Club of Rotary The Friendship Knot

Tuesday, May 18, 2021

Club Meeting Our May Newsletter The Friendship Knot Meets at By Patrick W Curley on Saturday, May 15, 2021 Rotary Club of the Friendship Knot , May News Letter Wow, can you believe that it has been 5 months since we Time: Sunday at 12:00 started this adventure. It has been quite a journey. As a new type of Rotary PM Club, one that is international and focused on a common interest, we have had many obstacles and challenges to overcome that are not experienced in Club Leaders traditional Rotary Clubs. There has been much work done to set up the club, establish committees, collection of funds and developing a shared vision and mission for our club. We have had many of our members step up and Patrick W volunteer to serve as committee chairs and team leaders. Curley President For the next couple of months, I would like to see our club focus on positioning the club for the Rotary Year of 2021-2022.

Jeffrey Alexander Vernon President- Elect Andrea Gonzalez Secretary Club Neckerchief is on it's way!

Robert By Patrick W Curley on Saturday, May 15, 2021 Grant Landquist Treasurer James Donovan Sergeant- at-Arms Webmaster Elwin Spray Club Rotary Foundation Chair

Michael Matzinger Club Membership Chair Steven R. Beck Club Service Chair Ivonne Senc�be- Reilly Club Public Image Chair

Dawn Michelle Chapeau Social Media Chair Andrew Charles Johnson International Service Chair Hallie Marie Rock Club Service Projects Chair After months on waiting, our Club neckerchiefs are ordered and will be mailed to you shortly. At that beginning of our club's formation, we decided that since we are a Rotary Club that is focued on Scouting, we would have In This Issue an appropriate symbol for our club. The Rotary Club of The Friendship Knot neckerchief will consist of a tricolor necker, one side will be the Rotary Royal Blue, the other will be the World Organization of Scouting Movements purple, seperated by a white field with our club logo. We will use the friendship knot to tie together Scouting Our May Newsletter and Rotary. Published on 05/15/2021 We hope to make this necker something that will distiquish our club and something that you will take great pride in. It is asked that you consider wearing your club necker at all Rotary and Scouting programs and Club Neckerchief is on activities that you will participate in. it's way! Published on There are three different neckers, a charter member necker for those who joined our club in January, a member 05/15/2021 necker for all active members, and a presentation necker that can be used to as gifts and recognitions to those who support our club (they will also be used for trading), we also are presenting the charter members of the Your Membership Rotaract Club of The Friendship Knot with a special necker for their club. Published on 05/18/2021 We ordered enough neckers for our club members and some extras, neckers will be available for purchase soon.

Profile: Ty Robinson A special thank you to our Sergeant at Arms, Jim Donovan who championed this cause and spent endless hours coordinating the creation, and ordering of the neckers. Our club is very close to making our club goals. Please help us reach them. Published on Your Membership 05/14/2021 By Patrick W Curley on Tuesday, May 18, 2021 Reach Out and Meet Thank you for being a member of our Club. Let's get ready for next year. Your Local Rotary Club Our membership dues are only $200.00 per year, which is less than $17.00 per Published on month. Most Rotarians spend that much at thier weekly meeting. 05/09/2021 I am proud to be a Rotarian. Rotary International is by far the best service Using the Patrol organization in the world. It serves so many great causes, to include Scouting. Method to meet the We are very fortunate that we can be part of a great organization. In the past needs of our club. being a part of Rotary meant spending lots of money, and attending weekly Published on face to face meetings. Since Rotary has changed some of it's requirements, it 05/14/2021 is now available to many more, which means we can make a bigger impact on the world. By offering low dues, our club hopes to provide our members with Rotary International the opportunity to be a part of Rotary without the large financial obligation. Calendar One of the draw backs to offering low dues, is we need to have all of our members dues paid up so that we have the funds to operate the club. We Birthdays have had to delay the ordering of our neckers and membership kits this year as we have been waiting for members to pay last year's dues. Council J Armstrong Jr. At the end of June our club will be charged Rotary International Dues for every member who we report in our May 19th club. It is very important that we provide an accurate count of our dues paying members. Thomas C Roberts Jr. Our members have been sent an invoice for next year. The invoice is for the entire year's dues. You can pay any May 23rd portion of that, depending on your current financial situation. When you get your statement, you will see what Jonathan Charles portion you have paid and what portion you owe. Whitaker May 28th We have ordered the neckers and they are in production, they will be sent out to all who have paid their dues CoreyAnn Khan for last year. May 29th If you do not intend to pay your dues and continue to be a member of our club, please let us know so that we can drop you before we get a bill.

Profile: Ty Robinson

Ty Robinson is the President and Chief Operating Officer of Robinson Marketing in Tupelo, Mississippi. Ty graduated from Georgia State University in Atlanta with a B.B.A. in marketing minoring in advertising. He joined Robinson Marketing in 1992 as Account Coordinator. Since then he has held the titles of Account Executive, Vice President of Client Services and Vice President of Agency Management. He was honored by the Mississippi Business Journal as a "Top 40 Under 40" recipient in 2009. Ty Robinson is the President and Chief Operating Officer of Robinson Marketing in Tupelo, Mississippi. Ty graduated from Georgia State University in Atlanta with a B.B.A. in marketing minoring in advertising. He joined Robinson Marketing in 1992 as Account Coordinator. Since then he has held the titles of Account Executive, Vice President of Client Services and Vice President of Agency Management. He was honored by the Mississippi Business Journal as a "Top 40 Under 40" recipient in 2009.

He is active in his Northeast Mississippi community. He has served on the Community Development Foundation board of directors. He is a graduate of the Jim Ingram Community Leadership Institute and the Tupelo Convention & Visitors Bureau's Tourism Leadership Program. He served a five-year term on the Tupelo Airport Authority board where he was chairman for two years. He is very active as an adult leader with the Yocona Area Council since 1992 where he has served as merit badge counselor, Assistant Scoutmaster, Scoutmaster, Unit Commissioner, District Commissioner, as well as Chapter Adviser, Associate Lodge Adviser and Lodge Adviser with the . He has served the Yocona Area Council as Vice President of Marketing and just finished a three-year term as Council Commissioner. He is currently the chairman of the advancement committee. He also services on a marketing research subcommittee of the National Commissioner Service Team marketing and communications committee.

He has been awarded the Silver Beaver Distinguished Service to Youth. The youth of the Order of the Arrow Chicksa 202 Lodge awarded him with the Vigil Honor and the Order of the Arrow Founder's Award. The OA Section SR-6 awarded him the Silver Turtle.

He is Wood Badge trained, and he has served on Wood Badge staff for several course. He is a Gilwell Fellow with the Scout Association. He's also a life member of Kandersteg International Scout Centre.

Our club is very close to making our club goals. Please help us reach them.

By Patrick W Curley on Friday, May 14, 2021

Each year Rotary Clubs, Districts, Areas, and Regions set annual goals for success. Clubs are recognized for their acievements on the RI and District level. Our club is only 5 months old, but we are close to meeting goals that take most clubs a year to achieve. Help our club be a super achiever! We are very close to meeting our projected goals for the year! You can help!

We are very close to meeting our Rotary International Goals and should meet them within the next week or two.

We also have the District Governor's award. I have attached the rubric below. We have meet many of these goals and are well on our way with achieving these goals as well, with a little help from you.

1. Please make sure you go to DACdb and log in your service hours.

2. Become a sustaining member of the Rotary Foundation by contributing a $100.00 per year through Rotary Direct payment to the Rotary Foundation. If you log into My.Rotary.org and open the Rotary Foundation link you can register to donate. By paying to the annual fund, our club will become eligible for annual grants.

3. Join a Fellowship, there are many including the International Fellowship of Scouting Rotarians. Go to My.Rotary.org to join a fellowship.

Governors Award Minimum Points to Earn the Award = 90 Note: A minimum of at least 20 points is required in each category (DEI, Membership, and Rotary Foundation) to qualify.

Points earned by the following: Action Points Membership

1. Conduct club membership survey provided by the District DEI Taskforce. 20 2. Host at least one Rotary information meeting for prospective members. (Virtual counts!) 20 3. Grow club membership by net 1 new member (July 1, 2020 � June 20, 2021) 20 Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI)

1. Acknowledge, by signature of club president, the club�s acceptance of and agreement with the Rotary/District DEI statement. 20 2. Complete either �Building a Diverse Club� or �Committing to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion� course at Rotary International�s Learning Center by at least 25% of club 40 officers, directors, and committee chairs. 3. Establish a DEI Chair or Committee that includes representation from the club�s membership and public relations committees to develop a DEI strategy. 10 4. Present a club program focused on understanding issues related to DEI within communities served by the club. 20 5. Participate in a community service project or event involving joint action with groups or organizations having ethnic or cultural differences from the club. (Virtual counts!) 20 Rotary Foundation

1. Donate an average of $100 per capita to the Annual Fund. 2. Donate an average of $50 per capita to the PolioPlus Fund. 3. Increase use of Rotary Direct by 10%. 4. Increase number of new or multiple Paul Harris Fellows by 10%. 20 20 10 10

Reach Out and Meet Your Local Rotary Club

By James Donovan on Sunday, May 9, 2021

At a recent meeting of the Rotary Club of the Friendship Knot, we encouraged members to reach out and connect with a Club in their community. Here in Evanston, Illinois there is a new club called the Evanston Nouveau Rotary Club. I decided to reach out and introduce myself and our Club.

Evanston Nouveau is an innovative club with a family friendly focus. Technically Evanston Nouveau is a provisional club as they have not formally been chartered but they are planning to do so in the next few months. The Club first conceived in the Fall of 2019 and has grown to 18 active members. Because the Club was established during the COVID Pandemic they are currently conducting their meetings via Zoom. These virtual meetings have worked especially well, especially for their members with family�s. In fact, the club isn�t quite sure if they will move to in-person meetings once it is safe to do so.

One thing Evanston Nouveau has done a remarkable job with is their commitment to community service and they have recently adopted an 18 acre park here in our hometown. I was invited to participate in their monthly service day and decided to lend a hand.

In addition to contributing a few hours of service, I met several of the Club�s members and have committed to joining them each month at the park for service. I have also added their monthly service dates to our Scout Troop�s calendar and hope to get some of our Scout�s to contribute throughout the summer months.

I encourage you to reach out and introduce yourself and our club to another club in your community. For those of us new to Rotary, it is a great way to learn a little about Rotary, share some club best practices, and make some great new connections in your community.

To learn more about Evanston Nouveau, or to share with your friends who might be interested in this Club, visit them on Facebook @EvanstonNouveau

Photo credit to @2021 Monika Lozinska

Using the Patrol Method to meet the needs of our club.

By Patrick W Curley on Friday, May 14, 2021 Some of our members cannot attend meetings due to our meeting time and day. Many are feeling left out.

Let's solve a new Rotary problem with an old Scouting solution! We have a very unique problem with our club in that our members are spread across 11 time zones. It has been very difficult to pick a day when it is best for all members to meet. Our club has sent our polls to try to select the best time and days for club meetings and we have come to an impass. Since we are all intereted in Scouting and most of us are familiar with the Scouting methods, let's try organizing our Club into patrols. In 1920, Baden-Powel consolidated notes he had assembled on the training of boys through Scouting and published them as Aids to Scoutmastership. He wrote,

The Patrol System

The Patrol System is the one essential feature in which Scout training differs from that of all other organisations, and where the System is properly applied, it is absolutely bound to bring success. It cannot help itself! The formation of the boys into Patrols of from six to eight and training them as separate units each under its own responsible leader is the key to a good Troop. The Patrol is the unit of Scouting always, whether for work or for play, for discipline or for duty. An invaluable step in character training is to put responsibility on to the individual. This is immediately gained in appointing a Patrol Leader to responsible command of his Patrol. It is up to him to take hold of and to develop the qualities of each boy in his Patrol. It sounds a big order, but in practice it works. Then, through emulation and competition between Patrols, you produce a Patrol spirit which is eminently satisfactory, since it raises the tone among the boys and develops a higher standard of efficiency all round. Each boy in the Patrol realises that he is in himself a responsible unit and that the honour of his group depends in some degree on his own ability in playing the game.

Here how it will work:

1. Members of the club can volunteer to be a Patrol Leader. They can pick the best time and day for their club meeting. We can set up meeting rooms in our website. Patrol Leaders can advertise their meeting times, and recruit members of the Club to be in their Patrols.

2. The Patrol can be created around geography, time zones, availability, or just wanting to be a part of the group.

3. The Patrol will create their own name, and work together as a group. They will work as a patrol towards Club goals and projects. The patrol can also come up with their own project.

4. Patrol Leaders will be responsible for passing the word of the club, promoting achievement of club goals and projects and contacting and inspiring the members of thier Patrol. They will also be responsible to make sure that they have a representative at our monthly business meeting to give a report and recieve information.

5. I would recommend to the board that we have an annual Patrol of the Year award for achiement of club goals and initiative.

If you would like to volunteer as a Patrol Leader, please let me know and provide me with a time and date for your recruiting meeting and we will get that out to the club.

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May 2021

Youth Service Month

14-16 May � Presidential Conference � Ascension Rotaract MDIO (USA)

June 2021

Rotary Fellowships Month

11-12 June � Rotaract Preconvention, Taipei, Taiwan 11-12 June � Youth Exchange Officers Preconvention, Taipei, Taiwan 12-16 June � Rotary International Convention, Taipei, Taiwan 30 June � Rotary Citation for Rotary Clubs Award nominations are due