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Bigger Better Bolder District 5370 NEWSLETTER Issue 7 – District 5370, Jackie Hobal, District Governor Wishing you all a successful 2011 Rotary Year! Happy New Year Jackie Hobal and Wayne District Governor 2010-2011 Rotarians and Friends, [email protected] A New Year means new beginnings for January is Rotary Awareness Month, growing and strengthening our district. a great opportunity to share what it means One-half of the time for us to make our to be a Rotarian. Rotary’s strength lies in clubs Bigger, Better, and Bolder is gone in its more than 33,000 clubs in over 200 this Rotary Year. But, on the bright side, countries and geographical areas. Consider we still have six months to consolidate these tips for getting your club involved Presidential Citation and continue our efforts to modernize and during Rotary Awareness Month: www.rotary.org/RIdocuments/en_pdf/900en10.pdf strengthen Rotary! • Watch and share Rotary Minute videos Excerpt from RI President Ray newsletter We are thrilled with the recent with others in your club and district. announcement of District Governor • Host a Q & A “press conference” session “Now is a good time to remind your clubs Nominee Designate Betty Screpnek (2012– during a club meetings in January, and about the new score sheet for the Presidential 2013). Betty is now getting involved in invite local media. Citation program. The score sheet is a self learning more about our great District and • Shoot video of a club meeting or service evaluation tool for your clubs to submit to you will be working closely with DGE Harry project, and post it on your website. Tell by 31 March, and there is still time for the Buddle (2011–2012) and DGN Kevin people about it on Facebook (join the clubs to improve their scores by club activities Hilgers (2012–2013) to build our future. District 5370 facebook) or Twitter. and projects during the next three months. My Learn more about Betty in this newsletter. • Co-ordinate a community service project goals are that 90% of the clubs will submit Join me in wishing DGE Harry Buddle with another local organization, and their score sheets to you by the deadline, that and Judy a wonderful week as they head to invite the media to come along. at least 60% will qualify for the President the Rotary International Assembly in San • Write a letter to the editor of your local Citation, and that at least 20% will earn the Diego to meet the new RI President for paper about your club’s community and Presidential Citation with Distinction.” the coming year … Harry will be returning international humanitarian projects. with new ideas for continuing our excellent • Invite a friend or co-worker to an Please forward those score sheets to tradition in Rotary. upcoming meeting Rene at the District Office. January 2011 1 BIGGER! BETTER! BOLDER! Rotarian Action Groups INDEX In 2005 the RI Board of Directors created a new type of Rotary entity called Rotarian Action Groups. Rotarian Action Groups are groups of Rotarians, Rotarian spouses, and Rotaractors who join together to conduct projects in a particular area of service. Each Rotarian Action Group is officially recognized by the Board, Pennies for Polio but functions independently of Rotary International, with its own governance and page 5 administrative structure. service projects, the Board encourages There are currently 14 recognized these groups to contact district governors Rotarian Action Groups, which have a and offer their assistance to Rotary clubs. combined membership of over 27,000 Rotarian Action Groups may only contact people in more than 100 countries clubs when the district governor grants worldwide. These 14 groups address the express permission to do so. If approached following issues: by a Rotarian Action Group, you are free • AIDS to use your discretion in deciding whether • Blindness Prevention to allow the group to make contact with • Blood Donation your clubs. If permission is granted, it GSE Team to Australia February ‘11 • Dental Volunteers will be incumbent on the group to renew page 9 • Diabetes its communication privileges with the • Disaster Relief incoming governor for the next Rotary year, • Health Fairs and so on thereafter. • Hunger and Malnutrition By collaborating with Rotarian Action • Malaria Groups, clubs and districts can enhance • Microcredit the scope and impact of their humanitarian • Multiple Sclerosis service projects, improve Rotary’s public • Polio Survivors image and awareness, and attract and retain • Population and Development members who are motivated by involvement • Water and Sanitation in service. I hope that you will favorably To learn more about these groups and the consider opportunities to collaborate with Rotary Day 2011 Gala Dinner projects that they have been undertaking these groups and benefit from their talents page 10 recently, please download the 2009-10 and enthusiasm. Rotarian Action Groups Annual Report. For more information on Rotarian Recognizing that Rotarian Action Action Groups, I invite you to visit Groups possess valuable expertise in their www.rotary.org/actiongroups. If you have any areas of specialty and capacity to help clubs questions or concerns, please feel free to and districts plan and implement effective contact RI staff at [email protected]. Newsletter Notice All information and stories for the newsletter can be sent directly to the New Pilot Programs Support Diversity page 12 District Office at [email protected] January 2011 2 Rotary Volunteers To: All Registered Rotary Volunteers and promote volunteerism, RI plans on 2011. The Rotary Volunteers Database will reaching out to Rotary clubs and districts be removed from the RI website effective 30 Dear Rotary Volunteer: encouraging them to seek out opportunities June 2011. We encourage you to continue to include volunteers on service projects, to seek out opportunities to serve on Rotary We are writing to share with you a both locally and abroad. projects through other avenues, such as recent development regarding the Rotary Moving forward, we will be developing ProjectLINK. You may visit the database Volunteers program. At its November enhanced resources to support Rotary and contact local project coordinators meeting, the RI Board agreed to phase out service connections for international service directly to express your interest in serving the Rotary Volunteers program, effective projects, fellowship visits, and international on a project and to make any arrangements. 30 June 2011. This decision was taken in volunteer opportunities, by augmenting We would like to express our sincere light of both the priorities of the revised the current Rotary Friendship Exchange thanks for your steadfast commitment RI Strategic Plan, as well as the need for an program. This will be a major focus in the to volunteering and look forward to overall shift in how Rotary International coming months, and we will share these continuing in our efforts to support the administers its programs. developments with Rotarians appointed work of volunteers. Please do not hesitate to Since its inception, the Rotary to serve in district leadership positions for contact staff at International.Service@rotary. Volunteers program has sought to support 2011-12. org if you have any questions regarding volunteerism by connecting volunteers RI will continue to support the Rotary these changes. with service opportunities. The knowledge, Volunteers program through the end of the enthusiasm and guidance that volunteers 2010-11 Rotary year, and we will accept Sincerely, bring to service projects is invaluable, and registration forms for postings on the Rotary Susan Schneider, Supervisor to further highlight these contributions Volunteers Database through 31 March International Service Programs Lloydminster Rotary Club - Having “Fun” - Raising “Fun”ds “Just in time for Christmas … Give and expand the number of clubs who take the gift that keeps on taking…” That was up this worthwhile Partnership. the tagline used to promote an innovative Capitalizing on the momentum gained car lottery conducted by the Lloydminster by exhibiting at the RI Convention in Rotary Club, Employment Partnership Montreal, the Lloydminster Employment Steering Committee. The idea behind the Partnership Steering Committee recognized lottery was to have a little fun, often at the that more people with developmental expense of a fellow Rotarian, by purchasing disabilities could find work if more clubs Rotarian Barry Russell of Lloydminster Honda tickets for your friends on a chance to win knew about and participated in the presenting Rotarian Keith Weinbender with the a “Klunker”car, retail value of $495.00. Partnership. keys to his new “Klunker”. The car, donated by Lloydminster Honda Since its inception in 2000, more through Rotarian Barry Russell was won than 20 clubs have participated in the Submitted by: Lloydminster Employment by a fellow Rotarian from the Border City Partnership and over 140 jobs have been Partnership Steering Committee (Glenn Club, Keith Weinbender. A net amount of created by Rotarians to allow individuals Deschover, Wayde Blythe, Glenn Fagnan, Peter $1748.58 was generated to help promote with developmental disabilities to have Parkinson, Barry Russell, Glenys Coleman, the District 5370 Employment Partnership meaningful work opportunities. Robin Acton, Bernal Ulsifer) January 2011 3 District News Ambassadorial Scholar Diana Kim Diana Kim is our district’s 2009–2010 Ambassadorial Scholar. She started her studies in Public Health at James Cook University in North Queensland Australia in February 2010. Her studies were delayed as she began Introducing Betty Screpnek her post graduate studies in Liverpool in the for DGND 2013-14 fall of 2009 (her school of choice) in Tropical Betty Screpnek has been a dedicated Medicine prior to RI confirmation and was member of the Rotary Club of Edmonton fortunate to have RI agree to allow her to Glenora since 1996. She served as club attend her third school of choice for the President in the Rotary Centennial Year and She has done extensive volunteer work Ambassadorial Scholarship and begin studies has chaired the Membership Committee, in Africa with NGO’s and has considerable in February 2010.