Perdido Key Rotary Club

The Rotary Club of Perdido Key cordially invites you and a guest to attend our annual

Change of Command Celebration Dinner and Membership Social.

Wednesday, June 17^th
7pm

Grande Lagoon Yacht Club
10653 Gulf Beach Highway
Pensacola, Florida

RSVP by June 12^th to Kelley Thompson

kelleyandco@bellsouth.net or 850-982-8266

“The magic of Rotary is that it allows ordinary people to do extraordinary things.”
Wilfrid J. Wilkinson

Perdido Key Rotary
Bulletin
District 6940
Club ID # 61004
Volume 1 Number xx
P.O. Box 34410
Pensacola, FL 32507
27 May, 2009

THE ROTARY PRAYER
O Lord and Giver of all good,
We thank you for our daily food.
May Rotary friends and Rotary ways
Help us to serve you all of our days.

UPCOMING PROGRAMS
27 May – John Tice (Rotary District Membership)
03 June – Roy McMillan (Fair Tax – Tentative)
10 June – TBD
17 June – Change of Charge @ BLYC / 6 PM
24 June – Qtrly Social / Family & Prospects
01 July – TBD
08 July – TBD
15 July – TBD
22 July – QTRLY Business Assembly
29 July – TBD
19 Sept – “Walk in the Park”
TBD – Trish Woodburn (Sub-West R/Costa Rica)
TBD – Jeremy Goetz (Escambia SAR)

50/50 Winner this week
Hannah Weber = $25

VISITING ROTARIANS

GUESTS

Carl Wurzbach

Prospective Members:

PROPOSED NEW MEMBERS
Lamar Dean

ANNOUNCEMENTS
Program Chairs:
June – TBD
July – Sharoyn Miller
August – Vann Milheim
September – TBD

THE MEETING
Last week   5/27/09

President Marty McGreevy opened the meeting leading us in the Rotary Prayer.  The 4-Way Test was offered by Kelley Thompson and Vann Milheim led us in The Pledge.

Reminder: Membership recruitment is critical for the District and our club. Goal should be 10% increase per District Governor Ron Richards.

Our Club still holds a corporate donation (Lost Key Resort) for lodging, food & golf that expires in September.  Raffle tickets were passed out and are $5 each.   A portion of the proceeds will go to the YMCA project for the Key as well as other local charities. DRAWING WILL BE HELP AT THE BUSINESS PLANNING ASSEMBLY ON 20 MAY! (Delayed to next meeting)  WINNER = ROY MCMILLAN

Our raffle for the Resort Package sold roughly 100 tickets (+/- $500)!! Roy McMillan was the winner and graciously sold the package back to the club, guaranteeing another $250 from the original sponsor.

Hannah confirmed reservations fort he Change of Charge Dinner for Wednesday, 17 June at Big Lagoon Yacht Club with social hour beginning at 6 pm.

Dave – Announced a new website, PerdidoRotary.org .

Tony motioned and Dave 2nd to join the Perdido Chamber. Motion passed.

Marty – “Thank You”  notes received from Congressman(s) Miller & Bonner.

John S. – Scooter controversy continues.

Pat Mc. Raised $15,000 for local charities from recent “Mullet Toss”.

Guest Speaker John Tice, District Rep. Membership Chair (3 yrs) provided with some “lessons learned for recruiting:

•    Start with Goals. 1, 3, 5 yrs
•    Define Problems. Use recent survey and look for “Inhibitors”
•    “Written Plan” for Retention and Recruitment
•    Create the “Right” Committee. For small clubs, THAT’S EVERBODY!
•    Assign responsibility and Support (Accountability Assigned)
•    Continuously Improve…nothing is perfect.

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