.png)
August 7th Board Meeting
Posted by David Gardner
on Aug 10, 2012
Our Assistant Governor, Peter Majane attended the first half of the board meeting to provide perspective on our club goals and the Presidential Citation for the 2012-2013 year along with discussion about membership.
The Club's annual goals were submitted prior to the District Installation and were fairly typical of years past. The club committed to continue to work on administrative details, increase member participation in events and service projects and increase net membership by two. Dave committed to "Every Rotarian Every Year" and to meet the 100% sustaining member. As you know, we have decided to bill every member for the $100 Rotary Foundation Sustaining Member in quarterly increments of $25. That was to distribute the commitment and encourage 100% participation without the difference in total pledges being made up by the club. If this is successful, we will have that money available for charitable opportunities.
The Presidential Citation requirements were distributed to the board members and committee chairs that were present and Dave asked if they could review to determine which specific goals are almost automatic and which ones relate to the current priorities of the club. If we can map out the plan now, we should have no problem achieving the award for this year.
Peter is the District Membership Chair and was very interested in our recruitment plan. Dave reported that membership was up last year and that we have 2 potential Rotarians currently. Two evening socials are planned for August 28th and September 25th and we are encouraging members to invite potential Rotarians as well as community members who would be good allies in our events and service projects. We hope to have another VIP Reception in October this year as well to really ramp up membership.
Peter spoke about how the New Generations Program will help to increase membership in the coming years by providing our younger members a really exciting opportunity to serve youth in Stoneham. This year, our club awarded four youth with the Rotary Youth Leadership Award (RYLA) in May and they are all interested in starting an Interact Club at Stoneham High School this year. We will hear more from them on August 14th at our meeting.
The Club's annual goals were submitted prior to the District Installation and were fairly typical of years past. The club committed to continue to work on administrative details, increase member participation in events and service projects and increase net membership by two. Dave committed to "Every Rotarian Every Year" and to meet the 100% sustaining member. As you know, we have decided to bill every member for the $100 Rotary Foundation Sustaining Member in quarterly increments of $25. That was to distribute the commitment and encourage 100% participation without the difference in total pledges being made up by the club. If this is successful, we will have that money available for charitable opportunities.
The Presidential Citation requirements were distributed to the board members and committee chairs that were present and Dave asked if they could review to determine which specific goals are almost automatic and which ones relate to the current priorities of the club. If we can map out the plan now, we should have no problem achieving the award for this year.
Peter is the District Membership Chair and was very interested in our recruitment plan. Dave reported that membership was up last year and that we have 2 potential Rotarians currently. Two evening socials are planned for August 28th and September 25th and we are encouraging members to invite potential Rotarians as well as community members who would be good allies in our events and service projects. We hope to have another VIP Reception in October this year as well to really ramp up membership.
Peter spoke about how the New Generations Program will help to increase membership in the coming years by providing our younger members a really exciting opportunity to serve youth in Stoneham. This year, our club awarded four youth with the Rotary Youth Leadership Award (RYLA) in May and they are all interested in starting an Interact Club at Stoneham High School this year. We will hear more from them on August 14th at our meeting.
The balance of our meeting centered around general club