Message from Our President Bob Schroeder - 9/25/2023 
9/25 Update



This is your RCDI update for the fourth week of September.  This week’s meeting will be our annual breakfast session with the Governor of our District 7770, and this year Lou Mello will be with us at the DI Club to meet members and make a number of comments.  This is a key opportunity for our club and Lou to become more familiar with each other and learn the key issues and goals for both.  As such each member is strongly urged to attend in person if at all possible.   However for those of you who just can’t make it, you are still strongly invited to listen in on the Zoom connection.  As always,  the Zoom Link remains:
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/86510879203?pwd=ZVFQaVN0YlBnOUZwVmZlSVdKTTFkdz09

The meeting itself will start promptly at the DI Club on Wednesday the 27th at 7:30am.  The schedule will be tight so it is important that we start on time.   You are therefore urged to get to the club early, have breakfast and some fellowship and be ready for the starting bell and invocation at 7:30 sharp.  We will ask that the club have breakfast available by 7:15 to make this easier for all.

In addition to Lou’s comments there will be a brief update on our club’s Strategic Renewal Initiative which has entered its Implementation Phase.  This should be interesting for all and will include some important announcements you won’t want to miss.  As a useful pre-read, attached you will find a copy of the just released Report on the Strategic Initiative.  It goes into a lot more detail than we will be able to cover in our meeting, so please download it and take a look through your own personal copy.   Time permitting, George Roberts will also show us a bit about some new developments by the Public Image Team that should interest all members.
 
Next week’s meeting (October 4) will be an Assembly Meeting so there will be no outside speaker.  The topics are still being finalized but it will include an important session on Membership.  This is an area that is expected to see significant changes in the rest of the year, especially in recruiting and on-boarding.  It will also include some actions for all of us to follow, particularly with new members.   The meeting on the 4th will also involve some changes in our normal meeting logistics that are expected to be announced at this week’s meeting.   Also expect to receive a followup announcement on these changes after this week’s meeting, so watch for another pmail on or after Wednesday.   

Meanwhile enjoy your day, and have a look at the attachment.

Together in Rotary,

Bob Schroeder

Encl: RCDI Strategic Renewal Report