Anthony talked about
- Attending lots of meetings and seeing lots of variations on how the meeting is run and how the club does things.
- There is a move to less formality.
- Advised us on dealing with Corporate Affairs and advised if over $10,000 then an application to them might be required. Renewable every 3 years.
- The need for a public officer
- The concept of WHY Rotary and not WHAT Rotary.
- A friendship exchange to India where polio can be highlighted as the success story of Rotary (almost).
- Aiming for a net gain of members.
- Some clubs are doing really well with member numbers.
- Rotary Central.
- Leadership is important. RLI is being revamped this year and will be scheduled for 2019.
- We need to look at our bylaws and get them updated.
- We need to think about Rotary Legislation and to understand that “we” can make changes.
- Raffles. South Ballarat is fine but we need to be aware of legal issues when running raffles.
- The South Ballarat raffle is two cars (CX5 and CX3)
- Global Grants. He is going to look at dealing with the “How” on writing grants. The actual process is on My Rotary website.