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D9640 Matters District Governor's monthly news August 2016 Greetings D9640 Rotarians In the August edition of Rotary Down Under, you can read RI President John Germ’s article on the need to adapt our membership recruitment strategies. Some of these new strategies will be showcased at the Multi-District Membership and PR Workshop on Sunday 20 August. READ RDU ARTICLE I have been delighted to induct new members on my club visits, and I am excited at the prospect of chartering at least two new satellite clubs as well as the formation of our first 'happy hour' club. Most importantly we need to promote and enhance Rotary fellowship as vibrant clubs are the clubs that enjoy great fellowship and attract new members. If you completed the census on-line, then reading this edition of D9640 Matters will be no problem. We took on board feedback and have modified the format into a two page newsletter so that you can read a little more about the story before clicking on a link. We also understand that some will want to print the entire newsletter, so will have a full version of the newsletter on the District website, under the NEWS pulldown: http://www.rotary9640.org/ Membership Matters DG's Objectives DONATE LIFE: I have been overwhelmed with the support for this program. Thank you all for promoting organ donation. All Rotary Districts in Australia are participating in this program, as we seek to eliminate waiting lists for organ transplants in Australia. DONATE LIFE OUTBACK LINKS: RAISING THE SPIRITS Thank you for your support for this project. Col Lee visited Charleville last week and finalised the scoping of jobs. He will update all Rotarians on this project. Here's the latest on the planned trip to Charleville. READ MORE
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D9640 MattersDistrict Governor's monthly news
August2016
Greetings D9640 Rotarians
In the August edition of Rotary Down Under, you can read RI President John Germ’s article on the need to adapt our membership recruitment strategies. Some of these new strategies will be showcased at the Multi-District Membership and PR Workshop on Sunday 20 August. READ RDU ARTICLE
I have been delighted to induct new members on my club visits, and I am excited at the prospect of chartering at least two new satellite clubs as well as the formation of our first 'happy hour' club.
Most importantly we need to promote and enhance Rotary fellowship as vibrant clubs are the clubs that enjoy great fellowship and attract new members.
If you completed the census on-line, then reading this edition of D9640 Matters will be no problem.
We took on board feedback and have modified the format into a two page newsletter so that you can read a little more about the story before clicking on a link. We also understand that some will want to print the entire newsletter, so will have a full version of the newsletter on the District website, under the NEWS pulldown: http://www.rotary9640.org/
Membership MattersDG's ObjectivesDONATE LIFE: I have been overwhelmed with the support for this program.
Thank you all for promoting organ donation. All Rotary Districts in Australia are participating in this program, as we seek to eliminate waiting lists for organ transplants in Australia. DONATE LIFE
OUTBACK LINKS: RAISING THE SPIRITS
Thank you for your support for this project.
Col Lee visited Charleville last week and finalised the scoping of jobs. He will update all Rotarians on this project.
Here's the latest on the planned trip to Charleville. READ MORE
D9640 MattersDistrict Governor's monthly news
August2016
News from around the Clubs
District information
Who is he? This month we learn more about Daryl Sanderson, from RC Surfers Sunrise. READ MORE
District Governor's goals. READ MORE
District Governor's visits. See where and when DG Michael will be visiting Clubs across the district. READ MORE
District Calendar: See what's happening around the district. READ MORE
SUBMIT stories: We welcome stories about your club for both theDistrict Facebook page and the DG's newsletter. Email: [email protected]
Facebook tips: how to write powerful Facebook posts to promote your club. READ MORE
Bright Ideas: We are keen to share with the district things your Club is doing to promote your work in your community. Email your bright ideas to [email protected] READ MORE
Rotary Leadership Institute: Our district now boasts 24 new RLI graduates. READ MORE
I recently attended a memorial service at the Kokoda Wall in Broadbeach, a project of Broadwater-Southport Rotary. READ MORE
ROTARY INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION: Plan now for the RI International Convention in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. READ MORE
OUTBACK LINKS 9640 COUNTRY TALES
August 11th EPISODE 2 Welcome to the second episode of our Outback Links “Spirit Raising Trip” to Charleville
It has been an interesting time for DGN Terry Brown and me allocating our team and having to make changes due to some of the original group not being available. The final group to Charleville are:
1. Stephen Beckett 2. Chris and Mary Bell 3. Darrell Brown 4. Terry Brown 5. Carol Brown 6. Mark and Tania Twyford 7. Bill Keenan 8. Sue Lea 9. Col and Julie Lee 10. John and Skye McKenny 11. Kevin Moran 12. Kay Nicol 13. Rock O’Keefe 14. Jodie Shelley 15. Ron and Lynette Smith 16. Peter Overall 17. John and Pip Stainlay 18. Graham Cooper 19. Lionel and Yvonne Perry 20. Simon Brook
DG Michael and Ros are going as observers, workers as well as Rotary PR. In addition to the twenty volunteers, five volunteer assistants and three partners who will be responsible for meals and refreshments at the end of the day. We have a busy and varied workload now covering six stations and a big project at the Historic Charleville Museum that will be our Community Project. This project will keep at least one of our teams busy for the whole week and it is something that needs doing well as it is the main tourist attraction in the town. Next week I will be visiting two additional properties to scope jobs to be undertaken as well as ensuring that we will have everything in place for our visit in September. Thank you again to everyone who applied to be part of the “Spirit Raising Trip” no doubt there will be other trips coming up next year, possibly to central NSW. Col Lee Outback Links Support Coordinator
ROTARIANS DON’T FORGET I recently attended a memorial service at the Kokoda Wall in Broadbeach. This memorial is an on-going project of the Broadwater-Southport Rotary. I am aware that other Rotary Clubs have ongoing projects providing holidays for service personnel and their families (Gold Coast Rotary, Surfers Paradise Rotary) and Digger Boxes for service personnel in Afghanistan (Fassifern Valley Rotary), and I am sure that other Rotary Clubs have similar projects. As we recall the sacrifices made 100 years ago on the Western Front, the battle of Long Tan, 50 years ago and the problems of service personnel and their families living with post-traumatic stress, we should all see if we can assist service personnel and their families. A working bee or invitation to dinner is the least we can do. READ MORE about the Kokoda Memorial Wall.
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Clubs across our District are adopting innovative approaches to running their club, developing and implementing fundraising activities/events, and recruiting and retaining members.
Our district webpage now has a new section: BRIGHT IDEAS, which showcases the innovative practices adopted by clubs in our District and you'll find there's lots of food for thought among the ideas.
CHECK IT OUT HERE
BRIGHT IDEA
If your club has an innovative idea or practice, we'd love to hear about it and share it with others in the District.
Email details to: [email protected]
RLIGOESBUSHLastweekendDistrict9640conductedaweekendRotaryLeadershipInstituteworkshopatGlenInnes.Therewere24graduatesfromtheCluster9Rotaryclubs,includingtheGlenInnesSatelliteClubaswellasBeaudesertandMt.WarningAMclubs.RotariansalsocamefromfromAllora,Beaudesert,GlenInnes,GlenInnesSatellite,Goondiwindi,MtWarning,Stanthorpe,TweedHeadsSouth,Warwick&WarwickSunriseRotaryClubs.CongratulationstoalloftheparticipantsandspecialthankstotheconvenersSimoneWong,PDGGrahamJonesandPDGWendyScarlettandallthepresenters.
Tips to make your Club’s Facebook page your most powerful PR/marketing tool…and it’s free
Around three-quarters of the clubs in our District have Facebook pages. Here are some tips for creating strategic and powerful Facebook posts that will connect with your followers and showcase your club. Facebook is simply an online newsfeed where you get to tell your followers what’s happening at your Club. Facebook is not the demon it is sometimes made out to be, but you must set it up with the relevant privacy and access restrictions. TIPS: 1. Remember, your Facebook page is pitched at those outside your Club who are interested in what you
are doing, rather than your members. This means no birthday wishes, no vague comments that won’t be understood by non-Club members, no in-house jokes, no photos without words, no cut/paste of entire Board minutes or rambling meeting notes. Your content should be light, bright and tight and pitched squarely at your audience. You should communicate information to your members via email or a Facebook ‘closed group’.
2. SHARING may be a quick and easy way to post content, but it’s best to avoid doing this as it’s seen
as a lazy and unprofessional approach to posting. Rather than sharing, recreate the content and
adapt it to your target audience as a stand-alone post. Avoid emojis – leave these to the kids.
3. Encouraging COMMENTS is a great way to involve others in your Facebook page. Create interesting posts that will entice followers to comment/share, rather than posting bland posts with little opportunity for comment. Too many bland or irrelevant posts and you will lose followers.
4. FOLLOW OTHERS. You need to work hard at getting followers for your page. Take the time to
LIKE/COMMENT on the pages your target demographic might follow, eg local sports club/school/charities. But make sure your comments reflect those of your Club, rather than your personal views.
5. Develop a STRATEGY for your Facebook. Aim to post regularly, say twice a week, and try to keep
posts looking similar so that your followers identify with your posts. It’s a good idea to have two people who can post, but make sure the posters adopt a similar ‘look’ for the posts and don’t post over the top of each other – especially similar content.
6. Facebook posts should be short,
direct and pithy, with a call-to-action if possible. That being said, you can inject some lighthearted comment.
7. Post word length is ideally between
15-30 words…anymore and you risk losing readers.
Examples: Newtown Rotary is kicking goals with its latest PolioPlus Footy Challenge for school kids. Find out more and enrol your aspiring footy champs at www.polioplusfootychallenge.com.au Hear Bob Smith talk about his work with Afghani refugees at our meeeting this Thursday at 7pm. Everyone’s welcome to hear this inspirational civic leader. Confirm your attendance to: [email protected]
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DISTRICTGOVERNOR’SOFFICIALVISITS2016
Day Date Time ClubTues 26thJuly 5:45pm Southport&SouthportRotaract
Wed 27thJuly 6:00pm Ashmore&InteractClubs
Thurs 28thJuly 6:40am BurleighHeads&InteractClubs
Fri 29thJuly 7:00am BroadwaterSouthport&Interact
Mon 1stAug 6:00pm CoomeraValley&InteractClubs
Tues 2ndAug 6:00pm Broadbeach
Mon 8thAug 6:00pm RunawayBay&InteractClub
Tue 9thAug 6:30pm Jimboomba
Wed 10thAug 6:00pm Nerang&InteractClub
Thurs 11thAug 5:30pm Currumbin,Coolangatta,Tweed
Sat 13thAug RLIGlenInnes
Sun 14thAug RLIGlenInnes
Mon 15thAug 6:00pm Stanthorpe&InteractClub
Tues 16thAug 6:00pm Tenterfield
Wed 17thAug 6:30pm Goondiwindi
Thurs 18thAug 6:00pm Boonah&BoonahInteract
Mon 22ndAug 6:00pm Casino
Tues 23rdAug 6:00pm Parkwood
Wed 24thAug 6:45am MtWarningAM&SatelliteClub
Thurs 25thAug 6:00pm Mullumbimby
Fri 26thAug 6:00pm ItalianRFEFarewell@Carrara
Mon 29thAug ZoneInstitute
Sat 3rdSep ZoneInstitute
Tues 6thSep 6;00pm Kingscliff
Wed 7thSep 7:00am SurfersSunrise&InteractClub
Thurs 8thSep 5:30pm LismoreWest
Fri 9thSep 7:00am SumerlandSunrise
Mon 12thSep 6:00pm GlenInnes&SatelliteClub
Tues 13thSep 6:00pm MurwillumbahCentraland
MurwillumbahRotaract
Wed 14thSep 6:15pm Kyogle
Thurs 15thSep 5:45pm GoldCoast
Mon 19thSep OutbackLinkstoCharleville
Sun 25thSep OutbackLinkstoCharleville
Tue 27thSep 6:15pm Mudgeeraba
Wed 28thSep 6:45am HopeIsland&InteractClub
Thurs 29thSep 6:45am CoomeraRiver&InteractClubs
