Rotary District 7730

August is Membership and Extension Month

Attending district meetings and events is a great opportunity to get members involved in activities beyond your club. At district meetings, like the district membership seminars, members can learn about district issues and meet Rotarians from other clubs. Don’t forget–our district will conduct membership seminars in two locations this year–12 September in Fayetteville and on 19 September in the Jacksonville area (note that this is a change–early plans had 12 Sep in Jacksonville and 19 Sep in Fayetteville).

More coming on these events so mark your calendars now!!!

Governor’s Official Club Visits Scheduled Next Two Weeks

14 August–Laurinburg Club–1:00 PM–Clinton Inn
15 August–Southport Club–12:30 PM–Sandfiddler Restaurant
16 August–Duplin Club–1:00 PM–Country Squire Restaurant
20 August–Wilmington-East Club–6:00 PM–Blue Water Grill
21 August–Lumberton Club–12:30 PM–Black Water Grill
22 August–Morehead City-Lookout Club–7:00 AM–Carteret General Hospital Cafeteria
22 August–Morehead City-Navigators Club–12:00 PM–Bountiful Bagel
23 August–Morehead City-Soundview Club–12:00 PM–Golden Coral
23 August–Morehead City Club–6:00 PM–First Methodist Church

Change in Member Club Attendance Rules

Effective 1 July 2007, rules for computing member club attendance percentages changed–Specifically it reads: A member must “Attend or makeup at least 50% of Club regular meetings in each half of the year.” Approval of this action can be found at www.rotary.org. Click on the Club-District Support access portal–then click on “2007 Council on Legislation–Report of Action.” Then scroll down to Adopted Enactment 07-14.

From Our District RYLA Chairman, Keith King

By end of August, each club president will receive information concerning RYLA. It is a great idea for each club to have a RYLA Chairperson to coordinate the selection process of delegates. We had 92 delegates to attend RYLA last year and we expect that many or more this year.

District Calendar Update

Club Presidents, log on to our District Web site www.rotary7730.org and list your club’s events and activities. Let us all know what is happening in your areas.

Career Day at the Boys & Girls Home

Mark your calendars–Lori Harris, our District Youth Exchange Officer wears many hats and does lots of great things–she is coordinating/organizing a “CAREER DAY” on 6 October 2007 at the Boys & Girls Homes at Lake Waccamaw. It is a free event that will start about 4:00 PM and will include 30 - 40 youth. She is now setting up Industry Career Field Breakouts and Workshops. If you want to be an active participant in this event, contact Lori at lharris2006@yahoo.com or telephone 910-409-0202. Much more is coming on this event!!!

From Our District Friendship Exchange Chair

Mari-Lou Wong-Chong–She wants you to know that the following countries participate in District Friendship Exchange: Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Philippines, England, Wales, Finland, The Netherlands, France, Germany, Portugal, Switzerland, Italy, Spain, Czech Republic, Norway, Sweden, Jordan, Greece, Bulgaria, India, Malaysia, Thailand, Hong-Kong, Taiwan, Korea, Mexico, Colombia, Peru, Venezuela, Peru, Brazil, Chile, Ecuador Argentina, Uruguay, Canada, US Virgin Islands, Trinidad and Tobago, Ethiopia, Madagascar, and South Africa.

Interested in a reciprocal exchange as ambassadors of International Friendship, goodwill, and peace?? Contact Mari-Lou at mlswc67@atmc.net.

Rotary Foundation Thought of the Week

This week’s Rotary Foundation Thought is about a new volunteer position within Rotary called the Rotary Foundation Alumni Coordinators (RFACs).

These new volunteer coordinators have been asked to encourage Rotary clubs and districts to involve Foundation program alumni in Rotary activities; to urge clubs to consider alumni as potential members of Rotary and as potential contributors to The Rotary Foundation; and to use alumni as effective advocates for the programs of The Rotary Foundation. Alumni include individuals who have been part of a group Study Exchange team or have been Ambassadorial Scholars or Rotary Peace Fellows.

Do any of you know a Foundation alumnus that might be interested in joining Rotary? If so, contact our District Alumni Chairman, Skip Fry at skipfry@wilmingtonmarine.com or telephone 910-371-6625 or our District Foundation Chairman, PDG Bevin Wall at Bevin@RLI33.org.

“Rotary Shares”