As all Sunrise Club members know, for the next Rotary year beginning July 1, 2022, Sandra de Gruchy will be Joint President with Bill, who currently has that role.
Rotary, as with any large organization, sends its President-Elect to a leadership training day, known as PELD (President Elect Learning and Development). This one for District 9685 was held on March 12 at a convenient venue in Baulkam Hills and virtually all of the 67 clubs in the District were represented.
Sandra tells us that the speakers quickly laid out the four objectives for the day:
- Increase club membership, particularly among women and those under 50;
- Have each club implement a successful local project that meets the needs of the community;
- Increase Club support for The Rotary Foundation;
- Develop Club leaders capable of serving Rotary beyond the club level.
Speakers included Lindsay, May the current DG; Mina Howard, the DG elect and Kalma McLellan who is tasked with the portfolio of Learning and Development for 9685. In addition, Ms. Jennifer Jones, the first first female RI President Elect, attended via a pre-recorded video link up. She set the bar
very high by revealing her international slogan under her Presidency, which is Imagine.
The message in the video was very clear, and Sandra as well as the other District Presidents Elect, left the auditorium truly inspired by the words sung by John Lennon and spoken by RI President Elect Jones.