Breakfast Meetings

WE MEET OVER BREAKFAST ON THE FIRST FRIDAY OF EVERY SECOND MONTH AT THE BRISBANE CLUB
Meetings commence at 7am and generally conclude by 8.30am at the latest. We also swap a couple of breakfasts for dinner meetings in our calendar each year, to allow time for a more leisurely approach to business and fellowship! Please refer to our Club Calendar.

Venue does change for dinner meetings.

“We value being flexible, efficient and questioning the status quo in the way we approach the running
of our club”

If you would like an invitation to attend one of our meetings or if you have any questions please contact us.

Committee Meetings

The club breakfast meetings have a tight schedule and leaves little time for fellowship, so our Committee structure is extremely important to our Club. All our members are actively involved in at least one committee, and each committee aims to meet several times a year (if not monthly) to bring members together to discuss Club business and for fellowship either in person or via teleconference.

The Zonta Club of Brisbane Breakfast operates the following committees:

Service:

  • Planned Club Service projects
  • Promote service projects through linking of outcomes to inform about status of women, thus emphasising advocacy through service
  • Local Scholarships
  • Zonta International Scholarships such as Jane M. Klausman, Young Women in Public Affairs (YWPA), Amelia Earhart.
  • Zonta International Service Projects
  • Work closely with Zonta International United Nations Committee

Advocacy:

  • Identifying advocacy issues and arranging submissions on behalf of the Club
  • Engage actively in LAA activities to improve the status of women globally.
  • Develop resources to assist Clubs & members to be effective advocates in their communities
  • Report on successful advocacy outcomes through the Zonta International Websites to members directly

Membership:

  • Seeking new members
  • Determining the Classification of members
  • Identifying a mentor for each new member
  • Arranging information sessions for new members
  • Determining a plan for recruiting members and designing activities that will help identify new members and arranging for them to receive information about Zonta
  • Organising of Breakfast and Dinner meetings including arranging venues; technology, table seating; speakers and gifts for speakers
  • The general wellbeing of Club members and speakers at meetings

Finance/Fundraising:

  • Devise effective fun-raising plans in co-operation with other committees & club board.

Public Relations/Communications:

  • Publishing the Club monthly Communic
  • Keeping the Club informed of International developments within Zonta and the world
  • Hosting visiting Zontians and keeping in contact with any other Clubs with whom the Zonta Club of Brisbane breakfast has a connection
  • Drawing members’ attention to and commenting on articles/features in the Zontian magazine and other appropriate communications that may be of special interest
  • Informing members about ZI projects so that informed decisions can be made about preferences for contributions to the ZI Foundation
  • Keeping media informed of any news
  • Liaising with other committees for publicity of events as required