The next Club Meeting will be held on the 8th November. There is no presenter for this meeting, however, President Mavis is keen for as many members to attend so that we can reflect on the initial few months of her year and to discuss and perhaps identify potential new projects moving forward. Please come along and bring your ideas.
Our Global Culinary Delights will commence with Jane Davies at 1815hrs (see recipe further down in newsletter) then stay with us for the meeting 1830hrs.
On the 22nd November we have our AGM. I invite all of you to come along and assist us vote on and create our leadership team from July 2023-June 2024.
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 ?
If you have, that's great, you have seen the multiple resources you can access.
On the 7th September 2022 we had 39.47% of our members who have registered with MY Rotary. Let us aim to reach 100% by the end of October this year.
The leadership team has endorsed and is delighted to welcome Rotarians Louise
Webber and Jules Aitkento co-lead the Projects Portfolio. As you know Sue has been looking for someone to take up the role for a number of months. We look forward to the passion and creativity that Louise and Jules will bring to the Portfolio lead for Projects
Education Lead
As mentioned at the previous club meeting, as Pammie has now become a member of the membership portfolio we need someone to take over the Education Lead role.
PP Wendy shall send out an email to all members about the Education lead role.
We know a couple of members have already expressed an interest tin this role.
If you are interested in being Education Lead for the club please send an email of expression to PP Wendy, wendy@davaar.com.au
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 is today 24th October.
To date, our club has raised $710.00. We will keep the fund raiser for EPN open until the end of this month, then all money raised will go to RI End Polio Now Fund.
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.
Wendy McIntosh and Cecelia Flom head up this 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.
If you are already a member of LinkedIn we would love you to connect with us...let us continue to grow awareness of our club, our projects and the Rotary international through our professional connections
As always, Rudson welcomes your input and comments and can be contacted on
The Theme for this month is Economic and Community Development
Nearly 1.4 billion employed people live on less than $1.25 a day. Our members promote economic and community development and reduce poverty in underserved communities through training, well-paying jobs, and access to financial management institutions. Projects range from providing people with equipment to vocational training. Our members work to strengthen local entrepreneurs and community leaders, particularly women, in impoverished communities.
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
GNMRC - Culinary Delights
with Jane Davies
2022
28th-30th October - Zone 8 Rotary & Rotaract Build Together Conference, Canberra Australia. PP Wendy is attending this conference and will provide feedback and ideas from the conference in the next bulletin.
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.
