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Guests: Mike Pearson (President-elect - Rotary Club of Bendigo) Tim Sexton (formerly Rotary Club of Claremont WA) Mandy Burns & Tegan Hammett (Be Collective)
Announcements: Frank O’Brien and President Neville Taylor informed members about the Purple Pinkie Day, and the Smartie Jar project as part of the End Polio Now Campaign. Campbell Chambers updated members about the coming Garden Design Fest. Raffle books were available which would generate $40 a book. Campbell requested that proceeds be returned to him by Tuesday 13th November. Members were also reminded of the availability of a garden bus tour to Ballarat at a cost of only $39 per person. Members able to volunteer for the Garden DesignFest 2018, scheduled for the weekend of 17-18th November, are requested to register their availability via the BeCollective website. Alan Seale provided further information to assist members with the BeCollective website and undertook to send an email with further instructions and screenshots as to how to login and register. Doug Robertson informed members about the Rotary Multi District Conference scheduled for 16th – 17th February 2019. Early Bird registrations provide a discount if registered by 31st October 2018. The Rotary Peace Conference is to be held on the Friday beforehand, and RCM will hold a dinner that evening. Frank O’Brien also thanked members who attended the RCM Sausage Sizzle held at short notice at Bunnings Collingwood on Saturday 20th October. Proceeds raised were $761. Despite the inclement weather, we were well represented through Therese & Murray Robinson, Campbell Chambers, Rohan Williams, Alan Seale, Frank & Pauline O’Brien, Gerard Hogan, and of course Peter & Sue Duras. Frank O'Brien also thanked members who attended the function with sister club, Echuca Moama. RCM was represented by President Neville Taylor & Suzette, Gerard Hogan & Brenda, Bern & Leonie Greenwood, Neville John and of course, Frank & Pauline O’Brien. Russell Rolls reminded members of the Working Bee at DIK scheduled for Saturday morning, 27th October 2018. Des Benjamin updated members about his recent visit to our sister club in Kolkata. He had the pleasure of observing Rotary’s polio vaccination program in action, with children as young as 6 years old receiving the oral vaccine. Other projects Des learned more about included water purification projects at some of Kolkata’s schools, and a project designed to provide employment opportunities in hospitality and cleaning industries for Kolkata’s disadvantaged women. Des informed members about a startup business he is establishing, which will donate a percentage of revenue generated by the business towards these projects. He also discussed the concept of establishing sister districts. President Neville Taylor also explained the process for nomination of future office bearers and the role of the nominating committee. He advised that President-elect Warwick Cavell was speaking with members seeking roles for the coming year. Looking further ahead, Therese Robinson had been nominated as President for the 2021 Rotary year, and Elias Lebbos nominated for the 2022 year. Members wishing to express an interest in director roles or any office bearer role are encouraged to inform the Board of such interest.
Guest Speaker - Mandy Burns, Director for Stakeholder Engagement, Be Collective Mandy is a registered psychologist and was the inaugural CEO of Ardoch Youth Foundation, a national charity supporting vulnerable children’s learning and wellbeing and has held numerous not-for-profit board roles. Mandy led the networking and support of NFP Women as CEOs and has received recognition for her work through scholarships, the 2009 Victorian Children’s Community Award and the 2012 Telstra Business Women’s Award for Community and Government in Victoria. Mandy was proud to advise that she is also an alumni from the Rotary Youth Leadership program. Five years ago, Rob Wise challenged the notion of how we connect goodwill in our communities. He founded Be Collective, a social enterprise and digital platform to mobilize and encourage us to contribute to our community by doing what we can, when we can. Mandy demonstrated how Be Collective enables each person to manage their own volunteering online. You can search for roles, apply and collate volunteering commitments over a lifetime (as a Social Resume) at the touch of a button. Additionally, Be Collective provides volunteer management to any organisation, anywhere, regardless of size. Because it is the only platform that verifies volunteering activity, it is the first source of live data and insights on volunteering with an organisational, local, national and global scope. The Be Collective movement is bringing together forward-thinking people of all backgrounds, from every sector who share a common belief we can do things better and create stronger, happier, healthier and more impactful communities by working together more meaningfully. Mandy advised that over 10,000 volunteers had registered through the Be Collective portal – providing a powerful base for the growth of the platform and its adoption throughout Australia and beyond. Thanking Mandy for her presentation, President Neville encouraged Rotarians to log in and register for the Garden DesignFest and to use Be Collective to manage the many other Club projects. |
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