2024-2025 Presidents
Welcome, Presidents! This is the information from your President Elect page.
How to Prepare
The year of planning before you take office is crucial to achieving the objectives you set out for your club. As president-elect, you work with your assistant governor and incoming leadership team to set annual goals that support your club’s strategic plan.
In this year you should:
- Take online courses for club president in the Learning Center
- Assess your club’s strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and risks in order to set goals
- Develop an action plan for your annual goals, which support long-term achievements
- Appoint committee chairs
- Ensure continuity in leadership and service projects
- Attend presidents-elect training seminars
- Pre-PETS1
- Pre-PETS2
- PETS (Mandatory)
- Attend district t assembly
Key Dates
Here is an overview of key meetings, trainings or events. Additional details will be shared we get closer to the planned event date. Please contact DGE Steve or COS Bob with questions or concerns.
- July 12, 2023: PE Training Session Zoom 6:30 PM
- August 12, 2023: Presidents/PE Social Paradise Park Area 6 11AM – 2 PM
- October 14, 2023: Pre-PETS One Sharp Park Golf Course 2-5 PM
- October 21, 2023: The Hunt to End Polio See District Calendar
- November 18, 2023: Yippee ki yay for EREY Long Branch Half Moon Bay4-10 PM
- January 24, 2024: PE Training Session Zoom 6:30 PM
- February 10, 2024: Pre-PETS Two & Grants Training Rotary Terrace 9AM – 4PM
- March 1-3, 2024: PETS – MANDATORY - San Jose DoubleTree 11AM Fri – 1PM Sunday
- March 9, 2024: Grants Training Makeup Rotary Terrace 9-12 AM
- March 15, 2024: Grants MOU must be signed
- March 23, 2024: Assembly/Project Fair Redwood High School 8AM – 4:30 PM (times tent)
- April 10, 2024: PE Training Session Zoom 6:30 PM
- May 8, 2024: PE Training Session Zoom 6:30 PM
- May 17-19, 2024: “Better Together” District Conference Reno
- May 25-29, 2024: Rotary International Conference Singapore
- June 12, 2024: PE Catch-up/Catch-all Zoom 6:30 PM
- June 30, 2024: SF Pride Parade SF - Details to come
- July 1, 2024: CONGRATULATIONS PRESIDENTS!!!!
- July 24, 2024: Quarterly Presidents Meeting Zoom - 6:00PM
- Aug. 10, 2024: Presidents & PE BBQ San Pedro Valley Park, Pacifica 11AM – 2PM TENTATIVE
- Aug 14-22, 2024: Foundation Cruise Gary Chow for Details
- Oct. 12, 2024: Foundation Event (Confidential) TBD 11-5 PM
- Oct. 23 , 2024: Quarterly Presidents Meeting Zoom - 6:00PM
- Oct. 24, 2024: World Polio Day Clubs determine
- Jan. 22, 2025: Quarterly Presidents Meeting Zoom - 6:00PM
- Jan. 24-26, 2025: World Peace Conference Rohnert Park W/All PETS Districts
- Apr. 23, 2025: Quarterly Presidents Meeting Zoom - 6:00PM
- Apr. 27, 2025 Major Donor (tenative)
- May 15-18, 2025: District Conference (Confidential) Thursday thru Sunday
- June 21-25, 2025: RI Convention Calgary, Canada
Rotary Learning Center
Rotary International has a robust online learning resource with materials that are designed to help you learn new skills and become more successful in what you do.
Step One: Log-in to Rotary's Learning center by visiting Rotary.org/learn. Use your MyRotary account credentials to log-in. You must log-in first for the links below to work.
Step Two: Click on a course name below to go directly to the course.
"Preparing for your time in office" :
Getting Started With the Learning Center (15 mins)
Rotary Club Central Resources (15 mins)
Managing Club Business (30 mins)
Minimizing Risk (15 mins)
Protecting Personal Data (30 mins)
Protecting Youth Program Participants (30 mins)
"Leadership Basics & Resources" :
Online Membership Leads (30 mins)
Rotary Foundation Basics (Optional, 45 mins)
Best Practices for Engaging Members (45 mins)
"Leading in Times of Transformation" :
Creating an Inclusive Club Culture (15 min)
Resources & Reference
Ready for a deep dive? Here's some links for learning more about the role of the Club President and help you begin to build a plan for your term.
Environmental Grants Form:
Club Awards:
DG Visits:
Rotarian of the Month (ROTM)
Sites:
Far West PETS: https://www.farwestpets.org/
Documents:
Pre-Pets 2:
PETS Documents:
Videos:
Grant Qualification Process
Did you know there are grant funds available to do service projects during the 2024-2025 Rotary year (your term as Club President)? District Designated Funds (DDF) provide funding for District Grants and Global Grants. Each Club is allocated DDF annually by District 5150 based on the Club’s prior 3 years of donations to The Rotary Foundation’s (TRF) Annual Fund.
Check out the Grants Training Video:
This is FREE money available to clubs that complete the grant qualification process. As President-Elect, you are responsible for helping your club qualify for the grant application process.
- Grant Qualification Checklist [PDF]
- Grants Policies and Procedures [PDF]
- DDF Allocation as of September 2023 [Excel]
- DDF Fair Share Transfer or Use Form [Word]
- Grant Qualification Training Session February 10 at Rotary Terrace (you and one other member of your club are only required to attend one)
- Documents that MUST be signed and submitted by March 15, 2024 (VET DATE):
- District 5150 Addendum MOU [PDF]
- The Rotary Foundation MOU [PDF]
Tools
- Pay or view your club invoice (Rotary International dues and fees)
- Update your club membership data
- Add club officers to My Rotary
- Add club officers to Clubrunner (Club website| District website)
- Set and track goals in Rotary Club Central | Watch Video Tutorial
- Take a course in the Learning Center
Support Team
You have a large network to support you as Club President. Consider reaching out to the following resources for help:
- Immediate Past Club President
- Club Board Members
Contacts:
- Email District Governor
- Email Chief of Staff
- District Leadership Team (2024-25)
- Email Michael DeGrandis. RI Club and District Support Contact
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I register for PETS?
Registration will open at the end of the year. Emails will be sent to all President Elects. BE SURE TO REGISTER QUICKLY!