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Tim Talk

January,  2010

 

Rotary Awareness Month

Fellow Rotarians,

 

 

January is Rotary Awareness month and as I start to think of that term, Rotary Awareness, my mind becomes swamped with thoughts of ways to make people aware of Rotary.  One of my classmates, D5890 (Houston area) DG Ed Charlesworth, raises awareness with his car wrapped in Rotary messages (see photo). 

 

 

 

D5890 Sunny Sarma & RIPE Ray Klinginsmith proudly show off D5890's traveling message board.

 

We can rent billboards, place labels in donated books or on goods that we sell for fundraisers, or place signs on, or in front of, Rotary club projects.  We can put a decal on our car.  We can simply wear our Rotary lapel pin … every day …and be prepared to give a short, concise,answer when we are asked, “What’s Rotary?”

 

Another way to raise awareness is to invite a qualified prospect to attend a meeting of your club.  Then sponsor him/her for membership.  Mark Twain wrote, “Grief can take care of itself, but to get full value of a joy you must have somebody to divide it with.”  Get more joy out of Rotary by dividing and sharing it with others. Raise awareness by sponsoring a new member.

 

Clubs in Temple, Killeen, Harker Heights, Austin (Cosmopolitan and Lakeline) and others are working to establish new EarlyAct FirstKnight programs.  We may have 8 new programs in January; that’s raising Rotary Awareness in a big way!

 

Rotarians can also raise awareness of Rotary by financially supporting the various programs of the Annual Programs Fund of The Rotary Foundation.  All that needs to be done is contribute to The Rotary Foundation without specifying a program to which the contribution should be applied. Support of PolioPlus, and the Gates Challenge, can be demonstrated by specifying that your contribution be used for that program to eradicate polio.

 

Each of us can increase our own awareness of Rotary by registering for, and attending, several upcoming events. The Foundation Dinner is January 30, at the Hyatt Lost Pines Resort, and registration is available online at the district website, www.rotary5870.com.  RI Vice President Eric Adamson, accompanied by his wife, Linda, will be our guest speaker.  The International Friendship and Service Fair is February 12-13, in Monterrey, MX.  Registration information will be available soon; check the district website for updates.  Registrations are being accepted at www.tejasrotaryconference.org for our district conference, the Tejas Multi-District Conference in San Antonio, April 29 – May 2.  We were recently advised that Past RI Vice President Monty Audenart, from Canada, will be our President’s Representative.  The other 5 DGs and I are thrilled that Monty will be our representative, and I’m confident that all Rotarians from the six districts will enjoy meeting and spending the weekend with Monty and his wife, Liz, enjoying and becoming more aware of Rotary while in San Antonio.  Vamos al San Antonio, April 29 – May 2.

 

By a club nominating a member to the D5870 Roll of Fame we all become more aware of the individual’s commitment to Service Above Self, and the nominee will be aware that his/her efforts are recognized and appreciated.  But hurry, the deadline for Roll of Fame nominations is January 12.  See the district website, www.rotary5870.com for more information and nomination forms.

 

As you can see, there are many ways to raise Rotary Awareness, and I’m sure you know of many more.  Share them with us.

2010 District Governor Nominating Committee

Area

Name

Rotary Club

Clubs Represented

1

Rob Glass

Corsicana

Bosque County, Hillsboro, Itasca, Corsicana,

1a

Russell Hudson

Navarro County/Corsicana

Navarro County

2

Jimi Lynn

Marlin

Fairfield, Mexia, Teague, Marlin

2a

Landis Bayless

Fairfield

 

3

W.H. "Pete" Peterson

Waco Sunrise

Waco, Northwest Waco, Waco-Lake Brazos, Waco

3a

Fawn Robinson

Northwest Waco

Sunrise, McGregor

4

Barbara Bozon

Temple

Temple, Temple South, Temple Sunrise, Belton,

4a

Susan Terry

Salado

Salado

5

Fred Harris

Copperas Cove

Killeen, Killeen Heights, Killeen Evening, Copperas

5a

Lisa Griffin

Killeen Heights

Cove

6

PDG Barbara Warden *

Marble Falls

Burnet, Marble Falls, Marble Falls Daybreak, Lago

6a

Ben Farmer

Burnet

Vista

7

Leslie Hill

Taylor

Georgetown, Georgetown Sun City, Georgetown

7a

Kay Trub

Georgetown

Sunrise, Taylor

8

Karen Law

Somerville

Cameron, Rockdale, Caldwell, Somerville

8a

Carl Cummins

Caldwell

 

9

Derek R. Van Gilder

Bastrop County

Elgin, Giddings, Lexington, Bastrop County

9a

Frank Partee

Lexington

LaGrange

10

Bill Lopez

Yoakum

Flatonia, Shiner, Hallettsville, Yoakum

10a

PDG Jim Witte

Yoakum

 

11

Lisa Killough

South Austin

Lakeway-Lake Travis, South Austin, Austin-Oak Hill

11a

Ed Martin

Westlake

Austin Westlake

12

Janice Heath

Pflugerville

Round Rock, Hutto, Round Rock Sunrise, Pfluger-

12a

Mike Martin

Round Rock

ville, Cedar Park

13

PDG Clift Price **

Austin University Area

Austin, West Austin, Austin University, Capitol of

13a

Lise Wineland

West Austin

Texas

14

Richard "Bo" Tanner

North Austin

Northwest Austin, Northeast Austin, North Austin,

14a

Frank Ivy

Austin Northeast

East Austin, Austin Lakeline

15

Mark Garrison

Cedar Creek

Austin Cosmopolitan, Austin Silicon Hills, Cedar

15a

Jay Polsky

Cedar Creek

Creek, Harker Heights, etc.

 

 

 

 

*  Committee Chair

 

 

** Committee Alternate/Vice Chair

 

PDG Barbara Warden is serving as Chair of the District Governor Nominating Committee that will select a nominee for our 2012-2013 DG.  In February, we will be asking for the names of good, qualified candidates for that position, so be thinking of who to propose.  For the purpose of selecting a District Governor Nominee, the District is divided into fifteen (15) divisions.  Listed above are the Nominating Committee, alternates (a), and the divisions represented.  Although the official call for DG nominations will be made in February, clubs may submit their nominations to Chair PDG Barbara anytime before the March 6 deadline.  Any questions, contact PDG Barbara Warden at rotarypdg@yahoo.com 

 

Congratulations to the fifty-four (54) members of the Rotary Club of Waco who will each celebrate 30+ years of Rotary membership in January, 2010, with a cumulative 2,126 years of Rotary experience!  Special recognition goes to Dr. J. Harry Jeanes (59 years), and Dr. James H. Scruggs (58 years).

As I close this letter, I just heard my wife Gail give out a big cheer from the other room; she reached her goal of over $42,000 contributed to her DG Spouse’s Project for the Wheelchair Foundation.  Congratulations to her, and thanks to all of you who contributed.  More information will be coming about that project.

 

I look forward to seeing you as we celebrate The Rotary Foundation at the Hyatt Lost Pines on January 30.

 

 

 

The Future of Rotary Is In Your Hands.

 

 

Tim Buckley

Governor, 2009-2010

District 5870

Rotary International

 

 

 


 

 

 

Thank you for your service to Rotary!

 

 

DISTRICT GOVERNOR

 

 

Tim & Gail Buckley