First Name | Last Name | Club |
Lynette | Bennett-Colls | Wonthaggi |
Shonene | Clarke | Sorrento |
Roger | Colls | Wonthaggi |
Garry | Padey | Mount Eliza |
The District membership page has been updated with new material and 3 survey links. I encourage you all share this information with your club members and encourage them to complete the online surveys. Your District team will look at the survey answers and discuss the findings at the membership development days in August and September.
In August and September, we are going to start by running our first series of workshops
Have you completed your survey about membership? It only takes five minutes of your time! Use this link. The results of this survey will be discussed at the Membership workshops. at various locations around the District, focusing on looking within our Clubs, then providing some ideas and tools to help you start looking at your community.
In July, Districts 9810 and 9820 came together to reinvigorate RYLA. We had one in-person training session before having to adapt online and it has been all systems go since then! We initially participated in an alignment workshop to blend the two districts together to become one team, the Support Squad.
The Support Squad members are a collective of 18 young, ambitious and diverse community leaders committed to curating the best possible RYLA for the class of 2022.
We have had 3 official training sessions and some fun, virtual rapport building catch ups as well. The Support Squad structure has been established with a strong foundation, and each member having their own roles and responsibilities. Duos have been paired off and we have commenced fleshing out the program for the 6-day seminar.
We are keeping our hopes up that the seminar will be able to be held in-person in January but are dedicated to bringing a value experience to the participants whatever the challenges may be.
The Support Squad are relishing in this time where we are creating and cultivating a program we are truly proud of, while learning and growing ourselves along the way.
We look forward to welcoming your sponsors into the RYLA family just a few months’ time!
Australian Rotary Health will celebrate Hat Day on Sunday 10th October with a FREE online webinar featuring a panel of mental health researchers. You're welcome to join us or host your own party with your Rotary Club, friends or colleagues.
All funds raised will go towards vital research helping improve the mental health of young Australians aged 0-12.
Download your Host Kit and register your event by contacting the ARH office on: admin@arh.org.au or (02) 8837 1900 if you would like us to mail a host kit to you.
All funds raised will go towards vital research helping improve the mental health of young Australians aged 0-12.
Download your Host Kit and register your event by contacting the ARH office on: admin@arh.org.au or (02) 8837 1900 if you would like us to mail a host kit to you.
Vale Past President Martin Lowe (PHF)
Sadly in late July the Rotary Club of Mt Martha and District 9820 lost one of its respected members in Past President Martin Lowe who passed away following a period of ill health.
Martin a research scientist with the CSIRO joined Rotary in 1997 and quickly involved himself International Service and with Youth and Group Study Exchange being a focus.
He became Club President for 2010-11 a year that saw and Martin as President leading the Club in hosting the District Conference at Shepparton on behalf of DG David Piper.
Martin had a passion for youth and their education and this was recognised by his appointment as Associate Professor at Swinburne University. From 2001 he led our club’s Junior Community Awards program at Osborne Primary School. A program that he ran for many years. He later took a keen interest in the National Youth Science Forum (NYSF), promoting numerous candidates from our club. Later on he became the District 9820 NYSF Chairperson, a role he held from 2011 to 2017. As District Chair he oversaw the selection of over 300 students. Many of whom came back in later years to serve on the NYSF committee and student selection panels. He travelled to Canberra to participate in the NYSF as a Rotary helper. Many students benefited from their time with Martin who was able to share his experience as a practicing research scientist in LASER research. It was a the privilege to listen to him explain to a group of students how his research team was able to create an environment close to absolute zero temperature ( -273 degrees Celsius) by trapping individual atoms and particles and rendering them motionless by the use of very precise lasers, displaying his ability to explain complex concepts to students.
A passionate gentleman missed by many, respected by all.
RYLA Leadership Conference District 9820 is coming back in 17th to 22nd January 2022.
This six day conference will be held in Rawson, north of Moe.
http://www.youth.rotary9820.org/ryla
This six day conference will be held in Rawson, north of Moe.
http://www.youth.rotary9820.org/ryla
This week Rotary Club of Mitchell River Past Presidents Bernie Farquhar and Michael Nelson took delivery of the Rotary Fire Aid Trailer from Jayco Gippsland. Paul Jayco handed over the amenities trailer that was built from the ground up in Jayco’s Bairnsdale workshop and reflects the professional quality of their work and commitment to supporting the work done by Rotary in the East Gippsland community.
The trailer is for the East Gippsland Rotary Fire Aid Cluster and will be providing clean safe amenities for working bees and tree planting as we rebuild East Gippsland. 
