The Business Case was presented to the Rotary International Board of Directors in March 2023 to seek financial commitment to commence the Zone 8 Regionalisation Pilot.

We are pleased to advise that the RI Board received the regional pilot proposal for Zone 8 and approved funding subject to annual review.

Since our last update in December, the Regionalisation Pilot Project Team has been working hard behind the scenes on various aspects of the Regionalisation Pilot.

The last several years have been focused on planning but fast forward to now and we are into the pilot implementation phase.

Thank you to all clubs who cast their vote in the Zone 8 Regionalisation pilot ballot. We were delighted with the result with more than 89% of clubs across the zone expressing a YES vote.

Following the lead of RI leaders, we urge all members to vote in favour of this unique opportunity to work together to develop, test and evaluate a new model that best suits our region.

We need to use this opportunity to find ways to make it simpler and easier to be part of Rotary. As leaders of Rotary in our region, I know each of us wants Rotary to survive and thrive and be relevant for generations to come. Unchanged on our current trajectory, this will not occur.