2014 District 5580 Conference Summary

( brief notes on content presented )

• Fargo, May 8-10, Fargo Holiday Inn • 8 attendees from DL Noon Club• 8-10 attendees from DL breakfast Club• Members from >30 Clubs in MN, ND, WI, ON• Attendees from RI staff, and District Officers• Keynote Speakers and Special Guests

Activities• Socials, Hospitalities, and Banquet • Break Out Training Sessions

– What is rotary and does it work– How do members get the most from their Rotary experience

• Youth Exchange presentations; • GSE presentation• Plenary Session – Polio• Silent Auction• Meals and Keynote speakers• Business meeting

Grant Management Seminar (4 hour session)

• Types of Grants that are available• What determines eligibility• How Much $ is available• How to apply• Who decides, and When are they awarded• What is required for documentation

Social

• Ice Breaker hosted by local 5 FM area clubs • Meet and Greet• Networking & Relationship Development

GSE• GSE Team Finland presented their Experiences and

Take-Aways

• Last round of GSE officially run through RI *

• Individual Clubs may still have a GSE team, but they will not have the resources of the RI staff for administrating

• VTT and RYE

Structure of RI• RI President

– Zone Directors / AZD / R Public Image Coord / ARPIC– (5580 is part of Zone 28&29) 4 dist’s/Zone, 2 Zones/Area – District Governors / Asst DG’s / Sec / Treas / DTRF– Individual Clubs– Individual members

• RI Bd of Dir’s/Trustees– TRF

• Independent Groups– Fellowships and Action Groups– Inter-Country Committees– Friendship Exchanges

(Rotary Loves Acronyms… !)

TRF

• The Rotary Foundation

• Grant Funding Opportunities • Scholarships • 5580 TRF grant funded projects in Guatemala,

Zimbabwe, Bolivia, etc. • District Grants – 80% are typically used for

local community projects • World Community Service Grants – Int’l

Membership

• Recruitment is the lifeblood of any organization

• 5 generations currently involved in RI

• Attracting and retaining younger members may require a change in methods… and activities

• Wayne to add….?

Polio

• Rid the world of polio by 2016 ? …. – Highest impact ever, for any global health

improvement effort

• Couple set-backs in Afghanistan, Pakistan, etc

• Objective is achievable, but the costs have ↑

• Rotary and Bill Gates partnership

Other “Break-Out” Sessions

• Water Projects• 5580 in Bolivia• Grant Project Ideas/Examples• RYLA• KIVA (DL Breakfast Club)• Interact/Rotaract• DECA/Rotary conjoined effort (Duluth)• Zimbabwe Farm Project

Silent Auction $ $ • Items donated from each club in District 5580

• Raised $ xx,000 total • Raised ~$200 from HI pontoon rental (DL Noon)

(Thank you to DougA and the HI of DL) • Money to go to World Polio Fund

Annual Business Meeting

• Bylaws changes• Voting procedures• Announcement of District Governor Elect

(2014-15) and Nominee (2015-16)• Financial report for District Activities• Clayton to add… ?•

2014International Convention

• Sydney Australia, June 1-4• Participants from District 5580 (several from FM, etc)

• Participants from DL - ??• 2015 in Sao Paulo, Brazil, June 7-10

Duluth in 2015

• “Light Up Rotary” • “Light Up Duluth”

• May 6-9, 2015

• Road Trip Bus with the DL Brkfst group?

Questions or Comments???

Reference 5580 website info for additional details on individual projects and other district events

http://portal.clubrunner.ca/50019 www.rotary.org