Rotary Re-Fire Program
Foothill Highlands Rotary Club
ReFire Team:
PE: Patrick Magnani
New member: Gene Long and Rich Ryan
Experienced member: Gordan Lipp and Bob Meyer
Strengths: Threats:
Fellowship Economy
Experience Lack of presence in the area
Contact with other Clubs Old white man’s club
Support Foundation Members houses spread out
Well Organized Perception of Rotary
Historical Wisdom Unemployment
Intra-Club Relations No “Movers-Shakers”
Work well with others Red tape. CYA
Growing Presence
Rotary Passion
Weaknesses:
Younger members
Diversity
Communication with board members
Fund Raising
Membership increase
Weak Public Relations
Stagnant
Make Committees
Budget not consistent
Inconsistent attendance
Poor Rotary Training
Opportunities:
Involve McClellan Park
Large Service Area
District Resources
Work more on area committees
Add Interact Clubs
Lunch Bunch
Expand Service Opportunities
Business Owners in club support
Public Relations
Public Relations New Generations
Better Exposure Interact club relationship
Corporate Sponsorship Career Day
Wear pins Dictionary project
Membership Vocational Services
Ten new members Better Relationships w/local HS
Diversify: age/gender UnSung award
PLAN**
Retention
Foundation Club Services
100% Paul Harris Share Fellowship w/other clubs
100% Benefactor More fellowship events
100% Sustaining members More fellowship
10 to attend FD dinner
International Community Service
Maintain Friendship exchange with UK Support who supports us
RYE host event Veterans engagement
Bring GSE team for lunch Serve people in need
3 Year Plan
· Membership**
o 20% Growth each year for 3 years
o Maintain the high quality programs and location
o “Bring a Friend To Rotary Day” every other month
Goal: To create awareness in the McClellan business park. We will create a list of potential businesses, visit them in person, and then ask them to attend one of our weekly meetings. We will encourage our “Bring a friend to Rotary Day” be the same day we have a great program planned and have this done quarterly.
· Public Relations**
o Print: Use the local papers to continue to print our events for free
o Online:
§ Use the SacBee web calendar to post our events.
§ Keep an updated Facebook profile with pictures and videos
§ Consistently update our webpage with what our club is doing
Goal: To increase awareness of the Foothill Highlands Rotary Club in the Sacramento area. We will focus on print and online services to make this happen. We will want to have this done for everything we are doing in the community, not just the big events.
· Foundation
o Increase our attendance at the foundation dinner by one member each year for the next 3 years. (5 attended in 2012)
Goal: Become a 100% benefactor club. Encourage the importance of becoming a Paul Harris fellow and create awareness about what the district is doing for the foundation. Have the foundation chair speak once a month on the Foundation and where we are in regards to the Polio Plus program, and our club contributions.
· International
o Maintain our friendship exchange with UK
Goal: Host a RYE student within our club in the next 3 years
· New Generations
o Keep in touch with the Antelope interact club and engage them with an ongoing vocational project each year.
Goal: Create an interact club at Center High school in the first year. Maintain both interact clubs and include a vocational project each year for both interact clubs.
· Vocational
o Reach out to 3 high schools for the speech contest: Rio Linda, Center and Antelope high school
Goal: Have our representation from all three schools for the speech contest. In our first year we should have at least 4 speakers. By the end of our 3rd year, we should have 6 speakers, two candidates from each high school.
· Club Services
o Have a fellowship event with Citrus Heights by the end of 2014 year
o Increase fellowship events within our own club
Goal: Schedule a minimum of 3 outings for our club to increase our fellowship (one being the mystery bus trip) and add two other outings. (ie: BBQ or River Cats Game).
· Community Services
o Support organizations in the community and invite them to engage in Rotary.
o Begin to support our veterans in the area. Example: Operation Easter
o Continue the 5 Literacy projects each year again
Goal: Maximize the support from the organizations that we support to help us with our NATM project. Use the high schools in the area to help with one literacy project each year.