Interest: Club Rotarians

On Monday 20th February, BBC News will be broadcasting a special report from India on polio eradication. The report will feature the BBC's medical correspondent Fergus Walsh at an immunisation booth and will showcase a package he has recorded over the weekend showing Rotary’s work, people affected by polio and interviews with doctors. It is likely that a Rotarian, most probably Mike Yates (RC of New Mills Marple & District), will be interviewed too. The package will be featured on the six o’clock and ten o’clock news.

The following morning on BBC Breakfast the report will be featured again and this time there will be an interview with RIBI President Ray Burman.

Please note that should there be any kind of 'disaster' this item may be pulled. This is of course out of our control.

Interest: Club Rotarians

The 2012 RIBI Assembly will include 'An Audience with the Presidents', on the afternoon of Saturday 31st March 2012, a fabulous opportunity for club Rotarians to get 'up close and personal' with  incoming RI President Sakuji Tanaka and incoming RIBI President John Minhinick.

RIBI Rotarians will have the unique opportunity to attend this free event where you can meet, listen to and share your views face-to-face with both the 2012/13 RI President Sakuji Tanaka and 2012/13 RIBI President John Minhinick, as well as a panel of other RI and RIBI Leaders and excellent speakers.

This event is open to incoming Club Presidents and their fellow club Rotarians, so why not make a day of it and fill a car to attend the event. There is NO registration fee. You can register for the event now by clicking here. For those unable to attend the event, there will be a live webcast on the day.

Action: Club Rotarians

Only two weeks left to enter your community's Young Citizens into the RIBI YOUNG CITIZEN AWARDS

Your club really doesn't want to miss the opportunity to nominate young positive role models from within your community for the RIBI Young Citizen Awards 2012. The Awards are covered by BBC News with TV features on the five Award winners, features with video on the BBC News website and a live Awards programme on BBC News Channel from the RIBI Annual Conference in Bournemouth in April 2012.

The achievements of young people are being celebrated with the Young Citizen Awards. Young Citizen is a project, conceived by RIBI in association with BBC News in 2007, to celebrate the positive citizenship and vital responsibilities assumed by many young people in Great Britain and Ireland. The awards recognise young people under the age of 25.

Awards of a trophy, a cash prize of £500 and a visit to BBC News at TV Centre in London will be made to five Rotary related projects involving young people working in their communities and/or helping overseas to improve the lot of others. The recepients of the Awards may be an individual or a group. Past nominations may also be submitted again this year.

All entries have to be nominated by a Rotary club. Nomination forms should be returned to the Secretariat but must be received before the deadline of 28th February 2012, clearly marked 'RIBI Young Citizen Awards' or contact Tony Jordan on the New Generations Committee by email: tonyandtsm@aol.com or phone him on 01845 574084 or 07976 321942.

Action: Club Rotarians

There is still time to reserve your place for the RIBI Conference in Bournemouth, which promises to be informative, inspiring and a real celebration of Rotary.

Meet up with fellow Rotarians and Rotaractors at the Bournemouth International Centre, 13th to 15th of April, and hear from special guest speakers as well as be inspired by the RIBI Young Citizen Awards, which will be broadcast live on the BBC News Channel. In an RIBI Conference first, the top finalists from the RIBI Young Musician competition will be performing live.

The RIBI Conference Committee is delighted to welcome Pam Rhodes, Songs of Praise presenter, author and journalist. Pam will be taking to the stage to represent the charity Rotarians Easing Problems of Dementia (REPoD), in place of John Suchet, Honorary President REPoD.

RIBI President Ray Burman will be welcoming President of Rotary International, Kalyan Banerjee, and his wife, Binota. Uniquely, RIBI is the only Rotary Conference at which all RI Presidents attend.

More information and registration advice can be found on the RIBI Conference pages.

Action: Club Secretaries

In accordance with By-law 7, clause 2 (b) of the Standard RIBI Club By-laws, a special general meeting of the club is required to be held before 1st January for the purposes of electing one voting delegate (and substitute) to attend the ensuing annual conference of the Association, and one additional delegate (and substitute) for every 25 or major fraction thereof of its active members.

Please read the memo and complete the voting delegates certificate and send to the Secretary/CEO of RIBI no later than 1st March 2012.

Please note confirmation of receipt of certificate at the Secretariat will be e-mailed out during February.

Interest: Club Rotarians

Prostate cancer is the most common cancer in men, in the UK 10,000 men die of it each year, which is why, this March, during The Prostate Cancer Charity’s awareness month we are asking Rotarians to take up the 10,000 challenge to remember those 10,000 men. 

This brand new initiative can be anything that you want, from walking 10,000 steps every day to holding a 10,000 calories bake sale – whatever your club chooses to do we will be there to support you. We are also issuing a Rotary 10,000 challenge for clubs across the UK to collectively raise £10,000 for The Prostate Cancer Charity and we will chart your progress on our website

We are fighting prostate cancer on every front through research, support, information and campaigning.

• In 2011 we invested £2 million into new research projects across the UK.
• Our Helpline is staffed by specialist nurses and offers support to anyone affected.  We also offer a peer to peer and online service.
• We campaign to improve services and to reduce inequalities in prostate cancer care.

Your support will make a difference to men like Ross “When I was first told I had prostate cancer I was obviously very shocked and didn’t really know what to do. But with the help of The Prostate Cancer Charity with their Helpline, online forum and all their information I was able to help myself to work it all out and feel a lot better about the whole situation. With the Charity’s support I was able to enjoy my life again.”

Want to take the challenge?
Then all you need to do is register your challenge.
We will send you all the materials you need to get started as well as supporting you along the way.

For more information about the charity and ways your club can help please email gemma.cornwell@prostate-cancer.org.uk

Rotary Club of St Andrews International Golf Tournament

Entries are being accepted now for the Rotary Club of St Andrews International Golf Tournament which will run from Sunday 10th to Thursday 14th June 2012.
We can confirm that the Old Course will feature again for all who enter the main competition. The week includes an extensive programme of activities and fellowship both on and off the course for Rotarians and their partners.
 
For details click here or e-mail standrewsrotarygolf@msn.com or contact Convener, Bill Whyte (+44 1334 476463)

Interest: Club Rotarians

RIBI website

The RIBI website was relaunched last week. In building the new site, we took on board feedback about the current site from members (and also non-members), in particular making far more of the content that was password-protected more easily accessible to all members.

The website will be improved and enhanced over the coming months with an emphasis on building an online community or 'forum' for members to discuss items of interest.

Secretariat update

The staff moved back into the building last Friday and are back in the business of welcoming visitors! Check out our special invitation to all clubs...

Proposed RIBI re-organisation update

Many thanks for your feedback so far through the email address feedback@ribi.org, please check back on the website to read a useful FAQ document which should answer the main concerns that came through from members, clubs and districts.