Membership
Posted by Toni Pabon
On Friday, August 7, 2015 we will induct Lindsay Lemmer as our newest member. Membership is Rotary's number one goal. Ending Polio is The Rotary Foundation's number one goal.
Membership is also one of our club goal's. With the recent inductions of Paul Quackenboss and Lindsay Lemmer, our average age of our members has dropped from 68 to 63. Younger members add much vitality and diversity to this club. Please make them feel welcomed and included as they are the future of our club.
Below is a recent statement from Bill Pritchard, District 6250 Membership Chair:
The 2014-2015 Final Membership numbers are in… we saw an INCREASE in our membership – rising 17 to 2946. This is the first time in the recent recorded memory of District 6250 that we saw a Membership increase for the year. My thanks to each and every one of you for keeping your existing members engaged and being attractive to new members at the FRONT of every Rotary conversation! We saw quite a few clubs post positive numbers – a full 20 of our 63 clubs. Anywhere from a +13 in the La Crosse AfterHours Club, to over 20% gains in Holmen (+6), Mayville (+6), Portage (+6), Richland Country (+4), Sauk Prairie (+6) and Wisconsin Dells (+6), to our newest tracked addition in Southwest Wisconsin Platteville and their 21 new members by year end – all contributed to making this a memorable year!