Chatterbox 1211 - Rotary Club of Belper

Business Meeting
21st November
President Martin started this meeting by asking Paul Taylor to present the
Campbell Club (for the G-word!) to David Collard and John Norreys and Nick
Blurton brought greetings from Ilkeston after attending their Charter Celebration.
Treasurer Peter James presented a summary of the various funds: Hospitality
£817, DG’s £1329, Charities £1286 (Foundation £647 and Polio £650 still to pay),
Mary’s Meals £156, Emergency £241 and the Pig £17.74.
Youth Chair Hilary announced their intention to invite Community Contacts
to Business Meetings to maintain links. The Young Musicians Concert will be
held on 22nd April and David Collard was organizing for the Cadets to attend RYLA
next Spring. The Mock Interviews had been set for 19th – 21st March and it was
planned to extend the idea to Year 11 students for training in job interviews.
Arrangements were in hand for collecting the Christmas Shoeboxes.
President Martin referred to the Report from Review of Membership and
it was agreed to encourage people to associate as ‘Friends of the Club’ while they
decided whether to join. He also announced an initiative to attempt to encourage
local business networking, which had been successfully pioneered by one of the
Nottingham club.
International Chair David Soul reported that the Indian Housing Project
had raised over £60,000 and more than 20 houses had been built already. Shelterbox
and Aquabox had been active in Turkey after the earthquake and they would
continue to need our support. The Polio fund raising is on target; there are still new
outbreaks in local areas and more work will be required to completely eradicate it.
There are changes in the GSE scheme in two years time in that the team will be all
of the same vocation to focus their activities.
Community Chair Gail gave details of a proposed Spring Concert by the
Belper Town Wind Band at Christchurch organised by Peter Davies. There were to
be further discussions about the details and it was expected to raise about £800.
JS
Christmas Shoeboxes
T he collections have fallen considerably this year, mainly because a number of the
regular schools have not taken part. A total of 235 boxes (over 600 last year)
were picked up from Herbert Strutt Primary School, St Elizabeth’s Primary School
and St John’s C of E Primary School and taken to the Collection Centre in Derby .
There, they are checked and then dispatched, this year to Romania.
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