Our guest speaker last
week was Rosemary Young, National Director, of Frontier Services.
Rosemary provided us with a wonderful description of the services
provided by Frontier Services together with the experiences and
challenges as well as the success stories of their work in outback
Australia.
Last Friday night Kevin
Beltrame and myself attended the monthly President’s meeting at Penrith.
Topics covered were:
District
Governor Nominee
Confirmation and
congratulations to PP Bill Little who has recently won selection as
District Governor Nominee for the year 2005-2006. Bill is a member of
the Rotary Club of Cabramatta and has been a member of Rotary for 22
years. Bill has been President of Cabramatta Club twice during that
time and served on many District Committees. Bill is currently
assistant District Governor.
Group Study Exchange (GSE)
Alan Sweet of the Rotary
Club of Padstow, has been selected to lead a team to Houston Texas
between 18 April and 18 May 2004.
The District is
currently seeking applications to be a team member of the Group Study
Exchange to Houston. Applications close on 27 October and interview on
9 November 2004.
Candidates must be:
aged between 25 and 40
Currently employed on a
full time basis
Flexible and adaptable
and a team player.
Able to survive for a
month on 4 to 6 hours sleep per night
Australian Rotary Health
Research Fund (ARHRF)
The district has become
involved in a scholarship program for indigenous medical students.
District Conference 19-21
March 2004.
Resolutions for the
conference are due in November.
Rotary Australia World
Community Service (RAWCS)
The District currently
has a program running in Vila called the “Vila Central Hospital
Renewal Project”. The hospital has a desperate need to replace beds.
Clubs are being invited to “adopt a bed” for $100 per year for 3
years. Clubs participating will be acknowledged by a wall plaque next
to the bed.
The “Donations in Kind”
project run by RAWCS is experiencing increased costs and the District
is foreshadowing a possible levy of 42 per member on the District dues
in January 2004.
Risk Management Policy
The District has adopted
a ‘Risk Management Policy which all clubs and committees will be
expected to abide by.
I have received details of
the Rotary International Convention, to be held in Osaka, Japan, 23 – 26
May 2004, including registration form and accommodation reservation
form. Please see me if you require these.
October is Vocational
Service month in the Rotary Calendar. Don’t forget that nominations for
our Pride of Workmanship Awards on 15 October should be with Brian
Johnson or Grahame True NOW.