We are still in need of items for this year's Golf Outing on June 11. Please bring your donations by this Friday, June 1. The committee will be assembling the donations into attractive gift displays on June 6th.
We still need golf items, adult beverage libations and accessories as well as sport stuff. We have some picnic items that need some food input, maybe a gift certificate from a meat market?
A big THANK YOU to members who have stepped it up this year including a 1-week stay at the Loch condo in Marco Island, 2-night stay (sleeps up to 10) at the Blum cabin in the Dells, an Aprilaire Air Purifier from Cory Recknor and a Memorial Union Sunburst chair from Deb Dieter. Other members have donated their football and volleyball tickets, their Overture event tickets, hotel stays, gift cards and fun things to do with the kids and grandkids.
Please help us make this event a great fundraiser for our Foundation!
Jefferson is having a car wash on Saturday, June 2 (THIS SATURDAY).
They had towels that were lost during the schools remodel.
If you can donate any towels, Please drop them off at the school as I am busy at the Attic Angel Sale (Deb Dieter).
More details:
The towels are for our Pink Days of May fundraiser where all money is donated to the UW Carbone Cancer Center.
Pink Days of May is made up of a group of 8th-grade girls who want to help raise money for a cure for breast cancer. This is my 8th of running this fundraiser and we should cross the $25,000 mark in total donations this year.
The Carwash is Saturday, June 2nd 10-1pm at Jefferson. The car wash is free however we suggest donations from those getting their car washed.
We need towels...bad! All the towels I collected over the years were thrown out in the remodel last year and I didn’t realize it until I went to our storage and they were gone!! We will accept any size we can get and they can be dropped off at the office during regular hours or swing by the car wash and drop them off...and get your car washed too! We could also use newspaper to wash windows.
Thank you and let me know if you have any questions
Board member Connie Smith pays a visit to Mt Vernon and the marker of The Paul Harris tree planting. The original tree died, but another was planted through thanks to Dick Meister.
Posted by Tony Burns, President and Matt Loch, President Elect on May 24, 2018
Greetings:
The purpose of this message is to advise all club members of our plan to establish and approve a foundation budget for fiscal year (FY) beginning July 1, 2018. The challenge is that we need to make commitments for funding projects with district matching grants already in May, we don’t know exactly what we have to spend until sometime after the golf outing in June and the new board must approve the budget in July. As a result, the final funding picture is uncertain at June 30 each year, but we will apply for the district matching grants and we will develop budget alternatives based on district decisions and final fund raising tallies. We plan to approve a 2018-19 foundation budget at our regularly scheduled board meeting on July 17, 2018.
Everything starts with what we have available to spend on projects. The formula for revenues available for spending in FY 2018-19 includes the transfers from our Schwab account, including our annual transfer of nearly $12,000 and $1,000 toward the Meister Scholarship. We then add the proceeds from the prior year’s fund raising activity, which is shown on the FY 2017-18 foundation P&L statement. This includes the proceeds from our weekly raffle and happy/sad bucks. Your participation really helps! The biggest wild card is the amount raised from the golf outing (estimated range of $15-20,000 net after expenses). We expect that the foundation budget to fund projects will be in the range from a low of $43,500 to a high of $46,500 (last year’s budget).
Our foundation budget for 2017-18 was allocated equally between the Community, International and Vocational Avenues of Service. This allocation has been in place for a number of years and ensures that we treat each avenue fairly. We established an initial budget for FY 2017-18 projects, but it was not static. We began the year with some undesignated funds in Community. We moved monies from Community to Vocational to meet expanded needs at Jefferson MS. Later, we approved funds to support Growing Knee High Naturalists and we still have some funds remaining. Now, we are asking for any unanticipated funding requests to close out 2017-18. We have identified approximately $3,400 in available funds and we will make final decisions at the May board meeting, which has been rescheduled to May 29.
We are in the process of building a foundation budget for FY 2018-19. The board has been reaching out to club members and committee members to assemble all of the requests for project support. These include existing projects, new projects and projects from outside the club. Jack Ferreri has been actively seeking any and all applications for project support including any that could qualify for a district matching grant. Make sure you have any requests into Jack by noon on Friday, May 11.
District 6250 grant applications are due by May 25, 2018, so the first step is our avenue of service director’s review and recommendation. Then, our board will review, consider and vote on any applications for district matching grants via email in advance of the May board meeting. By approving an application for a district matching grant, our club is making a commitment to fund each project at a certain level. Because of the 2 for 1 impact, our club has traditionally made these projects a high priority and our club has had a solid “win rate”, so we assume those funds are committed. If the district does not approve a matching grant, our club may choose not to fund the project.
All requests for project support should be given to Jack Ferreri, who shares them with the full board. The projects are distributed to the various avenues of service directors, who will review the application to ensure it meets our club criteria. They may seek clarification from the applicant. The avenues of service directors will be asked to provide the board with their prioritized lists of projects for the 2018-19 funding year at the board meeting June 19, 2018. The board will review those lists at the meeting and may have follow up for the avenues of service directors.
The incoming president, Matt Loch, will work with the president-elect, secretary, treasurer and others to craft a foundation budget for FY 2018-19. The team will determine the amount available to spend, confirm the status of district matching grant applications, review the avenues of service director recommendations, assess the need to fund unanticipated requests and ensure that the budget reflects club priorities. Matt will present a foundation budget for review, consideration and approval at the July 17, 2018 board of directors meeting. The expectation is that the foundation budget will be approved on that day and all applicants will be notified of the board’s funding decisions no later than the end of July.
Despite our wishes and best efforts, our foundation budget is limited and the need always outweighs the resources available. We will do our best to ensure that the projects we support reflect the need of our community and the priority of our club. We are a group of volunteers who do our best to do good in our community and the world. Board meetings are open for any and all to attend, but we have no plans to have applicants present to the board. Instead, we expect applicants to work with the avenues of service chairs (see below).
Club – Dawn Frank and Connie Smith (incoming Mary Ruth Marks)
Community – John Gerold and Kevin Welton (incoming Patrick Rees)
International – Paul Patenaude and Steve Aune (incoming Deb Dieter)
Vocational – Adam Schaller and Roxanne Brazeau (incoming Ginny Jenkins)
If a project is not selected for funding or is not funded fully, there is no need to despair. Our 2018-19 foundation budget will likely have funds available to meet unmet or unanticipated needs throughout the year. Further, the district normally has money available a fund a second round of district matching grants and that was the case last year. So get ready to meet the December deadline for filing.
Please understand that we take this responsibility seriously and we appreciate your interest, enthusiasm and support. We strive to ensure transparency and good communication of the work we are doing. The Rotary Club of Madison West Towne-Middleton has done great work and the best is yet to come. We look forward to working toward a FY 2018-19 foundation budget that will make us all very proud. Your support is greatly appreciated
Posted by Ian Riseley, Rotarty International President, 2017-2018 on May 24, 2018
At our last Council on Legislation, your Council members approved an increase in Rotary International dues of US $4 per year
Dear Rotary Leaders,inthe far larger organization, engaged in much more complex activities in a far more complex world, requires a vastly larger budget to run. Our global staff supports 1.2 million members around the world. It is largely thanks to the good work of that staff that we are able to carry on with the service that we do, on the level that we do it — fully supplied with the materials, club services, training events, international meetings, language services, IT, Foundation support, leadership support, and everything else we have come to expect as Rotary members.ourToday, of course,
Historically, Rotary International has been very reluctant to institute increases to RI dues, and the dues increases have been extremely small. Rotary’s first dues were set in 1910 at the rate of $1 per member per year — the equivalent of about $26.90 today. Even at that time, then-Secretary Ches Perry protested that the amount was insufficient to cover expenses of office rent, stenography, telephone, postage, and the occasional purchase of a necessary item such as a typewriter.
$60, increasing to $64 next year and $68 the year after that.US 2017-18, 2018-19, and 2019-20 Rotary years. As a result of that decision, the yearly per capita dues that clubs pay to RI for each member is now
In recent years, it became clear that the services RI was able to provide to Rotarians with the available budget were no longer in line with what Rotarians needed and expected. Nine out of 10 Rotarians wanted Rotary to provide more services, but given Rotary’s current and projected income, the rate of global inflation, and the ongoing volatility of world financial markets, we had only two fiscally prudent options: either cut back RI services or increase dues. Essentially, we had to decide whether or not we wanted Rotary to continue to grow and thrive.
As an accountant, I take fiscal responsibility and long-term financial planning extremely seriously. It was and remains abundantly clear that a modest increase in dues was our only viable path forward. Our five-year forecast at the time of the Council on Legislation projected that a dues increase of just $1 would have resulted in only a 1.8 percent increase in revenues—far below the 2.5 percent impact of global inflation. A $2 increase would have resulted in reserve levels falling below the Board target by 2019, and a $3 increase would have resulted in reserve levels only marginally above the target by 2018. None of those options would have allowed us to do what our members wanted: increase and improve our services, to allow Rotary to increase and improve its service.
I am pleased to report that, as a result of the still modest dues increases that were approved in 2016, Rotary is now not only on a firm financial footing, but able to invest in our future. I would like to let you know how RI is spending your dues this year, and what we have planned for the years ahead.
Your membership dues are our organization’s largest single source of revenue, accounting for about $74 million out of a $103 million budget in 2017-18. Of the $60 you currently pay in dues, $32.58 goes directly to member support, in the form of RI events, online training, and digital tools such as the recently improved rotary.orgwebsite and updated Rotary Club Central, along with Rotary Ideas, Rotary Showcase, and RI’s social media feeds.
Rotary’s operations extend to 220 countries and territories worldwide, using 29 different currencies. This year, RI is applying $14.43 of your $60 toward administration and compliance. That money pays for staff and services at the Secretariat and regional offices, who provide translations, support Rotarians on a regional level, and ensure that we are keeping pace with global security and privacy regulations.
We all know that enhancing Rotary’s image in the world is vital to our future success. RI is earmarking $12.99 of your RI dues this year for resources to help promote Rotary in your community, and beyond. This includes not only the postcards, brochures, and other materials available on your Brand Center, but also our People of Action campaign, external relations, and our ongoing outreach and public relations work around the end of polio.
Within the next year, look for news about an improved technology infrastructure for your data, streamlined online giving, more timely online club reporting resources, and a more user-friendly My Rotary — all funded by the dues each of us pays. For more information on RI’s budget and the value of your RI membership, I invite you to watch this presentation on Your Dues at Work.
For all of us, Rotary is an investment — not only of money, but of time, energy, and effort. As with any good investment, the more we put in, the greater our returns. None of it would be possible without the international association that unites us, and which we all support. I thank you all for that support, and for the good work each of youdo, as you make a difference in our world.
Yours in Rotary,
Ian Riseley Rotary International President, 2017-18
Recently the Middleton High School has formed an Interact Club. Interact is the high school version of Rotary. Through Interact, Rotary clubs invest in young leaders. Rotarians guide, support, and work alongside young people as they build leadership skills, serve their communities, and increase international understanding.
The Madison West Towne-Middleton Rotary Club is co-sponsoring the Middleton High School Interact Club along with the Madison West Rotary Club. As a co-sponsor, we share responsibilities for guidance, mentorship, and support. When Rotary clubs partner to co-sponsor Interact clubs, they increase the number of Interact supporters, strengthen their community collaboration, and share responsibility for youth service. By working together as co-sponsors, Rotarians expand their network beyond their own club and build new friendships.
Mary Dunn is moving away from Wisconsin and will not be able to continue performing these volunteer tasks. Volunteers are needed to take over the responsibilities as described below.
Please contact Mary Dunn if you are interested in attending an information session to learn more. We will plan and schedule individual training at that session.
Please let me know of any events or special situations in our fellow Rotarians' lives where a card, flowers, or a plant would be appropriate for their situation.
District 6250 is committed to creating and maintaining the safest possible environment for all participants in Rotary activities. It is the duty of all Rotarians; spouses, or partners of Rotarians; and any other volunteers to safeguard to the best of their ability the welfare of and to prevent the physical, sexual, or emotional abuse of children and youth with whom they come into contact. Entire Youth Protection Policy
If you are volunteering with youth (one-on-one)? Mentoring, Youth Exchange, RYLA, Academic Decathlon, High School Business Plans, Etc... You must have an annual background check completed. This only applies if you are working with youth one-on-one. If you are in a group more than 2 people, you don't need a background check. CLICK HERE for details.
Rotary and Ashoka collaborate to improve communities globallyEVANSTON, Ill. June 1, 2018 — Rotary and Ashoka today announced a new partnership that will
