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Light Up Rotary

AUGUST - MEMBERSHIP & EXTENSION MONTH:

In Rotary Year, the month of August emphasize the importance of exciting andeffective service projects to help attract new members and retain existing ones.

The membership slogan Each Rotarian: Reach One, Keep Oneemphasizes the need for Rotarians to focus on both recruitment and retentionin their membership growth efforts.

Reach one - because Rotary membership is by invitation, it's essential thateach Rotarian reaches out and invites someone to join.

Keep one because it's not sufficient to simply sponsor someone into Rotary;

ment in membership retention.

a Rotarian, one of our primary responsibilities is to help identify and propose new members.

interested in and committed to advancing the mission of Rotary. Together we can help our club fully represent commu-

vice.

Wishing you good luck in your membership endeavors.

Khalil AlsharifDistrict Governor

Mr. Khalil AlsharifDistrict Governor

Mr. Gary C K HuangRI President

Service Above Self

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- Paul Harris

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PRESIDENTIAL MESSAGE

GARY C.K. HUANGPRESIDENT 2014-15

AUGUST 2014

In Rotary, we mark August as Membership and Exten-sion Month. There is a good reason why we remindourselves of the importance of membership early inevery Rotary year: because the job of growing ourmembership is one that we can never begin too soon. Itis also a job that we can never stop working on. In or-der to keep serving, Rotary always needs to be grow-ing!

We have talked for many years about the importance of the family of Rotary. In thisRotary year, I want to make not just the family of Rotary, but our own Rotary families,a priority in our membership. After 37 years of following me in Rotary, my wife,Corinna, finally became a Rotarian last year. We attended the chartering of a new clubin Taiwan together, and she said, "It's time for me to become a Rotarian too!" So shejoined that club. And soon, so did a lot of other people. Now that club has 102 mem-bers, and it's the second-largest club in Taiwan.

Inviting our spouses into Rotary isn't just about getting our numbers up. It addressesthe reality that Rotary still has far more men as members than it does women, and thatis something we need to work on. When we bring more women into Rotary, our clubsbecome more appealing to prospective female members and become more produc-tive as well.

This year we are going to have something new in Rotary: a membership support teampin. This means that if you invite a new member into Rotary, you get a special pin towear with your Rotary gearwheel. But we all know that the job of growing membershipdoesn't end when a new member joins. It ends only when a new member is enjoyingbeing a Rotarian and never wants to leave! And making sure that our clubs are enjoy-able places to be is a key part of growing membership.

People come into Rotary for all kinds of reasons, but they stay because Rotary is fun tobe a part of. So I want to remind all of you to have fun in your clubs and your districts.Rotary is based on the idea that our service is more effective when we serve togetherwith our friends. So let's enjoy our Rotary service, share it with others, and Light UpRotary together!

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MEMBERSHIPYou can keep your club and member-ship active and thriving by:-- Finding new members- Engaging current Rotarians

HOW STRONG IS MY CLUB?Assess your club regularly to learn what works and whatdoesn't. Ask yourself: Do your members reflect the diverseprofessions and cultures in your community? Are you

club attractive to new members?Use thestrengths. Find more ideas for evaluating your club in theStrategies for Attracting and Engaging Members guide

HOW CAN I TAKE MY CLUB FROM GOOD TOGREAT?You can find ideas for energizing your club in Be a VibrantClub: Your Club Leadership Plan.Your district leaders can also offersolutions. Contact your assistant gov-ernor, district membership commit-tee, or district governor, if you feelyour club could use a boost.

HOW DO I FIND NEW MEM-BERS?Rotarians join and stay with theirclubs primarily because they seekopportunities for community service,fellowship, and friendship. Many ofthe non-Rotarians you know are look-ing for the same things. Invite themto help with your service projects,attend a networking night, or partici-pate in a club get-together and helpthem see for themselves how Rotaryconnects leaders to make a positive change.

Here are some potential candidates to consider for mem-bership:

- Friends and family members- Business acquaintances- Professional colleagues- Younger community leaders who are already con-nected to Rotary through Rotaract, RYLA, peace fellow-ships, Youth Exchange, and other programs

Learn more in the Strategies for Attracting and EngagingMembers guide.

HOST AN INFORMATIONAL MEETINGYou can share the benefits of joining your club by hostingan information session for potential and new members.Find ideas, along with sample formats, resources, andworksheets in New Member Orientation: A How-to Guidefor Clubs.

PROSPECTIVE MEMBER INFORMATION SES-SIONInvite club members to share their experiences, talk about

an overview of Rotary.

NEW MEMBER ORIENTATIONHelp new members expand their understanding of Rotaryby hosting a series of information sessions. Suggestedtopics include Rotary history, opportunities for service,and The Rotary Foundation.

COURSES AND WEBINARSEncourage new and existing members to take advantageof the many resources available through Rotary to staycurrent. Courses in the Learning Center and webinarsmake it easy to learn at your own pace.

HOW DO I ENGAGE CURRENT MEMBERS?Work hard to deliver an experience that will keep mem-bers engaged and excited about Rotary. Successful strate-gies include:

Regularly recognizing members for their achieve-mentsKeeping members involved in club projects and ac-tivitiesEncouraging members to take on club leadership

rolesSending out monthly email news-

letters

USE SOCIAL MEDIA TO AT-TRACT MEMBERSIs your club on Facebook? Is yourwebsite up-to-date? Are you sharing

ties and projects with your commu-nity? Having an active social mediapresence can help attract new mem-bers and inspire current ones. Findideas for developing your social me-dia strategy and public images. (learna t : h t t p s : / / w w w . r o t a r y . o r g /myrotary/en/public-relations).

RESOURCES & REFERENCEMembership ResourcesConnect for GoodStrategies for Attracting and Engaging MembersClub Membership Committee ManualHow to propose a new memberNew Member Orientation: How-to Guide for ClubsMembership Minute newsletter

TOOLSDownload a club brochure template

Rotary Club CentralEnroll in a webinar

Club AssessmentToolsGo to shop.rotary.org - Download all resources men-tioned above at https://www.rotary.org/myrotary/en/learning-reference/learn-topic/membership

Orach Saisrithong, Rotary Club ofPhuket South, Thailand

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ARMENIA RC YEVERAN PROJECTArmenia-Norway Rotarian Friendship Bings Peace to Small Armenian Villages

The Rotary Club of Yerevan has a long history of partnership with Hamar Vest Rotaryklubb of Norway. In2013, a flagship program was construction of over 2 km long water and sewerage water pipeline in the remoteTatev village of Southern Armenia. The project brought safe and clean drinking water to the village highschool, ensured hygiene conditions for about 200 6-18 year old students, provided potable water to 40% ofthe village population.

lenging program to bring peace to a village situated on Armenia-Azerbaijan border.

selected to promote api breeding and honey production. The project is implemented by the Rotary Club ofHamar Vest Rotaryklubb of

Norway. The project provided each of the 10 families with four beehives, necessary toolkits and hired the bestapi specialist to train the villagers in honey production. Berkaber is a mountainous village with rough terrainand alpine valleys that make it perfect for honey production. The village lands are not good for agriculture and

The village will start harvesting honey in late July. Armenian and Norwegian Rotarians will spend two daysthere in early October to celebrate the successful completion of the program and enjoy the delicious, organicand ecologically clean honey. We invite all our Rotarian friends to join us for this adventure and enjoy thismysterious country.

-Norway Rotarian fellowship and partnership.

Submitted by IPP Margarit PiliposyanDDG for Armenia and Georgia

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District 2452 Grant Management Seminar25th June 2014 at the Gulf Hotel, Bahrain.

PDG Usama BargouthiDistrict 2452 DRFC 2013-14 to 2015-16conducted the Grant Management

what we get, we make our

- Winston Churchill

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DISTRICT 2452 HANDOVER CEREMONY25th June 2014 at Al Fanar - Diplomat Radisson, Bahrain

Outgoing District Governor Jamil Mouawad pinning the Incoming District Governor Khalil Alsharif

PDG Usama, PDG Nijad, DG Khalil, PDG Jamil, PDG Khaled, PDG John, DGE Mustafa & PDG Emad

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Rotary / Rotaract Clubs Joint Handover Ceremony 25th June 2014