The Rotary Club of Oban was formed in 1949.
The inaugural meeting of the Club took place on Tuesday 7th June 1949 with 26 founder members and 22 visiting Rotarians present. The first regular meeting took place on 14th June 1949; The Oban Charter and Chain of Office were presented to the Club on 25th November 1949.
The Club now has around 35 members and is actively engaged in supporting local organisations and charities. In addition the club has a flourishing social side as well as being the leading sporting Rotary Club in the West of Scotland.
What is Rotary?
Rotary is short for Rotary International, a world fellowship of business and professional men and women, united in the ideal of service. Acknowledged as the world's first service organisation, Rotary has more than 32,400 clubs within a membership of around 1.2 million in over 160 countries.
The principles of service, understanding, and goodwill, are sustained by the fellowship which a Rotarian enjoys with fellow members in a club, and the mutual understanding and relationship which are shared with fellow Rotarians throughout the world.
Outgoing Rotary Club of Oban President Ciorsti Baxter hands over to incoming President Peter Tosh who thanked her and her Council for all their hard work in the past 12 months.
Incoming President, Peter Tosh commented, ” This is the 75th year of the Oban Rotary Club of Oban and we will be marking this amazing achievement throughout the year, along with growing our usual fundraising events, support and volunteering activities.
I am looking forward to raising the profile of The Rotary Club of Oban in Oban and beyond and to recruiting new members to the Club. It will be a fantastic year ahead and I am delighted to be President at such an important time .”
Past President Ciorsti will take up a position at Rotary District Level as an Assistant District Governor.
Object of Rotary
The object of Rotary is to encourage and foster the ideal of service as a basis of worthy enterprise and, in particular, to encourage and foster:
- The development of acquaintance as an opportunity for service.
- High ethical standards in business and professions; the recognition of the worthiness of all useful occupations; and the dignifying of each Rotarian's occupation as an opportunity to serve society.
- The application of the ideal of service in each Rotarian's personal, business and community life.
- The advancement of international understanding, goodwill and peace through a world fellowship of business and professional persons united in the ideal of service.
Council for 2024/25
Left to right:
Tommy McQuade, Dot Dahl, Steph Lowe, Peter Tosh (President),
Edward Thornton, Ronnie Neil, Ciorsti Baxter,
Kenneth Moncrieff (Secretary), Ronnie Forbes (Treasurer).