Welcome to the Round Table of Caledon 185
Who and What we are!
ARTSA – the Association of Round Tables in Southern Africa – consists of all the Round Tables of Lesotho, Namibia and South Africa. The main aim of Round Table is to enjoy fellowship with people from all walks of life, as well as organising fund raising events and community activities.
“Round Table Southern Africa is a non-political, non-denominational association of young men between the ages of 18 and 40, embracing representatives of nearly every profession and occupation, whose objects encompass the encouragement of high ethical standards, the promotion of social intercourse and fellowship among young professional men, the quickening of individual interest in everything affecting the public welfare, and the promotion of understanding amongst peoplesof different cultural, language and political backgrounds.”
What does Round Table do?
Every Round Table holds one or two business meetings and usually one ’social’ meeting per month. These meetings are the forums at which various welfare projects and fund-raisers are discussed, often with input from outside speakers. Fellowship is always of a high quality, especially after closure of each meeting. Social meetings may be used to play action cricket or some other social activity, or more frequently, simply to ‘raid’ another Table in the endless quest for more fun and fellowship!
In particular, Round Table offers an excellent opportunity for meeting new friends from your own community, area, country and the world. It also offers an excellent vehicle for self-improvement in areas such as public speaking, leadership, project management, and meeting procedure.
Travel forms an important part of Tabling and is integral to the smooth operation of Round Table internationally. Typically, a visiting Tabler to another Association is often looked after by Tablers in that Association to make it easier for Tablers to travel internationally.
Round Tablers worldwide are instant friends.
Our Aims and Objectives
* To develop fellowship among young men through the medium of their professional and business occupations;
* To emphasise the fact that one’s calling offers an excellent medium of service to the community;
* To cultivate the highest ideals in business, professional and civic traditions;
* To recognise the worthiness of all legitimate occupations and to dignify each his own by precept and example;
* To foster responsible citizenship and loyalty to their Country;
* To further the establishment of peace and goodwill in international relationships;
* To further these objects by meetings, lectures, discussions and other activities.
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