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Managing risk in your Rotary Club


        For a club to be insured while conducting any kind of activity the insurers insist that
        an assessment of the risk/s which might be encountered has/have been identified and
        mitigated. This means every activity, whether it be a meeting or a project, or even a social
        function should have a risk management plan.


        For events that happen regularly like meetings, Bunnings BBQs, you don’t need a
        management plan for each time it happens but just for the first time.  Because we are
        under Covid-19 regimes we are well used to extra compliance requirements and the risk

        management regime can be easily managed in the same way.

        All of the current training notes and current risk checklists and Insurance applications are
        on the Rotary 9510 website.



        Instead of having a Rotary member or committee work out whether a risk is evident in
        carrying out an activity, then to make an appraisal, and apply a risk assessment we have
        a very effective "checklist" system that covers all of the Rotary activities.



        The checklist idea is borrowed from aviation where pilots are mandated to use checklists
        extensively.



        It is usual for each club to have one or two members who manage the Risk system for their
        club. I have Rotarians Belinda King and John Young proficient in Risk Management assist me.

        I urge each club to go on-line and to read the training notes, information, and the checklists.

        This process is NOT difficult.


        The insurers approve of the checklist approach and remember if a club has a function with-
        out an appropriate risk assessment submitted, the function is NOT covered by insurance.

        Our Rotary District 9510 Insurance Officer John Rix is a brilliant asset.  We are both available
        if you have any queries.

        John Rix      johnrix@riverland.net.au        Mobile: 0474 053 562
        Nigel Woolmer   niwusa@yahoo.com       Mobile: 0414 808 313



        Click here to link to Risk Management page















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