Each year, incoming District Governors from around the world come together to train for their roles. In Australia, Rotary International Zone 8 appoints a District Rotaract Representative (DRR) trainer to conduct a similar program for incoming DRRs. DRR Training is intended to provide DRRs the opportunity to learn about their roles, make plans for their […]
Gametime: Are you Ready?
There are many amazing aspects of Perth that make it a fantastic place to host the next Australian Rotaract Games. Some of them are – amazing beaches, great parks, friendly people, small town feel in a larger city, tasty wineries on our door step, hip new bars and restaurants, we are the most isolated capitol […]
An Insider’s Guide to RI-Con
AN INSIDER’S GUIDE TO THE ROTARY INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION AND ROTARACT PRECONVENTION In the lead up to this year’s Rotary International Convention and Rotaract Preconvention in Seoul, Korea, Rotaract Australia Treasurer, Brett Sham, explains why he is so excited about Convention and reflects on his past convention experiences, and what you have to look forward to […]
Western Region Training
On Saturday March 12, Rotaractors from across Western Australia came together to have an enlightening day of knowledge sharing. During the day our members were engaged in team bonding activities as well as different sessions. These sessions included: Strategic Planning for their clubs, how to run an effective event, the importance of marketing correctly, Rotary/Rotaract […]
The Northern Beaches Provisional Club
Coming soon, The Northern Beaches Rotaract Club! 30 odd years ago there were a number of Rotaract Clubs on the Northern Beaches, and the various Rotary Clubs in the area are still going strong. After speaking to all of these clubs about starting a Rotaract Club in our area, they all became immediately interested and […]
Young Citizen of the Year
Recently, as part of Australia Day celebrations across the country, Rotaractors Ashelee Jaensch (Macquarie University Rotaract, NSW) and Michael Shields (Diamond Valley Rotaract, VIC) were recognised by their local communitees as upstanding citizens, each being awarded the Young Citizen of the Year by their local council. To celebrate their successes, understand what it takes to […]
Malaria 101
My first ever Malaria event was the annual Rotarians Against Malaria Conference in 2015. At the conference I spent a significant amount of time googling terms under the table to make sure that I knew what was being discussed. In this hope I have written this to explain what Malaria is and some of the […]
[Video] How to HELP with Rotaract
Fantastic video by Monash Rotaract
We’ll see an RI woman President in five years
Jennifer Jones is an inspiring Rotarian, one of only 10 women to reach the level of RI Director. While she was DG she attended every single new member induction in her District! “That year 289 people were inducted and I went for all installations.” Jennifer says this was tough but “I wanted clubs to understand that […]
Ready…Set…Malaria Month!
Rotaractors Against Malaria is launching a fundraising campaign during April, called MALARIA MONTH! Why April? World Malaria Day is acknowledged in Australia on the 30th of April, but since Rotaractors Against Malaria is our national project, Rotaract Australia have decided to devote the whole month to fundraise and spread awareness of malaria’s effects on our […]