It was Sports Trivia Mayhem last week and the winners came home with the chocolates. Here's a couple of the questions:
"How many times has Paris hosted the Summer Olympics?"
"How many Summer Olympics Rings and colours?".
Chairman David Finney brought the meeting to order and
VP Ian Stacy then gave us an Regional Update.
In summary:
i. Rotary Pacific replaces Zone 8, an online overview of the change is available 3 August at 5pm for those who would like to tune in.
ii. ‘Club fit for purpose’ two-day workshop being held in Sydney 12 – 13 October, cost $450, maximum one person per club,
100 clubs selected based on criteria.
iii. Community Group replaces Cluster Group. Michael Stillwell from
RC Kew will lead the Community Group that our club is part of.
PP Paul Nicholson presented a Sergeant's Session with more questions to answer. This brought in much needed funds to add to Club Fellowship coffers.
Hopefully we get a better turn out of members this coming week.
Meeting Highlights
President Donna Wright's goals for 2024-2025
- Work to ensure Brighton Rotary:
- is a progressive, vibrant, and diverse Club,
- where members are strong advocates of the Club and proud to be members
- has a net growth and a diversity in new membership
- Accelerate the new member transition of the Club so that:
- All newer members (less than 5 years membership):
- have meaningful roles in Rotary activities
- are fully engaged
- increasingly lead, own, manage and/or direct the Club
- our established members increasingly transition to:
- providing support for newer members,
- increased mentoring and guidance
- Move away from leadership per se
- Provide direction and leadership to ensure:
- All key activities within the Club are co-ordinated (understanding links)
- Strong governance in everything the Club
- Meetings are professional with a wide range of speakers and activities
- Social activities are fun, varied and tailored to various groups of membership (one size does not fit all).
Opening Day at Bayside Council Chambers
27 & 28 July. Details are in the following link:
Last Week's Raffle Results
Last week the raffle was run by PP Alan Pinkus with the help of Vicki.
The winners were: Roger Fairlam & Jill Barr.
Container No 1 of 3 sent to the remote community of Tabubil was distributed to a variety of schools and community groups.
This project was initiated by the Rotary Club of Brighton, a member of DIK Inc, in partnership with Rotary Passport Melbourne.
Two members from Rotary Passport Melbourne, who are on the ground in Tabubil, managed the community assessment and distribution. Ok Tedi Mines arranged the shipping from the Port of Brisbane to Port Moresby and then to Kiunga.
Starwest Constructions, who purchased the containers, managed the challenging 150-kilometer road transport to one of their secure warehouses. Under the watchful eye of the Rotary Passport Melbourne members, the Starwest team sorted the items for distribution.
None of this would have been possible without DIK's incredible commitment to
such projects. Story Colleen d'Offay
MEMBERSHIP UPDATE
Total Club Members 74
Full Rotarians 64
Honorary Rotarians 10
Friends of Rotary 5
FOUNDATION REPORT
The Trustees met this week. John McKell (Chairman), Geoffrey Cunningham, Paul Laband, Julie Avery, John Schmoll, Ian Stacy, Geoffrey Shaw.
The Foundation received a Trustee Resignation – the Chairman thanked Geoffrey Shaw for his service to the foundation. Draft Financials for year end 23/24 have been prepared and it was noted the investment portfolio return for was approximately $28k including franking credits for the year.
It was determined to revisit the investment risk profile position for the RCoB Foundation. Working group of Paul Laband, Geoffrey Cunningham and John Schmoll will review and report at next meeting in September.
The RCoB Foundation is continuing to seek project suggestions to support.
SPEAKERS WANTED
Please if anyone has ideas on getting some great speakers for our meetings we would love to hear from you.
