District Forum 21 March 2020

Sat, Mar 21st 2020 at 9:30 am - 12:30 pm

DUE TO CORONAVIRUS, THIS EVENT WILL NOW BE HELD ONLINE. CONTACT YOUR CLUB SECRETARY FOR MORE INFORMATION.


District 1200 FORUM to be held at https://zoom.us/*****

 

AGENDA

 10.00   Welcome and District Business from DG Dennis Stevens

·         District Accounts

·         District Budget

·         Awards

10.10   District Conference 2020 – Rory O’Donnell (video)

 10.15  Young Carers - Alison Adlam - Chair of Friends of Somerset Young Carers

10.30  Parish Notices

10.40. The Frome Town approach to membership – Karl Waldeck

10.55.  Ken Robertshaw – our Foundation

11:30.  Foundation discussion with David Perkins, Keith Barnard-Jones, Stan Jones & Ken Robertshaw

 11:50. Membership with Rick Canham, Michael Osborne and Karl Waldeck

 12:10.  Presidents Elect with Rory O’Donnell

 12:30. Close.


Post Meeting Notes:

The meeting was attended by 86 Rotarians representing 33 of our 48 clubs in our District.  

District Accounts for the year ended 30 June 2019 and Budgets for the year 2020-21. 

After some discusion the accounts and budget were approved by those attending, plus a further 3 clubs who approved them by emaill prior to the meeting.  

'What We Do' Main Pages:

To find our further detail on meetings and events please contact club President Angela

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Quiet but Nevertheless busy Months

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Each week a team of listeners goes to St Cuthbert’s Primary School to listen to children read. It is so rewarding to see the positive impact on the children’s reading skills.

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What a great thing to do: collecting around 120 trees and raising funds for St. Margaret’s Hospice.

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Volunteers from Wells Rotary in action in Nepal

Working together we are united in the challenge of making a difference to the lives of others

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Helping the blind and partially sighted

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At Wells Rotary Club we are involved with various activities within the community, from working with young people through Kids Out, Young Chef and Public speaking, to organising the Santa Fun Run and Christmas Tree Collection.

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Rotary District 1200 comprises Wells Rotary along with the other rotary clubs of Somerset, West Wilts and West Dorset. Circa 1200 is our district news sheet. Follow the link below to Circa 1200 to see what is going on across Somerset

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Defibrillators - have we got any and where are they?

Conscious of the need for rapid access to defibrillators following a coronary event, Wells Rotary has been working to make these life-saving machines available to the public at all times. It is an ongoing project.

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Rotary in Wells is part of the global Rotary International, working with other clubs to eradicate polio, to help with other natural disasters, and to help those less fortunate than ourselves elsewhere in the world

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In 2000 Rotarians from Wells trekked out to a remote area in North Nepal to build a health clinic. They came up with the idea of holding an annual Boules Tournament to support the clinic and the rest is history.

Held annually in the Bishop's Palace gardens in the centre of Wells, the Wells Charity Boules Tournament is a fun event for all of the family.

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Fireworks at the Festival

Wells Rotary has stewarding the Festival for over 35 years: not only have we raised over £100,000 for humanitarian projects but also have seen a lot of amazing artists. We all have personal memories and highlights from the experience.

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In commemoration of the Queens Platinum Jubilee the West and East Mendip Ways were re-launched as a single 50-mile walk branded as "The Mendip Way".

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President Angela welcomes Ray Adlam to Wells Rotary in April

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