Vocational Service
Currently the the role of "Champion" is vacant. If you are interested in the great work of this Vocational Service and would like to 'champion the cause' in the District please let the Service Projects Team Leader John Askew (Rotary Club of Jerra) know 0400 049 727 | john.askew@afp.gov.au
Vocational Service Background
Rotary Districts 9705 and 5610,after COVID delayed the project for 3 years, sent the Wiradjuri GSE team in Sept 2023. The AUS team is made up of Wiradjuri and the US team will comprise Oceti-Sakowin First Nations Americans from Sth Dakota.
The second Object of Rotary is: To encourage and foster high ethical standards in business and professions, to recognise the worthiness of all useful occupations and the dignifying of each Rotarian’s occupation as an opportunity to serve society.
The Vocational Service portfolio provides the Club and individual Rotarians the opportunity to be community leaders by pursuing high ethical standards and supporting programs that promote excellence in various vocations. Clubs should encourage members to improve their vocational talents and adhere to the 4-Way Test.
Paul Harris wrote: "Each Rotarian is a connecting link between the idealism of Rotary and their trade or profession”.
October is Vocational Service Month
The planning of vocational activities rests with the Club Service Director who should appoint a Vocational Service Chair.
To assist in the planning of the Club‘s vocational activities for the year prepare a calendar detailing vocational activities for each month of the Rotary year. The bulk of the activities are low cost and do not require a great deal of labour or organisation; some ideas include a Pride of Workmanship program, public speaking competitions within the Club and community; also Vocational and professional networking visits to: local businesses, water treatment plants, council works depots, libraries, Police and Fire Stations. Many Clubs hold information on vocational activities such as workplace mock interviews for students and work experience opportunities for school leavers.
To assist in the planning of the Club‘s vocational activities for the year prepare a calendar detailing vocational activities for each month of the Rotary year. The bulk of the activities are low cost and do not require a great deal of labour or organisation; some ideas include a Pride of Workmanship program, public speaking competitions within the Club and community; also Vocational and professional networking visits to: local businesses, water treatment plants, council works depots, libraries, Police and Fire Stations. Many Clubs hold information on vocational activities such as workplace mock interviews for students and work experience opportunities for school leavers.
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The Wiradjuri- Oceti Sakowin Group Study/Cultural Exchange
The GSE program was a unique cultural and vocational exchange opportunity for young business and professional men and women in their initial years of professional life. The program was designed to develop professional and leadership skills among young adults so that they can address the needs of their communities and an increasingly global workplace. GSE offers Rotarians the opportunity to participate in sending, receiving, and sharing educational experiences of study teams that will enhance Rotary’s worldwide mission. GSE participants follow an extensive and rigorous program of international travel and team activities.
A Wiradjuri - Oceti Sakowin Exchange
Rotary Districts 9705 and 5610,after COVID delayed the project for 3 years, sent the Wiradjuri GSE team in Sept 2023. The AUS team is made up of Wiradjuri and the US team will comprise Oceti-Sakowin First Nations Americans from Sth Dakota.The outgoing Wiradjuri team led by Rotarian PP Lynette Bullen, a proud Wiradjuri woman in the RC of Orange Daybreak, left Australia on 9 September 2023.
The incoming team to Australia of 5 Native American Indians (from the South Dakota tribes of the Lakota Sioux) selected and supported by Rotary District 5610 (South Dakota, United States of America). The return exchange team visited in Oct/Nov 2024.
The Wiradjuri focus saw the Oceti-Sakowin delegates visit and be home hosted in Orange, Condobolin, Wagga Wagga, Canberra and Sydney. The generosity of Rotary clubs and Rotarian (and their friends) made a great impact on the visitors and added to the visits success. [Take the time to download the Nov report on this exchange in the link panel on your left of the screen].
This exchange included the 'cultural' perspective as the First Nations people have culture entwined in their work, life and experiences. This element has had an impact on the roles Rotarians can play in supporting Peace and International Understanding by encouraging and supporting more exchanges between First Nations peoples who have been colonised over the previous centuries, when the colonising polity required the 'removal' of indigeneity, often through massacres and assimilation.
It is understood that there are moves for these ideas to be raised at the 2025 RI Convention.
It is understood that there are moves for these ideas to be raised at the 2025 RI Convention.
Chair
PDG Michael Milston (Orange Daybreak)
0419 414 959
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