Into the third month of my Presidency and I have yet to rub shoulders with any members. Getting used to wearing a mask and maybe it is an advantage since it is now suspected that doctors wear masks so that when anything goes wrong, they can’t be identified. Mental and physical health is a priority. One of my patients was told to play 18 holes a day, so he went out and bought a harmonica. So, it is in lockdown no socialising and no golf in particular!!
Thank you for ratifying the Strategic Action Plan at the last general meeting. Even though we are in DC (during COVID), we can begin to implement some goals. It seems like Rotary District is using the lockdown to ensure all their policies are in order. A good example is this Rotary Youth Declaration Form and, also watch your email for other policies that I have to prove that I have alerted you to.
Our DG Philip Archer is keen to address our club but initially wants to approach our Cluster Group first. So, on September 11th at 5.00 pm Friday, we will conducting a cluster zoom meeting.
Literacy is at the heart of basic education for all, and essential for eradicating poverty, reducing child mortality, curbing population growth, achieving gender equality and ensuring sustainable development, peace and democracy.
Literacy is a significant and specific goal for Rotary.
Posted by First Appeared in Rotary on the Move June 2020
As Rotary clubs explore ways to offer unique and interesting development opportunities to their members, Rotary is happy to share new online courses on enhancing presentation skills. A product of Rotary’s alliance with Toastmasters International, these first two courses in our new leadership and communication series are now available in the Learning Center:
Develop a speech — Learn how to organize a speech that leaves a lasting impression on your audience.
Deliver a speech — Explore and practice the effect your voice and body language can have when giving a speech.
These courses include assignments to help you put your new skills into practice and peer evaluations to help you grow through collaboration. Watch this video to learn more and share with district and club leaders to use during a club meeting or for personal and professional development.
The Rotary Zone 8 Conference will be a Virtual Conference this year, featuring a host of prominent Rotarians as guest speakers.
Rotary International President Holger Knaack will open the Conference and Past RI Presidents Barry Rassin and Ian Risely and RI President Nominee Jennifer Jones will all feature amongst a host of Rotary leaders.
The Conference will be held over two sessions of one and a half hours each on Saturday September 19th and Sunday September 20th, and will provide stimulating insights into the wonderful work being done by Rotary in Zone 8, which includes Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Islands, and around the globe. Jennifer Jones, who will be RI President in 2022-2023, will speak on what it means to be a modern Rotary for a modern world. To see the program or to register, click on this link: Virtually Alice Springs Zone 8 Conference
This is a delightful and inspirational Fellowship in which men and women throughout the world produce beautiful and highly useful products.
In 2003, an Honorary Rotarian, Phyllis Giersch in California, highly recognised for her work in quilting, conceived the idea for the Fellowship. Phyllis has conducted quilting classes in the United States, and in Australia Rotarians have been fortunate to also receive her knowledge of quilting at classes in this country.
Global virus pandemics are not new. Before vaccines were developed for polio in the 1950s, parents were gripped by terror: over 1,000 children were dying or being paralysed each day.
Two engineers were standing at the base of a flagpole, looking at its top. A woman walked by and asked what they were doing
"We're supposed to find the height of this flagpole," said one of the engineers, "but we don't have a ladder."
The woman took a spanner from her purse, loosened a couple of bolts, and laid the pole down on the ground. Then she took a tape measure from her purse, took a measurement, announced, "6.5 metres," and walked away.
One engineer shook his head and laughed, "A lot of good that does us. We ask for the height and she gives us the length!"
After graduating from Monash University with an MBBS and BMedSci(Hons), Sarah Garner trained in infectious diseases and microbiology. She obtained Fellowships from both the Royal Australasian College of Physicians and the Royal College of Pathologists Australasia, and worked as a specialist before joining the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute to undertake clinician PhD training.
Dr Sarah Garner will be talking about her current research into COVID-19 and the techniques she is using to contribute to the global effort to combat this virulent disease.
