June 25th Speaker
Posted by Jerry Lande
on Jun 25, 2012
Gene Gabus spoke to us today About Rotary International and District 6000. Since we no longer are a Provisional Rotary Club and are now a Rotary Club we need to set new goals.
One of our goals should be to add 25 new members to our Club. Nationally Rotary loses 10%-15% of there members per year. They are supplemented by new members, but as you can see by these numbers it is essential that we add new members in order to grow our Club and be more effective in our community.
Rotary currently has 1.2 million members worldwide, and is in over 200 countries. Some of there major projects are: Eradicating Polio,(started in 1985 and has raised over $850,000,000) Rotary Scholar,( $25,000 Scholarship that is more prestigious than the Road Scholar).District 6000 has 4-5 Scholarships per year that are given out locally. Youth Exchange Programs,(true foreign exchange programs where one student is exchanged for another) One of our main projects is Rebuilding Together. Kim Hanson has done an outstanding job gettng us projects to help our fellow community members rebuild there homes for those that are in need.
Rotary's main funding comes from the Paul Harris foundation. You can become a Paul Harris Fellow by donating $1000 to the foundation. I think we can achieve 100% Paul Harris Fellows in our Club over time.
One of the rules of Rotary International is 50% attendance in your club. I and I am required to take attendence and report it to the District President twice a year. Rotary does allow makeups for missed Meetings, you can attend another Rotary Club or make it up online through Rotary Internationals website.
Thank you Gene for the talk today now it is up to us to make this club a success. I know as a group we can do great things for this community and I am looking forward to working with all of you on achieving this.
One of our goals should be to add 25 new members to our Club. Nationally Rotary loses 10%-15% of there members per year. They are supplemented by new members, but as you can see by these numbers it is essential that we add new members in order to grow our Club and be more effective in our community.
Rotary currently has 1.2 million members worldwide, and is in over 200 countries. Some of there major projects are: Eradicating Polio,(started in 1985 and has raised over $850,000,000) Rotary Scholar,( $25,000 Scholarship that is more prestigious than the Road Scholar).District 6000 has 4-5 Scholarships per year that are given out locally. Youth Exchange Programs,(true foreign exchange programs where one student is exchanged for another) One of our main projects is Rebuilding Together. Kim Hanson has done an outstanding job gettng us projects to help our fellow community members rebuild there homes for those that are in need.
Rotary's main funding comes from the Paul Harris foundation. You can become a Paul Harris Fellow by donating $1000 to the foundation. I think we can achieve 100% Paul Harris Fellows in our Club over time.
One of the rules of Rotary International is 50% attendance in your club. I and I am required to take attendence and report it to the District President twice a year. Rotary does allow makeups for missed Meetings, you can attend another Rotary Club or make it up online through Rotary Internationals website.
Thank you Gene for the talk today now it is up to us to make this club a success. I know as a group we can do great things for this community and I am looking forward to working with all of you on achieving this.