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SAT 10 OCT
Clusters 4,5,6 AG’s Bruce Kuhn,
David Bisiker, Eric Lewis Mermaid Waters, Gold Coast
SUN 8 NOV Cluster 9 – AG Lew Verney
Open to Cluster 8 Clubs of Warwick, Warwick Sunrise & Allora Coachmen’s Inn, Warwick
21 Surfers Paradise 22 Mudgeeraba & Robina 23 New club launch in Gold Coast 24 Burleigh Heads 25 Broadwater Southport 28 Burleigh Heads Rotaract
1 Coomera River 6 Southport 7 Surfers Sunrise 12 Coomera Waters 13 Runaway Bay 14 Hope Island & Nerang 15 Gold Coast 20 E-Club Next Gen
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From the desk of District Governor Andy
“Never let a good crisis go to waste”
This aphorism has been attributed to Winston Churchill during World War 2. The COVID19 is a unique crisis in our times, which has amongst many other things challenged how we undertook training in our Rotary District. After many brainstorming sessions with DG Andy we came up with the following strategies:
We abandoned the term “Training” and replaced it with “Coaching”. As Rotary coaches we seek to enable all Rotarians in our District to realize their goal to do “good in the world”. There is no set training program that suits all Rotarians. Instead we have listened to the needs of Rotarians (many of whom are new Rotarians) and adapted our coaching to assist these Rotarians.
This year DG Andy empowered 10 Assistant Governors as 2nd tier District Leaders to be the "Go To" person for club Presidents and members in the respective clusters. DG Andy introduced "Cluster 10" for the new clubs we formed in the past 2 Rotary years, as these new comers to Rotary need special mentoring and support.
DG Andy and I have had regular Zoom Cluster meetings with the Assistant Governor and Cluster Presidents to support these Rotary Leaders during COVID19 restrictions. This resulted in 50/54 Rotary Clubs continuing to meet by Zoom. Since 1st July our membership has increased by 45.
Because of COVID19 we were unable to have our District Training Assembly. Instead we have had targeted coaching “face to face” with Rotarians in each cluster. Cluster Muster has occurred on the Gold Coast, Jimboomba and in November in Warwick. When NSW/QLD border restrictions are relaxed we will have Cluster Musters in Maclean, Casino and Mullumbimby.
Topics discussed include “All you need to know about Rotary; All you need to know about Rotary Membership; Why Public Relations are important for your Rotary Club; and “Enjoy Rotary - Grow Rotary”. After each of these coaching sessions we had breakout sessions involving all Rotary clubs in the Cluster. One outcome has been that the clubs in each cluster have been enthused in cooperating in joint projects and social activities.
The coaching sessions have been videoed and will soon be available on YouTube. New Coaching sessions on the Rotary Foundation and Rotary Youth programs are being developed to commence in November. So, if you haven’t been to a Cluster Muster, then sign up now.
PDG Michael Irving | Head Coach
Rotary 100 Celebrations
Rotary Centenary Governors Cup
Golf Day 8th Oct Jimboomba
Register HERE
Hosted by Jimboomba RC
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TOP 10 GROWTH CLUBS IN AUSTRALIA
2018-19 2019-20 2020-21
District Club Members 10-Sep-20 Total gain
1 9640 Tenterfield 23 38 50 50 27
2 9640 Gold Coast 39 50 63 63 24
3 9640 Hope Island 32 38 42 54 22
4 9830 Lindisfarne 21 23 34 39 18
5 9820 Sale 22 41 39 39 17
6 9800 Southbank 17 20 32 32 15
7 9810 Box Hill Central 41 49 55 56 15
8 9510 Victor Harbor 40 51 54 55 15
9 9600 Toowong 40 47 53 54 14
10 9465 Mandurah Districts 19 18 32 33 14
Total 181
TOP 10 NEW CLUBS IN AUSTRALIA
Clubs chartered 2018-21 18-19 19-20 20-21 10-Sep-20 Net growth
District Club Charter Members Current +/-
1 9640 Gold Coast Passport 20 33 13
2 9455 Perth City East 37 48 11
3 9800 Melbourne Passport 40 44 4
4 9675 Gregory Hills Next-Gen 21 25 4
5 9455 Beautfort Pert 24 27 3
6 9630 Omeau-Pimpama 26 29 3
7 9685 Brisbane Water 23 26 3
8 9685 Social Impact Network 29 30 1
9 9550 Cairns Northern Beaches 21 21 0
10 9830 Burnie West 21 21 0
Total 304 42
TOP 10 ROTARACT CLUBS IN AUSTRALIA
District Rotaract Club Mbrs District Rotaract Club Mbrs
1 9510 Adelaide University 44 6 9510 Salisbury City 27
2 9510 Adelaide City 31 7 9675 University of Wollongong 27
3 9600 Brisbane Rivercity 29 8 9510
Global Peace – Australia
at Thebarton Senior
College
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4 9640 Burleigh Heads 28 9 9685 Macquarie University 25
5 9820 Casey-Cardinia 28 10 9455 Mount Lawley 24
Breaking News! Australia's Top 10 Growth Clubs
Let's celebrate. The Top 3 Growth Clubs and the fastest growing New Rotary Club in Australia are in our Rotary District 9640! It's not easy to get to the Top. But staying at Top is a skill.
Congratulations to the members, Club Presidents and Immediate Past Presidents Cameron Bolton & Caitlin Reed of Tenterfield, Melissa Neilson and Rowan Johnstone of Gold Coast, Joe Wilkinson and Pru Berry of Hope Island, and Charter President Candice Olivier of Gold Coast Passport for bringing this honor to our district in this 100th year of Rotary in Australia. Ballina-on-Richmond club led by Dave Harmon will soon join this leader board.
With their leadership and enthusiasm of our entire current club Presidents, our District is the highest growth Rotary District in Zone 8 consisting of 14 countries. Australia New Zealand and 12 Pacific Islands. Together can we grow every club in our district by just +1 to stay at the top! Over to you club Presidents.
Our district with 34% of female
members has the highest percentage
of females in a Rotary district in
Australia and we in D9640 also have
the 2nd highest percentage of
Millennials the under 40 with 6.4%.
THE FOLLOWING ROTARY CLUBS ARE CELEBRATING
Mudgeeraba 40 years Sept 12 Surfers Paradise 65 years Sept 22
Burleigh Heads 65 years Oct 3
CLUSTER 8 MUSTER TRAINING 16 AUGUST JIMBOOMBA
It was great to see all clubs represented and a good opportunity for Rotarians to meet and welcome Warwick Sunrise and Allora clubs into our Cluster as of this year. One of the most valuable opportunities from the day, was for discussions between the clubs to determine how they could work together more collaboratively as a cluster. - AG Cara Champion, Fassifern Valley Rotary
The real benefit was engaging with the other clubs. It is good to have Allora and Warwick in the cluster it makes sense geographically for us to be together one group. There is plenty of potential for interaction with and between the clubs, especially on the western side of the cluster.” - Peter, Boonah Rotary Club
I was inspired by the speakers and in particular Andy’s vision for 9640. As
a small but dedicated Club (16 members) we hope we can live up to
playing our part in Andy’s vision. - Neil Summerson - Fassifern Valley
Rotary & former CEO of Bank of QLD
THE FOLLOWING ROTARY CLUBS ARE CELEBRATING
Mudgeeraba 40 years Sept 12 Surfers Paradise 65 years Sept 22
Burleigh Heads 65 years Oct 3
CONGRATULATIONS
We in D9640 are proud our Burleigh Rotaract Club is the 4th largest in Australia.
A new Rotary Club will be chartered soon in
our district.
RC of The Granite Belt
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MEMBERSHIP SUMMIT 29 AUGUST 2020 GOLD COAST, QLD
"Excellent training day I have had in my 35 years
in Rotary, having come to Qld from NSW. You
have got a great team of coaches D9640." - AG
David Bisiker, Parkwood Rotary.
Great vibe in the hall and friendly interaction
between club leaders." - DGN Karen Thomas,
Burleigh Heads Rotary.
"2 awesome non Rotarian keynote speakers on
Selling Rotary and Leadership that works. I am
inspired to grow my clubs." - AG Cara
Champion, Fassifern Valley.
"It was a very informative session for a new
Rotarian. Had great engagement with many club
leaders in our district." - Wayne Froneman,
President Elect, GC Passport Rotary.
"Interesting membership talks and very inspiring
2 guest speakers Ryan Tuckwood and Mark
Hamawi. Engaging and interactive Membership
Summit." - Mok Sandhu, Varsity Lakes.
"What an eye opener for a new Rotarian! As the
day progressed, it became not just about
membership, but the massive potential of making
an even bigger difference. That difference is not
just locally, not just nationally, but also, globally.
Not only did I learn a lot, but the contacts I made
on the day will enable me to open doors, to add
massive synergistic benefit to the lives of others.
2+2 is not just 4, but 5, 6, 7, and more." - Kevin
Lloyd-Thomas, Broadwater Southport.
"Great summit, speakers, content, interaction
and, participant engagement. A professionally
presented Membership Summit by District 9640."
- Cliff Harmsworth, President Mermaid Beach.
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13 CLUBS TO RECEIVE A$66,000 (US$46,799) TO SUPPORT OUR AUSTRALIAN COMMUNITIES
DISTRICT GRANTS
DG Andy is happy to confirm, the District Rotary Foundation Committee, Chaired by Phil Fairweather, Deputy Foundation Chair Letitia De Lima and Grants Chairman PDG Glenn Wran has recommended the following grant applications from 13 clubs in our District to the Rotary Foundation Office in Evanston USA.
Approval is to be received by the end of September 2020. The clubs will be notified by District Grants Chairman PDG Glenn Wran.
PUBLIC IMAGE TEAM
DISTRICT CHAIR
Gareth Hunt Hope Island
DEPUTY CHAIR DG Newsletter & Instagram
Jodie Shelley Ballina-on-Richmond [email protected]
DISTRICT WEBMASTER
Denis Hallworth Murwillumbah Central
FACEBOOK PUBLISHER Kaye Titmarsh e-Club NextGen
DISTRICT PHOTOGRAPHERS
Cherry Jackson-Saw - NSW
Mt Warning AM [email protected]
Kim Hanskamp - QLD Gold Coast Passport
DISTRICT VIDEOGRAPHER
Carey Cam
Gold Coast Passport [email protected]
DISTRICT CHAIR ROTARY 100 YEAR CELEBRATIONS
Ana Alexander Gold Coast [email protected]
Club Project Type $ (US)
Broadwater Southport
Health: Covid-19 Chapel sanitising upgrade $883
Gold Coast Health: Sensory Garden $3,312
Grafton Community: Creating a Rotary Park $8,070
Griffith GC Health: Disease, Equipment for hospital $5,164
Iluka-Woombah Health: DfG Kits $690
Jimboomba Community: Hall upgrade $6,455
Kingscliff Community: Park upgrade $4,842
Lismore Community: Upgrade Memorial Lookout $1,380
Mullumbimby Community: Rainforest Park $1,223
Murwillumbah Central
Community: Hospital Coffee Shop Renovation
$7,101
Runaway Bay Health: Covid-19, Rotary Arts Fair $3,228
Tenterfield Community: 100th Year D9640 Book $2,001
Warwick Sunrise Water: Tank install at Showground $2,450
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MEMBERSHIP SUMMIT 29 AUGUST 2020 GOLD COAST
DG Andy appoints 12 Governor's Special Representatives to start new Clubs in our District
Rotary Club of Gold Coast Corporate PDG Michael Irving (Southport)
New Rotary Club in Gold Coast Rowan Johnstone (Gold Coast)
Rotary Club of Pimpama Qld PDG Sandra Doumany (Hope Island)
Rotary Club of Texas Qld Lachlan Brenan (Goondiwindi)
Revive Warwick Club Qld PDG Harry Bolton (Tenterfield)
New Rotary Club in Northern Rivers NSW
PDG Terry Brown (Lismore)
Rotary Club of The Granite Belt Qld PDG David Lee (Tenterfield Satellite)
Rotaract Club of Gold Coast Makers Blake Foster (Burleigh Rotaract)
Rotaract Club of Jimboomba Qld David Kenny (Jimboomba)
Rotaract Club of Coomera Qld Tony Lines (Coomera Valley)
Interact Club of Varsity College Qld Peter Childe-Freeman (Varsity Lakes)
Rotex Club of D9640 (YEP Alumni) Guy Murphy (Gold Coast Passport)
Andy has put into action his
"crazy big goal" to grow our
Rotary District to 1400
members by 1st July 2021 to
create a bigger impact.
Together with District Club
Development Chairman
David Baguley, he has
appointed the following
Rotary leaders to "Champion"
the formation of new clubs in
this Rotary year.
Plans are in motion to charter
3 new Rotary Clubs, 1 new
Rotaract Club and the Rotex
Club by 31st Dec 2020.
2021 ROTARY PEOPLE OF ACTION: CHAMPIONS OF HEALTH NOMINATIONS NOW OPEN
Rotary will honor six members of the Rotary family - Rotarians, Rotaractors and Rotary Peace Fellow Alumni - as Rotary People of Action: Champions of Health during Rotary Day at the World Health Organization (WHO) on 26-27 February 2021. D9640 has the opportunity to nominate one Rotarian, Rotaractor or Peace Fellow Alumni that meets the criteria. Submit nominations to Deputy Public Image Chair Jodie Shelley HERE by 1
st Oct 2020.
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Welcome to our
Newest Rotarians of District 9640
Ballina-on-Richmond Paul Sleeth Kim Thomas
Terry O’Grady John Anderssen
Shivani Lama
Burleigh Heads Michael Shambrook
Coomera Valley Nicola Pope
Currumbin-Coolangatta-Tweed
Janet Nagly
Gold Coast Passport Annaira Dias De Ravago
Megan Franklin Adrian Nathaniel Alexandra Ortiz
Hope Island Olivia Baran
Gregory Craven Lukas Gentle
Therese Gentle Susan Howard Gordon Terry
Iluka Woombah Anne Lockyer
Patrick Morgan
Lismore Allan Fry
Parkwood Ann Dorrian
Surfers Sunrise Johnny Bueti Paul Jaffar
Satellite Club of Tenterfield -The
Granite Belt Hamish Heads
Global Grants – ‘Power of Collaboration’ Grant for US$67,328 is approved.
Congratulations to our Rotary Clubs of Broadwater Southport, Gold Coast, Hope Island, and Lismore for collaborating to build a water irrigation system in Guatemala. This project will help the farmers that survived El Fuego volcano eruption and continue to grow food, develop a demonstration and training area to teach about more sustainable and resilient agricultural practices in El Rodeo. This is a high impact project. This month the Foundation approved the Global Grant. Our 4 clubs raised US$10,000 and our District contributed US$20,000 from our DDF. The host is Rotary Club of Escuintla in Guatemala.
If you have ideas for a Global Grant please discuss with District Grants Chairman PDG Glenn Wran email;[email protected]
Who Wants to be a District Governor?
Leaders are made not born. It's the leadership opportunities we are offered in life that will develop our mindset and heartbeat to be a leader.
We have been the "Number 1" Rotary growth District in Australia in the past 3 years. If we are to hold on to this position we need the best leaders to lead our members and clubs into a new post-pandemic future. As the first District Governor to lead our Rotary district out of a pandemic, Andy is passionate to find and coach a team of future leaders to take our district to even greater heights. This is what Apple, Google, Shell, General Electric, Nike, McDonald's, Starbucks, Coke and Pepsi do to stay on top of the game.
Andy is planning a series of 5 Zoom Workshops to help aspiring future leaders to understand the role and scope of a Rotary District Governor in a new world. If you have the will, DG Andy has the time to coach you. It's only for Rotarians who have not been a District Governor. This will be a high impact information session if you want to be a Rotary District Governor one day. We already have our District Governors elected till 1st July 2023. You can be a Rotary District Governor only once in your lifetime.
So grab this opportunity now! Say YES to Leadership beyond your club! Below are the 15 Topics covered. Email Andy directly at; [email protected]
1) How do you qualify to be a District Governor? 2) 4 Rotary District roles that will make you an effective Governor! 3) 5 Questions you must know to answer 4) 6 tips on how to select your District Team 5) How to prepare your district budget 6) Art of Delegating & Empowering 7) What expenses do RI & District reimburse a Governor? 8) What RI Training is available for a future District Governor? 9) The roles of the GTrain and District Leadership Team 10) Managing dual roles of DG and ASIC Company Chairman (unique to D9640) 11) Blending with your fellow Governors in Australia & New Zealand in Zone 8. 12) 5 Tips for smart use of rotary.org to appoint Assistant Governors, set club goals, access RI reports on clubs and rate clubs. 13) Leading high powered volunteer teams 14) Planning, budgeting and handling club visits 15) Public Speaking & PowerPoint Presentations
ROTARY9640.ORG Visit the website to read what’s happening in our district
Want to see your clubs’ stories and fundraisers on our website, FB and Instagram?
Email the Deputy Public Image Chair Jodie Shelley: [email protected]
IT’S COMPETITION TIME! Win a $50 Coles Gift card by reading Andy's Letter!
One member who reads the newsletter each month will be randomly selected from the districts email service – Clubrunner whose email address shows the email has been opened.
A lot of time is put into creating a great newsletter for you to read and we want to know more people are reading it. Our stats show 58% of our readership has opened the newsletter. We want this to be 100%!
Please encourage your club members to read the DG Newsletter, and stay up to date with what is happening in our District.