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Cairns Mulgrave Rotary Club
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PRESIDENTS
MESSAGE
Cairns Earlville
Rotary Club would like to invite
you, and all club members to a Youth Exchange Programme (YEP) Night.
To be held on 2 December 2002 at Matson Plaza 6.00 pm for a 6.30
start
Hope that you all can come, to what will be a very
interesting evening. Look forward to seeing you there.
Please RSVP me by return email numbers that may be
attending. Ann-Marie International Director Cairns Earlville Rotary
Club
Conducting Rotary
Business on the Web
Rotary International is encouraging
you to use the Rotary Business Portal to carry out some aspects
of RI business.
Accessible from a link labeled "Rotary
Business Portal" on the front page of the Rotary Web site (http://www.rotary.org),
the portal is an efficient, secure and direct link to RI headquarters.
To register for the Business Portal,
Rotarians need their member ID, club ID, and district number, as
well as a current e-mail address.
Your member ID is located on the membership
list that is sent out along with the Semi-Annual Report. As club
president or secretary, you should already know your club ID and
district number (identified as district ID on the Web site). If
you do not, you can request this information by telephoning or contacting
the department of Data Services at data@rotaryintl.org.
Since Rotary International is encouraging
all Rotarians to utilize the portal for business as it applies to
them, we hope you will assist your fellow club members by providing
club ID and district number information.
Applications available via the
Rotary Business Portal include
: Password-Protected Applications for
Club Presidents and Club Secretaries: To protect the privacy of
all Rotarians, it is highly encouraged that club presidents and
club secretaries maintain the confidentiality of their user names
and passwords.
Updating Membership Data: This
password-protected application allows current club presidents and
club secretaries to edit membership data online. ˇ This application
allows club presidents and club secretaries to view club data and
view and edit member data, including adding and terminating members.
Specific instructions for using the application are on the Web site.
ˇ Club presidents and secretaries
can download a basic text file containing club membership data to
import into mail merge, spreadsheet, or label-printing software.
Some instructions are on the Web site.
ˇ Club presidents and secretaries
also can view and/or print a formatted report in alpha order containing
basic membership name, address and other information.
ˇ Online membership changes can be
made at any time during the year, with the understanding that changes
after 15 June and 15 December of each year will post to the next
SAR period, and there will not be any online re-calculation of charges
due for the current period.
ˇ Please note that district governors
and district governor-elects have read-only access to this application.
DGs and DGEs can download data (and any available reports) by club.
Paying Semi-Annual Report (SAR) Dues
: This password-protected application
allows current club presidents and club secretaries to pay semi-annual
dues online with a MasterCardŽ or VisaŽ. ˇ For each semi-annual
payment, dues will be calculated based on the info in the membership
system as of 15 June and 15 December.
ˇ Dues can be paid online between 1
July - 1 August, and 1 January - 1 February of each year. ˇ A printable
receipt for online dues payment will be generated at the time of
the transaction. Entering Club and Club Officers Data/Online Official
Directory:
This password-protected application
allows current club presidents and secretaries to update their club
information in the RI database for listing in the Official Directory,
and to access an online version of the Official Directory
. ˇ Data regarding clubs' meeting days,
times, locations, phone numbers, postal codes, and club URLs (Web
site addresses, which will only appear in the online version of
the Official Directory) can be updated here.
ˇ Each officer position is listed with
a dropdown menu containing the name of each club member. Officer
positions can be assigned for current and upcoming terms. A club's
Club Internet Communication Officer can also be specified.
ˇ In order for data to be included
in the next Official Directory, available every 1 July, the data
must be entered no later than 10 March of the same year.
ˇ A secured-access online version
of the 2002-03 Official Directory also will be available for district
governors, district governor-elects, club presidents, and club secretaries.
It includes information on current committees, task forces, RI Board
members and Foundation Trustees, as well as a searchable database
containing all club and district data, including club URLs.
Applications for Rotarians: Online
RI Meetings Registration:
Rotarians can register online for the
annual convention with a MasterCardŽ or VisaŽ. ˇ Registration forms
are completed online, and a printable receipt will be generated.
ˇ An e-mail confirming the online registration/payment will be sent
after the transaction is complete.
ˇ A second e-mail containing a registration
ID number will follow.
Applications for Rotarians and Non-Rotarians:
Online Contributions to The Rotary
Foundation: Contributions to The Rotary Foundation can be made online
with a MasterCardŽ or VisaŽ to either the Permanent Fund or the
Annual Programs Fund.
ˇ Donors are asked to enter their
member ID number and user name/password after the transaction is
complete (note: this portion of the site is under construction,
with enhancements expected to be installed by July 2002).
ˇ Donors who are not Rotarians will
be assigned an ID number and will need to create a user name/password.
ˇ Non-Rotarian donors may apply their
contribution to a specific Rotary club if desired. Online Publications
Catalogue (currently accessible from the front page of the Rotary
Web site): Purchasing items from the RI Publications catalogue can
be made online with a MasterCardŽ or VisaŽ.
ˇ A shopping cart system allows users
to select products, quantities, and the languages in which they
would like the product.
ˇ After purchase, an e-mail will be
sent to confirm the order. ˇ Orders will arrive within 7-10 business
days. At this time, RI online applications will accept payment via
MasterCardŽ and VisaŽ only. Step-by-step instructions for use of
each application are on the Web site.
The Rotary Business Portal is available
in the eight official Rotary languages. To maintain the integrity
of RI data, user instructions will be translated into those languages,
but the actual data for these applications will remain in English.
Entries into text fields need to be in Roman characters.
These online applications continue
our effort to help club and district leaders work more efficiently,
while enabling all Rotarians to communicate more effectively with
RI. We encourage you to take the time to post feedback via the Web
ROTARY
FOUNDATION MONTH - NOVEMBER
As we enter the annual Rotary Foundation
month and approach the halfway point of this Rotary year I feel
it is opportune to talk of the secret society that this District
has become.
During the period of July to the end
of September your Club, or Club Officers have been addressed by
either your Zone Foundation Rep, the D.G. or myself on the Polio
Eradication Campaign. The response from all Clubs was very positive.
Your enthusiasm to back this cause
gave us enormous confidence that this district would certainly meet
its objective. To be able to share your ideas and activities with
clubs, not only within this district but also with clubs around
Australia and the rest of the Rotary World, we asked clubs, through
their Group A.G., to advise the Foundation Chair of their activities.
And then the Secret Society Struck!!!!
In four months we have only had advice from six clubs of SPECIFIC
fundraising ideas. Nearly 90% of this District belongs to this secret
society. Gratuitous lip service whilst you are in their company
and then out of sight out of mind. How do I know? Easy.
I am now a member of this Secret Society.
The Rotary Foundation has asked me to pass on the ideas of this
district to share world wide. A chance for District 9550 to blow
its trumpet in the wider Rotary world. A chance to show the Rotary
world we care.
I told them about the Operetta in
the Park, the Murder Mystery night, the Club who just wrote the
cheque to get rid of me (thought that might start a trend), the
two clubs organising film nights and then ........... nothing.
When the D.G. or The Foundation asks
me what District 9550 is doing I can now positively and ashamedly
tell them that its a SECRET! I don't like and don't want to be a
member of this secret society and only join under duress.! To me
this is not service above self! To me this is not fair to all concerned!
To me this is not Rotary!
At the Mt Isa conference we had ready
agreement on our commitment to this District's objectives in both
the Annual Giving and the Polio Eradication Campaign. Now is the
time to come out from this cloak of secrecy and let the Rotary world
know that we can back up our commitments with communication and
$$$$.
P.P. Phil Dempster District 9550
Rotary Foundation Chair
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