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District 6990

RI District Annual Giving for the Rotary Foundation

Every year, your District and all clubs leadership establish an annual giving goal for the Rotary Foundation. The goal for 2007 - 2008 is US $ 360,000. At the end of March 2008, the mercury hovers at about 47%, we are almost half way there but time is running out! We need your help to meet our goal and support our Foundation. Please submit your Foundation dollars as soon as possible before June 15th, 2008. If you want to know what your generous contribution does, please visit RI’s Foundation page.

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Rotary Night with the Florida’s Marlins

A surprise GRAND PRIZE* to the first Rotarian who can tell who is the figure in the photo above. If you can figure it out. Email your DCO or Webmaster.

As we prepared for the District Assembly and the training of our future club leaders on April 19th, I am reminded how time passes.

This Rotary Year has been filled with many successes. We have utilized the entire amount of district designated funds for our District Simplified Grants to further clubs’ community and international service projects. There are several Matching Grants being executed now, with even more being planned. Every club, large or growing, has projects that are influencing their communities for the better. Our Rotaract Club at the University of Miami is creating a long term solution to the food shortage issue facing Haiti, even amidst the current turmoil in that nation

We hosted two Rotary Leadership Institutes and our district participation in the RLI continues to grow – by the way, we have another session in May, so please register. And, our pool of future district leadership candidates is at its highest level ever. So much so that a new tri-level Assistant and Associate Governor category is being created by DGN Lee Phares. This has been achieved even though many of our members are facing economic hurdles

However, membership has been impacted during these economically challenging times. Some clubs have grown, while others have seen some drop-off. Even in my own club, where we have inducted many new members, we have also seen others leave due to business issues. I have also struggled to maintain my own commitment to have a net one (+1) in personal sponsorships. So far, I have sponsored three members, though one has already left. This month, a business associate of mine, who also happens to be the son of our own GSE Team Leader and fellow Rotary Club of Weston Rotarian Joe Roth, joined the Rotary Club of Fort Lauderdale-Downtown. I am supporting him in every way possible.

This month, Rotaract celebrates its 40th Anniversary! I want to thank all those Rotarians involved in assisting our young adults who make a significant contribution today, and hopefully, who will become future Rotarians.

This month is also Magazine Month and I ask everyone to “pass-a-long” the Rotarian to someone you believe is a great “future” Rotarian. During my visits to the clubs I encouraged every board to implement a strategy of using the Rotarian as a membership tool. If every member passed the Rotarian along to a potential member every month, we would have over 26,000 more potential members seeing what we do and who we are! Even if just 2% were to join, that would equate to more than 500 new members every year. Just imagine the good work we could do with those additional members.

In closing, I also ask every club and every Rotarian to support our Rotary Foundation. This month I presided over the induction of 17 new or multiple Paul Harris Recognitions at the Rotary Club of Fort Lauderdale North. Over 50% of their membership received recognition. And, to date, the club has achieved $261 in per capita giving – $190 more than last year, which doubles their actual dollars contributed from last year. Thank you RCFLN and Congratulations! I hope I will hear more stories ceremonies like this before June 30th.

Yours in Rotary to Show Rotary Shares

Governor Jim Norton

PAUL HARRIS RECOGNITION RECIPIENTS FROM THE ROTARY CLUB OF FORT LAUDERDALE NORTH

District Conference..
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