President’s Welcome

I would like to thank you for visiting our Home (online), and extend a warm welcome for you to visit during one of our meetings. If you feel like giving some of your valuable time to provide Service to the community or are looking for good fellowship, then feel free to contact me or one of our Office holders to get started.

President Cristina
Rotary Club Maroubra
District 9750

 

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Service
Humanity
Leadership
Excellence










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Dream Service Project: helping connect Rotary clubs and their communities

The Dream is to initially deliver NEW website technology and knowhow to all the clubs in District 9750 (but not limited to D9750).  Many thanks for the tools/technology and infrastructure to IPP Robert Keast, President Bruce Walker and their club, Rotary Club of Norwest Sunrise D9680 for the valuable gift to Rotary communities far and near, via the www.Rotarynews.info project. (signed: RP/WebMaster RC Maroubra)

Contact the Web Team and be one of the next Rotary clubs to upgrade to the Rotary News website system (more here).  Why?

- looking for new members?  help them find you, learn about your club...prospective new members will want to learn about your club, help them!
- does your website look like and official Rotary club site?
- established by Rotarians for Rotarian, at no charge
- community minded leaders in your area, including your members and their families will be able to receive the latest on club news - keeping loved ones informed is always a good idea
- make it easy for others to contact your club with your own Online Home
- help Rotary clubs to further collaborate and fellowship as we serve our communities.
(And much, much more.) Read more about it here

» Club Details

rotary club of maroubra meets every Monday for Dinner at the No Names Restaurant, Maroubra Junction Hotel .
 Arrive 6:30 pm for a 7:00 pm start
 End at 8:30 pm
 (downstairs)
 195 MAROUBRA Rd
 maroubra junction NSW 2035
 Australia

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Rotary Clubs of District 9750

District 9750 - Home Page

Albion Park

Balmain
Bondi Junction
Botany Bay
Bulli & Northern Illawarra

Camden
Campbelltown NSW
Campsie
Caringbah
Como-Jannali
Corrimal
Cronulla

Dapto
Double Bay (Welcome!)
Drummoyne

Engadine

Fairy Meadow
Five Dock

Georges River - riverwood
Gymea

Haberfield
Hurstville

Illawarra Sunrise
Ingleburn

Kiama
Kings Cross
Kogarah

Leichhardt

Macarthur Sunrise
Maroubra (You are Here)
Marrickville
Menai
Minamurra
Miranda

Narellan

Picton NSW

Randwick
Rockdale City
Rose Bay

Shellharbour City
South Sydney
St George Central
Sutherland
Sydney
Sydney CBD
Sydney Cove
Sydney Darking Harbour
Sydney Inner West
Sylvania

West Wollongong
Wollondilly North
Wollongong
Wollongong South

 

Rotaract Clubs of District 9750

 

Campbelltown
Como-Jannali
Sydney City
University of NSW
University of Wollongong

January 2009 | Rotary Awareness Month





The story behind Rotary's Four-Way Test: Herbert J. Taylor, president, Rotary Club of Chicago, 1939-40 and Rotary International 1954-55. He lived from 1893 to 1978. During a business crisis in 1932, he wrote the "Four Way Test," shown above. It was adopted as part of Rotary International in January of 1943. (Taylor's President Page click here)

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Google Foundation Gives Rotary US$3.5 Million To Help End Polio

By Dan Nixon and Vivian Fiore
 
Rotary International has received a US$3.5 million challenge grant from the Google Foundation, a nonprofit managed by Google.org, in support of Rotary’s top goal to eradicate polio worldwide. Rotary will raise funds to match the Google Foundation grant dollar-for-dollar over one year. (click heading for full article)
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Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation gives $100 million to help Rotary eradicate Polio

Together Commiting $200 (USD) million to End Polio

 



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Rotary Club of New York at The United Nations

The International Service Division of the New York Rotary Club is delighted to present this newsletter in order to demonstrate the commitment and continuing support of Rotary to the United Nations and its Millennium Development Goals.This newsletter will also serve as a platform for information and dialogue between all Rotarians who are interested in the programs of the United Nations and in contributing towards achieving its goals. We invite you to share your experiences from collaboration in projects between Rotary and the United Nations. Please forward any examples and comments regarding recent projects to nyrotaryun@aol.com .
The monthly meetings are coordinated and moderated by N.Y. Rotarian Josef Klee, Assistant Secretary-General of the United Nations (Retired) and Sylvan Barnet, Alternate Rotary International Liaison to the UN. There are usually no breakfast meetings scheduled in July, August or September.

 

 
 

What is the Paul Harris Fellowship Award?


The Paul Harris Fellowship Award is awarded to men and women for oustanding Service to the community, where a sum of $1,000 (USD) is donated to the Rotary Foundation in the name of the Honoured recipient.  The highest Rotary Award for Service to the community, the "Paul Harris" is awarded to Rotarian irrigardless of length of Service/membership, as well as non-members who have outstandingly Served humanity.  (Click heading for full article.)

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President's Quarterly Report

What have we achieved for the community in the first 3 months of this Rotary year?

(1st July - 30th September 2008)

We have raised and donated $25,000 to the community

The Board has successfully implemented the New Club Leadership Plan (CLP)

Inducted one new member

Achieved meaningful member-driven fellowship in meetings, creating cosy café style table setting

Have completed 18 projects

In terms of numbers of people who attended the Fun Run, we had the most successful event in its history



Board has become effective, collaborating effectively with President, Officers and Members – meet every week, follow Agenda, save valuable time as requested by Senior members

Completed successful website that is being used as sample for Clubs and Districts across Australia, Region

Send delegation of Website experts to manage new District online strategy and website content

Instituted processes and procedures for Board operations in acordance with new CLP (i.e. Project Action Plan, Budget/Projections, Agenda Procedures)


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Club News

A warm welcome to DG Barney Koo and Lorraine!  Rotarians and partners of the Rotary Club of Maroubra are delighted to have DG Barney visit us so early in his year.  We wish DG Barney a year of success and fulfilment of the Rotary objectives which he wishes to achieve in 2008 – 2009.
  

DG Visit 2008-09