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Interim Report for 2019-2020
Australia Region
Doug Turnbull, RD of Australia Region
1. Present situation
- 11 clubs
- Membership remains unchanged
- Recent bushfire disasters will have ongoing effects even though our members have not been directly impacted
- Clubs may not be able to meet international monetary targets due to support for bushfire appeals
- Preparations under way for IEO’s meeting February
2. Previously reported
- The Executive are planning to prepare a Strategic Plan covering
→ Not yet fulfilled - Review of recent survey on the future of YMI in Australia
→ Under consideration - Seek International Support for chartering new clubs
→ Not yet commenced - Input from the YMCA to assist in charter of new clubs
→ May not be possible due to current reorganization of YMCA - Introduce a Regional support project
→ To be submitted to next Regional meeting.
3. Immediate future
- Host IEO’s Meeting
- Encourage clubs to increase membership numbers
- Complete investigations re regional support project for submission to next meeting
- Annual meeting scheduled for October 2nd, 3rd, 4th 2020 (venue to be advised).