Rotarians of District 9810 gathered at the breezy grounds of Deakin University on a brisk Sunday morning of the 20th May for the annual District Assembly 2007-2008. Our own PDG Denis Hyland opened the proceedings and introduced Rotarians on what to expect for the morning.
The theme for the year is ‘Rotary Shares’. The theme encourages us to share our time, talents and willingness to make a difference. DG Bob Richards, in his closing of his presentation left us with the thought provoking question, “What have you got to share with Rotary?”
DGE Dick Garner spoke about the new focus areas which are literacy, health & hunger, family of Rotary and membership. He spoke in detail about the District Simplified Grant Scheme and asked us to consider what projects we’d like to be involved with.
Through the District Matching Grants Program, every Club in our District be given a small amount of ‘reserve’ money ($750US) to be used by that individual Club (or pooled together with other Clubs for combined) for projects. He suggested one of the possible District Matching Grants Program Project to consider was the Pig Breeding Project headed up by Alan Davison from RC Healsville. The aim is to develop a pig breeding farm to feed the local Tibetan communities who are too poor to buy their own pigs. The cost of this project is $AUS28 500 and a project worthy of our consideration.
District 9810 Strategic Plan
The vision of our District is to be recognized by our peers and Rotary International as Australian’s leading district to achieve 2010 members by 2010 and establish Rotary programs as the community’s charity of choice.
The mission is to provide an opportunity for individuals and organizations to make a difference; as well as provide leadership and create an environment that supports, recognizes and facilitates our members personal development and growth.
The goals of our District are:
- Achieve 95% retention and 78% attendance by 2010
- Increase service projects
- Increase club membership
- Establish 2 new Clubs per year
- Grow Foundation giving, Centurion Club and Bequests
- Improve District Leadership training
The District’s Club Focused Membership Activities you can undertake for your club are:
- Establish a Club Leadership Plan
- Undertake a Health Check on your club - an audit of its membership, marketing, and other factors that shows the ‘health’ or state of your Club
- Run a Club Clinic - where each member of the Club write down what they like to KEEP: what they like to STOP and what they like to START in their Club and then use this as a basis for discussion and implementation
- Obtain Club Banners to improve the image of your Club – all Clubs will receive a Club Banner by July 2007 which will have the logo, the district website and the 1300 number
- Run a ‘Two Up” Program
- Run the Share Rotary Program- invite members to your Club, one person per week, provide them with a ‘members invite card’ which entitles them to a meal and being hosted for the first night’s meeting. Rotarians then keep the invitation in the name badge box should that person return for a second time
* Run PRLS (Potential Rotary Leaders Seminar) which is a skills development seminar that will enhance the management, co-ordination and administration skills of Rotarians
* “You Wish” Billboard Campaign to raise the awareness of Rotary within the community
Cluster Group Membership nights to interact and complement the You Wish and Share Rotary Programs
* People Like You & Me Brochure will be printed up for dissemination
* Establishment of the Rotary 1300 782 662 – a 24/7 hotline of Rotary information across our District [1300ROTARY]
District Initiated Membership & Awareness activities to undertake for our Club are:
* Corporate Awareness Program [link with corporate volunteer schemes]
*Key Business link ups
*Shopping Centre Road shows
*Leader newspaper advertisements
*Poster advertising in public places
The Membership and Marketing Committees have been amalgamated to be called “Membership and Marketing” Committee and headed up by Jenny Coburn.
After morning tea, the group split into their respective office bearer positions to receive training and guidance on their new roles. Looks like a busy year ahead!
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