Monday was our first Club Assembly for the year. Those Directors present gave a brief impromptu report on their portfolios. Club members also ratified protocols to apply to our Club Child Protection Policy and our Risk Management Plan.
While these policies are a part of Good Governance for our Club’s administration; they are also a legal requirement. The State Government Children’s Guardian Office requires the Club to have a stated Child Protection Policy and as George pointed out Risk Management is a requirement for our Insurance.
Next on our agenda is to upgrade our Constitution and Bylaws and to adopt a Conflict Management protocol. I hope to have these completed promptly.
We had a stall at the Crows Nest Fair on Sunday – details below and here. I certainly did not appreciate how many people attended this event, it was good exposure for the Club.
I guess you saw Les Walsh’s email advising that he was moving to Caloundra. The Club set his transfer fee at $4.3M – decided by a Club Assembly, so should be binding. I imagine $AUD would be acceptable. Nevertheless we will miss him if he ceases to be our internet guru. Thanks Les for your tremendous input.
Board News:
Un-financial Members : the board will write to all un-financial members (approx 11) requesting that they either pay up or assess whether they wish to continue as members. Some have not attended for some time.
Giving night, PP Ian’s , will be on Monday December 12 together with the Xmas Party – a night meeting- venue to be informed.
The Board agreed to donate $500.00 to the Dili Orphans Xmas Fund as per previous years Board decisions.
The Board also agreed to donate $1000.00 toward the RAWCS Dili Liaison Office to enable it to hopefully continue.
The Board agreed to support the Tree of Joy once again. The dates are 9 to 19 December – so all members please support with some presence on site when the attendance sheet comes out.
Well Ian, George and I are off to China on Saturday as guests of the Chinese Association for International Understanding following on from many other distinguished members of our Club.
CUFA : Working to combat poverty in the Asia-Pacific region
Rebecca is Deputy CEO and head of fundraising for CUFA, an economic development agency which works to combat poverty in the Asia-Pacific region. She has spent the last two decades working in marketing, fundraising, sponsorship, digital strategy and customer loyalty across the not-for-profit and corporate sectors.
Prior to joining CUFA, she held senior roles in the performing arts in Australia. Rebecca is currently chair of the National Young Writers Festival.
OUR MEETING LAST MONDAY
The proceedings of the Club Assembly have been covered by President Peter above.
Most clubs hold four to six assemblies a year.
Assemblies allow members to:
Brainstorm ideas for projects and activities
Set goals and develop action plans using the Club Leadership Plan
Coordinate committee activities
Review the club’s strengths, opportunities, and weaknesses
Learn more about Rotary and its programs
International Toast
Ross proposed the International Toast to the Rotary Clubs of Japan.
Announcements & other News
see President Peter's comments above
Reminders
Past President Ian's Giving Night & Christmas Party is on 12 December; it will also be our last meeting for 2016
The first meeting for 2017 will be held on 9 January
See Bill Lee to make your $26.50 anniversary contribution to The Rotary Foundation
Enjoy a night of Poker at our 12 November Poker Night
Make sure you attend on 7 November to hear PDG David Rand's presentation on the Centenary of The Rotary Foundation
Let John Saunders know if you will be absent from our meetings in the next few months so he can finalise the new meeting roster
Last Sunday, seven members helped man our stall at the annual Crows Nest Fair. Willoughby Road from Albany Road to Falcon Street and all the side streets were blocked off and literally lined by stalls on either side of the streets promoting or selling all manner of food, drinks, jewellery, nick–nacks and clothes.
Our Crows Nest Fair committee of Sue, Michelle and Alon decided in the planning stages that we should give away cooked popcorn to children free. They had various ideas for cooking it nearby but fortunately Sue found a source of freshly cooked bulk popcorn.
Between 9.30am and 1.30pm, we gave away 700 plastic cups of popcorn.
Why did we do it ?
We are a Crows Nest based service Club. The street was packed with a continual stream of people between 10am and 2pm. This gave our Club a great exposure to the community and a chance to promote who we are and what we do – hopefully we may gain some interested people as members.
A big thank you to the organising committee and a big thank you to those members that manned the stall – Sue and Angelo, Celia and Peter, Ian, Alon and John.
The proceedings of the Club Assembly have been covered by President Peter above.
