New POD System introduced
Posted by Stephen Rhodes
President Ed Boonstra has introduced the New POD System intended to involve more members in weekly meetings. Each club member is assigned to a POD and a month on the calendar and each POD is responsible for co-ordinating sgt at arms, attendance and greeting, The Spinner, Program, including introducing and thanking the speaker and invocation for their assigned month.
Dittie Hay is the POD co-ordinator and Al Heaney is still responsible for overall program so all program activities for each month need to be co-ordinated with Al. The first name in each POD is the chair.
Pod Assignments
September -Ch Wendell B, Lois P, Tim H, Jack D, Amolak D and Mark P.
October - Ch Norm B, Daisy O, Jerome D, Carl D, Khaled I and John Suds
November - Ch Sheila W, Roy V, Adrian V, Malcolm S, and Bino D.
December - Ch Al H, Len M, Bob M, Dorean B, Ralph E and Brad G.
January - Ch John M, Mari -Anne T, Bal S, Steve Robinson, Warren R and Gene Mc.
February - Ch John S, Janet J, Alex Mc, Gord R, Glenn W and John Lomax
March - Ch Dittie H, Bob B, Brian B, Denis S, Peter W and Frank Z.
April - Ch Ken Spreen, Gerry A, Jack C, Rick B, Jim I and Faisal R.
May - Ch Steve Rhodes, Dale F, Michael A, Doug L, Paul P and Rita G.
June - Ch Bill Charles, Ed B, Dave B, Orval M, Rob VK and Don Robertson.
If your name does not appear in one of the PODs, contact Dittie Hay.
There are key responsibilities for each weekly task, some of which are included below:
Attendance and greeting -greet and welcome Rotarians and guests, sign them in and collect $15 where appropriate (prospective members are not charged); fill in guest and visitor sheet and hand out visitor badges, announce guests and visiting Rotarians and makeups; take attendance and provide sheet and any money collected to the Treasurer.
Invocation - assign someone each week in your month.
Sgt-at-arms- assign someone to be sgt-at-arms and the bagman each week
Programs -Source a guest speaker for each meeting and introduce and thank the speaker. Co-ordinate your monthly programs with Al Heaney because there may be club events - like club assemblies, Paul Harris nights and other special meetings already scheduled.
Spinner - Record the events of the meeting including the date, guests and visiting Rotarians, announcements, committee reports and a brief outline of the speaker's presentation. Prepare report in Microsoft Word and email to Steve Rhodes at stephenrhodes@rogers.com for inclusion in the weekly Spinner.
The first POD begins in September.
Pod Assignments
September -Ch Wendell B, Lois P, Tim H, Jack D, Amolak D and Mark P.
October - Ch Norm B, Daisy O, Jerome D, Carl D, Khaled I and John Suds
November - Ch Sheila W, Roy V, Adrian V, Malcolm S, and Bino D.
December - Ch Al H, Len M, Bob M, Dorean B, Ralph E and Brad G.
January - Ch John M, Mari -Anne T, Bal S, Steve Robinson, Warren R and Gene Mc.
February - Ch John S, Janet J, Alex Mc, Gord R, Glenn W and John Lomax
March - Ch Dittie H, Bob B, Brian B, Denis S, Peter W and Frank Z.
April - Ch Ken Spreen, Gerry A, Jack C, Rick B, Jim I and Faisal R.
May - Ch Steve Rhodes, Dale F, Michael A, Doug L, Paul P and Rita G.
June - Ch Bill Charles, Ed B, Dave B, Orval M, Rob VK and Don Robertson.
If your name does not appear in one of the PODs, contact Dittie Hay.
There are key responsibilities for each weekly task, some of which are included below:
Attendance and greeting -greet and welcome Rotarians and guests, sign them in and collect $15 where appropriate (prospective members are not charged); fill in guest and visitor sheet and hand out visitor badges, announce guests and visiting Rotarians and makeups; take attendance and provide sheet and any money collected to the Treasurer.
Invocation - assign someone each week in your month.
Sgt-at-arms- assign someone to be sgt-at-arms and the bagman each week
Programs -Source a guest speaker for each meeting and introduce and thank the speaker. Co-ordinate your monthly programs with Al Heaney because there may be club events - like club assemblies, Paul Harris nights and other special meetings already scheduled.
Spinner - Record the events of the meeting including the date, guests and visiting Rotarians, announcements, committee reports and a brief outline of the speaker's presentation. Prepare report in Microsoft Word and email to Steve Rhodes at stephenrhodes@rogers.com for inclusion in the weekly Spinner.
The first POD begins in September.