A look at the next 90-days in the calendar …
It is such an exciting Rotary time of year, isn’t it? Current club leaders are planning out the rest of their terms and incoming club leaders are on learning and planning curves as they plan for their 2017-18 year. Those arcs are not mutually exclusive. Cooperation and joint planning will result in a smooth transition. What’s ahead?
January 28: Rescheduled Presidential Retreat and PrePresidents-Elect Training Seminar or PrePETS for short (an homage to Bill Billings) in Richmond. This seminar is of particular importance to both Presidents and Presidents-Elect as there are joint sessions and separate session tailored to the unique needs of each office. If you didn’t register for the original event, now is your chance to do so on the district and club database (dacdb.com).
February 10 & 11: District Team Training Seminar at Chanco on the James in Surry County. This is a ‘by invitation only’ training event for the 2017-18 district leadership team. Members of the District Foundation Committee Team will attend only on Saturday, February 11 unless notified differently. Registration, however, is required on dacdb.com.
March 2-5: Presidents-Elect Training Seminar (Chesapeake PETS) in Chantilly, VA. Required training for current Presidents-Elect who will be Presidents in the 2017-18 Rotary year. Again, registration is on dacdb.com.
March 25: Grant Management Seminar (GMS) at the Colonial Heritage Golf Club in 
Williamsburg. Any club wishing to apply for a district or a global grant must have one or more representatives attend one of the three scheduled GMS events. This one is a hiney-in-the-chair-in-person seminar. There is a great Full Southern Breakfast and ends around noon. There will be additional GMS Webinars in April. One will focus on district grants and the other will focus on global grants. You may want to do all three :), but no extraordinary breakfast with the webinars. Registration will be available soon on dacdb.com for the March 25th GMS.
If you have questions about any of the above training events contact Carol Woodward. If she doesn’t know the answer, she can get it for you. Where can you find her contact info? Why, in dacdb.com, of course.
those grants must be completed and the final reporting through the grants module on dacdb.com before a club’s 2016-17 grant applications can be considered. The district grant deadline is another Ides, March 16th.
the annual training event for incoming club leaders, April 23rd this year. Most Rotary clubs have a leadership board of at least 10 to 12 members. At the DTA there is specialized training for Secretaries & Treasurers and other positions, but there is also an overview of the District Governor’s goals for the year, introduction of key district leaders, and a fantastic breakout for all things relating to The Rotary Foundation, and many other attractions. All incoming club leaders should come to the DTA, learn a whole lot, and have a whole lot of fellowship with Rotarians from across District 7600, and have a day off from yard work.
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.
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