SWOT analysis (Strength Weakness Opportunity Threats)

Strength
• S1 Diversity
• S2 Peaceful
• S3 Strong Government
• S4 Opportunity
• S5 Money - rich resources
• S6 Job opportunities
• S7 Construction
• S8 Glocal
• S9 Good Education
• S10 Tolerance
• S11 Racial harmony

Weakness
• W1 High Cost of living
• W2 Transient population
• W3 Pocket of poverty
• W4 Vice
• W5 Poor Security
• W6 Low infra-structure standards
• W7 Crowded schools
• W8 Housing problems
• W9 Poor roads
• W10 Lacking local professionals
• W11 Lack healthy facilities for youth
• W12 BDA as local authority - problem of mutual understanding with public
• W13 Quality problem in services and products
• W14 Limited library facilities
• W15 Some bad pay masters
• W16 Little care to locals by big companies
• W17 Lack of disciplined workers
• W18 Computer illiteracy
• W19 Poor and dangerous drivers
• W20 Incompetent teachers, misleading kids
• W21 Police discipline problem
• W22 Limited healthy entertainment outlets
• W23 Unclean environment
• W24 Youth - rejected and ignored by society

Bintulu Future in 21st Century

• Mural - Green Bintulu
• Traffic jam
• Last frontier
• Industrialised
• Polluted
• Y2000 problem
• High crime rate
• City status

3.0 How to approach Rotary Services : Strategic concepts & Various Ideas

• Synergy and Creativity
• Connectivity
• International links from Bintulu
• Coach them use of Fishing net, not give them Fish
• Create Win-win between have / have-not
• Centre for exchange of ideas, experience, information e.g.. For school leavers, job seekers etc.
• Mentoring role
• To coach based on our professional knowledge / skills, Counselling
• For career development
• Emotional stability
• Personal investment
• Families
• Goals in life
• Directionless students
• Family as nucleus and foundation to society
• Family program
• Parenting skills
• Communication between parents - children
• Unifying Factor / Force of various NGOs
• Forum - Gathering Place
• Motivation / Training on People skills
• More workshop
• For students on hobbies and skills
• Child care Centre
• Improving nutrition
• Continuing education
• Women liberation
• Other ideas
• (Radio Talk, Adoptation Prorgram, Career Talk)

4.0 Rotary Role-Play, and what not-role

• Ambassador of Peace
• Organiser, Planner, Implementor
• Synergy - creator
• Learner
• Creator - artist to fulfil a needs
• Catalyst
• Facilitator
• Promoter of creativity
• Sponsor of facilities
• Leadership
• Enabler
• Not elite group
• Not to promote religion
• Not preacher
• No racial discrimination
• Not to promote any political party
• No use of authority

5.0 Meeting Evaluation : Techniques & Skills, What Next?

Meeting Evaluation:

(Success Factors)
• SF1 Very participative
• SF2 Very creative
• SF3 Good food / refreshment
• SF4 Good facilitation
• SF5 We are here, togetherness
• SF6 Good co-operation
• SF7 Informal and casual
• SF8 Ideas are attentively "listened"
• SF9 No casualty

(What can be improved?)
• M1 Poor attendance
• M2 Punctuality
• M3 Sitting arrangement - prefer U-shape
• M4 Syndicate groups to be used
• M5 Different theme use different attires
• M6 More games

Techniques & Skills

• President's call
• Brainstorming
• Listening
• Focusing
• Facilitation
• Linker of thoughts - smooth flow
• Designer of group thinking process
• Communicator

What Next?

• Sort the ideas
• Delegation
• Short listing
• Prioritising
• Volunteering
• ACTION
• Planning
• Budget
• Well wishers
• CONTACTING

Proposed Rotary Services in Bintulu:

To Promote higher Awareness of

• Year 2000 Problems
• Internet - For Education, Business, International Understanding
• Hygiene and cleanliness
• Traffic Accidents, Industrial accidents & Prevention

To Promote better understanding between

• Teachers, Students, Parents
• Government Agencies and local community

To Promote higher creativity / motivation / leadership to target groups

• Retrenched workers
• Directionless students
• Professionals
• Business community

To synergize NGOs with common goals to serve the community better

To facilitate sharing of knowledge / experience between Knowledge-Have, and Knowledge-Have-Not among

• Teachers
• Students
• Housewives
• Workers
• Executives
• Industries

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