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Strategic Plan – Draft for Comment

The Strategic Planning day in June seems ages ago but a dedicated group of volunteers are still busy working on the strategic plan and the operational plan for the next 12-18 months. It’s great to see the energy everyone is bringing to this with lots of new ideas!

Here is the draft strategic plan – thanks to Aaron for presenting it in RRC style. Have a look and let us know what you think…does the plan reflect the sort of club you think Richmond should be and the areas we should be focusing on?
The plan will be discussed at the AGM on Saturday evening so come along!
RRCStratPlanSummary

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RRC Club Races Sunday 4th August 10am

RRC CLUB RACES     SUNDAY 4TH AUGUST 10AM

CONTINUING RRC’S LONG TRADITION OF CLUB RACING, ALL MEMBERS ARE INVITED TO PARTICIPATE IN CLUB RACES.

Rules for the day:

  • Rowers of all experience levels invited
  • Racing in Regulation 4’s
  • Course: 150m Boathouse straight
  • Mixed ability crews randomly selected
  • Register your intention to row by Thursday 1st August (Facebook, surveymonkey, boathouse noticeboard)
  • Crews published on blog and Facebook on Saturday 3rd August – no withdrawals please
  • All rowers at boathouse ready to row at 10am.  First race 10.20am

Lunch provided after racing.
150th Gala Dinner bookings taken on the day!

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RRC 150th t-shirts available to order now!

For those after a souvenir RRC 150th item we are getting some classic limited edition t-shirts with our 150th logo. These polo shirts are available to order and buy now on Trybooking for $35 (see the size chart below and make your order) http://www.trybooking.com/DCNM. Get in quick so you don’t miss out!RRC 150th t-shirts
RRC 150th logo
T-shirt size chart

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Level 1 Coaching Course – Sunday 23 June 2013 POSTPONED

UPDATE: Due to low enrolments this course has been put over to a date in July TBC.
Derek
 
Rowing Victoria is conducting a Level 1 coaching course this coming Sunday, to be held at a Boathouse Drive club (TBC).  The course starts at 10am and will go until approx 4pm.  Course fees are $220.
The level 1 coaching accreditation is the starting level for all rowing coaches.   The club encourages anyone from RRC who’s keen to do some coaching to do this course.
If you want to do it, then you need to organise yourself ASAP:

  1. register for the course via Rowing Victoria’s website http://www.home.rowingvictoria.asn.au/index.php/development/coaching/coaching-courses
  2. drop me an email to let me know you are enrolling (email me via  [email protected])

Derek Begg
Head of Rowing

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Member Feedback Survey

Hopefully you have received an email with a link to our Member Feedback Survey in preparation for our strategic planning workshop on 15 June.
Your feedback is essential to help RRC plan effectively. Please complete the survey as soon as possible and definitely by Monday 10 June. It should only take 10 or 15 minutes.
If you have not received the email we apologise, we still want your feedback! Please email [email protected] and I will forward a survey link to you.
Many thanks in advance for your time to give your feedback.
 

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Presentation night – 25 May – cancelled

Due to very low ticket sales for the clubs annual presentation night this coming Saturday, 25 May, the committee has had to cancel the event. Minimum numbers were not reached and therefore costs were becoming prohibitive.
Consequently club awards will be announced and presented at the club AGM on 27 July.
The committee apologies to all those that did sign up to attend. The Treasurer will reimburse all those that purchased a ticket.
For all those still interested in getting together on Saturday to have a drink/bite to eat and swap season stories, an alternative more casual option is currently being investigated. Details will be circulated shortly.
Thanks
Emma

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Strategic Planning Workshop

In our 150th anniversary year and with the Boathouse Redevelopment slowly moving towards building works, it is a good time for us as a club to take stock and plan for our future.
We would like your help in two ways:

  1. Please complete the survey you are emailed before 31 May. It will help us know what you think of about RRC.
  2. If you are interested in participating in the strategic planning process, please contact a committee member.

We will be holding a professionally facilitated workshop on Saturday 15 June between 10am and 4pm to work through a strategic planning process with a view to clarifying:
–          Our positioning and identity
–          Our Vision for the future
–          The highest priority actions we need to take to start to achieve our vision
We anticipate that this session will answer high level questions and result in a strategic plan that covers the same level of content as Sydney Rowing Club’s strategic plan does (but of course with RRC’s vision, actions, set of considerations etc). We are seeking a cross-section of members from across RRC to join the committee for this planning session.
We will then hold a more operational planning session later in the year that will create a detailed plan for the next 12-18 months and this part of the process will be repeated every year.
Any questions, please talk to one of the committee.
We would like to thank City of Melbourne for the provision of a grant to cover the cost of professional facilitation for this strategic planning process.

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150th Website

Wow! It has taken ages to get the 150th website up and running. We hope you like it. (Just go to www.richmondrowing.com.au)
You can find information about the major events and our history on the website. Watch this blog and Facebook for regular updates, interesting facts and smaller events.

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Redevelopment Update

The City of Melbourne has signed our Head Lease agreement and hopes to organise with the State Government Department of Sustainability and Environment to get signatures from the State within the next few weeks (this is a process that will take months if they cannot get special dispensation so we are very grateful to the City of Melbourne for trying to organise this).
The MLC-RRC sub-lease is yet to be submitted to City of Melbourne but is in the final stages of review and we hope to submit within the next fortnight. This must then be approved at a Council meeting before going through the same signing process as the Head Lease.

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