Canton Rotary ClubClub Assembly 2011-2012

Rotary International• RI President – Kalyan Banerjee of the

Rotary Club of Vapi Gujaret, India• "I thank you from the depths of my heart

for this incredible opportunity to serve the world's most outstanding service organization,"

• Banerjee encouraged all Rotarians to self-reflect and to serve generously.

• "Through service, we are able to look within ourselves to find reserves of generosity, of grace, and of care and concern, and to seek a deeper meaning to our daily lives. We discover what it means to help a human being and, in so doing, become more fully human ourselves,"

Rotary International Annual Theme

District 6650 Governor 2011-2012 •George W. S. Hays of the Rotary Club of

Salem

•He will be visiting our club on July 15, 2011

Assistant District Governor for Canton•Jody Levitt of the Rotary Club of Canton

Rotary International’s Polio Plus•After 25 years of hard work, Rotary and

its partners are on the brink of eradicating this tenacious disease, but a strong push is needed now to root it out once and for all. It is a window of opportunity of historic proportions.

End Polio

Our Club Leadership 2011-2012•President – Karen Brenneman, Hall,

Kistler & Company•President Elect – Curt Werren, American

Red Cross•Vice President – Richard Sherer, The

Belden Brick Company•Past President – Jody Levitt, Stark State

College of Technology

Our Club Leadership 2011-2012•Secretary – Amanda Tietze, Better

Business Bureau•Treasurer – David Schrade, Mestel, Long

& Schrade Inc•Assistant Secretary – Denise Burton,

Canton Regional Chamber of Commerce

•Assistant Treasurer – Tom Clevenger, Brunner Cox

Our Club Leadership 2011-2012•Seargent at Arms – Don Coen, Frank

Fleischer and Bob Mathews

•Board Members:▫Ron Becker, Mike Brown, Lynn Hamilton,

Will VanNostran, Dave Beule, Judy Lorigan, Brian Spring, Craig Young, Kyle Brown, Mike Paris, Paul White, Bob Pattison, Dave Ewing

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Club Intiatives for 2011-2012•Membership Involvement•New Membership•New Generations•Business Networking•Service projects and Fundrasiers

Club Intiatives for 2011-2012•Membership Involvement:

▫Active Committees that have clear intiatives

▫Community Projects▫Communication back to the club

Club Intiatives for 2011-2012•New Membership:

▫Elevator speech▫Active membership committee to seek out

and recruit new members▫Increased public relations

Club Intiatives for 2011-2012•New Generations:

▫A new area of interest from RI▫Objective is to involve youth throughout

Rotary▫Current committee

Club Intiatives for 2011-2012•Business Networking:

▫Fellowship events▫Nametags▫Business Mentor Programs to continue

Club Intiatives for 2011-2012•Service Projects and Fundraisers

▫Endowment Project▫Service Project Committee▫Potential fundrasing – Canton Marathon▫Potential fundrasing – Flag Project