We celebrate our Vice President Wendy McIntosh and member Shelley Nowlan who presented at the Australian College of Nursing - National Nursing Forum which was held in Adelaide from the 9th til 11th August. Shelley was a keynote speaker who discussed her role as Chief Nursing and Midwifery Officer, and Deputy National Rural Health Commissioner. Wendy spoke on our 3Cs Cafe initiative and will share her experience this week at our education session and I encourage you all to attend. See the flyer below.
I invite you to all join us this Tuesday 22nd August for our education meeting
Club meeting / education session every 4th Tuesday of each month
This month's Rotary Theme is membership...If you haven't already done so, I encourage all members to view the Rotary Down Under magazine which you receive each month. There is an article outlining how to develop membership. There is also a two page article about our club in the current magazine.
Project Portfolio leads are Louise Webber & Jules Aitken.
Applications for future projects are to be forwarded to Global Nurses and Midwives Rotary Club Projects Team.
Each application should include an overview of the project with aims and objectives, expected costs, fund raising strategies to support the program and a timeline which includes estimated start time, length of project and expected completion date.
All applicants will be invited to discuss their Project Application at a Projects meeting. The Projects Team will then discuss successful applications with the Leadership Team. If agreed by the Leadership Team, the applicants will be invited to present at a general meeting for all Global Nurses and Midwives members to vote. This presentation should include a brief PowerPoint presentation (or similar) which includes (but is not limited) to the information provided during the application process.
Project submissions can be email to either:
Jules Aitken @ chronicdiseasemanagementgoldcoast@gmail.com
Louise Webber @ woundtherapies@gmail.com
Education Lead
Vice President Wendy is currently managing this and looks forward to a current member taking on this position. Please contact Wendy if you are keen to do so and she can walk you through the role. The education / information sessions for our members on the 4th Tuesday of each month.
The Three C's Cafe
As you are aware the Three C’s Cafe Check in Connect Chat is one of our major projects. The Three C’s Cafe offers a virtual space for colleagues to come into for a chat about professional matters of interest to them / and a space in which to be supported. The cafe is open to colleagues where ever they are in the world. The cafe is open to members of this club and non members.
Shelter Box is an exceptional organisation that our Club has partnered with. They provide emergency relief to people around the world who have been made homeless by natural disasters and conflict.
We have pledged to fund five Shelter Boxes each year for the next 3 years. The cost is $1000 per Shelter Box and we raise funds for this through raffles and events held at Education Conferences conducted by the Nurses for Nurses Network and Education at Sea.
A big thank you to the work of Sue, Jason and Louise to make this happen. Shelterbox is very active in Turkey and Syria due to the recent devastating earthquakes.
The Rotary Solar Case has been developed, first and foremost, to provide light in remote health centres, aiding health workers where the availability of electricity is problematic at the best of times. The ability to provide portable lights for village birthing assistants is a major priority in areas where women often give birth in village huts or village health centres where the light from kerosene lanterns or mobile phones is otherwise the best available alternative.
If you want to know the date of any of the Club Meetings or Events then go to the events page on the website.
Meeting agendas and minutes are sent out by the club Secretary attached to an email a few days before the meeting takes place. If you are not receiving those emails then contact the Club Secretary on secretary.gnmrotaryclub@gamail.com
Member Resources
If you would like to present to other Nursing colleagues or to other Rotary Clubs in your area about the Global Nurses and Midwives Rotary Club Wendy and her team have created a Powerpoint presentation and notes to assist you.
As with all the documents that are referred to in the Bulletin these resources are available for you to download from the website. Just log in to the Member's area and choose the documents tab. Our website address is https://gnmrotaryclub.com/
Have you accessed the Members Website?
The Members area of the Global Nurses and Midwives Website houses a lot of information about our club.
You can find all the documents that are discussed at meetings and in the Bulletin, plus check your own details, communicate with other Members and there is an App you can download so you can access info anywhere, anytime.
