ROTARY MOMENT - None tonight.
GUEST SPEAKER : CLUB FORUM ON MEMBERSHIP IN OUR ROTARY CLUB
Name of Speaker: Past District Governor Ted Morrison – 100 Myths about Rotary
Introducer: Linda Porritt
Editor's Note : (On a side note, I want to say that Past District Governor Ted Morrison presents in an exceptional way, and represents our Rotary Club in an exemplary way and is an example of what a Rotarian should be. Thank you Ted for everything you do)
Speaker’s Remarks:
MEMBERSHIP IS SO IMPORTANT
Rotary has a seat at The United Nations, we have assisted the CNIB, Water Projects all over the world, Child and Maternal Health Care, we have done wonderful work all over the world, we need to GROW THE ROTARY FAMILY
What misconceptions about our organization (club) do we have to combat when recruiting new members?
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Rotary is just a bunch of rich, old white guys having lunch
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Not for women
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A religious group, specifically Christian
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Too nationalistic (saying the pledge)
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Too expensive for average person
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Too time consuming
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Too many acronyms (GSE, PHF, etc.)
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Secretive organization
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Rotary is a Cult
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Stuffy
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Just a business club (like BNI)
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Don’t do anything (except have lunch)
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Singing is required
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Limitations to membership by classification limitations
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Must be a business owner to join
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Must be a WEALTHY business owner to join
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Closed group, exclusive
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Only the movers & shakers
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Boring
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It’s an Engineering Group (the wheel symbol)
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Rotary is rich and has all the money it needs
Methods of Recruitment
What methods do we use to recruit and what things do we need to do to improve our recruiting?
“I have enjoyed meeting and talking with you. How come you are not in Rotary?”
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Good Public Relations (branding your club/Rotary) of: Speakers, Projects, Events, Opportunities for overseas travel like Vocational Training Teams
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Use newspaper ads
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Set up displays at community events
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Create a marketing brochure for distribution
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Send you club bulletin to local press
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Upgrade web site and use broadcast emails
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Distribute old Rotarian magazines to dentist and doctor offices
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Place strategic signage throughout the community
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Place plaques on Rotary projects in the community (ie. Ann Arbor tree planting and Lyon Area Adopt a Highway)
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Signage at your meeting place
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Place ads in local chamber magazines/newsletters
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Be out in the community and visible
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Donate books to library in name of speaker and Club
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Improve member knowledge of Rotary and Club
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Keep up member pride & knowledge
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Empower your membership
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Use your “closers” to close the new member sale
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Be welcoming to club visitors
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Have good club meeting: Facility must be clean, comfortable, convenient to the community, private, have good food and club MUST have good programs
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Develop a Club elevator speech
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Followup on referrals, legacies and speakers
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Keep in touch with Rotary Alumni such as GSE Team, Youth Exchange, Scholarship winners, STRIVE clients
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Ask a prospect to be a speaker and ask a guest speaker to be a Rotarian
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Invite your spouse
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Invite your friends to Rotary for a meal
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Have fun…that attracts more “fun” people
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Wear your pin everyday and be ready to respond to “What is Rotary?”
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Have energizing meetings
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Put a Rotary decal on your car
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Print club business cards which include an invitation to lunch and details of time and place
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Be involved with the youth in the community through Interact, Rotoract, Boys & Girls Club, Boy Scouts, etc.
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Stress the “Global Connection” of Rotary to business people who travel abroad
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Coordinate and participate with other community groups on local projects
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Waive dues for younger members just starting out in business
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Do a demographics study before you start a membership program to make sure the people you are targeting actually exist in your territory
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Obtain the commitment of your club to grow and how
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Invite friends and family to work on a club project
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Have a fun night and invite prospects
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Have a Membership Drive night (with Open Bar)
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Have special Membership Drive Meetings
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Invite friends and co workers when there is a particular speaker of interest
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Conduct business educational seminars
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Have interesting programs
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Invite guests to District activities
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Distribute Rotary publications to prospects (ie. Old Rotarian magazines, ABC’s of Rotary, Rotary Basics)
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Always talk about your club’s strengths and not “We need members.”
A Questionaire was given to all of the members who attended they were collected each of them will be evaluated and given back to everyone it was an excellent exercise.
PRESIDENT MIKE'S QUOTE OF THE WEEK:
Christmas is forever, not just one day, for loving, sharing, giving, or not to put away like bells and lights and tinsels in some box upon a shelf. The good you do for others is good you do yourself. Let every day be Christmas and now have a Great New Year!
Cheers,
Mike
THE OBJECT OF ROTARY is to encourage and foster the ideal of service as a basis of worthy enterprise and, in particular, to encourage and foster:
FIRST. The development of acquaintance as an opportunity for service;
SECOND. High ethical standards in business and professions, the recognition of the worthiness of all useful occupations, and the dignifying of each Rotarian's occupation as an opportunity to serve society;
THIRD. The application of the ideal of service in each Rotarian's personal, business, and community life;
FOURTH. The advancement of international understanding, goodwill, and peace through a world fellowship of business and professional persons united in the ideal of service.
The “ideal of service” is the key.
It is an attitude that does not change from one version to the next.
It is an attitude and passion we all have, as Rotarians.
IF YOU CAN’T MAKE IT, MAKE UP : Past President and this year's Secretary Bob Koski has a Rotary International Directory of all Rotary Clubs in the world, when and where they meet. Or you can go online at www.rotary.org go to the club locator and find a club or clubs near your destination. Or you can add the free App Rotary Club Locator to your phone for instant look up of any club in the world. Please mail or fax your make-ups to Bob Koski, or give your make-up card to the attendance/registration officer at the next club meeting.
HERE’S A LIST OF SOME ROTARY CLUBS CLOSE TO YOU.
Please check the club website to make sure their location and time has not changed:
MONDAY:
Belleville – Ramada Inn – 11 Bay Ridges at Hwy 2 - 12:00 noon
Oshawa – Oshawa Shrine Club, 1626 Simcoe St N., – 12:10
Markham-Unionville – Al Dente Ristorante, 39 Main St.N., - 6:30 pm
Port Hope – Knights of Columbus Hall, 1 Elias St., – 6:00 pm
Richmond Hill – Sheraton Parkway Hotel, 600 Hwy 7 East, – 6:00 pm
Trenton – Holiday Inn – 99 Glen Miller Rd. at 401 - 6:00 pm
TUESDAY:
Whitby – Whitby Central Library, 405 Dundas St W - 7:00 am
Pickering – Bollocks, 736 Kingston Rd, Pickering – 7:00 am
Bowmanville – Trinity Church Hall, 116 Church St. – 7:15 am
Picton – Royal Canadian Legion, 347 Main St., - 12:15 pm
Scarborough Bluffs – Loblaw’s Superstore (upstairs) – 1775 Brimley at Progress – 7:15 am
Scarborough – Scarborough Golf Club – Golf Club Rd. – 12:30
Scarborough Twilight – The Olde Stone Cottage – 3750 Kingston Rd. - 5:30 pm
WEDNESDAY:
Whitby-Sunrise – Royal Oak Pub, Whitby Shores, 617 Victoria St W – 7:00 am
Markham Sunrise – Delta Markham Hotel – 50 East Valhala Dr., Hwy 7 east of 404 – 7:00 am
Northumberland Sunrise – Ashbrook Golf Club – 7215 Dale Rd, Port Hope - 7:00 am
North Scarborough – Delta Toronto East – 2035 Kennedy Rd, Scarborough – 12:30 pm
Port Perry – Sunnybrae Golf Club, 1430 King Street, Port Perry, ON , – 6:15 pm
THURSDAY:
Ajax – (First Thursday of the month) at Public Library, 55 Harwood Ave S., – 12:15 pm
Ajax – rest of the month - McEachnie Family Centre, 20 Church Street North, NorthWest Corner Hwy 2 & Church - 7:30am
Agincourt – 6:30 pm at Rotating locations. Please contact Ron - rdhinchliff@gmail.com to verify location.
Quinte Sunrise – Bay of Quinte Golf Club, 1830 Old Hwy 2, – 7:00 am
Uxbridge – Jersey’s, 104 Brock St W. – 7:00 am
FRIDAY:
Toronto – Royal York Hotel, 100 Front St, – 12:15
Cobourg – Best Western Cobourg Motor Inn, 930 Burnham Rd. at Hwy 2 – 12:15
Courtice – White Cliffe Terrace, 1460 Hwy 2 – 7:15 am