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Rotary began in Chicago with Paul Harris in 1905, a businessman who saw an opportunity where both businesses and the community could benefit by business leaders coming together. This ideal has spread throughout the world and grown to include women and the greater community. Rotary celebrated 100 years continuous service in Australia in 2023 demonstrating that,

• Rotary Clubs form in communities where people want to take actions to initiate projects that support their local area.

• Clubs utilise the strength of the international Rotary organisation by uniting people of action.

• Rotary extends successful programs into communities that need Rotary’s support.

• Rotarians offer their skills and connections to promote better professional and business standards.

• Rotarians are known by their commitment to the Rotary ideals of ethics and community service advancing international understanding, goodwill, and peace.

 

The 7 Focus Areas of Rotary are:

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The District Impact Summit (DIS) will attract Rotarians from many Clubs in the international organisation but is particularly being run to bring together District 9510 and District 9800. This Summit will encourage Rotarians to expand their vision of Rotary and use modern methods of communication and travel to network our Districts together with fellowship, skills and programs to share.

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WHAT WILL SPONSORSHIP DO?

Your sponsorship will help achieve the objectives of the Summit.

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1. To increase Rotary’s impact by working closely and effectively together.

• Connecting Rotarians through social interactions and participating in the DIS program, enjoying networking

• Sharing experiences of the Summit and their own Rotary journey to explore opportunities to collaborate on challenges of change and inclusiveness.

• Learning about the greater issues progress in the world and what Rotary is doing to tackle the change needs in our communities and the world.

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2. The DIS committee’s priority is to make our event sustainable: Using the Green Industries SA (GISA) circular economy plan for events held in South Australia, the DIS will aim to achieve a landfill target of <5% of waste at the conference by minimising, reusing and redirecting.

• Economic actions – reducing participant cost, expanding engagement, enabling families to be part of the DIS.

• Environmental actions - segregation of waste, reduction of waste, reducing printing, promoting communication with electronic media, encouraging shared transport, using recyclable materials, using materials from natural sources.

• Social actions - encouraging participation from a wide representation of Rotarians linking two geographically separate districts together.

 

3. Offer non-Rotarians (including sponsors and speakers) attending the DIS, the opportunity to participate with Rotary beyond the DIS. We welcome new ideas, initiatives and participation to modernise and grow our Clubs. With your help Rotary will provide important support for communities. Sponsors of DIS can choose from the program topics or from the Expo displays to become involved with Rotary projects by providing

• employee support to assist with volunteering

• facilities to enable activities to occur

• corporate skills to enable projects to be efficiently delivered

 

By taking up a Keynote Speaker sponsorship you can consider proposing new programs that support our communities (with Rotary’s help), which align with your corporate business strategy.

 

4. Ensure that any surplus funds from the DIS are used in Rotary charity programs. Any surplus funding will be directed to community projects e.g. those displayed in the Expo booths