Lim described how RCEQ collected 3.5 tonnes of food in 3 hrs on Sat 16th May. They ran a very good Social Media campaign which we can learn from.
RCD SGM this evening to formalise positions for next year.
Zoom version 5.02 out now, make sure you update. Don’t use the same password on your Zoom account as your other more critical accounts.
Welcome Guest:
Pres John welcomed our Assistant District Governor, Alison Kirby who is with us this evening.
Apologies: Received from Richard Ranshaw, Tom Langley, Tim Humphry & John Thornton.
Attendees: At peak time we had 34 participants, that is 33 members & 1 guest.
Family & Friends News: No news.
Birthdays & Anniversaries: (Bob Davis)
- Peter Marfleet 2 June 70 years!
- Joan Rogers 29 May
- Margaret Jones 2 June
Anniversaries:
- John & Lee Saleeba 3 June 55 years! Well done.
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Reports:
Charitable Trust: (Russell Hawkins)
There will be a Board meeting tomorrow night for the Charitable Trust, in Russell’s office at 5 pm.
The portfolio is slowly improving, went up $5k today!
As the end of the Financial Year is coming close, Russell will write to all members and ask them to consider a tax-effective donation into the Charitable Trust.
2 Cases of SSB available $135/ case Flying Fish Cove. See Russell.
Club Services : (Anthony McGrath)
A Zoom meeting will be convened shortly just to touch base. Stay tuned.
I will email all Directors and let them know about the District on-line Assembly on 6 June 2020.
Treasurer: (Leon Lorenzen)
So far $900 has been donated to the John Fawcett Foundation Dinner Money drive.
Leon also wants all Directors to provide their Budget Figures to him by the end of this week for Next Year’s activities/events/projects / Fundraising and expenditure.
RI & International : (Michael Bisset)
Ken has put in an application for a District Grant for the John Fawcett Foundation to run two Eye Clinics in Bali at a total cost of $5,000. $2,500 from RCD and $2,500 from District 9455. We propose to raise our $2,500 by requesting a direct donation from members from the money that would have otherwise been spent on Dinner Fees.
Michael outlined a new project for International being a School Book / Educational Material for Schools in PNG. Michael has done a fair bit of preliminary work and it looks like a great project in which we can get people involved. Let him know if you are willing to assist. This can also involve your partner, friends or Adult Children.
There will be an International meeting this week on Zoom.
Youth : (Kim Smith)
We had an email from Hollie this week which was fantastic. It outlined that because we took a chance on her she got to undertake a life-changing event. If we had not or delayed her she would NOT have gone and done the things she did. It showed what an impact it can have on Student Lives!
There was a question regarding Cadu and how he is going considering Brazil is in a lot of trouble. Michael Bisset will check on him and report next meeting. He heard from him about a month ago and he was all ok but NOT complimentary about his government.
Public Image: (Kevin Jackson)
Kevin and Richard R went out to Foodbank this week with The Post. It was about RCD donating 5,000 meals thru’ Foodbank to the less fortunate. The article should be in this Friday’s edition.
Kevin is dealing with Steve H regarding collecting sleeping bags for the homeless. This could be a very good story.
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Special General Meeting:
- Welcome to this Special General Meeting of the Rotary Club of Dalkeith Inc.
- I declare this meeting open at 5:52 pm on 25 May 2020.
- Notice of the meeting was provided to you on 12 May 2020.
- The Board has determined to conduct the meeting electronically having regard to the restrictions on large gatherings presently.
- We have 33 members in attendance which exceeds 50% of the membership – accordingly, the meeting is quorate.
- The Business of this meeting is the Election of Officers and Board Members to serve in the 2020/2021 Rotary Year.
- The Secretary has received the following Nominations for the following positions;
- President-Elect: Anthony McGrath
- Secretary-Elect: Craig James
- Treasurer-Elect: Leon Lorenzen
- Club Services Director: Peter Panek
- Community Services Director: Tim Humphry
- RI & International Director: Michael Bisset
- Membership Director: John Bolto
- Public Image Director: Kevin Jackson
- Vocational Services Director: Trevor Gorey
- Youth Director: Kim Smith
The Secretary has reported that these are the only nominations received by him prior to the meeting, accordingly, I declare those persons elected to those offices respectively.
- The position of President Nominee must be filled before 31 December 2020.
- That concludes the meeting, thank you for your attendance
- Closure at 5:55 pm 25 May 2020.
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President’s Report: Pres John Bolto
- Youth Protection & Insurance workshop – 28th or 31st May, AMcG will contact those that need to attend.
- District Leadership Assembly – 9 am to 4.30 pm, all welcome, virtual meeting, go to whichever sessions you so choose. Encourage executive and interested members to attend.
- SCMS – Photography Club & Petanque – Latest newsletter from SCMS announced a new photography club, possible electronics club and the start-up of a petanque game, once it all opens again, which will be shortly.
- Greenbatch and RAS – PP and I have been working to sign up the RAS to the CDS for Mens Shed and RCD. Meeting last week with Greenbatch to get aligned before final push with RAAS to get an agreement in place..
- DGE, Jon Bilson, 5 min video to intro Annual RI Theme – instead of the normal boring DG visit. No more DG speeches, Jon is looking forward to interacting with members when he attends any club meetings.
Club Forum -
Pres John received some information from District regarding how we would like to receive news/ information from them. They also have done a survey. See both lots below. Please take their Survey it’s very quick and easy.
Pres John also mentioned the District Assistance package which is being thought about. However, it is in its infancy and there is no guarantee on any of the funding of these measures. Hence for what it is worth, their initial thoughts are below;
This year’s RI Convention will be held Virtually. Sessions and times are noted in the Program below. Note that times are Chicago. There should be some really good things. Please Consider.
PLEASE NOTE:
These Live Sessions will be recorded and made available for On-Demand viewing
RI 2020 Virtual Convention June 20th to 26th
General sessions
Saturday, 20 June
General Session 1: Together, We Connect
- 21:00-22:15 in Perth (UTC+8)
Sunday, 21 June
General Session 2: Together, We Learn
- 21:00-22:15 in Perth (UTC+8)
Breakout Sessions
Monday, 22 June
- 8:00 - Using Virtual Tools to Engage Members
- 12:00 - Engaging Rotary Alumni
- 18:00 - Greening Rotary Events: Be Plastic-free, Offset Carbon, and More!
Tuesday, 23 June
- 8:00 - Grow Rotary Through New Club Types
- 12:00 - President-Nominee Session
- 18:00 - How to Start and Manage RAGM Microfinance Projects/ Cómo iniciar y administrar proyectos de micro finanzas RAGM (presented in Spanish)
Wednesday, 24 June
- 8:00 - Adopt-a-River Initiative: A Rotary & UNEP Partnership Model
- 12:00 - Rotaract Elevated, Now What?
- 18:00 - Disruptive Innovation in Rotary Clubs/La innovación disruptiva en los clubes rotaries (presented in Spanish)
Thursday, 25 June
- 8:00 - How to Submit a Great Global Grant Application
- 12:00 - President-Elect Session
- 18:00 - Digital Trends of 2021: Using Tech to Engage Millennials
Friday, 26 June
- 8:00 - Engage Young Families with Service and Alternative Meetings
- 12:00 - The Rotary Brand
- 18:00 - Personal Growth Opportunities: Rotary’s Alliance with Toastmasters
Future Events: President John Bolto
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June 1st – Public Holiday
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June 8th – Bernie Foley – Life Education WA
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June 15th – Mike Lefroy - C Y O’Connor’s Grandson
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June 22nd – Anthony McGrath – Life Story
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June 29th – Handover Dinner??
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THANK YOU
President John thanked the Rotary Club of Dalkeith members who have made the effort to embrace a new way of doing things! Keep safe and as this shows Keep Connected!
Recognise our very generous Sponsors;
- Lizzy Bee-supplier of flowers
- Butler Settineri – Hon Club Auditors
- Paragon Consultants -Our Foundation’s Auditors
- PSZ Accounting for providing Xero Accounting software and Sharesight Portfolio reporting software to the Charitable Trust.
He called on members to recognise RI President Mark Maloney’s Presidential theme for the year, Rotary Connects The World.
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