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43 days and counting … will your clubs meet their giving goals?

18 Monday May 2015

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On June 30 the barn door closes. Foundation giving for the 2014 -2015 year will be over.  The amount given this year will govern the amount of money available for grant awards for District 7600 clubs in 2017 -2018. During that three years the 2014-15 club giving will be earning its keep, so to speak.

Foundation Advocates and Club Foundation Chairs (CFCs) are urged to communicate with their clubs NOW to remind club leaders and members of the importance of achieving club giving goals to The Rotary Foundation and to assist clubs in their efforts to meet those goals.  Club Foundation Chairs are the front-line leaders in their clubs on behalf of The Rotary Foundation.  Foundation Advocates are the CFCs support team.

During the last two weeks the Foundation Advocates have been following up with the Club Foundation Chairs in their areas to get assessments on club giving status.  This is important to our District Foundation Committee leaders so they can accurately forecast final giving and to have one last chance to help clubs with strategies to meet club goals.

Many of the Advocates have already provided their updates, but we still need a few more follow ups.  Everyone knows that this is the time of year when clubs and club leaders are doing double duty — wrapping up the 2014-15 year and implementing plans for the 2015-16 year.

If you are a Foundation Advocate, pick up the phone and check in with  your Club Foundation Chairs.  Club Foundation Chairs … don’t wait for a call … reach out to the Foundation Advocates for your areas.

Bill Henn-CFC Petersburg Breakfast

Bill Henn-CFC Petersburg Breakfast

Club Foundation Chairs don’t just serve as club leaders.  Bill Henn, white tee shirt above, got his hands dirty on May 16 working on the largest district grant awarded in 2014-2015.  The grant for $25,000 was awarded to 6 clubs to make improvements to the Appomattox River Regional Park.  The clubs were Petersburg Breakfast, Petersburg, Hopewell, Colonial Heights (lead club), Chester, and Prince George.

Thank you for all you do!

It’s May, it’s May, the Merry Month of May!

04 Monday May 2015

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May is such a wonderful time of the year.  May 1 is my birthday so the month has always been special to me.

For Rotary Clubs it is also a hectic month … meeting goals from 2014 -2015, setting goals for 2015 – 2016, submitting district grant applications, getting ready for the governance transition on July 1.  It is such a dynamic month for Rotary Clubs world-wide.

Many thanks to the Foundation Advocates who are following up with their clubs on all of the above and offering their assistance to Club Foundation Chairs, Presidents, Presidents-Elect, and to their counter-parts, the Area Governors.  Those who care about The Rotary Foundation are a creative, supportive community.

Thanks so much to Brad Reynolds and Jim Halasz  for reaching out with questions on behalf of their clubs.  Thanks to Dennis Wool, Louis Tayon, Paul Strong, and Cynthia Gregg for their followup on their Foundation Advocate duties.

Louis Tayon

Louis Tayon Area 13 Foundation Advocate

My personal goal this month … to use some of my recognition points to ‘recognize’ some of my fellow club members for committed service to Rotary by boosting them to Paul Harris Fellow level.  Would you like to know more?  You know how to reach me.

To all of you incoming leaders and those now serving … thank you for all you do.

It was such a serious District Training Assembly!

27 Monday Apr 2015

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Thanks to the Foundation Advocates and Club Foundation Chairs in attendance at the District Training Assembly … I don’t know all of the 60 something Club Foundation Chairs, but I am learning that many of the Foundation Advocates are Club Foundation Chairs for their clubs.  Foundation Advocates in attendance were Kevin Kelly (Goochland  Area 2), Stan Wall (Colonial Heights Area 7), Jan Rowley (Prince George Area 6) and outgoing Foundation Advocate Jeff Jacobs (Colonial Heights Area 7).  Jeff and Carolyn, both members of the Colonial Heights Club were honored for becoming level 2 Major Donors.  Thanks to all.

This is a heady time for all things having to do with The Rotary Foundation so the Foundation Advocates, Club Foundation Chairs, Presidents-Elect, and Area Governors have a lot on their plates.  Current priorities are achieving 2014-15 club giving goals, setting 2015-16 club giving goals and entering them into Rotary Club Central, and crafting and submitting applications for District Grants by the May 15 deadline.  Did you know there is still $2200 left over from the 2014 – 15 spending plan?  Ripe pickings for a club that can submit and complete a very focused grant by June 30.  So remember that the Presidents and Presidents-Elect cannot do it all alone.  That is why we are a community of volunteers supporting Rotary Foundation efforts.

We collected hundreds of dollars selling End Polio Now Crocuses, Croci … oh, heck … more than one crocus,  at the District Training Assembly thanks to Boo Elmore and Stan Wall.  Even DG Stephen got into the act.

Our Purple Pinkie Dancing Queen courtesy of Bill Pollard.

Our Purple Crocus Dancing Governor courtesy of Bill Pollard.

Stan Wall, co-chair of the 2015 End Polio Now Games was also on hand to promote our baseball games on July 9 (Richmond Squirrels) and July 20 (Norfolk tides.)  We couldn’t get the official team mascots to the District Assembly so our our ‘Bee’utiful Jan Rowley was on hand to encourage all to turn out for the ‘Bee’ball games in July.

"Bee"ball Jan Rowley, Jim Probsdorfer, and Clenise Platt Promoting End Polio Now Games courtesy of Dana Rieves.

“Bee”ball Jan Rowley, Jim Probsdorfer, and Clenise Platt Promoting End Polio Now Games courtesy of Dana Rieves.

The Next Big Narly (quoting PDG Bill Pollard) Event which all Foundation Advocates, DRFC leads, and Club Foundation Chairs should get on their calendars is the Foundation Workshop on August 1 at the Colonial Heritage Club in Williamsburg.  More to follow.

District Training Assembly on April 25th

06 Monday Apr 2015

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Encourage Club Foundation Chairs to register and attend the District Training Assembly.

Foundation Advocates are smart people!  Here is the smartest things you can do in the next week or so —

1.  Encourage the Club Foundation Chairs (particularly incoming Club Foundation Chairs) to register and attend the District Training Assembly on April 25.  Why ….. because it will make your role as a Foundation Advocate easier and it will make the work of the Club Foundation Chairs much, much easier.  At the District Training Assembly incoming club leaders will get role specific instruction that will make the fulfillment of their duties for the incoming year so much clearer.

2.  Register yourself for the District Training Assembly.  Why … you are leading by example and giving yourself the opportunity to connect with your Club Foundation Chairs and others in one fell swoop.  

How to register.  Log on to dacdb.com (dacdb stands for District And Club Database). Click on ‘Calendar’. Scroll down to District Training Assembly on April 25. Click on ‘Register Now’. Pull out that credit or debit card and do the deed.

3.  Encourage your Club Foundation Chairs to log onto 7600advocates.wordpress.com and ‘Follow.’  That way they and you (if you have ‘followed’) will receive this weekly message by email.  Talk about making your role easier.  The blog is open to anyone, but is most helpful to Foundation Advocates and Club Foundation Chairs.

Thank you for all you do  …

End Polio Now Games Soon

End Polio Now Games Soon

30 Day Recommendations for Advocates

02 Monday Mar 2015

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The Presidents-Elect (PEs) have returned from PETS.  When they recover from the shock of traveling through a snow storm and from being inundated with Rotary leadership materials, many will be reaching out to their Club Foundation Chairs (CFCs) , to their Assistant Governors, and to you for assistance with getting their leadership plans and goals developed and documented.

Status of Foundation Giving :  Find out what each club in your area has achieved to date toward their 2014-2015 Foundation Giving Goals.  You can ask the CFC in each club in your area to provide that information. With that information you can be encouraging when needed or complimentary if the clubs are making significant progress on meeting their goals.  Should it be of assistance you may click ClubFundraisingAnalysis Jan 15 (64)75%.  Each page is the club fundraising analysis for a specific club.  The clubs pages are in alphabetical order so you need only to scroll down to the clubs by name in your area to see how your clubs stacked up as of January 15.  It is only a snapshot through that date, but it may be helpful.

Setting 2015-2016 Club Giving Goals:  PEs received the 64 Club Fundraising Analysis mentioned  above and a worksheet for setting their Foundation giving goals.  They were instructed to use the worksheet to develop their goals prior to going to My Rotary to enter them into the RI database at rotary.org.  The The Rotary Foundation Recommendations which they received at PETS even provided information on how to enter to enter those goals on My Rotary.

Grants/Grants Management Seminar:  The PEs were informed that the deadline for applying for District Grants is May 15.  They know each club must send a representative(s) to a Grants Management Seminar (GMS)  to be eligible to receive a Global Grant but that there is district grant information provided at the GMS as well.  The first GMS is scheduled for March 21 at Colonial Heritage Country Club in Williamsburg. The registration is now available on the calendar tab of dacdb.com.  I plan to attend and I hope you will as well.  It is a great way to learn what your clubs are learning and to interact with them.  If you come I will buy you a drink afterwards.  If you need assistance registering just give me a whistle.  I can walk you through it.  Here is the 2015 GMS Flyer for the GMS.

Don’t forget to check out the Advocates page on www.rotary7600.org for tons of info.

What questions do you have for us.  Carol Woodward at woodwardcd@aol.com, woodward739@gmail.com, 804-691-8486.

Carol's Wellies

Carol’s Wellies

Presidents-Elect Attend PETS Training — How do we Advocates Help our Foundation Chairs

23 Monday Feb 2015

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This Week we have a communication from our fearless District Foundation 100_0497Committee Chair, Jim “Probs” Probsdorfer.

“Greetings to the Advocates Resources Committee and to you hardworking Advocates. Historic Triange Equine Assisted Therapies

The Presidents-Elect (PEs) from District 7600 are attending the Multi-District Presidents-Elect Training  Seminar (PETS) this weekend, February 26 – 28, in Reston, Virginia. You, as club leaders, know that this is the required and most formal of the training experiences for PEs.

 These PEs as Club Presidents will need knowledgeable Club Foundation Chairs (CFCs) to help their clubs be successful and to share in some of the critical leadership tasks. Clubs need noteworthy community and global projects, and strong publicity about those projects to help them attract and retain members.

District and Global Grants are important sources of funds and  expertise for club projects. Generous giving to The Rotary Foundation by club members is the means by which grant funds are available to districts and their clubs for some of their projects.

Grants/projects → Publicity → Members → TRF Giving → DDF $   →  Grants/Projects  

As Foundation Advocates you are the ‘go-to’ persons for your CFCs. In Rotary Year 2013-2014, with your help, District 7600 broke both total and per capita giving records. If we continue this trajectory the district will have vibrant and growing clubs.

Thank you for all you have done in the past for the District and The Rotary Foundation. Thank you for your continuing commitment to The Rotary Foundation.

As the PEs return from PETS they and their CFCs may have many questions for you. Be assured none of us have to know it all. We are all in this learning boat together.

Here are a few suggestions for the next 120 days of transition …

  • Ask the current CFCs for updated giving figures/reports and offer assistance to meet 2014-2015 Foundation Goals
  • Determine who the incoming CFCs will be and offer to help them help their PEs set their 2015-2016 Foundation Goals. Those goals need to be entered in My Rotary/Rotary Club Central
  • Take steps you deem helpful to have names of incoming CFC entered into Rotary Club Central even if that person currently holds that position
  • Reach out to your predecessor for information if you are a new or incoming Advocate
  • Reach out to your Area Governor. Have a beer and compare notes.

Don’t hesitate to reach out to Carol, Cindy, Bruce, me, or any of the 20 or so folks on the District Rotary Foundation Committee to ask for help or to make suggestions. We are all on the same team … those doing good in the world.” —

Probs

Pensive Carol

Carol

Just a thought or two from me … due to our work with the District Rotary Foundation Committee, and perhaps as having served as Club Foundation Chairs, we are building, collectively, amazing knowledge about The Rotary Foundation. We are special.

Have a great week — Carol (woodwardcd@aol.com)