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:
President, Angela Murray-Clarke met up with Lead Fundraiser, Mary Gray, at the Beech Hotel to present her with a cheque for £250 for the Childrens Hospice SW. Mary had travelled up from Barnstable to receive the cheque and appreciated all Rotary does.
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Sarah-Jane Date, Minehead host, came along with 3 refugees, being hosted in the Minehead area, and talked about their journey to the UK and how rotary was helping them settle in.
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Club received a talk from Clare Pound of Home Start, asking for volunteers to help a new project "Dad Matters"
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Club President, Angela Murray-Clarke, was pleased to be able to present a cheque for £250 to Fiona Toms of the Minehead Guide Dogs for the Blind.
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Club members are all making a monthly donation of food to the West Somerset Food Cupboard to help those in need locally
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Rotary Club of Minehead held a street collection in Minehead Town Centre to aid of the Turkey/Syria Earthquake Appeal and raised £1,200. Great Result
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Seven Ukrainian families seeking temporary shelter in West Somerset were each the beneficiaries of a Christmas Food Hamper provided by our rotary club with help from West Somerset Food Cupboard
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An Orphanage in Sri Lanka was an original Rotary Club project started in 2008. Since then the club have continued their support. In 2015 the club funded a new toilet block and in 2022 funded a computer Lecturer and technician.
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Club President, Angela, planted a Beech Tree in the Minehead Millennium Rose Garden, seaward Way, Minehead on 16th November together with a plaque from the club commemorating the Late HM Queen Elizabeth II.
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Rotary club of Minehead joined forces with Minehead Lions to help collect funds for Marie Currie at Morrisons in Minehead
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With District Grants available to clubs, the Minehead club has been able to help 15 local Ukrainian families with help to buy children's school uniforms; new cloths & transport around the county.
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Club members have supported the Vaccination centre at the Minehead Community Hospital on Saturdays & Tuesdays
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