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HIGHLIGHTS OF THE CONFERENCE

TIME EVENT

9:00 am Rotary 100 Baton Relay enters the Conference

9:20am Angie Bell leads Rotary Youth Exchange Flags

9:30am Welcome to Country

9.40am Conference opening by Hon. Karen Andrews

9:50am John Campbell leads Rotary Youth Exchange panel

10:30am Launch of “Rotary 100 years 100 stories book

10.45am Keynote Address by Dr. Jessie Harman

2.20pm Recognition of Paul Harris Fellows and Major Donors

2.30pm PDG Prof. Michael Irving leads panel on New Style Rotary Clubs

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

JASON BROWNE Public Image Co-Ordinator, Zone 28 & 29

Pennsylvania State University Rotary Club in D6290 USA (via Zoom)

AMANDA WENDT District Governor Nominee, D9800 (Vic) Rotary Club of Melbourne

DR. MICHAEL PYNE Director, Currumbin Wildlife Hospital, Gold Coast Qld.

PROF. MICHAEL GOOD AO Principal Research Leader, National Health & Medical Research Council Principal Research Fellow, Griffith University Institute of Glycomics.

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"Rotary International President Holger Knaack appoints Australia's first female Rotarian

elected to the Rotary International Board, as his representative to our centenary conference".

270 registered from 47 Clubs Highest Registering clubs:

Burleigh Heads 15 Coomera Valley 11

Hope Island 10 Mullumbimby 10

Mt Warning AM 10

Let us CELEBRATE 100 years of Rotary in Australia! It's our once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

RI Presidents Special Representative

DR. JESSIE HARMAN Wendouree Breakfast Rotary D9780 VIC Rotary International Director Elect 2021-2023

CHIEF GUEST HON. KAREN ANDREWS MP Member for McPherson, QLD Federal Minister for Home Affairs

GUESTS OF HONOUR

HON. ANGIE BELL MP Member for Moncrieff, QLD

CR. CHRIS CHERRY Mayor of Tweed Shire, NSW

A Thank You GIFT for Centenary Club Presidents, Secretaires and Assistant Governors of D9640

100 YEARS - 100 STORIES BOOK OF ROTARY DISTRICT 9640 2020-2021 Centenary Club Secretaries and AG’s of District 9640 please collect your free copy during tea or lunch break at the Conference in the foyer from Greg Paxton, Secretary, RC of The Granite Belt. Extra copies available for sale.

OFFICIAL 100 YEARS OF ROTARY IN AUSTRALIA COLLECTORS BOOK - Humanity in Action 2020-2021 Club Presidents and AG's of District 9640 collect your 525-page free copy from Conference Secretary Janet Glynn at the Conference welcome desk.

Gold Coast Passport Rotary

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WE ARE ZONE 8 CHAMPIONS Membership Growth

1 July 2020 to 30 April 2021

District # Club # Member # Member 9455 46 1,097 52

9465 47 1,148 4

9510 85 2,077 30

9550 40 814 52

9570 44 949 32

9600 61 1,241 1

9630 53 1,098 26

9640 58 1,389 212

9650 54 1,306 (18)

9670 46 1000 (36)

9675 58 1,329 4

9685 70 1,761 (4)

9705 79 2,043 (1)

9780 56 1,570 (24)

9790 63 1,525 (9)

9800 65 2,095 1

9810 40 1,096 (12)

9820 45 1,170 (7)

9830 46 1,130 51

9910 38 939 (9)

9920 53 1,256 6

9930 50 1,428 (17)

9940 48 1,343 (72)

9970 32 1,097 (9)

9980 30 1,077 (17)

Districts:25 1,307 32,978 236

Welcome New Rotarians

BOONAH Kirsten Brown

CASINO Anita Cohen

CURRUMBIN BEACH Sonja Basson Reuben Bradley Joanne Coker Graeme Deeth Tahnee Dickens Jamieson Doyle-Taylor Nathan Fleury Allan Hilzinger Kirstin Kenyon Dave Kertesz Anneliese Kiotz Deborah Marshall-Deeth Yuntong Niu Erin O'Connor Tom Thynne Shelly Trotman

GRAFTON Lisa Busch

JIMBOOMBA Taleaha Dempsey Sonya Thorpe

LISMORE NETWORKING Callen Moore

THE GRANITE BELT Todd Sutherland

WARWICK Verushka Benkendorff Kieran Doherty Claudia Eather Tess Enchelmaier Susanne Grew Joshua Jones Rebecca Lancaster Jessica Paul Brigitte Ragh Aria Rahimi Monazeh Sophie Williams

YAMBA Sandeep Kantamneni

Satellite – BALLINA LIFESTYLE Helen Hargreaves Lawrence Jackson Madelyn Jackson Trevor Kenneally Geoff Lee Diana Mason

D9640 at a Glance (1 Jul 2020 to 30 April 2021)

Total Members 1389

Net Growth +212

Number of Clubs 58

Female Members 521 (38%)

Male Members 868 (62%)

UNDER 40'S 131 (9%)

CLUBS 37

GAINED 11

RETAINED 10

LOST

Total Rotary Foundation Giving $300,000 from 39 Clubs

322 new members joined our 58 Rotary clubs in the last 305 days!

Congratulations! 18 Club Presidents have qualified to receive the ‘2021 Outstanding Leadership Award’ at the District Changeover for +3 net membership growth.

There are 25 more days to go for it!

Club +

Ballina-on-Richmond NSW 71 (+34)

Hope Island QLD 53 (+11)

Burleigh Heads QLD 43 (+8)

Varsity Lakes QLD 15 (+7)

Warwick QLD 14 (+7)

Iluka-Woombah NSW 20 (+6)

Grafton Midday NSW 31 (+5)

Jimboomba QLD 36 (+5)

Surfers Sunrise QLD 35 (+5)

Warwick Sunrise QLD 29 (+4)

Murwillumbah Central NSW 23 (+4)

Boonah QLD 39 (+4)

Mullumbimby NSW 19 (+3)

Stanthorpe QLD 26 (+3)

Coomera Valley QLD 27 (+3)

Currumbin-Coolangatta-Tweed 24 (+3)

E-Club of NextGen 25 (+3)

Kyogle NSW 8 (+3)

Ballina Lifestyle Rotary Satellite members grow to 19 in 30 days.

On 20th April DG Andy inducted the first

3 female members in 17 years to Jimboomba RC. Since 2004 the club did not have female members.

Welcome "Currumbin Beach Rotary Club", our newest and 58th club in Rotary District 9640.

This is the 5th new club to charter in our district and the 10th new club to be formed in Zone 8 this Rotary year.

"Northern Gold Coast Rotaract Club" with 24 young members all under 30 years of age was chartered in March. Sponsored by Coomera Valley Rotary. This is our 2nd Rotaract Club in D9640.

Meet our 2021-2022 District 9640 Rotaract Representative Candace Lee from Burleigh Rotaract.

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Rebecca Lancaster, new

president of Warwick Rotary

From the desk of DG Andy - Never let a crisis pass by!

This Rotary year of crisis opened opportunities for people and organizations who looked for new opportunities. It was for Warwick Rotary in Queensland, one of the smallest clubs in our district for the past 10 years. How did Warwick Rotary increase members by 200% in 10 months? This 2nd oldest club in D9640 chartered in 1932 with 27 members had only 7 members when I took office on 1

st July 2020.

They dropped to 2 members in March. On 30

th April 2021, the club

reported 14 members. 8 were female. 7 under the age of 40 years. 3 former Rotaractors. What was the magic?

Last July one of my first actions was to invite the president and secretary of Warwick Rotary to a heart-to-heart chat in Warwick. Joining me was Immediate Past Governor Harry Bolton from Tenterfield and Past Governor Neil Maxwell from the nearby Warwick Sunrise club that had 30 members. As Governor, I put on the table 2 choices we had. The easy way out, as required by Rotary International to recommend the termination of clubs with 6 or fewer active members. Or take the less travelled road to create a "revolutionary change" and make this grand old club relevant to today's world by 30

th April 2021.

Past Governor Neil Maxwell a smart lawyer & leader in Warwick took up my challenge to create a "revolutionary change" in the Warwick Rotary within this time frame. He did not want Warwick Rotary to be like KODAK and thrown into a dustbin in history. I appointed Neil as my "Governors Special Representative to Save Warwick Rotary". He had a passion to save Warwick Rotary as his grandfather Sam Maxwell was the charter president in 1932. In the 1950s the club had over 40 members attend weekly dinner meetings. His father too was a president in 1943-44. Neil was club president in 1978-79. Later he moved to Warwick Sunrise and sill he and his wife are members of this vibrant breakfast club.

Neil patiently went about with a "changed mindset" that he was starting a new club to attract young professionals to lunch or evening cocktails. He was clear it will not be the same old Warwick club. He diplomatically approached Rebecca Lancaster a former Rotaractor from Warwick, now an eminent young lawyer in Warwick to join the club's leadership team to reposition Warwick Rotary. A few months later amidst her busy lifestyle, she introduced Neil to 12 other young professionals who showed interest in joining Rotary. Very skilfully PDG Neil facilitated a smooth transition of leadership for Rebecca to step up as President and another former Rotaractor Claudia to be Secretary and a senior remaining member to continue as Treasurer. After a few discussion evenings, 11 new members signed up in April and decided to meet fortnightly to networking cocktails style club.

Warwick was a commercial hub from 1930s to the 1980s. Warwick Rotary started as a lunch club then moved to dinner. They formed 4 new Rotary Clubs in our district. Stanthorpe in 1953, Goondiwindi in 1954, Allora in 1966. Warwick Sunrise in 2000. Warwick Rotary produced 2 District Governors. Wal Kieseker 1968-69. Neil in 2001-2002. A former member of Warwick Ray Brand went on to serve as DG of 9630 in 2003-2004.

"Revolutionary Change" happens when an outside influence shakes an organization, presenting a clear and urgent need for a major overhaul. This is a strategy I initiated to reinvent 3 of our smallest and oldest clubs, Allora 4 to 9, Kyogle 5 to 8 and Warwick 2 to 14, to be relevant to a 21st century lifestyles. These clubs will never be the same. Together they attracted 20 new members to Rotary in 10 months! Congratulations PDG Neil Maxwell in making Warwick Rotary relevant to today's new world. And now PDG Neil is more revolutionary than me! If Warwick, Kyogle & Allora can do it, any traditional club struggling to grow can do it. Just take a new leap or be extinct like KODAK.

SECRETS OF EFFECTIVE 21ST CENTURY LEADERSHIP SUMMIT WAS A HIT

Our amazing Assistant Governors handpicked 35 future Rotary Leaders to an interactive workshop on “Secrets of Effective 21st Century Leadership” we organised on April 17. The enthusiastic attendees were our recent RYLA and Rotaracters, and future Rotary Club and District leaders. 26 of them had been in Rotary for less than two years.

District Governor Andy has identified that training future Rotary leaders to face the 21st century leadership challenges is the highest priority in Rotary today. This Summit focussed on the “how to” aspects of leadership and the new opportunities for Rotary leadership post-COVID 19.

We discussed: Why is leadership so Important Now? What defines a great leader? A Vision needs an Action Plan, how to communicate and create ownership of a Vision and Action Plan, Successful Leadership Styles for the 21st century, and Skills that enable effective and inclusive leadership.

These topics were work-shopped using examples of good and bad practices within Rotary and organisations. And the three future leaders working groups reported the outcomes

of their discussions back to all participants. This Future Leaders Summit video will be available soon on the District 9640 U-tube Rotary Coaching site.

The success of this Future Leaders Summit is best exemplified in the exit statements of attendees such as Mark Blackadder from Grafton Midday Rotary who said “It was a fantastic opportunity for me to experience the confidence to push boundaries in my business and Rotary Club to prepare for the challenges of the 21st century”.

I’m happy to have had the opportunity to design and facilitate this ground breaking initiative by DG Andy.

PDG Michael Irving - D9640 Coach

DATES TO REMEMBER

Join our "Membership Champions Summit" - 23rd

May in Gold Coast 9.30 am to 1.30 pm Email David Baguley dbaguley47@gmail.com. 2 delegates accepted from each club. Ideal for new members.

2021 District Awards & District Governor Changeover Luncheon - 26th

June 11am to 2pm at the Mermaid Waters Hotel in Gold Coast. Bookings at: www.trybooking.com/BPYFZ

District Awards applications are now open at www.rotary9640.org or https://form.jotform.com/210906928236055

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President Leigh Watson & members of

Coomera Waters President Haley Ryan and members of Mt Warning AM

Baton Relay Route - The Final lap

Byron Bay Rotary Pres. David Dwyer & DGND Dave Harmon

Runaway Bay Pres. Anita Whiteford

handing the baton to Parkwood

Pres. Margaret Grummitt

Surfers Sunrise Rotary

Parkwood President Margaret

Grummitt handing over to Surfers

Sunrise Pres. Charles Thomasson

Broadwater Southport President Howard Manning & WWll Veteran Max Kirwan passing the baton to Broadbeach President Les Bulluss

Runaway Bay President Anita

Whiteford & AG Sheila Ponting

AG John Oomen presents the relay baton to Mullumbimby President David D’Vash

BATON RELAY

Robina Rotary Penny James passing the baton to Hope Island President Joe Wilkinson, with

PDG Sandra Doumany

Coomera River President Sarah Hunt & Coomera Valley Pres. Tony Lions

Nerang President Geoff Palmer receiving the baton from Hope Island President Joe Wilkinson

Robina Rotary

Rotarian Honourable Sam

O’Connor, Michaela Waite & PDG

Prof. Graham Jones - Griffith Gold

Coast Griffith University Rotary

MAY 8-15 QLD

Gold Coast Corporate, Ashmore, e club, Gold Coast Passport, Currumbin Beach & Burleigh, & D9640 Rotaractors

1-15 MAY NSW

Kingscliff, Banora Tweed, Currumbin- Coolangatta-Tweed