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#STARS & National #Mustard Day Scored

06 Monday Aug 2018

Posted by Carol Dois Woodward in Foundation Giving, Membership, Public Image, The Rotary Foundation, Training

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#STARS, Appaiah Ballachanda, Bill Billings, Chana Amaro, Chuck Arnason, Colonial Heritage Williamsburg, David Rosenthal, Dianne Shannon Gordonn, District Rotary Foundation Chair, Don Vaught, FISH Food Bank, Fun, Jan Rowley, JoAnn Meaker, Joy Kline, LaShonda Delivuk, Membership, Mike Jallo, Mustard, National Mustard Day, Neva Lynde, Public Image, Rudy Lee Garcia, Shel Douglas, Stan Wall, SuAnne Hardee Bryant, The Rotary Foundation

Over 100 attended the Sensational Trio of August Rotary Seminars (#STARS):

It was a day filled with information, suggestions, innovative ideas and just a little bit of fun. We were all there to equip ourselves to “Be the Inspiration”. The Colonial Heritage Country Club in Williamsburg may never be the same. And Rotarians are innovative. Sometimes they switched seminars.  Gotta love these D7600 Rotarians

Public Image or How to share our Rotary stories:

Lead by the District Newsletter Editor and Public Image Chair, JoAnn Meaker, the 25 or so Rotarians in the Seminar, enjoyed intimate surroundings, printed materials, and demonstrations of the EZ Bulletin feature on dacdb.com.  LaShonda Delivuk, Public Image Chair from District 7570 also inspired the attendees with her presentation on the interplay between membership and public image.

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Membership, It’s the only thing!

MembershipShelDouglas (2)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.

The Rotary Foundation: How our good works are funded:

Approximately 42 Rotarians attended this session. Chuck Arnason, Rotary District Foundation Chair, and his team of Rudy Lee Garcia (Development),  Joy Kline (Annual Giving), Bill Billings (Endowment),  Appaiah Ballachanda (Paul Harris Society), Stan Wall (Polio Plus),  SuAnne Hardee Bryant (Grants), and Don Vaught (Grants Auditor). Just when one thinks there is nothing new to learn, Foundation-wise, there arise new requirements.  In this session, SuAnne focused on global grants, and our featured speaker Shel Douglas spoke on the more formal Community or Needs Assessments required of global grant applications.  The materials from The Rotary Foundation Seminar on d7600foundation.org on The Foundation Workshop Materials 2018 page.  There were no slides or handouts for the Paul Harris Society (PHS) as Appaiah is a walking cheerleader for the PHS.

The learning was not the only fun:

JoAnn Meaker designed the STARS meme and hashtag #STARS to help promote the workshops.  Dana Rieves, JoAnn Meaker, and Prince George Electric Cooperative provided the stellar door prizes.  David Rosenthal made all aware that it was also National Mustard Day. We decided to inspire every registrant to bring a new, unopened container of mustard to donate. Those who forgot often donated cash instead. Neva Lynde and her fellow James City County Satellite Club volunteered to carry the mustard to the FISH Food Bank.

The photos are part of the fun … thank Dianne Gordonn, Bill Billings, Jan Rowley, Chana Amaro and others who took many photos and shared them freely.

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We are all now ready to “Be the Inspiration”.

 

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It’s a little red hen thing … be prepared!

22 Monday Jan 2018

Posted by Carol Dois Woodward in Rotary 7600 Foundation News, Rotary Grants

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Colonial Heritage Williamsburg, dacdb.com, GMS, Grant Management Seminar, Grants Tab

How to plan for the Grant Management Seminar on March 24th …

 

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Registration on dacdb.com during 1st week of February.

The Grant Managment Seminar (GMS) is required for a club to be eligible for the award of a district 7600 grant or global grant. The Rotary Foundation requires that these GMSs be interactive and District 7600 will provide an in-person GMS on March 24th in Williamsburg at the Colonial Heritage Club and will also provide a webinar on April 21 which may be attended in person in Hampton or via webinar. Registration for the March 24th GMS will be available the first week of February on dacdb.com

Preparing for the GMS:

No, you don’t have to do any homework for the GMS, but looking over some of the 2017-2018 grants in dacdb.com (yes, you have to log in) will give you an idea what kinds of information are required and/or permitted in your online application package.

After you log on to dacdb you will see an array of tabs going across the screen.  Click on the ‘GRANTS’ tab and you will see a list of the grants approved for 2017-18.

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This image is too hard to read on a laptop (if on a mobile device you may be able to pinch and expand)  but you will see the line of tabs across the screen just under the blue and red DACdb logo. About 2/3rds across you can see that one tab is highlighted in blue.  That is the grants tab.

When you click on the grants tab you will see beneath the Grants tab the 2017-18 grants.  The first column lists the clubs involved in each grant.  The second column is the name of the grant.  You can click on each grant and it will pull up documents and pictures provided by the club(s) for the grants committee to consider in its deliberative process.

An example of the grant application documentation.

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Again, we know this is hard to read unless you are looking at it on a mobile device.  You should be able to pinch and expand for a bit more detail.  Here we clicked on the South Hill Grant.  This is an instance when the club provided some pictures to increase its chances of an approval by the grants committee.  Just above the pictures is a section which includes the documents necessary for grant consideration.  There is for sure … the grant application and the MOU and whatever other documents required such as a budget, any agreements with participating partners, and so on.

So, what’s the point?

Well, here is the chance for your project/grant committee to look at how other clubs (remember, these were all approved grants) have put together their grant submissions. There is also contact information for the leads on each project.  It is a chance for your grant committee to learn some of the ropes from those who have already been successful.  It may also help your grant committee hone in on questions to ask at the GMS in March.

It will help the club so much in its efforts if it asks at least two members to attend who will actually be involved in the grant application, submission, execution, and closing of grant documentation.  It will save so much confusion.

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Foundation Banquet Ahead

27 Friday Oct 2017

Posted by Carol Dois Woodward in Rotary 7600 Foundation News, Upcoming District Events

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Colonial Heritage Williamsburg, Foundation Awards Banquet, November 9, Register by November 2, RIDE David Stovall, Wine

no lie … it is time to register for the District Foundation Awards Banquet!

Change of plans:

In last week’s blog, we promised to feature one or more of the district economic & community development grants and, in due course, we will do that, but …

 

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Photo Credit Bill Billings (Rotary Club of Franklin)

We are only one week away from the registration deadline (November 2)  for the District Foundation Banquet at which stellar Foundation giving clubs and outstanding Foundation leaders will be recognized.  Thirty plus clubs will be receiving banner awards and a number of individuals will receive praise for their dedication to The Rotary Foundation.

 

The dinner is the World Famous Americana Buffet dinner with a large variety of food to satisfy individual tastes. There is also the opportunity, for those who wish to be more civilized, to purchase wine, by the glass or by the bottle, for their tables.  We need not mention the cash bar and appetizers prior to the dinner.

Attire is business formal, but you know Rotarians.  This is not a stuffy event, though.  Register your spouse while you are at it and, voila, instant date night at the Colonial Heritage Golf Club in Williamsburg. And/or register one of your younger or newer club members as your guest, so they can get a chance to see how friendly, warm, and encouraging District activities can be.

David StovallThe keynote speaker, is David Stovall, the Rotary International Director-Elect from Zone 34.  David is an aviator, long-time Rotarian, and avid funster. You will enjoy meeting him as he prepares to begin his term as a Rotary International Director in 2018. Hope he wears that hat.

All of you know the drill to register.  Pull out the credit or debit card.  Go to the dacdb.com calendar.  Scroll down to the date, November 9, and register for the Banquet by November 2nd, please.  Don’t like doing it that way, call the District Executive Secretary, Maryann Tetreault, before 12:30 a.m. any weekday morning and she will help you out.

Hope to see everyone there.  We have a lot to “crow” about.

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David Stovall saves the day

12 Thursday Oct 2017

Posted by Carol Dois Woodward in Rotary 7600 Foundation News

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Blog?, Colonial Heritage Williamsburg, dacdb.com Calendar, David Stovall, Geneva Switzerland, International United Nations Day, November 9 Banquet, Ron Ferrill Rotary International Director, Rotary International Director-Nominee, Williamsburg

We get wildly excited when corrections or suggestions are communicated to us.  We mistakenly referred to David Stovall as the Rotary International Director Nominee.  Well, that all changed on July 1 after his election at the International Convention in Atlanta. So we correct yesterday’s blog to incorporate that correction.   We are so delighted to have RIDE (Rotary International Director – Elect as our keynoter on November 9th!

Who is David Stovall?

David Stovall, of the Rotary Club of Hall County, Georgia, is the Rotary International Director-Elect (RIDE) elected at the Convention in Atlanta to represent Zone 34 on the Rotary International Board of Directors for the 2018-2020 term.

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How has David Stovall saved the Day?

RIDE David has stepped in to serve as our keynote speaker at our District 7600 Rotary Foundation Awards Banquet, replacing Rotary International Director (RID) from Zone 33, Ron Ferrill.  Poor RID Ron was tasked to represent Rotary International in Geneva, Switzerland at the International United Nations Day occurring during the same week as our banquet.

Your help needed to help David feel welcome!

Please register now for the banquet which is on November 9 at the at the Colonial Heritage Golf Club in Williamsburg.  Be sure to register your spouse and/or one of your younger or newer club members as your guests.  This is a great opportunity for a Rotary Family and Rotary Fellowship event.  Where do you register?  Why, on dacdb.com calendar, of course!

Hashtag for the event is #TRF7600

When you have registered for the banquet be sure to announce it on facebook and twitter and use the hashtag #TRF7600 to grab attention. Don’t know what all this hashtag stuff means?  Ask anyone under 30.

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Only one more week to register

18 Tuesday Jul 2017

Posted by Carol Dois Woodward in Upcoming District Events

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2017 Workshops, Colonial Heritage Williamsburg, Flip Flops, Foundation Workshop, Membership Workshop

Last week to register for the workshops

We need for Rotarians to register by July 28 for either the Foundation or the Membership Workshop.  The next day is the head count reporting date to the Colonial Heritage staff. If you have been to the workshops before, you will remember the world famous Full Southern Breakfast.

Go to dacdb.com, pull out the plastic, scroll down the calendar, and register, please. Attire is summer (tropical) comfortable, casual.  Sandals are perfectly OK.  Flip flops are perfectly OK.  We do draw the line at swim suits.

Learn the Membership or Foundation ropes.  We promise that you will learn new things.

Looking forward to seeing the colorful Rotarians of 7600.

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12 Wednesday Jul 2017

Posted by Carol Dois Woodward in Training

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August 5, Colonial Heritage Williamsburg, Door Prizes, Foundation Workshop, Full Southern Breakfast, Membership Workshop, Morning of Learning

Annual Summer Foundation & Membership Workshops

August 5, 2017, is the date.  Colonial Heritage Golf Club, Williamsburg, Virginia, is the place for the annual morning workshops for all things Foundation & Membership.  The registration deadline is on July 28 so we can report a head count for the caterer.  It is a memorable breakfast so get your registration done.  Pull out your credit card and go to the dacdb.com calendar and sign up for the event on August 5.

Choose one of the two workshops, depending on your club role or personal interest. Whether you choose the Foundation or the Membership workshop, you will find the emphasis of each is on innovation, attracting younger members, and engaging more experienced members in the riveting world of The Rotary Foundation and robustly building your club membership.

We are waiting with baited breath to see if DG John will have a creative new blazer forBill Bills and his tropical friends the event.  As for the rest of us … the attire is tropical casual.  Hawaiian shirts, cargo shorts, moo moos, tee shirts … almost anything goes, except for swimsuits.  We are Rotarians, after all,  we must uphold our dignity.

It would be great for folks from a club to carpool, lowering the carbon footprint, and having spirited conversations along the way.

Let’s talk spouses.  Due to size restraints of some of the rooms, we must discourage the attendance of nonRotarian spouses.  However, the Pottery is virtually across the road from the Colonial Heritage, there is the golf course, and there is guest wifi with comfy seating throughout the public spaces for reading or surfing the web. When the workshops end at noon there is plenty of time for love birds to reunite and pursue great adventures in Williamsburg.

For more information contact Carol Woodward or Mike Jallo. The District Executive Secretary is also eager to help with registration issues.  Visit the dacdb.com calendar for the event for their contact information. IMG_20170709_0001

See you on the 5th!

 

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