Rotary Review District 7810 Newsletter – August 2010 Issue #1 - DG John Carkner [email protected] DG John’s Club Visits The best part of being District Governor is the opportunity to visit and learn with Clubs and Rotarians in Maine and New Brunswick. During July I visited 15 Clubs, 8 in the US and 7 in Canada. I can honestly say that I August: Rotary Membership and Extension Month learned something in every one of them. Here are some One of the three pillars of our District vision is the consistent examples: growth of our membership. So it is especially appropriate to highlight some of the many success stories from around 7810 Some versions of “O Canada” during Membership and Extension month. have four verses. (I learned this while being serenaded in Everyone is well aware of the many challenges faced daily in Fort Fairfield, Maine). attracting new members to our cause. What is less well known is that there are solutions to every obstacle. The man who wrote the Universal Declaration of We have 7 Clubs who realized a net gain of 10% net or more in Human Rights was from the Rotary year just ended on June 30. We have a further 4 Hampton, NB. Clubs who netted a gain of 5% or more. Our District gained 52 new Rotarians during the Rotary year 2009-2010! Unfortunately, If you purchase venison in we also lost 47 for a variety of reasons! specialty shops in Quebec, it is probably from a deer ranch on Our District saw 22 out of the 39 Clubs with either growth or Grand Manan. retention of the same number of members over the past 12 months. Our Club in Limestone ME meets on a US Air Force base Congratulations to all of the gainers listed below: that once was home to B52 bombers. (too cool) Limestone, +40% Bouctouche, +27% Bathurst, +26% Florenceville, +17% Grand Manan, +15% Chatham, +10% University of Maine has nine Houlton, +10% Shediac, +9% Caribou, +6% campuses spread around the Dieppe, +6% Hampton, +5% Saint John, +4% state. MonctonWest-River, +3% Presque Isle, +3% Edmundston NB and To find out the secret of success for these Clubs, give them a call. Madawaska ME share more Or call the District Membership Committee member in your Area than a border. The mill there of the District. actually crosses the international boundary. My goal in this Rotary year we have just begun is to have every Club on our Honour Roll of Gainers. John 1 We are part of Zone 24 East ... covering 9 districts We now have a Rotary Coordinator (RC) of Zone 24 East to serve as a resource on Rotary International for districts and clubs. We, here in RD7810, know her and her dedication well: PDG Nancy Gilbert, RC Parkdale-High Park, Wasrag Team Leader, Canada (Rotary Zone 24), and Chair, Marketing Communications Committee, Wasrag. Currently Nancy and her husband Paul are en route to Victoria for a few years. She can be reached at: Mailing Address: c/o Royal Roads University, 2005 Sooke Rd. Victoria, BC, V9B 5Y2 Canada Email: [email protected] DG J. Carkner meets RI President Ray She has two Assistant Rotary Coordinators … one of whom is Klinginsmith in Evanston, PDG Mike MacPherson, RC Presque Isle, to aid in providing support, [email protected] and a Resource Team of Ill Mar 2010 experienced Rotarians from the region, who can provide support in key areas of the new Rotary International Strategic Plan. PDG Rick Rogers, RC St. Stephen-Milltown, responsible for Membership, is part of Nancy‟s team of six committed Rotarians. He can be reached at: [email protected] You Can Increase Rotary Awareness Now is the time to buy and use the Canadian Rotary 100th Anniversary 57 cent stamps. Using these stamps is both a A goal of The Rotary Foundation method of increasing public awareness about Rotary and D7810 Foundation Chairpersons actively encourage all Rotarians an excellent way to show to give personally, annually, according to their means. Every personal pride in what Rotary charitable donation helps fund the humanitarian work of The has done and continues to do, Rotary Foundation throughout the world. as a service organization both in our communities and the world at large. Commemorative Stamp September is New Generations Month Unveiled in Montreal ARE YOU AWARE … that …Representatives at the 2010 Council on Legislation approved an enactment 28 April to add a fifth Avenue of Rotary Service: New Generations. New Generations joins Club Service, Vocational Service, Community Service, and International Service as the foundation of Rotary Club activity. Before starting a project, Rotarians are asked to think broadly about how their club and its members could contribute within each avenue. 2 ROTARY CLUB AND MEMBER AWARDS OF RI Presidential Citations to DISTINCTION 2010 Interact Clubs of Bathurst - Presented Annually - Goals to Strive for - High – RC Bathurst, Fredericton High – RC Fredericton Sunrise, Miramichi Membership Development Award is presented to the Club with High – RC Newcastle the highest percent increase in club size during the current Rotary Year. Limestone District Governor Citations to Sandra Moon, Grant Kimball New Member Award Is presented to the club that inducted the most new members into their Club during the current Rotary Year. Bathurst CONGRATULATIONS! Member Retention Award Is presented to the club that has lost The prestigious „Service Above the fewest number of members during the current Rotary Year. Self‟ Award from Rotary Dieppe International was presented to Linda Hudson of RC Membership Retention Award to Rothesay Kings Newcastle Membership Recruiting Award to Moncton West Riverview Paul Harris Fellowships were presented by DG Gordon Best Attendance Award is presented to the club that has the Dempsey at the June best percentage of members attending their club meetings during Conference to the following the current Rotary Year. Fredericton Sunrise Rotarians: Bob Grove- Markwood, John Slipp and The Duncan Wathen Achievement Award is presented to the Kevin Tupper Club in the District that has the highest percentage net increase in members during the current Rotary Year. Bathurst The PDG Frank Hussey Award presented annually by District 7810 to the Most Outstanding Rotarian Sharon Campbell RC Presque Isle The PDG Harriett McNeill Award presented to the Rotary Club Youth Merit Award Winners President of the Year Pamela Buck RC Caribou were selected from over 50 nominations in the district sent The Guss Trophy awarded annually to the Rotary Club in District to us by high school 7810 with the Greatest Achievement in International Service. administrators. Our winners in Moncton West Riverview 2010: The Tom Nelson Award presented to the Rotary Club with the $2000 Scholarship Best Community Service Project Grand Manan awarded to Tabitha Nicole Trecartin of Hartland The Public Relations Project and Program Awards presented Community High School NB to the Rotary Club with the best effort enhancing awareness of a $1000 Scholarship single project Fredericton, Fredericton North, Fredericton Sunrise awarded to Jacob Tozer of North and South Esk Regional Best Cooperative Projects Award won by Limestone High School in Sunny Corner NB Significant Achievement Award won by Newcastle $1000 Scholarship awarded to Kerrin Green of RI Presidential Citations to Rotary Clubs of Chatham, Calais, Grand Manan Community High Fredericton North, Houlton, Limestone, Moncton West Riverview, School Rothesay Kings, Saint John, Shediac, Sussex 3 Year End Attendance, Membership, and Foundation Report Membership Membership RI Attendance Membership #'s Membership #'s Changes Changes Foundation TRF Jun 10 May 10 May Year Goal YTD - Apr Area 1 - Ralph McPherson Ashland 76.82 16 17 -1 -1 1,700.00 0.00 Caribou 64.62 71 71 0 4 3,500.00 2,531.00 Fort Fairfield 80.00 21 21 0 -1 2,400.00 2,000.00 Limestone 83.93 14 14 0 4 1,100.00 1,000.00 Mars Hill 62.58 30 31 -1 -1 1,500.00 718.47 Presque Isle 70.68 101 102 -1 3 5,000.00 5,533.25 Washburn 77.61 15 15 0 -1 0.00 150.00 Area Sub Total 268 271 -3 7 $15,200.00 $11,932.72 Area 2 - David Fletcher Calais 49.63 28 29 -1 0 3,000.00 4,985.00 Grand Manan 77.59 30 30 0 4 1,000.00 2,100.00 Machias 60.00 25 25 0 -6 1,400.00 2,000.00 St Stephen Milltown 53.97 30 34 -4 -6 3,800.00 2,220.06 Area Sub Total 113 118 -5 -8 $9,200 $11,305.06 Area 3 - Harry Bohnsack Fredericton 79.76 42 42 0 -1 5,000.00 6,659.99 Fredericton North 87.57 51 51 0 0 5,600.00 2,697.76 Fredericton Sunrise 88.89 18 17 1 -2 2,100.00 3,503.46 Gagetown 63.64 11 11 0 0 3,800.00 2,223.35 Oromocto 90.38 26 26 0 -3 1,200.00 3,253.77 Area Sub Total 148 147 1 -6 $17,700.00 $18,338.33 Area 4 - Kevin Tupper Hampton 63.16 22 21 1 1 2,870.00 1,879.54 Rothesay - Kings 82.61 24 25 -1 0 2,300.00 1,997.09 Saint John 59.18 54 53 1 2 1,650.00 7,415.99 Sussex 75.00 16 16 0 -2 2,500.00 1,576.61 Area Sub Total 116 115 1 1 $9,320.00 12,869.23 Area 5 - Pierre Gauvin Dieppe 71.62 37 37 0 2 0.00 4,937.76 Moncton 51.32 74 74 0 -5 0.00 4,984.95 Moncton West Riverview 90.34 63 63 0 2 9,000.00 16,648.82 Area Sub Total 174 174 0 -1 $9,000.00 26,571.53 Area 6 - Julie Bernard Campbellton 76.74 15 16 -1 -2 1,000.00 2,644.26 Dalhousie 78.41 22 23 -1 -4 4,600.00 4,435.92 Area Sub Total 37 39 -2 -6 $5,600.00 7,080.18 Area 7 - Gary Thorne Edmundston 83.33 9 9 0 0 1,000.00 0.00 Fort Kent 71.15 13 14 -1 -4 1,500.00 0.00 Grand Falls 66.18 17 17 0 0 1,900.00 0.00 Area Sub Total 39 40 -1 -4 $4,400.00 0.00 Area 8 - Keith Assaff Bathurst 71.03 58 54 4 12 2,500.00 10,324.69 Chatham 93.55 33 31 2 3 1,000.00 5,243.05 Newcastle 66.67 32 32 0 -3 4,600.00 5,820.67 Area Sub Total 123 117 6 12 $8,100.00 $21,388.41 Area 9 - Rod Hawkins Florenceville 78.57 21 19 2 3 1,700.00 1,000.00 Houlton 65.84 69 68 1 6 3,000.00 2,300.00 Perth Andover 79.49 26 26 0 0 2,600.00 2,890.03 Woodstock 63.27 49 49 0 0 2,500.00 250.00 Area Sub Total 165 162 3 9 $9,800.00 6,440.03 Area 10 - JC Chenard Bouctouche 75.71 14 11 3 1,000.00 2,000.00 Port Elgin 69.23 13 13 0 1,400.00 0.00 Sackville 92.74 33 33 0 3,800.00 4,938.75 Shediac 71.66 38 37 1 3,600.00 2,552.75 Area Sub Total 98 94 4 0 $9,800.00 9,491.50 Total 2864.47 1281 1277 4 4 $98,120.00 $125,416.99 Clubs Reporting 39 39 39 Average Club Attnd 73.45 32.85 32.74 4 .