This Wednesday District Governor Nominee (2024-25) Lisa Hunt will speak to members about the Regionalisation Pilot Program. Information about this program has been disseminated, so if you haven’t already familiarised yourself about the issue, please do so prior to the meeting.
Slowly but surely we are chipping away at the Project Shed lease renewal issues. Once the DIK equipment has been relocated there will need to be a general working bee at the Project Shed.
The Club’s application for a District Grant to support vocational training at the Mauna Medical Centre on Pentecost Island has been successful. Thanks to Mario Fairlie for his work in submitting this successful application.
Enjoy your week and see you Wednesday. Make sure to bring your questions for Lisa.
This Wednesday DGN Lisa Hunt will visit our club to talk about the proposed Regionalisation Pilot program for Zone 8. This zone includes Australia, New Zealand and the South Pacific islands. Our District 9640 has been chosen for a pilot program, aimed to determine whether the proposed new governance scheme is feasible, workable and indeed whether the expected benefits will materialise.
If adopted, this would involve major changes. In essence, the current Districts would be abolished and replaced with regions (approximately 2 - 3 per District).Hence all members should inform themselves before all clubs in the district are asked to vote, shortly after DGN Lisa’s presentation.
There is a major websitehttps://rotaryzone8.org/page/rotary-regionalisation-project(which largely outlines the proposed scheme, thus naturally leading to the ‘Pro’ side of the argument). It contains a very detailed outline, including an extensive list of Frequently Asked Questions.
To learn more about the negative side, a PDF with two opinion pieces by PP Peter Truer (RC of Boonah) and PDG Jeff Egan (RC Mt Warning AM) has also been distributed to all members. It is important to note that both are stating their personal view, not the official view of the District. To save you finding it, I’ve uploaded it to the Download Section on the right.
In 1979, Rotary International launched the fight against Polio. In 1985, Polio Plus was launched, with the aim of eradicating this terrible disease, mostly affecting children. Since then, billions of dollars have been spent, and millions of volunteer hours have been expended to apply Polio vaccines throughout the world. The result: from a count of about 350,000 cases EVERY year, vaccination has largely eliminated Polio in almost all countries, with the exception of some remote areas of Afghanistan and Pakistan, where access to the people distributing and applying the vaccines is, sadly, severely restricted. Until now.
"Unofficial board meeting" at Benowa Tavern last Thursday. And yes, thanks for asking: We DID make the world a better place. Don't know whether the world listened though... OK then, call it "Council of the Elders" instead. Now set to be regular, every second Thursday from 4:30 pm, on the days we don't have a 'formal' meeting in the morning.
OK, so I rarely publish other club's events unless they are, well, different... So here is a message from Cheryl Dimmock: The Rotary Club of Iluka Woombah is pairing with the Rotary Club of Regency Estate, India to host an online Chess competition on 18th September at 9.30pm. We only have a few chess players in Iluka and were hoping that you might be able to spread the word and encourage some of your members or non-members to participate. Participants don't have to be Rotary members. If you have anyone interested please contact Anne Lockyer 0417 696 845 or Cheryl Dimmock 0498 219 846 and we can give further information and/or information about the process involved in the chess competition.
Duty Roster - note: subject to change - please check every week. Note: Fellowship duty also is expected to be at the Project Shed on the Saturday following the meeting
Date
Door
Chairman
Fellowship/Project Shed (following Saturday)
14/09/2022
Ashleigh Symes
Neil Thurlow
Charles Thomasson
21/09/2022
N/A (Social Meeting)
N/A (Social Meeting)
Mark Twyford (Saturday 24th Sept at the shed)
28/09/2022
Peter Morgan
Mitch Brown
Andy Bell
05/10/2022
N/A (Social Meeting)
N/A (Social Meeting)
Trent Belling (Saturday 8th October at the shed)
12/10/2022
Johnny Bueti
Simon Brook
Darrell Brown
19/10/2022
N/A (Social Meeting)
N/A (Social Meeting)
Nicole Bricknell (Saturday 22nd October at the shed)
My room mates are convinced that this house is haunted. But I've lived here for 268 years, and I've never noticed anything strange.
It is a pleasant thing to behold the tameness of animals. Our greatest delight is to see all the varieties of domestication parade before us. This it is which collects so many folks on the road of royal processions. Victor Hugo – 'The Man Who Laughs'.
There are two types of people in this world: Those who can extrapolate from incomplete data.
This Wednesday DGN Lisa Hunt will visit our club to talk about the proposed Regionalisation Pilot program for Zone 8. This zone includes Australia, New Zealand and the South Pacific islands. Our District 9640 has been chosen for a pilot program, aimed to determine whether the proposed new governance scheme is feasible, workable and indeed whether the expected benefits will materialise.
"Unofficial board meeting" at Benowa Tavern last Thursday. And yes, thanks for asking: We DID make the world a better place. Don't know whether the world listened though... OK then, call it "Council of the Elders" instead. 
Now set to be regular, every second Thursday from 4:30 pm, on the days we don't have a 'formal' meeting in the morning.
OK, so I rarely publish other club's events unless they are, well, different... So here is a message from Cheryl Dimmock: The Rotary Club of Iluka Woombah is pairing with the Rotary Club of Regency Estate, India to host an online Chess competition on 18th September at 9.30pm. We only have a few chess players in Iluka and were hoping that you might be able to spread the word and encourage some of your members or non-members to participate. Participants don't have to be Rotary members. If you have anyone interested please contact Anne Lockyer 0417 696 845 or Cheryl Dimmock 0498 219 846 and we can give further information and/or information about the process involved in the chess competition.
