Current playbook index title and category plus an internally authored detailed-guide draft
Initiative-specific development wave
How this draft was developed
These sources support general principles for matching interests and skills, practical peer learning and minimum-data collection; they do not constitute Rotary International or OAIC endorsement of the named Rotary Skills Mentoring Board initiative or this locally designed delivery model.
Primary references consulted
Engage Emerging Leaders(Rotary International) Used for: Rotary encourages clubs to ask people about their ideas, passions and strengths rather than only presenting existing opportunities.; The guidance recommends making mentoring connections that fit members' interests and helping them find the right place to contribute.
Make Connections(Rotary International) Used for: Rotary presents clubs as places where people can share skills across generations.; The guidance recommends practical opportunities that draw on people's interests and build their skills.
Chapter 3: APP 3 Collection of Solicited Personal Information(Office of the Australian Information Commissioner) Used for: Personal information should be limited to what is reasonably necessary, relevant and proportionate to the activity.; Information must be collected lawfully and fairly, generally from the person concerned, with stronger consent requirements for sensitive information.
Candidate District material consulted
These records remain draft evidence and still need a human source decision.
Club Playbook - Theme 2 Related record 13 Skills Matchmaker Quiz supports the broad idea of asking about skills and passions to make useful connections. It is not a literal Rotary Skills Mentoring Board record and does not provide the board, consent, expiry or professional-scope controls in this draft.
Theme 2 source-assurance wave
What has been checked
3 current primary pages used by this guide were reopened on 9 August 2026.
6 attributed source claim(s) were mapped to their bounded use in this initiative.
Candidate District material remains separate and does not establish this result.
See each source's scope and limit
Engage Emerging Leaders Supports: Member-centred discovery, mentoring, feedback, emerging-leader support and club-health review principles during renewal. Does not establish: That a person is ready for office, should be selected, has consented to a role or that a proposed renewal pathway will work locally.
Engaging Younger Professionals: Make Connections Supports: The 32 attributed Theme 2 claims attached to this source, limited to the implementation elements and supporting documents named in each initiative-level claim mapping. Does not establish: That the initiative is endorsed by Rotary International or District 9510, that it is permitted by the club's governing documents, that members want it, that it suits the local club, or that it will achieve the intended outcome.
Chapter 3: APP 3 Collection of solicited personal information Supports: Data-minimisation, collection-purpose, proportionality and consent safeguards where the Privacy Act and APP 3 apply. Does not establish: Whether a particular Rotary club is an APP entity or whether a proposed renewal survey, diagnostic or member record is lawful in its actual circumstances.
What still needs a person to confirm
Confirm the member, prospective-member, past-member and community needs, preferences and consent that the local design assumes.
Confirm which privacy, safeguarding, incorporated-association, charity, work health and safety, food, liquor, copyright, licensing, screening and other duties apply to the club and the activity.
Test accessibility, cultural safety, belonging, language and alternative participation routes with affected people and recognise First Nations cultural authority rather than inferring suitability from the guide.
Confirm every local fact, starting point, cost, role, current service contact, measure, stopping condition and platform capability before the club decides to proceed.
Confirm the authority and current scope of each primary source, resolve login-gated or moved-page references and keep any candidate District material attributed and unapproved until its source decision is made.
The source-verification release gate remains closed.
Checks still on hold
The board must approve the allowed skill categories, exclusions, privacy notice, coordinator authority, retention period and escalation routes before launch.
No listing may imply that Rotary, the district or the club verifies, endorses or guarantees a member's competence, qualification, service or advice.
The board must not include regulated professional advice, safeguarding decisions, licensed work, system administration, financial authority or confidential complaint matters.
Members must be able to update, pause or remove their listing promptly, and every personal field must have a current, specific purpose and consent.
Still an internal draft: source interpretation, local suitability, accessibility, governance and editorial approval remain open checks.
What could this idea change?
It helps knowledge, confidence and encouragement move between members instead of resting with a few people.
It may suit: Members seeking guidance or a new challenge, and the people offering practical support.
Could this work in our club?
Consider Rotary Skills Mentoring Board when members want guidance or a next challenge but the available pathways are hard to see.
Members who want help with a practical club, service, communication or leadership task and prefer a short learning conversation to a formal course.
A club with useful experience spread across members but no easy, equitable way to discover it.
A three-month trial using a small approved skill list, private requests and coordinator-made introductions.
Before you start
An approved scope stating which practical skills may be listed, which topics are excluded and when a request must go to formal training or an authorised professional.
An opt-in form that collects only the skill, offer or request, preferred contact route, availability, accessibility needs and consent expiry date.
A coordinator who checks every listing, makes introductions privately, responds to concerns and removes stale or withdrawn entries promptly.
A three-month pilot, secure working register, published privacy notice and deletion process rather than an indefinite public directory.
At the end: At the 90-day review, compare the recorded measures with the starting point, resolve the listed governance holds and tell participants whether Rotary Skills Mentoring Board will change, continue or stop.
Made for this initiative
Tailored supporting documents
These working documents use the decisions, safeguards and evidence needs of this initiative. Complete them with the people affected and keep the agreed version with the club's project record.
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Skills Board Participation and Consent Form
Collect only what the club needs to route a practical learning request or offer.
