August is Membership Month

August 2, 2016

 

From the ABC’s of Rotary: August is Membership and Extension Month, a time to focus on Rotary’s continuing need for growth by seeking new members, working to keep current members active and interested.

 

 Fairgrounds Beer Booth, if you would like to volunteer contact Joe.  There is always room for more help the Sunday before the fair for set up, Sunday evening of the event, and Monday to take down. The fair is August 17-21. Contact Joe for more information.

 

Update on the Brewfest September 3, downtown Woodland from 3-6 pm. Banners to go up around town and in Davis will be arriving soon.  Doug and Nick will be installing and need volunteers to assist.  l.  Sponsorship is going well, Ute has made a huge effort contacting Woodland businesses. The Blue Note pre-party event went well.  There may be an additional preparty this Friday, as it is Woodland First Friday Art Walk downtown.  Tickets for members to sell were passed out. 

 

Members of Luna Vista attended the Interact District Conference this past weekend, meeting about 60 inspiring young students.  Cass introduced Rebecca Caabay, whom she met at the conference.  She is a member of the UC Davis Rotaract and is currently the District 5160 Rotaract Governor.  

Woodland's "Stroll Through History" needs volunteers to act as Docents for the homes on tour.  Lynette is in charge of the volunteer effort.  One of the homes on tour belongs to Jill!  Contact Lynette if you can help.  A bit of information;

“Join The Stroll Through History on September 10, 2016, as we celebrate our 28th anniversary. This year promises to be one of our best; With an array of home styles, our popular walking and bus tours, plus fun activities on our historic downtown Main Street.”http://www.strollthroughhistory.com/

 

Woodland Community Harvest has recently harvested over 4,000 lbs of Asian Pear donated to the Food Bank.

 

Mary Alice Rathbun, a 25 year Rotarian from the Berkeley club presented  “Building Membership and Retention in your Rotary Club”.  The importance of inviting potential members to meetings, how you prepare for their arrival and what you do once they come is vital to building relationships and membership.  She shared what the Berkeley club does and reminded all that it is not the membership chair or the committee that is responsible for getting and retaining new members, but the club as a whole.  Mary Alice reminded us that it is important to make the visitors, as well as the speakers, feel welcomed and valued.  She shared with our club, documents that visitors are handed, explaining what Rotary is and what the club is all about.  Once a member joins, there are 9 items that must be completed before they are no longer a red badge member, all of which is intended to fully integrate the member into the club. 

Mary Alice is our link to the biannual Chinese Consulate Ag Tour.  Her club many years ago worked with Shelter Box, which will be coming to our club to speak this fall, for humanitarian needs in China.  It is with this effort that the Berkeley club and Mary Alice began their close association with the Chinese Consulate in San Francisco.