Darryl chaired the meeting (please stand up straight Darryl)
Special welcome to Frank, our speaker today on Regionalisation
See the photos here
There were apologies from quite a few members
Mark & Irish are in the Northern Territory, Steve and Annie are in Fiji, David and Robyn are in Nimbin, Richard and Sherry are at Lady Elliot Island, Graham Baker is in Greece
Mark & Irish are in the Northern Territory, Steve and Annie are in Fiji, David and Robyn are in Nimbin, Richard and Sherry are at Lady Elliot Island, Graham Baker is in Greece
Darryl got us doing a round table of when and where we were born and when we came to Caloundra
President’s Report from Jim
President Jim gave us a quick lesson in Rotary geography - District 9100 is the largest district It has four clubs in west Africa, who speaks three languages
The Rotary Club of Tahiti is the most remote
There is a Rotary Club in Antarctica
The most Northerly club is in Barrow, Alaska, the highest club is 4880 m above sea level, and the lowest is 12.2 m below sea level, in California
Every hour there is a meeting - if you visited one club per day it would take you 80 years to visit the 34,500 clubs
The Rotary Club of Tahiti is the most remote
There is a Rotary Club in Antarctica
The most Northerly club is in Barrow, Alaska, the highest club is 4880 m above sea level, and the lowest is 12.2 m below sea level, in California
Every hour there is a meeting - if you visited one club per day it would take you 80 years to visit the 34,500 clubs
Deborah introduced Frank who is an ex-headmaster and current president of Cal Pac
So what the hell is Regionalisation??
Frank is done his homework but apparently there’s not much information - on the one hand it’s pretty simple, but on the other hand it’s not so simple –
There has been a trial running from 2022 until 2026
A very "animated" talk by Frank
What do we have to do?
“Nothing”
“Nothing”
Regionalisation – why??
What is it?: it’s a regional council structure, so it’s not top down any more
There are approximately 1000 clubs in Zone Eight “like a network of spider clubs“
“why bother?“ Well Rotary is in trouble - membership is okay, but we have problems with membership retention. We gain some, and we lose some, but if we didn’t lose so many, membership would be growing
“why bother?“ Well Rotary is in trouble - membership is okay, but we have problems with membership retention. We gain some, and we lose some, but if we didn’t lose so many, membership would be growing
In the last 10 years, there has been an average of 1.2 million members, but 1.4 million are new members
Why Zone Eight? Because it has the highest loss - 48% are out in three years
“numbers game“
“transform Rotary in regions & districts throughout the world “
“grow Rotary’s footprint“
Renée noted that Rotary needed to appeal to her age group – change is scary but necessary
Darryl thanked Frank
I’ve downloaded these images from the Internet which I thought may be helpful
Directors reports
Deborah reported on the Japan Festival which was “successful“ and also on the RSL Sub-Branch end of World War II in the Pacific re-enactment - well only the celebrations - no A-bombs I’m guessing - “best function ever“– The Events Centre was very efficient
Alan Still has fell and hurt his elbow/wrist and has requested a leave of absence
Pam RUSCCF on the 24th – buy raffle tickets if you haven’t already
Our normal weekly meeting is still “on“
Our normal weekly meeting is still “on“
Darryl reported on Gordon – he is in reasonably good spirits but has had an operation on his leg – he has beer in his fridge - visitors welcome
and Alan – regularly visits his manicurist in Bulcock Street - Darryl is going to ask her to paint his nails at the same time
Sue –International Day of Peace will be celebrated at Caloundra City School, where we helped with the installation of a Peace Pole
Roger says sorry for the rushed Monday morning Reel - hopefully no embarrassing mistakes
