Club History
The Rotary Club of Adelaide Light was chartered in June of 1986 as the first breakfast club in Rotary District 9500, South Australia, with a membership of 25 men.
In the ensuing years, the Club increased its membership to 41 (current membership) and achieved the following milestones:
- Produced the Club's first District Governor, Tony Reade, in 1993
- Organised and ran District 9500 conference in Broken Hill in 1994, introducing changes to the format of the conference including the composition of the speakers, provding childcare facilities, and a more relaxed dress code for the 'formal' ball on the Saturday night at the Broken Hill Racecourse.
- Changed the Club's constitution to admit females in 1996 (females constitute 17% of current membership)
- The Club's first female president, Katina Jones, was installed in 1999
- Produced District 9500's first female District Governor, Katina Jones in 2005/06 Rotary year.
- Organised and ran a very successful District 9500 conference in Alice Springs in 2005.
Board of Directors 2011 - 2012
President: John Campbell
President-Elect: Dean Sullivan
Immediate Past President: Carolyn Wigg
Secretary: Fred Field
Treasurer: Bruce McDonald
Club Service: Dean Sullivan
Vocational Service: Richard Jarrett
Community Service: Yvette Reade
International Service: Colin Davies
Fund Raising: Kym Pedler
Protection Officer: Fred Field
Membership Director: Rob Brooke
Public Relations Officer: Tony Reade
Rotary Foundation: David Riggall
The following describes Club activities during the last Rotary year which started in July 2010 and finished in June 2011.
Club Administration 2010/11
The Club had an interesting range of guest speakers on the following topics (plus many more):
- The work of the History Trust of South Australia
- Water Rights across Australia
- ID Theft
- The creation and success of Edible Blooms
- Anglicare Star Bear project
- Golden Gurus a national mentoring project
- Boats, trains and planes - displacing myths about asylum seekers in Australia
- A family perspective on Polio
- Presentation by Reg Hamilton, author of "Colony"
- Presentation by the Salvation Army on work done in Haiti
- Presentation by Robert Menzies on his life and novels he has written
- Presentation by Richard Smith on the Clipper Ship the City of Adelaide
- Presentation on Interplast (International Plastic Surgery)
- The importance of teaching English
- From coal dust to gold dust by Ken Wood
- The Lord Mayor of Adelaide on plans for the future
- Learning to speak again, by Sue Mitchell - Speech Pathologist
- Sir John Downer Rediscovered, by author John Bannon
In addition, members enjoyed many social functions (theatre and movie nights, dining out, and other social gatherings).
Vocational Service Projects During 2010/11
- Rotary Youth Leadership Award (R.Y.L.A.) 18 to 25 years - The Club sponsored 2 young students who along with more than 20 other students received training in a number of life skills including acceptance of diversity, how to lead, how to work in a team and in developing team spirit and real friendships.
- Rotary Youth Program of Enrichment (R.Y.P.EN) 14 to 17 years - The Club sponsored 1 student who enjoyed a dynamic week-end of fun packed learning at the Woodhouse campsite in the Adelaide Hills.
- 2011 School Education Expo, members assisted by providing staff on a stand during the expo which was held in May 2011 at the Adelaide Entertainment Centre. The expo attracted about 5,400 visitors.
- National Science and Engineering Challenge - The Club assisted with the running of the challenge, which is organised by the University of Newcastle and run for year 9 and 10 students in May each year.
- Job Talk - Rotary Club of Adelaide Light members gave entertaining and informative talks to the Club on their vocations during the year.
International Projects During 2010/11
- Balibo Project East Timor - the Club provided some building materials and Club members provided project management expertise and building advice for the construction of an early learning centre for 40 local children in Balibo Naob project West Timor - 6 Club members have indicated their willingness to assist in the construction of a Leprosy Surgery at Naob West, to be run by Dr. Mark More'
- Batambang Project Cambodia - Colin and his wife Liz travelled to Batambang as part of a volunteer team organised by the Kent Town Rotary Club and Kate Taylor from 2H Projects. Work included packing and sending 3 shipping containers of medical supplies to Cambodia via Rotary's Donations in Kind program. In addition, they repaired and painted 90 beds at the Batambang regional hospital and assisted with field eye clinics at local villages.
- Polio eradication in India - Colin and his wife Liz travelled to India to assist with the national Polio Day run jointly by Rotary and the Indian Health Department. Training and Polio awareness sessions were run at Mumbai and Kolkata by Rotary Clubs and Polio vaccinations were administered in South India.
- Disaster Aid Australia - Colin participated in the DART (Disaster Australia Response Team) as the Rotary District 9500 representative for the supply of emergency shelters for disaster victims across the world.
- Vocational Education Scholarships - For the past 2 years, the Adelaide Light Club has supported Vocational Education Scholarships through a joint vocational program with the Bogata Suba Rotary Club in Colombia. In January 2010, the Club received a report that its financial contribution of $5,000 will have assisted 14 under privileged young men and women from the Bogata Suba district to undertake 2 year vocational courses at SENA, a college of further education. 4 Students completed their studies in December 2010, 6 will finish later this year, and 4 new students began this year. Their ages range from 18 to 27, and their vocational studies included IT, cooking, tourism and recreation, management, accounting and administration.
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