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Bostock House
Rotary Club of Cleveland Raffle Nov 9
RC Browns Plains Father's Day Raffle Sept 6
Rotary Club of Logan Date Claimer Sept 22
RC Salisbury BMX Track Opening & Raffle AUG 30
Event Reminders (In case you missed them last time)
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Toilet Pans Available for Rotary Club Overseas Projects
 QLD Brain Institute Event 18 Aug
District Partnership with Aromas Coffee Roasters

RC Alexandra Headland Surf Show and Shine 27 Sep
RLI Golden Beach 6 Sep
RC Browns Plains for Windeward Bound Foundation and Rotary Youth Programs 6 Sept
RC Caloundra Pacific Annual Charity Golf Day Oct 9
Rare Newsletter May-June June-July
Brisbane Kite Festival Aug23
Unlocking the Power of Volunteering
Rotary Youth Exchange's August Orientation  15 Aug
 
D9620 Conference 2027
Volunteers Gympie Music Muster Aug 22-30
Brisbane Kite Festival Aug 23
RC Hamilton Craft Beer Festival 22 Aug
RC Mitchelton Changeover 28 July
RC Metro Toowoomba Raffle 25 Oct
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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.
 
 
Roger Klaassen (District Webmaster)
Upcoming Events
District Board meeting
Aug 20, 2026
7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
District DLT meeting
Aug 21, 2026
7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Rotary Leadership Institute at Powerhouse Boat Club, Golden Beach v2
Sep 06, 2026 8:15 am - 6:00 pm E. Australia Standard Time (UTC+10:00)
District Board meeting
Sep 17, 2026
7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
RC Alexandra Headland Surf Show and Shine
Sep 27, 2026
8:00 am – 2:30 pm
District Board meeting
Oct 15, 2026
7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
District DLT meeting
Oct 16, 2026
7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Ride the Downs
Oct 23, 2026 12:00 pm –
Oct 25, 2026 2:00 pm
Zone 8 Conference
Nov 01, 2026
AGM & Rotary Foundation
Nov 15, 2026
District Board meeting
Nov 19, 2026
7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
District Board & DLT Half Yearly Review
Dec 12, 2026
District Board meeting
Jan 21, 2027
7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
District Board meeting
Feb 18, 2027
7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
District DLT meeting
Feb 19, 2027
7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
25th Peace Scholar Program Anniversary Gala
Mar 05, 2027
Annual Peace Fellows Seminar
Mar 06, 2027
Regional Rotary Foundation Support Seminar
Mar 07, 2027 – Mar 08, 2027
Rotary District 9620 Conference 2027
Mar 12, 2027 6:00 pm - Mar 14, 2027 1:00 pm
District Board meeting
Mar 18, 2027
7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
District Board meeting
Apr 15, 2027
7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
District DLT meeting
Apr 16, 2027
7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
District Board meeting
May 20, 2027
7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
District Board meeting
Jun 17, 2027
7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
District DLT meeting
Jun 18, 2027
7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
District Changeover
Jun 26, 2027
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