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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

RRC CLUB RACES     SUNDAY 4^TH 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 1^st August (Facebook, surveymonkey, boathouse noticeboard)
• Crews published on blog and Facebook on Saturday 3^rd August – no withdrawals please
• All rowers at boathouse ready to row at 10am.  First race 10.20am

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

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!

In our 150^th 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.

RRC Foundation Day 17 June 1863
All members, past and present, and other interested people are invited to celebrate the 150 Foundation Day of Richmond Rowing Club on Monday night 17 June 2013, at Young and Jackson’s Hotel, Chloe’s bar.
Head upstairs to Chloe’s bar for a relaxed celebration. On offer are micro brewed beers, Australian wines, unique cocktails and tasty tapas menu available.
In the 1800’s and early last century the Richmond Rowing Club would hold its meeting in hotels around the city area. The newspaper item here shows the 1914 annual meeting being promoted in the daily newspaper. The scanning process has made some words illegible. But you can see that the club had a definite interest in mixing rowing with drinking!
The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 – 1957) Thursday 20 August 1914 p 10 Article
ROWING
RICHMOND ROWING CLUB
The annual meeting of the Richmond Rowing  Club was held at Young and Jackson’s on Saturday evening last. Mr. Cotter. N.l.A., presided over an  excellent attendance. The following office-bearers  were elected: –Patton, Sit John Madden; president,  Mr Alfred Wood; captain, Mr. T. Jenkin, vice-captain, Mr. W.H. McEvey; hon. secretary, Mr    H.W. Wansley; hon. treasurer, Mr. Win Podmore- selection coniniiltee, Mct-n M O Scott,f! Oro, W. M Jichi o* , pre»»« corretponilenl, Mr.C 11 Merrick, funeral ro-nimtteo, Mi«r». .1 Ita*ton, 1. .1. Williams, C» IL Merrick, W. Grcjr. Ml..fcott; imditorn, Messrs. D. King and C. II. Mer-rick,
Let us know if are coming to celebrate and share your RRC stories; [email protected]

Sunday 28 April 2013 will be one of the first events for our 150th celebrations.
We invite all members, old members, or ex members to come to the club and share your stories!
* Stories about rowing at Richmond
* Stories of competing for Richmond
* Stories of RRC members and their successes or mishaps too
* Stories about any past club activities
Any story you remember and would like to share so we can record for others to hear and learn of what happened in our past. All our stories make up our colourful, wonderful history.
Please come down for lunch and drink, before we start recording stories. These oral histories will form part of our 150th Exhibition and become an important part of our Archives for future members to appreciate the culture and activities of RRC.
We will be very appreciative if you can spare this Sunday afternoon and hopefully meet up with some of your rowing pals too! The 150th Committee will be very pleased to meet you and show you around the current club and discuss our redevelopment plans.
Lunch (gold coin donation) 12 noon, with the bar open, and story recording during the afternoon.
RSVP by email to [email protected]

RRC’s blog is hosted on WordPress.com which has created (automatically) a 2012 ‘annual report’ for the blog.
For some reason very few RRC members have subscribed to the club’s blog so far (we know – we can see who has/n’t!)  It would be great to see more in 2013 as it’s an easy, accessible way to get some of the club’s communications out to the membership.  Spread the word!
Meanwhile spend a few minutes of the last few hours of 2012 (or the first few of 2013) clicking through the blog’s stats for 2012.
HNY!!

Here’s an excerpt:

600 people reached the top of Mt. Everest in 2012. This blog got about 4,200 views in 2012. If every person who reached the top of Mt. Everest viewed this blog, it would have taken 7 years to get that many views.

Click here to see the complete report.