Program: An EClub Vision Statement for 2020

This program was important to me, a Rotarian who really likes his terra club but is thrilled to see e-clubs doing what they do.  Three major themes that seem to run through most of the postings were:  service, relating to terra clubs, and opening new areas of the world to Rotary.  All three objectives will enhance Rotary--and they are completely consistent with the traditional terra club framework.  Right on!  p.s. - If I could no longer participate in my terra club in Parkville, MO (I travel a lot and the club is very lenient in letting me make up my missed meetings), I would definitely join your e-club.

Joe Kagle leads us into another avenue of contemplation with a program  framing a year 2020 vision statement for RECSWUSA. Gathering ideas from fellow RECSWUSA members, we are encouraged to envision a year 2020 RECSWUSA: 1) actively engaged in service work worldwide; 2) providing guidance for establishing and maintaining eClubs; 3) ever improving the quality of video presentations; 4) enhancing EFellowship and EFundraising; and , in addition to many other wonderful ideas, 5) PROMOTING WORLD PEACE. What a vision! Lead on RECSWUSA!!

Thank You!

a very nice meeting, thanks

Great material and work thanks a lot...

Thanks for making the e-club available.  It is a nice service that makes it possible to keep attendance perfect while gaining valuable knowledge. 

Great thoughts from members about the vision statement.

well said and delivered

Thank you for the warm welcome!

It's always great to plan ahead and see the visions...

A vision statement is a crittical ingredient to be able accurately lead an organization to the achievment of its goals.

I agree -- EClub is Rotary of the future.  It brings a truly global perspective to what we're about.  

Great thoughts all.

I like the 20/20 Vision concept. My hope is that this Club can build a better sense of community and help inspire each other even more. Fellowship is as crucial as any other aspect of Rotary.

H club....what a thought......

the quotes at the start of the meeting; Eleanor Roosevelt's comments

Some different individual visions of what the eclub might look like in 2020, yet all have a few things in common. We see ourselves as a fellowship of leaders working towards a common goal of peace in this world. There is no better or higher standard of what a Rotary club can be.

A very good work the collective vision of the eClub in 2020.

Congratulations. 

Interesting program.

Thanks.Liked the novel approach to a eClub make-up.

Dipak SarbadhikariRC Calcutta (3291) India

We've been challenged - let's rise to the occasion!

Great meeting as always! I loved your disucssion the embodiment of the four ideals in Rotarians; Joe!

I like the idea of strong relationship with local " Terra Clubs "for e Clubs,I do enjoy a makeup with Broken hill Rotary Club 320 kls return to our Homestead " Cawkers Well ".

Some of those Visions  in this weeks meeting will be the future of eClubs.

I found the part about club organization to be a good reminder for my terra club -- that we need to focus and coordinate our efforts for the best results.

I would still like to see us use easier tools to communicate so that we would do so more. I think Facebook closed groups is the best option, and I 'd like to have a discussion about that.  I have friends outside Rotary from all over the world that I could bring to the Club if there were a way they recognized to have a discussion. To grow Rotary, we have to go where people already are.

Young people especially have ideals of service, but they don't want to come to a forum like this. They would join and participate if the communication tool moved to FB or even Linked in.

I am new to rotary and to this club but I am most impressed.  I tried to join so I could visit here again but the web site "froze up" on me.

Had that problem before?

Congratulations, Presidnet Joe, on a great year!  This is a terrific club that is comprised of dedicated Rotarians.  Best wishes on you begin the new year!

Outstanding article on the 2020 EClub and further down the road. Regular clubs will continue to exist as they should but EClubs are the wave of the future as is twitter, facebook and all of the social connections.

The cat story was great. We have had similar happenings.

Yours in Rotary

Tony Touchon

Boerne Noon Club

The program was a wonderful display of passion for e-clubs.

Thank you for this fantastic way to do make ups. 

I always enjoy making up with this club and am impressed by how far reaching your membership is.  Thanks for being there!

I think that an EClub is a very interesting concept.I applaud youy endeavor. I'm glad that you offered a bit of "humor" to cut what would otherwise be rather dry. 

Thank you!

This is my second visit to your club and was another interesting and thought provoking interaction. I am impressed with how much it feels like a meeting of my home club - I can truly feel the fellowship that i cherish as a Rotarian.

Thank you for for creating such a meaningful Rotary experience!

WONDERFUL PROGRAM.

Thank you

I'm very excited about the future of this club!

Let's live on till 2020 and make our visions into reality! I couldn't be more excited!

Great program.  I think that the international mission of Rotary is well-served by the e-clubs.

An interesting exercise in forward thinking and planning.

Hello Joe,

 I did not send to you my "vision…"because I knew that you would not  publish it.

I am too realistic…When all the Rotarians realize how easy it is to be in Rotary without giving much money and doing anything, you will pick up all the RINOS of the earth! Believe me!

If you want to prevent that, you have to increase the dues, and select better the candidates; I mean that you have to consider the attendances of the candidates in their terra club, before joining us, and ask seriously their club to know what kind of Rotarian they are: are they attending the District conferences, are they involved in the actions of their club, are they a Paul Harris Fellow? If after being a Rotarian for 5 or 10 years,  they have no reward, that means they don’t deserve it; either they give no money because they are stingy, or they do nothing because they couldn’t care less, or their Rotarian fellows don’t like them.

But a club needs money, and the districts ask every club to give money to the foundation…so we have to accept everyone, and that’s pity!

 Why people want to be a Rotarian? For being able to say” I am a Rotarian”! That’s all! Trust me! In Europe, people are very proud to be a Rotarian, even if 90% French people haven’t a clue what the Rotary is!!!They think they belong to the elite!

What we do in our club, we can do without being a Rotarian: to volunteer somewhere, to visit old people in the hospitals, to give money for research…and so on. But kind people, generous people are very rare; we don't become a Rotarian, our heart is or isn't Rotarian when we are born...that 's all! 

When we join a group that means that we can becoming stronger and do more things  than alone. What I prefer in the Rotary are the Youth programs…to allow young people to go away for one year…and do something their family can’t pay .( if they are not Rotarian children, of course!!!) So, we can continue to accept all the Rotarians for this good reason: the Youth!

So, you see, that’s my vision, very realistic of the Rotary …And I want to add that the ones who don’t agree are being dishonest…

It is easy to the webmaster to check the attendance of everybody and to know how long they connected, and what pages they opened, isn’t it? I have my own website and do that  every day  about my subscribers. If you are curious…check and have a look!

Françoise

Wow, there is a lot of material on the site. I loved the enthusiasm of the contributors and their clear senses of commitment. I confess I like the physical proximity to other members,, in a traditional Rotary Club format. I wonder: Does there soon develop a sense of longing to meet, in person, those that one meets in the "virtual" world?

Bottom line, I guess, is how much service, as in service about self, develops from virtual meetings. I'm guessing it may be more substantial, in many cases, than in traditional club formats.

I write from Hawaii, the most remote island group in the U.S.A. (as our Continental pilot reminded us in a very recent Newark-Honolulu nonstop. My club: Metropolitan Honolulu, which meets Thursdays at 7 a.m. in Pioneer Plaza downtown. Come see us!

Thank you-

Loved the story by Bob Adams

It was a typical end of year meeting and I will have to go back tothe meeting about the 45 rules of life!???

Very nice, very infomational

I loved reading through the vision statements.  I think 10 years from now eRotary will be much bigger then it is today.  I also see the need for bringing younger people into the club a much more immediate interest.  What about inviting past exchange students from the district?

very informative, the first time I have attended online !!

The President is right: a Vision Statement is a very important statement. Bob Adams is a very funny guy. Eleanon Roosevelt was truly a Great American!

Thanks again for a great meeting!  I enjoy visiting your group.  Best of luck to the new leadership as they come in on July 1. 

Visionaries...these are the people that make up this eclub.  Thank you for your inspiration and vision for a future...a better future for Rotary eClub of the Southwest, as well as for all of humanity.  Let's begin again!

Always a pleasure to visit, Joe!  Thank you very much and we in Waco consider ourselves as your home base..

I really like the facilitating of new Rotary Clubs in places where there might never be a Terra club. Just think of the many great people now in Rotary service who would never  have had the opportunity were it not for "eclubs". Clark Lovrien

My fist on-line makeup.  Great information and great way to stay in touch with Rotary.

Interesting to see how the members are developing a vision statement for the club and the difficulty in any organization to clearly define that vision. The work, however, is invaluable upon completion.

I needed one makeup to achieve 100% attendance this year and was just heading out of town and remembered your program.  Much appreciated.  Nice mix of items on the agenda.  I enjoyed reading about your new member and her interesting life.  Great joke by the Sargeant!!!

excelentes ideas sobre el futuro de nuestro E-CLUB,yo considero que cada dia q trabajamos de la mano de Rotary,vamos haciendo el futuro que tenemos planeado.

Very interesting

A good exploratoratory on a mission statement

Great thinking about vision work.

Thanks to the e-club for being there.

thanks

I was so pleased to be able to "attend" the installation of new club officers. Thank you, Mel, for making that possible. It was very sad for me to know that you were having this event so close to home for me, and for me to be unable to attend due to health reasons. I am still trying to recover from a "simple outpatient procedure" almost a month ago that went very wrong, and I did not leave my bedroom all weekend. So it was very nice for me -- and I am sure for other members of the eClub around the world -- to "be" there for the ceremony. 

I loved reading all the predictions from members for the next ten years. Looking back over the past 10 to 15 years, I would not venture even a guess as to what Rotary will be doing in the near future. (When I was District Governor in 1997-98, I didn't even have E-MAIL!! My monthly newsletters were printed and sent out by USPS mail) So...I do not deem myself adequately proficient in IT to advance an opinion on technology that changes so fast.

I think it will be a good idea for eClub members to take a few moments during meetings next year to come and visit Miss Truly Candid in Quaking Aspens, and maybe even do a bit of shopping at the Walmart in Podunk Pines. It is a quiet place, given that much of technology has not yet reached the area. Have a picnic by the river bank, maybe get a glimpse of Basil the Bear, our occasional visitor to the area, possibly even chance to see that deer that comes down from the mountain every year in the spring to eat all my Colorado columbines out of my flower bed. Perhaps during the next Rotary year, the Podunk Pines Rotary Club will become official. I am sure if that happens, Miss Truly will see that you are all invited to a meeting.

I enjoyed your meeting in particular your history and vision of your eClub was enlightening.

The inspiration thoughts and commentary on Eleanor Roosevelt's service to Rotary are great. This is my second time using your club for make up. Thanks for the service you provide.

Good program. Thank you

Thanks for letting me visit.

I like this eClub concept...always interesting to see what other clubs are doing out there.

WOW!  I am moved and inspired.  We truly have no boundaries as evidenced by the members dreams that will manifest into reality.  Simply stated, thoughts become things.  Dream on my e-club friends, to infinity and beyond (Buzz Lightyear). 

This meeting talked about the problem all clubs have...not enough workers.  When someone becomes a member of Rotary they need to understand that we need to do some work for the club.  That is the purpose of becoming a member that we will help our community through working and participating in our club.

I am excited for those that find the Rotrary E-Club a great boost to thier lives in serving. However, I am a dinosaur and find the e-club while very informative, a vehicle that falls short of "boots on the ground"fellowship in regualr attended meetings.

I see the importance of utilizing and keeping up with today's technology. But when I walk down the street or in an office, I always notice those that have their heads buried in their phone texting, tweeting or whatever else they do. Their head down and mind absorbed in a 2'x4' piece of metal, keeps their eyes and mind off of what is going on right in front of them...people of the community and neigbors on their block who are in need of something that Rotary can bring into their lives.

As to success, my father taught me that "if you do what you like to do the most, at what you do the best" you will succeed. To many of us settle for "what we like to do the most at what we do the least" or what we like to do the least is what we do the most"

I am excited for those that find the Rotrary E-Club a great boost to thier lives in serving. However, I am a dinosaur and find the e-club while very informative, a vehicle that falls short of "boots on the ground"fellowship in regualr attended meetings.

I see the importance of utilizing and keeping up with today's technology. But when I walk down the street or in an office, I always notice those that have their heads buried in their phone texting, tweeting or whatever else they do. Their head down and mind absorbed in a 2'x4' piece of metal, keeps their eyes and mind off of what is going on right in front of them...people of the community and neigbors on their block who are in need of something that Rotary can bring into their lives.

As to success, my father taught me that "if you do what you like to do the most, at what you do the best" you will succeed. To many of us settle for "what we like to do the most at what we do the least" or what we like to do the least is what we do the most"

It is interesting to hear about the makeup. challenges and visions of an eclub. I enjoyed being part of your meeting, hearing from your president, reading your Vision Statement, learning how Bob Adams treats his mother-in-law.

Joe, thanks for you work this past year and best wishes to Carol as the new eClub President.

Thank you for allowing to make up my Rotary meeting.  My attendance is much better since I found out about your club.  Please keep up the good work.

I am amazed at how broad your "vision" is developing. You can definitely make the world a smaller place and easier to aid all peoples. Thank you for your hard work.

As always, this forum produces some great subject matter and elicits great input from members and visitors.  I am on the road with my business regularly and cannot always find a local club to visit---but this forum is always at the ready---and always informative.

On the seventeen hours of driving back to Houston from the District 5510 Conference in Phoenix, there was much time to think about how conferences that were attended through the years (including this one) could be better. One thing that most conferences do is give you what you (as a senior Rotarian) already know and could teach. The process seems to be: here is the formula from the past; let us fill in the present with proven processes. What is missing many time is the outlook of 'outcomes' instead of 'processes'. Oh processes are needed at conventins but they should be given as choice sessions or workshops, not general sessions that set the tone (not just for the present but start to shape the future). In the general sessions, dreams and visions should be the highlight of the hour, day, even moment. And when we discuss Generation Y, we should hear from Generation Y; and when we talk of the future, only dreamers and visionaries should command the podium. Dreams will fill the individual with passion; plans or process fill someone with skills (which have a shelf-life and can and should be changed when they do not work to fulfill the dream or vision). As one can see from today's eClub program, we are dreamers and visionaries (and our success today shows that we must continue this track into the future).

Thanks for the opportunity to visit your club.  All Rotary clubs should be visioning such an exciting future!  - Pamela Woodard George, Conway, AR

Muy buena sesión.

 Quiero aprovechar para felicitar a todos los participantes en la conferencia por el éxito  que tuvieron y a la cual tuve el gusto de asistir. También quiero agradecerles a todos por las atenciones que tuvieron conmigo y con mis compañeros. Nos sentimos muy contentos de haber asistido y muy agradecidos  con todos ustedes.

Cesáreo Veiga Trabadelo

 google traduction

Very good session.  I take this opportunity to congratulate all participants at the conference by the success they had and which I had the pleasure of attending. I also want to thank everyone for the hospitality they had  with me and my colleagues. We were very pleased to assist and  very grateful to all of you.Veiga Cesáreo Trabadelo

President Joe: The pin arrived in the mail today, I am pleased to be able to support the Foundation as it gives Rotary the clout to make a difference.  Ginny and I both just have money taken out of our checking account each month (which amounts to 28 cents a day for those who want to meet the $100 dollar requirement).  We  more than the minumum but it is still less than $1.00 per day.  Ginny is supposed to receive her new PHF3 pin as soon as Gov. Alan come to the Winslow Club.  Automatic withdrawal makes it easy  to keep Rotary working. 

My what a  lot of work went in tot he president's message.

Actually,  the best vision is 20/12! Not 20/20..

I am a planner myself, so I really enjoyed the discussion around vision statements and goals. Let me add my favourites:

An approximate answer to an exact question is a great deal more valuable than an exact answer to an approximate question. Paraphrased on John Tukey.

You have to be careful if you don't know where you're going because you might not get there. Paraphrased on Yogi Berra.

Layne Marshal, Campbell River Daybreak Rotary Club, British Columbia

what a fantastic meeting .thank you so much Joe for your year.

The 2020 vision is key, and so rich already

May I ask every member,absolutely all members of our e club to express themselves on this subject? such a fruitfull exercice and profitable moment to read other's opinions

Gérard (GERRY)Epin

Thank you for allowing me to attend my first EClub Rotary meeting.  The experience was a nice change, although I prefer the social interaction of "in person" meetings.  Best of luck in the future!

Interesting, makes you think of the future of Rotary.

CONGRATULATIONS to Martin Fox for being named 5510 "Rookie of the Year"  OUTSTANDING.

Oh and by the way -- I would rather be an active member of an EClub and averaging over 20 hours a month on local community projects and charities, then participating by only sitting and eating lunch!  We all know the land based members  who have been doing that for YEARS!!!!!

It's me again!

I just watch the short video about the annual transition...look: you have to update the photo on your profile!!! That being said..Joe, I am very happy to see you without a stick...you seem to be good! I was very touched to see and to hear all of you...those I have seen in NO and the other ones....Thank you for sharing this video with us! And Welcome to our new president! Françoise

E-club structure is very interesting.  I might consider joining so I can attend meetings outside of work time.

Thanks, Joe for an outstanding year as President of our eClub.  At the beginning of the meeting you point out some essential items that all club members should take to heart.  It appears that we have certain rules and regulations in our by-laws that not all of us take seriously.  It is a well-known fact that Fellowship is a very important element of Rotary.  However, several members of our club have chosen to not include photos or information about themselves in bios, etc. Our eClub is great, but it could be greater!  We now see a wave of new members who are eager to communicate and to take this club one more step towards excellence!  That is a sign that our future could be very bright!

Alot of provocative thinking about Eclub and I definitely think it has a place in Rotary for now and certainly in the future.

Great. Thanks!

Great meeting.

The person who can tell a dream will become happy.The club which can tell a dream in future will grow.The country which tells a dream in future will develop.

I will make efforts to tell a dream in our country.

Hiro Yamato

About the e-club vision statement: 2020...I 'm afraid it's only theory... It is easier to talk than acting! Most of people -even Rotarians - are smooth talkers but do nothing! I wish I am wrong!I am a born optimist, but became realistic! Thank you Joe for your great meetings!