Chairman’s Report
For General Meeting 26th and 27th
May 2018 at Parkes D9710
Looking forward to our next RAWCS
Easter Region Meeting at Parkes at
the Parkes Golf Club, it promises to
be another informative and idea sharing weekend.
Come along and bring some other Rotarians and
expose them to the wonderful work that RAWCS
does. The Parkes Rotary Club will provide Sunday
breakfast at the Golf Club from 7:00am at $10 per
head for a continental breakfast or bacon and
eggs. Nothing better than a Rotary BBQ breakfast!
Last General Meeting 10th & 11th February 2018
at Wauchope D9650
Thank you to Reg Pierce and his committee who
hosted a wonderful weekend in Wauchope. The
venue was great, food delicious and the attendees
passionate and motivated with RAWCS. I truly be-
lieve if we can get more Rotarians to attend these
meeting we will grow RAWCS and their engage-
ment greatly. Thank you to the Pink Umbrella
Foundation for their generous support. 6 Project
Managers received $1,000 for their project to do
good in the world.
Rotary Australia Compassionate Grants - Dick
Smith Donation
This is moving along with many grants provided
and I understand Dick Smith is more than happy
with progress. Effective June, some $383,000 of
the million dollars had been allocated to grants.
However, applications for grant monies seem to
have slowed up.
Did you know?
RAWCS is a facilitator of Rotary Clubs humanitari-
an projects and does not have any funds for
grants, [such as the Rotary Foundation.] The only
exception to this is the Dick Smith donation which
is being distributed via RABS to disadvantaged
Australians via Rotary club specific projects.
RAWCS annual Meeting for Region Chairs and
Project Coordinator’s
This was held from Friday 4th April 2018 until Sun-
day 6th April 2018 in Melbourne at Cilom’s Motel
Tullamarine. In attendance from Eastern Region
were Sue O’Neill, John Bennetts, and Lloyd
Chatfield. It was an informative weekend full of
information and discussion.
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There were break out ses-
sion where the Region
Chairs met and reviewed
draft Position Descriptions
while simultaneously the
Website committee met.
Sessions were held on:
* RAWCS Financial Facts -
Mike Whitehouse National Treasurer
* Effective Communication RAWCS/Rotary &
Beyond. Rotary Down Under CEO Debbie
Crowther.
* The Future Directions Strategic Action Plan.
Facilitated by Greg Hudson
* Partnerships with the corporate/business sec-
tors
* Workshop Outcomes & Strategies
A special thanks to all who attended the week-
end. Great to know that the National Board are
working on the changing future of RAWCS.
Project application is now live: http://
rawcs.org.au/register-projects/
I am looking forward to returning with the
team to our club projects in PNG very soon.
Thank You
Special thank you to the Project Managers
for the work they do with their RAWCS
Projects, Thanks also to the support peo-
ple who make these projects happen at
Club, District and Region level.
Adrian Roach
RAWCS Eastern Region Chairman