the olympians 21st issue
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The 21st issue of the Olympians features the Hand Holding Pogram of the Rotary Club of Makati Olympia.TRANSCRIPT
HAND HOLDING PROGRAM COMMENCES
The
OLYMPIANS The Official Newsletter of the Rotary Club of Makati - OLYMPIA
VOL. 01 NO. 21 • JANUARY 2011
The President’s Corner
My dear
Fellow
Olympians,
Welcome 2011, thank
you, 2010!
The start of the New Year brings
RCMO to another level. We begin
with the Hand Holding program
where PE Jay and I will share the
club leadership. This will prepare
him for his incumbency as our
President in the next Rotary Year.
It is an innovation which we will be
doing for we want to be assured
that our programs and endeavors to
humanity will be sustained and
continued whoever sits as our
President. Our motto, after all, is
"Here to Last".
On our other service activities,
we shall be launching two major
activities with our youth to
celebrate RI's themes for the first
quarter of 2011 which are Rotary
Awareness, and World
Understanding and Literacy. These
projects are the Mr. and Ms.
Rotaract and the Global Peace
Festival with our sponsored
Rotaract and Interact clubs.
Though the coming months will
be hectic, we will devote a bigger
part of our time to strengthening
our club by intensive membership
development so that all of us will
remain as members of the Family of
Rotary for good. Mentoring and
small group meetings through our
Tete-A-Tete program will be in full
blast so that even those with Cont’d on page 2…
Rotary Club Makati Olympia
(RCMO) ushered in the New Year with the launching of the club service program, Hands Holding.
Approved during the Board Meeting last January 4, this program would enable the President and the President-Elect (PE) to share the club leadership, and will start on the club’s January 11 assembly.
The “Hand Holding” program is an innovative leadership strategy unique to RCMO (see
related story on page 2). This allows
the PE to have a dry run on the presidency, and at the same time allows the incumbent and incoming president to jointly
have ownership of the activities of the current Rotary Year. This arrangement also better ensures the continuity of the club’s program. Other incoming officers also play understudy to all incumbent club officers.
With this program, Charter President (CP) Rose Acoba is starting to pass the baton of club leadership to PE Jay Bataclan as early as now. This will allow a longer hands-on training for PE Jay so that when he assumes the Presidency in July, he will be able to take on the position with ease. One-on-one discussions on club leadership practices and issues have already begun and will continue throughout the Hand Holding period.
The President’s Corner cont’d from
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difficulty attending meetings and
service projects will be able to
participate actively. I, therefore,
enjoin you to recommit to our oath
as members of RCMO. Let us make
this pledge not just for the coming
three months but for the next years
with our incoming leaders like PE
Jay, PN Renny and PND Wilbert
and so forth at the helm. Let us
make our membership not just a
vocation but a mission.
My dear fellow Olympians, we
had started great. There is no other
way but to be greater!
FEATURE: RCMO HAND HOLDING PROGRAM
PROGRAM RATIONALE This serves as the dry-run for the PE for his/her term. It affords both incumbent and incoming club leaders the opportunity to work very closely with each other ensuring the continuity of programs and projects of the club. With the two club leaders holding hands or working together, the other officers also become the shadow of the incumbent thus they already know their duties and responsibilities as they officially assume their offices in their respective terms.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION During this period, the Club Level Strategic Planning is done. This is spearheaded by the PE and the President guides the planning. The PE presides in all the proceedings. In club and board meetings, the President opens the meeting and the PE adjourns. During the President's Time, the PE makes his/her announcements and the President follows. President and PE make the program together. PE may start solicitation and President assists him/her. A separate recording of the proceeds of the PE's solicitation is maintained for proper accounting purposes.
On projects, PE may start planning and initiating his project by doing community assessment and survey. The President assists. On the Weekly Bulletin, the PE will be given a corner for him/her weekly message to the club. On Club records and other necessary documents from secretary and treasurer, if the incumbent will not serve in the same position in the next RY, the designated officers are to start working together for complete transfer by July. Signatories in the bank account are changed to include the PE. President and PE, as much as possible, attend all club and district endeavors to pave way for the PE to be familiar with tasks and responsibilities. On commitments that will be asked from the PE during the PETS, prior to participating in the PETS, the President has to brief the PE on this and they have agreed on the commitments that will be given. RCMO shall shoulder 50% of the PETS Registration Fee.
ROTARY international NEWS
RI Board reinforces strategic priorities, goals by Arnold R. Grahl
At its November meeting, the RI Board approved a number of recommendations and actions to reinforce the priorities and goals of the RI Strategic Plan. The changes, which include endorsing the concept of flexible attendance and meeting requirements and allocating $4 million for Public Relations Grants, are designed to keep Rotary vibrant and attractive to current members and prospective members from younger generations. "By focusing on strategic issues throughout the week, the Board was able to reach consensus on several strategic decisions, which constitute progressive moves by the RI Board," says RI President Ray Klinginsmith.
Specifically, the Board: • Agreed to the concept of amending RI policy on meeting attendance, meeting options, and member termination in order to support and strengthen clubs by allowing them more flexibility. The changes will require revisions to the RI Constitution and the Standard Rotary Club Constitution in the form of legislation submitted to the 2013 Council on Legislation.
• Agreed to fund $4 million in PR grants annually, starting in 2011-12 for at least three years, to
advance the strategic priority of enhancing public image and awareness.
• Supported the creation of an annual Rotary Citation beginning in 2012-13 that would replace future Presidential Citations. The new citation would be based on clubs achieving predetermined goals that are aligned with the clubs' and RI's strategic direction.
• Agreed to transform RI programs to a “resource and support” model to help clubs and districts in their service efforts and advance the strategic priority of focusing and increasing humanitarian service.
• Agreed to replace the vision statement in the RI Strategic Plan with a core essence statement, which uses more contemporary language and better expresses what Rotary is and does.
• Agreed to conduct four new pilot programs -- associate member, corporate member, satellite clubs, and innovative and flexible Rotary clubs -- to promote membership diversity and improve recruitment, beginning 1 July. Two hundred clubs will be accepted for each three-year pilot.
• Encouraged districts with more than 100 clubs and over 4,000 members to split into two or three new districts as early as July 1, 2012.
The Strategic Planning Committee suggested many of the changes to help move the organization toward an emphasis on active and engaged membership. "Rotary must change its culture from one of attendance to one of engagement," says RI Director Stuart B. Heal, chair of the Strategic Planning Committee. "It is our belief that in the next decade this must become our culture as we become more innovative and continue serving around the world." Says Klinginsmith: "It was a historic week for Rotary."
Rotary Information
STRATEGIC PRIORITIES AND GOALS
The revised strategic plan, effective July 1, 2010, identifies three strategic priorities supported by 16 goals:
Support and Strengthen Clubs • Foster club innovation and
flexibility • Balance activities in all
Avenues of Service • Promote membership
diversity • Improve member recruitment
and retention • Develop leaders • Extend Rotary • Encourage strategic planning
at club and district levels Focus and Increase Humanitarian Service • Eradicate polio • Increase sustainable service
focused on: -New Generations Service programs -Our six areas of focus
• Expand strategic partnerships and cooperative relationships
• Create significant projects both locally and internationally
Enhance Public Image and Awareness • Unify image and brand
awareness • Publicize action-oriented
service • Promote core values • Emphasize vocational
service • Encourage clubs to promote
their networking opportunities and signature activities
The second semester of Rotary year calendar kicks off with two major activities for the months of January to March. These activities are the Mr. and Ms. Rotaract and the Global Peace Festival. The projects include activities which will celebrate the RI monthly themes for these months: Rotary Awareness for January, World Understanding for February and the Literacy and World Rotaract Week in March. Mr. and Ms. Rotaract is a search for the Rotaract Ambassador who shall serve as the spokesperson of Rotaract at this juncture when the Service to New Generations has been added as Rotary's 5th Avenue of Service. Rotaract Club of Scholar ng Bayan de Olympia and Rotaract Club of Teatro de Olympia are leading this 3- month activity which will culminate on Rotaract Week. Activities include essay writing
2 youth activities to mark RY 2010-2011 2nd semester
on the Four-Way Test, which is open to Rotaractors in District 3830 and with the participation of matched clubs from other districts of RCMOs sponsored Rotaract Clubs. Deadline for submission of entries will be on January 28 and winners will be announced in a grand finale night on March 12.
The Global Peace Festival will be done from Jan. 28 - March 1. This is spearheaded by Interact Club of Umakians of Olympia and Interact Club of Scholar ng Bayan de Olympia as lead clubs in cooperation with 13 other RCMO-sponsored Interact clubs and the Supreme Student Council of UMAK.
It is composed of 12 activities done to celebrate World Understanding through the February. It will be launched on January 28 and will culminate is on March1. Activities include Interfaith Prayer for Peace, Thousand Messages for
Peace, Thousand Runners for Peace, Thousand Hands for Peace, Poster and Slogan Making Contest, Mr. and Ms. Global Peace, Student Leaders Conference, Lending hands, Peace Parade, Dance for Peace, and Peace Concert with the participation of Voice of Olympia. The Service to New Generations Committee’s hands are full as it prepares for the respective launch of these activities.
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adviser Rose Acoba editor Joel D. Adriano
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