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DISTRICT 7280
NEWSLETTER

April

Ronald J. Errett- Governor

2009-2010

What Page Is It On?

Pages 16-17 ~The Rotary Club of Houston establishes the Vince Lombardi Award.

Page 18 ~What can your club do to save the planet?

Page 26 ~Where will Dolly Parton be in June?

Page 37 ~“The third time you share a cup of tea, you become family.”

Page 45 ~How is Rotary making a difference in Iraq?

Page 59 ~A Rotary farewell to our very own Chris Knoll

When I write my monthly message, I often wonder how many 7280 Rotarians actually read it. I am not even sure every Club sends the link to each of its members. So some members probably don’t even know I write a monthly message. If you are the District Governor, you hope members read the District website. But you soon learn that doesn’t happen as often as you would like.

April is magazine month. Every item noted above can be found in the April issue of The Rotarian. The magazine is one of the communication vehicles intended to connect all of us. That is also the intent of our District website and monthly newsletter. But we cannot have that connecting experience if we do not read those items.

I encourage each of you to read The Rotarian. When PDG Lee sends you the link to the monthly district newsletter, forward that link to all of your members. Give them a fair chance to know what is happening in the world of Rotary. Consider devoting one minute at each meeting to something that is in one of our publications.

As your District Governor I only have two more of these messages to compose. I struggle with each one trying to convey some worthwhile message without boring the reader. For those of you who do read them, thank you. I truly appreciate your interest. Now let’s involve more Rotarians in the reading of our publications and let’s celebrate Rotary magazine month.

DG Ron

But You Need To Do It Now!!!

The deadline to register for the District Conference is April 21^st. I really hope we have a tremendous turnout to end this Rotary year. If you haven’t made your reservation yet time is running out. Please take a moment to do it now. This party and celebration will be so much less without you there.

DG Ron

Remembering Our Own

Each year at District Conference, we remember with somber hearts our fellow Rotarians who have been taken away from us within the past year.

This letter is to reach out and make sure that everyone of them is remembered in this special way.

District Governor Ron Errett has asked that a special tribute be printed and handed out at the District Conference for the service, that will done at the Saturday night dinner at the Conference, May 15.

Please provide the name, club and a biography of each deceased Rotarian within the last year, as well as a picture by April 21, 2010. Please e-mail the information to bigbuck55@zoominternet.net or send to:

	Mike Visconti
	103 Bellefield Drive
	Butler, PA 16001

I will try to do them proud. I have some names including three past District Governor’s, but please don’t assume I have the information on someone you knew.

Thank you for contributing the above information, and see you on May 14 &15.

DGN Mike Visconti

Nominations Sought for 2013-2014 DG

All clubs in District 7280 are invited to suggest nominations for the 2013-2014 District Governor by July 30, 2010. The suggestions shall be submitted in the form of a resolution adopted at a regular meeting of the club naming a suggested candidate. The candidate must have served a full year as a club president and agree, in writing, to having his or her name suggested. The resolution shall be certified by the club secretary. A club may suggest a candidate for governor-nominee designee who is a member of another club, as long as the suggesting club first obtains the concurrence of the candidate’s club. The Nomination Committee will consider all suggestions from the clubs. Suggestions should be submitted to DGE Chris Fiely, 316 North Brown Street, Titusville, PA 16354.

Help The Rotary Foundation Cut Costs and Receive
Your Tax Receipt Faster!

What?

The Rotary Foundation will soon be e-mailing tax receipts to those that have registered their e-mail address with Rotary International. E-receipts will be e-mailed from GiftAcknowledqement@rotary.org . We recommend adding this address to your list of contacts to prevent it from being directed to a spam mail folder.

Why?

Having your e-mail on file will mean receiving tax receipts faster, saving paper and postage for the foundation. For Rotarians, it will also make registering on the Member Access Portal at www.rotary.org an almost instantaneous process. Here you can access your contribution history make a new contribution or access certain reports.

How?

If you have not registered your e-mail address at Rotary International, please ask a club officer to update your member profile on the Member Access Portal at rotary.org. Updates can also be e-mailed to data@rotary.org . Once your e-mail is registered, you will automatically start receiving your tax receipts via e-mail. Hard copy receipts will continue to be sent to those without a registered e-mail.

We Are Getting There, But Will We Contribute $100 Per Member?

Giving to the Rotary Foundation’s Annual Program Fund is getting better. But we must pick up the pace if we are to match and hopefully exceed last year’s giving and achieve $100 per Rotarian.

The chart below is from Rotary International as of March 31, 2010. The Sharon Rotary Club leads the district with Annual Program Fund giving of $211.71 per Rotarian, followed by Slippery Rock at $211.33 and Butler at $187.25 per Rotarian. The following questions need to be answered:

Can Edinboro maintain their great start of $132.42 per member through the entire Rotary year? – No, they have been beaten out by Sharon with $211.71.
Which club will be the first to average $100 per Rotarian? – Edinboro – September 16, 2009.
Which club will be the first to achieve “Every Rotarian, Every Year” Recognition averaging $100 per Rotarian with every active Rotarian making a contribution? – Edinboro – September 16^th, now joined by Sharon, New Wilmington and Portersville-Prospect.
Which club will be the first “100% Sustaining Member Club” with every member contributing a minimum of $100?
Will any club exceed Sharon Rotary Club’s last year average giving of $249.46?
Will this be the year that District 7280 achieves $100 per Rotarian?

While we are getting there, we have not yet reached OUR goal of $100 per member.

PDG Lee Ahlum, Chair DRFC

Rotary International District 7280
2009-10 Annual Program Fund Development
				As of:	3/31/2010
	# of Club	Club	YTD	% Goal	Per	District
Rotary Club of	Members	Goal	Giving	Achieved	Cap$	Rank
Sharon EREY	41	$7,200	$8,680.00	121%	$211.71	1st
Slippery Rock	26	$2,700	$5,494.50	204%	$211.33	2nd
Butler	58	$10,675	$10,860.50	102%	$187.25	3rd
Edinboro EREY	12	$600	$1,589.00	265%	$132.42	4th
Greenville	28	$2,700	$3,664.00	136%	$130.86	5th
New Wilmington EREY	30	$4,800	$3,908.53	81%	$130.28	6th
Port Allegany	29	$3,200	$3,714.00	116%	$128.07	7th
Evans City	12	$1,100	$1,454.00	132%	$121.17	8th
Portersville/Prospect EREY	14	$1,400	$1,632.05	117%	$116.58	9th
Mercer	23	$2,300	$2,354.00	102%	$102.35	10th
Kittanning	20	$2,200	$1,918.20	87%	$95.91	11th
Rich-Mar	67	$6,000	$6,369.00	106%	$95.06	12th
Zelienople	37	$3,000	$3,375.00	113%	$91.22	13th
Leechburg	25	$2,800	$2,176.00	78%	$87.04	14th
Bradford	44	$2,250	$3,409.00	152%	$77.48	15th
Erie	152	$10,032	$10,489.00	105%	$69.01	16th
Meadville	45	$4,700	$2,619.00	56%	$58.20	17th
Kane	42	$4,200	$2,354.00	56%	$56.05	18th
Corry	18	$950	$875.00	92%	$48.61	19th
Titusville	42	$4,500	$1,853.55	41%	$44.13	20th
Meadville AM	14	$150	$579.00	386%	$41.36	21st
Grove City	57	$5,700	$2,354.00	41%	$41.30	22nd
New Castle	74	$1,850	$2,889.00	156%	$39.04	23rd
Wesleyville	11	$400	$404.00	101%	$36.73	24th
Cranberry Township	23	$2,700	$827.50	31%	$35.98	25th
Presque Isle	39	$3,000	$1,394.00	46%	$35.74	26th
Oil City	22	$2,300	$739.00	32%	$33.59	27th
Linesville	12	$800	$354.00	44%	$29.50	28th
Butler AM	25	$2,600	$654.00	25%	$26.16	29th
DuBois	47	$4,230	$1,204.00	28%	$25.62	30th
Mt. Jewett	13	$520	$254.00	49%	$19.54	31st
Franklin	34	$1,100	$535.96	49%	$15.76	32nd
Cranberry Twp. Sunrise	28	$1,200	$309.00	26%	$11.04	33rd
Chicora/East Brady	10	$100	$104.00	104%	$10.40	34th
Smethport	15	$250	$104.00	42%	$6.93	35th
Ellwood City	30	$3,100	$84.00	3%	$2.80	36th
Clarion	60	$5,300	$154.00	3%	$2.57	37th
Punxsutawney	41	$2,000	$44.00	2%	$1.07	38th
Sheffield	10	$50	$4.00	8%	$0.40	39th
Parker	11	$110	$4.00	4%	$0.36	40th
Bessemer/Mohawk	14	$1,400	$4.00	0%	$0.29	41st
Hermitage	26	$2,900	$4.00	0%	$0.15	42nd
Warren	35	$780	$4.00	1%	$0.11	43rd
District 7280		$0	$300.00
TOTALS	1416	$119,847	$92,095.79	76.84%	$65.04

Secretary’s Corner

IMPORTANT: Once again this year I will be able to allow you to update your Club Roster before I go to print with the District Directory. If you feel you have had substantial changes, additions or deletions since you submitted your roster in February, please submit a new version to me prior to April 15^th. If I do not receive an update from you I will print the roster that I received in February 2010.

MORE IMPORTANT: When I reviewed the rosters that I received last month I found several common errors that I had to correct for you. Please review your rosters and check for the following common errors and if found please resend it to me with your corrections:

1) We do not use periods in the first four columns to save space

2) We use only approved US Postal abbreviations for addresses

3) We do not use parentheses in phone numbers

4) We use only the approved abbreviations for the PH column,

a. RFSM

b. PHF for $1000.00 level

c. PH+ the number but do not use the F

5) Do not change the file name and use Arial 10pt type

DGE Chris Fiely has asked me to have his 2010-11 District Directories ready for distribution to all clubs at the District Conference in West Middlesex on May 14^th.

The updated club roster should be e-mailed as an attachment to Peter Richdale at peterjody@zoominternet.net in the standard Excel format only!

Peter Richdale, Co-Secretary/Treasurer

Memorial Service for PDG Ted Walwik

There will be a Celebration of the Life of PDG Ted Walwik on Sunday, May 3, 2010 at 3:00 PM at Russell Wright Alumni House on the campus of Slippery Rock University. The Alumni House is near the Morrow Way entrance to campus, which is off South Main Street north of Kiester Road and south of Maltby Drive (where Old Main is located). There is no parking enforcement on campus on the weekend, but parking near the Alumni House may be occupied by folks attending the concert at Miller Auditorium which starts earlier. You may wish to arrive a bit early for the Walwik celebration to allow time to park. The Alumni House is handicapped accessible. Call PDG Hank Anna at 724 748 4664 for further information.

See You at District Conference!

February Attendance and Membership Report

District 7280	30-Jun	28-Feb	Gain +	Monthly	No. of
Rotary Club of	2009	2010	Loss-	Att. %	Meetings	Rank
Bessemer/Mohawk	14	13	-1	89.00%	4	1st
Bradford	45	42	-3	69.00%	3	16th
Butler	58	61	3	56.10%	4	33rd
Butler AM	26	26	0	65.00%	4	21st
Chicora/East Brady	9	9	0	86.00%	4	4th
Clarion	60	55	-5	75.50%	4	13th
Corry	19	16	-3	42.00%	4	40th
Cranberry Township	24	29	5	62.00%	4	27th
Cranberry Twp. Sunrise	30	29	-1	48.61%	4	36th
DuBois	47	47	0	77.30%	3	12th
Edinboro	12	12	0	58.00%	3	31st
Ellwood City	30	33	3	85.00%	3	5th
Erie	152	146	-6	42.04%	4	39th
Evans City	12	12	0	45.00%	4	37th
Franklin	34	34	0	52.00%	4	35th
Greenville	28	27	-1	79.00%	4	11th
Grove City	58	58	0	33.00%	4	42nd
Hermitage	26	25	-1	68.00%	4	19th
Kane	42	42	0	62.00%	4	28th
Kittanning	22	22	0	63.30%	4	25th
Leechburg	25	25	0	64.00%	4	23rd
Linesville	12	12	0	67.00%	4	20th
Meadville	47	45	-2	81.00%	4	8th
Meadville AM	14	14	0	80.00%	4	9th
Mercer	23	22	-1	44.00%	4	38th
Mt. Jewett	13	11	-2	NR	4	43rd
New Castle	82	84	2	62.30%	4	26th
New Wilmington	30	29	-1	82.00%	4	6th
Oil City	24	23	-1	65.00%	3	22nd
Parker	11	11	0	75.00%	3	14th
Port Allegany	29	28	-1	69.00%	4	17th
Portersville/Prospect	14	18	4	88.00%	3	2nd
Presque Isle	39	35	-4	64.00%	4	24th
Punxsutawney	41	41	0	70.00%	3	15th
Rich-Mar	71	69	-2	68.79%	4	18th
Sharon	48	40	-8	58.00%	4	32nd
Sheffield	10	10	0	80.00%	4	10th
Slippery Rock	26	29	3	55.60%	3	34th
Smethport	15	15	0	60.00%	3	30th
Titusville	42	44	2	60.40%	4	29th
Warren	39	33	-6	35.00%	3	41st
Wesleyville	11	11	0	87.00%	4	3rd
Zelienople	37	38	1	81.28%	4	7th
TOTALS	1451	1425	-26	Count =	43

March Attendance and Membership Report

District 7280	30-Jun	31-Mar	Gain +	Monthly	No. of
Rotary Club of	2009	2010	Loss-	Att. %	Meetings	Rank
Bessemer/Mohawk	14	13	-1	95.00%	3	2nd
Bradford	45	43	-2	69.00%	5	20th
Butler	58	61	3	60.30%	5	28th
Butler AM	26	27	1	60.00%	5	29th
Chicora/East Brady	9	9	0	86.00%	5	6th
Clarion	60	56	-4	86.00%	5	7th
Corry	19	16	-3	42.00%	4	40th
Cranberry Township	24	29	5	52.00%	4	35th
Cranberry Twp. Sunrise	30	28	-2	50.86%	4	37th
DuBois	47	47	0	92.77%	5	3rd
Edinboro	12	12	0	86.00%	5	8th
Ellwood City	30	35	5	85.00%	4	10th
Erie	152	145	-7	46.08%	5	39th
Evans City	12	12	0	70.00%	4	18th
Franklin	34	34	0	48.00%	5	38th
Greenville	28	28	0	86.00%	4	9th
Grove City	58	57	-1	41.00%	4	41st
Hermitage	26	24	-2	68.00%	5	22nd
Kane	42	42	0	67.00%	5	23rd
Kittanning	22	23	1	72.50%	5	16th
Leechburg	25	25	0	64.00%	5	25th
Linesville	12	12	0	NR	4	43rd
Meadville	47	47	0	80.00%	4	14th
Meadville AM	14	15	1	72.00%	4	17th
Mercer	23	22	-1	61.00%	5	27th
Mt. Jewett	13	13	0	52.00%	5	36th
New Castle	82	84	2	62.70%	5	26th
New Wilmington	30	29	-1	85.00%	5	11th
Oil City	24	23	-1	74.00%	5	15th
Parker	11	11	0	70.00%	5	19th
Port Allegany	29	28	-1	67.00%	4	24th
Portersville/Prospect	14	18	4	83.00%	4	13th
Presque Isle	39	34	-5	59.00%	5	31st
Punxsutawney	41	42	1	98.00%	5	1st
Rich-Mar	71	69	-2	68.84%	5	21st
Sharon	48	40	-8	55.00%	4	33rd
Sheffield	10	10	0	85.00%	5	12th
Slippery Rock	26	29	3	53.90%	5	34th
Smethport	15	15	0	60.00%	4	30th
Titusville	42	44	2	56.00%	5	32nd
Warren	39	33	-6	35.00%	5	42nd
Wesleyville	11	11	0	91.00%	5	4th
Zelienople	37	39	2	86.50%	4	5th
TOTALS	1451	1434	-17	Count =	43

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