Dear Members,
Last Monday we held a very well attended Club Forum. Some very good discussion points and many thanks to our Directors for bringing us up to date with projects and their plans for the coming year. For our newer members, this was a great opportunity for them to find out what our various committees get up to and, to whom and where, our charitable givings go. Secretary Kay has superbly summarised the main discussion points below.
Best wishes and I look forward to next Monday to an address from Frances Loo. Frances was President last year of Mt Eden Rotary - a club of only 7 members. I believe her family are greengrocers in Mt Eden and Frances herself has a Tea and Coffee Shop next door - a most interesting person who has quite a story to tell.
Bryan
Remuera Rotary Club Forum – Monday 31 July 2023:
ClubRunner/FLECTRA
Murray Weatherston proposed that the Remuera Rotary Club Board write to District and request they send a comprehensive paper/report on why the need to change from ClubRunner to FLECTRA.
Seconded by Ross Forrester - Passed Unanimously
President Bryan will write to District
Directors outlined their Proposed Projects for the coming year:
Youth Committee - David McAuley
Projects which will be done in coming year include:
- National Summer Science & Technology Forum – Jan 2024 - $2,295/person
- MUNA – Mock UN Assembly - $275/Team
- RYLA – Rotary Youth Leadership Awards - $1,100 + dinner cost/person
- Trees for Survival – ongoing cost $1,587
- Duffy Books in Homes – Tamaki Primary School - $4,811 with District Grant of $3,000
- Rotary Dictionaries in Schools - $9.50/pupil
- Rotary Pacific - $500
- RYDA – Youth Driver Awareness Programme - $1,000/day – can be shared with
Newmarket Club.
No new Projects at this stage.
Total 2022/23 $12,878 actual
Budget $19,000
Potential sources of funding – District Grant and Newmarket Club Trusts.
Vocational Committee – Leigh Marshall
3 Projects for year:
- Business is Awesome – Feb 2024
- Vocational Visit
- Vocational Award
International Committee – Norman Johnston
- Fiji Oxygen Programme raised $611,000 and is now completed.
- Possibility of extension of similar programme in Samoa/Tonga.
- Fiji Water Project
- Emergency Projects overseas on a case-by-case basis.
Norman outlined that more is achieved by working with other groups such as:
- Medical Supplies to overseas through Greenlane Hospital
- Funding & supporting Emergency Response Kits
- Romac – Overseas student operations at Auckland Hospital
Community Committee – Pam Worth
- Salvation Army Epsom Lodge Breakfast – twice a year - $250 each breakfast
- Collections outside Remuera New World including:
Breast Cancer Oct
Big Heart Feb
Salvation Army May
- Packing of Food Boxes for Salvation Army – 1st Wednesday of each Month – $200-$300
- Auckland City Mission Collection of Food at Remuera New World Dec
- Community Service Awards have been provided in previous years
Projects Committee – Catherine Holden
Unfortunately, Catherine was unwell so unable to attend Forum.
Murray Weatherston suggested we take on projects where we get out more/more visual in the Community.
Pam Worth suggested a project which is already done by Rotary in Christchurch – Breast Milk Bank Collection.
Anyone with any suggestion of new projects should contact Catherine.
