District Governor, Janet Peirce, visits MKGU Club for Breakfast at OU
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District Governor, Janet Peirce, visited the Milton Keynes
Grand Union Rotary Club for breakfast on Thursday, 12th August, 2004 at the Open
University.
DG Janet explained that she had to achieve a number of goals
during her year in office and had selected a number of these as her priorities
for the forthcoming period.
The most important was to increase membership.
RIBI had set
what appeared to be a daunting target, but when this was translated to branch
level, the aim appeared to be a more realistic net increase of 2 new members per
club.
Janet stressed the importance of
Foundation as Rotary's own charity. She saw a link between Membership and
Foundation working together to foster relationships between, for example,
District and the Alumni.
As 1260 District Governor, Janet has
decided not to promote any particular charitable cause this year, but rather to
support the RIBI preferred projects.
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Janet Peirce with MKGU President Keith Prestidge |
The RIBI project at home is a partnership
with
Lifesavers and the overseas project is
Hope and Homes,
which supports orphans in South Africa and Rwanda as a result of AIDS and
genocide. The latter charity appeal was recently featured in a BBC television
programme.
However, Janet has particular areas of
interest that she wishes to encourage during her year in office. The Family
of Rotary is important and individual Rotarians need support from their
families which can include help with project activity.
Health concerns, both at home and overseas
are of great importance and this can include, for example, water management
through the
Aquabox scheme. Literacy amongst both children and adults is
significant and opportunities exist on the vocational side for volunteers to
help in this area both at home and overseas.
The Group Study Exchange has been
organised this year with Brazil and in particular District 4420, San Paolo. More
details will be published in the near future.
100 years of Rotary will be celebrated in
District with four major events. The DG will have an At Home on 5th
September organised by Luton Someries. There will be a Centenary Concert
in Watford during the actual celebratory week in February 2005. An Ecumenical
Service will be held in Luton and on 8th May there will be a Celebration
of Youth.
Arrangements for the 1260 District
Conference 2005 are still in the process of being finalised. More information
will follow in due course. It is still hoped that a party of 100 children will
be taken with their carers to Euro Disney, Paris along with some Rotarians. The
dates are being re-scheduled to fit in with schooling needs.
District Governor Janet Peirce with a
group of Milton Keynes Grand Union Rotarians
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