[Rotary] Fwd: Rotary Year - Q4 Update

Thu Mar 16 07:43:10 PDT 2017

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From: Reinhold Wulff A DG16-17 <mailservice at directory-online.com>
Date: Wed, Mar 15, 2017 at 9:35 PM
Subject: Rotary Year - Q4 Update
To: jghopper at gmail.com

Dear Gary,

Well, here we are in our final quarter of service as club and district
leaders. We have already accomplished so much, and yet we still have time
to do more.

‘Wait, he just said club leaders and I’m just a regular club member’ No,
you read this correctly; the way I see it, every Rotarian is a club and
district leader.

We are “People of Action”. We observe our neighborhoods, our communities,
our world, and we see things that can be better, people who need a hand up
(not a hand out, although sometimes, we do that too), and we do something
about it. Often in very innovative ways. We are the leaders. We set the
example.

Don’t slow down now; keep going full speed until you reach the finish line
on June 30! I love the old adage that it should not be your goal to reach
the end of your life in a well preserved body; it should be to go full
blast, skidding past the finish line, worn out, exhausted, and screaming
“WOO-HOO, WHAT A RIDE”! I would say you should approach the remainder of
this 2016-2017 Rotary year with that kind of mindset. Always ask yourself,
and your club: what more can we do?

In membership, many of the clubs have made significant strides in growing,
or re-growing their club. I would just caution that you need to watch out
for those that might walk out the back door as you approach June 30.
Consider reaching out to all your members, especially those who have not
been that engaged, those who you have not seen much this year. Make sure
that Rotary is still relevant for them. If you check with your members now,
and expose issues that might make some members leave, you have time to fix
those issues, to make some changes in order to retain those members.

Although it sounds like I’m speaking to club presidents, I really am
speaking to every Rotarian. Talk to the members sitting next to you at the
meeting, or working next to you at your event or project. Find out how they
feel about the club and what it is doing. If they’re just not feeling it,
have them talk to club leaders. If they don’t, you should. Give the leaders
a chance to make a change, to make the club relevant for everyone.

I hope to see you at the upcoming District Training Assembly (DTA) in
Ukiah. Since my view is that everyone is a club leader, that means that DTA
has something for everyone. If you’ve never been, please consider going to
learn more about Rotary. If you have been, there is always something new.
Plus you’ll meet old friends from throughout the district, or you’ll make
new ones.

*Register today using this link: **Register NOW*
<http://www.directory-online.com/Rotary/login.cfm?EventID=77321620&UserID=800361512>
for *District Training Assembly*
*PLEASE do not forward this email - the Register NOW link above can only be
used to register the original recipient.*

I’d also love to have you join me at the Rotary Club Round-up (District
Conference or DisCon) at the Hyatt Regency Lake Tahoe Resort, Spa & Casino
in Incline Village, to celebrate all the good works that our clubs have
done, and continue to do. We have a great lineup of inspirational,
informational, and fun speakers and entertainers. Breakouts will showcase
successful projects, some of them done with Rotary grants. Leisure sessions
will offer a fun afternoon, including hiking, photography, painting, and
gambling lessons, or you can just relax by the pool or in the spa.

*Register for the conference here: **Register NOW*
<http://www.directory-online.com/Rotary/login.cfm?EventID=77295613&UserID=800361512>
for *2017 District Conference*
*PLEASE do not forward this email - the Register NOW link above can only be
used to register the original recipient.*

*Register for your room here:* https://resweb.passkey.com/go/
RotaryInternational2017.
*Here is a video trailer for the conference:* *http://video.rotary.org/aUF2
<http://video.rotary.org/aUF2>*

Finally, I invite you to join me in Atlanta in June for the Rotary
International Convention, celebrating 100 years of the Rotary Foundation.
Another great opportunity to learn more about Rotary, to make new friends
from around the world, and to hear messages of hope, inspiration and
success, from world leaders. March 31 will be the last day to register
before a rate increase, so don’t delay.

*To register, use this link:* http://www.riconvention.org/en

Additionally, there is a Presidential Peace Conference, which will be held
on the Friday before the Convention, as well as a multi-district (Bay Area
districts) evening reception and a Zone (23 districts in the western US)
breakfast you may want to attend.

*District Reception, Link coming soon.*

*Zone Breakfast, register here:* http://www.zone2526.org/
*Presidential Peace Conference, register here:* http://www.riconvention.org/
en/atlanta/presidential-peace-conference

Wishing you all continued success and happiness in all things Rotary, in
your businesses and professions, and most importantly in your personal and
family lives.

My very warmest regards,

Wulff Reinhold, District Governor

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        GO A's
Gary "Hoop" Hopper
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