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Audit Chair, District Grants, Emporia Rotary Club, Grants Module, Jim Probsdorfer, Norfolk Rotary Club, Photographs, Wayne Boggs
Not a lecture on final grant report for 2015-16 district grants, just some tips:
Each club which received a 2015 -16 district grant is well aware it must demonstrate its stewardship by finalizing the grant reporting through the district grants module by May 16. That date is the deadline for submission of 2016-17 district grant applications. A few tips from Jim Probsdorfer, District Rotary Foundation Committee Chair, to that end …
- collect receipts/invoices/plan sketches regularly during the grant project
- copy, pdf, and share these documents so that there is more than one repository. The old adage of backup, backup, backup is a wise one.
- take photographs along the way and share these on facebook pages, websites, or on shareable platforms like dropbox, icloud, picassa, etc.
- consider submitting the final report through the district grants module as soon as it is prepared and as far in advance of the May 16 deadline as possible so that if there are glitches they can be resolved before a club’s new grant application is to be considered.
More about pictures:
Emporia Grant
Take pictures throughout the grant process and create photo ops to capture the spirit of your grant. Photo ops can include the usual getting the check shot, but should also include the grant committee meetings to plan the grant milestone events, Rotarians and partners actually working on the grant project, the intended beneficiaries enjoying the facility/project made possible by the grant.
Norfolk Grant
Then make sure these pictures get submitted through the grants module. These pictures become great marketing tools for both the club and for the district. The pictures featured here were clipped from pictures submitted by these two clubs in the grants module.
Wayne Boggs wants you to successfully close out your grant.
The GMS met all of the requirements for a club in attendance to be eligible to apply for or participate in a global grant. In our district only global grants require attendance at a GMS, but the application process, grant criteria, and reporting requirements are very similar for a district grant. The information imparted at the GMS prepared the clubs in attendance for the application, execution, reporting, and close out of either type of grant.
SuAnne Hardee Bryant will be presenting on these and other grant related topics on Saturday, March 19 at the Colonial Heritage Country Club in Williamsburg. It is a morning-only seminar leaving plenty of time for golf or shopping in the afternoon. There is limited time to register so do so now at dacdb.com. Have a debit or credit card handy. More details are available when you register.
If your club leadership role relates to Membership or The Rotary Foundation or these are areas of interest to you,please put the morning of August 6 on your calendars now to participate in the Foundation/Membership Workshop. The incoming District Membership Chair Mike Jallo and incoming District Rotary Foundation Committee Chair (DRFCC) Chuck Arnason are in the early stages of planning as we read this. Why should Club Foundation Chairs, Grant Project Chairs, and Membership Chairs attend?
to support Rotary International President-Elect John F. Germ prepare for our “Rotary Serving Humanity” year.
Past District Governor Chuck Arnason will be DGE Diane’s District Rotary Foundation Committee Chair (DRFCC). Chuck gathered his team in a sunny room facing the James River and engaged them in forward thinking about the year. More about the incoming Foundation team in a week or so.
Three years after a Rotarian donates to the Annual Fund, 50% of that donation comes back to the District to help fund district and global grants. This Innsbrook Rotary-led global grant is only one example of such a global grant. These global grants provide an opportunity for smaller clubs to join in with larger clubs to participate in international (global) projects, which that club might not be financially able to do on its own. Not all grants are global and even all global grants are not necessarily this complex, but we as Rotarians are capable of so much. It starts with the honey, the money.
Whatever your current club role … if you are reading this please share this opportunity with those in your club who will benefit from knowing about this seminar/webinar. By ‘Bee’ing a Gift to the World now we can be a greater part of ‘Rotary Serving Humanity.’
Joy Kline has just compiled her Joy report, 
in Foundation giving. We will be playing on puns such as “Bee a Gift To the World.” It is fun, funky and has a lot to do with the frequent appearances of our District Foundation Bee throughout the year. Have some fun with it when you communicate with your clubs. Suggestion: Wear a bright lemon yellow shirt or sweater when speaking The Rotary Foundation. A bit of fun is not amiss.
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