Rotarians, your District Membership Team wants to thank you all for your efforts to Grow Rotary this past year. As we look toward Rotary Year 2024-2025, the most important thing clubs need to do is Have a Plan. Have a plan for Growing Rotary through Growing Rotarians.
It’s one thing to set a goal, but if we don’t have a plan to reach that goal it will be hard to be successful. The plan must contain a strategy for finding new Rotarians. We need to be more proactive in finding new Rotarians. We also need a plan for retaining our current Rotarians. Remember Retention = Growth.
So how can we attempt to implement our plan and achieve our goal. Rotary research confirms the single most important factor in membership satisfaction is the club experience. Club experience matters the most. Without that your members will not be engaged, will not see the club as relevant and will not be committed to the ideals of Rotary. We can plan all the projects we want, we can encourage continued support of The Rotary Foundation and we can strive to let our community know the good we do, but if Rotarians are not committed to make this work then it will be hard to be successful in these three avenues. This commitment comes from a great club experience. Please examine your club to determine if your club experience allows members to feel welcome, feel connected, have fun and form valuable relationships through Rotary that will allow you to have the best year possible.
Our Committee is here to help you in anyway we can. We will be happy to visit your club with a membership presentation if you like. We are committed to giving you resources, advice and help in anyway you want. Please let us know how we can help by contacting any member of our committee. We look forward to a positive year as we continue to strive to Grow Rotarians.
District 5870 Membership Committee
PDG Jim Henry, Chair and members PDG Dian Edwards, PDG Bob Crouch, DGN Jeff Coleman, Rod Henry, Kent Bohls, Jason Duckworth and Jim Dardnne