Club Forum - Membership Report – Deb Budden
Club Development and Membership District 9980 Seminar – Held Sunday 26 Aug 2018 – attended by Mike Elliot and Deb Budden
* Average age of Rotarians in Australasia 71 years (Wanaka Club 60 years but 22% of the club is over 70 and 40% 60-69years - )
* We don’t have a recruitment problem we have a retention problem
* Rotary membership is static globally 1.2 million since 2016 +/- 100,000 per annum
* As members are no longer working capacity to professionally network and serve our communities has decreased
* We are a membership organisation dominated by retirees
* We are a service organisation not an entertainment / social club
* Mark Huddleston talked about the Rotary Club of Seaford South Australia – their meetings often held at their project locations – and on different days of week and times.
District Growth Stats as at 1 July 2018 (Net 1year change)
* From 1,238 to 1,149 net loss 89 or 7.2%
* Wanaka Club from 66 to 60 net loss 6 or 9.1% (since July 4 new members + 2 transfers and 1 termination and 1 active to honorary member)
New Members Orientation – Sunday 16 Sept
Presentation of Rotary History, values, structure, foundation 6 areas of focus, and programmes by Deb. Plus an introduction to Club Runner App / website etc by Derek Valentine. Informal get together with soup supper and wine. New members attending are Tom Perkins, Alison King, Tony Parker and Viv Milsom. This is likely to be repeated as we get another 3-4 members.
MEMBERSHIP SURVEY ACTION POINTS 2018 for Forum discussion
The action statements will be reviewed on a bi monthly basis by Directors with results on how actions are being met communicated back to the Club regularly.
Meeting formats and timing will be constantly reviewed and will continually evolve to include the best of Rotary to provide a welcoming cost efficient social environment Actions: Continue to work on flexible meeting formats/locations
Meetings to include occasional elements eg 3 minute speaker, sergeant, copper kettle
Informal gatherings of members to be noted occasionally, eg informal gathering Jack Rabbit, partners once a month dinner
Club communications will provide regular updates on events, speakers, Rotary International, committee outcomes and club finances:
Actions to be included in the Bulletin: summation of Directors Minutes, grants and donations made, information and links from Rotary International,
the breakdown of club membership fees
analysis of club finances over past year
avenues of communication to include Bulletin, facebook page, social media channels, direct email
Speakers from a wide range of backgrounds and diversity will be sought to talk at club meetings Actions
Inform invited speakers of framework eg time, slides, keep it interactive
If there is no ‘quality’ speaker = no speaker at all, instead have a 3 minute speaker
All members asked to provide names of potential speakers to Rosie Burridge and assist in organising where possible.
New and increasing membership will be a focus of the Club and will be led by the President: Actions
‘Fireside’ meeting held at least once a year to discuss Rotary as it is today – small group discussion
Information on how Paul Harris Fellowships are awarded and the world wide differences to be communicated
Mentoring of new and potential members takes place and all members commit to making new members welcome
Fundraising projects to be advised at the start of each year: Actions
Fundraising projects are aligned to cause, eg Bowel Cancer, St John etc where possible
If appropriate fundraising is managed as a joint venture with another service group, MAC, or sports group etc
A range of service projects to be sought locally and internationally that will enable all members to take part in some aspect of a service project: Actions:
The Foundation Committee will actively seek international South Pacific Projects and present ideas to the membership
A variety of local projects will be considered that will enable any members to participate
Public relations and media are key components of Rotary’s communication plan and will be prioritised and funded throughout the year: Actions:
The Public Relations Committee will investigate and advise on all new avenues to communicate the rotary story
Promotion of Wanaka Rotary to be spread across the district including Cromwell and beyond
Relocation of ‘Rotary Wanaka meets here’ sign to the Golf Club
An appropriate budget is allocated via the Public Relations Committee to build Rotary picture
District and International grants through the Rotary Foundation will be sourced with local and international partners: Actions:
Club wide discussions on how the District and Foundation grants operate
Opportunities through District and Rotary International grants to discussed at every opportunity with timely action to gain funds
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