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37 d7600 clubs have GMS attendance certification

28 Tuesday Mar 2017

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SuAnne Hardee Bryant presenting

SuAnne

The March 25th Grant Management Seminar (GMS) provided 61 Rotarians from 37 clubs with three hours of step by step instructions on how to use the Grants Module in dacdb.com and some practical tips on stewarding a grant project.  Distinctions between district and global grants were explained and Mike Little explained how global scholarships and peace fell scholarships differ.

 

The faculty included our Chair, Chuck Arnason, the grants team SuAnne Hardee Bryant (Chair), Bill Liepis ( Global Grants), Mike Little (Scholarships), and Wayne Boggs from the Grant  Audit team filling in for the Chair, Don Vaught.

Just a few highlights …

– district grants in our district now require certification of attendance at an interactive GMS

– the application, documentation and reporting process is all digital through the dacdb grants     module

– this year all district grants must be closed out by June 15, but

– a club’s 2016-17 grant must be closed out before a 2017-18 grant can be approved for that club, so

– submit the final report for the 2016-17 grant in advance of the May 15 district grant application deadline

and there’s more, but

If your club needs GMS certification register for either the April 8 or the April 29 GMS Webinar on dacdb.com calendar. You can attend in person or in your home or business office.

Questions? Leave in the comments section or contact our DRFC, Chuck Arnason.

Next week … some tips on removing facial hair and an update of year to date club giving.


Share grant pics when filing final report

29 Tuesday Mar 2016

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Not a lecture on final grant report for 2015-16 district grants, just some tips:

Each club which received a 2015 -16 district grant is well aware it must demonstrate its stewardship by finalizing the grant reporting through the district grants module by May 16.  That date is the deadline for submission of 2016-17 district grant applications.  A few tips from  Jim Probsdorfer, District Rotary Foundation Committee Chair, to that end …

  • collect receipts/invoices/plan sketches regularly during the grant project
  • copy, pdf, and share these documents so that there is more than one repository.  The old adage of backup, backup, backup is a wise one.
  • take photographs along the way and share these on facebook pages, websites, or on shareable platforms like dropbox, icloud, picassa, etc.
  • consider submitting the final report through the district grants module as soon as it is prepared and as far in advance of the May 16 deadline as possible so that if there are glitches they can be resolved before a club’s new grant application is to be considered.

More about pictures:

Emporia Reading Garden Cleanup

Emporia Grant

Take pictures throughout the grant process and create photo ops to capture the spirit of your grant. Photo ops can include the usual getting the check shot, but should also include the grant committee meetings to plan the grant milestone events, Rotarians and partners actually working on the grant project, the intended beneficiaries enjoying the facility/project made possible by the grant.

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Norfolk Grant

Then make sure these pictures get submitted through the grants module.  These pictures become great marketing tools for both the club and for the district. The pictures featured here were clipped from pictures submitted by these two clubs in the grants module.

Wayne Boggs wants you to successfully close out your grant.