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Registrations are now open for this year's District Conference.
Registrations can be made at the District Conference website.
We have started off the second month of the Rotary year, and of course August is Membership and Extension Month. As I have been visiting Club I have of course stressed the need to ensure that we have new Members joining us, but it has lately come to light that we should also be concentrating on Membership retention as we have lost almost as many members as we presently have worldwide. Why are people leaving Rotary, I am sure that there are many reasons, but it is up to all of us to ensure that we retain Members in our Clubs by keeping them interested and active with engaging Club activities.
Coming up a little later this month is a unique opportunity for all Australian Rotarians to meet with Rotary International President Ray Klinginsmith who will be in attendance at the Australian Rotary Conference to be held at the Hellenic Club in Woden on August 21 - 22. The theme of this Conference is "Towards a Stronger Australian Rotary" and it is supported by a wonderful range of speakers.
Rotary is supporting humanitarian efforts in Haiti.
As of 1 August 2010, Rotarians have raised about US$141.2million for Rotary's US$200 Million Challenge. These contributions will help Rotary raise US$200 million to match US$355million in challenge grants received from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.