Last Thursday to begin our Club Planning Meeting I showed a humorous video of a restauranter who had not made any changes to his establishment for 30 years, could not see the need to make any changes even though the business was failing and clearly was not going to make any changes! There were certainly some parallels with Rotary in this and it was a great way to get discussion going as to where we wish our club to be heading.
I then presented a power point presentation, compiled mostly from information garnered from the recent joint district membership forum attended by three members of our club. Topics were meeting format, projects and partnerships, digital presence, effective use and productive use of volunteers time, and building a ”yes” culture.
This led directly into a sharing of ideas, thoughts and suggestions and I thank everyone for their incredible input and willingness to discuss all aspects of what makes a Rotary Club. To those who have taken on board to work with some of these ideas, I thank you and look forward to the results. If only we had more time for further discussion!!
Members did decide that we would introduce a spoken affirmation of Rotary, delivered by the MC at the start of the meeting, in place of an invocation and the 4 Way Test. We hope this will be a great enhancement to our meeting. If any member not in attendance has a concern about this change, once you experience it, please contact me direct and I will address your issue.
Adelaide City Rotaract has suggested their members be placed on our newsletter email mailing list, which is a great idea, and we thank Richard Jarrett for managing our data base for this to occur. At a recent meeting, John Karran asked for the email addresses of any Rotarians who were not currently receiving the Rotaract FOMO (emailed after each Rotaract meeting) and wished to do so. John will ensure these are added to the Rotaract email mailing list. If you have not already done so and wish to receive FOMO, please contact John Karran.
Barry and myself will be attending the Group 1 meeting next Tuesday and will report to the Board and to the next Club Meeting re the Solar Unit for Rohingya Refugees presentation as distributed via email 10/10/17. Thank you to those who provided their thoughts via email and at Thursday’s breakfast.
Eight club members attended a very successful and enjoyable Polio Plus Fundraiser at the Pagoda Restaurant, organised by Rotary Club of Eastwood. Successful in that monies raised will receive 2:1 subsidy through the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and also that Don, Ellen and myself won prizes.
Thought for the week:
There is always a better way….your challenge is to find it
The combined Rotary Conference to be held in the Barossa Arts and Convention Centre in 2018 will feature a Rotary Showcase where Clubs, District and Rotary affiliated programs can display and issue materials to publicise their activities.
Clubs and Organisations are invited to apply for the allocation of Display Spaces at the Conference. The Convenor of the Rotary Showcase is PP Les Dennis (RC Regency Park) lesdennis@bigpond.com 0408813966. Because this is a combined Conference highlighting Coming Together, it is likely that there will be a heavy demand for available spaces.Convenors and key personnel are urged to contact Les to reserve a spot in the display area asap. The Conference commences at 1pm on Friday 23rd March with Registration open from 9.30am. The conference concludes at 1pm on Sunday 25th March.
(taken from Rotary Horizons)
2. RAH Equipment for Kenya - by RC Walkerville
ROYAL ADELAIDE HOSPITAL has partnered with Rotary to send hospital beds, medical equipment and ward furniture from the old RAH, overseas to help Third World communities. This is the largest donation of its kind, and they want to ensure that surplus equipment is donated to those who need it most.
DONATIONS IN KIND has taken on the task of working with con-tacts overseas to determine needs
The project requires the following assistance;
1/ Man power to assist loading the container.
2/ Financial assistance to meet the budget and the Rotary Foundation requirements
Further information: Rotary Club of Walkerville
PDG Allan Wilson Tel: 0418 817 310
Neville Sharpe Tel: 0419 607 120
(taken from Rotary Horizons)
3. Jenny Paradiso -Telstra Business Woman of the Year
Jenny will be the speaker at the Rotary Club of Addelaide meeting Wednesday 1 November 12.30 for a 1.00pm start. To register your attendance, please go to the Rotary Club of Adelaide website. The cost of only $35 includes a meal, shared cheese platter, coffee and tea. $5 from each booking will go to Rotary Club of Adelaide charities.
For the benefit of members, we will aim to give the Duty Roster a few weeks ahead - see below.
Responsibility
19 October 2017
26 October 2017
2 November 2017
Chairperson
Richard Jarrett
John Wotherspoon
Angus Tuck
Attendance
David Rowe
John Karran
Don Tindale
Attendance
Rob McLennan
Barry Grear
Di Lane
Furniture/Hosting
John Campbell
Rob McLennan
Katrina Ball
Invocation
John Wotherspoon
Angus Tuck
Yvette Reade
Bottles/ cans
Dean Sullivan
Fred Field
Rob McLennan
Rotaract roster
TBA
TBA
TBA
Bread roster
22/10 Carolyn Wigg/
Bruce McDonald
29/10 David Riggall/
Carolyn Wigg
5/11 TBA
Members corner
Chairman: Meet/greet speaker for the meeting; introduce and thank speaker. Preparation:- find details about the speaker prior to the meeting. Attendance: Set up reception table (attendance sheet; members list – re -payments; guest welcome sheet; money; wine raffle sheet); register member payments/ apologies/ guests. Hosting: Set up name badges display; welcome all at the door; ensure speaker and guests are introduced to appropriatepersons. Furniture: Flags; banner display; raffle balls; collection boxes; Rotary theme banner; gong and hammer; lectern position before and returned after the meeting. Computerset up – Connect to projector. Switch on. Hold function key & press F5 twice. Invocation: Recite Rotary or other invocation relating to Rotary and fellowship. Bottles/cans: Collect bags of bottles/cans at meeting and take to recycle centre for refund, pass refund and empty bags to David Rowe at next meeting. Members’ Corner: write for the Newsletter on a topic of your choice, particularly during the 3 weeks you appear here on the roster, but also anytime you have something to say. Rotaract, Bread roster: Roster is for the Sunday/Monday after the meeting date. Rotaract: Meets alternate Mondays at 6pm (for a 630pm start) at the General HavelockHotel in Hutt Street. Bread: Sundays, meet outside Romeo's, North Adelaide at 4:55pm
Members rostered for Thursday morning duty are asked to be in attendance by 6.45am
For good food, for good fellowship and the opportunity to serve through Rotary, we give thanks
Rotary Club of Adelaide Light Mission Statement
To be recognised as the Service Club of Choice in the Eastern Precinct of Adelaide because we are a Friendly Breakfast Club that appeals to a broad range of busy people who want to make a difference to local and international communities.
