On the 22nd November we have our AGM.President Mavis invites all of members to come along and assist us vote on and create our leadership team from July 2023-June 2024.
Sue has sent out the minutes from the AGM 2021, agenda for AGM on the 22nd and Nomination forms for the following roles:
* Club President 2024-2025 and Club President 2025-2026
* Club Secretary 2023-2024
* Club Treasurer 2023-2024
The future progression of the club is in all our hands so nominate a position for yourself or another club member.
On the 13th December we have a visit from our District Governor Tim Keeler. It is an important time for clubs when the DG visits Tim will meet with the leadership team from 1800hrs then Tim will look forward to meeting with you all from 1830hrs.
Club Activities happening November 2022
Members, in addition to our Tuesday meetings, we have another event on the 26th November. The event will commence at 1300 hrs, Maggie will host a Birthing Kit Assembly Day. Members who attended the meeting on the 9th August had the opportunity to hear from Simone Rickets about the Birthing Kits and Assembly days (video is available in members only section of our website) and members supported the club purchasing 200 kits which will be sent overseas to assist with sterility for women during birth.
Have you registered with MY Rotary yet ?
A big thank you to all members who have registered with My Rotary between September and now. Currently we increased from 39.47% at end of September to now having 57% of our members registered with My Rotary. It would be fantastic if we could have all members registered before the visit to our club by DG Tim Keeler on the 13th December. My Rotary really is a rich resource of ideas about RI and different roles within clubs.
Portfolio leads for Projects, Louise & Jules, are keen to have a meeting with all project leads to assist determine progress and potential end dates for all projects the club is currently involved in.
Education Lead
The leadership team is delighted to announce that member Nicole Purcell has volunteered for the role of Education Lead for the club. Nicole is looking forward to ensuring quality education / information sessions for our members on the 4th Tuesday of each month.
If you have an idea for a presenter / topics please let Nicole know, she would love to hear from you. Nicole can be contacted at kelsoqueen29@gmail.com.
Club Social Events - Cruise Conference - Cancelled
In discussion Sue, Jason and Wendy have decided to cancel the cruise as there had been poor registration for same.
Due to the high demand of cabins on the cruise ship selling fast a decision had to be made re the conference for Rotarians.
Sue and Jason are still running a non Rotarian cruise on the same ship / same dates and venues if any member would like to attend that conference.
As a club we can discuss and consider another Rotarian Cruise at a later date.
Projects
We are a very busy Club - below is a snapshot of the projects that we are currently involved in.
End Polio Now
World Polio Day was 24th October. We will know from the leadership meeting on Monday 7th November how much funds were raised to donate to End Polio Now.
The Three C's Cafe
We will continue to offer the cafes every Thursday evening (Brisbane, Qld time) until the end of November. Please continue to advocate and promote the cafe with your colleagues through promoting our flyers in your tearooms, offices, and share / like / repost the flyer from our club LinkedIn, Social Media pages.
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.
Treasurer Jeff is pleased to report that we have been able to donate our first $1,000.00 to Shelterbox for this Rotary Year. Again a big thank you to the work of Sue, Jason and Louise to make this happen. Shelterbox is very active in Pakistan currently due to the major flooding that has caused devastation recently.
Project lead Cecelia Flomo invites members of the club who are interested in being involved in this project to contact her and then, as a team, they can determine future progress for the project
The Florence Nightingale International Foundation (FNIF), the charitable arm of ICN, launched the Girl Child Education Fund (GCEF) in 2005 with the mission of supporting access to education for the orphaned daughters of nurses in developing countries.
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.
It is the month that Rotary clubs and districts remind and educate Rotarians about the remarkable programs of our Foundation and seek the financial contributions needed to make the world a better place.
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
Song & Dance Fundraiser Update
2023
24th-26th March - District 9620 Conference Leadership Hands, Mind Heart & Mind Brisbane Australia. The conference will be celebrating 100 years of Rotary in Qld. There is a great line up of speakers (see link below). Registration for the conference is also in the link. It would be great to have a good representation from our club attend the conference and a great change for us to catch up in the same space together.
27th-31st May - Rotary International Conference - Melbourne Australia
11th-14th June - ICM Triennial Congress - Bali Indonesia
We have created a Global Nurses and Midwives Club Brochure that we can use to give out to people in they are interested in joining us or want to know what we are about.
Please have a look at the Brochure and distribute it to Nurses and Midwives who you think would be interested in Joining our Club.
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.
