Page 17 - Rotary DIN Jun 2016

REPORT ON THE BOURNEMOUTH
BUSINESS MEETING
by William Wills Assistant Governor, D1175,
Plymouth and South Hams
The annual subscription for RIBI will rise to £52 a By the time the meeting closed, AFC
year per member for the next Rotary Year (2016-
17). This is apparently still less than if members
paid direct to Rotary International.
The increase was approved at the Annual
Business Meeting in Bournemouth, in April, at
which the budget for the year was passed by 580
voting delegates (both in person and on line).
A number of constitutional matters followed,
including the change of name from “Standing
Committees” to “Administrative Committees”.
Approval was given to the new Administrative
Committee to cover Leadership Development and
Training.
Several resolutions were put on the timing of
elections for RIBI President, Treasurer and RI
Director. These will be moved back to the
autumn. The proposal from General Council to
amend the role of the Selection Advisory
Committee for these posts to remove the need for
them to present a preferred candidate was
rejected.
The final resolution was proposed by Rotary Club
of Skipton to abolish the Selection Advisory
Committee for the three roles. This was the third
time that this resolution had been presented to
the ABM. After much debate, 54 per cent voted
for the resolution. However, a two-thirds vote is
required for it to be carried. It will be interesting
to see if the resolution will be put forward again
next year, in Manchester.
Bournemouth had lost 4-0 to… Manchester City.
COUNCIL ON LEGISLATION
By Paul Edwards - Rotary Club of Totnes
This is Rotary’s Parliament, where delegates from
all over the world meet over five days to thrash
out proposals and possible amendments and to
make recommendations to the Rotary
International Board or the Trustees of the Rotary
Foundation.
Among the enactments were: allowing clubs to
determine when and how often they meet, setting
attendance requirements, and modifying or
eliminating termination policies for non-
attendance –this was approved, save that Clubs
must meet at least twice a month; flexibility to
enable clubs to amend their membership
classification and to widen the range to include
corporate and associate members; a rise in the
dues that clubs would pay to RI because of
declining reserves and to invest in new
technology; and giving the board chance to
amend or abolish district boundaries where there
are more than 100 clubs or fewer than 1100
Rotarians. Minimum number of Charter members
of a new club should now be 20.