No.3 September ‘08
Governor’s Message
Dear Rotarians of District 9680,
Well the August MEMBERSHIP MONTH has come and gone, and we finally got the starting membership figures for this year all sorted out (see article this newsletter); and although it was disappointing to see we dropped another 50 members in our district last year, new member inductions for July and August have been very encouraging .
Now it is NEW GENERATIONS MONTH, and we have a lot of new energy and excitement happening with Rotaract. Congratulations to our District Rep Jeremy Charles who is very active in promoting Rotaract and forming new clubs and I do hope that all the Rotary clubs will support him and the Rotaractors in their efforts to rebuild Rotaract in our district. Jeremy’s details and all the Rotaract details can be found on pages 82-83 of the District Directory.
DG Club Visits
It has again be a very busy couple of weeks. I was up very early on two mornings when I visited Manly Sunrise and Chatswood Sunrise clubs. Then a lunch meeting at North Sydney and evening meetings at Pennant Hills, North Rocks, Beecroft, and Baulkham Hills. As well, I attended the Gosford City Charter last Friday night and I will be at the ROMAC dinner this Friday night - I hope to see you there. See the photos
District Membership Figures
Our district membership numbers for the start of the 2008/09 year has been established at 1,894 members.
Surprisingly we lost some 100 members in resignation as at the 30/6 , and our starting figure for this year is down 50 members from the starting figure last year. However, we had 31 new members in July and I am looking forward to a similar figure in August. Congratulations to all those clubs who have inducted new members in the first two months of this year! I will be sending all new members a letter of welcome. View the new members here District Membership & Attendance figures are here
Gosford City Charter Celebration
Over 100 attended the new Gosford City Charter Night last Friday evening , where Central Coast celebrity photographer, Ken Duncan was the guest speaker. It was a really great night and very well attended by the other Central Coast clubs. More - with photos
New Bus presented to Youth Group
During my official visit to the Rotary Club of North Sydney, I was privileged to be present for the special occasion when the club presented a beautifully presented 12 seater Toyota bus to the Phoenix House Youth organisation in Crows Nest. Congratulations to PP Jenny Thomas and the club for their great efforts in raising the funds for the $60,000 project. More & photos
Membership Analysis per Population
Geoff Workman has just completed a very interesting analysis of Rotary members per head of population in the fifteen different Local Government Areas. These figures range from Hunters Hill where we have one Rotarian to every 316 persons, to Wyong where we have one Rotarian to every 2,106 persons .
This is helping us identify where there are opportunities for growth. Please take a look at the full report along with our membership targets for 2008/09. View the table
District Golf Day – Bookings Urgently Required
Only two clubs have as yet booked into the District Golf day on Monday 22 September. Come on Golfers, please support this annual event which is being very well organised this year by Gosford North and supporting our Rotary Foundation and the ARHRF. All the details are on page 38 of your district directory and on the District website, or contact Peter Searle (BH) 4365 5855 psearle@cdg.com.au
Newcastle Conference
Thanks again to the team from Gosford North and the other Central Coast clubs who are doing a superb job in organising our conference for next March 12-15. Registrations forms will be out later this month, but don’t forget to book your accommodation now if you haven’t already done so. The better hotels/motels are filling up fast.
Conference Accommodation: Hunter Tourist Information 4998 6977 info@huntertourist.com.au
Conference Chairman : PP Bobby Clark, Gosford North Rotary 0409 430 348 bobbyclark3@gmail.com
New District Office
Our new district office and meeting place is now up and going. Thanks very much to PP Bobby Holder from the Hornsby Club who has kindly installed all the latest computer gear for us - it is fantastic ! As from next week, volunteers will be working in the office most days, which will give us the opportunity to catch up with a very large amount of work which we have to do at the moment.
Office address is: 3/7 Sefton Rd., Thornleigh. Phone 9875 5090 (but still have some difficulty with telecom).
Website Contacts
I am very pleased to hear how many Rotarians are now using the District Website (www.rotarynews.info/d9680) regularly, and also the ever increasing number who are receiving this E-News via email. Congratulations also to the clubs who have their web pages now up on the district website, and I should mention my own club Epping who now has one of the best sites on the district website.
If you need any information on the website, please contact the following:
General enquiries, logging on, passwords, etc : Mike Hallen 0418 466 900 mhallen@ozemail.com.au
Editors : Greg Muldoon 0419 221 444 greg@muldoon.net.au Les Walsh 0413 807 118 les@leswalsh.com.au
The brave new world of rotarynews.info
This article is a great “how to” instruction for our website – which is now is the communications hub for our district. Read the full article
A protocol has also been agreed for the website. View the protocol
Rotarian from Texas looking for Help
A Rotarian from Austin, Texas USA is planning to visit Sydney September 8-12. He would like to contact anyone in the heating, ventilating, and air conditioning (HVAC) industry prepared to educate him a little on the market before his visit. Please email Brian Hall brian.hall@thelincgroup.com
Booligal Sheep Races
This annual event in the small town of Booligal (90 km north of Hay), may be of interest to anyone travelling in that area on 18 October. I know that Kariong/Somersby had a “help the bush” project in that area last year. Perhaps they and other clubs may want to make a follow up visit ??? Full details
You can get the Scoop
Keep your eye on the “Latest District News” on the Home Page of our website, or ..
Scoop some articles in E-News between issues by going direct to: District News, Events and Information and Club News
Correction to June DG Newsletter
Whoops!! It should have been $10,000 ... Read the correction and apology
Newsletter Editor – Les Walsh - les@leswalsh.com.au
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