District 7670 2016-17 Presidents Discussion

Why are you here? What to expect at PETS? Jack later Best training, interaction, RI Pres and RI leaders What are the goals/expectations for 2016-17? Learn from each other – breaks, travel Who is available to assist you and your club? Tools to help you and your team

Unique Rotary Opportunities 100 year anniversary of The Rotary Foundation Club visit -$26.50 instead any gift Draft schedule out to you before PETS, conflicts? Possible Polio will be eradicated International Conference in our neighborhood District Young Leaders Conference in Hickory

AG, PDG, DG work for you Mentors Speakers Help find stuff and fix stuff Recognize and mentor leaders who can do more at District levels and beyond

Strategic Goals Support Clubs and their goals Pres Citation and Pink Pages a priority Support RIP John Germ goals – our focus Foundation and Polio– new things; grow PHS Membership – Grow 3% -- 66 Service : Community partners: Imagination Lib Youth – promote, involve, recognize Hickory and Atlanta attendance – Maximize CART – promote, $15 per capita goal Technology – change or die

Operational Goals Service – Refocus on why we exist Youth – Future, work now or die Fellowship – Enjoy, connections Foundation – Support, Rotary Direct, PHF/PHS PolioPlus – Kill this evil CART – Important bridge funding Public Image/PR – Internal and External Membership – 3% growth, satellites, new one, retain (Easier to give birth than to resurrect the dead) Club Support – Our Purpose, Our Duty Training – earlier, reduce fire hose Administrative – Part of the process, accept it

Measurable Goals Foundation:Encourage $137 per capita; $300K Polio Plus – Encourage $30 per capita and 20% DDF; $66k plus $27K = $93K CART - $15 per capita Membership – Encourage 3% growth!!! 66 net Satellite clubs Hickory Youth Conference – 100 young people 200-400 on Saturday night Atlanta – Minimum of 220

Serving Humanity: why we exist Promote hands on but ‘checks’ have place More Rotarian involvement in projects Recognize International Service and promote Use DDF to assist local and international $63k for local, including NEW scholarships $70k for Global – reverse scholar, others District Grants – due 15 May 2016, $2500, complete by 1 May 2017, DacDb

Youth Service – Regina Hartley, Bill Biggers, Lori Tyler, Glenn Barger, Jennifer Webb, Larry Hollifield Increase Club involvement with Youth Exchange (Biggers), Interact (Barger), Rotaract (Tyler), RYLA (Webb), and RotaKids (Hollifield) Every club has one active youth group Promote Rotary with pre-High School age youth Promote ‘Four Way Test’ programs RotaKids type efforts (7-12 age groups) RYLA – promote and perhaps do two/expand Every club support at least one youth; District scholarships Youth Protection plan – Paul Hoffman Young Leaders Conference in Hickory – Angela Chapman, Jim Perry All Interact clubs represented, Rotarians support Service Project Need PDG, AG and Club President support; get youth there

Fellowship Encourage multi-club efforts Service projects Rotary Day Rallies District Young Leaders/Club Conference (Apr ‘17 Hickory) – Jim Perry and team Get youth there, attend Get Rotarians there or stop doing this!! International Convention in Atlanta Great opportunity Clubs Subsidize travel if possible Promote and encourage Bus possibly – need opinion Bob Miller leading, Jim Efland, others assist

Foundation – DFC Carol, team Promote Rotary Direct Encourage 100% Paul Harris Clubs Encourage PHS 100 for the 100 year? Club goals – enter and accomplish EREY – encourage 100% EREY Encourage ALL Sustaining Clubs Recognize accomplishments Annual Fund - $300k, Polio - $66k Try something new? – regional event, public

PolioPlus – Kimmie Rogers 20% DDF support $30 per member goal PDG Ronnie Thompson promoting with Kilimanjaro Climb Make Speakers available for clubs Be a speaker Kill this evil this year!

Public Image/Public Relations Jody Cook, Chris Geno Internal actions District newsletter/Club newsletter Promote website and DacDb use – need expert NOW Limit but use emails effectively External Club Presidents and club speakers in community Social Media Promote website and DacDb use – PUBLIC

Membership Isaac, Yermack plus 3 Provide clubs info/links on membership ideas Make speakers available Promote Satellite Clubs Contact and encourage Alumni Encourage retention Service participation helps retention Recognize participation 3% growth – about 66 increase

Club Support/Recognition Pink Pages and Pres Citation– David Burrell, Dennis Sanders Helps club presidents to plan and execute Recognizes service RIP John Presidential Citation – all on line Governors Distinguished Clubs Best Club awards Interact Citation Rotaract Citations Nominate Rotarians and Clubs for recognition Club Presidents and AG input critical

Training – Jack McCaskill Make more consistent – not reinvent the wheel each time Use technology to preload info for Presidents Keep costs low for attending Rotarians Start in Fall, iterate not fire-hose Available throughout the year

District Conference 27-30 Apr 2017

Atlanta – 10-14 June 2017

Atlanta early registration 28 May until 6 June $265.00 registration -- $26.50 first Foundation contribution Be alerted via email near end of May Then increase incrementally by $75 until $455 Bus, Hotel Block, promotion along with Hickory Huge registration already for Seoul -Over 37K

10-14 June 2017

Go to Hickory and Atlanta – see Scarlet O’Hara?