ROTARY ORGANISATION

Taranaki Daily News, 22 September 1931, Page 7

ROTARY ORGANISATION

SERVICES BY THE COMMITTEES. NEW PLYMOUTH ARRANGEMENTS. Plans for the reorganisation of the rotary committees in New Plymouth were outlined by President C. H. Weston at the club’s luncheon yesterday. Rotarian Weeton recently attended the district association conference of clubs at Wellington. One of the things delegates to the assembly had been asked to deal with was the subject of committees, said Rotarian Weston. Rotarians in Chicago had evolved a standard system of organisation on a simple methodical plan. Four committees were set up, apart from the board of director* and the aims and objects committee. There wae’the club service committee. which was really an ordinary club committee to look after interior economy and which had five sub-committees, the classification, membership, fellowship and attendance and the musical committee. Then there was the vocational service committee which dealt with the ethics of everybody’s profession and produced lecture* which would brinw home to membens how their jobs ■ought to be carried out. Next there was the community service committee, which carried on the three jobs the club had undertaken—the gaol work, the rural urban acquaintance and boys’ work. Finally there was the international service committee. In Auckland the international service committee had chosen an outside country and divided its clubs among the members of its international committee, who each wrote •to a club. The plan was bringing some rather wonderful results. The New Plymouth Club decided to adopt the committee amendments and committees were set up as follows: — Aims and objects committee: Rotarians 11. W. D. Robertson, A. MacDiaririd, P. White, T. 0. List, with president and secretary ex officio. Glub service committee: Rotarians R. W. D. Robertson,. P. White, L. Mandcr, W. Penn, R. Quilliam, P. Stainton. Subsidiary committee: Classification, Rotarian* White, C. O. Berg, W. Besley, J. Darby; membership, Rotarians L. ■Hander, * H. Ashton, W. W. Thomson; fellowship and attendance, Rotarians W. Penn, W. W. Thomson, Mac Diarmid, T. G. Thomson; programme, Rotarians R. Quilliam, J. Stevenson, 11. Collier; musical, Rotarians P. Stainton, K. Ward, H. Purser, F. Hooker, J. Stevenson. Vocational service committee: Rotarians Mac Diarmid, F. Hooker, W. Broome, J. McLeod, V. Davids. Community service committee: Rotarians P. White, R. W. D. Roberteon, L. A. Nolan, P. Stainton, J. Somerton, J. McNeill, W. H. Jones, J. Stevenson, Rev. Wilson. Subsidiary committees: Gaol, Rotarians P. Stainton, J. Somerton, W. Jones, K. Ward, H. Purser, F. Hooker, J. Stevenson. Rural urban acquaintance, Rotarians R. W. D. Robertson, L. A. Nolan, J. McNeill; boys’ work, Rotarians P. White, J. Stevenson, Rev. Wilson. International service committee: Rotarians T. 0. Liat, N. R. McKenzie, S. Teed, C. H. Burgess, J. D. Power, C. Bellringer, 'Dr. G. Home, Dr. R. Brewster. Mr. L. Mander was appointed auditor. District Governor EL Guthrie, who had presided for the two days of the district association conference in Wellington re“ cently, added Rotarian Weston, woutti

be visiting New Plymouth soon and it would be pleasant if the New Plymouth club could show him that it had an efficient organisation. The main object of rotary was to create good Rotarians to create among Rotarians a habit o£ mind which they should carry into their businesses. The main object was “not to build monuments in brick and stone .... but to work upon immortal minds.” Rotarian S. Pascal!, , who had been appointed president of Rotary International, was to visit New Zealand in April, and it was hoped to make ths conference in Dunedin coincide with his visit. Rotarian Paocall had presided at the recent Vienna conference and would be the first president to visit New Zealand. The conference at Wellington had discussed the question of the expenses of delegates, said Rotarian Weston, and the meeting had suggested that a sys-. tern of pooling expenses should be arranged. New Plymouth had not so far been affected as up to the present delegates had paid their own expenses. It was felt, however, that travelling expeases for delegates from, say, Auckland aud Invercargill were heavy and that the burden should be shared equally by all the clubs. The New Plymouth club decided to support the suggestion to pool expenses. The suggestion had been made, continued Rotarian Weston, that Rotary should have a reserve fund to tide Lt over bad times or to be used for any purpose the Rotary International might see fit. The proposal was that a fund of £2,000,000 should be established. Many clubs were raking money for th® fund* by taking out an insurance policy over the life of one of their member®. For instance, if the New Plymouth club paid a premium of £5 odd for 15 year* it could draw £lOO which could be dovoted to the fund. The club deferred the question of assisting to-the consideration of the directors. Rotarian Home moved a vote of thanks to Rotarian Weston for his report on the conference.