Many of our District 5950 clubs are already Being Great on Purpose by inducting new members. We added two dozen charter members via District 5950's newest club, the Chanhassen Evening Rotary Club. Welcome!
Last month I talked about becoming "attractive." Many clubs sent trainees to the Public Image team's training on harnessing the power of ClubRunner and using the new website template. This new template looks fresh and modern. When you add your club's smiling Rotarians engaged in serving humanity, that is attractive! (Statistically,visitors to your club website need to become engaged in the site within four seconds or they move on.) Public Image Chair Mark Shockeyis available to give clubs assistance.
Attracting and adding new prospective members is important. However, to hit our membership goals, we need to keep the Rotarians we have. In my club visits I use the analogy of finding myself attracted to my future wife. After a period of going steady I proposed and we became engaged. We became more engaged in our relationship.
Rotary relationships requires the same kind of engagement. Holding club leadership positions creates a sense of responsibility and accountability. Members who have something to do, something for which to be responsible...these Rotarians contribute materially to the club and they stay. A Rotarian on the periphery isn’t engaged in the club or its projects. He or she stops coming. As new members join and bring energy, these peripheral members feel further removed and frequently leave.
A lack of engagement is preventable! Who is drifting away from your club? Assign an active member to reach out to the missing Rotarian, inviting him or her to join a project. Tell missing members they are missed; their energy is missed. Get them re-engaged!
"Together we stand, divided we fall." Take the initiative to see if you can get someone to become re-engaged in Rotary. That would be Being Great, on Purpose!
Ready to think outside the box?! Your District leaders are excited to present One Rotary Summit – formerly known as Fall Training –
on Friday, September 23 at the Lafayette Club in Minnetonka.
In the new format, participants will work together in teams to develop creative solutions to relatable Rotary case studies.
Learn how to leverage tools and information about Membership, Public Image and The Rotary Foundation (TRF) to reach solutions. Stretch your thinking about how these areas are connected within your club.
Why are we changing the traditional training? One Rotary Summit’s format encourages engagement and dialog. There will be few formal presentations. Instead, learners will:
Improve goal setting and success measurements.
Apply tools and strategies to attract diverse, new members and retain members.
Create a communication plan to Tell the Rotary Story.
Learn how TRF funding and programs do good throughout the world.
The day culminates with Liz Diedrich's lunch presentation that will guide implementing ideas generated that morning. Diedrich has over 20 years’ experience as an entrepreneur and business leader.
One Rotary Summit is a valuable training day for all District 5950 club leaders. Each club can register up to ten members for free. The session runs from 8:45 a.m. through 1 p.m. with a noon lunch included. Register here now.
Rotary International and District 5950 welcome the Rotary Club of Chanhassen Evening, admitted to membership on August 17, 2016.
Chanhassen Evening Rotary serves the Chanhassen and Victoria communities. They meet Mondays at the Chanhassen Dinner Theatre in the Hogarth room. The social hour is from 5-6 p.m.; meetings start at 6:00. Karen Adolphson is the club’s first president.
Water Missions is a Rotary partner that District 5950 worked with on a $650,000 project serving 17 villages in Malawi; another water project in Guatemala in in development stages.
Walk for Water is on Saturday, September 17 at Upper Landing Park in St. Paul. It is sponsored by PENTAIR and Pace Analytical, supporters of Rotary International’s goals to provide safe water, proper sanitation, and economic development to those who are most in need.
Rotary effectively plans DG succession and trains upcoming district governors. That’s why District 5950 leaders will interview applicants for the 2019-20 District Governor after the September 11 nomination deadline. This leader will follow Bob Halagan (2017-18) and Irene Kelly (2018-19). Qualifications include:
Served as a club president
Gained District familiarity through district-level roles or responsibilities
Demonstrates a personal passion for the Goals and Object of Rotary
PDG Diann Kirby (2013-14) is serving her second year as Assistant Rotary Public Image Coordinator (ARPIC) for Zone 28. She uses her expertise in communications, public relations and marketing gleaned from her professional life and Rotary experience at the club and district level.Since serving as District Governor, Diann has been a District Board member; she also chaired the Public Information Committee during 2015-16.
PDG Sandy Schley (2009-10) was just appointed as an Endowment/Major Gifts Adviser (EMGA) in Zone 28 for a three-year term beginning July 1, 2017. Sandy will be one of 40 Rotarians worldwide in this position which increases humanitarian service through The Rotary Foundation via Endowment/Major Gifts. Advisors work closely with the Rotary Foundation Trustee Chair, the Fund Development Committee Chair, and the Rotary Foundation Trustees. Closer to home, Sandy will be a resource for the regional leadership team, Rotary Coordinators, and Rotary Public Image Coordinators. After her term as District Governor, Sandy helped the District Foundation transition through Future Vision and served for an additional three years as the District Rotary Foundation Chair.
The 2016-17 Rotary year introduces new leaders in many District 5950 roles. A current photo org chart on the District website helps link names, faces, and specialties.
Do you know who your Area’s Assistant Governor (AG) is? Have you met the leaders who will be District Governor in the next years? Would you like to invite a Foundation representative to speak at a club meeting? Check out the org chart and use the email links to get connected.
Global Grant Scholarships are awarded by District 5950 to outstanding applicants wishing to pursue a master’s degree in one of Rotary’s six major areas of focus:
• Promoting peace
• Fighting disease
• Providing clean water
• Saving mothers and children
• Supporting education
• Growing local economies.
Students can receive up to $30,000 to study for one or more years in a country other than the United States, where the institution of study is located in a Rotary district.
Applications are due by September 30, 2016 for programs beginning in fall 2017. Applicants must reside, study, work, or have previously studied in District 5950. Follow link for additional information or contact chairperson Ellen Kennedy at kennedy@worldwithoutgenocide.org or 952-693-5206.
Rotary International and District 5950 welcome the Rotary Club of Chanhassen Evening, admitted to membership on August 17, 2016.
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