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David Sykes tells us more.....
The 2016-17 Annual Report for the Rotary Club of Geelong East is a record of the work done in the community and achievements over the preceding 12 months.
The report is a compilation of the accounts of all the facets of the Club; organisation, members, program, service committees, financial and fellowship. Noteworthy is the summary list of club projects. In fact the Annual Report is the history of the club, but on an annual basis.
Also included is a running history of:
· Past Presidents and Secretaries
· PHF Recognitions
· Royce Abbey Awards
· RJ Vague Award
To be included in the 2017-18 report will be other historical summaries:
· Avenues of Service per Honour Board plus recent record
· Exchange Students per Honour Board plus recent record
· Shine-on
· Pride of Workmanship
· Trainee of the Year
Because of the volume of information for recognitions and awards, in most areas we have moved away from honour boards to a record in the Annual Report.
Involve more Rotarians in putting together the Annual Report
There is need to share the experiences of this task, to provide an opportunity for more of the Club members to be involved. Publishing and distributing the report is the culmination of much work by the office holders (authors), PP Jenny as proof reader, PP David in compiling the sections and PP Tony for the printing.
This is a Club challenge that the Board needs to address.
Photographs
The Club Photographers are Satbir and David, with the assistance of others. Photographs are taken of most events, as a club history, but more importantly for fellowship. Many photographs appear in the Annual Report, or our Facebook page. Photographs are an excellent record and PP David has more than 11,000 photos that can be available to any RCGE Rotarian.
We (Satbir and David) are considering being able to make the photos available immediately after each event, to be accessed through the “cloud”. This we have done recently at the first meeting after the change-over, using an iPad and accessing either Facebook or “iCloud” storage.
If the club members and the Board agree, and for discussion, then we can post more photos in a “private” Facebook Account, or another cloud storage service. The challenge will be for this to be accessibility to all.
Some facts about the Annual Report
· 64 pages
· > 17,000 words
· 13 individual contributors
· 37 individual sections
· 188 photographs or jpg files
· Cost price to print each copy $10
The Club's Annual Report (thanks to David Sykes, Jenny and Tony and Satbir) is a first class record of our achievements over the last year, an excellent source of Club history and a great public relations and membership development tool.