Page 15 - Rotary Matters - November

On Sunday 27 November 2022 at 12.30-1.30 SA time there Is a session online about “How to tell our
Rotary Stories”. We encourage you to register for the event prior to the date. The link is below.
https://forms.bedrocksolutions.co.nz/rotary-zone-8-public-image-team-how-to-tell-our-rotary-stories/

Can’t make the date? Please still register prior to 27/11 and then you
will receive the recorded session so you can view when convenient
to you.

Need some District Items for an event that you have coming up?
i.e. Flags, A4 Frames with arrows for parking etc?

The Rotary District Shed with items as per above to promote Rotary and other Rotary projects, i.e., RYLA,
RYPEN, District Facebook page and Website flags.
The shed is located near Brighton - We encourage you to reach out to John Yard 0418 834 531 if you would
like to book some items for an upcoming event. Please note: It is really important that Clubs return the
items promptly back to the shed so they can be used by other clubs for their events if required.

Regionalization Update

Congratulations to all clubs. D9510 was one of 6 districts in the
Zone where 100% of the clubs voted in the recent poll. 96.51%
of our clubs voted YES for the pilots and 89% of clubs overall in the
Zone (Australia, New Zealand and the South Pacific) voted in favour.

However, one district (out of 21) did not reach the two thirds of
clubs voting YES mark which was required by the RI Board for the
pilots to proceed. The Board reviewed the result and decided, given
the overwhelming support from clubs in the other districts, that the
regionalization pilot would proceed. The one affected district will not
participate at this stage but will monitor the pilots and has been invited to take another vote in due course.

An Implementation Task Force of 16 members has been established and two 9510 Rotarians have been
appointed as members - DGN Marie-louise Lees (Gawler Light) and PDG Euan Miller (Norwood).
The taskforce is being supported by the RISPPO office.
The main tasks are:

• To prepare a 4-year budget by Dec 2022 for approval by the RI Board at its meeting in Jan 23.
The pilots will be funded from RI resources.
• To determine the selection/election processes for the Regional Council and the training of its members.
• To identify, with the Districts, the functions to be transferred progressively to the region and to
facilitate their transfer, the establishment of specialist regional support teams and ongoing club access.

• To establish the community group support structure and enable clubs to choose to which group they
wish to belong; the election of community group leaders and provide training and support to such
leaders.

The taskforce has also been asked to set up communication and technology strategies to facilitate the
linkage with clubs and Rotarians.

The Core Team has been tasked to develop monitoring and evaluation strategies to measure and report the
success or otherwise, of the pilots to the RI Board, districts and clubs.

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