THE GIST
Breaking News
RYTS 2025 Dec 7-13
This weeklong seminar (camp) is for student completing year 11 or 12 in 2025. Aimed specifically at school leavers it has everything you need to make the transition out of school into life after school.  
Sunday 7th December (approx. 10.00am) to Saturday 13th December (approx. 2.00pm)
 Lake Perseverance Recreation Centre – 854 Perseverance Dam Road, Crows Nest, QLD, 4355
Contact – Arch Downie RYTS District Chair – admin@ryts9620.org.au – Ph 0412 682 440
Website Link – https://ryts9620.org.au
Application Form - https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdIDUgNP1M3Mlwwbs_zlg1_os4yb39PpSuzmUbY9GQKuNnehg/viewform
RC Toowoomba City Melbourne Cup 
2025 Melbourne Cup Charity Fund Raiser
The Rotary Club of Toowoomba City will once again be hosting a Melbourne Cup Charity Fund Raiser which will be held at The Burke & Wills in the Allan Cunningham room on Tuesday 4th November 2025. It’s sure to be a day of fashion, good food/wine, laughter and raising lots of money for our charity “Hope Horizons”.
Date: Tuesday 4th November 2025 
Time:10.00am to 3.00pm
Venue: Burke & Wills, Allan Cunningham Room, 554 Ruthven St. Toowoomba 4350.
Price: $150.00 per ticket.
Contact: Maree Schwerin (Rotary Club Toowoomba City)
RC's Beenleigh, Logan, Loganholme  Oct 12
This year, we are delighted to host a special screening of The Travellers in support of Rotary’s global campaign to eliminate polio once and for all.
 
Date:    12th October
Time:    4.30pm
Venue: Event Cinemas Loganholme
Earlybird Ends November 30
Event Reminders (In case you missed them last time)
Membership Action Plan Online Workshop 31st Oct and 14th Nov
WRIT1999 Applications Closing 15th October
Rotary Club of Hamilton Craft Beer Festival 18 Oct 25
 
RC Wynnum and Manly  Foundation Dinner  22 Oct 25
Rotary New Farm Invite 22 Oct 25
 
Toowoomba North Rotary Foundation Event 29 Oct 25
Melbourne Cup Date Claimer 4 Nov 25
Mooloolaba Rotary Lift The Lid Walk event 19 Oct 25
Garden City Rotary Charity Race Day 25 Oct 25
RC Toohey Koala Party 11th October
 
ESRAG club 7th Nov
 Christmas in the Hangar 29th Nov
Tri District Conference 1-3 May 26
The Taipei R I Convention 13-17 June 26
Flyer and registration for RPC Class 28 Mar 26
How to get your news on the district Facebook page
The GIST and How to Get your Article in it
Welcome to the Gist! Rather than send multiple messages per week to club officers in the hope that they will channel your interests and pass on what is important to you, we will be sending one digest email per week using the Clubrunner platform which lists new things in the top section, and reminders of old news in the bottom section. That way, you only need to scan the top half of one email per week to get the Gist, and everyone gets the Gist!
 
This e-bulletin is published by your District Administrator and Webmaster to let Rotarians and any other subscribers know about what is happening in the district. The GIST is for time-sensitive brief stories sponsored by the District, a Rotary club, or a Rotary RAG or Fellowship.
 
  • District Announcements
  • Club event announcements
  • RAG and Fellowship event announcements
Event notices will run once only in the "Breaking News" section, and events will continue to be published down below in the "Event Reminders" section until the event has passed.
 
Articles that report on past events and projects, anything of enduring significance, and anything else that does not fit the GIST publishing guidelines should be sent to the District Newsletter editor at newsletter@rotary9620.org.

How to get an Event in the Calendar

To get an event in the Calendar, please send the following information to gist@rotary9620.org:
  • Mandatory: The text that you would like to appear in the calendar entry. Should include a teaser as to why someone would like to attend the event, ticket prices, etc etc. The text cannot include potentially sensitive information like email addresses, phone numbers and bank account details. If you wish to communicate these, put them in an image or PDF file that can be linked as a download document.
  • Mandatory:  Date, Time, Location. Please include the postcode in the location as this is needed to generate the location map. (Or the event could be online of course.)
  • Mandatory: Name of a Rotarian in the district who is the primary contact for the event.
  • Strongly recommended: An image to go in the calendar entry detail page. Landscape format works best.
  • Optional: Documents about the event like event flyers, etc etc. Max size: 5MB
  • Optional: Links that might be useful like bookings links, the home page of the charity you are supporting, etc.

How to get an event notice in the GIST

The GIST is published on Sunday. The deadline to get an event notice in every Sunday's GIST is midnight Friday. Requests coming in after Saturday morning will be handled on a "best effort" basis. To get an event entry in the GIST, please do the following:
  • Mandatory: Get the event in the Calendar (see above)
  • Mandatory: An image in square or landscape format to be the article. If you send an image that is in portrait format, it will be cropped to square according to the GIST editor's judgement. It's OK to send a PDF Flyer - the editor will just do a screenshot and use that.
  • Optional: SHORT explanatory text which will go under the image. 200 words max. Long explanations should go in the calendar entry.

Please send event info to:  gist@rotary9620.org

 
We are always interested in hearing your feedback and suggestions on this.
 
Maggie Kuok (District Administrator)
Roger Klaassen (District Webmaster)
Upcoming Events
RC Toohey Koala Party
Griffith University Eco Center
Oct 11, 2025
10:00 am – 2:00 pm
 
District Board Meeting
Bostock House
Oct 16, 2025
7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
 
District DLT meeting
Bostock House
Oct 17, 2025
7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
 
Tri Club Movie Night 21 Oct 25
REGAL FIVE STAR CINEMA
Oct 21, 2025 6:30 pm
 
Maleny Rotary Golf Day 24 Oct 25
Malaney Golf Club
Oct 24, 2025 8:00 am
 
Membership Action Plan Online Workshop
Oct 31, 2025 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm E. Australia Standard Time (UTC+10:00)
 
Moreton Bay Sea Country Showcase
Sunshine Coast Moreton Bay Petrie Campus
Nov 07, 2025
8:30 am – 12:30 pm
 
Rotary Leadership Institute in Toowoomba
263 Margaret Street
Nov 15, 2025 8:30 am - 5:30 pm E. Australia Standard Time (UTC+10:00)
 
RLI Toowoomba
QCWA Rooms
Nov 15, 2025
8:30 am – 5:30 pm
 
District Board Meeting
Bostock House
Nov 20, 2025
7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
 
District AGM
Bostock House
Nov 23, 2025 9:00 am
 
Mt Gravatt Christmas fair
Mt Gravatt Showgrounds
Nov 29, 2025
4:00 pm – 9:00 pm
 
RC Caloundra Pacific Christmas in the Hangar
The Queensland Air Museum
Nov 29, 2025 5:30 pm
 
Christmas in the Hangar
The Queensland Air Museum
Nov 29, 2025
7:00 pm – 10:00 pm
 
RYTS 2025
Lake Perserverance Recreation Centre
Dec 07, 2025 – Dec 13, 2025
 
District Board & DLT Half Yearly Review
Dec 13, 2025
 
District Board Meeting
Bostock House
Jan 15, 2026
7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
 
District Leadership Retreat
Feb 14, 2026 – Feb 15, 2026
 
District Board Meeting
Bostock House
Feb 19, 2026
7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
 
District DLT meeting
Bostock House
Feb 20, 2026
7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
 
International PELDS
Port Moresby
Mar 07, 2026 – Mar 08, 2026
 
District Board Meeting
Bostock House
Mar 19, 2026
7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
 
District Board Meeting
Bostock House
Apr 16, 2026
7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
 
District DLT meeting
Bostock House
Apr 17, 2026
7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
 
Western PELDS
Apr 18, 2026 – Apr 19, 2026
 
Rotary Combined District Conference 2026
Ross Street
May 01, 2026 12:00 pm - May 03, 2026 2:00 pm
 
District Board Meeting
Bostock House
May 21, 2026
7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
 
District Board Meeting
Bostock House
Jun 18, 2026
7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
 
District DLT meeting
Bostock House
Jun 19, 2026
7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
 
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