The Squeaking Wheel
Rotary District 6200
The Governor’s
Newsletter
Volume 2004, Issue 1
Pam Daniels, DG
July 2004
The
Squeaking Wheel, The District Governor’s Newsletter, is a monthly publication
of Rotary International, District 6200, edited by the District Secretary, Drake
Stansbury & General Secretary Janice Bradshaw
Table of Contents
* Governor Pam’s Message
* Calendar/ Upcoming Events & Reminders
* President Glenn’s July Message
* Introducing 2004-05 District Officers
* “Spinning in the District”
* Technology Summit/DGE Don Chauvin
* RYLA/Governor Pam Daniels
* STARLAB Project
* Our Foundation Update /PDG Frank Bradshaw
* Membership Report/ DGE Don Chauvin
* RI Convention “Friendship Train to
Luke Manfre
* Attendance
* Foundation Goals
* Oil Drops!
Governor Pam
Daniels’ Message
Dear
Fellow Rotarians:
Rotary
International President Glenn Estess has selected “Celebrate Rotary”as his theme for our 100thyear of Rotary’s existence.
It
is indeed an honor and privilege to serve as Governor of District 6200 as we
celebrate the centennial year of Rotary. Being the first woman governor at such
an important time is humbling, but also fills me with pride, as my tenure is a
tribute to the contributions that women have made to Rotary.
This
year will be a significant milestone for Rotary International as we complete
our campaign to eradicate Polio worldwide. It will also mark the beginning
efforts of our graduates in peace and conflict resolution to promote a more
peaceful world. Rotary’s efforts toward increasing literacy, promoting water
managementand world health will have a significant impact and be more reason to
“Celebrate Rotary”.
In
this 100thyear
we are Celebrating Rotary’s beginnings by giving emphasis and recognition to
the Family ofRotary as well as adding emphasis and importance to the use of
vocations in Rotary. Family has always been an important part of our Rotary
experience and vocations were used in the founding of the first club. We are
now bringing them to the fore to “Celebrate
Rotary”.
I
assume that you all have noted the name of the District Newsletter for the next
year. Our Rotary Wheel, like any other wheel, gets noticed when it squeaks and
at times needsgrease. It is my sincere wish that the “Squeaking Wheel”gets
noticed every month and rarely needs grease.
As
my Rotarian Pal, Walt and I visit your clubs this year we will extend to you an
invitation to celebrate the Past, Present and the Future of Rotary at the
Centennial District Conference in Morgan City April 7-9, 2005.
Calendar of Events 
July 1 – First day of 2004-05 Rotary
(Centennial) Year
July 1 – Send Semi-Annual Reports and
Dues to Rotary
International, POB 75297,
copies of semi- annual reports to
General Secretary, POB
44365,
July 2 – District 6200 GSE Team returns
from Germany
July 5 – Monthly Attendance Report due in
to District Office ~
REMEMBER: Telephone numbers have
changed, the new fax
number is 337-237-9043, however,
the 1-800-301-8560 is still
in use, but voice only
July 17–Membership Coordinator Training ~
at the Abbeville Public Library,
Abbeville
July 31–Assistant Governors Quarterly
Meeting ~ 10-12 Noon at the
District Office in
July 31–GSE Committee Meeting (AG’s are
to attend as well) ~ 1-
August 7 –2006-07 District Governor
Candidate Interviews and
Election of 2005-06 District
Nominating Committee to be
held at District Office in
August 7 –Deadline for initial District
Simplified Grant Applications ~
please
send to PDG Frank Bradshaw,
President Glenn’s Message
On the first day of the 2004 International Assembly, RI President
Glenn E. Estess, Sr. introduced the RI theme, Celebrate Rotary,
in tribute to Rotary’s centennial year. “There are few organizations that last
100 years,”he said. “The fact that Rotary has reached this important milestone
is a sign that there is tremendous need for Rotary service. As we look forward,
it is appropriate to reflect upon our achievements –but not to simply
congratulate ourselves for a job well done. Instead, we must draw inspiration
from past success to help us face the challenges of a second century of
service.”
President Estess announced three goals for the coming year:
supporting Rotary’s polio eradication efforts as the organization’s highest
priority, increasing membership to 1.5 million by the end of 2004-05, and
asking every Rotarian to contribute $100 or more every year to the Annual
Programs Fund of The Rotary Foundation of RI.
Estess encouraged the incoming governors to focus on three areasof
emphasis: health concerns, water management, and literacy. He also stressed the
importance of the family of Rotary and the need to include family members in
social events and service projects, and urged clubs to commemorate the
centennial by supporting the TwinClub Program and Centennial Community
Projects.
The centennial offers us a special opportunity to promote
Rotaryand try something new.
Introducing 2004-05
District
Officers
Pam Daniels
Governor
Don Chauvin
District Governor Elect
Drake Stansbury
District Secretary
Larry Callais
District Treasurer
Janice Bradshaw
General Secretary
Introducing 2004-05
Assistant Governors
Mike Collins (Golden Meadow) Charles Guidry (Gonzales)
Tom Bergeron (BR Capital City) Douglas Braymer (BR Sunrise)
Chris Dohmann (
Joe Wolf (
Joe Hidalgo (
Becky Hudson (Welsh)
Richard
Louviere (
David Broussard (DeRidder)
Spinning in the District
TECHNOLOGY
The
Rotary year 2004-2005 marks the first 100 year celebration of Rotary. What will
the next 100 years look like? I suspect that within the next 20 years we are
going to experience a remarkable explosion of technology implementation at all
points between the individual Rotary club members, the clubs, and Rotary
International. This has only just begun.
District
6200 began the process when we offered Rotarians the information services of
our District’s website. Rotarians Richard Churchman and Chad Moreno are to be
commended for having the vision and know-how to provide this valuable service
to all the members of our district. What an outstanding job they are doing!
I am
trying to put together a group of “Computer Techies” who would like to sit and
discuss the future of technology and District 6200. If you know of a Rotarian,
or if you have expertise in the area of computer technology and/or the internet
and would like to sit in on a round-table discussion group we sure would
welcome your input!
I
would like to convene what I am calling a “Technology Summit” in August. Our
purpose is to meet with Rotarians Richard and Chad to discuss what the future
of this district will look like in 5 years, 10 years and even 20 years from now
and the role that technology should play in that future. If you feel you could
contribute to these discussions, please call me at 337-893-6798 (o) or
337-893-2027 (h), or email me at don@Facts-5.com
. Once we have a group of volunteers, we
will set a meeting date. I am hoping to
use the new District Office in
“Working together, there is no limit to what the helping
hands ofRotary can accomplish”
RI
President Jonathan B. Majiyagbe
RYLA held
By Governor Pam Daniels
District Governor Lance was on his Friendship Exchange to
It was an extremely successful RYLA Camp, being attended by 56
Rylarians representing 27 clubs. My sincere appreciation goes to Patricia
Philmon, RYLA Chairman; for all her hard work before and during the camp.
Patricia along with PDG Joe Hill, helped me in beginning RYLA in District 6200
in 1998, we were under the leadership of PDG Billy Foster, and believe me, she
is still great! Richard Louviere and Leslie Harless have also been with RYLA
since the first camp. They served as ably assisting co-chairs. Patricia’s
wonderful Rotarian Pal, husband, Jake was the camp “Gofer”.
The veteran counselors were Mimi Brooks, Morgan City Club &
Garren Saxby of
Evening meals and
RYLA
(Continued)
Fun was had by all! The schedule was packed from beginning to end
with speakers about Rotary on subjects like Interact, Rotaract, the Foundation
and Ambassadorial Scholar Program. The campers learned just how much Rotary has
to give the youth of our District. This year we had the campers take time and
interview the Rotarians that came to take part in RYLA and this gave them a
better understanding on who we are.The campers found this very interesting and
helpful.
Overall the campers had a great time and even the ones who really
did not want to be there in the beginning, hated to leave their new friends
when it was all over!!! In other words, RYLA was GREAT!
Starlab
STARLAB PLANETARIUM will be presented by the Rotary Club of
Zachary. A gift of education and promise to the community of Zachary in
celebration of Rotary International ~ A Century of Service 1905-1005 and beginning
a new century of success.
You are cordially invited to attend the Annual Rotary Club Banquet
and Presentation of the STARLAB to the community of Zachary on Thursday, June
17that
Our Rotary
Foundation’s Grant Program
Another
Way For Clubs To Help Others
by PDG
Frank Bradshaw
The mission of Our Rotary Foundation is
to support the efforts of Rotary International in the fulfillment of the Object
of Rotary, Rotary’s mission, and the achievement of world understanding and
peace through local, national and international humanitarian, educational, and
cultural programs.
Last year, in an effort to make both the
application and the implementation processes more “user-friendly”, the Trustees
of Our Foundation decided to implement a new grant structure for our
Humanitarian programs that went into effect on
Match
Grantssupports our Rotary clubs and the District as we address
humanitarian conditions that benefit communities in need. The Matching Grant
Program will continue in a manner that is consistent and compatible with the
new grant structure.
Individual
Grantssupports the travel of individual Rotarians planning or
implementing service projects. Individuals Grants took the place of Discovery
Grants and Grantsfor Rotary Volunteers that were both phased out.
District
Simplified Grantssupports the service activities or
humanitarian endeavors in which clubs in the District undertake. District
Simplified Grants incorporated thesame concepts as previously addressed by the
Foundation’s Helping Grants, Humanitarian Transportation Grants, Community
Assistance Programs Awards, and New Opportunity Grants; all of which were
passed out.
Grants
(Continued)
In Rotary Year 2003-04, the first year for District Simplified Grant
Program, many felt that the new program was very successful as ten Clubs in the
District were able to reinvest $22,500 back into their respective communities
to help those in need.
District Simplified Grant applications, Terms and Conditions, and
timetables for District Simplified Grants to be awarded in Rotary Year 2004-05
were mailed to all Club Presidents in mid-May. The District has set
Applications, Terms & Conditions, and timetables may be
downloaded from the District Website at www.rotary6200.orgor requested from the
District Office by calling 337/237-0628 (please note that this is a new number
for the Rotary Office).
WANTED ~ 3 Good
Rotarians
by DGE Don Chauvin
July is always
an exciting time in Rotary. Rotary Clubs throughout the world have completed
the installation of new officers and they are all off and running to achieve
the goals recently set by each club’s president. In addition, Rotary
International will have a year long celebration to commemorate the centennial
anniversary of Rotary. If that isn’t enough to get excited about, add the fact
that our District 6200 will enjoy the leadership provided by Governor Pam Daniels,
the first female District Governor of District 6200, and that promises to be
fun too.
3 Good
Rotarians (continued)
With all of
this, I too am excited about the opportunities that we will all enjoy to grow
our individual club’s membership. Governor Pam has asked me to serve as
chairman of the Membership Development Committee for the upcoming year, a task
I quickly accepted.
I accepted the
challenge because the assignment is one of the best in all of Rotary. It
affords me an opportunity to go out and meet people and ask them to help
Governor Pam achieve her goal of growing each club by 3 new members (or 10% of
current club’s membership, whichever is greater) by June of 2005.
On July 17
these 10 Regional Membership Coordinators will be meeting in Abbeville for a
training session to develop a plan to help each club within District 6200
increase membership and retain current members. They will be asking the
membership chairperson from each of their respective clubs to also attend.
All club
presidents are urged to use the services of these district leaders to help
formulate a plan to grow and retain members in their club. If you wish, the
regional coordinators will be happy to make a presentation to your club to
emphasize recruitment of prospective members. PUT THEM TO WORK FOR YOU!
The spirit of
Rotary was not intended to be the best kept secretin
Coordinator for membership development. I
am pleased to announce that the following people have gladly volunteered their
time and expertise:
Region
1 –Darrin Guidry, from
Meadow,
Region
2 –Tim Stander, from Gonzales, will work again with clubs from
Donaldsonville, East
Ascension, Gonzales, North Ascension
and
Region
3 -Paul S. West, from
Region
4 -Will be led by Tia Edwards of
includeBaton Rouge, Baton
Rouge Sunrise, Denham Springs,
False River/New Roads, and St.
Francisville.
Region
5 –Tom McGinnis, from
Region
6 –Ken Taylor, from Abbeville, will assume the lead for
Abbeville,Lafayette, Lafayette North,
Membership Coordinators
(continued)
Region
7 –Tina Vidrine, from
with Eunice, Mamou,
Region
8 –is headed by another returning veteran –Jim Wright. Jim, who
is from Welsh, will work with
Charles East and Welsh.
Region
9 –Mike Hayes will have the pleasure of working with the Greater
Region
10 –Juanita Crawford will enjoy working with Beauregard-Vernon
RI Convention “Friendship
Train to
Greg Landry & Luke
Manfre
Next year, to celebrate the 100thanniversary of the founding of
Rotary, the International Convention will be held in the birthplace of Rotary ~
D6200 will be planning a “Friendship Train to Chicago’via the
Amtrak train. The train group will depart
Our group will likely be joined by Rotarians from neighboring
Districts. The train stops in Hammond, McComb, Brookhaven, Hazelhurst, and
Jackson. It might be possible to board or exit the train at one of those stops
instead of
RI
Convention (Continued)
Approximate round-trip cost with deluxe sleeper bedroom is
$364/person including meals. It will not be possible to make train reservations
until later this month. Interested Rotarians
should contact theDistrict Office (e-mail preferred ~ rotary6200@cox-internet.com) to
get on our list for convention updates. More information is available at:
http://www.amtrak.com/
Rotarians are encouraged to register on-line for the Centennial RI
Convention at: http://riweb.rotaryintl.org/as soon as possible.
Hotel information: DG Pam has authorized the District to try
toreserve a very small block of about 10 rooms. The price range and location
have not yet been decided. Paper forms may be downloaded from:
http://www.rotary.org/centennial/resources/conv05.htmlOn-line reservations are
available at: http://www.rotary.org/centennial/convention/index.htmlRooms range
in price from $129/night-$375/night depending on location and quality. The
District does NOT have the resources to handle individual reservations for each
Rotarian. Rotarians are encouraged to make individual hotel reservations as
soon as possible.
Further details and updates will be sent as they become available
to those notifying the District Office of their interest.
Rotary District 6200 Attendance for July
2004
|
Club |
Members as of |
Current Members |
% Attendance |
Rank |
|
GROUP I |
Membership |
To 25 Members |
|
|
|
Baker BR Capital City Denham Springs DeQuincy False River/NewRds Golden Meadow Grand Isle Kaplan Mamou North Ascension |
21 14 25 19 15 19 14 19 22 25 12 16 23 25 23 24 22 15 |
18 15 21 17 14 13 19 21 27 22 18 28 20 21 |
68.00 68.20 43.00 86.76 69.00 72.31 80.00 62.00 72.00 89.70 68.00 68.00 68.75 100.00 |
III II I |
|
GROUP II |
Membership |
26 to 50 Members |
|
|
|
Beau-Vernon Sun DeRidder Donaldsonville East Ascension Kinder Oakdale Patterson Plaquemine Port Allen St. Martinville Welsh |
26 32 28 46 45 31 48 42 41 41 28 47 31 29 35 |
29 30 28 46 37 47 41 46 28 49 29 32 35 |
86.00 75.00 62.00 53.00 67.08 81.70 65.00 87.38 60.00 60.28 57.24 62.6 82.86 |
II I III |
Attendance for July 2004 (Continued)
|
Club |
Members as of |
Current Members |
% Attendance |
Rank |
|
GROUP III |
Membership |
51 to 75 Members |
|
|
|
Abbeville Eunice Gonzales Greater L C St. Francisville Ville Plate Zachary |
58 76 64 51 62 66 63 75 63 53 74 58 51 |
55 70 69 59 54 57 71 69 68 71 49 44 |
64.08 75.00 39.00 43.10 75.49 63.64 83.00 62.00 81.00 73.5 65.00 82.00 |
I III II |
|
GROUP IV |
Membership |
76 and over Members |
|
|
|
B R |
516 133 160 99 |
514 133 155 |
60.20 70.00 67.25 |
III I II |
|
District Totals |
2615 |
2608 |
69.52 |
|
2004-05 Foundation Goals for Clubs of District 6200
CLUB GOAL 0405 CLUB GOAL 0405
Abbeville 5,600
Baker 2,000
Baton Rouge
35,000
BR –
Baton Rouge Sunrise 12,000 Lake C harles East 1,300
Beauregard-Vernon Sun1,400
Denham Springs 1,700
DeQuincy 1,300 New Iberia 2,000
DeRidder 2,000 North Ascension 1,000
Donaldsonville 1,200 Oakdale 4,000
East Ascension 3,000
Eunice 2,200
False River/New Roads1,000 Patterson 1,500
Golden Meadow 600 Port Allen 1,500
Gonzales 4,000 St. Francisville 5,600
Grand Isle 400
Greater
Kaplan 1,000 Welsh 2,800
Kinder 3,000
T O T A L $
Oil Drops
*****Send*****
Club Bulletins, pictures, newspaper articles,
Special Club Activities To:
District Public Relations Chairperson
Stephan Breaux
Fax :
985-384-9666
E-mail: breauxs@earthlink.net
