Carrollton-Farmers Branch Rotary Club Starts the next 50 Years
Posted by Bill Bexley
on Jul 08, 2011
On July 7th, District 5810 Governor Charles “Bud” McBrayer installed the new 2011/2012 officers and Raul Paredes became the 51st President of our club. Raul presented the coveted Outgoing President's Pin to Allison Fannin along with a plaque recognizing her for an outstanding year as our President.Also Raul outlined some very aggressive goals for our club during the coming year. The overall goal is to open the door for new and fresh ideas as our club continues to provide service to our community. Transparency will be the prevailing environment as we strive to keep all of our members informed of our club's activities.
Below is a brief summary of these goals: (To view Raul's entire presentation click on this link)
· Communication - Enhance dialogue with club members via Club Assemblies and the effective use of Club Runner. Also use the Club Runner website to publicize club activities to the community as a means to attract new members.
· Membership - Increase membership by a net number of 10. Focus on young professionals, men and women, with Business Classifications that remain unfilled in the club roster.
· Program - Give value to the time that members dedicate for club meetings by providing attractive, interesting, educational programs. Encourage members to communicate openly their program preferences.
· New Generation - Focus on youth activities and the development of the future leaders of our communities and our Club.
· Fund Raising - Make fund raising as simple and easy as possible for our members.
· Community Service - Continue donations to various service organizations, scholarships to Brookhaven College, and our Blood Drive. Sponsor a "One-Day Volunteers Fair" for our donee services organizations to encourage more volunteerism as well as to make our Club better know in the community.
· International Service - Continue our medical supplies mission to Jamaica.
· Club Service - Improve our attendance record; dialogue with members on the type of Fellowship activities they want during the year.
· Vocational Service - Promote more "Vocation Talks" from our members as well as the a application of the Four-Way test in their various vocations.
· Rotary Foundation - Achieve an average contribution of $105.00 per active member for the Annual Programs Fund. Commit at least $2,000.00 to Rotary's $200 Million Challenge Goal for Polio Eradication. Nominate a candidate for the Ambassadorial Scholarship.
The 2011 / 2012 Carrollto- Farmers Branch Rotary Board and DG Bud McBrayer
From Left to Right
Foont Row: Elizabeth Villafranca, Raul Paredes, Bud McBrayer, Shana Sims-Bradish
Middle Row: Carol Dingman, Pete Cross, Mark Sutherland, Bill Bexley, David Hale
Back Row: Sid Fuller, Ben Cunnigham, Steven Patrick
Not in tis picture is Gary Embrey, Allison Fannin, Dan Ford and William Messer