Chairman's Message - August 2011Chairman's Message - August 2011Changes to the BoardAt the end of June the Board said goodbye to the retiring directors Robin Chapple and Vigdís Stefánsdóttir. Their places were taken by James Corbin and Chanjiv Singh who were elected earlier in the year to serve as directors for the period 2011 - 2013. Unexpectedly we also lost Sanjay Khendry and Felix Toran who have left Rotary and therefore resigned from the ICUFR. This was unfortunate as Sanjay was admin for the ICUFR Group on Facebook and Felix had skills and experience which were valuable to the fellowship. In these circumstances the board can invite members to join the board on a temporary basis until the next election. This is a good way of broadening the board’s knowledge and experience, whilst at the same time allowing members to see if they want to stand for election. Members who would be interested in joining the board should email the chairman or secretary (simply reply to the email newsletter) indicating what they can offer or would like to be involved in. We would particularly like to hear from:
Following the resignation of the administrator of our Facebook Group the board has reviewed the situation. Although the group has in the past attracted over three hundred members, it has not taken off. The discussion area is not used and there is minimal use of the wall. In terms of promoting the fellowship the board considers that a Facebook page is more appropriate and we have accordingly closed the ICUFR group and set up a Page. Facebook members can find it by entering ICUFR in their search box. It is being updated with a range of stories which hopefully will be of interest and encourage members to follow our page. Time to revive our original project?After the last newsletter Brigitte Faubert wrote to say: This used to be our key objective, but some years ago it seemed that everybody had learned how to use email, surf the web and use MS Office. But the world moves on and it is all too easy to miss out on new developments. For those who never got started the learning curve gets steeper and those who went on-line a few years ago are often struggling with an old machine that has nearly ground to a halt. In this newsletter you will find articles intended to help beginners find their way around Facebook. Don’t 600 million people already know that? - well, lots of people like your chairman have an account and don’t understand how to drive it. Hopefully the articles may help, but there will be members out there who could write better ones, or compile lists of resources about Facebook or basic problems that confront computer users. Please send me any contributions that we can offer on the website as a resource to help Brigitte and all our members assist their clubs and friends to use computers. This is still a very worthwhile project that is too easily overlooked.
Roger Siddle
Report on our booth at the RI ConventionReport on our booth at the RI ConventionFellowship BoothsClick the thumbnail to browse the fellowship booths in the House of Friendship.
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http://www.icufr.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=28&Itemid=38&limitstart=3#sigProGalleria20668f2065 MembershipWe attracted 48 new members, but the email addresses of the following new members bounced:
If they are reading this can they please email me their correct email address. A couple of old members stopped by and updated their email addresses which means that we are now in contact again. Booth Financial ReportRussell Hampton and other licenced suppliers were selling pins in the price range $3 to $6 so we priced our membership pins at $5. In total we sold 23 pins producing income of $115 to set against outgoings on the booth. The net result was a small shortfall on the booth. Chairman's Message - June 2011Chairman's Message - June 2011
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From time to time there are calls that the ICUFR "should have a project", but I think they misunderstand the nature of a Rotary Fellowship and what it can do. The House of Friendship (HoF) at the RI Convention provided a nice visual guide to how projects are supported within Rotary.http://www.icufr.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=28&Itemid=38&limitstart=3#sigProGalleria7d7a7498a0 As you entered the HoF you passed major organisations such as ShelterBox, Rotaplast International and many others before coming to the largest group of booths, eighty three of them devoted to Rotary Projects. These were all Club and District projects which ranged from tackling malaria (Port Moresby Club) to integrated solar cooking and water pasteurisation (Fresno Club), a medical supplies network (District 6110) to the Thousand Smiles Foundation (Districts 5340 and 4100). Click on the first thumbnail to browse the project booths.
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Moving on you would have found 13 booths of Rotary Action Groups such as the Blindness Prevention RAG, Water and Sanitation RAG and the Global Network for Blood Donation RAG. Click on the second thumbnail to browse the Rotary Action Group booths. At the far end of the HoF you would have come to the Fellowships neighbourhood - twenty nine booths devoted to "pursuing common vocational or recreational interests in order to further friendship" (quoting from chapter 9 of the RI Manual of Procedure).
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This fellowship is not an agency,
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