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Chuck Arnason, Entering Club Giving Goals, Foundation Giving Goals, Joy Kline, MyRotary.org, Rotary Club Central, Rudy Lee Garcia
Has your club entered your Foundation Goals in My Rotary?
Joy Kline, our most excellent District Annual Giving Chair, reports that 15 clubs in District 7600 have not entered their Foundation Giving Goals into My Rotary. These Goals help both The Rotary Foundation and the District 7600 Rotary Foundation Committee fashion strategies to educate members about The Rotary Foundation and to help members find their most comfy giving niches.
What to do? What to do?
Let’s say you are the club president or the club Rotary Foundation chair. Verify whether the club’s giving goals have been entered at MyRotary.org. Six people in the club are eligible to check club goals … the president, the club secretary, the executive secretary (if the club has one), the treasurer, the membership chair, and, you guessed it, the club’s Rotary Foundation chair.
Each of the above persons will have his or her own username and password. Anyone who doesn’t can simply create an account by following the instructions on myrotary.org. It is easier than setting up an Amazon account.
So you’ve made it to myrotary.org!
- click on Manage
- click on Club Administration
- click on Rotary Club Central (you’ll be asked to log again … security, you know)
- click on Goal Center (left menu)
- Click on Foundation Giving (your clubs name will be at the top of the page)
- if the club’s 2018-19 giving goals are there, you are ready for cold Miller Lite
- if not, click on the edit pencil and enter the club’s goals (this presumes the club has set those goals.)
Still need help?
- Contact your club president, or
- Contact your Assistant Governor, or
- Contact Rudy Lee Garcia, or
- Contact Joy Kline, or
- Contact Chuck Arnason
Graphic by Debbie Vance (for the promise of a donation to TRF) she will include your club name and/or District number on the meme. Contact Carol Woodward for more information.
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The takeaway, oft repeated in the plenary sessions was “Membership, it’s the only thing.” 35+ Rotarians in the Membership seminar were led capably by District Membership Co-Chairs, Mike Jallo, and Shel Douglas. LaShonda Delivuk also spoke in this session about the synergy between membership and public image. No one will know our Rotary stories unless we have members to share their stories and unless our members share them.
vitality … send as many club members as possible to be exposed to and ride the rockets that will send your club to the #STARS.
District 7600 is riding high this year! We have a committed leadership team lead by District Governor John Padgett, who is a terrific guy, even if a bit sartorially adventurous. Past District Governor and District Rotary Foundation Chair, Chuck Arnason, is in a celebration mode with three Rotary Foundation giving records having been broken in 2016-17 under his and Past District Governor Diane Hagemann’s leadership.
attend the entire conference? There is a one-day ticket registration available. Prefer social activities well, there is a commemorative special draft beer, ‘Spirit of 7600’, a wine tasting, a river cruise, and just lots of fun at the House of Friendship which will showcase club activities, projects, and fundraisers. You can register now at dacdb.com calendar. Don’t wait … ‘Just Do It!’
tablets, or laptops got the chance to engage with live videoing of the topics presented by the superior Foundation leaders on August 5. After turning their volume down on their devices they were invited to join the live videos, adding comments, and posting “#rotary7600” periodically. There were a few amusing discoveries, e.g., one must have a Facebook account to join in, but a couple of folks signed up that day. Others were delighted to see how easy it was to join in on the fun on their smartphones.
Removal of facial hair just didn’t arouse any interest, though Chuck lost quite a bit of hair a couple of years ago on a bet. Instead of hirsute matters, we will give all an update on the status of District 7600 club giving for the 2016-17 Rotary year. These figures are as of the end of February and in a couple of weeks, we will have the end of March figures. You can find more up to date figures for your club in Rotary Club Central under Club Giving Reports.
Foundation Committee Annual Fund Chair and a member of the Goochland Club. When you see her in the future, please express some gratitude, please.
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