“The Future of Rotary Is in Your Hands”
Chaska Rotary Club
Overarching Goals/Strategies for 2009-2010
1. Grow and sustain membership (We want to be at 100 in 2014-so we need 7 new members in 2009-2010) Mary Welch-Chair
2. Implement a comprehensive public relations/communications campaign. Submit a grant application for financial resources to publish articles in Chaska Herald; coordinate communication/awareness campaign. Wayne Ward- Chair
Establish a Chaska Rotary Web Site using Club Runner-Chair- Dan Keyport
Lead 2-3 Club Assemblies (updates on the club and club’s work) in 2009-2010.- Lynn Ayers
3. Develop and execute successful community and international service projects. Continue to support ongoing local projects, but reassess community needs and club participation. Support International Project in Chimbote and encourage Chaska Club participation in going on a trip to Peru- Peter Ivy-Chair; Explore setting up a Chaska Interact Club for High School Students- Katie Holub-Chair
5. Develop a “Legacy of Leadership” Support sending incoming president elect and vice president to PETS training annually. Encourage and support participation in District events and training. Work to develop a club structure around committees and projects for successful succession planning. Ensure that every member has a service role every year and new members are actively engaged within three months. Actively engage past presidents as mentors and leaders.
6. Make Rotary relevant and meaningful –Explore how to establish a “Rapid Response Team” to respond to unanticipated events like the Red RiverValley ‘09 Flood. Chair- Peter Ivy
How do we accomplish these strategies? “Ordinary people doing extraordinary things!”
Club Membership—growing and sustaining our membership
This area oversees recruitment, development and retention of our membership. It includes our 2-3 social events annually, fireside/orientations with new members, initiation of new members, the MarchLake Hunt social event, and past president’s coordination.
Club Public Relations—how we get the word out about all we do
This area includes how we communicate to our membership through the weekly newsletter, the Futura, developing and using our new website, putting together communication pieces for publication in the newspaper, coordinating the George C. Klein Award along with the dinner dance.
Club Administration: supporting the club.
This area includes fund raising initiatives (steak fry, gold tournament, dinner dance, slient auction, Christmas auction, rose sale, taxes preparation, program coordination, sergeant at arms, finemaster coordination, invocation and club historian)
Club Service Projects (Outreach)—the work that we do!
This area encompasses most of the outreach work that we do and includes three service focuses, community service (hooked on books, adopt a highway, Christmas in May, Bridging), international service (youth exchange, in and outbound counselors, international projects, country officers) and vocational services (Strive, new teacher breakfast, Camp Enterprise-DECCA, ethics in the schools, Interact).
Foundation—This supports Rotary International initiatives and the Chaska Foundation providing ongoing support for projects financially.
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