As your Board representative for liaison with Rotary District 9940, Marc has asked me to update you on District activities. I thought before I do this, and for the sake of our newer members, I would explain exactly what District 9940 is and how we fit into the Rotary organisation.
In New Zealand we are part of what is known as Rotary Zone 8. Zone 8 encompasses all the Clubs in Australia, New Zealand, and the Pacific Islands (Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Tonga, Vanuatu, Cook Islands etc). Within Zone 8 there are 27 districts of which 9940 is responsible for the Lower North Island of New Zealand from Inglewood and New Plymouth to Wellington including the Kapiti Coast, Ohakune, and the Wairarapa etc. In total we have about 50 Clubs and some 1500 Rotarians in our District.
District 9940 is headed by a District Governor, DG (Mark Wheeler) under which is the District Executive made up of the immediate past DG, DG elect and DG nominee, the district Treasurer, Secretary and Vice Governor.
From here it gets a little complicated as we get into the District Officers, Directors, and committees heads of which there are 40. Under which we have 34 committees from Innovative Young Minds to Youth Protection, ROMAC, Public Image, Learning and Development etc.
Our Club is well represented throughout the organisation with Brent, Bill, Joy, Peter, Linda, Anne, John, Paula, Howard, and me, serving or heading one committee or other. If I have inadvertently missed someone out, I apologise.
I hope this explains in rudimentary terms what District 9940 is and our place in Rotary. If it feels a little top heavy, I will agree. However, a reorganisation is being planned and I will expand on this in future articles.
Rotary District 9940 Liaison
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