Visit of District Governor

Wed, Nov 9th 2016 at 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm

DG Olive Geddes visited our Club


Our main speaker was our District Governor, Olive Geddes. Olive relayed the story of how most of her friends knew that she was in Rotary but many did not know exactly what Rotary was and what it stood for. This prompted her to look again at what constituted Rotary and she outlined some of her thoughts, such as:
-The development of friendship amongst Rotarians through regular contact    and other Club activities.
-The fact that you can be welcomed at Clubs anywhere in the world.
-The basis of service and the fact that Rotarians want to “give something back”.
She highlighted the RI Convention and how she thought that every Rotarian should try to go to at least one in their lifetime as it is an unforgettable experience at which lasting friendships can easily develop.
Talking about the future of Rotary she reminded us that Paul Harris said that “If Rotary is to survive it must continually evolve”. She highlighted such areas as e-Clubs, type of Club meetings, Satellite Clubs, attracting younger members (as the Rotary GB&I average age was 74) and various ways that we can further develop.
On the subject of Club projects she gave a few examples and highlighted that our RI President has challenged all Clubs to complete a project during this Rotary year and invited Andrew Clark to tell us about one of our current Projects, The Turing Trust.
She finished by presenting the Club with the RI President’s “Humanitarian Banner”
This was followed by an excellent presentation from Andrew about the development of the Turing Trust from its birth about 4 years ago. It’s objective is to support schools in Ghana, Malawi and Kenya through the supply of cleaned and refurbished IT equipment and expertise and, where possible, to assist with bursaries to enable children to study. To date they have sent 3500 pieces of IT equipment to Ghana and have just sent 613 to Malawi. They are currently assisting in 61 Rural Vocational Schools and 18 Junior Highs. Thanks to the James Turing idea they have now got the involvement of several other Rotary Clubs: Harrogate, Peterborough, Pitlochry and Castle Douglas.
Andrew also highlighted the “Solarberry” pilot which has been designed by 4 members of our Club and is aimed at powering and accessing the internet using renewable energy. He showed us a graphic of what the shipping container would look like when it was converted  into a “classroom” housing 10 computers and all powered by the solar panels and the “Solarberry”.
A vote of thanks was given by Hendrik Nahler.

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