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Part two of the Change Over took place on the 30th of July, 2024 at the Holiday Inn, Frankton. We had a total of 32 people attend on the evening. This included Rotary Queenstown members and their partners, the current President of the Inner Wheel Queenstown Club ( Vivienne Hunt) and Jennie Herring (Rotary Foundation - Zone 8). Grant Rees was a fantastic MC for the evening and acted as past President for the evening in Neil's absence. President Handover - Ross Beal Grant Rees stood in as the past President and passed the chains to President-Elect, Ross Beal. Ross Beal is the past President from 2019 to 2020. He decided to put up his hand for the role again to ensure the club had a president and some direction over the next 12 months. If you missed the second change-over, here is a short summary from President Ross Beal. And so, if I have a focus for the year ahead, I would have to say that my focus would be to ensure that you the members and partners of this Club are fully engaged, recognised and respected for the contributions that you make for the benefit of the Club and the local Community. We as the members of the Rotary Club of Queenstown come together to do truly remarkable things, profound things and, in my opinion, audacious things because, as an organisation we have the capacity and capability to improve the lot of many organisations and folk who are part of our community. Despite the importance of community, when it is all shaken down, what will always be important to me, is you the members of the Rotary Club of Queenstown, we are all in this together for a common purpose, it is not a contest. My focus again this term will remain on the Club and not on the noise that circulates around us. So, with respect to the year ahead let me know your views, consider where and how we each can contribute to adding value to the Club and how do we together as a Team continue to contribute into our community while remembering to have some fun while navigating the landscape ahead. My only aspiration is to fulfil a task that is in line with your aspirations, because in my mind this is your club, not mine, therefore the year ahead should be your year, not mine. Thank you for your confidence to reappoint me to this role, I trust your faith is rewarded.” Ross was also featured in an article, published by the Otago Daily Times. The president announced the directors for 2024-2025. Club Admin will be managed by Tim Wilshire, Neil Boniface (International), Treasurer (Hamish Murray), Secretary (David Tait), Club Activities (Nell Hunt), and Community (Grant Rees). We had two Rotarian guest speakers on the evening. Vivienne Hunt and Jennie Herring. Vivienne Hunt - Inner Wheel Queenstown Vivienne is the current President of Inner Wheel Queenstown (2024 to 2025). Inner Wheel Queenstown's major fundraiser is the New Zealand Sotheby’s International Realty Queenstown Marathon. They provide volunteers to act as marshals for this annual event. To date, they have raised $20,000 which have donated to various charities in our region Jennie Herring (Rotary Foundation) - Speaker for the Evening Our speaker for the evening was Jennie Herring, from the Rotary Foundation (Zone 8). Based in New Zealand, Jennie is well known throughout the Zone. She has held numerous positions at a district and national level, including District 9920 Governor (2015-16), Assistant Rotary Coordinator and District 9920 Foundation Chair.
She presented to the club, the role of the Rotary Foundation and Endowment Fund.
Currently, there are no changes to the Foundation Districts structure under the Regionalisation Pilot. Jennie presented the opportunities and benefits of donating to The Rotary Foundation and how the funds contribute to key areas such as - Annual Fund
- Endowment Fund
- Polio Fund (currently 8 cases)
- Disaster Fund.
- If a disaster does occur, Clubs can apply and within hours are given funds to immediately assist the community e.g. Cyclone Gabrielle
Below are the current summary statistics for 2022 to 2023 and all-time contributions. Rotary’s areas of focus are: - Providing clean water
- Supporting education
- Fighting disease
- Supporting the environment
- Saving mothers and children
- Growing local economies
- Promoting peace
Thank you Jennie for attending our changeover and presenting important information about the Foundation and its functions.  |
