Chatterbox 0612 - Rotary Club of Belper

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Meeting - 25th June Club Assembly There was a good turn out of members to this special meeting, along with two guests who are potential members and AG Chris Elkin. President Martin was in the chair for the first part of the evening and after the meal, he reported on the previous week’s visit to watch the 20/20 cricket at the Derbyshire County Ground and thanked John Frankland for organising it. He also reminded members of his ‘Curry Handover Lunch’ on Sunday 8th July to be held at David and Carole Soul’s – this would be his last official function before the Installation of the new President on 9th July. We also had a report of the Duffield Carnival held on the previous Saturday; the weather kept fine, there were plenty of people trying the ‘Put & Pot’ and we raised £40 for our charities. President Martin then invited SVP Graham Wright to lead the club through the Assembly. A booklet of the various speeches and reports to be presented had been prepared and distributed to the members prior to the meeting and full details of the proceedings can be found therein; there was the opportunity for members to raise questions with the incoming officers. Graham’s address - ‘The Year of the DG’ follows: The coming twelve months are going to be very different for the Rotary Club of Belper and Duffield. For the first time since 1935-7, when the Rev A Forbes Fletcher was DG of District 107, we have one of our members, David Ashley, taking over the role of District Governor. This appointment is a major honour for our Club and it will bring some exciting opportunities but also some real challenges. During his year David will be visiting all the clubs in the District along with their associated Charters. Paul Taylor has taken on the responsibility of arranging transport and drivers for the majority of these visits and he is doing a splendid job; clubs are making his job more difficult with changes to their diaries. This in itself represents a major commitment by the club members and we have to be very realistic, bearing in mind the relatively small number of members that we have, regarding projects for the year. The Club will also be out in force for the District Conference at Southport. The two areas that I would like to concentrate on this year are firstly to begin to make the Club more a part of District 1220, especially with the Erewash Clubs and secondly to try and move the Club to a position where we are more attractive to potential members and in turn keep our own members stimulated. The fact that David will be DG this year will help enormously with the first part as the majority of our members will be visiting other clubs in the district. We will also be including at least two Scatter nights in our programme when I hope our members will take the opportunity of visiting other Clubs, in particular those in the Erewash Group. Hopefully we will be able to have this year’s GSE team visiting the Club giving us the opportunity of inviting the other Erewash Clubs to join us for the evening. We will take the opportunity to have more joint meetings when possible. A programme with more variation is planned along with an experiment of taking the meetings out to other venues within our catchment area. These 12
meetings will be held in places like Ambergate, Kilburn, Heage, Horsley and, of course, Duffield. Any suggestions as to suitable venues will be welcome. Our intention is to publicise the meeting beforehand and hope that people will be interested to come along and participate. This will hopefully lead to an increase in membership. I also intend to move to round tables for most meeting nights and do away with the traditional top table format. One of the main aims is to make the Club more attractive to new members and fellow members alike. As stated earlier we need to be realistic this year and not take too much on in terms of large projects as a great deal of time and effort will be taken up with supporting David Ashley. The main fund raising efforts will be centred on the Christmas collections. I would however like to continue and build on our relationships with local organisations. To get us through this busy year we have a great team in place. I am really looking forward to working with Hilary Surga, our SVP. I am delighted to report that two very recent members, Alan Widdowson and Stuart Limb will be taking on roles as Committee Chairs for New Generations and Community; I am sure they will continue the excellent work of their predecessors. This year I would like to give a clearer definition to International and Foundation and to assist in this David Harris will take over as Chair of International with David Soul continuing in his role as Foundation Chair. To assist the work of the Committees, and as another experiment, we will dedicate a Monday night prior to the Business Meeting as a “Committee Night” to allow the Committees more time to discuss their projects and responsibilities. I am very pleased that Peter James will continue in the role of Treasurer while David Henson continues his role working on the finances of the District Conference. Other members carrying on in their current roles are John Scotney, PR Officer and Chatterbox Editor, Paul Taylor as Donations Co-ordinator and Sheilagh Harnan co-ordinating Club Projects. I am also delighted to have Nick Blurton as Club Secretary, this is such an important role in any Club and having someone like Nick will make my job a whole lot easier. Unfortunately, at present, we do not have a Health & Safety Officer, so if anybody is prepared to take on this role, then please let me know. he role of Junior Vice at present unfortunately is vacant for this year but I am confident that we will have a Senior Vice President in place for Hilary’s year. I would like to thank Martin Drake who, despite some real difficulties with mobility has done a sterling job for the Club. Finally, on behalf of the Club, I would like to wish David Ashley all the very best for his coming year. Bringing the Club Assembly to a close, AG Chris Elkin of the Rotary Club of West Ashfield congratulated Graham and the members for having plans in place for the next Rotary year and he wished the club all the best in their various endeavours. He reminded us of the Theme ‘Peace through Service’ but also that there is a social side to Rotary which we should enjoy. We then reverted to a normal meeting and Sergeant at Arms John Norreys wielded the pig with enthusiasm on his final session, particularly targeting those members not in appropriate dress for such a formal occasion! 13 John Scotney
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