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 Rotary District 6150
Bob Warner, Jr. District Governor 2007-08
August 26, 2007
Governor's Weekly Communiqué
Rotary International District 6150
Volume 1, Issue 8 | |
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To: Rotary District 6150 Club Presidents 2007-2008
cc: Secretaries, Execs, AGs, Aides, DG, DGE, DGN, PDGs | |
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This is the 8th of a weekly communication entitled "Governor's Weekly Communiqué". It is named in honor of our 2007-2008 Group Study Exchange with France. You should receive this on Sunday Evenings.
This past week we visited The Rotary Clubs of Hughes, Searcy, and Harrisburg. Thanks to Presidents Mike, David, Paul and Assistant Governors David Henderson, Sheridan Cole and Mark Weston. Also special thanks to Executive Aide Gene Wing.
You have 308 days left in this Rotary Year, 17 % of the year is gone.
Official Visits continue this week at these Rotary Clubs: Batesville (12 NOON, Monday, August 27) and Helena (12 NOON-Wednesday, August 29).
Club Attendance Reports are due on the 15th of the month, please comply with this request. Your cooperation makes our volunteer district secretary's job much easier!! This is a requirement for the Governor's Banner as well. If you have questions contact District Secretary Chuck Allen, email is secretary@ROTARY6150.ORG. THANKS Chuck for your hard work!!
The 2nd Presidents Forum is being held TODAY in Batesville at The Course at Eagle Mountain Club House at 6:30 PM. All club presidents, presidents-elects, and president-nominees are invited. Also PDG's, AG's and district leaders are welcome. It is not too late to attend! See your invitation
for more details. For directions/map click this link:
The District Calendar is now active and in a new format that is user friendly. If your club is having an event, fund-raiser, project or any other occasion to SHARE with your fellow Rotarians in the district, please put the date and details on the calendar. This can be done by submitting the following form: http://www.rotary6150.org/go/calendarform . This will encourage all of us to share in each others successes and to have fun as we bring our clubs closer together.
Are you proud of the Rotary Emblem? Remember to ask each Rotarian to wear their pin every day! Please also include Rotary marks as part of every Rotary project or event as part of your club's public image plan. One of our biggest opportunities is to better communicate those special aspects of our service organization.
Please remember to also use the Rotary marks correctly. See these links to review the appropriate use of our organization's name and symbols.
Rotary International Visual Identity Style Manual:
http://www.rotary.org/newsroom/downloadcenter/pdfs/547en99.pdf
The District Newsletter was sent to over 1000 District 6150 Rotarians this month. You can help us reach more members by sending me a current list of your members email addresses as an excel file or updating your RI CAS files. Our webmaster Sam Hummelstein can help you with this contact Sam at: samwh@swbell.net.
If you have news from your club that you want to share in the newsletter contact our district newsletter editor Paul Holmes: paulholmes@neabusinesstoday.com .
Thanks to Paul and Sam for their work on the August Newsletter!!
You can now register for the first Foundation/Membership/ Service/ Youth Seminar on September 4, 2007 in Jonesboro.
See this link: http://www.rotary6150.org/go/seminars . Registration links for the Forrest City Seminar will become active in the near future.
This first one will be held in Jonesboro, AR at The Holiday Inn at 6:30 PM, Tuesday, September 4, 2007. The fee for this seminar is $15.00 per attendee and can be paid at the door. Dinner is included.
Please remember to send at least 4 representatives of your club to attend. Ideally the club Foundation, Membership, Service and Youth Committee Chairs should all attend. The seminar is open to all Rotarians-Please encourage attendance.
Remember there will be only 3 more opportunities for this seminar:
Forrest City-Tuesday, September 11, 2007
Little Rock- Monday, September 24, 2007
Heber Springs- Thursday, September 27, 2007
The World Community Service Committee will be contacting you by phone in the near future to better understand your club service goals for this year. This phone survey will help us identify assistance you may need to reach your goals. Please give these district volunteers a few minutes of your time when they call.
District dues are $22.00 per club member as of June 30, 2007. Your club's President- elect is required to attend PETS. This costs $175.00. Your club's President- nominee is encouraged to attend for $175.00.
You can send this by mail if you wish or have checks ready at your official visit.
Make checks payable to:
Rotary District 6150
Jesse Stafford, District Treasurer
P.O. Box 1536
Jonesboro, AR 72403-1536
Rotary Shares useful tips to insure your club's success.
Remember to remind each member to go to the district website www.rotary6150.org and look around. Especially encourage your members to register for the monthly newsletter.
Many club presidents find it useful to survey their members. Design your survey to measure your club members interests and to educate them about opportunities in their club.
Consider ways to increase pride in your club and in Rotary. Think about a new room arrangement, a couple of new banners, a new centerpiece, or anything to give a fresh look. Prepare your meeting so members are refreshed and glad they attended.
Remember the new attendance requirement is 50% down from 60%.
Consider a panel program of your senior members. Ask them to share their fondest Rotary memories. It will surprise everyone how some things transcend the decades and are common across generations for all Rotarians !
SEPTEMBER IS NEW GENERATIONS MONTH!!
Have a great week!
PLEASE FORWARD THIS WEEKLY COMMUNICATION TO ANYONE YOU THINK WILL BENEFIT FROM THE INFORMATION. | |
Bob Warner, District Governor 2007-08
Rotary District 6150
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