Rotary District 7730

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Final Weekly Update
It all started 52 weeks ago when I began, as your Governor, the most interesting and exciting, albeit busiest, year of my life. During this Rotary year I met many, many people who, without Rotary, I would most likely never have met–and for that I [...]

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Retain Your Members
“As you attract those new members into the club, you use a formal plan that educates them as to their expectations, responsibilities, and volunteerism opportunities. You go far beyond the practice of saying ‘Here’s your pin and first month’s bill. Welcome to Rotary.’ [...]

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Early Update — You’re getting this update a few days early because Bobbie and I, with about 20 other District Rotarians, will leave Saturday for the International Convention in LA.
Rotary Membership Will Help You to Grow
Rotary membership will help you grow spiritually, mentally, emotionally, socially, and financially. [...]

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Always Think About Membership
It’s a very simple thought–without members there is no Rotary!! Accordingly, Membership and Extension should remain a fundamental part of our Club goals and our annual planning–we should make sure that we pull our club membership together so our entire Rotary family can focus [...]

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Work to Re-energize Your Membership
Assign a member weekly to give a two minute talk on a topic of Rotary 101.
Have a weekly bulletin.
E-mail members [...]

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Memorial Day 2008
Remembering Why They Died — I hope that each of you were able to set aside some time today to honor those that have died serving our great country. When members of our military give their lives in our defense, their families need to see [...]

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Attract New Members
Share Your Motivation & Enthusiasm!! — Nothing could be more important to prospective members than the level of energy they feel during a club visit. Prospective members need to see and feel your enthusiasm as well as your pride for your membership in Rotary. [...]

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Membership or Bust Number One Job: Recruit
It seems that one of the easiest things to do as a Rotarian is to recruit new club members. After all, what could be simpler than inviting someone to your club’s next meeting? But, since it’s not always that [...]

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Membership Recruitment and Retention
To keep clubs strong, every Rotarian must share the responsibility of bringing new people into Rotary. Even new members can bring guests to meetings or invite them to participate in a service project. The value of Rotary speaks for itself, and the best [...]

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District Representative to 2010 RI Council on Legislation
PDG Bevin Wall was selected at our recent District Conference to be our District’s representative to the 2010 RI Council on Legislation. PDG Phil Crawford is the alternate representative. Thanks, Gentlemen, for agreeing to represent us on this very [...]

Notice our Rotarians dancing.

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District Conference, Williamsburg
Our very successful 50th Annual District Conference concluded Saturday evening with a great meal, great company, comments by our RI Presidents Representative Trustee Peter Bundgaard from Denmark, an awards ceremony and fabulous entertainment by “Elvis.” Elvis in this case was impersonator Jimmy Horne, a Robeson [...]

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GSE Team-India-Update
Our visitors continue to travel across our District, making friends and visiting our Clubs. Now they are in Kinston and have been there since Thursday morning. They went to a Kinston Indians baseball game on Friday evening and loved it. According to them, they [...]

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Host Families for Youth Exchange
Please keep searching for host families for two youth exchange students that will arrive in our district in August 2008 for a full academic year. What better way to share our southern hospitality and share one of Rotary’s bedrock goals of spreading peace [...]

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District Simplified Grants
Don’t forget about this simple way to get your club involved in an international or community project. We still have money to award and quick approval is guaranteed if your application meets simple rules. For more information check with our RI Foundation Chair, PDG [...]

GSE-India Inbound Team
Our GSE Team from India arrived on time Thursday afternoon at Wilmington Airport. Even their luggage arrived on time with them!!! After a nights rest in Wilmington, Friday morning the team headed for Brunswick county and Area 4 to begin their very busy thirty day schedule of touring our District.
A good [...]

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A Very Successful PETS
Saturday at noon concluded another very successful President’s-Elect Training Seminar in Greensboro where our Club Presidents for the coming Rotary Year started the transition that will ensure their Clubs have another top-rate year. Congratulations Governor-Elect Lee Dixon for putting together a great District Training [...]

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RI Presidential Citation
As I said last week, one of our District Goals for the year is that every Club receive this Citation. The start point for qualifying is that the Club have a net gain of at least one member from the 1 July 2007 start date. [...]

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Keep Working on Membership
Make a list of reasons you believe people will benefit from your Rotary Club. People are not going to join unless they understand how it will benefit their lives. If there are no reasons to join your club, start there!! This exercise [...]

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District Conference — 18 - 19 April 2008
On-line registration is now available and it’s simple to do–just log on to the District web site www.rotary7730.org, then click on “Data Base” then click on “Calendar.” On the calendar page click on “register now” and follow the instructions. [...]