A MONDAY MOMENT IN ROTARY
FOR DISTRICT 6580
SEPTEMBER 3, 2007
Dear 6580 Rotarians:
In September we have the opportunity to focus on NEW GENERATIONS which includes Youth Exchange Students (YES), Rotary Youth Leadership Awards (RYLA), Rotary International Ambassadorial Scholars, and Group Study Exchange Team – all part of the feeder system into Rotary. This is the month to plan to conduct youth related activities and programs. Consider inviting a Rotary speaker to share one of our Rotary sponsored youth activities. Now is the time to promote applications for RYLA and GSE Team members.
~ New District Chairs: Dan DeBard, D.DeBard@verizon.net, from Terre Haute has been selected to be the Rotary GSE Team Leader to Parana , Brazil . Ken Harker, Brown County , is the GSE Team Leader Alternate. The selection committee had a strong group of Rotarians from which to select. Thank you to all who applied and to the clubs for your endorsements. Larry Lockhart, larry@organflorist.com, from Vincennes has agreed to become our webmaster beginning October 1. We owe a huge thank you to Paul Bippen who led the GSE Team to Japan last year and to Troy McCormick who has been our webmaster for over three years. Volunteer responsibilities very well done!!
~ We Need Your Help! GSE Team Member Recruitment By Dan DeBard
Our District 6580 exchange with District 4630 in Parana , Brazil is scheduled for May of 2008. Parana is one of the states of Brazil , located in the southern part of the country, bordering Paraguay , Argentina and the Atlantic Ocean .
Parana has one of the highest standards of living in Brazil with relatively low crime levels, with special attention given to education and health. Parana is a beautiful state located near the famous Iguazu Falls , with a rich cultural heritage. Most immigrants came from Europe .
Our success depends in large part to the caliber of team members we recruit from District 6580. as a reminder, GSE Team Member Applications must:
GSE participants and alumni are the program’s best representatives. If you know one please enlist their help. Below are some links that may be helpful:
GSE Team Member Application – http://www.rotary.org/newsroom/downloadcenter/pdfs/161en.pdf
Parana, Brazil – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paran%C3%A1_(state)
Brochure – http://www.rotary.org/newsroom/downloadcenter/pdfs/160en.pdf
GSE kit – http://www.rotary.org/newsroom/downloadcenter/pdfs/251en.pdf
If you have questions please contact Dan DeBard, 2008 GSE Team Leader, at D.DeBard@verizon.net
812 877 4634 (O) or 812 841 6678 (C) 317 218 6043 (F). Applications can also be sent to Dan at 120 Lakeshore, Terre Haute , IN 47803 .
~ Membership Moment: Are you looking for notable ideas for membership recruitment and retention? The following link to “ 10 Easy Ways to Attract and Retain Rotary Members” offers excellent ideas.
www.rotary.org/newsroom/downloadcenter/pdfs/memb_ten.pdf.
From the Rotary Club of Martinsville : For those Rotarians who missed the meeting the following message is attached to their weekly club newsletter – “Fellow Rotarians……We missed you all at the meeting yesterday, and you missed another good program.” Then they say a bit about the program and what happened at the meeting. The message ends with “Hope to see you all next Tuesday”.
~ Correction regarding License Plate fund raiser: The fee is $25.00 with a return of $15 to the home club. That is a 60% return for each place sold per club. Contact the Columbus Sunrise Club for more information.
~ Rotary Membership and Foundation Seminar: Now is the time to register for this Saturday, September 29th Seminar in Bedford . The form is on our website at www.Rotary6580.org RI Director Tom Branum will be our keynote speaker. Directors are asked to participate in many events so for us to receive a YES from Director Tom is special. The first two members of your club attend for FREE as do attendee number five and eight. Why would you not want to fill your car for a day full of wonderful fellowship and the sharing of great ideas?! We need to have our rooms packed full. We want Director Tom to know we take our Membership and Foundation activities seriously while we also have fun. Registration deadline is September 19th. I hope to see you and your club members there.
~ If you have items you’d like included in A Monday Moment or the monthly The SIGN, our District’s monthly newsletter, please let me know. If your club has an upcoming event I will try to include it in A Monday Moment.
~ You can help. Please share the date information below with your membership via announcements in your newsletters and websites. I have received comments from some club members that they do not know dates early enough to plan to participate in district and international Rotary activities.
~ DATES TO REMEMBER:
SEPTEMBER IS NEW GENERATIONS MONTH
September 8 – Returning scholars Re-Entry Conference
September 10 – Attendance Report due
September 16 – Rotary International Cookout for Youth Exchange Students, Ambassadorial
Scholars, GSE team members & all alumni – Bloomington
Contact Kim Gray (kimgray@indiana.edu)
September 19 – 23 - Governor-Elect & Governor Nominee Training Seminar – Springfield , MO
September 21-22 – All Rotarians invited to hear RI President Elect D.K. Lee and RI Foundation
Chair Bob Scott speak in Springfield , MO
September 29 – Membership & Foundation Seminar – Comfort Inn – Bedford (Please attend)
October 1 – Clubs that have not paid July, 2007 dues will be warned. Do not be one of those
clubs!
October 1 – GSE Team Member applications due to Chair Dan DeBard (D.DeBard@verizon.net)
October 10 – Attendance Report due
October 12 – RYLA Student applications due to RYLA chair Pam Blasdel (pblasdel@hsonline.net)
~ FUTURE DATES TO REMEMBER:
March 7-8 – President-Elects Training Seminar (PETS) REQUIRED ATTENDANCE
April 25-27 Joint Indiana/Ohio District Conference at Belterra Resort & Casino near VeVay , IN
May 17 – District Assembly for club leaders and future leaders – Columbus
June 14 – 18 – Rotary International Convention in Los Angeles
~ OFFICIAL VISIT SCHEDULE & General Travels
September 5 – Brazil
September 6 – Madison
September 11 – Bloomfield
September 16 – Rotary International Cookout at Riddle Point on Lake Lemon - Bloomington
September 18 – 24 – Zone 29/30 Institute and Training
September 25 – Jeffersonville
September 27 – Warrick County
October 1 – Columbus
October 2 – Sullivan
October 9 – Evansville
October 16 – Martinsville
October 23 – North Vernon
October 27 – ADG Quarterly Leadership Meeting
October 30 – Corydon
Remember my first priority is to assist your club to better serve your community, to increase your membership by bringing more civic minded persons of high ethics into our organization and to show them how Rotary Shares locally and around the globe.
Governor Judy