Future Vision Pilot News | Rotary District 6150

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September 2009 | http://www.rotary.org/futurevision

Welcome to Future Vision Pilot News! This monthly newsletter from The Rotary Foundation provides Future Vision pilot districts with information, tips, and resources to guide them through the grant process.

WHAT SHOULD YOUR DISTRICT BE DOING THIS MONTH?

Areas of focus
Districts should become familiar with the areas of focus. Detailed information about the six areas of focus, including guidelines for developing eligible projects and activities, has been posted to the RI Web site.

Goal setting
Under the Future Vision model, clubs and districts will set Foundation goals based on the needs of their partner communities, which will indicate the type of activity that best responds to a particular area of focus. Clubs will find that, in many instances, these needs are best met through a combination of activities, for example, the construction of a water well with the help of a vocational training team who can train a Rotary Community Corps in continued maintenance, along with a scholarship in water engineering for a community member. Clubs will find many ways to express their insights and creativity while meeting world needs through global grants. District grants will provide the means to carry out other favorite activities. Clubs can use the information on the areas of focus to help brainstorm and plan as they set goals.

GETS
District governors-elect should prepare for governors-elect training seminars (GETS), which began in August and will continue through December. Each seminar will include a 90-minute Future Vision pilot session to complement the Future Vision Pilot Training that will be held 16-18 January 2010 in San Diego, California, USA (other pilot district officers are invited to attend the GETS session at their own expense). Before GETS, attendees should review the starter guide, district memorandum of understanding, and grant terms and conditions. For more information, contact your regional Rotary Foundation coordinator.

Future Vision Pilot Training registration
Pilot district governors-elect, pilot district Rotary Foundation committee chairs, and 2010-11 regional Rotary Foundation coordinators must submit their Future Vision Pilot Training registration information to RI by 1 October.

Qualification
Remember to read the district MOU and Guide to Implementing the MOU. These documents will help your district prepare for qualification and completing the online process in January 2010. Also, continue to check www.rotary.org for new qualification resources.

YOUR PUBLICATIONS

Future Vision e-learning modules
New interactive e-learning modules in the online Rotary E-Learning Center allow club-level Rotarians to learn about the Future Vision Plan independently. Complete the Future Vision: An Overview e-learning module to learn how the changes The Rotary Foundation is making will affect your club. Check your understanding of Future Vision's two main grant types by completing the Choosing a Rotary Foundation Grant module, in which learners read project scenarios and determine which grant type would support the project activities.

Grant management seminar materials
Districts are asked to conduct district Rotary Foundation grant management seminars in order to train their clubs on grant management and to become qualified to use global grants. A leaders' guide and participant's manual are being prepared and will be ready by February 2010. Districts in the pilot agreed to include training on qualification during the presidents-elect seminar, district assembly, or district conference, or as a separate meeting, according to the pilot terms and conditions. The training is designed to be five hours, which includes an opening plenary and five discussion sessions. PowerPoint slides will be available with the leaders' guide, so plan to have a projector available.

YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED

Our club wants to use a vocational training team to help implement our global grant water project. Do we have to submit a separate application to fund this team? Is it required that all of the team's members work in the same professional field?

Costs for a vocational training team can be added to the budget of a global grant to support humanitarian activities, such as water and sanitation projects. The members of these vocational training teams do not need to work in the same professional field, however their efforts on the project team should be coordinated to address a need within one of the areas of focus. For example, a global grant with the aim of constructing several potable wells might be served by the addition of a vocational training team composed of a civil engineer, public health expert, and a physician specializing in the prevention and treatment of water-borne illness.

Send your Future Vision pilot questions to futurevision@rotary.org. Questions and answers will be published in upcoming editions of this newsletter.

IN THE NEXT ISSUE...

Information about district grants