RC Mt Warning AM
PE Jeanie chaired the meeting as Hayley was away.
Welcomed visitors Claudia and Sarah; and guest speaker Phil Fairweather (District Foundation Chair) from RC of Hope Island.
To recognise NAIDOC week, we acknowledged the traditional landowners.
For Remembrance Day, commemorating end of WW1 and 75th anniversary of end of WW2, we silently watched a video collage of relevant photos of service men and women and some of the members of the communities they have fought for.
In honour of today’s guest speaker who is to speak about the Rotary Foundation, and Rotary founder Paul, Harris, thought for the week was the Rotary 4way test.
Hayley’s weakly joke
Q Why did the scarecrow get a promotion?
A Because he was outstanding in his field!
Services Report
- Reminder to bring items for the You Have A Friend Christmas Hampers
- “Solar Buddies” is a charitable focus of the club in 2021. Call for members to join a planning committee.
- Christmas gifts for Opal and Greenhills aged care will focus on shortbread biscuits and the like. Approximately #120 people to give to.
- Rotary Christmas Cakes and Puddings can now be ordered. Cost for each $16.50 (of which $2.20 flows back to our club, and $2.00 is donated to Foundation.)
- The car raffle run for many years has now ceased operations.
Guest Speaker – Phil Fairweather from RC of Hope Island, District 9640 Rotary Foundation Chair.
Started with a brief history of the Rotary Foundation, the charity controlled by Rotary International.
- 1917 TRF formed and largely the idea of Arch Klumpf.
- 1947 USD 1.3 million donated from members across the globe in honour of passing of Rotary Founder Paul Harris.
- 1957 Paul Harris Fellow awards started. USD 1,000 as encouragement for members and clubs to give.
- 1965 Matching Grants commenced
- 1965 First Group Study Exchange members funded from the TRF.
- 1999 First of ultimately 6 world Peace and conflict resolution training centres started. Nearest to us is at University of Qld.
- 2004 ‘Every Rotarian Every Year’ annual giving started. USD 25 or sustaining members give USD 100.
Financials for 2019 reveal:
- TRF funds total USD 1.2 billion
- Inflows USD 322 million
- Investment Returns USD 38 million
- Polio Plus Spend USD 153 million
- Grants USD 137 million
- Other USD 12 million
- Admin USD 15 million – Very low admin costs for such a large fund, and normally even lower.
TRF for 11th straight year has achieved very highest independent 4star rating as a charity because it is both accountable and transparent in operation.
7 areas of focus for TRF charitable purposes:
- Peace and Conflict Resolution
- Disease Prevention
- Water and Sanitation
- Child Health
- Literacy
- Community Development
- Support to the Environment
TRF aids the membership of Rotary to provide benefits to others in the areas of focus via District and Global Grants.
Phil gave big picture overview of the structure and funds flow which is a bit complex for purposes of these notes.
RC Mt Warning AM has continued to be a strong supported of the TRF through both club and individual members donations.
2 primary types of grants available from TRF funds.
District designated funds (DDF)
are small scale $1,000 to $5,000 from to fund local and International which must be matched $ for $ from the club. They must involve Rotarians in service delivery. Applied for by the club before beginning of each Rotary year to District Foundation committee who allocate as they see fit for payment in the relevant year. In 2020 the available DDF funds were oversubscribed, and nearly all grants funds allocated were used.
Global Grants
For larger scale projects with minimum grant allocation USD 30,000. Must be for projects within 7 areas of focus and projects with measurable sustainable outcomes. They must be with International Rotary club partnership.
Any club considering Global Grants should involve District Foundation Committee who will guide and assist the application process.
Other announcements and date claimers (information elsewhere):
- 29th November District joint club Rotary Foundation seminar
- 5th December – Club Christmas Party
- 9th December Club Annual General Meeting and election of 2021-22 office bearers
Raffle winner: Rhonda
The sergeant emptied our pockets, and meeting was closed.
Lionel.
