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President, 2001-2002
Rex B. Schultz shown with wife Sue
Children are our Bottom line
NORTHERN COG July 2001 - Volume 48 Number 1
Happy New Year
The Rotary Year of 2001-2002 is off to a roaring start. I hope you feel the excitement of renewed energy and focus. If you don't, please call me and collar me after a meeting. I would like to talk to you. Because, if your Rotary experience is getting tired or stale, we need to talk.
We face four challenges for this Rotary Year. You will hear a lot about them. Here they are:
Every member is part of the Recruitment Team headed by
Hans Hisgen has agreed to be our Club Trainer and will do a great job for us. Plan to attend the District Convention in Telluride October 5-7. Volunteer to mentor a new member. Visit the Rotary websites often.
Speak to non-Rotarian groups as often as you can. Serve as an example of high ethical standards in your industry. If possible, include reference to Rotary in your business communications. Be active in your professional association.
We have a great club but we must be diligent to keep it great! Participate - don't be an "early-leaver". Sponsor younger members and volunteer to serve on committees. If you see something that needs to be done, do it!
You will see members wearing the Eagle Rotary pin - it is a symbol of our commitment to these four challenges. Eagles do not fly in flocks; they soar high in the sky. They do not wait on others to take action. I challenge each of us to soar this year.
MY COLUMN
It seems like I have been preparing to be the leader of our club for years. In fact, I have. Hans asked me to help with this newsletter when he was president in 1997 and I started going to Board Meetings. Gunter asked me to serve as Secretary three years ago and I have been to P.E. T. S. twice. I have been to a couple other excellent District Training Sessions. Sue and I went to the Rotary International Convention in
You all have helped me determine our focus for this year. "Children are our bottom line" is our club theme and will serve to help us concentrate our limited resources. As you search your heart and mind and make a commitment to put service above self, think about things our Club can do for the children of our community.
Asset Builders of the Year
On
Sandy Taylor picked up the award made to the Girl Scout Councils of Colorado for demonstrating the synergy created when a youth organization intentionally integrates the asset framework into its programs and policies. They created an asset badge for girls who work toward asset building among youth, and have included asset building in their cookie drive.
Assets for Youth, interim program coordinator for the Colorado Trust After-school Initiative, for speaking to all of the Rotary Clubs in the Pikes Peak Region about Assets for Youth, providing Rotarians and friends to participate in the recent Teen Town Hall, and for his efforts in fund development, through donations from PPARE and others, to support the Assets for Youth Programs in the community.
Both Sandy and Max presently serve on the Board of Colorado Springs Assets for Youth. Congratulations and Thank You! If you want to get involved with Assets for Youth, talk to Max or Sandy.
A Note from Sherm
Receiving the William L. Smith award at our dinner on Wednesday, June 20 was such a shocking surprise that I was unable to express my appreciation. As those of you present know, I blubbered!
You have honored me beyond all expectations. To be included with past recipients who have displayed leadership qualities and performed duties which made our club the outstanding organization it is, makes the award even more precious to me.
Being a member of our club which consists of outstanding citizens who make the world a better place by living the principles of the 4-way test, is a God-given gift for me.
I extend deepest appreciation to members who support me in various undertakings. It was your dedication that made this award possible; freezing as you rang the Salvation Army bells, purchasing Christmas flowers, attending the 4-Way Test poster awards ceremony and the many other friendly and caring duties.
Thank you from the bottom of my heart.
Think Rotarians Don't Make a Difference?
by Scott Allen, (Mr. Rotary
Thanks to everyone for helping to make a difference in 2000-2001. D5470 Rotarians contributed $197,000 last year which was leveraged into $577,084 of project support in the Rotary World. Here's what Rotary did with the funds:
One Ambassadorial & 2 Cultural Scholarships
One M.S. Scholarship to
Disaster relief in
3H grant to District 3030 in
Polio Plus Partner Project in
Five CAP grants in our District
One Discovery Grant to
A Community Immunization Grant to
23 Matching grants into 13 Rotary Districts, (four in
We had a great year but we are not done! It is important that you continue to make Rotary one of your "charities of choice" and help our foundation continue to make a difference in the world.
NORTHERN COG August 2001 -- Volume 48 Number 2
Our #1 Priority - New Member Recruitment
VERY IMPORTANT CLUB MEETING
It is vital that every member attend!
The
To find, educate about Rotary and bring into membership 25 qualified business professionals prior to
More Volunteers Needed
Our Literacy Project will kickoff in September at Queen Palmer Elementary School. We still need 8-10 volunteers to agree to participate. It will take one hour - morning or afternoon - on Tuesdays or Thursdays. Partners and friends of Rotarians are welcome to participate in this very worthwhile effort. Contact Bill Black for more information.
Children's
MY COLUMN
I am very pleased with the work of your Board of Directors, even though I did not give them ample time to do all the planning that needs to be done. They have done an awesome job of getting things going this year.
The Directors serve the club so if you have a concern about anything or a project you think our club should be involved in, contact them. Here are their specific areas of responsibility:
As you know, our focus this year is expressed in our theme, "Children are our bottomline". I love what Sandy Taylor said to me a couple weeks ago. She said that over 50% of the kids in our community are from broken homes and children represent 100% of our future! We really do need to understand and then go to work on making a difference in the lives of children.
Fund Raising
During the Rotary year 2000-2001, Rotarians in District 5470 gave $227,616.27 to the Rotary Foundation. Our club gave in excess of $11,000 of that total. Way to go!
Last year, President Bob appointed a special Task Force to review and make recommendations regarding fund raising in our club. That committee has finished its work and it has been reviewed by the Board. We intend to give a full report to the Club at a future meeting. The purpose of this article is to highlight that report.
There are several significant benefits to our club in connection with sponsoring fund raising activities:
Fellowship developed by hands-on projects
Needed to fulfill our commitment to service
Favorable image in the community
Fosters recruitment on new members
The committee reviewed past and existing activities used by our club including the golf tournament, grocery coupons, wishing wells; they looked at what other Rotary clubs are doing successfully; and they generated a short list of new possibilities for our club. In addition, they developed helpful selection criteria for us to use in selecting fund raising activities such as choosing opportunities with the broadest appeal to the citizens of
The committee has also recommended that we continue to support in an expanded way the golf tournament, raffle, and selling grocery coupons. One of the strong positive recommendations that the Board is pursuing is qualifying our club as an IRC section 501 (c)(3) corporation.
Council Legislates Changes
Meeting in late April in
The Council voted to reduce club membership to two categories - active and honorary - and decided that the same classification could be held by up to five members. If the club has more than 50 members (which we do), up to 10 percent of the membership could hold the same classification.
The Council also voted to allow the chartering of up to 200 Rotary clubs based on new models that may deviate from the standard club constitution for up to five years.
In another key decision, the Council ended the concept of a club's "territorial limits," allowing clubs to be established in the same locality as existing clubs.
Additional information on legislative changes can be found on the RI website, www.rotary.org.
Pioneer Award Recipient
Past District Governor Will Irwin, right, is shown attending the meeting just before moving to
NORTHERN COG September 2001 - Volume 48 Number 3
Literacy Project Kickoff
A number of members of our club and partners gathered at
The volunteers will be working with children at the school two days each week for one hour - Tuesdays and Thursdays -- morning or afternoon. Two hours each week for 12 weeks is all it takes to make a profound difference in the life of a child! We still need volunteers from our club. We have been talking for years about developing a hands-on project. Now we have one and if you are not involved, we need you to step up. We've had several members drop out for good reasons. I don't want to make anyone feel guilty, but if you have an extra two (2) hours in your week, we need you. You will be trained and you can do it. The kids need your help.
MY COLUMN
Membership, membership, membership. We need new members. Our new community service project is a good illustration of why we need to recruit and induct new members now. We do not have enough active, participating members to carry out more than one meaningful project. We need help to do the work of Rotary in our community.
We have a team of eager people under the leadership of
Here are five missing classifications: auto dealer, policeman, body & fender shop, office supplies, hotel management. Give Jack or Scott the name of one or two of your friends that are not Rotarians. Bring a friend to Rotary.
I believe Rotary is the greatest civic organization in the world. Why would you not want your business associates to be in Rotary? Ask one of them this coming week to attend our weekly meeting.