LATEST NEWS
• Change of name
• A taste of scotland
• Shelter box
• Flood disaster appeal
• Rotary acts on worsening flood crisis
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CHANGE OF NAME
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Source: Club President Ian Davidson
Date: 10/06/08
At a recent RIBI General Council it was agreed that the Rotary Club of Lochgilphead could change its name to The Rotary Club of Mid Argyll.
The Club attracts its membership from the whole of Mid Argyll, from Inveraray in the north to Tarbert in the south (a distance of nearly 50 miles) and the club considered that it was important that the club name should reflect this.
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A TASTE OF SCOTLAND
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Source: Alloway Rotary Club
Date: 19/02/08
Social evening being held on Friday 28th March will be a celebration of local/Scottish produce. The evening will be in our new meeting place - The Horizon Hotel, The Esplanade, AYR. Tickets £25.00 per person.
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SHELTER BOX
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Source: Lochgilphead Rotary Club
Date: 30/10/07
President Ian Davidson and International Convenor Alex Emslie of the Rotary Club of Lochgilphead attended an assembly at Lochgilphead Primary School on September 21st where they gave a short presentation on Shelter Box and encouraged the pupils to help the project. The school had already agreed that its Harvest fundraising effort should be in aid of this cause but no one expected the eventual outcome. The final total raised by the Primary School was £1113.00!! As well as cash donations from the pupils and their parents, Primary 7 ran a competition to guess how many kids would fit in to the Shelter Box tent - 130 before the heat became to much for them! And the staff, instead of going out to a hotel for their end of term meal, agreed to donate the price of a meal to Shelter Box and met in President Ian’s house (he was turfed out for the night) for a “pooled supper”, raising £300.
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FLOOD DISASTER APPEAL
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Source: RIBI President
Date: 06/08/07
The RIBI Flood Disaster Appeal Committee met on 1st August to co-ordinate the response to the devastation caused by the recent flooding and to recommend a future disaster response procedure to the RIBI General Council at its August meeting.
Governor John Craike (1270), supported by the RIBI President, launched the initial appeal. When other areas became affected, a central appeal was launched with a separate fund. At the moment, Governors 1270 and 1100 have in place their own local district appeals. The Central Fund is to collect donations that are not specified for a particular district and cheques should be made payable to “Rotary International in Great Britain and Ireland Donations A/C” and sent to Alcester. Registered members can log into their club space on the RIBI Web site to find account details for direct donations.
The distribution of all donations received by the RIBI Central fund will be agreed by the governors of the affected areas on a fair and transparent basis. Monies received by specific district appeals will be distributed by those districts in response to club applications.
Rotarians have responded magnificently, both in service and fund raising. Specific examples have been Rotarians working with first responders, filling sand bags, helping in community halls with social services looking after those displaced from their homes, cleaning and flushing toilets with buckets of water, collecting and laundering people’s clothes, distributing bottled water. Rotarians have also housed displaced persons. Rotarians are now heavily involved in clean up projects.
Rotary clubs are encouraged to continue raising funds to enable the district governors to respond to, but not be limited to, requests from clubs for sustainable, community-based projects.
Allan O Jagger
RIBI President 2007- 08
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ROTARY ACTS ON WORSENING FLOOD CRISIS
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Source: Bob Tomlinson
Date: 24/07/07
Governor Drew Hughes has been notified that a meeting is planned at RIBI HQ Alcester next week to establish the best way forward for Rotary to face the flood crisis in England.
Following discussions with RIBI President Allan Jagger and others there is agreement that the original appeal for support for the North East of England should be converted into a national appeal. The four DGs of Districts 1060,1090,1100 and 1270 will meet next week to plan a way forward for Rotary's effort to support people in the affected districts.
The work of D1270 and their experience in tackling floods in their district will be used as the basis for the next step.
It is hopes that the scope of the appeal will be widened to become international involving Europe, North America and other developed parts of the Rotary world if possible.
DG Drew said, "It is clear the crisis is major and is affecting tens of thousands of households. The response from D1230 to the first appeal was excellent. When we have details of the next steps Rotary intends to take we will pass them on to you. In the meantime our thoughts are with those Districts who are serving their communities at this time."
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District 1230 Conference in Perth - 2008
October 3rd – 5th, 2008
The Rotary Club of Eastwood is delighted to invite all Clubs to attend the 2008 District 1230 Conference in Perth. The Conference will run from the 3rd to the 5th October 2008.
A registration form is included in the printed version of the Spring 2008 District Magazine. You may also download a Registration Form here.
Anyone interested in advertising in the Conference Handbook should contact John Waddell at Eastwood Rotary Club.
Newsletters & Bulletins
Copies of our District Newsletter and Bulletins are available for dowload here.
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