Get ready for the 2022 North Star Zone at the Mall of America in Minneapolis, Minnesota
Thank you to all who attended the event. What a tremendous time of inspiration to Launch Rotary.
I'm proud to announce our 2021-22 Empowering Girls Ambassadors and congratulate them on their appointments. This talented team was appointed by President Shekhar to move his key initiative forward. These fantastic individuals are key resources for clubs and districts in our regions and will work hard to share information, opportunities and projects as we work world-wide on Empowering Girls. Director Suzi Howe
Estoy orgullosa en anunciar que nuestros Embajadores de Empoderamiento de Niñas 2021-2022 y felicitarlos por su nombramiento . Este talentoso equipo ha sido nombrado por el Presidente Shekhar para promover su principal iniciativa. Estos fantásticos individuos son recursos para clubes and distritos de nuestra region y trabajaran para compartir la información, oportunidades and proyectos en un tarea conjunto a nivel mundial para Empoderar a niñas . Directora Suzi Howe
Estoy orgullosa en anunciar que nuestros Embajadores de Empoderamiento de Niñas 2021-2022 y felicitarlos por su nombramiento . Este talentoso equipo ha sido nombrado por el Presidente Shekhar para promover su principal iniciativa. Estos fantásticos individuos son recursos para clubes and distritos de nuestra region y trabajaran para compartir la información, oportunidades and proyectos en un tarea conjunto a nivel mundial para Empoderar a niñas . Directora Suzi Howe
Director Suzi Howe is proud to announce our 2021-22 Regional Leadership Team and congratulate them on their appointments. These fantastic individuals are key resources for clubs and districts in our regions and will work hard to elevate Rotary in the coming year. See the Rotary Membership, Public Image, and Foundation Coordinator Teams.
Celebrate Rotary! Our partner Region (Zone 25A) to our south has great leaders ready to serve. Congratulations Rotarian friends.
Estoy orgullosa de anunciar a nuestro Equipo Regional de Liderazgo 2021-2022 y felicitarlos por el nombramiento. Estos fantásticos individuos son elementos clave para los clubes y distritos de nuestra región y trabajarán duro para elevar a Rotary en el año que viene. Director Suzi
Zone 25A Rotary Institute – Cartagena, Colombia – September 23-25
by Gladys Maldonado, Institute Chair
This year’s Zone 25 Institute in Columbia will be an exciting event! The institute will offer information, education, socializing and fun! By being part of this great event, you will have the opportunity to meet our RI Director Suzi Howe, all Zone 25A District Governors and District Rotary Foundation, Public Image and Membership Chairs. This is an opportunity you will not find anywhere else. Join us as we share the joy of reuniting with each other after a very long wait. We’ll update and reinforce our knowledge of Rotary, plan the future together and, of course, make friends with common goals. Our Institute will be honored with the presence of RI President Shekhar Mehta, his wife, Rashi, and many Rotary leaders from around the world.
The location for this event is unique and amazing. Cartagena de Indias is one of the most important tourist destinations in Colombia and Latin America. It is a city with a special charm and magic, located on a very strategic coast of Colombia. It has a historic walled city in its center, declared as National Patrimony of Colombia in 1959 and World Heritage by UNESCO in 1984. Cartagena with its charm, its paradisiac beaches and its important ports of the world will host the Zone 25A Rotary Institute on the 23rd, 24th and 25th of September 2021.
If you are interested in receiving more information about the Zone 25A Institute you can complete the form at this link: 2021 RI Institute Cartagena. There will be English translation for key speakers. You can also follow us on Instagram at @InstitutoZona25A, on Facebook at @InstitutoRotarioZona25A2021 and of course our website ircartagena2021.com.
Understanding Rotary members’ needs — the key to engaged members
What do members want from their Rotary experience? And why do some members leave? Our research shows that members value local community service, friendship, and fellowship most. They cite time and cost, the club environment, and unmet expectations as reasons for leaving.
The key to engaging members is providing an experience that meets their needs and expectations. Learn more in the newly revised presentation The State of Rotary Membership, which contains membership data and trends for the first half of the 2020-21 Rotary year. In it, you’ll also find ways to address membership challenges so you can finish the year strong. The 12-slide PowerPoint presentation can easily be customized to meet your region’s needs. Consider showing it at your next meeting or event.
Members will soon be able to review district information from a dedicated landing page on My Rotary. In a few weeks, you’ll easily see which clubs and members are part of your district. This enhancement is part of the ongoing upgrades being made to the site. Throughout 2021, you will see improvements to the My Rotary experience by:
- Making district officer and assistant governor information more easily accessible
- Improving the process for district officers to report, remove, and replace district officers
- Simplifying the assistant governor appointment process
- Introducing a dashboard for governors that presents key district information in a visually meaningful way
- Updating the process for managing district conferences and obtaining feedback
- Recognizing members who have sponsored a certain number of new members
These new features will be released throughout the year.
One of the most significant impacts on Rotary membership growth, engagement and retention during 2021 will be the way every Rotary club shifts from primarily virtual club meetings to Hybrid Meetings (a combination of members meeting in-person and virtually). Just as clubs effectively pivoted to virtual meetings, the next opportunity is to prepare for the in-person/virtual hybrid experience. As the pandemic declines, and more are vaccinated, many members will want to gather again. The Hybrid Meeting model honors and serves both groups … those who wish to meet in person and members most comfortable attending virtually.
All resources associated with planning effective hybrid club meetings are located on our website's Hybrid Club Meetings page. That page is being updated frequently as our Region 36 Hybrid Club Meeting Planning Committee is identifying new and/or updated best practice resources. It is listed on our home page menu under Other Resources.
