District 5650 News

Rotary District 5650 October-November, 2010—Governor’s Newsletter—governor@rotarydistrict5650.org

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“Think about major projects, because that’s what gives Ro-tarians pride in their club, and if those projects also are visi-ble in the community, people become interested in Rotary and join, if asked. If you get

that cycle going, clubs will be bigger, better, and bolder.”

- RI President, Ray Klinginsmith

Table of Contents

INSIDE PAGE Roger’s News ............... 1 Ambassadorial Scholar 4 Assistant Governors ..... 2 Cadwallader Award ...... 3 Calendar ....................... 3 Club Elections .............. 2 District Chairs ............... 3 DG Nomination ............. 7 District Newsletter ........ 5 District Officers ............. 2 District Simplified Grant 6 District Updates ............ 2 District Website ............ 5 Family Month ................ 2 Foundation Giving ........ 6 Int’l Convention ............ 4 Polio Plus ..................... 6 PR Grant ...................... 4 Presidential Citation ..... 8 Rotary Focus Group ..... 8 RLI ................................ 5 Shenandoah Rotary..9/10 Speaker Idea ................ 3

Roger’s Club and District Updates ―Just Ask!‖ Two keys words for membership in Rotary. The minute you ask someone to visit and/or join Rotary a new world opens for them. They will have the opportunity of fellowship, be-ing of part of the best Service Club in the world and the International aspect on Betterment. For a club to be effective they must have active members. A testimony from Rotarian Gil Kettlehut: ―Rotary is a World Better because of community and international opportunities.‖ Future Rotarians need to know upfront the obligations of time, cost and personal commitment. Today’s commitment in Rotary is very much tied to an individual’s family and work world. Once you paint a Rotary picture of excitement, fulfillment, and ―Service above Self‖, they are sold on Rotary and soon join you and your club. Let them walk before they run- early involvement results in long term commitment to their Club and Service. My District goal for Membership is a positive number over last year’s 10% loss. Remember that every club has a Membership Committee but every Rotarian is a member of that committee. Happy Recruiting!!! Speaking of membership, hats off to Columbus Morning Rotary! They have increased their membership from 15 in August of 2007 to 38 in September of 2010. That’s a 33 1/3% yearly in-crease. Congratulations, also, to Geneva Rotary on their 100% attendance day on September 28th. They

also celebrated Rotarian, Ben Fussell’s 100th Birthday. Ben was Postmaster for 15 years; he was in 4-H; his very first job was a ditch digger. He loves music and he was asked to teach students - he had no schooling to do so but he taught band to students in Fairmont during the Summer. He played in the Shrine Band until sometime in his 60’s. Ben has been a Rotar-ian for 52 years and has 39 years of perfect attendance! Congratulations, Ben!

When we hear November we think of Thanksgiving and the Rotary Foundation. Both reflect on being Thankful for our family and friends and being able to serve others. As we sit at the table on Thanksgiving day and give thanks, let us also include those we are able to serve through the Rotary Foundation. Your gift to the Rotary Foundation enables all in District 5650 to be able to: enjoy and participate in the Group Study Exchange Team, inbound and outbound Youth Ex-change; grants for individual and group projects for community and international betterment. I have asked each Club and each Rotarian to partner with the Rotary Foundation this Rotary year. Consider giving: ―Every Rotarian, Every Year‖ ( a $100 per member contribution) or a club contribution or an individual contribution of their choice. 50% of your monies given to the Rotary Foundation will come back to the district after three years. A ―Win Win‖ opportunity of giving. Contact your Club Foundation Chair or District Chair Bob Collins for information. Let’s make Dis-trict 5650 a 100% District for Foundation Giving. Peggy and I would like to extend a ―Happy Thanksgiving‖ to you and your families. As we play our final game in the Big 12-----be sure to shout ―GO BIG RED‖---we will take the support of our Iowa Rotarians, also! Yours in Rotary, DG Roger

“Rotary is the best way to make the world a better place”…..from Geneva’s newsletter

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2010-11 District Officers

District Governor (DG) - C. Roger Carrell

DG-elect—Bob Perrin

DG-nominee—Dick Galusha

Secretary—Mary Q. Garrison

Treasurer—Jim Mastera

Trainer—Rick Stone

2010-11 Assistant Governors

Area 1—Prent Roth Columbus, Columbus Morning,

Norfolk, Schuyler, Wayne

Area 2—Kevin Zadina Aurora, David City, Seward,

York

Area 3—Open Fairbury, Friend, Geneva,

Hebron

Area 4—Todd Dierberger Auburn, Falls City, Humboldt,

Nebraska City

Area 5—Allan Bash Clarinda, Glenwood, Red Oak,

Shenandoah

Area 6—John Mock Avoca, Council Bluffs, Council

Bluffs Centennial, Omaha Downtown

Area 7—Bill Dick

Lincoln, Lincoln East, Lincoln South, Lincoln Sunrise

Area 8—Carol Ebdon Blair, Fremont, Omaha North,

Western Douglas County

Area 9—Jim Leslie Bellevue, Omaha Morning,

Omaha Suburban, Plattsmouth

Area10—Dorothy Zimmerman Beatrice, Crete, Pawnee City,

Wilber

Area 11—Ginger Hiscock Ashland, Om Millard, Om No, Om West, SW Omaha Night

Get Ready for Club Elections!

Rotary International and District 5650 need to

know who your club’s 2011-12 leadership will

be.

This information will be due to the District and

Rotary International by December 31st. If you

haven't already, be sure to get things in order

for December elections! Forms will be sent to

all club secretaries asking for this information at the beginning of December.

December is Family Month Since next month is Family of Rotary Month, has your club planned an activity to include spouses, significant others, children, spouses of deceased Rotarians, or alums such as scholars and grant recipients? The holidays are a wonderful time to get peo-ple together and reflect on all of the things for which we are so very grateful Plan now for December Family Month activities!

District Updates

Rotary Club of Wilber: a sad farewell as Wilber closes it doors. After 82

years of Service to their community, the District and to Rotary International, Wilber says ―Good-bye‖. Thank you for all your dedication to Rotary. Rotary Club of Geneva: President; Chris Tonniges: ctonniges@BruningBank.com Rotary Club of Friend: President Kay Stinson: bobkaystinson@windstream.net

Work: 402-947-2141 Fax: 402-947-2176 Rotary Club of Columbus Noon: Meeting location change to HyVee, 3010 23rd Street, Columbus Rotary Club of Hebron Meeting location move- Mary’s Café, 245 South 13th St, Hebron Omaha West Meeting location change to Champions Club, 13800 Eagle Run Dr.

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This is an IDEAL OPPOR-TUNITY to hear about our Foundation Pro-grams "at work". Bran-don Davis is a Rotary Ambassadorial Scholar who studied in Montevi-deo, Uruguay in 2009. He is originally from Grand Island, NE and wants to speak at your club! Here is what he has to say about himself: As I prepared for gradua-tion from Nebraska Wesleyan University, I knew that I wanted to do more than just go get a job. As I began to look at my options for the future I came across the Rotary

Ambassadorial Scholarship. At that point I knew only a little about Rotary from my youth when I was selected for t h e R Y L A Award. The scholar-

ship's focus on service was right up my alley as I had spent my last three years of college heavily involved in on-campus activities and off-campus volunteer opportunities. Spending a year abroad also excited me as it al-lowed me to experience the adventure of living in a culture far different from my own as I had done before in Argen-tina, India and Spain. My experience in Uru-guay has tremen-dously changed my per-spective on life. I am far more grateful for the many blessing that we

are afforded simply for being born in America. I am also very pleased to know that Rotary is an important agent of change in the world try-ing to help those who aren't so fortunate to have these things. The Rotary Ambassado-rial scholarship gives scholars the opportunity to broaden their horizons and return back to the U.S. knowing how they can make change within their own communities and abroad. I look for-ward to the challenge of finding ways to live up to Rotary's motto "Service Above Self." You can contact Bran-don at 402-616-9610; brandavis@gmail.com, or by US Mail to Brandon Davis, 15814 Gertrude Street, Omaha. NE 68136.

Looking for An Excellent Club Speaker? 2010-11 District Chairs

Health and Hunger—

Zoe Baumel

Literacy—Dr. Ed Walsh

Water—Dr. Cody Knutson

Speaker’s Bureau—

Ward Peters

Marcia Antworth

Membership Development—

Kris Winter

John Hoich

Public Relations—Roxy Orr

Group Study Exchange,

Inbound—Ken Hurt

Group Study Exchange,

Outbound—Robert Rapp

Vocational Services—

Gary Bren

Community Service—

Joanne Peters

Rotaract—Yolanda Hoffman

The Rotary Foundation—

Bob Collins

Youth Exchange—

Steve Gerdes

Calendar See full details at

www.rotarydistrict5650.org

November 11—Veteran’s Day

20-21—Mandatory Outbound Youth Exchange Interview

Weekend 26—Thanksgiving

30—Ensure that 30% of your club’s Annual Programs Fund

goal is achieved

December ~ Family Month ~ AGs visit clubs

31—DG and Cadwallader Nominations Due

31—Club Officer Info Due

Cadwallader Nominations Due 12/31/2010

Somewhere in District 5650 there is a worthy Rotarian that should be nomi-nated to receive the Cadwallader Award. Eligible Rotarians are those who have made substantial contribution in any or all of the Four Avenues of Ser-vice: Community, International, Vocational and Club. Please tell us the name of that worthy Rotarian. To place a name in nomination, locate the nomination form at www.rotarydistrict5650.org under the ―Awards‖ page of the ―Site Pages‖ heading. Once you have completed it, please mail it to PDG Cheryl Blue, Cadwal-lader Award Chairperson, 19422 Davy Jones Cir, Plattsmouth, NE 68048. Cheryl can also be reached by phone at 42-296-6916.

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Rooms Now Available for International Convention

Let the Good Times Roll! District 5650 has blocked 30 guest rooms for the five nights of May 20-21-22-23-24,2011 at the Place d' Armes Hotel. The Place d' Armes Hotel is centrally located in the historic French Quarter near Jackson Square and the Mississippi River. The following net group rates apply: Interior Guest Rooms Singles/Doubles: $175 Additional Person: $20 Deluxe Guest Rooms Singles/Doubles: $185 Additional Person: $20 Courtyard Guest Rooms Singles/Doubles: $199 Additional Person: $20 Balcony Guest Rooms Singles/Doubles: $219 Additional Person: $20 Junior Suites Singles/Doubles: $235 Additional Person: $20 Applicable taxes will be charged, currently at 13% sales tax and $1 per room, per night occu-pancy tax. All guest rooms are Smoke Free Environments. RESERVATION PROCEDURE

It is understood that each individual will make his/her own reservation either: ONLINE at www.placedarmes.com Access Code: 'RD5650'

-OR- 800#: Reservations Center at 800-366-2743 during normal business hours.

(Callers should identify themselves as a member of the ROTARY DISTRICT 5650.) RESERVATIONS DEADLINE Reservations must be made on or before March 18, 2011. After March 18, 2011 all unreserved rooms will be released for general resale. DEPOSIT I CANCELATION POLICY A one night deposit will be required 14 days prior 10 arrival to guar-antee each reservation. Cancellations within 14 days will be sub-ject to a one night penalty. MINIMUM NIGHT STAY A minimum stay of 3 nights is required over the Rotary Convention

- May 20-21-22-23-24. PARKING Overnight automobile parking is available. currently at $25 per auto/per night plus taxes ($28). ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Contact District Governor-elect, Bob Perrin, perrinarchitect@cox.net or 402-341-0232. Official information located on www.rotary.org or here at : http://www.rotary.org/en/members/events/convention/pages/ridefault.aspx

District Public Relations Grant Approved

On behalf of District 5650, Roxy Orr, District Public Relations Chair , submit-ted an application for the $10,000 Public Relations Grant to Rotary Interna-tional. As required, the District did pledge to con-tribute a third in a cash match or $3333.33. District 5650 will conduct a District public relations campaign using a multi-media approach including, cable TV, radio, billboards and Facebook.

Check ou t : ht tp : / /w w w . r o t a r y . o r g / e n /Members/RunningAClub/InformingTheCommunity/Pages/HIMPrint.aspx to see Rotary International’s ―Humanity in Motion‖ cam-paign.

Escape to Egypt

Escape to Egypt from your desk! Follow District 5650’s latest Ambassadorial Scholar in Egypt at:

http://ishtaproductions.com/2010/10/escape-to-the-red-sea/

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District Website and

District Newsletter

New District Website…

Sort of!

We have upgraded our district

website from Version 1.0 to

Version 2.0. While the site

looks similar to the old one,

but with a much needed face-

lift on the home page, the ad-

ministration and member ac-

cess is much easier to navi-

gate.

Be sure to create a user pro-

file and log-in periodically to

update your information! ALL

Rotarians in District 5650

can log into the district site.

If you haven’t seen it yet,

please take the time to visit

www.rotarydistrict5650.org.

Your feedback is much appre-

ciated! Send all suggestions/

c o m m e n t s t o

exec@rotarydistrict5650.org.

District Newsletters

If you have an article, event or

information you would like

posted on the district website

AND/OR in the district news-

letter, e-mail the information to

District Executive Director,

E r i n O b e r h a u s e r , a t

exec@rotarydistrict5650.org

or mail to her at 17010 K ST,

Omaha, NE 68135.

Rotary Leadership Institute An Investment in Your Rotary Club – Your Members

On October 23, 2010 The Rotary Leadership Institute (RLI) held its semi-annual session. The next session will be March 19, 2011. RLI is a 3-part program which meets on Saturdays. It is designed so that each part builds on the knowledge from the previous parts. Graduating from RLI on October 23: Blair – Mark Schulze Columbus Morning – Angeline Petak Council Bluffs Centennial – Brian Moon Lincoln South – Chris Dietz Lincoln Sunrise – Minnie Stephens Norfolk – Kris Winter Omaha Downtown – Bill Harvey Omaha Downtown – Jill Slupe Omaha Suburban – Lisa Neu Omaha Suburban – Yolanda Hoffman

Rotary Leadership Institute sessions incorporate facilitation methods that are heavy on activity-based learning. The full course is a series of three full day parts (Parts I, II, III). Those com-pleting each part are eligible for the next part. Examples of course ses-sions include "Rotary Beyond the Club", "The Rotary Foundation", "Membership Development and Re-tention", "Leadership Characteristics",

"Creating Hands On Service Projects", "Vocational Service", "International Service‖, and "Analyzing a Rotary Club" This is a great way to build a stronger Rotar-ian by helping create a smarter Rotar-ian. Any Rotary Club Member can benefit from knowing more about Rotary. The more you know the more you enjoy and support Rotary. All of this helps building a stronger Club. Stronger Clubs mean a stronger Ro-tary organization. For more information, please visit http://www.rotarydistrict5650.org and click on ―Rotary Leadership Institute‖ under the ―Site Pages‖ heading on the left

side of the home page.

An Investment in the Rotary Leadership Institute is an Investment in Your Club – Your Members - and the Future of Rotary!

- - Nicolette "Nicki" Klein, nklein2@neb.rr.com Chair, Heartland USA Division The Rotary Leadership Institute

“I was very pleased to be selected to

attend RLI. The opportunity to inter-

act with the facilitators and ask ques-

tions pertaining to Rotary and leader-

ship was awesome.” - Larry Keiter, Lincoln #14 Ro-

tary; Manager-Ameritas

Training & Organizational

Development

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Polio Plus and Foundation giving: You and I matter! By Kim Cafferty, Rotary Foundation Permanent Fund Chair

You have all been told since joining Rotary, that Rotary International ―the world’s greatest service organization‖, and this is true, and it is a tribute to the membership and the restrictive nature of this membership! You and I were asked to join our club by existing members who believed us to be the caliber of individual who had the capacity and the fortitude and the character to serve the club and the world as those who have come before us have done. In fact Rotarians have a framework and a history of involvement that spans the globe, and one of the greatest effects of that activity is that the world is a less contentious place than it would be without Rotary and it’s in-volved, committed members! When you and I give to Rotary, we are making an impact both within and be-yond our community. Rotary is a lot more than stamping out Polio, and yet, even this effort has yielded vast improvements in the lives of countless MIL-LIONS who may have contracted this terrible disease had not we Rotarians supported the efforts to eradicate it. Where do we stand on this initiative? Cases reported so far in 2010: Afghanistan 38 India 732 NIGERIA 388 Pakistan 89 All other non endemic countries 350 Total worldwide exposure today: 1597 cases We have nearly accomplished our mission. Polio will be wiped out with our help. This year we have been very proactive in going into the regions where the endemic disease has its toehold and in the past 3 months, the effort has yielded nearly NO brand new cases since June of 2010! The Gates founda-tion has issued us a challenge. They will match our giving with $200 MIL-LION dollars if we get that much collected worldwide. Our share of this in the USA is $109 Million. We are getting there, but have a ways to go. We need to give more of our money toward this effort and the sooner the better! How are WE doing? Our district has a goal of a minimum of $100.00 per member this year in total Foundation giving. So far we have given only 85% of that. We need to pick up the pace! Polio plus needs our support! And what about the other thousands of missions Rotarians have supported? What about the tens of thousands of student exchanges that have brought so much insight to young people’s lives that have changed the way they look at other places and peoples and cultures on the globe? Have you heard that saying ―It’s hard to shoot at your friends‖? What about the day care in Belleview that got playground equipment from our local district’s designated funds? What about the Clinics in Africa, the wells in Indonesia, the hungry people in Omaha who ate better meals at Christmas time due to our help with (AND GIFTS TO) the Salvation Army, the food bank, and other local initiatives? What about the Homes we have helped build in Guatemala, what about the task force of young conflict resolution ne-

District Simplified Grants

Every club that donates to the Ro-tary Foundation should consider applying for a District Simplified Grant for projects in their commu-nity costing $2000 or less. Grant applications are due January 11, 2011 to the District Simplified Grants Chair Bob Collins of the Council Bluffs Centennial Rotary Club. (catspaw4@cox.net) In the past, clubs have used District Simplified Grant funds to build a gazebo at a veterans home, buy Student Dictionaries or purchase trail markers. If approved, you will receive your grant at the District Foundation Seminar in late summer/early fall of 2011. The application form is on the dis-t r i c t web s i t e by v i s i t i ng www.rotarydistrict5650.org and clicking the ―Grants‖ link under the ―Site Pages‖ heading on the left side of the hom e page.

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Who Will Be the 2013-14 District 5650

Governor? It is that time of the year! Please begin announcing at your club that nominations for our District Gover-nor for the 2013-14 year should be forwarded to Rich Rowland ( r a r t l r@c ox . net ) begi nni ng 10/1/2010. District Governors for Rotary Inter-national are Officers of RI for the year they serve. DG's are given an expense allowance that is used to cover their mileage to and from club visits, hotel and meal ex-penses and cell phone, land line (for Internet), and fax expense. Governor Elects are flown along with their Spouse or Significant Other to San Diego, California for a weeks long training session in January. The majority of their Inter-national Conference expense and Zone Training (in October) is cov-ered by the District! Best of all—you make new friends around the world that will last the rest of your life! Qual if icat ions for Governor are: you must be a Past President of a Rotary Club and be in good standing with your club. If you have any questions please call PDG Rich at 402.392.8157. A Nomination Form is attached to the end of this newsletter.

gotiators we have trained? Think of the GSE Teams that have visited our, and other nations to learn about the creative ways that we each solve and address our challenging problems with our careers! We have bought wheel chairs for victims of land mines, we have provided sanitation and food sup-port during and after countless natural disasters. Rotary is on the job in this world day and night 24/7 making a difference! And the greatest thing that can be said is that EVERY DOLLAR you donate to Rotary will be used on programs and projects, NOT ON FUNDRAISING! Our administration of the foundation is done very frugally, and is accom-plished with the interest income from investing your dollars for a few years before they are paid out for programs. This has been quite a novel ap-proach. It has worked fantastically well for over 80 years! This year, our district director, Roger Carrell, has asked me to be the major donor and foundation ―permanent fund‖ Cheerleader in charge! How could I say no? Rotary has given me so much more than I have given back to it. To that end, I am obliged to really work to get you all excited about consid-ering a bequest, a large gift, possibly of insurance at your passing, or prop-erty, stocks, precious collectibles, WHATEVER you have that you can see yourself setting aside at some time in the future for a GREAT organization and it’s great causes. These ―Lifetime gifts‖ can be VERY effective ways to pull things from your taxable estate during your lifetime, while allowing you to have all of the benefits of ownership and utilization up to the time that these gifts pass into the foundation’s control. Let me help you learn how you can actually ―have your cake and eat it too‖ by using effective ways to gift some part of your assets through the Rotary Foundation’s permanent fund. Give me a high sign at a meeting or call me at 402-510-5950, and I will get together with you and show you how this can work for everyone. I am a better man because of Rotary, our business has benefited from what I have learned at Rotary, my family has grown through our interaction with Rotary student exchange kids, and our two have gone overseas as out-bound Exchange students. Today I called my daughter who I thought was home in Oxford, only to have her inform me that she was walking in down-town Brussels with the Wolfs family who were her exchange parents 13 years ago! They offered to put her up while there on a business/education trip for the Oxford University medical research team! Who could have guessed? Rotary is a fantastic organization! Get involved! That involvement will en-rich your life! Go to the international convention this year in New Orleans. It could change your life, and will certainly expand your horizons and your network of friends. Oh yes, and last of all, SEND in a check today earmarked for the Rotary Foundation. Be generous, we have a goal to reach and it means each of you giving at least $100.00 a year to our cause! More is better! Million dol-lar gifts will also be accepted! There are members of your club who one day may just give a million bucks to Rotary! Maybe several of them! Let’s start with a hundred or a thousand today!

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Old. Male. Inflexible.

Elitist. Exclusive.

Secretive.

These are a few of the re-sponses that non-Rotarians consistently gave in recent Rotary International focus groups when asked what they think of when they hear the words Rotary Interna-

tional or Rotary club.

Actively addressing this per-ception is an important part of educating the public about Rotary. Think about what this means for your club, and

consider the following:

Open participation in a particular service project to the public. Post information about the project on local bul-letin boards or online forums, and invite community mem-bers to come out and help.

Be proactive about mak-ing your club and its mem-bers more visible throughout your community. Join your local chamber of commerce. Exhibit at community fairs or open houses. Display your promotional materials in new businesses.

Make a commitment as a club to increasing your flexi-bility. How can your club demonstrate a modern, inno-vative approach to service?

Be creative with your community service projects. Try one new project every year, and make sure it is meeting a local need.

It’s Not Too Early to Start Thinking About the Presidential Citation By Ray Klinginsmith, 2010-11 Rotary International President

What is Rotary? What does a Rotary club do? These ques-tions are often asked of Rotarians by prospective members and other interested people, and they are difficult to answer effectively in a few short minutes. Although our primary motto Service Above Self highlights our altruistic nature, it fails to answer the two questions. Therefore, I decided to search for a briefly stated theme that would fulfill two objectives: The first to explain the pur-pose of Rotary to non-Rotarians and the second to confirm

and validate the importance of our principles to Rotarians. In my search for the right words, I reviewed the four Avenues of Service and noted that Club Service and Vocational Service both help us to enjoy life and to be good citizens. Community Service and Vocational Service combine to make our local communities better places for us to live and work. And Inter-national Service permits us to partner with clubs in other countries and on dif-ferent continents to make the world a better place to live with an improved opportunity for world understanding, goodwill, and peace. It is important to remember that Rotary is a ―spirit of service‖ as well as an organization of Rotary clubs, and we need to share our core values of ser-vice, fellowship, diversity, integrity, and leadership with other people and or-ganizations. The words I finally selected to describe Rotary’s current mission and to highlight our achievements are what we do best: Building Communities – Bridging Continents

I hope you agree that these four words aptly reflect who we are, and what we do, as Rotarians. We build the spirit and resources of our local communities in an important way, and we are the best in the world at linking people of goodwill around the globe and then gaining their cooperation and support to make the world a much better place to live and work. In the words of Ed Cad-man, ―Rotary is unity without uniformity.‖We are indeed fortunate to be Ro-tarians! I applied the same philosophy in developing the Presidential Citation for 2010-11. I consider each of the four Avenues of Service to be equally important, and we have created a new citation program in the form of a questionnaire to help clubs test their effectiveness in all four avenues. We also have produced a higher-level ―Presidential Citation with Distinction‖ to challenge those clubs that routinely earn the annual presidential citations. We hope the new questionnaire will be a helpful tool to both the clubs and the district governors as we seek to lengthen our stride and improve our levels of fellowship and service, as we move forward into the second century of ser-vice for Rotary International, which started with the first convention of Rotary clubs in 1910.

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Shenandoah Rotary Uses Internet and Motorcycle Ride to

Raise Funds for International Project

A solo 1,500 mile long dis-tance motorcycle endurance ride by a Shenandoah Rotar-ian in memory of a friend, to benefit the Shenandoah, Iowa Rotary Club’s Project was the fund raising tool to bring electricity, toilets, water supply system, ceiling fans and a computer lab to Chil-dren’s Felicita School in the isolated area of Yamasa, Do-minican Republic. Brian L. Johnson, a bank fi-nancial advisor, had a goal to become a member of the Iron Butt Association recognizing long distance motorcycle rides. He wanted to ride from eastern Oregon to Shenan-doah, 1,500 miles in 36 hours or less. He offered his ride as a fundraiser. The club utilized the internet to appeal to cyclists and Ro-tarians world wide. Flyers about the fundraiser were also distributed in the area. The club raised over $4,000 during and before the ride which took place this past June. Thinking outside the box paid off for the Shenandoah Ro-tary Club. The money has been used to obtain a Rotary Foundation grant. The $20,000 project is slated to begin in the Dominican Re-public this fall.

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Shenandoah Rotary Club to Aid Dominican School Printed with permission of Shenandoah Valley News

The Shenandoah Rotary Club will be able to provide clean drinking water for more than 1,200 people living in La Felicita in the Domini-can Republic thanks in large part to a nearly $9,000 Rotary Foun-dation grant they received recently for the project. The Rotary Club in Shenandoah has teamed up again with Rotary in Santo Domingo NACO for a project that involves purchasing and installing a water collection system to supply water for toilets and wash basins for students in the La Felicita school.

This will involve a water tank and water collection system and will also provide clean drinking water for oth-ers in the village. ―It makes us feel like we’re doing some good in the world,‖ said Marilyn Hoskins who is co-chair along with Shelly Smith of the Shenandoah Rotary International Committee. The school, which cur-rently has around 120 children, has no sanitary facilities for the students. The public schools in the Domini-can Republic are rated among the lowest in achievement throughout the Caribbean. In addition to the clean water, the Rotarians are also going to fund a computer lab for the school and internet services. ―(The purpose is) to expose the children to computers, which is very important in today’s day and age,‖ Hoskins explained. ―One of the keys to getting out of poverty is education.‖ Because the school is the only hurricane safe building in the area, villagers and their families must seek ref-uge there when hurricanes hit the village. Families in La Felicita that can afford it, must currently spend some of their money on potable water. The town is located in Monte Plate Providence which has one of the highest percentages of people living in poverty in the Dominican Republic. Currently the cheapest form of potable water comes from rain collected in basins. That water is supplied by tank trucks which pump the wa-ter into plastic buckets and sell it to the people. The Rotary Club is also planning on installing 40 rainwater collection systems which will supply 500 gallons of water. Hoskins said it is estimated each family would save around $150 per year, which is a huge amount of money for people in this impoverished community. Hoskins said the hope is this may be one of the keys to opening the door to break this cycle of poverty in the area. This is the second project the clubs have worked on together as part of a two-year working relationship. Hoskins said the Santa Domingo Naco Club has been instrumental in helping this project come about. ―Our partners are key in the whole thing, they are the ones that identify the need and do all the preliminary scop-ing out,‖ she explained. ―They make multiple trips to the area.‖ The project is expected to take about 4 to 5 months to complete, and will cost just over $20,000. In addition to the $9,000 grant, they also received $6,000 from Rotary district 5650 and then the rest of the money was raised between the two clubs. One project the Shenandoah Club did was Brian Johnson’s motorcycle ride to Washington and back. Through a website the fundraiser collected donations from all over the world. ―That was huge,‖ said Hoskins of his fundraiser. Hoskins said it is important for people to realize that the grant money is earmarked for international projects, and none of the Shenandoah budget goes outside the area. ―The grant and money we get is only available for projects outside of America,‖ she explained. ―All of our Rotary budget here in Shenandoah goes for local projects and when we do international projects we have to raise money for that.‖ Hoskins said raising the money and getting the project put together has been a long process, but in the end she feels the results will be worth it. ―This is an impoverished village,‖ said Hoskins. ―They really need some help.‖

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RAY KLINGINSMITHPresident

Presidential Citation

What is Rotary? What does a Rotary club do? These questions are often asked of Rotarians by prospective members and other inter-ested people, and they are difficult to answer effectively in a few short minutes.

Although our primary motto Service Above Self highlights our altruistic nature, it fails to answer the two questions. Therefore, I decided to search for a briefly stated theme that would fulfill two objectives: The first to explain the purpose of Rotary to non-Rotarians and the second to confirm and validate the importance of our principles to Rotarians.

In my search for the right words, I reviewed the four Avenues of Service and noted that Club Service and Vocational Service both help us to enjoy life and to be good citizens. Community Service and Vocational Service combine to make our local communities bet-ter places for us to live and work. And International Service permits us to partner with clubs in other countries and on different continents to make the world a better place to live with an improved oppor-tunity for world understanding, goodwill, and peace.

It is important to remember that Rotary is a “spirit of service” as well as an organization of Rotary clubs, and we need to share our core values of service, fellowship, diversity, integrity, and leadership with other people and organizations. I considered many words and phrases to capture the essence of Rotary, and the words I finally selected to describe Rotary’s current mission and to highlight our achievements are what we do best:

Building Communities – Bridging Continents

I hope you agree that these four words aptly reflect who we are, and what we do, as Rotarians. We are a unique and a premier organization — certainly one of the best in the world. We build the spirit and resources of our local communities in an important way, and we are the best in the world at linking people of goodwill around the globe and then gain-ing their cooperation and support to make the world a much better place to live and work. In the words of Ed Cadman, “Rotary is unity without uniformity.” We are indeed fortunate to be Rotarians!

I applied the same philosophy in developing the Presidential Citation for 2010-11. I consider each of the four Avenues of Service to be equally important, and we have created a new citation program in the form of a questionnaire to help clubs test their effec-tiveness in all four avenues. We also have produced a higher-level “Presidential Citation with Distinction” to challenge those clubs that routinely earn the an-nual presidential citations.

We hope the new questionnaire will be a helpful tool to both the clubs and the district governors as we seek to lengthen our stride and improve our levels of fellowship and service, as we move forward into the second century of service for Rotary International, which started with the first convention of Rotary clubs in 1910.

Ray Klinginsmith President, Rotary International, 2010-11

Presidential Citation for 2010-11

Clubs are asked to complete the following questionnaire to test their activities in all four Avenues of Service. Each of the four categories offers a possible 50 points. Clubs that score at least 25 points in each category will qualify for the 2010-11 Presidential Citation. Clubs that score at least 35 points in each category will qualify for the 2010-11 Presidential Citation with Distinction.

The questionnaire is to be completed by each club and then sent to the district governor — not to Rotary International. The completed questionnaire must be received by the dis-trict governor no later than 31 March 2011 for the club to be eligible for the Presidential Citation.

The answers to all questions on the questionnaire are sub-ject to The Four-Way Test!

Governors must certify the list of clubs that have earned the citation and the citation with distinction and send it to RI World Headquarters by no later than 15 April 2011. District governors will be accorded special recognition if 50 percent or more of the clubs in their respective districts are awarded the presidential citations.

CluB serviCe

❑ Did your club achieve a net gain of at least one member between 1 July 2010 and 1 January 2011 as shown on the club’s semiannual reports to RI? (5 points)

❑ Has your club adopted and used a valid membership recruitment plan, such as the Five for One plan? (5 points)

❑ Has your club developed and used an effective mem-bership retention plan, such as the STAR program for the mentoring of new members? (5 points)

❑ Has your club established a written three-year plan for the club, which has actively involved the current club presi-dent, club president-elect, and club president-nominee, and any other club members selected by them, with the develop-ment and statement of three-year goals for each Avenue of Service and targets for club membership to support the new goals? (10 points)

❑ Has your club sponsored a new Rotary club that has been chartered within the past 12 months? (5 points)

❑ Are the regular meetings of your club consistently marked by both great fellowship and stimulating programs? (5 points)

❑ Does your club regularly send a weekly newsletter to all club members, either electronically or by postal mail? (5 points)

❑ Has your club developed and maintained a club Web site on the Internet outlining its membership, programs, projects, and achievements? (5 points)

❑ Does your club provide financial assistance to the club president-elect for his or her attendance at PETS or the international convention? (5 points)

This category has 50 points available. How many points has your club scored?

voCational serviCe

❑ Has your club sponsored an effective Four-Way Test essay or speech competition for young people within the past 12 months? (5 points)

❑ Have your club members been actively involved in pro-viding career information for local school students within the past 12 months? (5 points)

❑ Have four or more of your club meetings been devoted to vocational service topics during the current Rotary year? (10 points)

❑ Has your club utilized classification talks by club mem-bers for at least three club meeting programs during the current Rotary year? (5 points)

❑ Has your club recognized the importance of high ethical standards and public values by giving an award, within the past 12 months, to honor an individual who exemplifies such traits? (5 points)

❑ Has your club recognized the importance of high ethical standards and public values by giving an award, within the past 12 months, to honor a business or other organization that actively promotes such traits? (5 points)

❑ Has your club developed and initiated a new vocational service project during the current Rotary year? (5 points)

❑ Does your club routinely provide a copy of The Four-Way Test and the Declaration of Rotarians in Businesses and Professions to all new club members as they join the club? (5 points)

❑ Did your club observe Vocational Service Month in October of 2010 with a special club program or other event? (5 points)

This category has 50 points available. How many points has your club scored?

Community serviCe

❑ Has your club completed a significant community service project involving the active participation of virtually all the club members within the past 12 months? (5 points)

❑ Is your club currently sponsoring an active Interact or Rotaract club? (5 points)

❑ Has your club sponsored a RYLA camp or a student participant in a RYLA camp within the past 12 months? (5 points)

❑ Has your club completed a community service project within the past 12 months that has improved the public image of Rotary in the community and also increased the pride of your club members in Rotary? (10 points)

❑ Has your club conducted one or more successful fund-raising events in the past 12 months that have produced reasonable results for the amount of time expended by the club members and provided sufficient funds to conduct meaningful projects for the community? (5 points)

❑ Has your club spent substantially more time and money, during the current Rotary year, on Rotary service projects in the community rather than using its resources to fund requests from other organizations for their projects without clear identification of your club’s contributions? (5 points)

❑ Has your club undertaken a community service project, during the current Rotary year, within one of the six areas of focus established by the new Future Vision Plan of The Rotary Foundation? (5 points)

❑ Has your club conducted a community needs assessment during the current Rotary year? (5 points)

❑ Has your club provided a community service project to benefit young people in your community within the past 12 months? (5 points)

This category has 50 points available. How many points has your club scored?

international serviCe

❑ Is your club currently serving as the host club, or as the sponsor club of a candidate, for a Rotary Foundation Ambas-sadorial Scholar or a Rotary World Peace Fellow? (5 points)

❑ Has your club served within the last 12 months as a host club for a Group Study Exchange team or as the sponsor club of a candidate for a Group Study Exchange team? (5 points)

❑ Is your club currently serving as the host club, or as the sponsor club of a candidate, for a Rotary Youth Exchange student? (5 points)

❑ Has your club actively supported Rotary’s US$200 Mil-lion Challenge for polio eradication? (5 points)

❑ Has your club actively participated in a Matching Grant or a 3-H Grant from The Rotary Foundation during the current Rotary year? For clubs in a pilot district, has your club actively participated in a Rotary Foundation Global Grant during the current Rotary year? (5 points)

❑ Has your club actively participated in an international project during the current Rotary year with the assistance of funds from a District Simplified Grant received by your district from The Rotary Foundation? For clubs in a pilot district, has your club actively participated in an inter-national project during the current Rotary year with the assistance of funds from a Rotary Foundation District Grant received by your district? (5 points)

❑ Has your club supported a World Community Service project though a financial contribution, the donation of goods, or volunteer service in the past 12 months? (5 points)

❑ Has your club accepted the challenge of the Every Rotar-ian, Every Year initiative as evidenced either by a contribu-tion from every club member to The Rotary Foundation during the current Rotary year or by an average contribution to The Rotary Foundation of at least US$100 per member for the current Rotary year? (10 points)

❑ Does at least one member of your club belong to a Rotary Fellowship or a Rotarian Action Group? (5 points)

This category has 50 points available. How many points has your club scored?

ROTARY CLUB

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Form H: Governor-nominee Data Form

District governor candidate: Please complete and sign this form, have your club secretary sign it, and submit it to the district

nominating committee.

Governor year of service 2013-

2014

District 5650 Zone 27-28

Family name First name Middle initial

Call name as it should appear on your badge

Male Female Single Spouse/Partner Widowed Divorced

City, country, and year of birth

Member, Rotary Club of

(official name of club, including country)

RI membership ID number ___________ Year you first joined Rotary ___________

Current (or former, if retired) classification ___________

Current (or former, if retired) firm ___________

Current (or former, if retired) position ___________ If retired, year of retirement ___________

Per RI Bylaws 15.070.3, a qualified Rotarian must have served a full term as club president, or as charter president from the

date of charter to 30 June (six-month minimum), at the time of nomination.

Rotary club(s) Length of membership Rotary year served as president

Years -

Years -

Phone (include country/city or area codes) Fax (include country/city or area codes)

Residence Residence

Business Business

Mobile

E-mail address (RI's preferred mode of contact for correspondence and publication in Official Directory and International Assembly

Participants book) ___________

Preferred mailing address*

*If this address is a post office box, please provide an alternate address for courier delivery.

Line 1

Line 2

Line 3

Line 4

Country

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Form H

Alternate mailing address

Line 1

Line 2

Line 3

Line 4

Country

Language Preferences

Language(s) you wish to use for communicating with RI (listed in order of fluency):

Read ___________ Speak ___________

For each of the following, please choose one only:

International Assembly sessions

English French Japanese Korean Portuguese Spanish

Rotary publications produced in 6 languages

English French Japanese Korean Portuguese Spanish

Rotary publications produced in 9 languages

English French German Italian Japanese Korean

Portuguese Spanish Swedish

Rotary publications produced in 14 languages

Arabic Chinese English Finnish French German Hindi

Italian Japanese Korean Portuguese Spanish Swedish Thai

Personal History (please do not use abbreviations)

Social/Civic Organizations:

Organization Office Dates Office Held Dates of Membership

1.

2.

Business/Professional Organizations:

Organization Office Dates Office Held Dates of Membership

1.

2.

Reecnt Career History:

Firm Position Dates Position Held

1.

2.

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Hobbies:

Activity

1.

2.

Form H

Photos

If you are selected as governor-nominee, RI will need a head-and-shoulders photograph of you and of your spouse (individually, not

as a couple) for the International Assembly Participants book. Digital photos in high-resolution .jpg format are preferred. E-mail

your photo, along with your full name, district number, and the Rotary year in which you will serve, to dgn.photo@rotary.org.

Photos are due by 30 June.

If you choose to submit a hard-copy photograph, it must measure at least 4 x 5 in./10 x 12.5 cm. The photo with your full name,

district number, and the Rotary year in which you will serve clearly printed on the back must be submitted with this form.

Please indicate how your photos are being submitted:

Digital photos e-mailed to dgn.photo@rotary.org

Hard-copy photos attached (do not staple photo to this form)

Spouse/Partner Information (if applicable)

Male Female

Family name First name Middle initial

Name as it should appear on your badge

Phone E-mail Fax

Language fluency for International Assembly discussions (choose one):

Chinese English French German Hindi Italian

Japanese Korean Portuguese Spanish Swedish

Language preference for RI mailings (choose one):

English French Japanese Korean Portuguese Spanish

For Rotarian spouses only:

Spouse/Partner ID number

Member, Rotary Club of _________________________ Highest office held ____________

(official name of club, including country)

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Form H

All signatures on this page must be handwritten (electronic signatures are not acceptable).

CANDIDATE’S STATEMENT

I hereby state that I understand clearly the qualifications, duties, and responsibilities of the office of district governor as set forth in the

RI Bylaws and that I am fully qualified for said office and willing and able, physically and otherwise, to assume and fulfill the duties and responsibilities of that office and to perform them faithfully. Further, I have read and agreed to abide by the district governor code

of ethics, as detailed in the Rotary Code of Policies. I agree in advance to accept the decision of the RI Board concerning my election

to office without recourse to any non-Rotary agency or other dispute resolution system and further accept that any court costs and

attorney's fees incurred by RI in enforcing this agreement shall be reimbursed by me in their entirety. I understand that if selected, I

must attend, for their full duration, the governors-elect training seminar in my zone and the International Assembly to be held the

Rotary year before taking office. I have read this form in its entirety and certify that all the information provided on this form is true

and correct.

________________________ __________________________________

Date Signature

CLUB’S STATEMENT OF CANDIDATE’S QUALIFICATIONS

The candidate herein mentioned is a member in good standing of the Rotary Club of . The club further attests that this member has been duly suggested for the office of district governor under RI Bylaws 13.020.4 and meets the qualifications as

specified in RI Bylaws 15.070 and that the club membership information on this form is accurate.

_______________________ __________________________ _____________________________

Date Club Secretary’s Name Club Secretary’s Signature

CERTIFICATE OF DISTRICT NOMINATING COMMITTEE

The undersigned members of the District Nominating Committee hereby certify that the candidate whose name appears on this form, to the best of the committee’s knowledge, has not violated any of the rules on campaigning, electioneering, or canvassing as

stipulated in RI Bylaws 10.060. (If the committee has more than five members, please attach a separate list.)

Names Signatures

CERTIFICATE OF NOMINATION

The Rotarian named on this form is a member in good standing of the Rotary club listed and was duly nominated for district governor in accordance with the provisions of the RI Bylaws.

_______________________ __________________________ _______________________________

Date District Governor’s Name District Governor’s Signature

District governor: Please mail, fax, or e-mail all pages of this form, including any additional sheets or photos, to your CDS

representative by 30 June.