THE GIST
Breaking News
July 2022 DG News Now Out.
Action Toolbox for Ukraine
This week DG Tim Keeler and PDG Darryl Iseppi were honoured to meet with the Ukraine Ambassador to Australia, His Excellency Rtn. Vasyl Myroshnychenko and his Military Aide. The relationship between our two countries and within the family of Rotary is well known and we were able to identify projects being initiated by District 2232 within his homeland. Without doubt a humanitarian crisis is unfolding in his country with over 1 million Ukrainians being displaced or in emergency accommodation. A full list of these Rotary projects can be found in the link below and are worthy of your consideration.
International Day of Peace 21st September - Call for Nominations of Local Agents of Peace.
 
The University of Queensland Rotary Peace Centre is calling for nominations for a "Local Agent of Peace" for presentation at a ceremony at St. John's Cathedral on 21st September. Nominations are still open for this honour.
Jaipur Royal Banquet 31st August (Wellington Point)
Vale Doug Gomersall
District Minute
Foundation Dinner with Ian Riseley - Qld Cricketer's Club 23rd August
Foundation Dinner with Ian Riseley - Diggers Services Club, Logan - 24th August
RYLA 2022 at Tuchekoi 24-30th Sept.  Applications Extended to 12th August

Applications have been extended for RYLA 2022 to 12 August 2022. We urgently need more participants for this year’s fabulous new program to go ahead. Please consider a sponsorship even if you don’t have a person in mind.

Event Reminders (In case you missed them last time)
Regionalisation Webinars and Update for Clubs
There is an updated clubs toolkit for the regionalisation project available on the district website. All club presidents have received this tollkit, and you can access it by clicking the button below.
Walk for Polio 14th August (Alexandra Headland)
Art Show 20th August (New Farm)
Music Bingo 20th August (Logan City Rotary Clubs)
RARE Urgent Packing Day 20th August
Brisbane Kite Festival 21st August (Carindale and Balmoral)
Cooroy Mountain Spring Festival 21st Aug (Cooroy)
Greater Springfield High Tea 21st August
Cirrus Aircraft West End to Broadway in the Hangar 27th August (Caloundra Pacific)
 
Ethiopian Cultural Dinner 27th August (Bribie Island)
Shrek The Musical 28th August (Brisbane)
Rotary Fun Run 11th September (Brisbane Taylor Bridge and Brisbane Centenary)
Disco Dandiya Gala Dinner 24th September (Brisbane International)
Trivia Night 1st October (Brookfield)
Rotarians Against Malaria Annual Conference 22-23 October
Maleny Rotary Golf Day  28th October
Melbourne 2023 - Sharing our Sunshine
RAM "Finish the Fight Against Malaria" Congress 25th May
How to get your news on the district Facebook page
The GIST and How to Get your Article in it.
Welcome to the Gist! Rather than send multiple messages per week to club officers in the hope that they will channel your interests and pass on what is important to you, we will be sending one digest email per week using the Clubrunner platform which lists new things in the top section, and reminders of old news in the bottom section. That way, you only need to scan the top half of one email per week to get the Gist, and everyone gets the Gist!
 
This e-bulletin is published by your District Administrator and Webmaster to let Rotarians and any other subscribers know about what is happening in the district. The GIST is for time-sensitive brief stories sponsored by the District, a Rotary club, or a Rotary RAG or Fellowship.
 
  • District Announcements
  • Club event announcements
  • RAG and Fellowship event announcements
Event notices will run once only in the "Breaking News" section, and events will continue to be published down below in the "Event Reminders" section until the event has passed.
 
Articles that report on past events and projects, anything of enduring significance, and anything else that does not fit the GIST publishing guidelines should be sent to the District Newsletter editor at newsletter@rotary9620.org.

How to get an Event in the Calendar

To get an event in the Calendar, please send the following information to gist@rotary9620.org:
  • Mandatory: The text that you would like to appear in thc calendar entry. Should include a teaser as to why someone would like to attend the event, ticket prices, etc etc. The text cannot include potentially sensitive information like email addresses, phone numbers and bank account details. If you wish to communicate these, put them in an image or PDF file that can be linked as a download document.
  • Mandatory:  Date, Time, Location. Please include the postcode in the location as this is needed to generate the location map. (Or the event could be online of course.)
  • Mandatory: Name of a Rotarian in the district who is the primary contact for the event.
  • Strongly recommended: An image to go in the calendar entry detail page. Landscape format works best.
  • Optional: Documents about the event like event flyers, etc etc. Max size: 5MB
  • Optional: Links that might be useful like bookings links, the home page of the charity you are supporting, etc.

How to get an event notice in the GIST

The GIST is published on Tuesday afternoons. The deadline to get an event notice in every Tuesday's GIST is midnight Monday. Requests coming in on Tuesday morning will be handled on a "best effort" basis. To get an event entry in the GIST, please do the following:
  • Mandatory: Get the event in the Calendar (see above)
  • Mandatory: An image in square or landscape format to be the article. If you send an image that is in portrait format, it will be cropped to square according to the GIST editor's judgement. It's OK to send a PDF Flyer - the editor will just do a screenshot and use that.
  • Optional: SHORT explanatory text which will go under the image. 200 words max. Long explanations should go in the calendar entry.

Please send event info to:  gist@rotary9620.org

 
We are always interested in hearing your feedback and suggestions on this.
 
Jenny Smith (District Administrator)
Mark Williams (District Webmaster)
Upcoming Events
Rotary Club of Brisbane Centenary Changeover
Jindalee Boat Ramp Park
Aug 10, 2022
7:30 AM – 10:00 AM
 
Centenary Impact Tour - Brisbane Mid-City
Edinburgh Room, 4th Floor, Brisbane Club
Aug 12, 2022
 
Regionalisation Webinar
Online
Aug 12, 2022
7:00 AM – 8:00 AM
 
Centenary Impact Tour - Rochedale SE Tech Park
Aug 12, 2022
5:00 PM – 7:00 PM
 
Walk for Polio (Alexandra Headland)
La Balsa Park
Aug 14, 2022
8:00 AM – 11:00 AM
 
Centenary Impact Tour - Forest Lake
Bostock House
Aug 15, 2022
7:30 PM – 9:00 PM
 
Centenary Impact Tour - Jindalee
The Jindalee Hotel
Aug 16, 2022
6:30 PM – 8:30 PM
 
Centenary Impact Tour - E-Club of Australia Nomads
Aug 17, 2022
7:00 PM – 8:00 PM
 
RARE (formerly DIK) Special Packing Day
RARE Warehouse
Aug 20, 2022
8:00 AM – 12:00 PM
 
New Beginnings Art Show (New Farm)
St Michaels & All Angels
Aug 20, 2022
11:00 AM – 3:00 PM
 
Music Bingo (Logan City Rotary Clubs)
Club Beenleigh
Aug 20, 2022
6:00 PM – 10:00 PM
 
Cooroy Mountain Spring Festival
Aug 21, 2022
6:30 AM – 1:00 PM
 
Brisbane Kite Festival (Balmoral and Carindale)
Murarrie Recreation Reserve
Aug 21, 2022
10:00 AM – 3:00 PM
 
Greater Springfield High Tea with Diane McKendrick
Springlake Hotel
Aug 21, 2022
12:00 PM – 3:00 PM
 
Foundation Dinner with Ian Riseley - Wooloongabba
Queensland Cricketers' Club, Gabba Towers
Aug 23, 2022
 
Foundation Dinner with Ian Riseley - Logan
Diggers Services Club
Aug 24, 2022
6:30 PM – 10:30 PM
 
Centenary Impact Tour - Wooloongabba
Gabba Senior Citizens and Community Centre
Aug 25, 2022
6:30 PM – 8:30 PM
 
West End to Broadway in the Hangar (Cal. Pacific)
Qld Air Museum
Aug 27, 2022
5:00 PM – 10:00 PM
 
Ethiopian Cultural Dinner (Bribie Island)
Sandgate Community centre
Aug 27, 2022
6:00 PM – 10:00 PM
 
Shrek the Musical (Brisbane)
Brisbane Arts Theatre
Aug 28, 2022
6:30 PM – 9:15 PM
 
Centenary Impact Tour - South Brisbane
Hotel West End
Aug 29, 2022
5:45 PM – 7:45 PM
 
Centenary Impact Tour - Redlands Bayside
Victoria Point Sharks Sporting Club
Aug 30, 2022
7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
 
Jaipur Royal Banquet (Wellington Point)
Jaipur Palace Restaurant
Aug 31, 2022
6:00 PM – 9:30 PM
 
Rotary Fun Run (Bris. Centenary and Taylor Bridge)
Rocks Riverside Park
Sep 11, 2022
 
International Day of Peace (IDOP) Lecture
St. John's Cathedral
Sep 21, 2022
6:45 PM – 8:00 PM
 
RYLA 2022 at Tuchekoi
Maranatha Recreation Camp
Sep 24, 2022 – Sep 30, 2022
 
Disco Dandiya Gala Dinner (RCBI)
Sacred Hearts Hall
Sep 24, 2022
6:30 PM – 11:00 PM
 
Trivia Night (Brookfield)
Brookfield Showground Hall
Oct 01, 2022
7:00 PM – 10:00 PM
 
2022 Rotarians Against Malaria National Conference
Brisbane International Hotel
Oct 22, 2022 – Oct 23, 2022
 
Maleny Rotary Golf Day
Maleny Golf Club
Oct 28, 2022
9:00 AM – 2:00 PM
 
District 9620 2023 District Conference
Brisbane City Hall
Mar 24, 2023 – Mar 26, 2023
 
Centenary Impact Tour - Paddington
Paddington Tavern
Apr 20, 2023
7:00 AM – 9:00 AM
 
RAM "Finish-the-Fight Against Malaria” Congress
Crown Conference Centre, Melbourne
May 25, 2023 – May 26, 2023
 
Rotary International Convention 2023 - Melbourne
May 27, 2023 – May 31, 2023
 
View entire list
Subscribe to Bulletin
Subscribe to our eBulletin and stay up to date on the latest news and events.
Please add mailservice@clubrunner.ca to your safe sender list or address book.
To view our privacy policy, click here.