A Relay with a Cause - Rotary Says No to Domestic Violence!

A relay with a cause - Rotary says No to Domestic Violence!

President David Parkins from RC of Jimboomba passing the baton to David Power from Satellite Club of Coomera River - Tamborine Mountain with our RYLArians. Jimboomba Interact Club at Hills International College celebrating 100 years of Rotary.

Gold Coast Rotarians participating in the GOLD COAST

Lismore, Lismore West, Summerland Sunrise and Lismore Networking clubs. RAMBLE where the Baton was one of the Ramble challenges.

Alstonville Rotary Ballina-on-Richmond Rotary

QLD APRIL QLD MAY Thur 8 Coomera River Sat 8-13 Ashmore, e club & Burleigh Fri 9-12 Coomera Valley Sat 15 Burleigh Heads Rotaract

Tue 13 Coomera Waters NSW APRIL

14-15 Griffith Gold Coast Sun 11 Byron Bay

Fri 16 Runaway Bay, Parkwood, Sat 17 Murwillumbah

Multi-club Surfers Sunrise Broadbeach Fri 23 Mullumbimby

event & Broadwater Southport NSW MAY 473 Celebrating 100

Sun 18 Robina Sat 1 Kingscliff Years of Rotary

21-25 Hope Island Fri 7 Banora Tweed shirts purchased for 28-30 Nerang Baton Relay events Fri 15 Currumbin1 Coolangatta

Terry’s Tales from the Northern Rivers

Did you know that 15 of our 57 Rotary Clubs are in the Northern Rivers area of NSW? They are connected by Club Clusters 1, 2, and 3. As one of the 12 Governor’s Special Representatives appointed by DG Andy in July 2020 to start new clubs, I can say Northern Rivers has had the largest growth in membership this Rotary year. Cluster 2 has led the way by chartering 2 new clubs. Lismore Networking on 18 December 2020 and Evans Head on PDG Terry with DG Andy in Evans Head 28 January 2021. In DG Andy’s newsletter in September 2020, he wrote about “Never let a good crisis go to waste” a comment attributed to Winston Churchill during World War II. This was heeded by Lismore Networking, following a meeting in November 2019. Planning was underway to establish a Satellite Club. When COVID struck in March 2020, a prospective member said, seeing that we are unable to meet face to face let’s seek new members and form a stand- alone club instead. Starting a new club requires time, planning and dedication. President Rita Chand, a former Rotarian from Canberra and the members are to be congratulated on becoming Lismore’s first new club in 25 years.

Many of the clubs in the Northern The formation of the Rotary Club of Evans Head wasn’t exactly formed from a crisis River and Clarence region will but more like don’t “let a good opportunity go to waste”. Following Leadership celebrate milestones of service training in Casino on 17 October 2020, Casino President Geoff Austin and I took DG this year. Their longevity is Andy for a drive to Evans Head. For some time we had discussions in Casino Rotary about forming a Satellite Club there. Upon arrival in Evans Head, DG Andy asked matched only by a combined total me “why is there no Rotary Club in this town?” He walked into LJ Hooker Real Estate of 716 years of service. Office and met Brian O’Farrell, the owner and asked him the same question. The Club Years Evans Head Rotary Club was chartered within 3 months of DG Andy visiting this Lismore 90 town. Brian and his wife Dianne are charter members of the Rotary Club of Evans Grafton 88 Head that we chartered with 22 members on 28 January 2021. Evans Head is a Casino 83 beautiful seaside town with 3,100 residents. As a one club one town community, I Kyogle 74 believe Rotary will thrive there. The last club sponsored by the Rotary Club of Maclean 67 Casino, was Kyogle on the 30 June 1947. That’s 74 years ago. Casino is proud Lismore West 60 sponsor of Evans Head Rotary. Alstonville 49 Goonellabah 39 Of the 15 clubs in Northern Rivers, 8 have increased their membership this year. 6 Yamba 38 have retained. Only one club lost 1 member. On 1 July 2020 the 15 clubs had a Ballina-on-Richmond 35 combined membership of 235. Today including the two new clubs the total Iluka Woombah 34 membership in the area is 321. Increase of 36%. The clubs that have achieved outstanding growth are Ballina-on-Richmond +27 (73%), Kyogle +3 (60%) Iluka Grafton Midday 32 st Summerland Sunrise 25 Woombah +6 (45%) Grafton Midday +5 (20%) On 1 July 2020 our district membership was 1177. Today it is 1351. DG Andy’s Crazy Big Goal of 1400, that Lismore Networking 1 some of us thought was ambitious, is now within reach. I am sure together we can Evans Head Dec 2020 1 - 2022 make it and make our district 9640 great again!

Many of the clubs in the Northern River and Clarence region will celebrate milestones of service this year. Their longevity is matched only by a combined total of 716 years of service. PDG Terry Brown - International Service Chair

Presentation of Charter Evans Head Rotary. AG John Oomen, PDG Terry

Brown, Richmond Valley Mayor 2020-2021 Rotary District Robert Mustow, Pres. David Parker, Awards DG Andy Rajapakse, Casino Pres. Geoff Austin. Nominations open 10 April and close 31 May www.rotary9640.org Satellite Club of Ballina Lifestyle members with PP Col Lee, DG Andy and DGND Dave Harmon Applications online HERE

1. Best Rotary Branded City or Town 2. Best Rotary 100 Baton Relay Activation

3. Best Media Coverage for Rotary 100

Baton Relay

4. “Rotaractor of the Year” 5. “Interactor of the Year” 6. “Youth Exchange Student of 2020” 7. “Community Service Project of the Lismore Networking Pres. Rita Year” Chand with DG Andy Rajapakse at 8. “Fundraising Project of the Year” the Charter Dinner. Southern Star ROTEX Club for YEP Alumni 2 CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OUR 57 CLUBS IN DISTRICT 9640

As requested in January 2021 by RI Redistricting Welcome New Rotarians Congratulations to the 34 Clubs on achieving 100% membership Goal of +1 Committee for a District Membership Development plan Ballina-on-Richmond Presidents of clubs with +3 net growth to consider our District not be merged in the future, the Adriene Jones G-Train members agreed and submitted the below to RI. receive an “Outstanding Leadership Coomera River Award” of a PHF. 14 Have qualified. District Membership Goals for 2020-24. Kristy George 8 are THIS CLOSE. Griffith Gold Coast Club + Don McFeat Ballina-on-Richmond NSW 64 (+27) Hope Island QLD 53 (+11) Jimboomba Burleigh Heads QLD 43 (+8) Louisa Aldridge Varsity Lakes QLD 15 (+7) Tery Hurst Iluka-Woombah NSW 20 (+6) Andrew Pulman Grafton Midday NSW 31 (+5) Lismore Networking Surfers Sunrise QLD 35 (+5) D9640 at a Glance Neil Marks Warwick Sunrise QLD 30 (+5) (1 Jul 2020 to 5 April 2021) Murwillumbah Central NSW 23 (+4) Mullumbimby Total Members 1351 Beverly Masters E Club of Next Gen QLD 25 (+3) Boonah QLD 38 (+3) Net Growth +174 (14.78%) David Masters

New Members 270 Kyogle NSW 8 (+3) Robina Members left 92 Mullumbimby NSW 19 (+3) Sue Creighton Stanthorpe QLD 26 (+3) Deceased 4 Alstonville NSW 16 (+2) Female Members 498 (37%) Surfers Sunrise Trent Belling Banora-Tweed NSW 23 (+2) Male Members 853 (63%) Broadwater Southport QLD 31 (+2) Millennials Under 40 115 (8.5%) Satellite – Ballina Lifestyle Coomera Valley QLD 26 (+2) Edward Hogben Evans Head NSW 24 (+2) CLUBS Sharyn Hogben Griffith Gold Coast QLD 22 (+2) 34 GAINED 11 RETAINED 12 LOST Sally Johnston Jimboomba QLD 33 (+2)

Julie Lee Mermaid Beach QLD 22 (+2)

D9640 is Number 1 in Rotary Zone 8 Susan Nunn Broadbeach QLD 37 (+1)

Leader board 1 July 2020 to 5 April 2021 Judy Parry Currumbin-Coolangatta-Tweed 22 (+1)

District # Club # Member # Member Ronald Rawson Fassifern Valley QLD 17 (+1)

9455 46 1,087 42 Rhonda Rawson Kingscliff NSW 17 (+1) 9465 47 1,1456 1 Michael Sherlock Mt. Warning AM NSW 36 (+1) 9510 85 2,074 27 Janice Sherlock Mudgeeraba QLD 11 (+1) 9550 46 40 808 Robin Van Iersel Parkwood QLD 16 (+1) 9570 44 942 25 Peter Van Iersel Robina QLD 9 (+1) 9600 61 1,237 (3) Patricia Wilson Southport QLD 18 (+1) 9630 53 1,095 23 Summerland Sunrise NSW 8 (+1) 9640 57 1,351 174 Satellite – Stanthorpe Surfers Paradise QLD 18 (+1) 9650 54 1,306 (18) Paola Cabezas Bono Tenterfield NSW 31 (+1) 9670 46 1000 (36) Robyn Henderson 9675 58 1,321 (4) Jaqui Unold

9685 70 1,756 (9) Satellite – Tamborine Mt 9705 79 2,033 (11) Jay Harvey 9780 56 1,575 (19) William Harvey 9790 63 1,519 (15) RYPEN 14-16 May Apply HERE 9800 65 2,093 (1)

9810 40 1,089 (19) 9820 45 1,164 (13) 9830 46 1,126 47 9910 38 938 (10) 9920 53 1,257 7 9930 50 1,428 (17) 9940 48 1,349 (66) 9970 32 1,099 (7) 9980 30 1,075 (19) Districts:25 1,306 32,866 124

DISTRICT CHANGEOVER & DISTRICT AWARDS 26 June 11-3pm, Mermaid Waters Hotel QLD. Registrations open 1 May 2021.

CLUB CHANGEOVERS Clubs that wish to have DG Andy or his special representative at the ceremonial changeover of club President please send invitation to District Secretary Sue Randel: [email protected] before 31st May 2021. 3 From the desk of District Governor Andy - It’s time to celebrate!

On Thursday April 21st 1921, 37 prominent Melbourne representing 80% of the people of NSW, praised the citizens including General Sir John Monash gathered impact Rotary has made in their personal lives & their at the Scott’s Hotel on Collins Street for the inaugural communities. The many Rotary leaders and Rotary luncheon meeting of the first Rotary Club in Australia, Governors gathered there were happy to hear how the Rotary Club of Melbourne. Sir John Monash much Rotary is appreciated and respected by these became the 2nd President of the club. In May the people’s representatives. Sometimes we do not stop to same year the Rotary Club of Sydney was formed look around to see the impact Rotarians like you and followed by Auckland and Wellington clubs in New me make in changing one life at a time every day, Zealand. Since their first meetings members of somewhere in our country. Melbourne & Sydney clubs have met every week for 100 years with a few interruptions during World War II. Each year our 1.2 Million Rotary members like us, Today Melbourne has 200 Rotarians, Sydney has 100 spread across 36,000 cities in 200 countries give back and Australia has 25,770 Rotarians like you and me in to the community 47 Million volunteer hours. That is 1055 Clubs. There are more Rotary Clubs now in almost 2 million days every year of doing good. This is Australia than McDonald’s outlets. So, it is not difficult the power of Rotary. We can reach the most remote to find a Rotary Club near us to connect with a parts of the earth in few minutes through our vast community and be a responsible citizen. Are we not network of volunteers like us. No government can do proud and fortunate to be active members of this great this. This is how Rotary mobilized 10 Million volunteers organisation when Rotary celebrates 100 years in every year for the polio immunisation program for 30+ Australia? years. Every member of a Rotary Club and every Rotary Club as members of Rotary International is an Last month I was invited by the Sydney Rotary Club to important link in Rotary’s global network of volunteers be the opening speaker in Parliament House of NSW doing good in the world. in Sydney, when the club launched a non-political alumni group of “NSW Parliamentary Friends of 2021 is our moment in history to be visible Rotarians in Rotary.” 20 Members of Parliament from all political Australia. 100 years will come only once. You and I are parties and ideologies gathered united under the in the right place at the right time in history. As we banner of Rotary. It was part of Sydney Rotary’s come out of a global pandemic, our communities will centenary celebrations. My teammate Governor of need Rotary and every Rotarian more than ever Sydney District, Warwick Richardson and Past District before. When we grow our membership like how we Governor Garry Browne from Sydney Rotary were the have done this year, we expand our reach to create other 2 speakers on behalf of Rotary International. useful impact in our communities. So, thank you for the Deputy Premier of NSW John Barilaro from the Liberal time you, your family and friends give to Rotary to party and Leader of Opposition former Rotary youth make our community, our country and our world a alumni Jodi McKay from Labour Party who together better place for us all. Enjoy this beautiful month of April and let’s celebrate Rotary!

. CENTENARY DISTRICT CONFERENCE – 200 have registered

Registrations close on 1st May at 12 noon. $60 all-inclusive with tea, coffee,

lunch and a glass of wine or beer at the end of the day. $10 for Interactors and

Rotary Youth Alumni. $20 for Rotaractors.

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Guest Speaker Chief Guest PHF Hon. Guest of Honour Prof. Michael Good Karen Andrews, Federal Guest of Honour Chris Cherry, Director – Malaria Minister for Home Affairs Rtn. Hon. Angie Bell Mayor of Tweed Shire Vaccine Project MP Nominations for 2020-21 for the are now open. . Any Rotarian with a distinguished service can be nominated by a club or a member of the College of Governors. Email nominations by 1st May to DG Andy [email protected]