Events

Dear Members

You will have received an email from Secretary Helen regardingm the meeting next Wednesday evening with guest speaker Gemma Sisia.

Members will be joining the RC of Murrumbidgee on Wednesday 11 March at 5.30 for 6.00pm at the Canberra Deakin Football Club.  

 Gemma Sisia opened The School of St Jude in Tanzania in 2002 with just one teacher and a handful of sponsored students. RCC, along with many other Australian Rotary clubs, has been supporting Gemma and the school of St Jude for many years, and it will be wonderful to hear from her just how successful the school is and what is in store in the future.

Today the school has grown into three thriving campuses educating 1,800 bright young people from disadvantaged backgrounds, providing everything they need to succeed - education, wellbeing support, and pathways to higher study.

An extraordinary 97% of St Jude’s secondary graduates progress to higher education, many supported through the Beyond St Jude’s program, which also helps thousands of government school students each year through graduate volunteer teachers.

Gemma's topic will be - From a bold idea to a life-changing movement and thriving school. Come and hear how education is transforming lives in Tanzania.  

Wednesday 11 March 2026 at the Canberra Deakin Football Club,  3 Grose St Deakin 5:30 for 6:00 pm. Meal is $30 per person and drinks at your own cost. 

Book now with Ross Power on 0418 628 935 or rossgenepower@yahoo.com and Booking closes Friday 7 March.

Can members please register with our Clubrunner registration so that we can provide Ross with the list of our members who will be attending. Can you please register by 4.00pm on Friday as Ross has requested all book,ings be done by Friday 6 March.

Dear Members

Our guest speaker for Monday 16 March 2026 is our former President Shawn Wilson who will speak to the Club about his year in Palau. It is lovely to have Shawn back with us and he will give us a fascinating look at one of our Pacific neighbours and the work that he did while there. Our meeting will be at the Commonwealth Club.

Can you please register by COB Thursday 12 March 2026 so that I can advise the Commonwealth Club of numbers for catering purposes.

Regards

Alison

Dear members

Monday 23 March - The Club will have an informal gathering at the Southern Cross Yacht Club at Lotus Bay, 1 Mariner Pl, Yarralumla. This will be a great opportunity to catch up with friends at a lovely venue and enjoy the Autumn weather with a serving of fish and chips. Please note that this will be downstairs at the Yacht Club and not in the restaurant.

Can you please register by COB Thursday 19 March 2026 so we can arrange to book a table.

Regards

Alison

Dear members

Our guest speaker for Monday 30 March is Jonathon Kobus, Branch Manager of VisitCanberra.

Jonathon leads the Canberra and region tourism industry to create and implement a range of  marketing and development programs which aim to increase the economic return from domestic and international visitation. Before joining VisitCanberra Jonathon was senior manager for trade and investment programs in the ACT Government promoting Canberra as a place to invest and do business as well as connecting Canberra businesses with opportunities in international markets.

He was awarded the Public Serbice Medal for outstanding public service to Canberra and region tourism industry during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Jonathon will reflect on the tourism induustry in Canberra and how we are progressing post COVID and in the challenging global circumstances now facing tourism.

The meeting is at the Commonwealth Club and can members please register by COB on Thursday 26 March to enable the Commonwealth Club to arrange catering needs for Monday.

Regards

Alison

Dear Members

Phil Domaschenz will be our guest on Monday to update us on the work of the Nusa Tengara Association (NTA), a Canberra based charity that is helping poor farming communities in eastern Indonesia. The RCC is a  supportor of NTA and its activities as being complementary to the Club's objectives.

His career has included Senior Ranger for Canberra Nature Park, Manager for Ashmore Reef National Nature Reserve and Project Management Specialist for the Coral Reef Rehabilitation and Management Program in Indonesia. For the past decade he has been the Executive Officer for NTA and was made a Paul Harirs Fellow for his work in managing Rotary funded projects in Indonesia. He will be accompanied by Heath McMichael, a Director of NTA. 

Can you please register to attend by COB Thursday 9 April so that catering needs can be conveyed to the Commonwealth Club for action on Friday.

Regards

Alison

Dear Members

Club member Stephen Utik will speak to the Club about Nara and the long standing and important relationship between the Rotary Club of Canberra and the Rotary of Nara. Next year will see a significant celebation by the Nara Club and one of the issues to be addressed will be possible attendance by our Club at that event.

Can members please register by COB Thursday 16 April  to assist  catering needs for the Commonwealth Club.

This is very much the time of year when we see people travel out of Canberra and as we have several members away at the moment, could all those members who are here and able to attend please do so to ensure our speakers have a good audience.

Regards

Alison