Notes from Zoom meeting held 4 August 2020
16 members joined the meeting via Zoom.
Guests: Catherine Eagleson (Lift the Lid project); and
Jenny King (Backpacks4Vic Kids)
Apologies:
Acting Sergeant: Cheryl Bellman
Invocation: Sandra Batten
Toast: Cheryl Bellman
President Peter welcomed guests Catherine and Jenny to the meeting.
Catherine Eagleson spoke about how she became involved in Australian Rotary Health and Lift the Lid project. Its was through PDG Gregory Ross (founder of Lift the Lid project), that Catherine became interested in the project, after experiencing mental health issues herself.
Part of Catherine’s healing process was writing Cross Word puzzles that are now published online.
Jenny King thanked members for their donations of knitted blankets to go in the Backpacks4Vic Kids Jenny also spoke about the ‘Christmas Sacks’. Spotlight have generously donated the material with 300 sacks being make locally. This Christmas they are asking friends to source three things to go into the sack. Book, Soft Toy, Game of some sort.
Catherine’s Lift The Lid, service committee donated knitted beanies, in all sizes, to go into the backpacks.
Fines – Glenn fined Bob Jeans for continually driving his car around Warrnambool.
Sandra
Jennifer E. Jones, a member of the Rotary Club of Windsor-Roseland, Ontario, Canada, has been nominated to become Rotary International’s president for 2022-23, a groundbreaking selection that will make her the first woman to hold that office in the organization’s 115-year history.
Jones will officially become president-nominee on 1 October if no other candidates challenge her.
Jones says she sees Rotary’s Action Plan as a catalyst for increasing Rotary’s impact.
“As we reflect upon our new strategic priorities, we could have never envisioned that our ability to adapt would become our North Star during what is inarguably the most profound time in recent history,” Jones said in her vision statement. “Silver linings rise out of the most challenging circumstances. Using metric-driven goals, I will harness this historic landscape to innovate, educate, and communicate opportunities that reflect today’s reality.”
As the first woman to be nominated to be president, Jones understands how important it is to follow through on Rotary’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Statement. “I believe that diversity, equity, and inclusion … begins at the top and for us to realize growth in female membership and members under the age of forty — these demographics need to see their own reflection in leadership,” Jones said. “I will champion double-digit growth in both categories while never losing sight of our entire family.”
Jones is founder and president of Media Street Productions Inc., an award-winning media company in Windsor. She was chair of the board of governors of the University of Windsor and chair of the Windsor-Essex Regional Chamber of Commerce. She has been recognized for her service with the YMCA Peace Medallion, the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Medal, and Wayne State University’s Peacemaker of the Year Award, a first for a Canadian. Jones holds a Doctor of Laws (LL.D.).
A current Rotary Foundation trustee, Jones has been a Rotary member since 1997 and has served Rotary as RI vice president, director, training leader, committee chair, moderator, and district governor. She played a lead role in Rotary’s rebranding effort by serving as chair of the Strengthening Rotary’s Advisory Group. She is the co-chair of the End Polio Now Countdown to History Campaign Committee, which aims to raise $150 million for polio eradication efforts.
Jones recently led the successful #RotaryResponds telethon, which raised critical funds for COVID-19 relief and was viewed by more than 65,000. Jones has also received Rotary International’s Service Above Self Award and The Rotary Foundation Citation for Meritorious Service. She and her husband, Nick Krayacich, are members of The Rotary Foundation’s Arch Klumph Society, Paul Harris Society, and the Bequest Society.
Taken from www.rotary.org