• Check out How to Start a Service Project. This e-learning module offers guidance on assessing a community's needs and opportunities for service, selecting a project, and finding resources.
• Use the latest Future Vision e-learning tool, which focuses on proper stewardship. This scenario-based module highlights grant-management practices in each stage of a project according to the Future Vision model.
• Watch this month's Rotary Minute.
• Insert a Rotary web ad, such as the Rotary E-Learning Center ad, on your club or district website. These ads can be used to direct Rotarians to a news article or specific section of www.rotary.org.

In April and May, club presidents-elect and incoming club leadership teams will attend the district assembly. This event helps Rotary club leaders, including secretaries, treasurers, and committee chairs, to develop their leadership skills and to meet the district leadership team who will be supporting their efforts to lead an effective club throughout the year.

Participants are encouraged to read the appropriate manual before the meeting so they arrive prepared to discuss their duties and goals for the coming year. Manuals in the Club Officers' Kit (225), which was revised this Rotary year, include:

• Club President's Manual
• Club Secretary's Manual
• Club Treasurer's Manual (NEW)
• Manuals for the following club committees:
  • Administration
  • Membership
  • Public relations
  • Service projects
  • Rotary Foundation

At the assembly, incoming club leadership teams should further develop their annual goals using the Planning Guide for Effective Rotary Clubs. Before the meeting, club presidents, secretaries, and committee chairs should review the discussion questions in their manuals so they can think about their responses and be ready to participate.

Attendance has been low, fewer members are participating in projects, and donations to The Rotary Foundation have fallen. You're worried about your club's future. What do you do? Add your solution. 

Last month, many of you contributed your solutions to the problem of how to convince a member to attend the district conference. Read your colleagues' suggestions.

Rotary International's online problem-solving forum gives Rotarians the opportunity to exchange solutions and ideas. At the end of the month, you and your fellow Rotarians will have generated a collection of best practices that can be used by club presidents for years to come.

• Review the session guide and the materials you will need. Does the session refer to worksheets for activities, flip charts for brainstorming, or PowerPoint slides?
• Make a one-page summary of the session that highlights the main points.
• Practice the session in advance. This will help you figure out the timing and flow of the session and how you'll run the activities.
• Use your one-page summary during the session as a quick reference rather than reading from the session guide.