Goals for Lincoln Rotary Club #14
2006-2009

Lincoln Rotary Club #14 Long Range Goals

• To offer timely, topical, relevant programs that appeal to the Club #14 membership.
• To increase membership involvement and retention.
• To coordinate overall Club fundraising activities.
• To increase diversity in membership.
• To increase understanding of opportunities for international involvement.
• To provide high quality community service through voluntarism and philanthropy
• To plan, fund and implement a significant project celebrating the centennial of Downtown Lincoln Rotary #14
• To provide leadership development to ensure continuity year to year

Lincoln Rotary Club #14 Goals for 2007-2008

In concert with the aforementioned long-range goals, during the 2007-08 year Lincoln Rotary Club #14 will endeavor to achieve the following outcomes:

• In concert with the aforementioned long-range goals, during the 2007-08 year Lincoln Rotary Club #14 will endeavor to achieve the following outcomes:
• Collectively contribute more than $30,000 to the Rotary International (RI) Foundation, meeting the specific goal of averaging $100 per member.
• Implement a donation matching program that will help increase the number of RI Foundation Sustaining Members from Club #14.
• Identify the significant community project to be funded from the Lincoln Rotary Club #14 Foundation in celebration of our 100th anniversary in 2010.
• Continue to build the assets of the Club #14 Foundation to assure the goal of having a $1,000,000 endowment fund plus $100,000 for the anniversary project by 2010.
• Implement an effective program to assure that every member of Club #14 is engaged in at least one club program or project, placing particular emphasis on the engagement of new members.
• Provide programs and events that build friendships among club members and make it fun to engage in “Service Above Self” through Club #14.

Rotary District 5650 Goals for 2007-2008

• The district will increase membership by at least one net member per club.
• The district will increase The Rotary Foundation giving by 5% for the 2007-2008 year.
• The district will increase the number of Benefactors to The Rotary Foundation by 10%.
• At least 50% of the clubs will implement The Club Leadership Plan.
• 100% of the clubs will receive the Presidential Citation.
• 100% of the clubs will disseminate information about Rotary in their community.
• The district will charter two new provisional clubs.
• At least five clubs will receive The Rotary Public Relations grant.
• All clubs will participate in one literacy project, one water project, and one hunger/health project.

Rotary International 2005-06 Presidential Citation

I am happy to welcome you to your year in office and to the 2007-08 leadership team. Our Rotary movement is a great one, and its greatness is most effectively demonstrated through the individual efforts of its members. We take the time to share our talents, skills and energy with others, and through this process, we create a better world. It is this fundamental generosity of our members that inspired this year’s theme: Rotary Shares.

This year’s presidential citation program focuses on individual involvement through the four Avenues of Service and activities related to youth. Our service emphases for the year — membership, water, literacy, and health — are also reflected throughout the citation. By continuing to emphasize the family of Rotary, we will encourage Rotarians’ families, as well as Rotaractors, Interactors, and other program participants, to join us in our service work and fellowship.

To qualify for a citation, your club should complete the membership goal and one activity from each of the six categories listed between 1 July 2007 and 31 March 2008. The scope of the activities should be in proportion to the number of Rotarians in the club and their abilities, interests, and skills.

Use this citation program as your guide for 2007-08, and let us show the world that Rotary Shares.

Sincerely,

Wilfrid J. “Wilf” Wilkinson
Rotary International President 2007-2008

Membership Goal (required)

• Have a net increase of one member by March 31, 2008.

Membership

• Ensure that a club member attends the district membership development seminar.
• Have 10 percent or more of the membership, other than the club president, bring in new members by March 31, 2008.
• Give formal recognition to any club member who recruits more than one new member by March 31, 2008.
• Encourage diversity of membership, and promote a balanced membership. Induct new members from demographic groups not currently represented in your club.
• Conduct an analysis of qualified professional and business leaders within the community to identify prospective members.

Club Service

• Ensure that every Rotarian in your club is personally invited to participate in club activities, whether it be serving on a project committee or taking responsibility for some aspect of club service.
• Recognize a Rotarian in your club who actively participated in the full range of club projects and programs with the Four Avenues of Service Citation.
• Include non-Rotarian family members into the family of Rotary through service and fellowship activities on at least five occasions.

Vocational Service

• Present all new club members with a copy of The Four-Way Test or the Declaration of Rotarians in Businesses and Professions.
• Organize a vocational service activity during Vocational Service Month (October).
• Have a club member host a Group Study Exchange team member at his or her place of employment.

Community Service

• Conduct a water project in your community.
• Sponsor or participate in a health awareness campaign or a project that addresses health concerns.
• Share Rotary with the general public by placing a public service announcement, possibly one from Rotary’s public image campaign, in a print publication, on a radio or television program, or on a billboard.
• Sponsor or participate in a project designed to promote peace or conflict resolution.

International Service

• Achieve the Every Rotarian, Every Year goal of US$100 or more per capita in Annual Programs Fund contributions to The Rotary Foundation.
• Conduct an international service project in support of water management and sanitation.
• Sponsor a Group Study Exchange team, host a team member, or participate in a Rotary Friendship Exchange.
• Seek a Rotary Foundation Matching Grant for a water, health, hunger, or literacy project.