Rotary Club of Menomonie

Committee Assignments 2011 – 2012

DIRECTOR A – CLUB SERVICE – Bill Butsic

This avenue of service works to keep our club active, growing, and informed.

A1. FELLOWSHIP ACTIVITIES promote acquaintance, friendship, and participation among the members and their families in organized Rotary recreational and social activities.

• Members that have joined in the current year

A2. CLUB BULLETIN AND MAGAZINE publishes the weekly bulletin, files a copy of each bulletin with the historian, and e-mails a copy to each member and to the District Governor.

• Sandy Ericksen – chair
• Jane Roberts
• Maltee McMahon
• Sandy Ott
• Tony Manzella

A3a. FUND RAISING committee implements fund raising activities.

• Don Williams
• Chuck Brenner

A3b. Rose Sale is the major fund raiser is under direction of Directors A and B. All club members are expected to sell 20 dozen roses or to donate the profit from 20 dozen.

A3c.  GRANT WRITING Jeff Heinzen

A4a. MEMBERSHIP/ATTENDANCE committee develops methods to attract new members, encourages regular meeting attendance and generates ideas to improve member retention.

• Director A chair
• Director D co chair
• Steve Arntzen
• Carroll Rund
• Jeff Heinzen

A4b. Ruby Pin Committee – Immediate past president is chair of this committee.  Duties as needed.

A4c .MENTORS - Vice President will meet with new members to match them with a Mentor.

• Larry Feiler
• Maltee McMahon
• Lori Ausman
• Mark Kinney

A5a. PROGRAMS COMMITEE – All members will be asked to provide a program; this is about one program every two years per member.

• Sandy Ott – Chair

A5b. MUSIC committee selects appropriate songs and leads group singing

• Carroll Rund – Chair

A6. ROTARY INFORMATION/INDUCTION/EDUCATION/INSTALLATION COMMITTEE – Vice President arranges and facilitates the New Member Orientation.  Current Board Members will present information about their avenue of service at the New Member Orientation

• Vice President – Chair of Orientation
• Chris Meyer & Dennis Beety – Installation
• Past Presidents (Ruby Pin Committee)

A7a. SERGEANT-AT-ARMS provides for the physical property arrangements for the weekly meeting, acts as hospitality person for guests, provides name tags for visiting Rotarians and guests and assures the maintenance of order in the Rotary storage area.

• Natalie Scott – Chair

A7b. SUNSHINE Committee – Provides information on Rotarians that may be ill or facing health problems and communicates the Club’s best wishes to them.  It keeps survivors of Rotarians informed and invited to club activities.        Dennis Beety

A8a. PUBLIC RELATIONS committee presents information to the public about the club, Rotary, its history, goals, and accomplishments throughout the Rotary year. Provides special emphasis during Rotary Awareness Month (January).  Works with the media to secure proper publicity for the club’s activities.  Informs RI and the District of newsworthy club projects.  The committee has responsibility for the club’s display at the District Convention.

• Sandy Ott- Chair
• Sandy Ott – photographer

A8b. WEBSITE – Shelley Stewart

A8c. ARCHIVIST collects and organizes records of the club’s activities and maintains a permanent file of the club’s bulletins- Barbara Lyon

DIRECTOR B –INTERNATIONAL SERVICE – Chris Smith

This avenue of service studies and recommends how we work effectively and positively with non-Rotarians, Rotarians, and Rotary Clubs in other countries.

B1a. WORLD COMMUNITY SERVICE studies and recommends to the board how we might develop cooperative projects with Rotary Clubs in other countries.  It also evaluates and recommends responses to WCS Projects designated or recommended by District 6250.

• Mark Kinney
• Brice Medin

B1b. Ambassadorial Scholarship

B1c.Group Study Exchange

• Mark Kinney & Elizabeth Spader—host chairs
• Diane Simon

B2. INTERNATIONAL STUDENT ACTIVITIES stimulates activities of Rotarians with international students at UW-Stout and MHS.

• __________ chair

B3. IN-BOUND INTERNATIONAL YOUTH EXCHANGE brings young people from other countries to live and study in the Menomonie area, locates host families for them, encourages these students to attend the weekly Rotary meetings, provides transportation to these meetings, and  coordinates any of their special needs while they are in our area.

• Robyn Morin – YEO
• _________- YEC
• Lori Ausman
• Tim Peterson
• Lisa Montgomery

CYPO Committee:

• Lori Ausman CYPO
• Dennis Beety
• Tim Eiden

B4. OUT-BOUND INTERNATIONAL YOUTH EXCHANGE sends selected high school aged youth from the Menomonie area to study in a Rotary community abroad for up to one year.  Exchanges must be approved at the District Level.

• Elizabeth Spader – chair
• David Paulson
• Robyn Morin

B5. ROTARY FOUNDATION spreads knowledge and promotes support for the Rotary Foundation and Paul Harris Fellowships.

• Greg Lentz
• Dale Kastner
• Ed Smith
• Tony Manzella

DIRECTOR C – COMMUNITY SERVICE – Lisa Lyon

This avenue of service focuses on our local community and how Rotarians can improve this community.

C1. ENVIRONMENTAL committee identifies local environmental issues and develops projects to help solve them.

• Wayne Barcus
• John Dotseth
• Bruce W Trimble
• Bruce M. Trimble
• Don Williams
• Chuck Brenner
• Barbara Lyon
• Larry Feiler – chair of highway clean up along US 12 and WI 29-the area

immediately east of town.

C2. HEALTH SERVICES & SAFETY committee identifies the needs of our community and recommends plans for improvement.

• Dennis Beety
• Steve Lindberg
• Clint Moses
• Richard Rhiel
• Diane Simon
• Hank Simpson
• Relay for Life Activity – Ellen Ochs
• Senior Citizens – Mike Ritland

C3. YOUTH ACTIVITIES committee supports Badger Boys and Girls State and the National Honor Society Banquet, and the Youth Volunteer Student Award, which is based on the Rotary Motto of “Service Above Self.”

• Tom Johnson – chair of The Youth Volunteer Student Award
• Dennis Beety
• Tim Eiden

C4. HOLIDAY FAMILY PROJECT committee provides items for families identified by social services during the Christmas season.

• Lisa Montgomery
• Maltee McMahon
• Marilyn Fanetti
• Nancy Moynihan
• Chris Meyer
• Diane Simon

C5.  ROTARIANS AT WORK Vacant – chair

DIRECTOR D – VOCATIONAL SERVICE– Linda McIntyre

This avenue of service works to improve our understanding of the vocations of fellow Rotarians.

D1. LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE – Junior Achievement, Leadership Menomonie

D2. VOCATIONAL AWARENESS committee develops projects and programs that increase members’ knowledge and appreciation of various occupations.  It emphasizes the worthiness to society of all useful occupations, promotes use of the Four Way Test in business decisions, and encourages a high standard of ethical practices.

• Vocational Talks
• Business Tours

D3. LITERACY COMMITTEE

• Barb Anderson chairperson
• John Rendon
• Annette Taylor
• Nancy Moynihan
• Barbara Lyon
• Jane Roberts – magazines for senior citizens
• Natalie Scott