Aug 21 2018-Rotary Forum

Pres. Scott Astrosky opened the meeting at 12:33 PM with the usual introduction of guests.

Steve Curry announced the annual fundraiser for Grover Beach Rotary club is the Burgers-Band-Brew at ManRock Brewery in September and he has $50 tickets available. Jack Hardy reported that this year’s Summer Sizzle was a tremendous success in generating $70,000 gross and $42,000 net available for charities.  Jim Lewis stated that he has been working on charter schools for the underprivileged for the last few years that have correct had success in having some of the graduates go on to college. Jim also announced that the opening of the Pismo Beach pier will be open during the annual Clam Festival on October 20-21, 9 months ahead of schedule.

Pres. Scott levied 10 ID’s on Paul Holden for wearing sandals during the SLO Brewery tour; 45 spin - the-wheel ID’s each on Shannon Bowdey and Erik Mund for missing the Summer Sizzle fundraiser; 30 ID’s on Ashlea Boyer for her birthday and achieving top 20% in sales from Keller Williams Realty;  20 ID’s each on Jack Hardy and Joel, on their respective wives, Sheila and Sarah, birthdays; and 50 ID’s on Jim Lewis for his and Debra’s August 11 wedding anniversary.

Membership Chair Connie O’Henley began by handing out a paper entitled: “Who are you going to give the gift of Rotary?????” It contained 3 lines for potential members we are going to invite to a meeting. It contained ideas for picking candidates: Who you do business with? Who to you see on the golf course, gym , tennis court, bowling alley etc.?  Who would you go out to dinner in the last month? Who would you like to have a meal with? It also listed potential member classifications. She went through the steps once a name of a potential member is submitted to the Club for consideration. She then introduced Michael Boyer, the Membership Chair for District 5240 Region 4, to discuss attracting and retaining members. He cited 3 points for attracting new members: (1) Know what Rotarians want; (2) Assess how are you’re doing; (3) Leave with tools you can use. He gave 3 points for members’ value: (1) Friends are contacts; (2) Local impact; (3) Engagement. He stated it is common to state that Rotary has 1.2 million Rotarians in 200 countries to prospective members. More importantly, Rotary is made up of local clubs of business leaders that meet regularly and who get together to know each other. The last couple years we have gotten our name out through the efforts of Shannon Bowdey who established Club website and a Facebook page. Attraction ideas include: new member types, young member committee, satellite clubs, and Roteract. Throughout his discussion, Michael showed short film clips of humorous examples of very unattractive and even hostile behavior of regular members toward an incoming member. Retention is always a problem and we have achieved an average of 84% over the past 5 years. During the past two years, our club has enjoyed a higher retention rate than our District, which lost 500 members out of 3300 members. He stated the core values of Rotary include service, fellowship, diversity, integrity, and leadership. Five keys for retention include: personal induction, skills & passion, engagement, being in the know, and member satisfaction. Our participation during last month’s membership satisfaction survey was only 3%, which is about average for our dist District. Pres. Scott would like to have participation much higher. He closed with a short video on the in Bakersfield District Conference on October 5-6.

“Never let the things you want make you forget the things you have”

Pres. Scott Astrosky opened the meeting at 12:33 PM with the usual introduction of guests.

Steve Curry announced the annual fundraiser for Grover Beach Rotary club is the Burgers-Band-Brew at ManRock Brewery in September and he has $50 tickets available. Jack Hardy reported that this year’s Summer Sizzle was a tremendous success in generating $70,000 gross and $42,000 net available for charities.  Jim Lewis stated that he has been working on charter schools for the underprivileged for the last few years that have correct had success in having some of the graduates go on to college. Jim also announced that the opening of the Pismo Beach pier will be open during the annual Clam Festival on October 20-21, 9 months ahead of schedule.

Pres. Scott levied 10 ID’s on Paul Holden for wearing sandals during the SLO Brewery tour; 45 spin - the-wheel ID’s each on Shannon Bowdey and Erik Mund for missing the Summer Sizzle fundraiser; 30 ID’s on Ashlea Boyer for her birthday and achieving top 20% in sales from Keller Williams Realty;  20 ID’s each on Jack Hardy and Joel, on their respective wives, Sheila and Sarah, birthdays; and 50 ID’s on Jim Lewis for his and Debra’s August 11 wedding anniversary.

Membership Chair Connie O’Henley began by handing out a paper entitled: “Who are you going to give the gift of Rotary?????” It contained 3 lines for potential members we are going to invite to a meeting. It contained ideas for picking candidates: Who you do business with? Who to you see on the golf course, gym , tennis court, bowling alley etc.?  Who would you go out to dinner in the last month? Who would you like to have a meal with? It also listed potential member classifications. She went through the steps once a name of a potential member is submitted to the Club for consideration. She then introduced Michael Boyer, the Membership Chair for District 5240 Region 4, to discuss attracting and retaining members. He cited 3 points for attracting new members: (1) Know what Rotarians want; (2) Assess how are you’re doing; (3) Leave with tools you can use. He gave 3 points for members’ value: (1) Friends are contacts; (2) Local impact; (3) Engagement. He stated it is common to state that Rotary has 1.2 million Rotarians in 200 countries to prospective members. More importantly, Rotary is made up of local clubs of business leaders that meet regularly and who get together to know each other. The last couple years we have gotten our name out through the efforts of Shannon Bowdey who established Club website and a Facebook page. Attraction ideas include: new member types, young member committee, satellite clubs, and Roteract. Throughout his discussion, Michael showed short film clips of humorous examples of very unattractive and even hostile behavior of regular members toward an incoming member. Retention is always a problem and we have achieved an average of 84% over the past 5 years. During the past two years, our club has enjoyed a higher retention rate than our District, which lost 500 members out of 3300 members. He stated the core values of Rotary include service, fellowship, diversity, integrity, and leadership. Five keys for retention include: personal induction, skills & passion, engagement, being in the know, and member satisfaction. Our participation during last month’s membership satisfaction survey was only 3%, which is about average for our dist District. Pres. Scott would like to have participation much higher. He closed with a short video on the in Bakersfield District Conference on October 5-6.

“Never let the things you want make you forget the things you have”