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Take a breather & poke around rotary.org

28 Wednesday Dec 2016

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Have you heard about the Grant Center?

For many of us the week between Christmas and New Year’s Day is one of rest, recovery, reflection, and surfing the web.  Family members have returned to their own lives, the left-overs are about all eaten. The shipping boxes and spent wrapping papers have made their way to the bin.  Now with our laptops or tablets on our laps and our feet up on our ottomans, we can indulge ourselves in a bit of web surfing.

One of our favorites at the District Rotary Foundation Committee is the Grant Center on rotary.org.  With its roll out on December 14th, it is almost like a present for the holidays. (Hint … you will need to have or create a ‘My Rotary’ account to access the Grant Center.)

This Center provides general information, frequently asked questions, reference material. and guidance on applying for grants.  It provides an online grant application for global grants (district grants still originate within District 7600 grants module on dacdb.com).

SuAnne Hardee Bryant
Bill Liepis

SuAnne Hardee Bryant, the District Foundation Committee’s Grants Chair and Bill Liepis, the Global Grant Chair, should be consulted first before beginning any actual grant application.  They can help anticipate the preparation necessary before starting a grant application online.

Happy New Year!

 

‘Rotary Leader’ … do you subscribe?

20 Tuesday Sep 2016

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You pay Rotary dues. Get your money’s worth.

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Do you subscribe to the Rotary Leader by email?  Click on the link and take a look at this appealing and useful publication for yourself.  You subscribe by email. It comes to your email account monthly. Each issue covers four or five cogent topics.  No heavy lifting. No heavy reading. No extra cost.

What can you do with the information included in this and other Rotary publications? Impress your Rotary colleagues with your smarts and inside information about what is going on in Rotary.  Show your club what a superior club leader you are.  Show your club what a superior club leader you could be.  Be an ace in any Rotary trivia contest. Be personally elevated because of the extent of your Rotary knowledge and expertise.  Be admired far and wide by newer club members who work to emulate your knowledge and expertise.

OK … we may be going slightly overboard, but truthfully the benefits of ‘Being Rotarian’ boil down to a handful of things… having Rotarians of similar values with whom  to travel though life; having Rotarians of diverse ages, ethnic origins , occupations, and geographic backgrounds with whom to travel through life; doing good in the world with other Rotarians; and learning new stuff every day to keep life interesting and to be interesting.

Check out the Rotary Leader and the other publications available at rotary.org.

 

yes, Virginia, even Rotary changes

02 Tuesday Aug 2016

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a view from indie place farm …

It’s summer or has anyone noticed?  It doesn’t seem so long ago that I was breaking ice on the herd’s water supply. Recently I harvested hay. Soon I’ll be preparing for Fall. Change is natural and on a farm it is cyclical.  The Rotary year is very similar.  A new Rotary year brings new faces, or at least familiar faces in new roles, new Rotary policies, and new Rotary tools.  We have a lot to be grateful for as we plunge into the Rotary year, but we also have some changes to adjust to.  The District Membership and Foundation Workshop is coming at a perfect time to update clubs on adjustments in Rotary policies, describe new strategies, and celebrate our accomplishments. Join us in this evolution …Chuck

Changes to celebrate in 7600 …

Clubs now have increased autonomy and flexibility in how they ‘meet’, how often they meet (at least twice a month minimum), and how they can attract and engage members. There are changes on the Foundation side as well.  There are changes in the EREY and Sustaining Member Recognition Banners which will reflect, slightly differently, how clubs are recognized based on club and member giving to The Rotary Foundation.  Oh, yes, there is the Celebration of 100 years of doing good in the world by The Rotary Foundation.

Where can Rotarians learn about these changes?

Many places, of course, The Rotarian magazine, My Rotary at http://www.rotary.org, and in various newsletters and discussion groups also hosted on http://www.rotary.org.  A really cool place, though, to learn about some of the changes is at the Membership and Foundation Workshops this Saturday, August 6th in Williamsburg.  The registration deadline has been extended to Thursday, August 4th.  Just do it.  Go to http://www.dacdb.com ‘Calendar’, pull out the credit card and register, by golly.

What else to celebrate?

chuckheadshavingDistrict 7600 Rotarians broke Foundation Giving records in the 2015-16 Rotary year. We shattered the per capita giving record with our Rotarians giving at a per capita rate of $211.44.  We also broke records by donating a total of $718,358.  I wrote about this in the July Spirit of 7600, the District Newsletter which published on July 30.  Did you miss it in your email inbox?  Take a look at it on http://www.rotary7600.org.  When similar giving records were shattered during my year as District Governor, I had my head shaved.  I just want to know whose head gets shaved this year?

Speaking of newsletters …

This year there will be one district-wide newsletter, the Spirit of 7600.  It will, however, be chock full of Foundation articles and recognition of generous donors and industrious grant projects.  In your email account you will see an email from DG Diane and the subject line will begin with Spirit of 7600.  If you don’t see it check your spam folder.  You should do that regularly anyway.  You would be surprised what gets directed there.

Tides End Polio Now Baseball Game helps roll up Polio

Dave Mansfield, the Rotary Tides Polio Plus Game Chair, reports a successful event to help raise funds to eradicate Polio …  335 tickets were purchased by Rotarians and friends  and the Tides allocated $4.50 donation each ticket for a total of  $1,507.50.  Add the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation match and the total raised by the Tides game is $4,522.50.  Job well done, Dave, and many thanks to our Norfolk Tides for their generosity. Next week we’ll update with a round up article about the games.

 

Club ‘Assigned’ Positions and My Rotary Accounts or Becoming a Rotary Nerd

09 Monday Nov 2015

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Learning from the clubs … Foundation Presentations:

Many of us Foundation-loving Rotarians are visiting the clubs in District 7600 to share data, insights, suggestions, and appreciation.  Some of us are Club Foundation Chairs, others are Advocates, and others are members of the District Rotary Foundation Committee.  When visiting a club to make a recognition presentation or provide a Foundation program, the presenter reviews the giving and grant data for that club, membership trends, and what we can glean about the reasons for success or lack of success in the club’s achievement of its Foundation goals.

The club specific information provides insight into how that club has embraced the two seismic changes that Rotary International and The Rotary Foundation rolled out in the Renette Rawlins PHS2013-2014 year.  RI rolled out its new website (actually a database with a very pretty face) and The Rotary Foundation rolled out the new giving and grant structure.  The two are inextricably linked.  The website provides mechanisms for clubs, the district, the zone, and RI to input, access, and track club management.  If the club management tools are effectively implemented by the clubs, the clubs then have access to current and historic data regarding their performance in all areas and, particularly, in the Foundation area.  Access to Foundation information is now available  to the ‘assigned’ positions in each club, as well as to Area Governor, Foundation Chairs, and to certain members of the District Rotary Foundation Committee.

The ‘assigned’ positions are the club officers, the Club Foundation Chair, the Membership Chair, and the Executive Secretary if there is one.  The trick is that these ‘assigned’ position names must be input into the appropriate form in the Club Management Area. To be eligible to be input in that area, the named member must first have created an account on My Rotary.

All Club Foundation Chairs and Foundation Advocates are encouraged to scope out the club(s) in their domain to ascertain if all of the current and incoming assigned position names have been entered.  If not, a good direction to go is to determine if the members in those club positions have My Rotary accounts.  Yes, all of that information is available after going into “My Rotary”, then to “Manage”, and then to “Club Administration”.

So … Foundation Advocates and Club Foundation Chairs … it is time to get your Nerd on. Need help? Give us a shout out! Or track one of us down at the Foundation Awards Banquet on November 12.  You can register on dacdb.com

Next week more about the club reports to which our Foundation Advocates and Club Foundation Chairs have access.  Information about the reports can already be found on the Documents and Resources page on this site … EREY Eligibility Report, Monthly Contribution Report, and the Club Recognition Summary.