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District Governor's Message
2010 District Conference
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Dean Dickinson |
“No one should be in Rotary for more than three years before they attend a district conference.”
Chuck Keller
Rotary International President 1987
Dear Rotarians,
Chuck Keller served as the Presidents Representative to our district conference last year and that is where he provided the quote that begins my monthly message to our membership.
Trust me on this…you do not want to miss this conference which will be held on May 21-22 in La Crosse. I would direct your attention to the 2010 District Conference web site where you will find conference information. The conference committee has put together an amazing set of plenary sessions and tied all of it together with music…that music that we create when we “breathe a song” of Rotary service that empowers people, brings hope and makes a difference in the lives of those who are living life at the edge.
In addition to the nine plenary sessions, two wonderful off premises tours, the district business meeting a Rotary store stocked by the good folks at National Awards Services and the great meals that are being planned we will also be providing three amazing activities for our attendees. The Youth Exchange students will be doing “purple pinkies” to raise monies for polio, we will provide materials for you to write a thank you note to our troops in Afghanistan and we will be packaging 10,000 meals courtesy of the Kids Against Hunger Program of Rock County. 5,000 of those meals will be donated to the food pantries in the La Crosse area and 5,000 will be sent to help the people of Haiti.
THERE IS NO REGISTRATION FEE THIS YEAR! .…You simply pay for the meals that you want and arrange for your accommodations…No need to leave the non Rotarian spouse at home…please, bring them along and have them join us as we celebrate, educate and motivate ourselves to greater service in Rotary.
Yours in Rotary,
Dean Dickinson
District Governor
Rotary District 6250
District News, Events and Announcements
Club Visioning - Impressions From the Field
Visioning Helps Marshfield Sunrise Rotarians Focus Thier Efforts- The Marshfield Sunrise Rotary Club had an opportunity to spend time together on Wednesday evening, February 3 rd for a joyous 4 hour period looking to the future. We have a fantastic club, with nearly 70 members, which gets involved in many community and international projects. Our biggest problem is deciding what project to say no to because we just can’t do everything no matter how much we would love to. With so many projects in mind or in the works, we needed an opportunity to step back and determine what we want to accomplish as a club and to decide where we want to focus our efforts. To do this, we needed to get all the options out on the table and narrow them down to the most important and then direct our focus to that end.
District 6250 came to our assistance with the club visioning process. A group of enthusiastic Rotarians from around the district came to our town and led us in an effort to look closely at what we are doing and where we want our club to go. The process helped us to identify those things that are important to our club ranging from how we see ourselves, how we want the community to see us, what we want to be known for, and what do we really want to do as Rotarians. It was interesting to learn from other members what was important to them.
We quickly filled the walls with large sheets of paper listing lots of ideas. We are a very lively club and had no problem finding ideas. Putting those ideas into action and realizing that we can’t do everything, is another matter. The visiting Rotarians then helped us to prioritize those ideas by a voting process. After two rounds of voting, we had narrowed down the selection to those items that were most important to our club. We now have some direction and a lot more work for the future. The good thing is our efforts will now be more focused so we can more efficiently address the wants of our members.
The group from our club was made up of a cross-section including the newest members, some more seasoned members, and those holding club leadership positions. This ensured that we collected thoughts from a representative sample of our club. We thoroughly enjoyed the experience and are most grateful to the leadership for taking their time to help us improve on an already super club. They did not tell us what to do, they just assisted us in identifying what we as Rotarians want for our club.
Bob Trussoni
Assistant District Governor and Member
Rotary Club of Marshfield Sunrise
Visioning Event at Columbus / Fall River Builds Bridges Between Communities and Current and Future Activities
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| Club members silently brainstorming accomplishments by 2015 during the writing exercise. |
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| Roth Judd (RC of Madison), Lead Facilitator, Julie Keitel (RC of La Crosse Valley View), Scribe and Obinna Ugwu (UW-Madison Rotaract Club), Scribe extracting information from the writing exercise of each Columbus / Fall River club member and scribing them onto flip chart paper. |
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| Club members "dot voting" to help focus future club ideas, activities and projects. |
On Wednesday, February 24th, 19 members of the Rotary Club of Columbus / Fall River participated in a Club Visioning event. This number represented over 50% of the club's membership and brought together a balance of the membership from the longest serving member of 57 years to the newest member of just a few months. The Visioning event was facilitated by a team of Rotarians from around the District that volunteered for the facilitation and the responsibility that came with it.
The event began with a meal and a bit of fellowship and rolled in to a PowerPoint presentation that helped emphasize the reason that planning was vital for the future of the club. The power point prepared the group to put on our "thinking caps" and jump forward five years to imagine what our club had accomplished by then. As the participants under took the writing exercise they were able to dream big as well as focus on what they felt was important to the club.
Once the writing exercise was complete, the extraction process began. Member’s ideas were collected and documented on large poster sheets and then posted for the next step. Participation by nearly all members was seen - what else would you expect from a group of Rotarians. Discussion flowed freely during this process with one member able to build off another’s response.
After extraction we flowed into the "dot" exercise, which really enabled us to focus on what we felt was most important and what the majority agreed on. From this exercise we will build our plan for the future and develop a clear direction, or vision for our club. If your club participates, don't be surprised if many of the ideas you have heard in the past or things you are doing, are still important to the club. It was heard in our discussions that this was a wonderful re-affirmation of what we have done and are doing.
Our many thanks go out to the Visioning team that was dedicated enough to Rotary to travel to our city and work with our club to help us focus.
Submitted by Paul Sukenik, Member
Rotary Club of Columbus / Fall River
Visioning Event “Engineers” New Members in Rotary Club of Platteville
“They were the first and continue to set high standards!!”
The Rotary Club of Platteville led the way with the first visioning event in District 6250 when they hosted their club and a Club Vision Facilitation Team in November 2009. AND BOY ARE THEY EVER MAKING HAY WITH THIS!!
They took the results of visioning event and turned them into approximately 50 vision planning components that have added focus, enthusiasm, and re-energized the club.
As an example, to spur ideas for their international projects which were a big part of their Club Vision plan, they are hosting, at their 1 st meeting in March, 2010. a group from UW-Platteville - Engineers Without Borders, who will be giving a Power Point presentation so that the members can learn about their project that helps villages in Ghana with water purification systems, agriculture and soil erosion. The club is asking its’ members to evaluate whether this is a project that meets their Vision Plan under the International Fundraiser category (water, nutrition, sanitation) and also as a Humanitarian Fundraiser (proposed to Fight Disease/ Research Funding). Both of these items ranked in the top 4 in our Club Vision Plan resulting from the visioning event in November 2010.
For the meeting with engineers, the club is changing the order of their meeting to accommodate these speakers and to give enough time to the club members to effectively evaluate this type of project for future funding.
And that’s not all!!
Members are working very hard on their membership plan since January 2010. They are inviting prospects to lunch on a 1:1 or 1:2 basis and going over Rotary ideals and what it's like to be a member. Currently they have 1 new member and 2 very interested folks. Can you imagine how great this is for a club with 14 current members!!
For more information on how a visioning event can help you club and how to get started planning for such an event, contact Cynthia or Tom.
Submitted by Cynthia O. Reuter, President
Rotary Club of Platteville
reutercy@uwplatt.edu
Tom Mickelson, Coordinator District 6250 Club Vision Facilitation Committee
mickelson@gdinet.com
If you would like more information on the Club Visioning process, visit the District Vision webpage or feel free to contact Committee Chair and District Governor Nominee Chuck Hanson or any member of District 6250's Club Visioning Committee. You can find all the names and e-mail addresses on the District website.
If you would like to request a club visioning event for your club, you can download the request form and fax it to Morgan Data using this link: Club Vision Facilitator Request Form. The District 6250 Club Visioning Committee looks forward to hearing from you.
Chuck Hanson (District Governor Nominee) and District 6250 Club Visioning Chair
Tom Mickelson, Member, District 6250 Club Visioning Committee
Hotel Reservations Available for 2010 District Training Dates and District Conference!
If you plan on attending any of the 2010 District Training Sessions or the 2010 District Conference, make your reservations now to secure special pricing.
President-Elect Training Seminar, Thursday and Friday, March 18-19, 2010
Click here for more information and to register!
Glacier Canyon Lodge, Wisconsin Dells
Rate: $99
Reservations: 800-867-9453
Reservation Code: #158118, Rotary 6250PETS
District Assembly, Saturday, April 24, 2010
Glacier Canyon Lodge, Wisconsin Dells
Rate: $109
Reservations: 800-867-9453
Reservation Code: #158194, Rotary District 6250
District Conference, Friday and Saturday, May 20-22, 2010
Click here for more information and to register!
Radisson La Crosse and La Crosse Convention Center, La Crosse
Rate: $129-139
Reservations: 608-784-6680
Reservation Code: Rotary District Conference
Rob Stroud Receives International Service Award
Rob Stroud, the 6250 District Governnor Nominee for 2012-2013 and member of the Rotary Club of Madison has received the distinguished International Service Award from Rotary International.
Rob Stroud grew up in a Rotary family. His late grandfather and father, were past members of our Rotary Club. Rob joined our Rotary Club in 1980, and he is managing member of the Law Firm Stroud, Willink & Howard.
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From left: Rob Stroud, Club President-elect Juli Aulik & Club President Dave Ewanowski |
Rob is an endless supporter of Rotary. If there is an event in our club -- such as a new member event, a board meeting or a committee meeting, you can often times see Rob’s familiar face as a participant. Not only that, but if you are involved at the district level, you’ll also find Rob attending a majority of those meetings held at various locations around the state. In his earlier years in Rotary, Rob chaired our Rotary Youth Exchange Committee, and two of his three children have participated in the program. He and his wife have hosted 15 exchange students in their home over the years. For 21 years, Rob chaired our District Rotary Group Study Exchange Committee, arranging exchange teams of adults to travel to another country to learn and share vocational information. Rob served as team leader for a group that traveled to Norway in 2004. Rob is also active in a Rotary International fellowship group of scuba divers. They have a group event once a year, and Rob and his wife, Mary, continue to participate in these annual events.
Outside of Rotary, Rob is involved in refereeing for area hockey, lacrosse, and track and cross country events. He also enjoys in-line and ice skating as well as biking and usually skates or bikes to work downtown from his west side home.
Rob holds 9 Paul Harris Fellows which shows his commitment to The Rotary Foundation of Rotary International.
Rotary has four avenues of service in which member involvement is based. The four avenues are club, community, international and vocational. Our club annually recognizes several members for their extraordinary efforts within one of these avenues of service. From what you’ve just heard about Rob, you can see that he has especially been active in international activities. It is fitting that our club recognize Rob with our club’s 2009-2010 International Service Award, and President-elect Juli Aulik, on behalf of our Club Board of Directors, presented Rob with this award. He received a certificate, and a special pin denoting the award. Our club also donated $200 to The Rotary International Foundation in his name.
Congratulations, Rob, and thanks for all you do for Rotary, locally, regionally and internationally.
Rotarians at Work Day May 1, 2010
Rotarians at Work commitment notices were due on March 1st. Below is a listing of the latest clubs participating in the Rotarians at Work Day . Please contact Sandy Ott sandyott@charter.net for more information or with your questions.
The Rotary Club of Wisconsin Dells will have ten Rotarians participating in Project CLEAN. Lunch will be provided to all the community volunteers. Contact person is Dr. David L. Clemens drdave@charterinternet.com .
Sun Prairie is doing repairs and painting for the Colonial Club Senior Activity Center. Contact person is Robert Power rpower@colonialclub.org
The Holmen Area Rotary will be doing yard and window spring clean up for those who have physical limitations. A social will be held after completion. Contact person is Bev Rott bevrott@mctdairies.com
Rotary Club of La Crosse Downtown will do maintenance work at Kid’s Coulee: a small army of sanders to remove splinters from the structure and a smaller army of people armed with Wagner sprayers to seal/stain all of the wood will be needed. Contact person is Jim Lewis jimlewis@centurytel.net.
Madison Breakfast Rotary will work on the Rotary Books for the World – packing boxes for shipment. Contact person will be Carol Dombroski carol.d@charter.net.
Onalaska Rotary has scheduled two projects: during the week a ditch clean up on Highway 53 and during the weekend a clean up and brush clearing at Clearwater Park. Contact person is Brian Boelke bboelke@aplusimaging.com
Portage Rotary is getting involved with the first ever "Run for Rusch" -- a 1-mile fun walk or run and 5k walk/run. Money raised from this event will be put towards playground equipment and events for students at Rusch. Rotarians will help with street crossings, water stations, and food distribution at the end of the race. Contact person is George Beasley NBEAS@aol.com
East Madison Monona Rotary Club will hold their annual fundraiser on May 1. this year it will have a Kentucky Derby theme with a Derby/Auction event. May 4 th will be a volunteer day at the River Food Pantry. Contact person is Nancy Wills NancyWills@alliantenergy.com
Fitchburg-Verona Rotary Club will plant a Garden at McKee Farms Park (in Fitchburg). The contact person is Lynn Sabin lynn.sabin@wisconsin.gov
Call for Rotary Peace Fellow Applications
The Rotary Foundation invites all districts to submit applications for the 2011-12 Rotary Peace Fellowships. complete applications must be sent to the rotary foundation by 1 July 2010 .
Dear Rotarian District Leaders,
In these uncertain times, there is a growing demand for well trained international leaders to promote national and international cooperation and peace throughout their lives, in their careers and through service activities. The challenges of the 21 st century require people skilled in the art of diplomacy, mediation and conflict resolution. The Rotary Peace Fellowship program was developed to meet this very need.
Rotary is seeking non-Rotarian professionals interested in expanding their knowledge in international relations, public administration, sustainable development, peace studies and conflict resolution or a related field. Each year, up to 100 Rotary Peace Fellowships (50 master’s degree fellowships and 50 professional development certificate fellowships) are offered on a competitive basis at six prestigious Rotary Centers around the world.
Participants in the master’s degree program gain access to:
· Two years of Rotary-funded graduate study toward a master’s degree at one of our six Rotary Centers
· Training in the root causes of conflict, theories of international relations, and effective models of cooperation, conflict resolution, and negotiation.
· A growing network of committed alumni employed around the world in diplomacy, government, non-governmental organizations and private corporations.
Candidates already working in the field of peace and conflict studies may opt for the three-month professional development certificate program at Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok, Thailand. Both programs require, at minimum, a bachelor’s degree in a related field; 3years of relevant work experience for the MA program and 5 years for the professional development certificate.
Since the Rotary Peace Centers inception, more than 85% of all Rotary districts have endorsed at least one Rotary Peace Fellowship Applicant totaling over 1,700 application submissions. Now is the time to start recruiting for your district! Please share this information with business associates, local universities, service organizations, religious institutions, and community groups that may know of individuals interested in conflict resolution and diplomacy. For eligibility and application information, please click here.
Candidates for the 2011-2012 academic term should send their applications to Rotary clubs now .
Contact rotarypeacecenters@rotary.org for further information or click here. Thank you.
Rotary Peace Centers Department
The Rotary Foundation
rotarypeacecenters@rotary.org
Foundation Raffle
The District Foundation Committee is happy to announce a Foundation Raffle intended to reward those of our district membership who are sustaining members of the Rotary Foundation. Each Rotarian who contributes at least $100.00 to the Annual Programs Fund (EREY) in Rotary year 2009-2010, on or before May 1 st, 2010, will have his/her name entered into a raffle drawing. Additional tickets will be entered for each subsequent contribution of $100. Three winners will be drawn on Saturday evening, May 22, 2010, at the District Conference Celebration Dinner. The prizes?
3 rd Place 26” Flat Screen T.V.
2 nd Place 36” Flat Screen T.V.
1 st Place 42” Flat Screen T.V.
The more you contribute the greater number of chances you will have to win one of these great prizes but donations must be in increments of $100 to qualify for a raffle ticket. If you are making a contribution through a billing statement from your club you will want to ask your club treasurer to remit your contributions to the Rotary Foundation so that they arrive not later than May 1st, 2010.
This raffle is conducted in compliance with Wisconsin Raffle Rules and Regulations.
There is no cash value associated with these prizes and they may not be redeemed or exchanged.
Winners need not be present to win but are responsible for the delivery of the prize to their home (so plan on coming to the conference and make it easy on yourself)
Dean Dickinson
District Governor
Rotary District 6250
Mary Kessens
District Foundation Chair
Rotary District 6250
Frequently Asked Questions About Rotary and Haiti Relief
The disaster in Haiti has created a situation where we, individually or within our club, try to do what is right in helping the people of Haiti. Be aware that within the Rotary Foundation, and in our own district, there is a nod towards patience. The issues confronting Haiti will be there for a decade or more and we must position ourselves for a long term approach to serving their needs. Jamie Revord, Major Gifts Coordinator at the Rotary Foundation, has provided us with a Q & A on the subject.
The link follows. It is a comprehensive treatment of the subject.
http://www.rotary.org/RIdocuments/en/pdf/haiti_earthquake_relief_faq_en.pdf
Club News, Events and Announcements
Do you have an upcoming Club Event or accomplishment that you would like to announce? Send your pre-written article to: rotarydistrict6250@morgandata.com.
Sun Prairie Rotary Pancake Breakfast - March, 7th
Sun Prairie Rotary will have their annual Pancake Breakfast on Sunday, March 7 from 7:30AM to 12:30PM at Patrick Marsh Middle School, located on Columbus St and HWY 151. Tickets at the door are $5.00 for adults, $4.00 for children under 16, and free for children under 5.
Menomonie Sunrise Rotaryfest
The Menomonie Sunrise Rotary Club will be hosting its 15 th annual Rotary Fest wine, beer and food tasting adventure on Saturday April 10 th. Known as "Menomonie's Party With a Purpose", the event will be held from 6:00 pm to 11:00 pm at Visionquest, N4439 440th St, Menomonie, WI 54751.
Vendors from a number of area establishments offer samples of their wares for attendees to try out. There are a number of door prizes, silent auction items to bid on and raffles. Attendees can finish the evening by dancing to the music of the Cutaways from 9:00 pm to 11:00 pm.
Ticket price is $35 in advance or $40 at the door. Advanced Tickets are available from any member of the Menomonie Sunrise Rotary. Tickets are also online at http://www.menomoniesunriserotary.org . Proceeds will be donated to the Interfaith Food Pantry and the Boyceville Food Pantry.
"Retirees" Leaving Your Club
Why would someone choose to leave your club, a club that you love and enjoy? Many members leave because of a new job, a spouse’s new job, family obligations, health or financial reasons. But, what about the person who has no real reason for leaving, but simply does not want to be a member anymore?
First, ask yourself if you truly have a healthy club? Is it a club where members feel appreciated? Is your club one that makes members feel worthy? Is yours a club that asks members their opinions or do just a few “run” the club? Does your club actually do service or does it just talk about service and write out checks? Does your club have a focus and a plan for working together or do just a few seem to be the workers? Do you invite family members to social or honor events?
Paul Harris was a part of a “young” club. How have we changed? Do we have only an “older” club where it is becoming increasingly difficult to get members out for workdays and/or projects and fundraisers? Yet, how do we make those who have been Rotarians for a long time feel as though they are still truly an important part of the club?
Perhaps it is time for your club to break out of its old habits and embrace some change. Change can be scary, but it can also be invigorating. Sometimes it seems easier to “do it yourself”, but that doesn’t help those who are “sitting back” become real members of the club. It doesn’t help them to have a sense of belonging.
Sometimes, those of us who have been in the club for a while forget that new members and old members too, need to be reminded why we are Rotarians. We need to talk about Rotary at our club meetings. We need to remind ourselves that service should come before anything else. We need to make certain that each member feels he or she is a vital and worthy part of the club.
Here are some questions to ask each of your members. What have you gotten from Rotary the last six months? What district activities have you been involved with since you became a member? What can you do to improve fellowship, programs, and membership? Which of the service avenues are you most interested in? What do you feel are your responsibilities to the club? What do you feel the club has done for you?
These and other questions need to be asked and answered in order to maintain a healthy club with healthy Rotarians. Gordon McNally of Scotland once said, “If you always do what you’ve always done, then you’ll always get what you’ve always got!”
Submitted by Rita S. Clavadatscher
Area Membership Coordinator
District 6250 Membership Development and Retention Committee
Member, Rotary Club of Horicon
UPDATE: South Central Wisconsin Clubs & Kids Against Hunger Provide Haiti Relief
Since the earthquake that struck the small, impoverished, nation of Haiti on January 12th our operation has been in full swing to do our part to assist the people in this nation. We would like to thank all that have assisted us with our efforts, the outpour of support has been unbelievable. Over the course of the last month, with the help of nearly 700 
individuals, we have been able to package and prepare for shipment 18 pallets of food (128,304 meals-see attached picture). This last week our Vice President, Dave Warren, has made a critical contact with Lifeline Christian Mission ( www.lifeline.org ) ,an NGO (Non-Governmental Organization) that has been assisting the Haitian people for over 30 years, to ship a full container of our food down to Haiti for this organization to properly distribute to the many in dire need of nutritional food. To give you an idea of just how much food this amounts to a full container is a standard 40 foot semi trailer, it will hold 40 pallets, 40,000 lbs of food or 285,120 highly nutritious meals. Last week and today, two other Kids Against Hunger satellites have shipped to Janesville 22 additional pallets to complete our load. We anticipate the container to arrive in Janesville within the next week, it will be transported down a Florida port and loaded onto a ship destined for Haiti. While we have an abundant amount of food to help the cause the key is making sure the food is properly delivered in an efficient manner. We are excited about our connection with Lifeline and are looking forward to the feedback we will receive from this highly reputable organization. This could be the beginning of a strong partnership for many years to come. Great job Dave!
A "Special Thanks" goes out to a few very generous businesses/individuals who have donated in various ways to allow for the logistics of this shipment to Haiti to truly happen. To Finley GMC and Dave's Ace Hardware for the use a cube truck and pick-up truck to move over 18,000 lbs of food from KANDU to our storage warehouse. To Dave Mansur for donating the warehouse space and use of a fork-lift which has provided for an efficient means of gathering this large amount of food in one centralized location here in Rock County. And lastly but not least, to Vitech International for covering the transportation expense from Rock County to a Florida port ($3000-$4000). Without there help this large amount of food would likely not leave Rock County.
This has been a monumental effort to help thousands of people in Haiti and to think that it is all due to individuals, like yourselves, here in Rock County. We will keep you abreast of this shipment and other efforts we are continuously involved with via our newsletter or email. I would also encourage all of you to checkout our Facebook page for up-to-date happenings. We have a lot to be thankful for but we also can feel very good about the part we are doing to help others. Thanks again to all of the schools, churches, Scouting groups, service organizations, businesses and individuals who have all played a part in the success of Kids Against Hunger - Rock County Rotary, Inc. We are truly "Local People Making A World of Difference".
In closing, it is important for all of us to realize that the hunger needs worldwide will continue. Please keep us in mind when you are seeking out service projects or ways to help others. Thank you all for your support and we look forward to seeing you at a future Kids Against Hunger - Rock County Rotary, Inc. packaging event.
Respectfully,
John C. Wong, President
Kids Against Hunger - Rock County Rotary, Inc.
RI News
Polio Immunization Trip to Nigeria
We recently learned that the Government of Nigeria will be holding immunization exercises toward the second half of April. Although this is short notice, this may an one of the last opportunities you may have to join such a trip. Please feel free to share this information with anyone who is interested in joining us.
Although the attached material provides full information about the trip, permit me to summarize the key points:
· Departs the North America - Saturday, April 17
· Returns to North America – Tuesday, April 27
· Travels to Amsterdam and Abuja, Kaduna and Kano, Nigeria
· This link will provide information on all hotels, private transfers, Rotary meetings and special events, meals, and participation in three days of immunization activities. Although the program does not include roundtrip airfare, we have made special arrangements for discounted airfare with KLM Airlines. The cost of the airfare will depend upon the individual’s specific flight itinerary.
If you, or anyone you know is interested in joining us, we strongly recommend that they act quickly as we expect this trip will fill up very soon, and we will need to immediately apply for our Nigerian visas.
Thank you for your interest. I hope you can join us again!
Brad Howard
Rotary District 5170
Governor, 2002-2003
516 Grand Avenue
Oakland, CA 94610
Phone: (510) 834-2260
FAX: (510) 834-1019
E-mail: Bhoward@HowardTours.net
Member Access to RI Website
Do you have questions about what you can find on the Rotary International website and how you go about getting access. Check out this fact sheet with Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) about the RI site.
Update on Annual Giving
Foundation Annual Programs Report for the District
We have passed the mid point of this Rotary year and will soon be in the home stretch. It is to be noted that the interim report as of 18 February reflects that only one fourth of the clubs in our district are on pace with the goal that they set for Annual Programs support of the Rotary Foundation. The following clubs are living up to their club goal and are to be congratulated:
Black River Falls |
Holmen |
La Crosse |
La Crosse Valley View |
Of these, four in particular merit additional mention and they are Columbus-Fall River (97%), La Crosse (92%), Madison South (93%) and Sun Prairie (96%) because their club goal was an average of $100 or more per member. Over one third of the year remains…how many more clubs will achieve their club goals? We hope that they all do!!
Foundation Reports
Each club in District 6250 has established a foundation goal and the question is how are the clubs going about the achieving those goals? Have each of the clubs done an every member enrollment? Successful clubs take the time to ask each member to make a pledge commitment to the Rotary Foundation. Fulfilling that pledge might involve a quarterly billing by the club secretary/treasurer or participating in the direct deposit transfer from the Rotarians checking account to the RI Foundation account or it might mean a monthly charge to a credit card. Successful clubs establish a process that allows their members to both make and fulfill the commitment.
Click here to view the updated Club Goals Report!
Attendance Report
New Reporting Tool for District Attendance
Check out the new reporting tool for District Attendance for 2008-2009. http://www.rotary6250.org/clubs/monthlyattendance.shtml Clubs can view each month’s attendance in a visual graph. Also Club Secretary’s can request access to update their information directly online!
A big THANK YOU goes out to District 5340 for sharing this web functionality!
Click here to submit your club's attendance report
Click here to see the full Attendance Report.
