At the club meeting on November 13th, 2024, amongst other business reports were provided by Committee Chairs or their delegates.Here is a summary of reports........................
Community committee - Ron Brownlees
The committee has donated funds to SES, and approved a donation to Riding for the Disabled to purchase a horse, and a donation to the Monash Foundation to purchase equipment for the Cancer Unit at Moorabbin Hospital. Consideration was given to a project for the Salvation Army that proved to be too big for the club, then onforwarded to District for consideration which also rejected the project. A scaled down version of the project has been submitted to the newly formed Rorary Community Group and is pending a response.
Other projects under consideration include donations for replacing playground equipment in a local school, funds for the Holmesglen Food Bank, Holland Foundation, and Rotary Christmas Cakes for distribution through local charitable organisations.
In accordance with our club standing orders that require donations for $5,000 or more are to be presented to club members for approval, the following two motions were presented by Ron.
International committee - Linda O'Brien
The committee has donated funds for ROMAC $2,000, Shelterbox $3,000, Wheelchairs for Kids $2,000, R.C. SavuSavu Clean Burn Project $1,500.
Under consideration are donations for R.C. South Davao, Philippines for a medical project, R.C. SavuSavu for a water sanitisation project, Interplast, Disaster Aid, RAMS, School books and equipment and building a classroom in Fiji?, and funds for a water project in collaboration with R.C. Bayswater.
Under consideration are donations for R.C. South Davao, Philippines for a medical project, R.C. SavuSavu for a water sanitisation project, Interplast, Disaster Aid, RAMS, School books and equipment and building a classroom in Fiji?, and funds for a water project in collaboration with R.C. Bayswater.
Youth and Vocation committee - Jo Impey
A budget of $25,000 of which $15,000 has been allocated. Funds have been donated for RYDA $5,000, Peace Poles at 3 local schools $1,000 for each school, End of Year awards for local secondary schools $3,000, and the Applied Learning Awards $5,000 . Under future consideration are: Moorabbin Police proactive policing - A Team Sports for All event at Clarinda next year, and a proactive policing program at Westall Secondary College.
A budget of $25,000 of which $15,000 has been allocated. Funds have been donated for RYDA $5,000, Peace Poles at 3 local schools $1,000 for each school, End of Year awards for local secondary schools $3,000, and the Applied Learning Awards $5,000 . Under future consideration are: Moorabbin Police proactive policing - A Team Sports for All event at Clarinda next year, and a proactive policing program at Westall Secondary College.
Treasurer report - Neville Kruss
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The club accounts are now being administered in MYOB in the cloud environment.