COMMITTEE DESCRIPTIONS
This page contains a detailed description of the various committees and functions of Greeley Rotary. Please select from the following list to find a specific committee or scroll through the entire listing.
The Ambassadorial Scholarship, founded by Rotary
International, is a $25,000 grant for college or university men and women to
study anywhere in the world for one year where a Rotary Club exists. It can be
used for undergraduate or post-graduate work. Each District is entitled to
select one Ambassadorial Scholar. This committee works with a District Committee
on selection.
The committee advertises the availability of the
scholarship through press releases and through UNC and AIMS; sends out
information and answers the questions of those interested in applying; reviews
the applications and interviews the candidates. They then determine which one
will be sent to the District Committee for a final interview and orient them to
Rotary. The committee then communicates with them before they leave and while
they are abroad.
This committee develops an ongoing system to monitor
club attendance. It implements programs to strengthen attendance in order to
maintain the club goal of 60% attendance.
Better
Schools, Better Business
Greeley Rotary participates in the Greeley Chamber of
Commerce Better Schools, Better Business program through our sponsorship of
Adalante and Trademark schools. It is our commitment to help these students
through personal interaction of club members. The 4-Way-Test and a mentoring
program are two of the components of this effort. We also host a table at the
annual BSBB banquet with participation by Rotarians and teachers.
This committee helps develop an interest in youth
about business opportunities in and around our community. They coordinate
volunteer participation at UNC ‘s Young Entrepreneur Conference and Aims
Community College job fairs.
This committee is a special purpose committee formed
to develop a tangible community project to celebrate the 100th
anniversary of Rotary International in 2005.
Greeley Rotary has teamed up with the other two Rotary
clubs in Greeley and the Windsor
club to build a $630,000 two-room school facility, which will be run by 4 area
School Districts as an environmental teaching tool. It will offer training on
our areas great dependence and involvement with water as it relates to our lives
and the environment. Its completion date is set for May 2005.
Our club provides a membership directory in a small
pocket size format. The directory is for the sole use of members and should not
be used for marketing/commercial purposes. The committee is responsible for
updating the directory with member data and pictures in a timely manner.
They also provide a Quick List format for updated member information in a
more abbreviated form.
The committee is responsible for developing a
directory of club information primarily for new members. This includes
descriptions of the committees, their responsibilities and an annual calendar of
events.
The club photographer is responsible for taking
pictures of new members for the club directory. The photographer also submits
the photograph and a short bio to the Greeley Tribune’s “On the Move”
column in the Sunday paper announcing their induction into Greeley Rotary. When
possible, the photographer also takes pictures of club events and provides them
to the Editarian and Web Master.
This committee researches, selects and drafts
proposals for community service projects in the Greeley/Weld area, which would
require financial and/or volunteer assistance from the club.
This committee is the liaison with the area District
Convention Committee and helps network club members to areas of need for the
District Convention. It also encourages members to attend our yearly district
conventions. This year’s convention will be held in Greeley June 10-13 at UNC.
Every year approximately 7,000 students, ages 15-19 go
abroad under the auspices of the Rotary Youth Exchange program, either for the
academic year or a summer stay. The
purpose is to foster international understanding among future leaders worldwide.
Club members provide meaningful cultural experiences
and support our incoming exchange student. Our host families commit to house our
student for a three-month period, which allows the student expanded experiences
without placing an unfair burden on host families. Our club provides a $100
monthly stipend to incoming students.
Club members are encouraged to invite students to join
them and their families for an event, a meal or a weekend.
This committees seeks opportunities for activities and
events that will promote friendship, fellowship and fun for club members.
The August croquet tournament, the Christmas Party with guests and the
winter Dinner-By-8 events are a few
of the activities they have helped to organize. It is also a goal of this
committee to promote a caring atmosphere for all current members and continue
our connection with deceased members’ families.
The committee works with Adalante and Trademark
alternative schools to introduce a business ethics class centered around
Rotary’s 4-Way Test. Club members volunteer to meet in a roundtable forum with
students to
discuss difficult life choices put in a “what if”
scenario and test their responses
in the framework of the 4-Way Test.
Our club hopes to engage our Interact students in an
effort to broaden this program to more schools.
This committee arranges for club member volunteers
(especially new members) to assist
with welcoming club members, visiting Rotarians and guests to the weekly
meetings and make sure they feel welcome and appreciated.
GSE is a cultural and vocational exchange opportunity
for professional men and women early in their professional lives. The mission of
the committee is to facilitate the sending, receiving and sharing of educational
experience via study teams to enhance the worldwide mission of Rotary.
When hosting a GSE team, we provide vocational
activities, cultural experiences and fellowship. We coordinate the activities
with other Rotary clubs in the District. GSE occurs every two years.
As a club, it is our job to provide candidate names to
the District, which will coordinate the efforts of securing a team of four
non-Rotarians who are professionals between 25-and 40 years of age. As a club we
can also aid in the selection of the team leader by providing qualified
candidates to the selection process. In 2004 our District will host two incoming
teams, one from Argentina and one from Italy. We will be sending our
District’s team to Italy later in 2004.
There is no better way to “get the Rotary
religion” than to attend an
international convention. All Rotarians and their guests are encouraged to
attend these conventions. Our club pays for our President Elect to attend the
international convention prior to taking office in June. This yearly
convention rotates to cities of the world. The 2004 convention is
scheduled for May 23-26 in Osaka, Japan. Chicago, birthplace of Rotary, will
host its 100th birthday celebration convention in 2005.
This committee acknowledges and supports club members
who participate in international volunteer projects.
The mission of this committee is to provide
instruction, guidance and standardization to ensure successful and
self-sustaining high school Interact clubs. Greeley Rotary has established an
Interact club at Northridge High School, and our members seek to mentor RYLA and
Interact students with networking, personal development, educational and
community service opportunities in cooperation with their faculty advisors and
our local Centennial and Red Eye colleagues.
This program was the brainchild of Myra Monfort and is a yearly event. This committee works in partnership with the Florida Sarasota Rotary Club and the Boys’ and Girls’ Clubs of both cities. They develop, coordinate and implement this intra-continental youth exchange program for underprivileged children. The Boys’& Girls’ Clubs selects 6 youth from each of the cities to participate in this fully funded weeklong exchange. Those selected are then partnered with 6 local youth from the host city for a week of learning and fun.
This committee coordinates and conducts the November
2004 Kids Voting Program, a project that promotes life long informed voters from
today’s youth. A volunteer group of club members helps assist a youth voting
program in area schools and polling places.
This committee focuses on local elementary school
needs for volunteer readers and funds for reading materials. We have adopted
Jefferson Elementary as our school and have been reading to children on a weekly
basis for 5 years. Greeley Rotarians commit to read one hour a week during the
school year and have helped make a substantial contribution to the increased
test scores of this school.
This committee maintains a list of filled and open
classifications for club members and potential members to fill those openings.
Potential members are brought as visitors for 3 meetings prior to the proposal
process. The proposal for a new member is reviewed by the Board and if approved,
published on the monthly program cards or in Sparks. Within two weeks, if there
are no objections, the sponsor is notified that the proposed member has been
accepted. The Secretary then orders the membership packet and badge and the
member is inducted when it arrives. If an objection is expressed, it is taken to
the Board, which has the final decision on membership.
The music committee recruits song leaders and
determines their monthly schedule. It is the duty of the song leader to chose
two songs for each meeting and lead their fellow Rotarians in singing. The
weekly leader is also responsible to make sure there is a pianist for the
meeting.
Periodically, this committee updates the songbook.
This committee conducts quarterly orientation events
usually held in the evening after work. This event is held for new members and
their sponsors and acquaints them with Greeley Rotary and Rotary International
and helps them become involved in club activities and service.
The orientation includes several opportunities for feedback and a range
of discussion topics.
Just as the title suggests, the Past Presidents’
Committee is made up of Greeley Rotary past presidents. The club’s most recent
past president is chairman of this committee and is responsible for convening
the past president’s dinner in October. This is an opportunity for the current
president to meet with these past leaders and discuss the health of the club and
the vision for it’s future. Current Board Members then join this committee and
a slate of 10 candidates for the next year’s 5 open Board positions is
elected.
Past Presidents also serve as a great resource for
serving presidents offering insight and guidance when called upon during the
course of the year.
This committee educates club members about the Rotary
Foundation: what it is, how it functions and it’s national and international
projects.
The Greeley Rotary Club sets a club goal of 100% Paul Harris
Sustaining members. A new member contributes the initial $100 from his/her
initiation fee to begin their Paul Harris status. Members are encouraged to
donate to the Foundation on a continuing basis until a $1,000 contribution level
has been achieved, making them a full Paul Harris Fellow. Funds are held at the
international level for three years to accumulate interest. Then 50% of all
contributions are returned to the Districts, which can then be used as a basis
for matching grants for local projects. The remaining 50% supports international
projects for Rotary International either in matching or outright grants. The
interest is used for administrative expense.
The committee manages the club’s accounting of members’
donations in coordination with the club’s treasurer and the Community
Foundation of Greeley and Weld County and informs members via their quarterly
statement of their account status. It also submits requests for Paul Harris
awards and assists in their presentation. The committee keeps members informed
of Foundation activities through briefings, programs and special events.
This committee may also award honorary Paul Harris Fellowships to selected non-Rotarian community members at the discretion of the Board.
To date, over $240,000,000 has been raised
international by Rotarians to eradicate polio in the world. Polio Plus is the
largest public/private venture every attempted.
The Polio Plus committee is a special purpose
committee established to raise funds and pledges locally, to help meet Rotary
International’s objective: the total eradication of polio by 2005, the 100th
anniversary of Rotary International. Our club pledged $20,000 in 2003 and
exceeded our goal. Donations are credited toward Paul Harris recognition.
This committee develops and implements a year round
effort to keep the media informed by providing information about Greeley
Rotary’s presence, involvement and accomplishments in the community.
This committee plans the weekly programs for one year
beginning August 1st and ending the final Wednesday of July. The
By-Laws specify that we must hold 50 meetings a year.
The committee also strives to have at least two club
members every month give vocational/bio talks to the club on the vocational
history of the club member plus sharing insights into their personal life.
The Greeley Rotary has a tradition of entering a team
in the Weld County Relay for Life. The Club pays the initial entry fee and team
members secure their individual pledges of support. This year’s chairperson is Rex Schweers and co-chair is
Rhonda Morehead. All Rotarians are welcome to join this fun and worthwhile event
to be held on June 4th &
5th.
Rotary
Youth Leadership Awards – RYLA
RYLA is an annual, one-week camp conducted by District
5440 and 5450 each August for high school boys and girls. At camp, they develop
leadership and problem-solving skills as well as community and international
awareness.
The committee is responsible for the spring
recruitment/selection process (in cooperation with the Centennial and Red Eye
Clubs) and financial support of the students who are selected from District #6
schools. Greeley Rotary provides 10 all-expense
paid RYLA scholarships. One scholarship is named in honor of Dick Neet, a
Greeley Rotarian, former District Governor of two districts and the first
Treasurer of RYLA for our district. The second scholarship is named for Warren
Holm who served as the first chairman of RYLA for Districts 5440/5450 and
Secretary of the Greeley Rotary Club for over 30 consecutive years. The
committee also continues to mentor the students following their RYLA experience
by facilitating their chosen community service involvement and their
participation in local Interact chapters.
The Greeley Rotary Club also provides 3 scholarships
to the Young RYLA convention.
This committee coordinates the Silent Partner program,
which matches worthy situational needs with willing anonymous donors from the
club’s membership. Awards total no more than $300 and fill a need when Greeley
Rotary’s community needs sponsorship is unable to fund a request
Sparks is Greeley Rotary’s monthly newsletter. The
editarian writes articles and announcements, edits and publishes the Sparks
newsletter to inform club membership about Greeley Rotary’s past, present and
future happenings in an enjoyable and entertaining format. The Sparks newsletter
is published on a monthly basis and mailed to arrive the first of each month. We
are moving to the use of email as a deliver system for those who have that
capability.
This committee educates the club members about Greeley
Rotary’s fund that was begun to secure funds for projects carried out for the
betterment of our community. Named after W.D. Farr, this fund played an
instrumental part in supporting the Centennial Project. W.D. Farr Fellows must
contribute a total of $1,000 and cannot be recognized until the recipient has
completed his Paul Harris Fellow. Contributions to the Centennial Project are
credited toward W.D. Farr recognition.
This committee manages the process, reviews applications and makes the selection of five $1,000 scholarships to high school seniors for use during their freshman year of college. This committee works January through May.
This committee develops enhancements and maintains
updates to the Greeley Rotary Club web page at www.rotary5440.org/greeleyco/.
This committee has the responsibility to research,
select and draft a proposal for a community service project in another country
that would require financial and volunteer assistance from the club. For the
past two years we have been working with a doctor and two clinics in Juarez,
Mexico. We have coordinated the collection and shipment of medical supplies, ER
equipment, a van, clothing, meds and financial assistance to these clinics,
which provide medical assistance to thousands of extremely poor residents.