AUGUST ANNOUNCEMENTS
Jackie Davis put out a plea to our Club requesting that we organize a Home Hospitality for Monday June 25th for 3 hours at a Toronto location. Some suggestions of past events have been a BBQ at a Toronto home, Yacht clubs, Resort rooms, basically a dinner and entertainment party. The Convention will provide busing ($25 charge for signing up) to the event but the organization costs is to be covered by the Host/Hostess of the event. Jamie has a friend from Australia who is hosting an event in Toronto and will ask her for suggestions and more information. Here is the link with everything you need to know: http://rotary2018.org/hosthospitality.html
Jennifer Jerrett requested that someone take her August 29th Bingo shift and Jocelynn offered to take it.
Mark September 18th 6:30pm location Rotary Train Station on your Calendar. Kelly Hammond our Newly Appointed Member Chair will be hosting a Committee meeting for proposed changes to the Fire Side Chat, Brochure updates and as well as many other membership, mentorship and retention ideas. This meeting can be used as a makeup, or a chance to voice a suggestion that will help this committee.
Jocelynn took to the mike to describe an experience at the Coldwell Banker fundraiser and how the experience changed her thinking on how to communicate Why Rotary. Jocelynn’s reason for being a Rotarian is extremely personal. Traditionally people joined Rotary for Networking. This is no longer the main objective for retention of long term Rotary members. Now Rotary is targeting the Service Above Self Lets Make a Difference motto that promotes local and international improvements/initiatives and fellowship between like minded individuals. When a gentleman asked Jocelynn why someone so young was a Rotarian, her response was “I used to own half of Briggs Plumbing and I am not that young”. Due to her irritation of the implied too young remark to be a Rotarian she did not respond truthfully. All the amazing reason for being a Rotarian were stuck in her mind because she was offended. The truth is age has nothing to do with being a Rotarian. The response Jocelynn wished she made was WHY NOT? No one can describe why Jocelynn is a Rotarian better than her daughter Daphne. To 8-year-old Daphne, Jocelynn’s occupation according to a school project is Rotary. When Jocelynn questioned her daughter why she thought her job was Rotary. She quoted the line Service above Self in her words (“you serve people”). She explained that her mother always helped other mothers with pick up, babysitting and car pooling. When people need help you help them. The last explanation Daphne had was what made Jocelynn tear up…. You are Rotary isn’t Rotary helping others… you do that everyday. You see to this 8-year-old your passion is your occupation not what you actual do to make money. Some people have both, Daphne doesn’t know that yet. This personal story of why Jocelynn is still a Rotarian after selling her business is not one she necessarily can share with every stranger that asked why she is a Rotarian. Jocelynn challenged everyone that had a happy buck today to state their Why Rotary? This challenge was asked to encourage others to share their why. Many perspectives can attract a diverse pool of possible Rotary members!
PRESIDENT KIM'S MESSAGE AUGUST 23RD
Over the years we have introduced a few initiatives in order to accommodate and attract new members....introduction of the evening meeting, a more flexible attendance policy, a reduced partner rate. Moving forward, we have discussed including service and fellowship events that include the entire family and are cost sensitive.
Our membership goal is to reach 50 ACTIVE members. Currently we are 46 members, with 6 honorary members.
- 60% of membership is MALE and 40% is FEMALE.
AGE (IS approximate- due to not everyone inputting their birth date on the club profile)
- 6% - 30-39 ****this demographic are often the professionals and people with young families - change in RI's attendance policy and clubs all over the work getting creative with their member recruitment and retention ideas.
- 25% of our membership are between the ages 40-49
- 9.6% are between ages 50-59
- 19% 60-69
- 26% 70 plus
- 12% - unreported
I ask you the membership to consider 1 person who you feel would contribute to our club, and "invite them"...JUST ASK!
PLEASE UPDATE CLUBRUNNER PROFILES…. your date of birth is important for statistics and analysis for Rotary International. No one see’s the birthdate besides Rotary International. We need the data to plan outreach and member growth initiatives. Data helps plan marketing and determine where we need to focus our efforts more.
President Kim ended her message by reading from the August Rotarian Magazine Why I Joined...https://www.rotary.org/en/journey-one-member-rotary
The End Polio Now walk is scheduled October 24th, 2017.
President Steve Levegne came to discuss a joint effort between the morning club and ours. This is a District Wide Fundraiser WALK. The morning club's President Steve would like to purchase poncho's to raise funds together.
President Kim had a tour of Huntsville Hospice and was amazed to have this service provided.
Melissa Palachuck thanked the club for our donation. Our Hospice is a 5 bed facility; with our donation, Murphy Beds have been purchased to allow family members to stay in the room with their loved one. Family nembers are so appreciative of this opportunity to stay with their loved one!
Melissa Palachuck thanked the club for our donation. Our Hospice is a 5 bed facility; with our donation, Murphy Beds have been purchased to allow family members to stay in the room with their loved one. Family nembers are so appreciative of this opportunity to stay with their loved one!
Doug Fairhall informed club that in 1992 our Rotary Club built a concession booth, which is now a storage facility for the soccer club. We need to upgrade it with a coat of paint to keep our past project looking good. We have already replaced the sign.
Jim Hutton has been our fearless golf team organizer for the Foundation Golf Tournament being held on Wednesday August 23 at the Bonaire Golf Club. Our club entered two teams; with Jim being the captain of team 2.
Team 1: has Will Gibson and Drew Markham to lead them in securing a place in the top 6 teams. Last year this tournament raised $16, 000 for the Rotary Foundation, with 27 total teams involved.
The Rotary Club of Huntsville Golf Teams for this year are;
Team 1 ( Long Ball Hitters ): Will Gibson (Captain), Ross Kirwin, Rob Saunders, Drew Markham
Team 2 ( The Scramblers ): Jim Hutton (Captain), George Young, Gord Mitchell, John Jarvis
Team 1 ( Long Ball Hitters ): Will Gibson (Captain), Ross Kirwin, Rob Saunders, Drew Markham
Team 2 ( The Scramblers ): Jim Hutton (Captain), George Young, Gord Mitchell, John Jarvis
Hopefully our golfers will let us know how they did at the August 30th lunch meeting.
District Conference is coming up September 29th-October 1st at Blue Mountain. For more information or to register please visit www.betheone2017.com
PRESIDENT KIM'S MESSAGE AUGUST 16TH
President Kim requested ideas regarding upcoming projects/initiatives/services that we can take to the Board for discussion. When presenting an idea please keep in mind this years theme of "Making a Difference." Ideas can be submitted via email. Board meeting tonight at the Train Station - members welcome (counts as a make-up). Moving forward we will be having Club Assemblies 4 x throughout the year, September, December, March and May. I will make sure to report to the club in the following lunch meeting a summary of Committee reports. You may read about these updates in The Echo. This decision was made to provide more opportunity for guest speakers....while still keeping you the membership informed about club activities and involvement. Madeline from Belgium our inbound youth exchange student arrives tonight, Suzie is picking her up from the airport. Suzie would like to take a picture of us waiving.
Club Project
We have received two requests for a Club project so far, and these will be discussed at this evenings Board meeting. This is YOUR opportunity to come forward and express your vision for community project or service, that we as a club can stand behind. From Ron's message last week, something he said resonated with me...while we are approached by many organizations in this town that need financial support, AND THE ONE'S WE HAVE SUPPORTED IN NO DOUBT USED THE FUNDS wisely...let's also consider, a project or projects, that teach sustainability....as the saying goes..."give a person a fish, feed them for a day, TEACH a person how to fish, feed them for LIFE"!. Just a thought!
LEADERSHIP TRAINING
Don't miss out on the early bird price $75. per full day course send your members to Rotary Leadership Training (RLI) at the Monte Carlo Inn, Barrie ( Take Parts 1, 2 or 3)
The cost includes, breakfast, lunch, breaks and all course materials
Courses begin with breakfast @ 7:30 AM and wrap up @ 3:30 PM
Sept 6th – Part 1 (English)
Sept 6th – Part 2 (English)
Sept 7th – Part 2 (English)
Sept 7th – Part 3 (English)
Take Part 1 or Part 2 or Part 3, each course is a full day. It is recommended that you take them in order, they build on each other. Enjoy learning from certified facilitators and from your Rotarian classmates from throughout the District.
Be sure to pass this on to all members, cost increases to $100 after Aug 28th.
The Part 1 session is an excellent way to introduce new members to Rotary, they gain leadership skills.
Many clubs cover the registration costs for participants. Register at the following link.
Your hotel accommodation is not included in the course cost. Space is filling quickly.
(Monte Carlo Inn, Barrie 705.734.0070)
The Monte Carlo Inn is offering a special ‘Rotary Rate’.
You need to advise them that you are with Rotary.
Maple Syrup Auction
Gord Auctioned off two Maple Syrup Barrels for President Kim and Past President Jennifer for $50 each.
Is it Auction season already? You bet it is, if we want to be ready and organized. Christmas Auction is scheduled for November 19th. Nikki Savage has joined forces with Peter Redwood to ensure this years Auction is the best yet.
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Nikki distriuted the packages to all Rotarian's who attended the August 9th meeting at Boston Pizza. It is essential that we have the Donor sign the Donor form. Ross Kirwin is in charge of Block Sponsors. Each block of 10 items will cost sponsors $300. This years goal is $38,000. Nikki is searching for new hosts this year. The deadline for auction items is September 27th. The first 20 people to return all donations gets their name put in a draw for a special prize.