Ross Taylor Assistant Governor report
ASSISTANT GOVERNOR CLUBS D9780 ROSS TAYLOR REPORT TO GROUP 10 CLUBS:
AUGUST – SEPTEMBER 2016:
INTRODUCTION
- New Club Name-RC of Grovedale Waurn Ponds
- Collegiality of Clubs-Ride the Bellarine, Fresh Water for Pursat Providence Cambodia, BH Volunteer Patient Transport project & Rotary Youth Driver Awareness (RYDA) program.
- Pres Bill attended RCGE Auction Sat nite; will reciprocate
1 DISTRICT INSURANCE 2016-2017
- Club’s responsibility
- Need to signed off Sexual Abuse Liability Insurance Questionnaire
- Only need to respond to # 2,3,6,16 &17
- Interpretation of ‘reasonable enquiry’ in #17
- If ‘Yes’, attach a report
- Needs to signed & be with me by 21st Sep
2 RYDA Rotary Young Drivers Awareness Program
- Geelong Pilot Program
- 115 students, 6 schools
- 8 Clubs pledged funds from Groups 9 & 10
- Committee: W & K Pecar, R Campbell, J Marendez, A Schmidt & AG Kathy Ryan
- NEED: More volunteers, facilitators, Committee members from Group 10 Clubs
- Next program next year
3 LIFT THE LID – Australian Rotary Health Program
- Mental Illness program
- Friday, 7th October, 2016
- Aim is to raise over $2m from the general public for mental illness prevention research
- Is a Victorian Multi-District program
- Being supported by 3AW & Herald Sun
- Being run in conjunction with ARH Hat Day
- Promotional Rotary video, stickers & posters available to Clubs
4 RIDE THE BELLARINE
- Sunday, 9th April, 2017
- PB Events unable to purchase insurance & will not be running the event this year
- Executive has met; we think we can run the event ourselves
- Will obviously need more help from Clubs
- Insurance not a problem
- Murray McDonald a committee member – Volunteer Co-ordination along with Greg Plumridge
- A special year with 100 year anniversary of TRF along with final eradication of polio
5 DISTRICT AWARDS:
- Please consider putting in for one of the following this Rotary year.
-Rotary Foundation, Inter-Club project, Membership Growth, Environmental & Heritage project, Vocational, Community, Youth & International Service Achievements.