Showcasing the wonderful impact of Rotary
To celebrate our Centenary, this year’s Zone 8 conference is all about sharing the wonderful impact of Rotary. It will take place on 11 & 12 September 2021.
There are some great reasons to attend this year’s event:
- Be inspired by Rotary projects in communities around our Zone
- Meet some of our Rotary heroes – dedicating their lives to making a positive difference
- Learn new ways to deepen engagement and impact from Rotary’s senior leaders
- Connect with Rotary friends old and new
- Share the ‘big picture’ of Rotary impact with your newer members
- Be inspired to deepen your engagement and make an even greater difference through Rotary
The 2021 event is going virtual with a flexible two day program designed to inspire and energise you. The event will have all the best elements of the face to face conference – you can listen to great speakers, ask questions, network with Rotarians friends (old and new) and choose the sessions you want to attend – all from the comfort of your home or in a shared space with other Rotarians and friends.
This event will bring together the best of Rotary in one place over one weekend. Keep up to date with all the speakers, sessions and sizzle at the conference website. Registrations open 1 July 2021.
For the second time in two years the World Fund is likely to run out of money to provide matching dollars to Global Grant applications. Last year the funds ran out in May but this year the outlook is more dire and a number of savings measures have already been put in place at Evanston. The trustees and the Board met in late January to look at stop gap solutions which may well now be known.
Dear friends,
The Rotary Club of Gold Coast Corporate in D9640 recently chartered in October, made up entirely of corporate members. The club, one of the first of its kind in our region, has 27 senior corporate leaders from over 14 international and national companies, with 5 more members wanting to join since chartering. The club has over 60% women and 40% are under 40 years of age.
Many of you will associate me with the membership roles I’ve held in Rotary. Yet in my professional life, outside Rotary, much of my career has focused on marketing and communications. For almost a decade, I taught Marketing Principles to undergraduate and postgraduate students at University. Later, when I moved into University management, I put those principles into practice - marketing the University’s programs to business, government and international students.
