Please check the roster for the next few weeks and advise Vicki and David Ungar if you will be away that week. Meeting jobs will be allocated via email before the meeting.
Last week, Garrett Fitzgerald and Alison Emo from Marymount College shared insights into the school’s involvement in MUNA and Interact. The Model United Nations Assembly program is developing serious capability in research, negotiation and global awareness. Ryan and Harlow, captains of the MUNA group, represented their peers exceptionally well.
THIS WEEK'S GUEST SPEAKER
Jeremy Colahan is the General Manager of the new Mondrian Hotel in Burleigh Heads. He was also a Rotary Youth Exchange student, spending a year in Germany in the early 2000s.
Lucia, our current exchange student will make her presentation after technical difficulties last week cut it short.
Social event for members - Friday, March 13th, 6pm at the Aztec in Coolangatta. See Jo for more information or to book.
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Board information
Jo advised that she had sent an email to all members with a board report from the last meeting. Please read and ask a board member if you have any questions.
Duck Race
Michael Cooper asked members to ask any community groups they are involved with or support to register for the community duck race this year. He also let members know that the committee has chosen Hearts of Purple to be the sole beneficiary of the Quack Back at DV race. See any of the committee members for further information about joining the committee if you are interested.
Youth Exchange
Kath thanked Ross, Mike and Anthony for their help with the BBQ at the recent youth exchange camp.
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Club runner information
If you do not have your Club Runner login information, you can go to the Club Runner website, scroll down a little and click on “Send me a Magic Link”. Enter the email address you gave to the club, and you will receive an email. Click on the login button and then select the club website. Go to ‘My Clubrunner’ and then ‘My Profile’. The ‘Edit’ button is at the top right and you can add/change any information on your profile. Click ‘Save’ and you’re done!
If you’re really feeling techy, you can download the Club Runner app.
If you would like any help resetting your password, or downloading the app to your phone, please let us know. There are a few members who can assist you.
We are looking to use Club Runner more for information and rosters, so it would be great if everyone is able to log in.
February is Peacebuilding and Conflict Prevention Month
Rotary Blog
50 years of Rotary Youth Exchange: why alumni matter
By Hans Lee, a member of the Rotary Club of Berlin Platz der Republik, Berlin, Germany and co-founder of Rotex International
I watch time pass by with a mix of emotions in the world of Rotary Youth Exchange. Programs grow, traditions change, challenges are overcome and generations of students pack their whole life into a suitcase and move to a country where they do not know anyone.
Then — after experiencing transformations they can never fully explain to their friends and families — they leave that world that had adopted them. Somewhere on that journey back, a quiet truth emerges: exchange doesn’t end when you return home. Read more here.
Rotary Down Under
Gladstone’s Rotary Anne
by Anne Matthews. D9560 Passport Rotary Club, Qld
A century of service and heart. Celebrated for her lifelong dedication to Rotary and the Gladstone community, 109-year-old Nellie McEachran has been honoured with a Paul Harris Fellow at the club’s 75th anniversary.
Gladstone’s favourite ‘Rotary Anne’, Nellie McEachran, has been involved with the Rotary Club of Gladstone, Qld, since the 1960s. Recently, Nellie was recognised for her contributions to Rotary with a PHF.
Rotary International launches new peace center in India
By Etelka Lehoczky
Rotary Peace Center at Symbiosis International University will train peace and development professionals from across Asia.
Leaders of Rotary International and Symbiosis International University gathered in Pune, India, to inaugurate a new Rotary Peace Center at the university. Supported through The Rotary Foundation, the center will provide experienced peacebuilders from across Asia with one-year professional development certificate fellowships to study subjects such as conflict transformation, sustainable development, and social change. Read more here.
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