Geneseo Kiwanis Club2013 -2014 In Review

How did we do?1

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Meetings:

• Increase average attendance by 10 percento Regular Meetings – From 43 to 47 (Goal)• Result – 44.5 (> 3.5%)

o Spouses Night – From 68 to 75 (Goal) • Results – 74.3 (> 9.3%)

• Make every meeting worth attendingo Good programs, informative and fun• Added Trivia, Thought for the Day and Humor

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Meetings:

• Make Guests and Members feel welcomeo Have greeters at every meeting• Occurred on a limited basis

o Call members who have missed a meeting• Not done

o Promote wearing of Name Tags and Kiwanis Shirts• Name Tags provided for new members• Name Tags provided for Young Professional members• Kiwanis Shirts ordered throughout the year

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Meetings:

• Recognize members contributions/accomplishmentsoMake use of more certificates• 26 Certificates given out

Top Kiwanis Peanut Man Certificate of Appreciation

Scholarships

Outstanding Job

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Meetings:

• Recognize members contributions/accomplishments• Legion of Honor (15 Members Recognized)

Certificate and Pin Certificate Don Feldman 35 Yrs Gary Dahlquist 20 Yrs

Gene Stees 35 Yrs Bob Lopez 15 YrsDick Ford 30 Yrs Steve Carton 15 YrsMaury Hulting 30 Yrs Dathan Kerber 15 YrsJack Michaelsen 30 Yrs Ed Kiefer 15 YrsClarence Henson 25 Yrs Dean Urick 15 YrsStan Storm 25 Yrs Ed Kemnitz 10 Yrs

Jerry Myhre 10 Yrs

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Meetings:• Recognize members contributions/accomplishments

•G. Harold Martin FellowshipClarence Henson

•Amador AwardClarence Henson

• ScholarshipsBailey ConardSierra Ricketts

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Meetings:

• Encourage more of the membership to participate in interclub meetings• At least 20 of our members made at least one

interclub meeting.

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Public Relations:

• Keep Kiwanis name in front of the communityo Forty-eight media publications

• ResultBob Mays has submitted at least 53 articles >10%

We have had at least 65 incidences of Media Coverage > 35%

o Publicize Weekly Meetings in the Geneseo Republic “Community Events” column• Accomplished

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Public Relations:

• Help fundraising committees promote their eventso Place ordering information for peanuts on web site• Accomplished , but not used

oMake advance sales of tickets for the “Pancake Breakfast” and “Pork in the Park” available on the web site• Accomplished, but not used

Need to find a way to make the public aware and to use!

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Public Relations:

• Promote orders for Kiwanis Shirtso Have samples and order form at meetings

• Took orders Late November, early December

• Took orders again in June

• Plus took special orders throughout the year

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Public Relations:

• New signage for our Kiwanis Club

o Add larger sign to South city entrance off I-80• Unable to get City/State approval at this time

o Add “Kiwanis Meets Here” sign to front of the Community Center• Should be completed early part of October

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Membership:

• Increase membership by 10 percento From 88 to 97 (9 new members)• Added six new members!

Rachel Brown Doug DarbyRichard Carlson Dennis LangdonJennifer Croner Courtney Taube

Lost five members! Final Count = 89 > 1%One to deathOne Regular MemberThree Young Professional Members

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Membership:

• Focus on recruiting new members all year long• Seems to be the most successful way to recruit.

• Broaden our diversity by recruiting 4 new female members• Three of the new members are female! 75%

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Membership:

• Support Young Professionals by helping to identify a major project for their group• Made arrangements for the Young Professionals to

make presentations on their career with students at the High School. Any interested student was then given a chance to job shadow with the Young Professional. (Minor project)

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Membership:

• Encourage more of the membership to participate in the Young Professional meetings• Young Professionals stopped meeting early in the

fiscal year • Encourage more of the Young Professional

members to participate in the club Service Projects• Had limited participation at our ‘Pancake

Breakfast’ and with our ‘Peanut Days’

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Fund Raising:

• Increase Service Fund revenue by 10 percent (From $20,951 to $22,440)o Advance order/purchase of tickets• Price break was given on advanced ticket sales for

purchase of five tickets for Pancake Breakfast o Review pricing (How do we compare to other groups)• Price was increased on ‘Pork in the Park’ tickets• Price of peanuts remained the same as cost was slightly

less this year

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Fund Raising:

• Increase Service Fund revenue by 10 percent (From $20,951 to $22,440)o Increase advance advertising• Put information in church announcements and/or

bulletins• This was done for the ‘Pancake Breakfast’, the

‘Chicken Fest’ and the ‘Pork in the Park’

• Advertise on Geneseo’s Channel 50• Done for the above three projects• Also advertised ‘Chicken Fest’ and ‘Pork in the Park’

on all area radio and TV stations

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Fund Raising:

• Increase Service Fund revenue by 10 percent (From $20,951 to $22,440)o Increase advance advertising• Advertise on Central Theater screen• Due to new Advertising Pricing, only the ‘Pancake

Breakfast’ and ‘Pork in the Park’ were advertised as they were grandfathered in at no charge

• Geneseo Chamber of Commerce (New)• ‘Pancake Breakfast’ and ‘Peanut Sales’ were

covered in C of C Newsletter.• Entertainment Guide also listed our events

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Fund Raising:

• Increase Service Fund revenue by 10 percent (From $20,951 to $22,440)

• How did we do?$26,139• 24.8% Increase over last year• 16.5% over this year’s goal

• How did we do it?• Addition of the ‘Chicken Fest’• Pork in the Park

Service Funds:

• Use new Grant process for determining distribution of Service Funds• Worked very well for first year• Funds distributed to those who we knew

needed/wanted them• 23 Grants Given ($95 to $2,000)

• Distribute Service Funds more evenly throughout the year• Good distribution, but didn’t start until February

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Committee Changes:

Dropped: Golf Outing Music Festival Parade

Added: Eliminate Project • ‘Chicken Fest’ added as Fund Raiser• $4,183 Given from Club

$2,183 from ‘Chicken Fest’$2,000 from Service Funds

• Other Pledges/Gifts to the Eliminate Project (6) at the Zeller Level (1) at the Impact Level

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Committee Changes:

Added:Community Project (Kiwanis Pavilion)• Plan approved by Geneseo City Council• Donation for funding near completion• Construction to start in near future and

scheduled to be completed this Fall

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Survey:• Score – Max = 120

Great – Above 100 Good – 75 – 100

30 Questions (Max of 4 points per questions)17 Questions improved

1 Unchanged12 Questions decreased

18 Dec 13 2 Sep 14 93.32 96.61+3.38

Highest Score: 3.94 (+0.13) Guests are welcomed/introduced Top 4 which increased:• 3.47 (+ 0.73) Active Membership Committee• 2.88 (+ 0.47) Club sponsors at least one Service Leadership/Kiwanis

branded program• 2.62 (+ 0.47) New Members attend orientation session• 2.59 (+ 0.55) Club maintains an informative and up-to-date website

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Survey:

Lowest Score: 2.06 (0.39) Club completes a community analysis at least once every two years

Lowest 4 which decreased:• 3.32 (- 0.24) New members are encouraged to ask their friends to join• 3.78 (- 0.28) There is a expectation that our club will be recognized as

a Distinguished Club each year• 3.09 (- 0.28) Our club recognizes members for their service hours • 2.65 (- 0.28) Kiwanis logos/signs are displayed at club fundraising or

service activities

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2013 -2014 In Review