Consultations and Planning

• a member to take over the running of SA Police Officer of the Year
• a member to be an understudy to Jerry on Pride of Workmanship Awards
• club assistance for bush-fires 

• Rotary ancillary fund which is National and has to-date collected $350,000
• An SA Bushfire Appeal for which expenditure guidelines are still being established, and
• A fund instigated by the Yorke Peninsula

Spots

Rhonda Hoare asked members to sign up for a Women in Rotary breakfast to be held at 7am on March 4 (coinciding with International Women's Day) at the Adelaide Wine Centre, with a dynamic keynote speaker. Jerry will advertise through Club Runner.

Patsy Beckett advised that this year she and Valerie would be pursuing fund raising for prostate cancer via a raffle, in lieu of the Pink Ribbon morning tea. Bunnings and Mitre 10 would provide the avenues for selling the tickets, our club would be very well advertised and she asked members to set aside $2.50 per week to buy the books. It was suggested that Carols at the Rotunda may be a suitable place to draw the raffle. 

Valerie Bonython proposed that a carp catching competition be run at Murray Bridge on 11 October. Blaze Aid, which has Rotary involvement, has been active in the bushfire recovery effort.

Christina Way asked members to supply stamps....already one parcel sent to Victoria.....proceeds to help former soldiers dealing with mental health issues like PTSD.

Trevor McGuirk grabbed the cash and Patsy purloined the chocolates with some dodgy cards. Anniversaries abounded with: inductions....Ken on 7/1, Brendan on 15/1; and Sorel on 16/1. Alex has a birthday on 15/1 and Bob Mills his wedding anniversary on 16/1. Stephen was happy for time spent with relatives over Christmas, the tribute to Gavin Dallow last Friday and the peace settling over the Royal Family. Patsy was happy with the Sydney Sixers victory over the Adelaide Strikers....but conveniently forgot some of the other results. Valerie and Graham Ey and Bob Mills, Maria and son Andrew spent a rewarding time helping with the Salvos luncheon on Christmas Day.

The meeting closed at 8.15pm.....way past our bed time.

Blast from the past....the winners of the hat contest at the Christmas Dinner

ROTARY

Resolve to protect the Rotary brand in the new year

Posted on December 26, 2019 by Rotary International

By Amanda Wendt, vice chair of the RI Communications Committee and a member of the Rotary Club of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

 

 

I recently saw a story on television about a West Papuan woman who received life-changing facial surgery to fix a a deformity which had caused her a lifetime of struggling to eat, drink and speak. Members of the Rotary Club of Liverpool West and Bendigo Strathdale flew the woman to Australia for the surgery. I was instinctively moved to share the story immediately with my network, congratulating the team involved and expressing how truly proud I was at that moment to be a Rotarian.

I’m sure many of my fellow Rotary members can relate to this feeling. We’ve all experienced pride when our Rotarian friends locally or abroad have helped change the world. But this instance made me realize that we have something else that communicates that sense of pride and it is valuable to preserve and promote.

Since Rotary’s inception 115 years ago, our Master Brand signature, the Rotary wheel, has generated an untold amount of goodwill from people who have seen it displayed in connection with Rotary projects that have brought clean drinking water to a village, prevented diseases, improved local economies, or otherwise changed communities for the better.

The wheel is the purest, simplest visual representation of all that we have achieved and all that we are yet to accomplish. The opportunity to represent my club and its efforts under the same icon is my way of honouring my fellow Rotarians for their amazing achievements.

How do we preserve and promote the Rotary wheel?

In today’s world, individuals are constantly bombarded by thousands of advertising messages. It’s vital that we have a consistent, high-quality visual representation of our brand to cut through all that noise.

As a Rotary club or district, when you apply our brand correctly and consistently across all channels you ensure:

• your projects are recognised as Rotary at a glance
• you are able to instantly tap into the hard-won goodwill and credibility of an international 115-year-old movement
• you look professional and worthy of the time and resources of supporters

How can your club benefit from the Rotary brand?

We all have an important role to play in being custodians of the Rotary brand. The great news is it’s very easy to ensure your club or district is using the correct logo. Through the Rotary Brand Center you can create a free, professional and on-brand logo within minutes!

You can then update all of your existing collateral with your new logo. To assist you, here is a checklist of some of the places where you can resolve in the new year to place your new logo:

• Online platforms such as websites and social media
• Email signatures
• Slideshow presentations
• Flyers
• Brochures
• Posters
• Advertising and editorial
• Banners
• Signs
• Merchandise

Digital platforms are always a great place to start and if you need budget for new banners or merchandise, as an example, make a plan with your club’s leadership to assign budget for these items as soon as you practically can.

As diverse as we are, collectively, we are all connected. With all of us displaying the same wheel, we can ensure every Rotary project benefit from the achievements of every other. Rotarians not only serving the community but helping other Rotarians serve the community as well! By taking pride in the way we display our brand, we know there are other Rotarians taking pride in what we have delivered, as we look forward to our next 115 years of service.

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