Attached are two (2) documents. One is a reminder of the Plymouth MN Rotary sponsorship with Courage Kenny at the Discover Abilities Expo, Saturday, April 25th from 10am to 3pm at the University of Minnesota. As we will have a booth at this event, participation is encourage. Please contact Carol Parrish.
The second attachment is from Richardo, who presented at today's lunch. If you were present and completed the survey, you may disregard. If you were not present, please complete the survey and bring to the next Plymouth Rotary meeting on Thursday, March 5th. The information gathered will help Richardo and his team to provide us with ways we can promote and increase membership. Your participation is valuable.
At the December 12, 2019, Board meeting the Board had a lengthy discussion on membership and the need to engage the current membership in recruiting new members. Based on this discussion, the Board approved a new program: If a current member recruits a new member and that member signs on for a full pay membership the current member will receive a one quarter waiver on dues. The definition of a full pay member is a member that pays dues and meals on a quarterly basis, not pay-as-you go. If you have questions, please ask either James or Peter.
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Mentoring (One-on-One meetings):
We are now moving into the third period of calls we all agreed to make between members of the Club. You may recall we scheduled the calls between Veteran members (as call initiator) to meet with newer club members. We asked each of you to commit to making contact over a 60 day period for a business visit, lunch meeting, or coffee meeting, etc. between you and the club member we asked you to contact. You should be looking at the Jan.-Feb. 2020 time frame during which we’d like you to make that contact.
Please access the current assignment spreadsheet by logging into the Club’s web page on Club Runner. (Click Here) Click on the Member Log in tab; once your browser shows ‘Member Area’ you’re in. You can now scroll down to the “Club Documents” page, then scroll down further to the page titled ‘One to One’ meetings. The list has been updated for membership changes eliminating names of members who have resigned, and adding new members who have joined us.
You are on your honor to make these calls. Our Club leadership would like to know if the calls are being made, so I would ask that you drop me an email letting me know when you have met your commitment. You have a 60-day time frame to make the contact. The content of your contact can be confidential; the only time we would like some feedback is if there are issues which need to be forwarded to Club leadership, other wise we hope you can answer any questions raised during the call, and to reinforce what it means to be a Rotarian.
In the last Nov-Dec period we only received notice of less that 10 calls that had been made. WE CAN DO BETTER! If you have questions, please don’t hesitate to contact me. We sincerely want this effort to bring about enhanced relationships between ALL Plymouth Rotarians.
Steve Beachler
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Upcoming Speakers:
Mar 12 - Master Gadu, "Spring Forest Qigong", "A Healer in Every Home"
Mar 19 - Club Assembly/Critical Issues
Mar 26 - David Ulrich "Twin Metals MN"
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Special Olympics:
Plymouth Rotary's own, Abby Pearson is taking-the-plunge....again! This will be Abby's 12th year participating in the Special Olympics Minnesota program that supports 8,000 athletes who compete weekly. Not only is Abby a participant, but is on staff with the Minnesota Special Olympics state office. Abby's next plunge is at Riley Lake in Eden Prairie on March 7th.
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Heart Safe Plymouth:
We have trained 6,230 people and counting!
Russ, Norm, Don and team continue to train and impact the local community.
Linked to this is a story about Hands Only CPR performed by a daughter to her mom recently in MPLS. Also note, dispatch assisted w telephone CPR..very cool!
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From the District (or other Clubs):
February 2020 newsletter from District Governor (Link)
Rotary is proud to be working with Toastmasters International, a leading international educational organization that helps its members become more effective speakers, communicators, and leaders.
This new collaboration is designed to enhance your membership experience, as well as help you expand your network, develop your leadership and communication skills, and make an even bigger impact in your community.
There are many ways your club can get involved with the Toastmasters collaboration. To start, find a Toastmasters club and arrange a visit, or invite a Toastmasters member to one of your club service activities or social events.
We expect that interest in joining Rotary may be sparked by this new alliance and urge district and club leaders to quickly follow up with any prospective members.
Please find the attached regarding Stephanie Urchick's upcoming visit. Stephanie is one of 17 RI Directors and we are excited to have her visit our district. There are other events planned while she is here, but want to pen this one to 5950 members. This event is sponsored by the Edina Club.
Alexa Rundquist
District Administration.
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Rotary Business Network:
Hi everyone,
Please see this awesome opportunity! Please encourage club members to attend.
New 5950 district - Rotary Business Network
Meeting March 16th 7:30-8:30
Westend Conference Center
1600 Utica Avenue South, Suite 100 (behind D. Brians)
A) Our giving is picking up and we are slightly ahead of our FYE 2019 giving.
- So far 9 members have made their annual contribution (Thank You!), we are around 40% of our goal of $365/member.
- If you want to get your donation in this calendar year, we are down to about 10 days.
- Just go to Rotary.org -sign in and make your donation with a credit card.
B) Please give some thought to nominating a Paul Harris Fellowship for one of our Members who you feel is deserving and one non-Member who exemplifies the Spirit of Rotary. We’ll talk more about this after the first of the year.
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Message from District Retention Russ:
The Rotary year reached the halfway point at the end of December, and if your club hasn't done so yet, it's time to push The Rotary Foundation fundraising into high gear. What we do this Rotary year will impact our project activity at home and around the world, including specifically what our district Rotarians will have available for matching grants 3 years from now.
Last Rotary year, our district Rotarians gave $271 per capita. Even though the per capita amount was down a bit from the previous two years, that is still an outstanding number. We hope to match or exceed that number this year, but it will take encouragement by club leaders to get there. Here's what we ask of you as your club's leaders:
- Check your progress mid-year. If you don’t know how to do that on-line, contact Jim Nelson (rotary5950jim@gmail.com, or 612-889-7309), our district TRF fundraising chair, and he can get the information for you, including your club’s history for the past 4 years. Compare what your members have contributed this year so far to what they have contributed in the prior year to date, and to your club’s TRF goal. Communicate the results so far to your club members and remind them of how important it is that EVERY ROTARIAN supports The Rotary Foundation EVERY YEAR.
- Have a program, within the next two months, devoted to The Rotary Foundation and why each member should give generously to the Foundation. If you need a speaker for the program, or materials for your own program, again let Jim know and he can help either provide a speaker or materials.
- Ask your club members to PLEDGE a contribution to be PAID by June 15. Jim sent to all presidents and Foundation chairs in November a “SUGGESTED ANNUAL FUND CAMPAIGN.” If you need another copy of this document, please ask Jim.
- Separately from the annual fund drive, we ask CLUBS to contribute $1500 or more specifically dedicated to PolioPlus. Many of our clubs have presented programs on polio eradication by our polio chair Tim Mulcrone. Tim is always happy to come to your club to update your members on our polio eradication efforts.
Thank you for your service this year, and please feel free to contact me or Jim if you have any questions or concerns. Our district has consistently been a leader in both generosity to the Foundation and use of those funds to achieve impactful projects here and around the world. Let’s keep up that tradition again this year.
Yours in Rotary service,
Retention Russ
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General Information:
Quarterly Invoices: Please pay quarterly invoices promptly. The Board continues to work with members that have outstanding balances.