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This week’s meeting Wednesday 23 July 2008 http://www.rotaryboxhillcentral.org.au
President Greg’s Report: The
Week in Review by President Greg As
forecast, this week has seen the Club really get down to business in the new
Rotary year. Firstly,
Ken Rice and Geoff Limmer represented the Club at the national membership
summit and gained a great insight into how we can grow over the next twelve
months. Last week’s brief summary by Geoff is to be complemented by a more
detailed report in this Bulletin (see below). Our
first Club Assembly has allowed the foundations to be laid for our planning
for the year. Details are provided of the current status of thinking of each
committee later in the Bulletin. As
mentioned at this week’s meeting, the Board has had its first meeting for the
year and one of the more significant decisions was agreeing to form a
Committee to review Club Procedures. The initial report of this Committee
will report to the Board in our August meeting. Additionally, the Board
agreed to continue support for Drought Relief, with coordinated support in
cooperation with our Cluster Clubs being the preferred means. It was noted
that our Club Funds have been consciously run down over the past two years to
ensure that we are not sitting on surplus charity money which can be used to
assist those in need. As a result, this year’s expenditure will have to
closely track income raised. Please
take advantage of the Calendar of Events on our website to see forthcoming
activities. All known events are now recorded. On
a final note, it will be a great pleasure to induct our first new member for
the year next week. Paul Evans has been an occasional visitor, and also a
guest speaker. As we prepare to welcome him to our Club, please consider who you
will be introducing to the Club over the next few weeks. Yours in Rotary, Greg
Report from Last week’s meeting by Roving Reporter Tony Stokes: The
meeting opened with President Greg welcoming our Assistant Governor, Brian
Tyedin. Brian gave a brief overview of the role of Assistant Governor, which
is primarily to be the conduit between the club and the District Governor,
facilitating communication in both directions. Brian said we should regard
him as an extra member of the club, although he declined to be included in
our rosters at this time! The
main part of the meeting was Club Assembly, and after discussions in our
committees, the Directors reported out to members on their plans for
2008-2009. Membership (Greg Cooper / Ken
Rice). Plan to target younger prospects – from late 20’s instead of 30’s. A
sub-committee comprising President Greg, PE Geoff Limmer, Membership Director
Ken Rice plus Tony Stokes and Alison Gregory will conduct a review of club
practices and procedures and alternate membership models eg Associate Membership, to help make the club
more appealing to potential new members. Input will be sought from Jenny
Coburn. Vocational (Maurice
Bennington). Core projects to be supported will be as in prior years (RYPEN,
MUNA, RYLA, NYSF, Fashion Scholarship etc). Our 2007 RYLA participant, Liam,
will visit the club shortly. Vocational visits to members’ work places will
be pursued, as well as an initiative to explore ways to engage with the
disadvantaged in our community to assist with employment and other needs. Community ( International (Ken Clark) The
International committee has a number of projects which will continue on from
last year including Operation Cleft, the 2008 Medical Student Travelling
Bursary and child sponsorship with Plan International. We would hope
that the club will, as in previous years, be in a position to contribute
to Shelterbox Fellowship (Lesley Bell) Activities
proposed include Dinner at the Australia Club, a theatre night at “Wicked”, a
Christmas outing on Puffing Billy, lunch at the Fundraising (Garry Randall for
Trevor Dalziel) Confirmed
projects are the Police Band Concert (3 April 2009),
Assistant Governor Brian Tyedin explains his role as
the DG Representative
Sergeant Session: Sergeant At Saint Mary's Catholic
Church they have a weekly husband's marriage seminar. At the session last week, the Priest asked Luigi, who was approaching his 50th wedding anniversary to take a few minutes
and share some insight into how he had managed to stay married to the same
woman all these years. Luigi replied to
the assembled husbands, "Well, I've a tried to treata her nice, spenda the money on her,
but best is that I tooka her to The Priest responded.
"Luigi, you are an amazing inspiration to all the husbands here! Please tell us
what you are planning for your wife for
your 50th anniversary." Luigi
proudly replied, "I'm a gonna go and get her." Future Meetings:
Attendance Report for
Last Week’s Meeting (16th July) by Geoff Limmer: Listed below are Apologies for and Make-ups advised for July 16
meeting. Remember that to be counted towards attendance, Make-ups may
be made 14 days prior to, or following, a missed meeting date. Notice of Apology prior to a meeting should be
made to Geoff Limmer, email rotary@airportbus.com.au or Tel:
0419 329 218. Likewise if you are bringing a guest, similar notice would be
appreciated beforehand if at all possible.
Important Dates:
Desk Duties/Greeting
Roster 2008:
Roving Reporter Roster:
Footy Tipping:
Eastern Emergency Relief
Roster:
Celebrations:
Letters to the Editor: From Vici Funnell via Ken Rice I am in Cheers
Vici Funnell Members Input Corner: From
Geoff Limmer Rotary Club of Box Hill Central - Club Development – Further Thoughts from Geoff Limmer: In
last week’s Bulletin I forwarded a brief outline of my attendance at the Rotary
2020 Canberra Conference. That report was produced on the Saturday Night. On
the Sunday morning the Conference was presented with a Summary of the
outcomes from the various Working Parties that were established. President
Greg has announced the establishment of a Working Group to examine the RC Box
Hill Central’s Policies, Procedures and Practices. Ken
Rice and I will be able to offer what we have brought back from the
Conference which comprised some 500 Rotarians from around the country, and I
am delighted to have been asked to be part of that Working Group. In
the meantime I thought I should share some of my thoughts on the outcomes
through the Club Bulletin. Statistics
submitted at the conference showed that Rotary Membership around the World was
in decline, especially over the past 3 – 5 years. The
figures were not uniform and in some Districts such as ours (District 9810)
the picture looked fairly reasonable. However
realistically if our club is to provide more and more Programs of Service to the
Community then we are going to need more members, more partners to carry the
load. Our
club was chartered in 1990 with 34 Members. Over
the years we have grown to just on 50 Members, however over the last 4 or 5
years we have seen the membership drop to 35, maybe 36 after Wednesday. We
all have a responsibility to do our best to ensure that the membership grows.
Also it is important that we study the reasons why we are not retaining
members and just as importantly why we are not attracting members. For
these reasons it is timely that President Greg has established this working
Party to have a look at what we do and the way we do it. For
my part I bring the following thoughts back from the Canberra Conference: Membership: 1.
Induct more women 2.
Increase the Ethnic Mix 3.
Target 30 – 50 Age Group Local Educational
Bodies: 1.
Develop Close Relationship with at least 3 Local
Secondary Schools 2.
Develop Close Relationship with one Primary
School. 3.
Develop and Strengthen Close Relationships with
Box Hill Institute and Deakin Burwood. Media: 1.
Appoint one Member who is capable of
producing Publicity Material on Club
Activities and Affairs, one who can develop a close and effective
relationship with the Media. 2.
Develop a range of Publicity on all Club
Projects and Club issues. 3.
Assist in the Development of a Comprehensive Club
Website. 4.
Maximise the use of modern Communication Media
including Email, Web, Youtube etc. Four Avenues of
Service: 1.
Ensure that the Club’s Programs cover the 4
Avenues of Rotary Service. Training: 1.
Ensure that adequate and appropriate Training is
provided to all Club Members on Rotary Issues. Satellite Club: 1.
To explore whether the Club would benefit from
the establishment of a Satellite Club for a specific purpose 2.
Satellite clubs could be Established to cater for
Special Groups within the Community such as: 3.
Satellite clubs might need to be subsidised so
that Membership costs are set to attract low income people who might be time
rich to assist with the Parent Club Programs. Rotary Language: 1.
There are many terms used in Rotary Circles that
are not understood by the X and Y Generation. If we are to attract these
people, then we have to communicate to them in Language that they understand. Rotary Practices: 1.
Over the years Rotary Clubs have developed quite
a deal of practices and procedures that seem to be unusual and inappropriate
to younger generations. These things include things such as “Saying Grace” in
a club or organisation that claims to be non religious or non denominational.
Also the practice of singing the National Anthem by people who are not
singers may not be the smartest thing to do, and might not impress the 25 –
40 year olds. 2.
Rotary needs a “makeover” to bring it up to date
so that it is attractive to the people we are inviting to join our club. Over
coming weeks President Greg will be inviting comments through the Working
Group to identify items in need of review and to make suggestions for
improvement. All
members are asked to come and “Poke the Fire!” From Bowel Cancer Awareness Program 2008 D9810 Year 6 Report “Saving Lives and
Creating Public Awareness - Initiated and Promoted by RC Manningham - May is Rotary
Bowelscan Month” Awareness
Growth By
raising awareness we were thus able to:
From Andrew Forgas Love him or hate him, he sure hits the nail on the head
with this! To anyone with kids of any age, here's some good advice. Bill Gates recently
gave a speech at a High School about 11 things they did not and will not
learn in school. He talks about how feel-good, politically correct teachings
created a generation of kids with no concept of reality and how this concept
set them up for failure in the real world. Rule 1: Life
is not fair - get used to it! Rule 2: The
world won't care about your self-esteem. The world will expect you to
accomplish something BEFORE you feel good about yourself. Rule 3: You
will NOT make $60,000 a year right out of high school. You won't be a
vice-president with a car phone until you earn both. Rule 4: If
you think your teacher is tough, wait till you get a boss. Rule 5: Flipping
burgers is not beneath your dignity. Your Grandparents had a different word
for burger flipping: they called it opportunity. Rule 6: If
you mess up, it's not your parents’ fault, so don't whine about your
mistakes, learn from them. Rule 7: Before
you were born, your parents weren't as boring as they are now. They got that
way from paying your bills, cleaning your clothes and listening to you talk
about how cool you thought you were. So before you save the rain forest from
the parasites of your parent's generation, try delousing the closet in your
own room. Rule 8: Your
school may have done away with winners and losers, but life HAS NOT. In some
schools, they have abolished failing grades and they'll give you as MANY
TIMES as you want to get the right answer. This doesn't bear the slightest
resemblance to ANYTHING in real life. Rule 9: Life
is not divided into semesters. You don't get summers off and very few
employers are interested in helping you FIND YOURSELF. Do that on your own
time. Rule 10: Television
is NOT real life. In real life people actually have to leave the coffee shop
and go to jobs. Rule 11: Be
nice to nerds. Chances are you'll end up working for one. If you agree, pass
it on. If you can read this. Thank a teacher! From The Editor: Simple
question from picture below. What happens if you sleep around? (Answer
on the last page)
Rotary Grace: Rotary Grace: Good
fellowship And
the opportunity to serve through Rotary We
give thanks. District 9810 website - for all the news in our Rotary district Rotary eClub one - Rotary eClub One For contributions
and improvement ideas please email the editor, bmcewen@optusnet.com.au |
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