President-Elect Ashley Tullis led the meeting in a spirited conversation about our club and what it might look like in 2018-2019.  Ashley has big plans for our club, noting that she wants to grow the club so big that we will need a larger space. 

 

Did you know that Rotary only requires that a club have 2 meetings per month?  This generated some great thoughts of still having 4 interactions per month, but maybe they could look like this:

1st week - Great/dynamic speaker

2nd week - Club meeting or assembly to discuss club projects

3rd week - Dynamic speaker

4th week - Evening social

5th week if 5 in a month - no meeting unless another meeting is missed for a holiday

 

Having a great speaker every other week will keep members engaged. The quality of speaker must be top notch and not the kind where someone is selling to you.  It is also easier to get 2 great speakers per month than 4.  It was noted that the club used to have club assembly/meeting once a month, but it had poor attendance so it was dropped.  The club started as an evening club, but members were too busy to attend.  Everyone agreed that our evening's are too full for another evening meeting every week.

 

It was noted that some long-time members have dropped because the club no longer met their needs.  It was suggested that we do an exit interview or follow up with members who leave.

 

Our club should be well known for 1 or 2 big events and generate enough money to support our club goals.  Our club foundation is only 1 year old and you won't want to miss Karlon's foundation presentation on April 30th.  Everyone wanted more club financial information and what we do with the money.

 

* How much revenue was generated for the effort?

* Do we have a person to lead/chair?

* What is the manpower and time need?

 

The idea of members doing a presentation about themselves at the club meeting.  People become engaged by shared sacrifice  and social engagement.  Everyone agreed that we want to know more about each other and have social engagement opportunities.