President Gordon’s Comments
Regionalisation
This will be a one off and my final comment on the subject so bear with me. We had an interesting Zoom meeting with Bruce Cowan, Tuesday night. There’s obviously a lot yet to be done before there is a full plan of how it is going to work - a long and lengthy process.
The pilot project won’t change much in our usual club activities and business but it would seem that there can only be good to come from it for Rotary in general with more involvement of zone areas in the governance, meeting the needs of the clubs and ultimately its members. For example, having regional areas and not having such large geographical districts based on numbers,
It is all the South Pacific, Zone 8 and United Kingdom, Zone that are the pilots of this change. Yes, we will have a club vote on Tuesday 6 September and I will ensure our decision is caste. No way will we have a NO vote by default. There is a lot more information available on the web page http/creatingtomorrowrotary.org
D G - Jan Boustead’s visit
NB. September 6th is our next meeting night.
We are hosting our Governor Jan and her husband David. The Bousteads come from the Lincoln Club. Jan has the whole of the South Island to cover in District 9999 so let’s make them very welcome and ensure they have an enjoyable visit.
Board meeting report.
Items of Interest: -
Concern for good communication between our agencies i.e. Lend a Hand, Vince Ashworth Trust and Rotary Trust. Often applications for assistance can go to all three entities. I say good luck to the applicants but it can also be seen to be a duplication. The application forms do have a question asking whether the applicant has applied to other organisations.
Directors agreed to support Days for Girls (DFG) project to the tune of $1000
Jillian is assisting Karin with the Trees for Babies project. Thank you Jillian. More participants are required.
I hope to acquire sunflower seeds to grow as a contest to raise funds for Ukraine. Sunflowers are Ukraine’s national flower. There is an article about this in the August issue of Rotary Downunder
Applications are invited for RYLA programme. Contact Arnold for more information.
We had a request from Vanessa Gallagher for financial support to attend Outward Bound.
$1000 was given. These courses offer a great opportunity to our young people. We’ve received a great letter from Phoebe Wellstead who we supported previously.
Meeting with District Governor September 6 Rotary Quiz night September 13 Next meeting night September 20
October, we return to 2nd and 4th Tuesday.
