Hey! What if we didn’t meet our fundraising goal? We had fun didn’t we? The $32,400 dollars we took in is a healthy sum even if it was short of the $40,000 goal set by the board. Expenses were about $500 less than the budget, so we netted almost $25,000. We presented the Boys & Girls Club their half at our June 11th meeting. Let’s do better next year. The event is planned for the same weekend in 2003—April 26 and 27. Put it on your calendars and in your personal data assistant.

Club member participation was up this year. Cally and Travis did an unscientific census by flipping through their directory. They estimate 65 percent of the members worked at least one of the two days of the event. The numbers should keep rising because those that participate find that it is a pleasant activity. It’s fun! Imagine what we could do with everyone involved.

At the event critique we decided to serve the meal earlier next year, so we can start the auctions earlier. We will raise the entry fee for individual shooters. We will not mix the charity auction with the Calcutta. We are going to add another team leader. Next year we will have a human resources leader who will attempt to put names with duties earlier in the cycle.

Again this year the shoot—sponsors, entry fees, practice rounds, meals—was our biggest revenue center. Almost $19,000 came from there. The charity auction was next bringing in about $8,500. The raffle did better this year and grossed $5,000.

Go to our web site for a complete list of sponsors.

Corporate Sponsors. We did well with corporate sponsors signing 17 compared to last year’s 15.

Station Sponsors. The number of station sponsors declined—11 compared to 16 last year. On the plus side, three from last year upgraded to corporate sponsors.

Youth Sponsors. Youth sponsorships declined, too. We had nine compared to 13 last year.

Auction Sponsors. We had one more auction sponsor this year than last—thirteen vice twelve.

We are starting a foundation Bill McLeod

At its last meeting the Board of Directors voted to establish a not for profit 501(c)(3) foundation. It elected Bill McLeod as President, Cally Fromme as Vice President, Bill Brown as Secretary and Jack Whitmire as Treasurer. The articles of incorporation have been prepared by Milton Chapman and have been filed with the State of Texas. The purpose of this foundation is to provide a place where tax exempt gifts can be received. We learned during the last several years that there are some companies that can give gifts to only charitable organizations. So to broaden our giving base, primarily for the Clay Shoot, we needed this foundation. We will be preparing the application for the 501(c)(3) status with the assistance of Bobby Schaar. We expect to have the foundation fully in place by the end of this year. ▲

Our primary goal for the next Rotary year is to make “ROTARIANS” out of all our Rotary members. We have 98 members at this time. We will focus on increasing their participation and involvement; this will be accomplished by making one-on-one contacts, when activities, projects, and events are scheduled.

Our members will have fun, while helping the community, our country, and our world. Because they will have fun, we will have higher retention. The members that we will inevitably lose, due to unavoidable circumstances, will easily be replaced since our members will invite their friends and colleagues to join the club that they love.

By the end of the year, we should have at least 100 members. A higher number may be a natural result, however, when our club members spread the word.

Further goals include PolioPlus, a Centennial Project plan, hosting a team from Russia, increased public relations, improving our already successful Clay Shoot fundraiser, and much, much more.

We will present the “Club Plan” to our membership on August 6^th and look forward to presenting it to you on October 22^nd and updating our progress.

Any input or questions are welcome.

See you in Barcelona! ▲

Membership has been the primary focus for RI this year. Every club was expected to have a net increase for the year.

Since July 1, 2001, we have increased by 18 members with 2 more being processed for membership. That is the good news. The bad news is that we have lost 15 members over the same time. In the upcoming year Cally has set retention as our focus for membership. We need to keep members in the club and get everyone involved in some activity. We still will want to recruit new members, but we are looking for quality not quantity.

RI will continue Global Quest to increase membership. ▲

Scholarship recipient attends our meeting Sally Covacevich

Carolyn Mallory, UH-Victoria Financial Aid Director and Marcelinda King, one of the four scholarship recipients, were special guests at our June 25th meeting.

Bill McLeod announced to the club that a check for $3500 was added to the 2+2 Scholarship Endowment Fund and that this was one use of the proceeds from the Annual Clay Shoot.

Sally Covacevich introduced the guests and gave a brief history of the 2+2 Scholarship Endowment Fund founded in 1987. She explained that the scholarship is intended to provide financial aid to a freshman and sophomore from Victoria College and a junior and senior from UH-Victoria.

Both guests thanked the Club for its generosity. ▲

Seven join Victoria Rotary Club in the spring quarter

          
Cristy Berger                      Larry Elliott                     Earl Smith       

           
John Lenihan                 Denise McCue                John Paul Jackson                Ann Castner

Assets

Total Assets                               30,382

Equity                                           30,382