download on RI’s website.

You can also buy other

membership materials at

shop.rotary.org.

To strengthen Rotary,

we need more members.

But unless those members

are convinced of the bene-

fits of the organization and

can share that passion with

others, expanding Rotary

won’t be meaningful. So be

Rotary Proud and help us

grow our membership in the

process!

Mike Forney

District Governor

By the

end of Au-

gust I will

have vis-

ited 23

clubs in

Wyoming,

Idaho, Ne-

braska and

Colorado.

This has been a marvelous

journey filled with both fel-

lowship and hospitality, along

with serious discussion about

Rotary’s value in the commu-

nity.

In almost every meeting I

have had with club leadership

a major topic of discussion

has been the attraction and

retention of members. While

it is true that August is Mem-

bership Month in Rotary, the

opportunities and challenges

that we have discussed are

ongoing and will be with us

all year.

Our emphasis this year on

Rotary Proud can be an im-

portant element in the mem-

bership challenge. Being pro-

foundly aware of this amaz-

ing organization we call Ro-

tary and all of the values it

represents makes it very easy

to be proud to be a Rotarian!

Sharing this passion with oth-

ers – Rotarians and non-

Rotarians alike – inspires and

motivates our friends, col-

leagues and prospective

members to learn more

about who we are and what

we do. That’s one reason

why I urge every Rotarian

to wear the Rotary Wheel

every day. You will be sur-

prised to find how many

people will ask you what it

represents.

Trying to describe what

Rotary is can be daunting.

But speaking of Rotary

from your own personal

experience is much easier

and more compelling. Tell

people what Rotary means

to you, be it fellowship, a

specific community or in-

ternational service project

or working with young peo-

ple in RYLA, Youth Ex-

change or Interact. Infor-

mation like this not only

conveys the true meaning of

Rotary, but gives your lis-

teners solid reasons to con-

sider membership in your

club.

Because there are so

many examples of Rotary’s

service to others Rotary

International has created

some exceptional messages

called “Rotary Moments”

which are ideal for your

club website or personal

FaceBook page. You can

also send them out via

email or through YouTube

to friends. The messages

are available for free

T h e P e a kT h e P e a kT h e P e a k

Di s t r i c t G o v e rn o r ’s M e ssa g e b y D G Mike Forne y

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N ew G e ne r at i o ns

M o nt h

Vo l u me I I , I s s ue 3

District Assembly

Cheyenne RC Fund-

raiser

2

2

Peace Forum Scholar-

ship Information 3

Rotary Proud-

Ranchester Dayton 4

High Plains Chautau-

qua Festival 4

District Governor

nomination information 5

District Membership and Attendance Re-

port for July

6

Ignite Your Member-

ship 7

Inside this issue:

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District 5440 Assembly

All club officers encouraged to attend as well as interested Rotarians

Hilton Garden Inn, Laramie, WY

$40 October 20, 2012

Register online at www.rotary5440.org

The Rotary Club of Cheyenne, Wyoming is raffling off

the choice of a 2013 Ford Mustang or $20,000 to raise

funds for upcoming International Humanitarian Projects

and for the Cheyenne Rotary Club Foundation. Tickets

cost $100 and only 400 Tickets will be sold!

Past International Humanitarian Projects include village

clean water systems in Guatemala, cataract surgery clinics

in Ghana and school furniture and vocational training in

Kenya.

The Cheyenne Rotary Club Foundation spends interest

from its endowment on charitable and public-spirited pro-

jects in and around the city of Cheyenne, Wyoming. Past

projects include new playground equipment for the Boys

& Girls Club of Cheyenne and the LathHouse and World-

Food Garden at the Paul Smith Children’s Village.

Tickets can be purchased from a club member or

online: http://www.cheyennerotaryfundraiser.org/

ROTARY CLUB OF CHEYENNE FUNDRAISER TO BENEFIT

HUMANITARIAN PROJECTS By Jamie Markus

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(During his club visits this

year District Governor Mike

Forney will feature the ac-

complishments and success

of clubs selected randomly

who have every right to be

ROTARY PROUD.)

Two small towns

(population about 800 each)

are separated by a five-mile

stretch of highway but

bound together by a Rotary

club that has been in exis-

tence for 65 years. When

you enter Ranchester, Wyo-

ming you'll see a Rotary

symbol next to a sign adver-

tising their annual flea mar-

ket. The Rotary Flea Market

is one of the highlights of

these communities. Some

money is raised for other

Rotary-sponsored projects,

but the primary beneficiaries

are local residents who rely

on the market to obtain

clothing and household

goods at prices they can af-

ford.

This club has a real heart.

When a local family suffered

a financial calamity the club

adopted them

over the past win-

ter, providing

support for food

and shelter. Even

during these diffi-

cult financial

times, members

have continued to

support the Ro-

tary Foundation

and last year

alone raised close

to $1,000 for Po-

lio Plus.

Despite the

size of the two communities,

the club has grown from 15

members five years ago to

28 today. The Rotary Club

of Ranchester-Dayton is the

place to be for the commu-

nity's leaders, and the club

has every right to be RO-

TARY PROUD.

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Ranchester-Dayton Rotarians (L-R) Pete Hager, Dale Koch, and James Rooney volunteered for a local Habitat for Humanity project recently, making the club Rotary Proud.

ROTARY PROUD- ROTARY CLUB OF

RANCHESTER-DAYTON

Quincy Adams, Harry

Truman, Mother Jones

an John Paul Jones.

Thanks to High Plains

Chautauqua Director

and Greeley Rotarian

Jane Adams and

Maggie Coval of Colo-

rado Humanities who

bring history and the

humanities to life.

www.highplainschautau

qua.org

On

Satur-

day

Au-

gust

11th

Paul

Harris

aka Greeley Rotary

Club’s Past President

Dr. Doug Armbrust

held over 50 Chautau-

qua fans spellbound as

he reminisced about his

life and contributions to

Rotary. Every August,

Coloradoans are

treated to the nation’s

best Chautauqua ac-

tors. This year’s stars

that performed under

the Big Tent at Aims

Community College

included patriots and

presidents Lucy Stone,

Sojourner Truth, John

Paul Harris Visits Greeley’s High Plains Chautauqua Festival by: PDG Bryan Cooke, End Polio Now Zone 27 Coordinator

Jane Adams and Dr. Doug Armbrust

One of the many community projects featur-ing members of the Ranchester-Dayton club was construction of shelves for the local library. Those working on the project in-cluded (l-r) Pete Kilbride, Librarian Connie Fiedor, Teresa Van Buren, Hank Scobee, Don Steadman, Pete Hager, and Clarence Terry.

Dr. Doug Armbrust and Maggie Coval

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Rotary International District 5440, Inc. Membership & Attendance Report ~ July, 2012

Not July July Gain/Loss YTD July

Club Name Rep'd 2012 2012 July Gain/Loss Attendance % Buffalo NR 34 34 0 0 0.00

Casper 188 188 0 0 47.83

Casper-Five Trails 40 40 0 0 47.93

Casper Reveille 36 36 0 0 56.00

Cheyenne 222 222 0 0 62.00

Cheyenne Sunrise NR 40 40 0 0 0.00

Cody 82 82 0 0 44.00

Craig (Moffat County) 19 19 0 0 86.42

Douglas 31 31 0 0 81.00

Estes Park NR 107 107 0 0 0.00

Estes Park-Longs Peak 31 31 0 0 100.00

Estes Valley Sunrise 68 68 0 0 77.21

Evanston 41 41 0 0 71.00

Fort Collins 161 161 0 0 68.40

Fort Collins (Foothills) 103 103 0 0 59.00

Fort Collins After Work NR 24 24 0 0 0.00

Fort Collins Breakfast 76 76 0 0 80.41

Gillette 71 71 0 0 26.76

Gillette Energy Rotary 61 61 0 0 27.05

Greeley 122 122 0 0 47.80

Greeley Centennial 99 99 0 0 56.84

Greeley Redeye 23 23 0 0 82.75

Greeley-After Hours 19 19 0 0 69.74

High Plains-Eaton NR 13 13 0 0 0.00

Jackson Hole 194 194 0 0 38.03

Jackson Hole Supper 44 44 0 0 58.67

Jackson-Breakfast 15 15 0 0 61.00

Johnstown-Milliken 30 30 0 0 90.18

Kemmerer 26 26 0 0 46.00

Lander 69 69 0 0 37.68

Laramie NR 114 114 0 0 0.00

Laramie Sunrise 28 28 0 0 97.00

Loveland 156 156 0 0 66.56

Loveland Mountain View 40 40 0 0 61.90

Loveland-Thompson Valley 38 38 0 0 61.18

Morrill NR 20 20 0 0 0.00

Powell 27 27 0 0 70.00

Ranchester-Dayton 23 23 0 0 85.00

Rawlins 26 26 0 0 46.43

Riverton 55 55 0 0 48.64

Rock Springs 30 30 0 0 71.00

Scottsbluff/Gering 104 104 0 0 59.86

Sedgwick County 30 30 0 0 53.30

Sheridan 124 124 0 0 36.15

Ski Town-USA 30 30 0 0 74.71

Star Valley 17 17 0 0 56.00

Steamboat Springs 84 84 0 0 82.32

Sterling 36 36 0 0 45.37

Teton Valley NR 26 26 0 0 0.00

Thermopolis 29 29 0 0 59.00

Torrington 66 66 0 0 60.61

Windsor 34 34 0 0 62.00

Worland 38 38 0 0 49.52

Totals 3264 3264 0 0

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Since this term is surfacing around the District, let

me give you some background to understanding its

focus. Representatives from our District, along with

those from 14 other districts, attended a Zone train-

ing in Denver in late July. The purpose of that train-

ing was to bring Districts up to speed in Rotary’s

new directions. Our District, having been a Future

Vision District, had already been exposed to many

of the new directions. Foundation and Membership

were the key focuses of this training. For Rotary to

remain effective around the world, membership be-

comes a key element in its growth and success.

Ignite your membership was the focus theme for the membership tract of this training. Clubs are urged to

focus on the three key elements to maintain membership growth: attraction, retention, extension. If you build

on DG Mike’s Rotary Proud, you’ll have a good foundation for attracting and growing your club’s member-

ship. If you get every member involved in the membership process (whether it’s as recruitment, committee

planning, mentoring, greeting, partnering…you get the idea), your club will flourish.

Put October 20th on your calendar and plan to bring a membership team to the District Assembly to be held

at the Hilton in Laramie on that day. We’ll have focused training on how to put your membership team into

action to make this a Rotary Proud year! See you there!

Pat Butts, Membership Chair

IGNITE YOUR MEMBERSHIP