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I really enjoyed our meeting today…to hear the comments of our members, our Centennial partner and our Four Way Test Award winner (congratulations Ali Farhang!), you have to feel good about our Club and the positive contributions we make to our community. If I had thought about it, I might have turned on the recorder we use to capture our speaker’s presentation and recorded all of the comments about our Club today to use as testimonials to the positive culture of our Club, the good we do in the community, the fun and fellowship we share and the many reasons why we are all proud to be members of our Remarkable Rotary Club.For my final three President’s monthly reports, I have moved the timing back to the end of the month so we can more easily reflect on what we have accomplished in the last quarter of my term as President. I have said it before, but I am still amazed at how quickly the year is going.
I would like to take a moment to thank Margaret Higgins, Chair of Membership, and Past President Bob Shaff, Chair of Member Retention, for all the great work they have done bringing in new members and enhancing the value of membership in our Club. Both Margaret and Bob, and the teams they lead, are doing a great job.
Specifically, I would like to encourage you all to take 10-15 minutes to fill out your “High Profile” summary that is online on your profile page in ClubRunner. Bob has recently sent out two emails about the easy process of filling out these profiles. The profiles are a big part of how we are trying to make our BIG Club feel smaller and more connected. Think of these profiles as an Introduction to get to know your fellow members better. Going forward they will serve several goals including:
- A way to start conversations and enhance connections between Club members.
- A way to identify common interest groups to build Club Fellowships (i.e. Golf, Wine, Hiking etc.) and build camaraderie.
- An extension of business classifications, a more detailed view on what your career has been and how your work can potentially help other members.
- A first step in building your own Rotary Story, a summary of how Rotary has improved your life.
So, take a few minutes to read some of the profiles of the members that have completed their High Profile, get to know them a bit better, and then fill out your profile!
On membership growth, May is really our last month to finish up our membership push. We have three more meetings and a Social Mixer on the 29th to which you can invite prospective members. Remember, you have Free Lunches to invite prospective members to the Club. Think about who you believe would be a good member…and invite them to the Club. This year, over 44% of the guests invited under this program have become members. So, let’s finish the year strong on membership growth.
Finally, I would like to thank Jim Lubinski, Jim Murphy and the whole Centennial Committee for the terrific work they did in the selection of our Centennial Partner, JTED. I could not be more impressed by the comprehensive approach and the thoughtfulness of the selection process. Viewing the summary of the new Technical High School at our meeting yesterday (if you missed the meeting, listen to the program on ClubRunner), and how our partnership with JTED is developing, I believe that our Centennial project will lead to a long-term positive impact on our community. Thanks again to the whole team for the work that has been done…and the work that is ahead…in bringing our Centennial project to completion.
YIR,
Chuck Sawyer
President 2018-2019
President 2018-2019
