DG News

So that’s it! We’re off! Fifty-two more weeks of this year — between 12 and 26 meetings. That’s all we’ve got. Let’s make every meeting count!

You’ve probably just completed Club Officer Training and are full of enthusiasm for the new year. So am I, of course.

During the year, the plan is that your Area Governor will be making her or his presence felt a bit more. The idea is to take this District to the next level.

We are the smallest District in Region 11 — we’re about half the size of District 71 (the UK and Ireland) and District 59 (western Europe).

We’ve got 35 clubs fewer than 1996 and 12 clubs fewer than 2005 — so we’ve been shrinking instead of growing.

But we’re back on track — we’ve grown by a net of 6 clubs in the last year, and we should easily double that target this year. District 59 grew by 44 clubs! Isn’t that amazing?

Our very first job this year is to make sure every club with 12 members or fewer has a club coach. Our cabinet meeting is on Sunday, so I’ll keep you posted. In the mean time, we’re concentrating on these four targets for every meeting.

* 20 people at the meeting. This allows us to reach our CL goals

* A minimum of 60 speeches per year per club. This allows us to reach our CC goals.

* One member per month per club: this makes sure we meet our membership goals of 20 members per club minimum plus a growth of 8

* All admin up to date. I’ll be talking to you about that closer to the time.

Please get in touch with me here. Email me, phone me — I’d love to hear from you.

Regards

Erich Viedge

ACS, CL