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Rotary Coordinators’ Newsletter October 2019 Volume 10 - Issue 4

CONNECTS THE WOR

‘REGENERATING ROTARY CLUBS’

Article by RC PDG Tim Moore

I have just had the pleasure of facilitating, training, listening and
discussing this vital topic over 7 days of a Rotary Pre-Conference and an
Australia New Zealand and Pacific Islands Conference held in

Christchurch New Zealand. Present were Rotarians, emerging leaders,
future, present and past Governors, our own
In this issue: past world president and current world
president Mark Maloney – what an inspiration!

The discussions were mainly in regard to
Regenerating Rotary Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Islands
1 Clubs context – now Zone 8.
While the statistics have not greatly changed, we
all agreed Rotary has an exciting future in our
- Regional Membership part of the world. Guest speakers and presenters
Officer Update challenged their audiences to look beyond their
2 - Hat Day traditional thoughts and be the agents of change
in their clubs. We need to take action now.
Many of the successes are sadly not from traditional clubs, but new clubs that were
- Rotary 9670 Attends targeting a diverse gender, ethnicity, race and professions in their memberships with
Pride new attractive projects that serve their local communities. These clubs include their
3 - Membership Videos members in forming plans and strategies for the future.
Traditional clubs can grow, but it is not going to happen without them taking a

- Membership realistic look at their club and where it is in its life cycle – a club health check is a
great start. They need to reengage their members and form a plan to move forward.
Experience
4 - Committee Check List Only by transforming their club and attracting a younger demographic will these
clubs survive the next 5-10 years.

All clubs owe it to their communities to grow, to do more.
Mentoring Ambulance Clubs need to embrace the flexibility options they have to welcome new members –
5 Teams more modern meeting formats, less protocols and traditions, review the extra costs
of being a member, such as meals and fines. Offer for members active and associate
membership classifications options, such as corporate and family. Transparent
board decisions, leadership, Rotary knowledge and giving members responsibility
- Reconnect with are important.
Alumni
6 - Presidential Message Some clubs, that don’t want to change, are taking up the regeneration challenge and
supporting satellite clubs that embrace the way younger professionals like to do
service. Passport Clubs reflect those members often lost from Rotary and appeal to
- Three Pillars for new members who want to focus on new and exciting projects.
Positive Membership Why wouldn’t they want to join us? We are one of the biggest, most international,
7 Experience most effective organisations, with amazing ethics, great respect and enormous reach
th
- New Course with fantastic projects worldwide. Our Foundation is for the 4 year in row number
1 for stewardship in the world of Foundations.
- Aid for Parents The main message that I received from all of these discussions; we have had many
8 - The Team years of talk but now the time is to act. Let’s not keep Rotary to ourselves, there is
so much to do.

Less talk more impact, act now!
(By the way, this conference is open to all Rotarians and partners. Next year is in
Alice Springs, Australia 14-18 September, 2020 – drop me an email
(tim@cinet.com.au) if you are interested in more information.)