MembershipFoundation Seminar

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Membership/FoundationSeminar

• Panel Discussion
• Loveland Mountain View Rotary

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• Ceri Anderson, Past President
• Josh Miller, President / Past Membership Chair
• Andrea Kraft, Past Treasurer / Director

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• How we came to be in Rotary?
• What enthused me about Rotary and the Mission of
  Rotary?
  
• What we can do to bring in and keep younger
  members?
  
• Recipe for youthful membership in Rotary today?

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Loveland Mountain View

• Chartered in January 2007
• Downtown Loveland Rotary Club
• 20 members
• 40 average Age
• Currently 50 members
• Average age is 40
• Includes PDG age 71
• Two members who are retired or near retirement

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Loveland Mountain View

• Younger members attract and refer younger
  members
  
• Everything geared towards our membership
• Programs are club age appropriate and of good
  quality
  
• Budweiser brew master
• Ultimate fighter
• CSU football and basketball coaches

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• Social programs
• Fort Collins brewery tour
• Wine tasting and making
• Central City bus
• CSU football game
• Rockies baseball game
• Happy hour events
• Bowling

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• Trading banner is youthful and outdoors

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• Fundraisers
• Dance and silent auction
• Peach sale
• Basketball game
• Golf tournament
• Change events

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• Meetings
• Club meeting noon to 115 pm to accommodate
  members career levels
  
• Great food
• Meeting room is modern, not conference room
• Location is on newer end of town with newer
  businesses, more service jobs
  
• Meetings are flexible, no singing for time
  reasons and to be different from other clubs
  

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• Service Projects
• Habitat for Humanity
• Heroes Among Us event for area youth to nominate
  their heroes
  
• College Scholarships
• Helping youth in Vietnam
• Meth drug awareness

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• Members
• Most are members for right reason, service above
  self
  
• Many are children of current or past Rotarians
• Most share common interests
• Most have same issues outside of Rotary
• We are not afraid to make fun of ourselves

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• Issues with Younger Members
• School age children
• Still climbing career ladder
• Job relocations
• Job duties change
• Limited time for lunch
• Dont have as much time to commit to projects,
  fundraisers, etc
  
• Higher turnover of membership

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• Stuart Palmer
• Younger members are the future of Rotary
• QA