From the Pen of the President...
This will be my last communication of this nature as President
for 2021/2022 and I would like to thank all Rosebank Rotarians for their many
and varied contributions to the club during the past year. It has been an honour and privilege to be
your President and to have so many members serving to change lives in our
communities. Well done to you all!
Costa Qually
President
Tailpiece
We shall never know all the good that a simple smile can do. (Mother Teresa)
Last Friday...
...we met both in person at Wanderers and via Zoom for our monthly Business Meeting. These business meetings are aimed at keeping the members informed of the activities of various committees and decisions that might have been made at Board level.
If you want to keep abreast of what is happening in the Club and you have not been able to attend the meeting this is the one Ramble edition a month you should make a point of reading.
These were the report backs from the President as well as the various committee chairs:
President
- Discon went well, 7 Rosebank members took part
- · Next year’s Discon to be held in Swaziland in April.
- · Induction Dinner for our incoming President Ann on the 1st July, Cost @ R150 to be paid into Club account
- · We will more than likely receive a citation as we have met all Rotary Goals set for 2021/2022 except for membership.
- Gareth Hood has sadly resigned as attending virtual meetings from China came with immense challenges, because Zoom does not seem to work there
- Reasonable attendance figures for the month of June.
- We broke even with monies paid in for Friday pizzas
- Provided the costs do not go up the Board felt that we should keep the attendance money at R50.-
Finance
- John had circulated his reports in advance of the meeting. Should any of the members wish to have insight into the financial reports please to contact John Symons.
- Suffice to say, that club finances are healthy and as reported in last week's Ramble our Foundation support was commended at District level
Membership
- Michele Van Benecke will be inducted by Ann on Friday 1st July at her induction evening.
- David is in discussion with various people that have shown an interest in joining the club, but it is too early to reveal names until there has been a firm commitment given
David's sterling Almoner Duties
- Judy Powell is doing fine and sends her love.
- Elaine Ok currently in the Drakensberg.
- Roger Wedlake had a bit of a health scare. He was admitted to Milpark ICU with a heart condition, but it has resolved itself and he is resting at home.
- Bernard Neuhaus is in Cape Town and doing fine.
- David visited with Carol Lawrence. She has started making bead jewellery which one of the ladies in the retirement home will try and sell for her.
· International
- Richard Moloney has only just returned from Australia, so he has not been able to convene a committee meeting.
- Still keen to pursue Cervical Cancer project and will persist in trying to establish contact with Checkers-Shoprite. Also been in touch with an NGO in Pretoria – Clinton Health Initiative.
- The Rotary Club of Kochin in Kerala, India has shown interest in "twinning" with our Club. Our club would be interested in principle. David will investigate further steps.
- An intercountry committee, or ICC, is a relationship between two or more international districts or countries working together to increase fellowship and intercultural understanding, foster stronger ties between members, clubs, and districts from different countries, and establish networks across borders. They’re formed with the approval of district governors. You might work with an ICC to:
- Develop a sister or twin club relationship between clubs in participating countries
- Create a Rotary Friendship Exchange between two countries
- Cooperate on international service projects
- Share best practices for sponsoring new clubs and engaging existing members
Youth
- Careers Day will be held on Saturday 30th July. Still need commitment from various professions.
- Invitations to various schools will be going shortly for the Senior Youth Leadership course taking place the weekend of 14th – 16th October.
Publicity
- A decision has been made to cancel the Rosebank Rotary website.
- At last week's District conference Rotarian Shereen Hunter, who runs a very successful company African Brands Architects shared insights as to how to improve one's public image, and Ann would like to concentrate on this in the new Rotary year.
Fund Raising
- Sonja has a few ideas up her sleeve, but at this stage the only fixed fundraising event is a further Quiz evening at the Parkview Golf Club on the 26th of October.
Community & Vocational
- Sybille shared that the Rotary Club of Randburg will be handing over the Khensani Collection EcoBrick project to our club, as their champion Diana Musara has resigned from Rotary and Randburg does not have capacity to run with it. They have already secured funding from various companies and have been in touch with the Rotary Club of Singapore for international collaboration
- 171 blankets that were donated in the Club's blanket drive were earmarked to go to the NGO Boikanyo, who do such sterling work with supplying and fitting cerebral palsy children with specialized wheelchairs, and they will take them down to rural Eastern Cape, to be handed out during a Madiba Buggy outreach in July.
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Environment |
- · On the 17th September Rotary Club New Dawn is spearheading a Braamfontein Spruit river clean-up which is to be held in is collaboration with other clubs and civic organizations. Ann H-B has put our name down for a certain section within Delta Park.
- This Friday....
- Finally, after two years of lockdown restrictions we will be able to celebrate PE Ann's Induction Dinner in the style we had been accustomed to.
Finally, after two years of lockdown restrictions we will be able to celebrate PE Ann's Induction Dinner in the style we had been accustomed to.
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