Newsletter - Archive  Apr 9, 2010

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Rotary of Templeton Newsletter

                                                         April 9, 2009         

Club Calendar   Programs    April 13 Sheriff's Update     April District Newsletter   District Calendar   Job Postings New District Program   Click the picture below for Bill's wisdom

Past President, Jean DeCosta, PhD, presented our program last meeting with a power point presentation of our club’s Strategic Plan. There are different ways to define a strategic plan, but Jean’s definition was straight forward and to the point: “to link the club’s actions to vision and mission to affect the future.” This process takes us through Mission (our purpose), Vision (our focus), and Objectives (our goals).

Jean walked us through three phases of this process: The Discovery Phase (what and who we are, our strengths and weaknesses, our past successes and failures); The Dream Phase (what we would like to be); and the Design Phase (giving form to values and ideas).

As we move forward we initiate our plan, which can be explained as pillars or as Jean describe it as three supportive legs of a stool, the three main ideas we have chosen to focus on in our club: Membership, Signature Event, and Community Identity.

Much has been written about Strategic Plans. RI has adopted its new Strategic Plan that goes into effect 1 July of this year. View RI’s Strategic Plan, also the Strategic Planning Guide and Worksheet is now available, and because of Bill Jean’s leadership we are on track.

The Peace Bell in Korea

Several Korean clubs collected empty gun cartridges to be melted down and used to make a 37.5-ton bell that is now the central feature of the World Peace Bell Park in Hwacheon-gun. Cartridges from conflicts in 29 other countries, including Ethiopia, Israel, and the Philippines, were also used in the bell.

The World Peace Bell is the centerpiece of the World Peace Bell Park in Hwacheon-gun, Korea, near the demilitarized zone. Photo courtesy of The Rotary Korea

  

Kick Polio out of Africa! Follow the progress of the soccer ball across Africa ...click here...

 

North County Rotary Health Fair and Work Day, 24 April, Talk to Frank Walsh Click here to view the flyer...