Why get involved?

The Rotary Club of Noble Park would like you to help them celebrate their 50th anniversary (1965 - 2015) by ordering the special labelled Chardonnay (Yarra Valley - 2008) and Shiraz (Central Victoria - 2013).

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Your District Stamp Fund needs used stamps - we have had to ring around for supplies lately!! Any stamps will do, high value and foreign varieties bring in the most dollars.

Please read this important information about changes to the 2014-15 Presidential Citation.

RI President Gary C.K. Huang has made a few changes to the "Light Up the Family of Rotary" section of the citation to make these goals more attainable for clubs. The specific changes are as follows:

• For the "Best Class" Club President's Challenge, points will be earned if either the club president or club president-elect registers to attend the São Paulo convention.
• Points can be earned if the club sponsors a new Rotaract club or Interact club or if it continues to sponsor one of these groups.
• Points can also be earned if the club sponsors a new Rotary Community Corps or if it continues to sponsor an RCC.
• Clubs only need to score a minimum of 30 points in this section of the citation, instead of 40 as originally written.

The updated 2014-15 Presidential Citation form is available on the RI website, here.

As a reminder, club presidents should submit their clubs' completed forms to their district governors no later than 31 March 2015. Please do not send your forms to RI, as they will not be processed. District governors will have the ability to report the names of their districts' qualifying clubs online through My Rotary between 1 March and 15 April 2015. 

Please submit your applications for a Presidental Citation to Tony Monley on later than the 31st March 2015.

Full Details click here

I am pleased to advise that Bianca Lobo from the Monash Rotaract Club has been accepted as the District 9810 Rotaract Representative for the Rotary Year 2015/2016.

Malcolm Chiverton.

Rotary/Rotaract Chairperson

SOME IMPORTANT MESSAGES, DOs AND DONTs and REMINDERS for 2015 
 

Some significant changes to the NYSF in 2015 include: 

- a student cannot attend the NYSF unless they are formally endorsed by a Rotary Club. 
 - it is not compulsory for Clubs to provide funding for an endorsed student. Clubs are encouraged to discuss funding with the student and their parents/guardians early in the process. Clubs are encouraged to have the students/parents/guardians contribute as much to the fee as they can. For students that are in needy circumstances Clubs can decide to contribute more to the fee or seek support from other Clubs to assist in sponsoring the student.

Clubs PLEASE DO: 
 - respond to all student enquiries. 
 - wait until May 31 to make your selections for the District Interview. 
 - discuss funding with the students/parents/guardians 
 - encourage students/parents/guardians to contribute as much as they can towards the fee. 
 - interview the students that you are interested in endorsing. 
 - be discerning as to which students the Club nominates for a District interview. 
 - advise me me by June 30 as to whom the Club is endorsing and selecting for a District Interview 

 Clubs PLEASE DO NOT: 
 - ignore student approaches. 
 - leave discussing funding until after the District Interviews and selections. 

- nominate students for District Interview that do meet the NYSFselection criteria (see brochure).       
 

All Clubs should have received in the Post a letter from the NYSF Canberra along with copies of brochures for the Club and brochures that the students/schools have received. In case these have been misplaced the files below have copies of these documents. 

The Rotary Club of Lilydale are now meeting at Chirnside Park Country Club. 

Expressions of interest for Rotarians to consider putting their name forward to be considered as an MC at any planned "District Cluster Membership Information Nights". 

The District Membership Committee has formed a sub-committee to put together information for provision to Club Presidents & Membership Chairs to assist them with running Cluster or Club specific "Membership Information Nights". It is intended to provide a pack of information containing suggestions concerning Venue, Cost, Audio Visual requirements, Ticketing & Invitations, Agenda, Speakers, Event Master of Ceremony.

If interested please contact Michael Jacobs (District 9810 Membership Chairperson) on 0407 384191 or 9760 6100 (Work).