Sharing Today - September 17
September 19th, 2007 in Rotary Shares
“Reach For The Stars — Learn About Rotary”
Think Membership
Remember Former Rotarians–For some ex-members, circumstances change. Reasons for leaving the club, such as a lack of time, may no longer be valid, and they may be keen on rejoining. Check in with them. Charles Grant is glad his Rotary club did. Grant joined the Rotary Club of North Shore (Houston), Texas, in 1980, when he was selling fire and safety equipment. But in 1983, he had to leave the club because his job classification changed when he went to work at a local community college. At the time, clubs were supposed to have only one person in each job classification. In 1987, he was invited to rejoin the club under a rule that said if a club member held a job classification for 15 years, the club could invite someone else to join with the same classification. And if he hadn’t been asked to rejoin? “I guess I wouldn’t be a Rotarian,” says Grant, who chaired Rotary International’s Rotaract Committee in 2005-06.
District Membership Seminar
A very successful seminar was held in Fayetteville on 12 September and one more is scheduled this month as below. Plan to attend this event and take you entire club membership with you. Why not cancel your regular meeting that week and reconvene it at the seminar??
26 September (Wed-7:00 PM) Rotary Civic Center
1104 Main Street Extension
Swansboro, NC 28504
(910)-326-6175
Governor’s Official Club Visits Scheduled for Three Weeks
18 September–Wilmington Club–12:30 PM–Coast Line Convention Center
18 September–Kinston Evening Club–6:00 PM–Broken Eagle Eatery
19 September–Jacksonville Breakfast Club–7:00 AM–Jacksonville Country Club
19 September–Sneads Ferry Club–12:00 PM–North Shore Country Club
21 September–Wilmington Cape Fear Club–7:30 AM–Jungle Rapids
22 September–Fair Bluff Club–9:00 AM–Fair Bluff Baptist Church
25 September–LaGrange Club–6:30 PM–Rotary Building
26 September–Jacksonville-South Club–12:00 PM–Golden Corral Restaurant
27 September–Clinton Club–6:30 PM–Zeng’s Palace
2 October–Trenton Club–7:45 AM–Old Plant Restaurant
RI Presidential Citation
Remember that one of our District Goals for this year is that every Club receive the RI Presidential Citation. Club Presidents received the information and application at PETS, but if it has been misplaced don’t let that deter you–contact me and I’ll send you another one. Or it can be found on our Rotary International web site www.rotary.org and downloaded for your use.
The Four-Way Test
Still Right After All This Time–Since Herbert J. Taylor penned the Four-Way Test 75 years ago, it has been translated into more than 100 languages and become synonymous with high ethical standards. For more about this gold standard of ethics see your September edition of “Rotarian Magazine.”
More About Promoting Membership
Invite a prospective member or members to participate in a club activity or project that demonstrates the meaningful work of your Rotary Club. Or ask members to wear pins or T-shirts with the slogan “Ask Me about Rotary” to generate conversation about membership in Rotary. For more information or more ideas contact our District Membership Development Chairman, PDG Johnny Robertson at E-mail johnsfuel@earthlink.net or telephone 910-843-5211.
The Duke-UNC Rotary Center for International Studies in peace and conflict resolution will be a co-sponsor of the 2007-2008 Frank Porter Graham Lecture at UNC at 7:30 PM on Monday, October 1, 2007 at Memorial Hall, UNC Chapel Hill. The speaker will be Sir Mark Mallock Brown and his topic will be “Making Private Capital Work for the Poor.” This is free to the public. For additional information, call the Johnston Center for Undergraduate Excellence at UNC, 919-966-5110.
The Rotary Giving Spirit
Many Rotary clubs regularly contribute to the Rotary Foundation as a part of their club’s annual goals. Clubs that consistently give to The Rotary Foundation have two things in common: 1) their members are more aware and involved in the good works of The Rotary Foundation and 2) their club leaders have a clear and defined strategy to conduct fundraisers and/or solicit funds from every club member.
Weekly Rotary Foundation Fundraising Strategy
Challenge Others with a Challenge Gift– Identify one or two generous Rotarians with the capacity to make a major gift to the Annual Programs Fund. With their permission, use their accumulated Foundation Recognition Points to match contributions from other Rotarians. The first contribution is commonly the most difficult one to get. This incentive can help to create a habit, or ‘Culture of Giving’ among ALL Rotarians!
Give “Every Rotarian, Every Year” the opportunity to support our Rotary Foundation. For more information on devising a strategy for your club or on district giving or program participation, contact our District Foundation Chairman, PDG Bevin Wall at Bevin@RLI33.org.
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