Volume 7 Issue 4 – August 1st, 2019

Rotary Club of Wahiawa-Waialua

District Governor
Eric Kaler“Making a Difference in our Local and Global Communities”

President
Alexander “Alex” Kanamu

The strength of our Club lies in its members

ProjectBali
Service Above Self – Making a Difference

August is Rotary Membership andNew Club Development
August is Membership Month, which means its time tocelebrate your Rotary club, your members, and thegood you do in your community and around the world.
Every month can serve as Membership & New Club
Development Month. If you haven't recommended anew Rotary member yet during this Rotary year, now
would be a great time to get started.
Deepening our impact by expanding membership is a
top priority for us.

Assess your club•

Use these resources to see if your club is meetingmembers' needs and reflecting the community:•Rotary Club Health Check — Identify your club's
problem areas and make changes to help it stay
relevant for members and the community.

•Is Your Club Healthy? — Take this Learning Centercourse to help your club improve its member
experience, service and social events, public
image, and club operations.

•Understanding Membership Reports: GettingStarted — Learn how to use membership data todetermine where to focus your membership efforts.

•Membership Assessment Tools — Analyze yourmember profile to identify prospective members
and diversify your membership.
•Representing Your Community's Professions(classification assessment)oRotary – 114 Years of Service to the World!

Editor – PP Geoff Horvath•

Diversifying Your Club (member diversityassessment)•Finding New Club Members (prospectivemember exercise)•Improving Your Member Retention (retentionassessment and analysis)•

Enhancing the Club Experience (membersatisfaction survey)•Understanding Why Members Leave (exitsurvey)

Building a Diverse Club — Take this LearningCenter course to strengthen your membership andincrease your club's capacity to serve.

Engage current members

Use these resources to learn strategies that will keep
members excited about Rotary:•Best Practices for Engaging Members — Take thisLearning Center course to develop strategies forengaging people at all stages of membership.

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•Practicing Flexibility and Innovation — Take thisLearning Center course to help you better serve
the needs of members and prospective members.

•Finding New Club Members: A Prospective
Member Exercise — Try these strategies to attract
qualified members for your club.

•Find ideas, a FAQ, and other resources onrotary.org/flexibility.

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Enhancing the Club Experience — Tailor thismember satisfaction survey to get opinions on yourclub's future. Then act on the results and consider
implementing your members' ideas.

Impact Begins With You — Give this brochure toprospective members so they can understand what
Rotary is about and what sets it apart from otherorganizations.

•Creating a Positive Experience for Prospective
Members — Working with prospective members isa delicate task. Find tips and ideas to determine
whether membership would match their needs aswell as your club's. Learn what you can do toensure that prospects have a positive experience,
regardless of whether they join.

•Improving Your Member Retention — Learn whenand why members leave your club and generate
strategies to keep them engaged so they will stay.

•Connect for Good — Encourage members to get
involved in their club, community, and the Rotaryworld for a more meaningful experience.

•Understanding Why Members Leave — Use thisexit survey to address the reasons that members
may be leaving your club.

Connect with prospective members
Use the strategies and ideas in these resources toconnect with potential members:•Engaging Younger Professionals — Welcoming
younger professionals into Rotary is essential for
us. Our digital kit will help you rethink membershipand bring emerging leaders into your club.

•Strategies for Attracting New Members —Take
this Learning Center course to help draw
prospective members, update your club'sexperience, and better highlight what it does well.

•Customizable club brochure — Design your own
club brochure using the template on Rotary's Brand
Center. Choose images and wording to best
represent your club.

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Discover Rotary — Show this presentation toprospective members or at your club's publicevents. Add content and images specific to yourclub, and have prospective member brochuresavailable.

RI President: Mark Daniel MaloneyDistrict: Eric Kaler
Asst Dist Govr: Sonya Mendez
Club President: Alex KanamuPP: Lilette Subedi
President Elect: Keoni Ahlo
Exec Secretary: Alison Dela Pena
Recording Secretary: Jackie Barnes
Treasurer: Kate Butts
Sergeant-at-Arms: Dr. Carver Wilcox
Asst Sergeant-at-Arms: Austin Kanamu

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Follow your membership leads
Many prospective members express their interest in
Rotary through rotary.org/join. If you are a club ordistrict leader, you will receive an email alert letting
you know if any of these prospective members havebeen assigned to your club or district. Check often —these prospective members are waiting to hear fromyou.
These resources can help you understand what to dowith membership leads:•Online Membership Leads course — This Learning
Center course will show how a prospect
experiences the membership leads process, andhow club and district leaders can create aconsistent, positive experience for prospective
members.

•Connect to Membership Leads — Find prospective
members who want to get involved.

•Managing Membership Leads presentation — An
in depth training tool for helping clubs and districtleaders understand the entire process for
managing leads.

•How to Manage Membership Leads (for clubs anddistricts). Learn how to find and manage youronline membership leads.

•Club and District Membership Leads video — This
video explains the new membership leads process
for clubs and districts.

•Strengthening Your Membership: Creating Your
Membership Plan — Develop a long-term
strategy for boosting membership.

Make new members feel welcome•

Be a Vibrant Club — Learn 10 best practices
shared by vibrant clubs worldwide, along with
regional versions featuring local success stories.

•Club flexibility — Learn about flexible
membership and meeting options; view frequently
asked questions, governance documents, a video,and start guides for alternative membership types,and flexible meeting formats.

•District Membership Chair Training Curriculum —Find session guides to lead breakout sessions atyour regional membership seminar.

•District
Membership
ChairTerms
andResponsibilities — Description of role, term, andcomplete list of responsibilities.

•Your Membership Plan — This Learning Centercourse will teach you how to create a plan that
includes steps your club can take to strengthen itsmembership.

•Leadership in Action — Develop skills such as
teamwork, communication, and innovation in yourclub, with the session guides and ideas in thisresource.

•Starting a Rotary Club — Learn what you need todo to form a club.

Use these resources to celebrate new members,
develop an orientation program, and get them
involved early and often.
•Kick-start Your New Member Orientation — This
Learning Center course shows how to make yourclub's new members feel welcome, appreciated,and valued.

•Introducing New Members to Rotary: An
Orientation Guide — Find ideas for engaging
new members, getting them involved, and giving
them a meaningful Rotary experience.

•Rotary Basics — Give this comprehensive
overview of Rotary to new members or order it forclub reference.

•Connect for Good — Encourage members to get
involved in their club, community, and the Rotaryworld for a more meaningful experience.

•New Member Welcome Kit — Welcome newmembers to your club with Rotary essentials:
Rotary Basics, Connect for Good, a What's
Rotary? card, a Rotary magnet, and the RotaryFoundation annual report.

•Rotary membership certificate — Customize acertificate for your new members and present it tothem when you officially welcome them to yourclub.

Develop your club
Find ideas for planning and strengthening your club inthese resources:•••

Understand the current state of Rotary’sMembership: how we got here, who is joining, whois leaving — and the opportunities we all have to
make membership a top priority.
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State of Rotary's membership as of 1 January
2019 (PPT)•State of Rotary's membership as of 1 July
2018 (PPT)Club Membership Committee Basics — Enroll in thislearning plan to learn more about yourresponsibilities in developing a strategic plan toengage and attract members.
Club Membership Committee Checklist — Follow
these steps to identify prospective members,
introduce them to your club and Rotary, invite themin a meaningful way, and be sure to engage themand get them involved.

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Stay current
Encourage members to stay up-to-date using:•Courses in the Learning Center•Videos on our Vimeo channel• Webinars on membership topics
Subscribe to our Membership Minute newsletter orswap ideas on the Membership Development BestPractices Discussion group.

Tools
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Manage your membership leads:•Club leaders•

District leaders

View your membership lead reports:•Club leaders•

District leaders•

Zone leaders•

Shop for membership development resources.

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Track your club's progress in Rotary Club Central.

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Wahiawa-Waialua

Rotary support•

District membership attraction and engagement
committee•

District governor or assistant governor•

Regional coordinators• Club and District Support representative
Use these resources to help your club grow:•Assess your club•Engage current members•Connect with prospective members•

Follow your membership leads•

Make new members feel welcome•

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Hawaii Rotary YouthFoundation (HRYF)

Austin Kanamu

The 2019 HRYF Recognition at the Ala Moana Hotel,
this past Saturday, was a success and lots of fun! We
had a great turn out of scholars (18), parents andRotarians, for a total of 70+ attendees. Each Island
had their separate recognition luncheon. Pictures will
be posted on the D5000 HRYF Website.

PP Geoff HorvathOli – No Oli today

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Oahu 2019 HRYF Club Scholars

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Anniversaries

PP Geoff Horvath, RCWW Top Scholar,
Toshio Yoshizumi and Mom, Sherry

Coming in the month of September is Foodland’s GiveAloha.
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PP Fran Wiebenga joined our Club 12 years ago on
August 2, 2007.
Alison Kanamu Joined our Club 3 years ago on
August 4, 2016.

Give Aloha, Foodland's Annual Community
Matching Gifts Program, was created in 1999 to honor
Foodland’s founder, Maurice J. "Sully" Sullivan andcontinue his legacy of giving back to the community.
Each year during the month of September, customers
are encouraged to make a donation at Foodland totheir favorite participating Hawaii non-profitorganization. Each year, Foodland contributes morethan $250,000 to match customer donations for allorganizations combined. Since the program began in
1999, a total of more than $30.9 million has beenraised for Hawaii’s charities.
More information will be coming out in the near future.
Non-Rotarians, family members, and friends canparticipate, so get the word out. The Hawaii RotaryRecognitions for the week ending August 4th, 2019.

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HIKate Butts gave a HI $5 in celebration of her Son’sbirthday.
Brendan Akamu gave a HI $100 for making ourmeeting today. His business takes him on the road forlong periods of time. It was great seeing him again!
PE Keoni Ahlo gave a HI $5 in appreciation ofPresident Alex being a landlord and property
manager! Since purchasing the building his business isin, he is getting first hand experiences of being aproperty manager and dealing with de with tenants!
Dr. Lynn Goya gave a HI $5 (provided by PresidentAlex) for a makeup meeting she attended at our Sister
Club, RC of Mililani Sunrise. She was special seeing
how other clubs operate. She was there as a guest
speaker.
Marie Abatayo gave a HI $5 recognizing Kate Butts
for her efforts in getting a Walmart grant. Most of it
while she was on vacation offered for their 25th year
celebration of being in Mililani
PP Fran Wiebenga gave a HI $20 in celebration of her
12 years as a Club member. She was the firstPresident that served a two-year term….an Idea shecame up with!

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Jackie Barnes gave a HI $5 in recognition of President
Alex doing such a great job as President.

Kate Butts contributed $5 to our club for her 2 week,
4-state vacation. It started in Washington State, where
Hubby Mike, with a small plane, flew to Jackson
Creek, ID, for an exciting camping trip. The only way
to get to the camp site was by plane. Kate said theflight in was pretty scary, but exciting, flying overmountains, in between narrow valleys, then dropping
down from 10K feet to 5K feet during the approachand landing to the camp site. Kate said all you could
see from way up there was a very small green fieldthat serves as a landing stip.

A selfie of Mike’s landing!1!

Kate said that Mike did a terrific job landing on thesmall air strip.
It was a great experience being in the middle ofnowhere without many people around.
Not very many people there, so it was a greatgetaway. Kate was thankful because she could takehot showers! They met and made friends with 8 couples
and all have planned to meet up again next year.

The landing pattern to the camp site
The Lodge (Bryant House)

After their camping trip was over, Mike and Kate flew
back to Washington State, visited some friends there,
then on to Oregon to visit relatives (cousins), then toCalifornia, then back home.

Mike navigating the between the narrow valleys

ROTARY MINUTE
What exactly does Rotary do?

Mike approaching grassy landing strip

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Rotary International is an international service
organization whose stated purpose is to bring together
business and professional leaders in order to provide
humanitarian service and to advance goodwill andpeace around the world.

How does a Rotary Club work?
The Rotary Club is a service-oriented organization. It
encourages members to find ways to give back to theclub and to the community, internationally andvocationally [source: RI]. One of the unique ways theRotary Club chooses projects is to see if they will passthe Four-Way Test.

District Vacancies. District 5000 is looking forfolks to fill vacancies at the District level. If anyone isinterested, please see President Alex.

No correspondenceInternational Service Project Bali
“1 Island”“2 Districts”“3 Projects”“Endless Opportunities”

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This International project will be completed by twoDistricts, District 5000 and District 3420 (Bali). During
the week of October 13-18, Rotary Club members
from both districts will be participating in threedifferent sub-projects. Each day Rotary Club members
will be rotating between each project, with the fourth
day as an optional project day, where Club members
elect a favorite project. The three projects are:

To Be Determined – Looking for speakers!

Aug 10 – Painting & Wine Fundraiser in support ofthe 2020 Rotary International Conference, being
hosted by District 5000. Cost is $100 per person, which
includes food, two drinks, and painting supplies. The RIPresident, Mark Daniel Maloney and Wife Gay, who
is a painter, will be present. Gay is an amateur painterand will bring one of her paintings with her for the silent
auction. The event starts at 5:00. Deadline is July 31st.
For more information, click on the link below:
https://www.rotaryd5000.org/Stories/painting-winefundraiser-aug-10.
Aug 12 – Meet RI President Mark Maloney at theWaikele Country Club – 5:30 p
Dec 12 – Al Wonder Christmas party

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The Bali Blood Bank – Assisting in setting up and/orimproving blood collection centers.

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Jodie O’Shea House Orphanage. Clubs will besupporting the Jodie O’Shea House, an orphanage
named after a Bali bombing victim. Clubs will be
painting rooms at a cost of $100 per room. Theorphanage, which currently has 81+ children, ofvarying ages, provides the love and education theseorphans would not receive if the orphanage didn’texist. The $100 can be contributed by individual clubmembers, or by an entire club. The $100 will go
toward the supplies required to paint these rooms. A
painting contractor will provide oversite and follow-up
to ensure the painting was completed correctly.

Prosthetics for children and serving children withdisabilities. PUSPADI BALI is a program that asses
and provides persons with a disability with high quality
prosthetic, orthotic, mobility aid or wheelchairs, which
comfortably fits them. The program also assists families
that have children with disabilities, such as loss of limbs,
wheelchair bound children, clef lips, open pallet, etc.
These children receive corrective surgery and speechrehabilitation. Club members will be assisting in thedaily activities of the center.

Ace of Hearts

No ace of hearts today!
(Go to our Facebook page:https://www.facebook.com/groups/96286297
3749303/ to view all pictures.)

The buffet line

PP Oran Spotts talking to one of our top servers

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Rare photo of PP Oran Spotts….smiling!!
Jackie Barnes and President AlexPresident Alex arrivcing for the meeting
A future HI $5

Marian’s Catering sever reveling todays buffet menu
Austin Kanamu

PP Lilette Subedi and Kate Butts discussing Club business
Jackie Barnes with her future HI $5

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Austin setting up for the Bali Project presentation

President Alex being interviewed by Dr. Lynn Goya

Dr. Lynn Goya handing out dog biskets to memberswith dogs

PE Keoni Ahlo arriving

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PP Oran Spotts and President Alex eating andfellowshipping

PE Keoni discussing HI $5s with Derek Conselva

Brendan Akamu greeting Club members after
returning for a long absence

Kate Butts with her HI $5 for her Son’s B-day

PP Doc McKenzie, Marie Abatayo and PP FranWiebenga arriving

Marie Abatayo with her HI $5

Pineapple byBrendan Akamu with his HI $100
PP Doc McKenzie getting his Paul Harris Fellow
Medallion

PE Keoni Ahlo with his HI $5
PP Fran Wiebenga with her HI $5

Visitor Ashton Kanamu

Dr. Lynn Goya with her HI $5

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PP Doc McKenzie on the finer points of evet planning

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Kate Butts with her $5 trip report

The Head Table

Bali Project

DG Eric Kaler’s Bali Project video

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One of the organizations we will be supporting whilein Bali

President Alex encouraging members to sign up for
the Bali Project

Bali cultural celebration

Tiered rice paddies