Tonight you will here the story of Ronnie Sabin who was sent to Australia under the Fairbridge child migrant scheme and spent 6 years at Faribridge Farm School Molong NSW. The Long way Home adds a positive perspective to the child migrant scheme.

Club Assembly

Rotarians are encouraged to attend Club Assembly to here what is planned for the year and to have your say on matters arising. This is your club, so be prepared to join in.

Dr Graham Kenny is our guest speaker this evening.

Dr Kenny is a leading consultant in developing and implementing strategic plans.
He heads, Strategic Factors, a firm whose focus is on assisting clients to boost their performance by producing one or both of two outcomes:- a streamlined strategic plan; a best-practice scorecard of key performance indicators.

For the last 19 years he has also conducted public seminars in strategic planning and performance measurement.  They are the only public seminars on these topics that have been run continuously over this period in Australia and both are regarded as industry leaders.

Graham has published more than 50 articles and three books. Those articles aimed at practicing managers have appeared in the Company Director, Leadership Excellence and HR Monthly.

Two of his books, Strategic Planning and Performance Management and Diversification Strategy have been published internationally in 2005 and 2009 respectively.

Rotaractor Evan Burrell from St Ives Rotaract, this years District Rotaract Representative, will regale us with what he regarded as the highlights of attending the Rotary International Convention in Montreal.

Evan meets up with Rotary International President Ray Klinginsmith at the Convention. 

Sue O'Neill is our guest speaker tonight. In 2006 Sue travelled to the highlands of Papua New Guinea with a medical team, then in 2007 travelled with a Rotary Team to participate in a school project. This was a huge insight into the amazing network that Rotary is and she was hooked. Later that year Sue returned to the PNG Highlands with a medical outreach team and visited Fomu. Fomu was in a rural area with many children who had no access to school. On returning to Australia new Rotarian Sue announced to her club she wanted to build and establish a school in Fomu, and so began an amazing adventure. Sue has made many more trips and more than 30 contributing Rotarians have travelled to Fomu at various times to help at the project.

A school for 400 children being built in PNG

Thanks to all our Sponsors who help the Rotary Club of St Ives assist those in need!

St Ives Shopping Village

RD Crofts & Associates

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Ronald Smith & Co

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