Reversing recent trends and growing membership must remain a high priority for our clubs and members. Over the last couple of years, I have heard many express concerns over reduced meeting attendance and membership in decline. We will be having a Club Experience Summit to share how District 6630 Rotarians and clubs have improved the meeting experience, how some clubs have grown by 25-50% in retained membership, and what new Rotarians need from their Rotary experience. This will be at Paradigm at Mentor High School from 10 AM to 1 PM on October 19. Doors open at 9:30 AM. The event will be followed by a Pints to End Polio at Collision Bend Brewing in Euclid. We can practically apply the learnings from this interactive event to grow our membership. I hope to see all of you there and hope you can join us at Collision Bend to continue the conversations.
We can reverse the trends if we learn from each other to enhance participant engagement, increase our impact, expand our reach and increase our adaptability to adapt. Together we see a world where people unite and take action to create lasting change across the globe, in our communities and in ourselves - and we need more people with hearts and hands for service and our high ethics to make that lasting change.
Dale Smith
District Governor 2024/2025
Rotary International District 6630
Past-President
Rotary Club of Mentor
The Magic of Rotary