District Governor's Message - January, 2015
.jpg)
January is ROTARY AWARENESS MONTH and as we enter the second half of the Rotary Year it is an ideal time to publicize our service projects and to promote upcoming events in the community, the district and internationally.
Rotary Days are a great way to publicize your club’s activities. Please ensure your club members participate and involve local
leaders whenever possible.
Membership can be enhanced by your club activities in your community and internationally. The above activities can get the
message out about the great projects you and your club do.
I would ask that you emphasize increasing membership over the next 4 months. At the present time our district membership is slightly down from the start of the year-July1/14 and your support is needed to ensure we obtain a net growth by June 30/15. Remember, net growth of 1 or more members is an important part of the Presidential Citation for 2014-15.
RLI (Rotary Leadership Institute) provides Rotary knowledge which is of great assistance when recruiting new members. Clubs are urged to send new members to the next RLI in your area. Clubs are also urged to ensure that the President Elect for 2015/16 have attended at least one level of RLI prior to taking office on July 1/15. Upcoming RLI sessions are scheduled for May 2 in Sarnia and April 11(tentative) in Lapeer.
Foundation & Polio donations to date are excellent. Many clubs have already achieved their goals and clubs and members continue to give. I expect many more donations have been sent but do not yet show up on the reports as processing is behind due to the holiday schedules. If your club has not sent a portion (at least 50%) of your goals, I urge you to do this at your earliest convenience. Achieving or surpassing your goal becomes much easier if you do some now and don’t leave it all until June.
Club Officers for 2015-16:
Most clubs have established their officers for 2015-16. Please post these on the District Website as soon as possible to assist DGE Nancy Ottewell in preparation for training sessions. The key positions needed for the RI website are President, Secretary, Foundation Chair and Membership Chair, as key information is sent to these positions on a regular basis.
If your club is not yet “integrated”, you can integrate or enter directly on the RI website.
Thanks for your tremendous support during the first 6 months of my year as DG. If I can support your club by attending special
meetings and events please let me know and I will do my best to attend.
Doug Burnard
District Governor 2014-2015
District 6330