DINNER ROSTER
THIS WEEK - 6th August NEXT WEEK - 13th August
Program Partners Night Viola Kalokerinos
Introduction DJ Norma Donaldson
Appreciation Neal Emanuel Phil Ibbotson
Fellowship John Gray Debbie Whitfield
Debbie Whitfield Shukry Sahhar
Raven Recorder John Widdup John Gray
Birthdays Anniversaries
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APOLOGIES & GUESTS
“DJ Dorothea Camangan [email protected] please advise DJ of apologies and/or guests by 5 pm Mondays.
August is Membership and Extension Month Dates for your diary
24th October—World Polio Day
14-16 Nov—District 9710 Conference, Canberra
TONIGHT
Partner’s Night
Membership and Extension
“There can be no doubt that the members are the lifeblood of Ro- tary - without them the organisation would not exist.
To maintain our place in the world of Service Organisations, we must ensure that we continue to value our members, to help them maintain enthusiasm and interest in our programs, and to seek out and introduce new members.
Every Club should have and active Membership Committee with responsibility not only for recruiting and inducting new members, but also for ensuring the satisfaction and therefore the retention of current members .
Membership is every Rotarian’s responsibility. We should all seek to replace ourselves and to make our Clubs a nice place to visit,
join and stay”.
Taken from the Rotary District 9710 Directory 2014-2015
Attendance
last weekVisiting Rotarians : Melissa Tooke (ADG) Guest: Nil
Members attending: 11 Percentage: 55%
The Raven
The Weekly Bulletin of the Rotary Club of Woden Number 6 Volume 48 6th August 2014
Meetings: 6.00 for 6.15 pm Wednesdays, Canberra Irish Club 6 Parkinson St Weston ACT.
FUNDRAISING—PARKING AT THOROUGHBRED PARK - Gary Scott will let members know when dates become available.
ROTARY CLUB Board Directors
President: Lyn Svanosio
Secretary: Mike Rodd
Immediate Past President: Jeff Ibbotson President Elect: Debora Whitfield
Treasurer: Bruce Wyatt
Club Service & Administration John Widdup
Community: Shukry Sahhar
International & Foundation: Bish Mukerjee New Generations: Debbie Whitfield Membership & PR: George Pratt
Contact Information PO Box 637 Woden ACT 2606 Secretary: [email protected]
OF WODEN INC.
Other officers Attendance: DJ, Dorothea Camangan Program: Gary Scott, Mike Rodd Sergeants: Neale Emanuel,
Shukry Sahhar Public Officer: Mike Rodd Member Data: Ken Goard
Bulletins: Debbie Whitfield, John Gray, Bruce Wyatt, Alec Phillip Facebook: Lyn Svanosio & Bruce Wyatt Webmaster: John Widdup
Previous Issues of the Raven Web: <www.wodenrotary.org.au/>
The Club’s crest & bulletin name reflect ‘Odin’ (Anglo-Saxon ‘Woden’), the ancient Nordic God of Wisdom.
Odin had two ravens called Hugin and Munin (Thought and Memory) who flew forth every day and returned at night to tell him what they had seen, so contributing to his wisdom.
On the net for your information
You can now search for a Rotary club with RI’s free iPhone app. Available from the Apple iTunes app store, it’s called the “Rotary Club Locator” from Rotary International:
http://itunes.apple.com/en/app/rotary-club-locator/id406614602?mt=8
Rotary International theme for 2014/2015
“Light Up Rotary”
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District Conference 14-16 November:
This year’s District 9710 Conference will be at the National Convention Centre Canberra in
conjunction with District 9675 which covers the southern part of the Sydney Metropolitan Area. This up and coming Theme is Our Youth Our Future.
http://www.rotaryd9710.org.au/district/2014-district-conference/register.htm Sick bay:
We wish all of our members who are not well a speedy recovery and return to our weekly meetings.
Dinner Roster:
If you are unable to attend a meeting and you are on the roster for a duty please arrange a replacement and let the Raven editors know.
Sadly, the start of the meeting was delayed as one of the Rotarians was involved in an accident just near the Irish Club. As a result several Rotarians went to the site of the accident to ensure that all was OK. No Rotarians were injured but the Rotarian’s car suffered extensive damage.
In the confusion there was no Sergeant to open the meeting. President Lyn started the meeting by welcoming Assistant District Governor
Melissa Tooke. As it was a Club Assembly several important issues were then discussed.
The Club still needs to finalise the financial aspects of the 2014 Rotary Bike ride with Pedal Power. Neither Jeff Ibbotson nor John Widdup was available so President Lyn asked if Rotarian Gary Scott could assist her in finalising this issue.
President Lyn passionately argued the value to Woden Rotarians attending the District Conference (14—16 November 2014) in Canberra at the National Convention Centre. The cost is $120 to attend both days plus $125 for the two dinners on Friday and Saturday nights. Registration for new members (ie those who
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RAVEN REPORTER Gary Scott PHOTOGRAPHERjoined after 1 November is free). Lyn asked that all Rotarians give it their highest priority.
Again the issue of membership was a “hot” issue. District has decided to reduce the reporting requirements for all clubs in terms of reporting membership “stats” to District once per month. As such it was agreed that “percentages” for attendance will no longer be recorded each week in the Raven. Make-ups also will not be recorded.
However, special attention is to be given to “service” hours as Rotary (at International and local levels) is using this information to inform the general community just how many “free hours”
Rotarians give to their local community. Basically service hours can be claimed for all activities, meetings, etc except attendance hours at the regular (weekly) Rotary Meeting. Members were encouraged to fill out the service hour’s sheet at every Rotary Meeting.
There was extensive discussion about ways to increase membership. Des Henderson-Kelly spoke at length about a
“Membership Recruitment Plan” he has given to several past presidents with no real follow-up. Des briefly introduced several ideas in his Plan. President Lyn highlighted just how important these ideas were and she asked Des to resubmit his “plan”.
George Pratt is this years Membership Director and President Lyn will follow up any good suggestions with him. Several Rotarians supported dedicating one Rotary meeting to Membership each month. The idea was to invite members of our local community to hear about the service activities of the Club as a means of
attracting them to join the Club. It was suggested that the evening be advertised as encouraging people to join Rotarians in Service or Project activities rather than as a means to attract people to join Rotary.
Members were asked to nominate social activities that they would like to be involved in such as movie night, ten-pin bowling, meal and theatre night, special dinner meeting ( eg at CIT Hospitality), polio fund raising night ( eg 24th October—World Polio Day), etc.
The Program Director agreed to look into these suggestions.
Throughout the evening Rotarians raised several additional items that could be discussed. Overall it was a very successful meeting—
well done President Lyn with help from ADG Melissa.
President Lyn thank ed all and closed the meeting in the words of the IR President “Light up Rotary”.
