THE GIST
Breaking News
RARE September Newsletter
District Conference Early Bookings
Ryla 24-25 Date 
RC Brookfield and Kenmore
RC Mt Gravatt Christmas Fair
Rotaract Club of Paddington on Project R.I.S.E
Rotaract Paddington have been working with the Rotaract Club of Honiara on Project R.I.S.E. (Renovation in Su'u for Education) for the past 12 months.
 
What started as just the sending of books to replenish a rundown library in Su'u has turned into a renovation that involves a team of 15 volunteers replacing the roof, wall sheeting’s, re-painting, replacing the 40 desks and chairs and fixing the bookshelves. Restocking the 4000 books has now become the cherry on top! We will be completing all of this at the school in less than 10 days from Wednesday the 8th of January to Friday the 17th of January. 
 
We are inviting Clubs to sponsor our project, if you are interested, we have a full project briefing document , please reach out to discuss further
 
We are so honoured to invite you to our final fundraising event for our international project, R.I.S.E. (Renovation in Su’u for Education). We have been working on this project for the past year and we have been working so hard to reach our goal of $25, 000. 
 
Our goal is to give the students of Su’u (a remote village on the island of Malaita in the Solomon Islands) a place where they can learn, relax and study, ultimately giving them the gift of education- something that could allow them to open any door and follow any dream they wish. 
 
We already have $18, 000 of our goal and invite you to, Soiree for Su’u, and with your support, we are hoping to achieve our goal. 
 
 
 
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Event Reminders (In case you missed them last time)
Are you heading to Calgary for RI Convention 2025?
 
Conference 25 Newsletter 2
9620 RYTS
End Polio Campaign
Garden City Rotary Race Day
Caloundra Pacific: Broadway in the Hanger
Maleny Rotary Golf Day 
RC Brisbane High-Rise Maternity Africa Fundraiser
IFMRA AGM 24
Rotary Club of Cleveland Xmas 24 Lottery
Rotary Club of Cleveland High Tea
Paddington Fashion Parade and High Tea 
RC Toowong  Spring Fling
RCTE Outback Getaway
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 the 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 Sunday. The deadline to get an event notice in every Sunday's GIST is midnight Friday. Requests coming in after Saturday 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.
 
Maggie Kuok (District Administrator)
Roger Klaassen (District Webmaster)
Upcoming Events
District 9620 Riesely Cluster End Polio Event-FREE
Oct 15, 2024 6:00 pm
 
RC Toowong Spring Fling
Oct 19, 2024
2:00 pm – 4:00 pm
 
Garden City Rotary Race Day
Oct 19, 2024 3:30 pm
 
Caloundra Pacific CIRRUS AIRCRAFT BROADWAY
Oct 19, 2024
7:00 pm – 10:00 pm
 
District 9620 Board and DLT Meetings
Oct 24, 2024
5:00 pm – 9:00 pm
 
Maleny Rotary Golf Day 2024
Oct 25, 2024 9:00 am
 
Paddington Rotary Fashion Parade and High Tea
Oct 27, 2024
1:15 pm – 4:30 pm
 
RC BRISBANE HIGH-RISE Maternity Africa Fundraiser
Oct 27, 2024 3:30 pm
 
Zone 8 Conference
Nov 01, 2024 – Nov 03, 2024
 
Trivia Night
Nov 09, 2024 6:00 pm
 
District 9620 Board Meeting
Nov 11, 2024
5:00 pm – 8:00 pm
 
District Annual General Meeting
Nov 17, 2024
 
RCMt Gravatt Christmas Fair
Nov 30, 2024
4:00 pm – 9:00 pm
 
Paddington Rotaract Soiree for Su'u
Dec 01, 2024
11:00 am – 3:00 pm
 
RYTS Camp
Dec 08, 2024 – Dec 14, 2024
 
College of Governors' Luncheon
Dec 12, 2024
 
District Board and DLT Half-Yearly Review
Dec 14, 2024
 
The Science Experience Combined Universities
Jan 21, 2025 – Jan 23, 2025
 
District 9620 Board Meeting
Jan 23, 2025
5:00 pm – 8:00 pm
 
Ryla for 2024-2025
Feb 02, 2025 – Feb 08, 2025
 
District 9620 Board and DLT Meetings
Feb 20, 2025
5:00 pm – 9:00 pm
 
District 9620 District Leadership Retreat
Feb 22, 2025 – Feb 23, 2025
 
D9620 President Elects' Training (North-East)
TBC
Mar 15, 2025
 
D9620 District Assembly (North-East)
TBC
Mar 16, 2025
 
District 9620 Board Meeting
Mar 20, 2025
5:00 pm – 8:00 pm
 
Annual Peace Scholars' Seminar
Mar 22, 2025
10:00 am – 6:30 pm
 
D9620 International President Elects' Training
TBC
Mar 26, 2025 – Mar 28, 2025
 
District 9620 Conference 2025
Mar 28, 2025 – Mar 31, 2025
 
D9620 President Elects' Training (South-West)
TBC
Apr 10, 2025
 
District 9620 Board and DLT Meetings
Apr 10, 2025
5:00 pm – 9:00 pm
 
D9620 District Assembly (South-West)
TBC
Apr 13, 2025
 
District 9620 Board Meeting
May 22, 2025
5:00 pm – 8:00 pm
 
District 9620 Board and DLT Meetings
Jun 26, 2025
5:00 pm – 9:00 pm
 
D9620 District Changeover
TBC
Jun 29, 2025
 
Rotary Club Toowoomba East Outback Getaway 25
Sep 20, 2025 – Sep 26, 2025
 
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