August is Membership Month – and what a great event we have planned for everyone in the district. On September 7, 2024 – a MEMBERSHIP SUMMIT – and before you start yawning?
What if we could show you what works? What if we could – more importantly – show you what doesn’t? That is our goal, and we’re bringing in new ideas from across the country where they have been tested and found successful.
Register HERE – now – and this is open to every Rotarian who cares about his or her club.
Rotary, the real power of Rotary, is friends and projects. Fellowship and Service Above Self. Both of those can always use more hands to join us as friends and help with the good things we do. This Summit is being designed to make a key difference – but it won’t work without you being there. Not just the president or the membership chair – but every Rotarian who cares about his or her club. I’m pretty sure that means you, doesn’t it?
So why is membership critical? We will lose, every year, through normal attrition, 10% of our fellow Rotarians. That is a simple fact of life. People move, they get new jobs, they pass away, and life interferes with our real desire to stay in Rotary. We need to accept that and grow to not only cover the normal attrition but also continue to increase our ability to meet the needs of our world.
Look at your very favorite project. What more could you accomplish, how many more people could you impact and really help, if you just had a few more Rotarians involved in your work? That’s why we are putting on this Membership Summit.
The Rotary Vision – “Together, we see a world where people unite, to create lasting change across the globe, in our communities and in ourselves.” Nothing could explain better than this simple statement exemplifies why I am so focused on friends, projects and membership to keep increasing the friends we have and the work we do.
Please register for the Membership Summit today. I promise you won’t be disappointed.
Thank you again for this honor of serving as your District Governor.
Yours in Rotary,
Steve Wright
Rotary International District 5150 Governor 2024-2025