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ROTARY ON THE MOVE Zone 8

CONNECTS THE WORators’ Newsletter
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Rotary Coordin March 2020 Volume 10 - Issue 8

‘RESULTS OF OUR PRE CHRISTMAS-READER SURVEY’
Article by RC PDG Tim Moore

Thank you to all of our readers who took the time to answer some short
questions on our Rotary on the Move Newsletter (RoM)! Almost 400
readers took the survey, a great result, with useful feedback.

Do you regularly read Rotary on the Move? 88% Yes

Do you recommend or forward it your fellow
Rotarians?
In this issue: 60% Yes
Are the articles useful to you in your Rotary 82% Yes, somewhat to
position? extremely valuable
- Reader Survey Do you find the style easy to read? 50% Yes, 22% Undecided,
- Learn from New 28% Disagreed
1 Members
Would you like RoM incorporated into our 48% Yes, 22% Maybe,
30% Disagreed
Regional Magazine? e.g. Rotary Down Under

Regional Membership Overall, we are very pleased with the survey results, but there are areas of concern
2 Officer Update and 180 comments from readers with suggestions. These will take some time to
consider, but we will look and take notice of all of them.
We know many Rotary leaders share RoM with their districts and members – the
- Work Together for an actual impact and coverage is much higher than mailing list. All at no cost to our
Effective Club
3 - New Online Course members!
Our database is regularly updated and voluntary, so you would expect readership
to be high. We will review our design as time goes on and seek again your feedback.
Support for Drought The contentious question was should it be incorporated in our Regional Magazine.
This is valuable feedback as a lot of the comments against were from those outside
4 Affected Families of Australia and NZ who feel that they would miss out! No decision has been made
yet.

- Brand and Club The great strength of our regional newsletter is that it is made up of articles from
Membership all parts of Australia, NZ, the Pacific Islands and the world plus Rotarians in all type
5 - Presidential Message of positions. We are always looking for success stories and experiences that can be
shared, plus we encourage you to share as well!

- Alpaca or Groundhog ‘GROW STRONGER AS WE LEARN FROM NEW MEMBERS’
6 - Welcome Sign Holger Knaack, RI President-elect
“We believe that our acts of service, big and small, create opportunities
for people who need our help,” Knaack said. He added that Rotary
creates leadership opportunities and gives members the chance to
Shout Out travel the world to put their service ideas into action and make lifelong
7 connections. “Everything we do opens another opportunity for
someone, somewhere,” said Knaack.

Knaack also urged members to embrace change so Rotary can expand and thrive.
- Developing Leaders Rather than setting a specific target for increasing the number of members, Knaack
8 - The Team said he’s asking clubs and districts to think about how to grow in a sustainable and
organic way. He wants clubs to focus on keeping current members engaged and
adding new members who are the right fit for their club.

“We need to stop thinking of new members as people we can mark down as statistics
and then forget about,” Knaack said. “Every new member changes us a little bit.
That person brings a new perspective, new experiences. We need to embrace this

constant renewal. We will grow stronger as we learn from new members.”