District Governor Bryan Cooke Visits Jackson Hole Rotary Club August 24
Posted by Ken Small
Rotary District 5440 Governor Bryan Cooke made his official visit to the Jackson Hole Rotary Club on August 24. DG Bryan asked the JH Rotary Club to sponsor a Rotoract club in Jackson for persons of age 18 through 30 (there is already an Interact club in Jackson). The Rotoract club would be an activity under the new 5th path of service, New Generations.
The organization chart for Pilot Districts was put up on the screen for all to see. Un the Future Vision Plan, one hundred districts were selected to provide a three year pilot test for new grant procedures. District 5440 is a Pilot District and is operating under the new rules. Governor Bryan promised that any District Simplified Grant submitted electronically to him would be adjudicated and approved/disapproved within 48 hours. The larger Global grant process will take longer but still will steam through the administrative review process than in the past. In 2013, all clubs will begin operating under the new grant rules. The six areas of focus required for a grant are: peace and conflict prevention/resolution, disease prevention and treatment, water and sanitation, maternal and child health, basic education and literacy, and economic and community development.
The outline was shown for the President's and Governor's citation. A numeric evaluation scale has been developed that evaluates four areas of club activities; club service, vocational service, community service, and international service. Twenty five points are required in each category for the citations, 35 points in each category garners the citation with Distinction. Governor Bryan is using the same classes and evaluation system at RI President Klinginsmith.
Governor Bryan also mentioned several areas where one can be involved in Rotary including working with the New Generation (training in Casper on Sep 25), serving as a Sergeant at Arms at the RI Convention in New Orleans (comes with a few extra perks, requires being in New Orleans two days early).
In closing Governor Bryan invited everybody to the District 5440 Conference in Greeley, CO on May 12-14.