A recent feature of the RIBI annual conference has been the
live BBC transmission of Rotary’s Young Citizen Awards. For the last seven years, BBC News Channel
has broadcasted live from the Conference.
Delegates were given clear instructions to be back in their seats after
the mid-morning coffee break. Anyone not
adhering to the instructions faced missing out as, with the broadcast going out
‘live’, the auditorium doors were locked so that there was no movement which affected
filming. I’m not too sure how they
managed to do a Health and Safety risk assessment. Just glad that wasn’t my job!
It was truly inspiring to hear the story of the award
winners and you can catch up watching the award ceremony here:
Another first for RIBI was the live transmission via Webcast
of the Business meeting section of the conference. The business meeting is the part of conference
when individual Rotarians representing their clubs can have their input into
the running and organisation of RIBI.
Each club within RIBI could have one voting delegate, with those clubs
not represented at conference being able to register an online vote if they
were following the webcast. Obviously,
being there I’m not sure how this was received, but it was evident that there
seemed to be a few teething problems.
Still, it was a bold move by RIBI and hopefully will work better next
year.
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