Gary D. DillsDistrict Governor 2016-17

Thank you for your Service

Generosity• The Rotary Foundation• 100 years -- $26.50 to $1B• Doing Good in World - $3B, $300k• EREY – you?• Rotary Direct

Pres Citation - $2650 per club$20 per member Pink Pages; DG $30 per capita

• Goal is $15 per capita minimum• 100% of all donated funds go to research• District 7670 Angels in each region

What can you do?

• BASIC Rotarian responsibility to support our charity: over $3B used to do good in the world

• Commit to Rotary Direct (sustaining member) – $10 per month

• Commit to Rotary Direct (PHS)– $84 per month

• 10-14 June 2017: PDG Bob Miller, District Chair; 301 so far, looking for many more

• Each Club assign chair for Hickory and Atlanta• Register for $340 until 15 Dec, incrementally

grows to $490 • Register: www.RIconvention.org/en/Atlanta

Young Leaders and District Conference – Hickory, 28-30 April 2017

No cost for youth conf; Other days scaled

Presidential Citation

• Achievable by vast majority of clubs• Start now!!• Complete on line• Don’t forget the Citations for Interact Clubs

and Rotaract Clubs– On line applications

District Citation – Pink Pages• Considered the STANDARD for all clubs• Achievable – Start now• Two items seem to be issues: 3% membership

and 10% Rotary Direct (total not plus 10%)• Club size Categories now four instead of three– 25 or less - Small– 26-50 – Medium– 51-75 – Large– 76 plus – Largest

Recognition• Your Club: Presidential Citation and Pink Pages • Your fellow Rotarians• Your Interact and Rotaract clubs• Partners in Community• Support staff in community

Opportunities to Grow membership, evolve

• Meetings: Schedule flexibility• Attendance• Satellite clubs • All up to Club’s decision• Membership Survey thoughts:– Cost– Staid procedure– Time not serving

Why are you a Rotarian?Potential members may think the same?

• Service• Fellowship• Part of community leadership• Networking• Enjoying life with like minded people– People serving People

President of Rotary International2016-17

John Germ from the Rotary Club of Chattanooga

Gary D. DillsDistrict Governor 2016-17

Stump the dummy time!!!

Anxious to hear how you are Serving Humanity

We should not live for We should not live for ourselves alone, but for the ourselves alone, but for the joy in doing good for othersjoy in doing good for others — — Arch Klumph, 1929Arch Klumph, 1929