Today was an In-Person meeting at Cedar Crest College starting at 7:30 A.M. There were 25 of us present plus 5 more on line.
Mitch Huston handled registration, prizes and Happy Dollars.
GUEST:
Valerie Deneen, from the Emmaus RC and Anna, the young lady from Denmark who was supposed to be our exchange student in 2019, but couldn’t due to health issues; Francesco, our visiting exchange student and his host mom Geli Haviland and Dru.
OPENING:
Gwenn Carr opened the meeting at 7:30 A.M.
Marlene Heller gave a very nice invocation.
Gwenn Carr led us in the Pledge of Allegiance to the U.S. Flag.
Ron Colman led us in reciting the Four Way Test, and added “Is it Fun?”
ROTARIAN OF THE MONYH:
This award has been reinstated. For August 2023 the Rotarian of the month is Helen Papathanasiou.
MEMBERSHIP MINUTE:
Membership minute. Clarence Birdseye, who invented fast frozen food, was a member of the Rotary Club of Morrisey.
BIKE WORKS:
Please let Diana Dunn know if you are interested in joining the Bikeworks fundraiser. It will be during the first two weeks of October. The BikeWorks celebration for this week has been rescheduled for November.
DINING OUT:
More information will be provided about the September dining out (potentially Thunderhead Lodge)
MONGOLIA 21/21:
News from nick:
On Saturday, August 19th Students were interviewed for the Mongolia 21.21 scholarships. The interviewers are having a difficult time deciding who should be awarded the scholarships as the candidates were very strong. More to come
EXCHANGE STUDENTS:
Francesco, from Italy, is our new exchange student, From Turin. He loves America. He is a Northwestern Lehigh student. He is a senior.
PRIZES:
The door prize was $10 won by Bill Kebab.
The 50-50 was $ 8 and won by Marlene Heller.
HAPPY DOLLARS
Sue Weber is happy to have exchange students and exchange parents. Sue was happy to have a visit from 1981 exchange student. “We touch the world with our exchange students.”
Marlene Heller is happy to celebrate birthdays with families.
Gail Micca is happy to have exchange students here, also happy to be going away with Ed on his sabbatical.
Valerie Deneen has happy dollars for being a guest here from the Emmaus RC, and happy about exchange students because her parents met as exchange students.
Gwenn Carr is happy to NOT have her grandchildren this week.
Gary Englehardt is happy to see so many people.
Ernie Boll is happy to see exchange students.
Helen Papathanasiou is happy to be going to Greece.
CELEBRATIONS:
The member celebrations for August are listed below.
A document for recording your service hours from August 1-today was passed around for members to provide their input. AWRC
BALLOT BOX:
Members were asked to answer the ballot box questions for this week and deposit in the box.
Responses from the last ballot box:
9 individuals indicated that they would attend a dining out at Thunderhead Lodge during the first week of September
There were a variety of opinions about the music for the picnic.
IMPACT CLUB:
Diana Dunn is starting the Impact Club. She is meeting with various potential members and checking on various activities that they could perform.
An IMPACT club is another Innovative Club model - a "Service-Only" version of a Satellite club. It's an extension of your Rotary club, populated by members interested only in service project participation. No meeting, no meal.
GREEN THUMB GARDENS:
Gail Micca reports “Our gardens are finally producing some gorgeous tomatoes, peppers, zucchini, cucumbers, eggplant and herbs.
We have 2-3 harvests per week now, so please let Gail know when you can come and help.
If you have a business and would like to send some employees over to harvest and post a photo on social media, we can do that too!
Working with Plant a Row has been very helpful with getting produce delivered quickly. We have also had some help from Parkland Garden Club members. See you at the garden!”
SNACK PACKING:
The next Snack Packing event at Parkland is in September.
If anyone wants to help, they should email Diana Dunn at dunndianas@gmail.com
The NWL Snack Packing date If we start in October, it will be the 3rd Wednesday starting at 2:00. Each month will be the 3rd Wednesday from 2-2:35.
KINGDOM LIFE FOOD DISTRIBUTION:
The upcoming dates for Kingdom Life Food Pantry Giveaway are --
September 9 October 14
November 11 December 9
PARKLAND C.A.R.E.S. PRODUCE DELIVERY:
The Pantry will hold its food distributions on the first Saturday of each month for all of 2023.
Three volunteers are needed each time.
Food collections for Parkland C.A.R.E.S. will be held the third Wednesday of each month at the Pantry on Kernsville Road.
MEALS ON WHEELS:
Meal delivery by AW Rotarians takes place twice each week. Helen Papathanasiou always needs substitute volunteers.
MEETING SCHEDULE:
The second and fourth Wednesday of each month is In-Person meetings at Cedar Crest College.
The first Wednesday of each month will be a Dining Out meeting, or equal. It might not be on a Wednesday.
The third Wednesday of each month will be reserved for AWRC committee meetings to which everyone is welcome.
NEXT MORNING MEETING IN-PERSON:
Wednesday, September 13 at Cedar Crest College starting at 7:30 A.M.
The program will be PDG PDG Janet Kolepp discussing Bethlehem Morning Star RC-Women of Action.
PROGRAM:
Gwenn introduced PDG Herb Klotz “Intentional Leadership for Growth-Our Club’s Plan to Grow Membership”
Herb’s slide presentation began with “We are pleased to share the results of our survey of successful clubs in the United States and Canada. These clubs have some powerful lessons about how Rotary leaders can focus, and help Rotary grow.
WHY GROW MEMBERSHIP?
We are a membership organization
If you get membership right, the rest falls into place
New members = Greater impact
CREATING A CULTURE OF CONSISTENT, MODERATE MEMBERSHIP GROWTH
We're talking about data as a tool and I'm curious—why is that important in an organization like ours? If you can do it, you can measure it! If I can't measure it, does that mean I'm not doing it?
Data is the tool we can use to guide us.
We can use attrition and attraction data to transform Rotary. Fact based vs opinion, subjective impression Herb showed statistics about AWRC. He showed a grid of Common Rotary Club Patterns.
Fact based vs opinion, subjective impression
Enables individualize approaches-strategy
This is information about our club and your unique circumstances
Common Rotary Club Patterns
Herb showed a bar chart of our membership history for the last five years. We are losing members faster than we are bringing in new ones.
Going forward we have four Membership Teams. Our Membership Team Responsibilities –
Member Attraction Team – Tori/Laurie/Bill/Gail/Bianca?
Manage a prospect tracking process
Promote Rotary at chamber and other networking events
Hold a club Rotary information/networking event in winter
Membership minutes at all club meetings reminding members to invite others
Coordinate meaningful induction ceremonies
Conduct a demographics analysis to help target member recruitment
Member Engagement Team – Marlene/Herb/Gwenn/Bill
Manage new member onboarding process
Family of Rotary - Mail/Phone calls (Birthday/Get Well/…) to members
Tracking Service/Fundraising Hours
Tracking non-Service engagement (meetings, fellowship, …)
Short Member satisfaction Survey
“Rotarian of the month” recognition
Membership Innovation Team - Diana
Create IMPACT companion club
Public Image Team – Marlene/Peter
Promote upcoming club events & service projects
Share successes from recent activities
Marketing materials for prospective members
Talking Points to share with prospects
Promote wearing Rotary SWAG
Led by the Zones 28 and 32 Analytics Team, this survey was designed to follow up on the 2021 survey completed on clubs in Zones 28 and 32 that grew during the pandemic. In this study we focused on clubs that had demonstrated successful, long term growth. With the support and collaboration of USA 7 Canada Rotary Co-Ordinators, we were able to extend the survey to encompass clubs in the USA and Canada.
This survey confirmed and enriched the first and leave us confident in the validity of the key drivers of club growth.
With the data from the first survey as a key basis for inquiry, we were able to seek more detail, with the result that our understanding of the qualities that make clubs successful was enhanced, clarified and expanded:
First, and most importantly, we see that leadership is more than an attribute for success – it is an essential, overarching requirement. Strong leaders create strong clubs. More than this, leaders of clubs focused on 5 key areas, which we will explore in more detail:
Outstanding governance – clubs are well organized, plan, set goals and have continuity in leadership.
Active, intentional member engagement – A healthy, engaged and inspired membership is key to club success.
Dynamic, meaningful service – engaged members keep busy ‘doing’ throughout the year. Rotary is about service.
Strong public image – Clubs aren’t just doing – they’re seen to be doing.
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion – ensuring club membership reflects their community
While not all leaders focused equally on all 5 areas, most clubs take all these areas seriously.
EFFECTIVE GOVERNANCE
PLANNING PROCESS FOR GROWTH
LEADERSHIP CONTINUITY
MEMBERSHIP TOP PRIORITY
Effective governance is highlighted in these clubs by three key elements.
MEMBERSHIP TOP PRIORITY ---
Membership growth top of mind
Membership is everyone’s responsibility
Weekly agenda item
CLOSING:
Gwenn Carr led us in reciting our motto “One profits most who serves best. And adjourned the meeting.
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