District Conference
Thank you to all the wonderful people who passed on congratulations and positive comments about the District Conference. I have published below just one letter of praise which reflects many of the comments received.
Letter from Miles Hedge:
Cazzie & I attended the 2016 D9700 District Conference held in Wagga Wagga last weekend. It was disappointing that I was the only representative of the Blayney club. It was a very good way to spend the weekend and it was a great conference, well planned with excellent speakers and superb entertainment. Both Cazzie and I both learnt a lot about Rotary and how to be more effective in delivering the right results to make Rotary remain and grow as the exemplary organisation that it is. The line up of speakers was first class by any standards and the video address by PRIP Kaylan Banerjee was truly outstanding. PRIP Bill Boyd (and his wife Lorna) also attended which I thought was a masterstroke and he was a pure joy to listen to, with a very good message. Garry Browne AM, the CEO of Stuart Alexander, and a PDG of the Sydney Rotary club, addressed us on getting business people to join Rotary. I found his presentation truly inspirational in addressing the way to marry Rotary’s needs with that of business. Charles Tarbay, who owns Century 21 gave an interesting address even though his joke was as old and tired as Methuselah and not one even I would have dared to tell. The Saturday night entertainment were the Beatnix who were exceptional as performers (we met an autistic man who attended and he thought he saw the real thing!). The idea of doing away with the formal dinner also turned out to be a masterstroke. Whilst it was disappointing that more Rotary members (or clubs) did not attend the DC at the end of the day they missed what was truly an exceptional conference and learning experience. I was very pleased that we attended and the Wagga Wagga members who attended were very accommodating and friendly.
Miles Hedge Kareela Kings Plains NSW 2799
