Rotary Club of Indialantic Club #4395

Established in 1958

District 6930 Governor: Juan Ortega

President: Julia Babbitt

President Elect: Dave “Dex” Dexheimer

Secretary: Trish Spragins

Treasurer: Jock Walker

Past President: Corinne Ishler

Director at Large: Jean Hender, Stan Helm, Jim Bowen, Jim Hagerty, Dan Schlegel

Foundation: Larry Cinco

Sgt. at Arms: Steve Audino

Service Chairs: Lynda Workman

Salvation Army Bell Ringers: Pat Bouchard

Tree Program: Dan Schlegel

Strawberry Festival: Glenn Krasny

Club Admin./Website: Bruce Heeb

Club Newsletter: Suzie DeBusk

Social Media: Julia Babbitt

Public Relations: Jim Hagerty

Membership Attraction: Beth Gitlin

Membership Engagement: Gloria LeBlanc

International Peace: Ed Baranowski

Youth Exchange: Jean Hender

Interact: Dick Ballantyne

Literacy: Ruth Sanderson

Paperback Project: Bennett Stein

Nominating: Jay Anderson

Fun: Suzie DeBusk, Renie Adams

Homestay Program: Suzie DeBusk,

Dwan Buie, Susan Cinco, Renie Adams

Historian: Bob Underwood

July 30, 2014 The Official Newsletter of the Rotary Club of Indialantic

www.indialanticrotary.org

The Indialantic

Rotator

PRESIDENT JULIA BABBITT

2014-15 CLUB GOALS Membership: Currently 67 members, down for various reasons from a previous high of 82. Goal - 73 by June 30, 2015. Having great, interesting speakers is critical to making our club attrac-tive to both our current and prospective members. Jim Hagerty, our membership chair, has suggested other ways to attract new members: social media, inviting previous members to return, and through Rotaract, RYLA, peace fellowships, Youth Exchange and similar programs where we may find younger members with fresh ideas. Both Jim and Julia agree that we want to find quality members—“true Rotarians” NOT quantity; those who only want to be “resume Rotarians”. We will pre-qualify poten-

tial members by having them attend our meetings at least three times prior to inviting them to join, giving our members a chance get to know a person prior to deciding if they will be a good fit for our club and to help gauge how serious they are about the commit-ment to our club. Critical to member retention and engagement is a mentoring committee, to be led this year by Gloria LeBlanc. She will find a mentor for new members and have a check list for converting from red-to-blue badge. Gloria will also ensure EVERY new mem-ber is put onto a committee prior to getting a blue badge. Pat Bouchard will be inducting new members this year and she will meet with each new member prior to induction so they know what to expect. Jim will contact any member who has an unexcused absence of more than four consecutive meetings.

Foundation Goals: A minimum of $20 ($100 suggested) per member and one major donor, plus a Polio Contribution of $2,000. Let’s put a final end to Polio on this planet

International: Medical/Dental supplies project in Guatemala via Ruth Sanderson. Mem-bers bring basic medical supplies from the dollar store. Ruth is looking to fill a suitcase with supplies to bring with her. Also, our club will erect a peace pole at Nance Park in Indialantic when we replace our Rotary signs; we will be holding monthly peace toasts to clubs throughout the world. Once the toast is complete, we mail a letter with a banner to the club that we toast. We are also hosting a Rotary Youth Exchange student from France and as a part of the Back-to-School Backpacks program, we will hold a coloring contest with the theme of world peace.

Public Relations: Work with Clear Channel to donate usage of available digital billboards. Our major fundraiser this year will be the WW5K race which will have 800+ participants involved; we will have a table at the finish line to promote our club. Lynda Workman, Chari-ties Chair, worked with her team and the membership to choose the Children’s Project along with FIT scholarships to be the benefactors for the event. The Holiday Winds Jubilee will be held in December providing us with yet another opportunity to reach out to several hundred people in the community and bring Rotary awareness to the forefront. Genesis House will be the recipient of funds from our Club for this event and will be involved in the fundraiser itself. Other ways we will be reaching the community will be through the Salva-tion Army bell ringing in December and Habitat for Humanity Strawberry Festival in the spring.

Club Leadership: Goal of 8 members to attend Rotary Leadership Institute (RLI) training throughout the year. Also, have committee chairs attend District Assembly, so that we can receive grant monies from Rotary International.

Our club is a vibrant club and is recognized as such by the District. District 6930 would like more of our members involved at the district level.

We cannot achieve these goals without the full engagement of each and everyone of you. Please contribute at whatever level and however you can. WE NEED YOU to help us fulfill the FABULOUS POTENTIAL of our wonderful club!

Light Up Rotary!

Jay Anderson Merrill Lynch Cell: 321-917-9681 Office: 321-757-8003 8240 Devereux Drive Viera, FL 32940

Email: jay_n_anderson@ml.com Visit: http://bit.ly/JayAnderson_ML

Attorney

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Financial Planners

How do you invite someone to join Rotary? Just ask! By Bill Wittich, past president of the Rotary Club of Laguna Sunrise, Elk Grove, CA

Those who know me call me the Starbucks Guy! That is because I spend way too much time and money in my local Starbucks. But the truth is Starbucks is my best location for attracting new Rotary members.

Let me give you an example of a recent Sunday. My wife, Ann, and I are both Rotarians and we enjoy our tall Skinny Mochas. So sitting there we watched a young woman arrive with her computer and she was dressed for business. Both of us asked the question, “Is she a possibility for Rotary?”

Well, she looked like a Rotarian. You know what that means. She was a young business woman and seemed friendly at that. I asked my wife which of us should talk to her about Rotary and she said that she found the last one, so it was my turn.

I simply approached her and asked “why are you not a Rotarian?” She smiled and said that she had heard of Rotary but really did not know exactly what they did or were. I gave her a copy of our club flyer and invited her to be our guest for breakfast at the country club next week. I asked her for her e-mail address and told her she would be receiving our club newsletter later that day.

Basically, we were starting to build a slow, but friendly, relationship with her and simply invited her to breakfast. The next Wednesday morning, guess who showed up at our Rotary club meeting?

All we did was to be aware of who was enjoying our morning Starbucks with us and we just offered them an opportunity to network with the movers and shakers in our town. At the meeting, she heard about all those service projects that our club is doing, and her eyes lit up. Well the following week, we had a new excited Rotarian who told us that prior to our visit at Starbucks, she had never understood what Rotary was or did.

I guess the key to membership is to ask.

STRENGTHENING ROTARY

In September 2013, Rotary announced the launch of its global public image initiative "Strengthening Rotary” to enhance and amplify the volunteer service organization’s great story, visual identity and digital experience. In preparation for this we are being asked to make some changes in the way we communicate globally, and also to take some time to organize the available materials in order to promote a better understanding of the new guidelines.

Please read and forward to your Club Public Image Chair the attached "frequently asked questions” form (p. 6), which will answer some of the common concerns that have been raised. If you don’t have a public image chair in your club please appoint one. It is essential to have this person involved so that your presidential year will be successfully engaged in this challenging, but exciting, new way to present Rotary.

Please consider attending:

District 6930 Foundation, Membership and Public Image Seminar

Saturday, November 1, 2014 - 9:00 - 12:00 PM

(See Public Image FAQ’s on page 6 of this newsletter)

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED BACK-2-SCHOOL PROJECT SCHEDULED FOR SATURDAY, AUGUST 9

With last year’s successful back-to-school project that served 2,000 needy children, Jock Walker announced that we are again planning to assist in filling backpacks with school supplies and helping students negotiate their way through and around various health service venues in preparation for the opening of the 2014-15 school year. Those wishing to participate starting at 9:00 a.m. at the Counterpointe Church located at 891 Coply Street, S.E. in Palm Bay on August 9 will receive Tee-shirts (S, M & L) and lots of smiles and hugs from kids and parents. It’s a great project for Club visibility, Jock said, and a very rewarding experience. Back-2-School is sponsored by South Brevard Sharing Center The Board of Directors has authorized a $500 dona-tion to the program.

For more information and to request a participant’s Tee-shirt contact Jock at Esais3@aol.com or call him at 321-727-1519.

Guest Speakers

7/30 - Mike Hubler- Director, S. Brevard Sharing Center

8/4—Merry Monday—Grill’s at Pineda - 5:30PM

8/6—Cancelled—Eau Gallie Yacht Club Closed

8/13—Cancelled—Eau Gallie Yacht Club Closed

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Other Announcements and Fun Stuff

Visiting Rotarians Anne Hagerty—Renton, WA

Jim Sullivan—Renton, WA

Guests Bob Belless—guest of Alan Lovelace

Marketing

Insurance

Pest Control Dave “Dex” Dexheimer Dexterminator Pest Control Cell: 321-305-3689 Office: 321-242-1339

Email: dexterminatorpc@gmail.com Visit: www.dexterminatorpest.com

Julia R. Babbitt Executive Vice President Private Client Insurance Rotary International, District 6930 President Rotary Club of Indialantic RYE Counselor 2014-2015 Cell: 321-543-0279 Office: 321-254-5780 Fax: 888-466-8050

Visit us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/IndialanticRotary

WW5K Update

Thank you Larry and Susan Cinco! They volunteered to be the Volunteers Coordinator for the race.

There remains one more job opening and that is for the Sponsorship Coordinator.

The job description is: Sponsorship Coordinator

The sponsorship coordinator makes sure we have a logo for each $500, $1,000 and $2,000 sponsor and confirms that we have the correct business name for the $100, $150 and $250 sponsors. The coordinator emails each $150 and above sponsor a letter that explains the other aspects of the sponsorship that require their attention (sample attached). The coordinator keeps track of which sponsors are taking advantage of which benefits. (For example, while all sponsors $250 and up are entitled to set up a table at the party, most won't. The coordinator keeps track of this info so we know how much space to devote to sponsors and mark each space.) The $1,000 and $2,000 sponsors usually require a little more attention, but since there won't be more than a few, this shouldn't be a big deal; the people who secured those sponsors can help as well.

Please call or email me if you are interested. 321-698-1550 • AMGfla.com

Thanks,

Corinne Ishler

“WITCH” WAY 5K WALK/RUN SPONSORS REPORT, EVENT COORDINATOR POSITION STILL OPEN

Immediate Past-President and our 5K event Coordinator Corinne Ishler gave an update on sponsor contributions.

They include $250 from President-Elect Dex Dexheimer (Dexterinator Pest Control) and $500 from prospective member Dominic Serafini (Florida Bank of Commerce).

August is our designated month for enrolling sponsors for the October 11 major fundraiser. See Corinne for the names of companies waiting to be asked to participate. A $100 individual contribution or $250 sponsorship is being requested of Active Members as their contributions to the 5K.

We also are still in need of an Event Coordinator. Orientation for the position will be provided by Town of Indialantic personnel.

CLUB RI FOUNDATION CO-CHAIR AND PAST-PRESIDENT LARRY CINCO URGES CONTINUED SUPPORT

FOR RI FOUNDATION

Following the Club’s successful Every Rotarian Every Year (EREY) 100% enrollment campaign, Larry Cinco reminded members of the opportunity and challenge to donate and participate in the greatest international service foundation in the world – Rotary International Foundation. Moneys donated go 100% to charity worldwide and locally via return on dollars contributed. Become, and/or continue as a participant with your tax-deductible contributions on an annual basis. And remember, you can help Rotary eradicate polio, provide clean water, serve the sick, help start local cottage businesses, and much more by doing so.

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Continued Announcements and Fun Stuff Real Estate

Title and Escrow Services

Skincare

EXCHANGE STUDENT GAELLE LAMBERT TO ARRIVE FRIDAY, AUGUST 8th

A nervous but excited teenager from Paris arrives in America to spend a year at Satellite High School within the next two weeks.

We have arranged for three families to host Gaelle Lambert during her 2014-15 school-year venture. As we share her sponsorship with the Melbourne Club, we are in search of one more host family – Rotarian or non-Rotarian.

TREASURER JOCK WALKER UPDATES MEMBERS ON BACK-TO-SCHOOL BACKPACK PROJECT

Past-President and Coordinator of the Sharing Center’s Back-to-School project an-nounced that our volunteer members are Julia Babbitt, Jean Hender, Trish Spragins and Jock Walker.

In addition to filling backpacks with supplies these volunteers will assist in moving needy students to various service tents for medical and hygienic “treatments” and haircuts.

Over 2,000 K-12 kids were served last year at the same site – CenterPoint Church, 891 Coply St., S.E. in Palm Bay starting at 8:00 a.m. for our “workers.”

This year our Club will host a tent to give students a coloring-contest adventure for a free pass to the Brevard Zoo for the winner(s).

Indialantic Rotary in Action!

H0LIDAY WINDS JUBILEE PLANNING MEETING REPORT

The date is December 13, 2014. Location – Trinity Episcopal High School assembly hall at Wickham Rd. and Pineda Crossing.

Presented by Indialantic Rotary and Eau Gallie Rotary Clubs

The Committee has begun filling committee chairs and co-chairs.

Program - Central Florida Winds under the direction of Active Member Rick Sabino.

Time – 7:00 p.m., Saturday, December 13.

Admissions – Adults $25; Children 12 and under $12.

Beneficiaries – Indialantic Rotary, Heritage House; Eau Gallie Rotary, to be an-nounced.

Sponsorships – Primary - Eau Gallie

Financial control – Indialantic

Ticket sales – Both Clubs

Next Planning Meeting – Noon, Wednesday, August 6 at City Tropics, 5th Avenue, Indialantic. (A meeting make-up opportunity.)

“Setting goals is the first step in turning the invisible into the visible.” ~ Tony Rob-bins “If you don't know where you are going, you might wind up someplace else.” ~ Yogi Berra

“If we did all the things we are capable of, we would literally astound ourselves.”~ Thomas A. Edison

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Contact us at: Rotary Club of Indialantic

PO Box 033134 Indialantic, FL 32903

Meet with Other Rotary Clubs

Cocoa—Tuesday 12:15 PM Brevard Community College, Cocoa Cocoa Beach—Wednesday 12:15 PM International Palms, Cocoa Beach Cocoa Beach Day Break—Tue. 7:15 AM Roberto’s Little Havana, Cocoa Beach Eau Gallie—Tuesday 12:15PM KIWI Tennis Club Melbourne—Thursday 6:30 PM Building Management Systems 1675 S. John Rhodes Blvd. Melbourne Beach—Tuesday 7:30 AM Sand on the Beach Restaurant Merritt Island—Thursday 5:15 PM Island Lincoln Mercury Jaguar Land Rover 1850 E. Merritt Island Cswy., Upstairs Merritt Island Breakfast—Wed. 7:15 AM Victoria’s Restaurant Palm Bay—Thursday 12:15 PM The Fountains of Melbourne Rockledge—Thursday 7:15 AM Rockledge Country Club Suntree—Friday 7:30 AM Suntree Country Club Titusville Sunrise -Tuesday 7:15 AM LaCita Country Club Titusville—Thursday 12:00 PM LaCita Country Club

Rotary Web Sites Rotary Club of Indialantic:

www.indialanticrotary.org

Rotary Leadership Institute: www.rlitraining.org

District 6930 Web Site: www.rotary6930.org

Rotary International:

www.rotary.org

Rotary E-Club One: (on-line Rotary, need to make up

a meeting - great resource) www.rotaryeclubone.org

Need Rotary shirt or other Rotary Items:

ruh.com/rotary

July 23, 2014 Rotary Meeting Photos

Alan Lovelace and his friend and neighbor, Bob Belless

Judge Stephen Koons and his visitor, another Judge

Jock Walker talking about the back pack info and the voting precinct schedule

Visiting Rotarian, Jim Sullivan, a friend of Jim Hagerty’s daughter, Anne

Larry Cinco talking about Paul Harris

George Becker as Sgt-at-Arms Alan Lovelace winning the 50-50 but not the Queen of Hearts

Suzie DeBusk introducing

visitors and guests

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Strengthening Rotary

Frequently Asked Questions

Why is Rotary enhancing its public image?

Worldwide, more than 2 million nonprofits compete for limited volunteer hours, donor money, and other

resources. Rotary has a great story to tell, but we need to tell it more simply and consistently. Our research has

taught us better ways to frame our strengths and bring our core values to life. By providing a clear, consistent

image of what Rotary stands for and how we differ from other charitable organizations, we offer prospective

members, donors, and other stakeholders a strong vision of what it means to engage with us.

What is changing?

You will see fresh, updated versions of many Rotary materials, such as the color palette used for our logo and

advertisements. The more important change, though, will be in how we talk about ourselves. The aim is to have

all of us talk about Rotary in the same way. The best ways to do this are described in Tell Rotary’s Story: Voice

and Visual Identity Guidelines for Rotarians, available at www.rotary.org/myrotary.

What is my role?

Rotarians like you make Rotary the wonderful organization that it is. Your tireless efforts have a positive impact

in communities around the world. We want to inspire prospective members to join us in our efforts. You can help,

because it’s up to all of us to communicate our story in all of our interactions.

How will Rotary communicate these changes?

Rotary has already begun to inform Rotarians about the changes. Over the next several months we will continue

to offer training, webinars, and communication updates. We’ll also use existing events, including the

International Assembly and the Rotary International Convention, to help you understand the benefits of

spreading Rotary’s strengthened message.

Will Rotary provide new materials that reflect the updated voice and look?

Yes, the first tools and resources are posted on our new website. In coming months we’ll provide an online

resource center where you can easily access a variety of tools and templates for a range of print and digital

materials.

Will the Rotary logo change?

Our official logo builds on our heritage: It is the Rotary emblem paired with the word “Rotary.” Guidelines show how

our logo can be used with club and district information.

Will the logo change affect Rotary pins?

No, Rotary pins will continue to look as they do now.

What is the target timeline for full rollout?

Implementation of the Strengthening Rotary initiative will occur in phases. We expect that clubs will want to

begin using the new visual identity materials and messaging in their communications, training, and publications

right away. Long-term, we would like all members to use the voice and key messages when describing Rotary

and the Rotary experience.