A Business meeting, Momo sends greetings, Preparations for our Fundraiser....

 From our President....

 Dear fellow Rotarians and friends,

There is a great TED Talk which I have posted on our Rotary Club of Rosebank Facebook page. If you are not a social media person, it is worth finding it on the web and listening to it –

  https://youtu.be/SPff-gC9w8g

 

It does confirm for me why I am a Rotarian and the benefits of belonging to a service organization. Although it is a little like preaching to the converted, it is worth sharing with friends and family. There is scientific evidence that people who serve are happier, live longer, have more tranquility in their lives and have more friends.

We are encouraged to see opportunity in everything – the COVID pandemic has offered our club new insight and an opportunity to change when and how we meet. The threat of a second wave means many of us should remain cautious. Thus the opportunity to be a club having members who only meet via Zoom and members who would be available to go back to Wanderers and cannot wait to get back!! But what if we do all our business on Zoom and meet socially at more convenient times and venues? I would love to hear some opinions and options from members?? Very aware of those members who do not join our Zoom meetings – we miss them.

Have a great week. Enjoy whatever you are doing.

Yours in Rotary,

Ann

A Business Meeting....

In a nutshell:

• It has been decided that we shall only have a wine draw when we have live meetings.
• As we have not needed to pay for our weekly lunches we ask the members to make a contribution to Every Rotarian - Every Year
• David, responsible for membership, has brought our former member Lorenzo back into the fold  thanks to our club wholeheartedly embracing technology and enabling him to join remotely. David is hoping to bring on two further members in this manner in the not too distant future.
• It is The Year of the Nurse and we shall be handing an award to the Palliative Care Department of Baragwanath as well as the Nursing College.
• Due to the Covid restrictions it was unfortunately not possible to host the annual Rotary Youth Leadership Award (RYLA) weekend getaway, but an online seminar was held on Saturday 17th October.
• The annual food collection that we normally do at the end of the months of August through to November at the Norwood Spar will take place in a different format this year. 

Our Masego having the time of her life.....

Where is Momo?

She writes.....

I have finally got a moment to respond. I am so sorry it is so late, I have been in another province for the last 2 days. All the new presidents of District 3330 had an annual get-together with all kinds of activities lined up, singing dancing etc it was a 3 days get away trip to the Krabbi province.

My visit is going to be extended with an extra 3 days. One of the Rotary club presidents from the Trang Province asked if I could stay with her an extra 3 days at a neighbouring province and that's where I will be in the next 4 days.

 Again I apologize for my absence, it's only now that the country is settled travel wise with all the tourist attraction  now opening and my sponsor club and really anyone I meet along the way is trying by all means to get me to as many places as possible before I head home.

 Congratulations on the big induction, I remember Mr Lorenzo from the meetings that I did manage to attend.

  It is really great that he will be joining the club.

 Regarding the tickets, I was informed that I am going to be back in SA around the end of November, however nothing has been confirmed regarding tickets and an exact date.

 I really am enjoying every moment, and I cannot begin to imagine to even set foot out of the country.

Rotarians, People of Action....

A big thank you goes to all our members that have so generously donated and contributed to our prizes that can be won at our Rotary Quiz Evening that will be taking place this Wednesday the 21st at the Parkview Golf Club. We have had overwhelming support and  if it had not been for the Covid restrictions we could have fielded even more teams

This Friday....

Our speaker for Friday is Pat Dickson, and her talk will be:

"Repositioning your Future Self with Meaning & Purpose"

About Pat

 Pat Dickson qualified as a teacher before moving in to the Training and Recruitment arena. During a career spanning over 30 years Pat has had exposure to many organisations including call centres, financial services, banking & the hospitality industry.

To extend her passion for developing people, Pat qualified as an Accredited Certified Coach (ACC) with the International Coach Federation (ICF) in 2008, and re accredited in 2011, 2014 & 2017.Pat has found success using The Results Coaching methods, with whom she trained and the GROW Model – courtesy of Sir John Whitmore.  

During her career Pat has had exposure to Steve Drotter’s Leadership Pipeline model for managing performance and aligns herself to John C Maxwell’s “The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership”. In February 2012 Pat became a certified Science of Happiness @ Work Coach through the iOpener Institute, UK and in March 2013 a certified Talent Dynamics Performance & Flow Consultant, trained in the UK. She has over 1000 hours of coaching people in the areas of Leadership and Wellness guiding her clients through behavioural change, within the following business arenas:
Exxaro, Cadbury, Fedics, ABSA, TACC, Medscheme, Sasol, ICAS, TsogoSun, KPMG, Afrox