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District Membership Coordinator

Jaap Steyn

082 396 8555
jaapsteyn@mtnloaded.co.za

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Chairman

Linsley Pudney

082 697 1851
ldpudney@hinet.co.za

Aliwal North, Colesburg, Cradock, De Aar, Graaff Reinett, Jeffreys Bay, Stutterheim, Uitenhage South

Member

Johnny Ford

082 804 7835 johnny@jford.co.za

Klerksdorp, Parys, Potchefstroom, Potchefstroom Mooi, Orkney, Vryburg

Member

Noelene Jorgensen

084 513 9630
noelene@keypak.co.za

Algoa Bay, Grahamstown, Grahamstown Sunset, Port Elizabeth, Port Elizabeth East, Port Elizabeth South, Port Elizabeth West

Member

John Roberts

082 873 3937
john@icdl.org.za

Arcadia, Becon Bay, Bonza Bay, East London, East London Sunrise, Gately, Gonubie, King Williams Town

Member

Duncan Peacock

083 390 1605
ebm.duncan@tlmail.co.ls

Bethlehem, Bloemfontein Raadzaal, Ficksburg, Ficksburg Imperani, Ladybrand, Maseru, Maloti, Kimberley, Kimberley South

Member

Ian Harris

082 339 0089 harris@internext.co.za

Bothaville, Flamingo Welkom, Goldfields Sunset, Harrismith, Kroonstad, Odendaalsrus, Viljoenskroon, Welkom

Member

Bob Derbyshire

082 376 5885
easc@mweb.co.za

Kenton-on Sea, Lukhanji Sunset, Port Alfred, Port Elizabeth Sunrise, Queenstown, Uitenhage

Membership Retention through Fun & Fellowship

On reading our Rotary Coordinator (Zone 20A), Nick Phillips article in August Rotary Africa on “Membership and Club Extension” I was challenged to review my role and responsibilities in my club and district with respect to Membership. I firmly believe we need to focus on Membership Retention in tandem with extension, as a happy, active and vibrant club will surely attract and retain new members with more ease.

Joining a New Club brings with it new friendships, new challenges, new ideas and new opportunities. This is what joining Rotary Club of Port Elizabeth South has sparked for me as a member of District 9320 Membership Committee. PE South had 13 Members when I joined, one in his 20’s, three 85’ers and one other female member. One of my new Club’s projects is a quarterly Bingo Evening with a home for the aged and wow everyone enjoys BINGO once in a while.

What better way to focus on our Development than through a “game”. Attached is a “ROTARIAN BINGO” card (1.44Mb pdf file), for each member in your club. “ROTARIAN BINGO” is also a fun induction / mentor programme to follow. Each member can ‘purchase’ a BINGO card for a nominal amount of e.g. R5 that can go into the prize kitty.

Every member, including your older charter members, can be given 6 months to complete a BINGO card. On completion of each BINGO CARD the member wins a fun Prize decided by the Club Membership / PR Committee (Something interesting, Rotary / Club related and each club will have their own ideas here).

I believe that BOTH EXISTING and NEWLY INDUCTED Rotarians should “play this game” at least once every year (or once every 2 years). What a revolution this would be, we won’t have any more RINO’s if we all completed our cards annually, with the Rotary Four- way test applied!

I challenge you all to have fun playing some ROTARIAN BINGO and let’s light the fire within our members!

“You get the best effort from others not by lighting a fire beneath them, but by building a fire within” - Bob Nelson

Let’s help build the Fire within each other to achieve Bigger, Better, Bolder results through developing our members this coming Rotary year and in the years to follow!

By  Noelene Jorgensen, D9320 Membership Committee

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