Incoming President Vision 2020-2021 Year
This address was delivered at the Changeover Meeting today 28th June.
Firstly, we all need to
acknowledge and thank our immediate Past President Sherryl Gregory for
her tireless enthusiasm, energy, compassion, commitment, co-operation,
collaboration, organisation, research, flexibility and absolutely outstanding
leadership in what must surely be the most long lasting disruptive event to
face nearly every organisation and club around the globe during our lifetimes.
Through her efforts, we have enjoyed some fantastic
zoom meetings, and undertaken and completed so many of our activities that are
set out in the annual report since the advent of COVID 19.
Please join with me to show our appreciation.
Secondly, I also want to acknowledge the recent passing
of Sir Clem Renouf, affectionately known as the
Dynamo from Down Under, and former Rotary International President, one
of the most humble of Rotarians yet one
who has left the world such a better place with the legacy of his work to
eradicate polio. Truly an inspiration to all of us.
I will now turn to my vision for 2020-21:
Rotary
Opens Opportunities
With such an outstanding contribution to matters of
local state national and international significance over the past 60 years, and
with the backgrounds, work experience, contributions and interests of our
current members, it is truly an honour and privilege to have the opportunity to
serve as your President of the Rotary Club of Maleny for the coming year.
At the
International Assembly held earlier this year, RI President-elect Holger
Knaack said
“Rotary
is not just a club that you join. It is an invitation to endless opportunities…It
opens opportunities to serve in a project as big and historic as End Polio Now
and also in a small community project, where you just plant a tree.
...Everything we do opens another opportunity for someone, somewhere.”
With his
new theme for 2020-21, Rotary Opens Opportunities, he has challenged all
Rotarians to:
·
create
opportunities that strengthen our leadership,
help put
service ideas into action,
improve
the lives of those in need, and
create
change in the world.
So my
question to you today is - Are we seizing our opportunities.?
Goal 1. To seize new opportunities in the coming year
During
the coming week, we are seizing a new opportunity to forge a stronger
partnership with our sister Glasshouse Club by assisting with parking duties
at Australia Zoo over the School holidays, and in turn earning some funds
to substitute in part for those lost through the cancellation of so many events
over the past 4 months.
With our Winter
Blues Drive in Concert, we are seizing a new opportunity to re-connect with
our local artists and musicians by organizing a concert that meets the COVID 19
health requirements at the Maleny
Showgrounds on Sat 18 July 2020 -and
judging by ticket sales, it promises to be a huge success – albeit we have much
work yet to complete.
We are seizing
a new opportunity to reconnect with our business roots and local businesses and
employees through our Pride of Workmanship Recognition Program culminating
in a presentation dinner on Saturday 29 August 2020.
And we are
seizing a new opportunity to make a difference
in the lives of people less fortunate through our new international project in Nepal
Goal 2. To continue our good work with an array of other
existing projects and events including our involvement in the Hinterland
Aussie Day Expo, and parking at the Maleny Wood Expo, Maleny Agricultural Show,
Qld Cross Country Races, Muscle on the Mountain - Maleny Show and Shine, the sale
of food at the Maleny Agricultural Show, the Rotary Calendar, our Rotary Grants
Scheme, the joint local service projects such as Maleny Settlers Green and
Prevention of Domestic Violence, Maleny Christmas Tree Festival, the Maleny
Christmas Street Carnival, and our regular Rotary Club of Maleny Blog.
But can and/or
should we do more?
The Rotary Foundation Trustees and Rotary International Board of Directors
have both unanimously approved adding a new area of focus: supporting the
environment - to bring about positive change in the world.Supporting the environment becomes Rotary's seventh area of focus, which are categories of service activities supported by global grants. It joins peacebuilding and conflict prevention; disease prevention and treatment; water, sanitation, and hygiene; maternal and child health; basic education and literacy; and community economic development.
Grant applications for projects will be accepted beginning on 1 July 2021. Gifts and commitments from Rotarians and others will be sought to provide global grant support for the new area of focus.
Goal 3 - as part of the
new area of focus and within the UNEP-Rotary Adopt A River Initiative,-
to Adopt the Obi Obi Creek from its
source to its merge with the Mary River and that we undertake environmental
projects within its catchment, like Obi Obi Clean Up days such as Clean Up
Australia Day or other water improvement, revegetation or weed clearing
projects, and that we look at how we can seize opportunities to partner with
other environmentally concerned local residents and organisations to undertake
such projects.
Goal 4. To leave our meeting venue and meeting
arrangements the same as in previous years. For our first meeting next week I
propose that it to be by zoom and we will look at the impact of upcoming
proposed changes to the COVID 19 meeting
arrangements and after consultation with members determine whether our first
in person meeting should take place on Wednesday 22 July 2020
at the Maleny Hotel.
Goal 5. To ensure that
we have fun, through
(a)
friendly, relaxed and engaging meetings,
with a wide range of informative and topical guest speakers, and
(b)
holding some other new events such as a
dress up walk around Maleny, a car rally and/or another event similar to the
very successful limerick evening.
Goal 6. To commission a
new website and club information brochure tailored for new members.
Goal 7. To increase club
membership by 5 members.
Goal 8. To amend
the Club Constitution to meet changes required by amalgamation.
I am looking forward to an exciting year for our club
and now take the opportunity to introduce our new Board of Directors for
2020 2021.
EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS
President
2020 - 2021 Greg
Williams
Vice President 2020 -
2021 Michael
Gregory
Secretary 2020 - 2021
Bernice McLennan
Treasurer 2020 - 2021 Jim Atkinson
President
Elect 2021 - 2022 TBA
OTHER DIRECTORS OF
THE BOARD
1) Vocational Events/Pride of Workmanship/
Winter
Blues Drive in Concert Paulette Steele
2) Membership/Public Relations Phillip
Starke
3) International/Foundation/Environment Jeff
Cornfoot
4) Community Relations/Events & Other
Projects Rick Vickers
5) Youth Sherryl Gregory
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