Club Assembly

16th June 2022 Club Assembly

Before making his welcome to our Club Assembly, Rob announced that Gerry Short had volunteered to become President Nominee, great news. He then continued explaining that this meeting is where we lay out our programme and plans for the coming Rotary Year 2022-23. Due to the Covid Pandemic the past two years have been anything but "normal" for many organisations and Rotary has been no exception. Many new Community organisations have emerged as a response to the difficult circumstances prevailing in Society created not only by the pandemic but, more recently, by the war in Ukraine. As a Club we have done our best to support these organisations when our help has been sought as well as developing our own initiatives within the Community. ln the coming year we hope to expand the support we give locally, particularly by facilitating the Community forum bringing many of these fledging organisations together.

The various Committee reports followed with Stella Herbert commenting from an area perspective.  She was made to feel very welcome and said the meeting was well attended (22, 3F) and all parties seemed well prepared. She was heartened to hear of the clubs involvement with the local Community Forum, and our “friends” of Rotary aims. They also have plans in place for work with schools and youth organisations – especially with their Dictionary donations and Art and Photo competitions. It was also very clear that this club are looking to be a modern and forward thinking club, one that would welcome new members from all parts of the communities they cover.      AR