There have been several preliminary conversations about a change in districts for 9910 and 9920 as well as a working group looking at the future structure for Rotary in New Zealand. Progress so far:
The Governor trains (for the three of you, including me, who don’t understand the jargon a 'train' is incoming, present and past officials who’ve held the same position, not things that belch out steam) for 9910 and 9920, plus 2 Past District Governors (Bruce Rasmussen from 9910 and Willard Martin from 9920), have now met twice. They’ve developed a plan to prepare for the creation of a proposed new district covering both the current districts. The attached document outlines at a high level where the project, named 'Tangata Moana - People of the Oceans', has got to.
There are some key points I would like to add:
- This is not a merger but the creation of a new district
- The discussions about the whole of NZ will be continuing but we felt we needed to look with some more urgency at our two districts, given the current membership numbers. The national modernisation project team will be meeting again before the end of the year.
- We will progress with the nominations for District Governor for the 2021-22 Rotary year in both districts.
- The Governance group for Tangata Moana will be co-chaired by PDGs Bruce Rasmussen and Willard Martin.
If you have any questions please feel free to contact me, or DGE Gary or DGN Craig.