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July
changes at R.I.’s South Pacific and Philippines Office
John
Tucker, pictured, has joined Rotary International’s South
Pacific and Philippines Office and will become manager in
July this year.
The
present manager Harley Tarrant will retire on July 2, 2004,
after 20 years at the R.I. office in Parramatta, 16 as head
of Club and District Administration and the past four as manager.
John
Tucker began on February 2, 2004, and is currently in Rotary
International Headquarters in Evanston for training and familiarisation.
He also attended the International Assembly in Anaheim, California,
U.S.A.
A
journalist and editor in country, regional and metropolitan
media, John has spent a majority of his career in senior Asia-Pacific
public affairs, government relations, marketing, business
development and general management positions for leading transnational
telecommunications corporations.
He
has also worked as a senior adviser to N.S.W. Government ministers
and until recently conducted his own public affairs, business
development and marketing consultancy.
John Tucker comes from a Rotary family as his father Ken was
a member of Rotary Club of Maitland, N.S.W., for many years.
He lives in Lindfield, N.S.W., and has been invited to join
the Rotary Club of Lindfield, N.S.W.
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Rotaractors
know the value of young carers
Nominees at the Young Carers Awards in Western
Australia
ceremony were:
back row, left to right, Rachael Somers, Antoinette Pataki, Naomi
Brooker,
Mathew Chester, Rocky Iemma and Steven Blythe.
Front row, left to right,
Lucinda Poli, Rebecca Iemma and Marissa Iemma. The event is organised
by Silver Chain, Carers WA, the Rotaract Club of the University
of Western Australia and the Rotary Club of Nedlands.
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by
Mike Burrell
Rotary Club of Nedlands, W.A.
The Young Carers Awards in Western Australia have evolved from being
organised by Silver Chain to an event that is now co-organised by
Silver Chain, Carers WA, the Rotaract Club of the University of
Western Australia and the Rotary Club of Nedlands.
The
official awards are presented by the premier at a ceremony in his
office. This is followed by a barbecue in Kings Park for all nominees
and their families, parents/guardians.
The
barbecue is a great way to show these young people that the community
admires them for what they do.
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With
the help of Rotaract Club of the University of Western Australia,
a Young Carers network is being established to encourage these young
people to get together on a few occasions throughout the year to
have some fun away from their daily workloads.
This
adds a valuable purpose to the annual activities of Rotaract and
its members and, of course, provides a potential source for new
Rotaractors.
For
Rotary, it provides a source of
worthy candidates to be sponsored into programs such as the Rotary
Youth Program of Enrichment (RYPEN) and the Rotary Youth Leadership
Awards (RYLA) and other leadership courses supported by various
clubs.
It
also strengthens the bond between Rotary and Rotaract as the two
are working together on this project.
It
has the added benefit of providing recognition with government and
the sponsoring companies of the work that Rotary is doing in the
community.
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West
Australian Premier, Doctor Geoff Gallop with Lucinda Poli, one of
the nominees at the Young Carers Awards in Perth, W.A. |
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