Thanks to our fabulous Sunshine Committee (Lorna, Dee, Susie and Sherry) for putting on such a wonderful Xmas Party on Sunday!
Thanks to Dennis Weidler for volunteering to be on the Board of Directors for the rest of the 2017-18 year.
We are still in need of a President Elect for 2018-19 whose term would begin in July of 2019.
Don't forget there are no meetings December 21 & 28 See you next year on January 4th!
There will be a Rotary Board Meeting on December 26 at 5:15 at the CACS headquarters building.
Thanks!
Beth
Tom Early and the Fundraising Committee have been working hard to pull together the basics for our first ever Homer Kachemak Bay Cranium Cup Trivia Contest! We are getting really excited and think it's going to be a great event but we need your help to finalize the plans and make it all happen!
Here are the basics:
Alice’s at 6:00 PM, Saturday February 10, 2018
We need a few committees to pull the details together and to make things run smoothly on the night of the event. Here are the committees we need to have filled - see if there is a spot you might like to fill - it's going to be a fun night!
a. Publicity
b. Team Composition –help to determine entry fees, team size, maximum number of teams, prizes, etc. (we have templates and examples to refer to)
c. Silent Auction Crew: Help solicit donations, setup and manage a silent auction to happen at the same time
d. Stage and tables setup and arrangement – coordination with Alice’s
e. Sound system and computer/video set up
f. Trivia categories and questions (we have ordered a package of questions and categories - we just have to narrow it down to the best 6 categories!)
g. Trivia power point setup
h. Master of Ceremonies (MC) - Gary Thomas
i. Crew to hand out and collect answer sheets and act as sergeants-at arms
j. Timers, judges and scorers
k. Cashier and fund collection
We will have a sign up sheet to be passed around at the meeting on Thursday - and a brief meeting afterwards to discuss any needs and answer questions. Please let me know if you would like to help out in some way!
Thanks!
Beth
Time to Sign Up for the 2018 Rotary International Convention in Toronto
I suggest you get yourself an early present this year and register for the 2018 RI Convention in Toronto. The Dates are June 23-27, 2018. I attended my 1st International Convention last year in Atlanta. I expected a Great Time, Great Speakers, meeting Great new People and validating how Great it is to be a Rotarian. What I found was all of that and much more - by far. It was an awesome experience!! Toronto looks to be even better, in a cool city I have not yet been to.
If you haven’t been to the Toronto Promotional Material in Rotary’s Website do it now. Here is a link on the City of Toronto with a special invitation from Ian Riseley. Early Bird Sign Up for the convention runs through December 15th (just one more week) at only $335.00 for the convention. Register here. There are links on this registration page to hotels in the area, they do fill up as there were over 40,000 Rotarians registered in Atlanta.
It’s a great idea to have multiple members from each club attend so you have someone to share all the new experiences with. Attending this will bring you back home - Energized!!
If you have been to an International Convention before you know what a great time is to be had, if you haven’t been before – ‘Trust Me’, you’ll love it.
See you in Toronto, Eh?
Bruce Erickson
Anchorage International Rotary
907-223-0610 or Befespud1@gmail.com
If you are one of the lucky members who signed up to recruit a speaker for one of our meetings then please use the link below to add their name, title or topic of the presentation and list any additional people who may be presenting. The more info the better!
We like to give certificates to everyone who presents - and Craig makes these up a day or two prior to our meeting - so it is important to have the spreadsheet filled out in advance. I also use this information to plan the agenda for the week - so it is very helpful to have the info complete!
Also - if you have someone who you think would be a good presenter - look at the spreadsheet, see who is responsible for recruiting the speaker and contact them with your idea.
AND - if you aren't in charge of recruiting - but see a speaker who you think would be interesting to a friend or colleague - please invite them and share Rotary and the club experience with them! It's a great way to recruit new members. OR invite a member who hasn't been to a meeting for a while and ask them to join you! It's a great way to retain our members!!
See you on Thursday!