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Edition 62
Monday, 7th February 2022
Message from our President
“Serve to Change Lives”
CHANGE:
It is becoming painfully obvious to me as society endeavours to navigate its way out of this covid lifestyle we have endured, that changes are happening and the way we live our daily lives now requires some lateral thinking and the expectation of change cannot be discounted.
So too for Rotary, our ability to serve our communities, the ongoing lockdowns, lack of face-to-face get-togethers, postponement and/or cancelling of events, maintaining our safety at the Sunday market has caused a disconnect. I believe it is important that we all work hard to think laterally, embrace change whilst maintaining the core values that have made Rotary a strong, trusted organisation over the last 100 years and advance our organisation into this next 100 years of growth and development.
To support this point, Holger Knaack, R.I. President 20-21 has correctly suggested that
“Some of us may think that we can just return to business as usual, once this pandemic is over, but that is impossible – the world is changing and we must change with it”.
Some social changes that have occurred that must influence our thinking moving forward are: Changes in Technology
Social institutions changing structures
Population demographic
Changing environment, we live in
Cashless society
Community expectations – multiple groups, diverse views, interests and expectations
The definition of a modern Rotary has been suggested as
“One that is adaptable, flexible, has a stable platform – all leading to service.
One of my favourite definitions that rings so true is
“Definition of Insanity – doing things the same way over and over again and expecting that will yield a different result”
So, as this year progresses you will see some adaptability and flexibility in our thinking, some new ideas may be trialled with regard to meeting structures, members organisational structure and a stronger emphasis placed on partnerships with organisations in our demographic. The reporting style to change from donation amounts of money to the impact of how many benefitted from the donation, what were the positives of our donation to that organisation, how many “volunteer” man-hours were in place to achieve our outcomes.
Sincere thanks to Sue Loeliger for facilitating our meeting this Wednesday and opening the doors of “The Healey” to our club.
With every best wish,
President Helen Nodrum
Please note that the Inner Wheel Art Auction has been (wisely) postponed till later in the year due to health concerns.
This week we are meeting at the Healey....details here
42 Healey Street
Moorabbin, VIC 3189 7.10am
This week's meeting WILL NOT be available via Zoom
A number of Club members assisted staff and students from Holmsglen Uni at this event. Holmsglen support the day by providing a food stall manned by students from the hospitality faculty.
The meeting was held on Zoom. 20 members participated. Guests: Tony and Sossi from Cilantro and Barbara from the Rotary Club of Moorabbin. Guest Speaker: Chris Mara.
As the first organization to envision a polio-free world through mass immunization of children, Rotary believes the decision to vaccinate is a humanitarian imperative. The Rotary International Board of Directors and Rotary Foundation Trustees believe that:
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Team members: Peter O’Brien, Linda O’Brien, Samantha Langridge. Geoff Gray then Barbara (RCM) Ron Brownlees, Charles Renner and Asia, Helen Nodrum, Ian Ballantine. Cars in the Queue: 1 Overnight Cars : Stall 135 (Cascade effect on plant stalls); 95
2300 pedestrians. Beautiful morning weather wise. No breeze and only a few wispy clouds in the sky. Quite a number of vacant stalls, both regular and casual. Plenty of pedestrians. Apart from the two cars parked overnight a very uneventful market.
Larry Green, Leader
Roster for the next 2 weeks
Meeting Chairman refer here for help
Note Market start time is 6.15am
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Ian Ballantine
A reminder to members to keep checking the calendar of upcoming events for evening and perhaps, one day, daytime events.
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Changes in Technology
Market Report February 6, 2022
