The following comes from the District 7070 website.
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Rotary International is always searching for strategies to renew and energize our Rotary Clubs. The best way to attract and retain members is to have a strong and vigorous Rotary Club, whose members are knee deep in exciting service in the community and beyond. But how can we bring new life and direction to our Clubs?
Rotary International recently introduced the new Club Leadership Plan, based on the best practices of successful clubs. The plan calls for a simplified board and administrative structure. The plan also encourages clubs to develop long-range goals and annual objectives to support them.
The leadership in District 7070 has developed an effective format for guiding a Rotary Club through strategic planning and renewal.
Our model is called Visioning. The model involves: 1) developing a core District training team, 2) holding individual "Vision Facilitation" sessions with individual Rotary Clubs, one at a time, and 3) assuring regular follow up after the initial Vision session. Too often Clubs operate in a reactive fashion, without clear long terms goals, and this' Visioning 'process is designed to help Clubs more clearly identify long term priorities.
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Sound like a familiar strategy - a simplified Board structure followed by a Club Visioning exercise? By now you’ve had time to read the proposal for the restructuring of our own Board. Please email me your comments or arrange a chat where I can take notes. Wherever your thoughts sit on the spectrum - from complete disagreement to cautious suggestions for improvements to enthusiastic support - we need the whole picture to be able to bring a realistic assessment of Club response to the proposal, as well as a document that responds appropriately to concerns or gaps, to our February discussion / vote.