SERTOMA NEWS from the MOUNTAIN WEST REGION
William Hupp
Director, Sertoma Mountain West Region
704 SHASTA STREET
ROSEVILLE, CA. 95678
Phone: 916-782-2030
Fax: 916-782-1460
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9/29/2010
Hello Mountain West Region,
How are you doing? Good? or not so good? How do you know?
What are trying to accomplish?
What are your priorities?
Is service to your community number one on your list? If you are not where you want to be, go back to basics.
Are you too inward looking?
Do you only select from the opportunities that come before you? Or are your members involved in the community and know who is in need and who can be best served by the abilities and strengths of your club?
Do you need to re-examine your missions?
Are you fragmented in what you are trying to do?
Is your Service in many areas?
What % of your funds raised are donated to each category?
Do you need to reduce your focus to service in a few categories?
Do you believe that Hearing Health should be your main focus?
If you need to adjust your strategy, do so with the Clubs original mission in mind.
Do the members feel that they are Involved and that any changes represent a consensus of the club?
Remind everyone that your club was organized to help others.
Club Liason
Has the Club Liason been selected? Send an email to infosertoma@sertomahq.org with the subject "club liaison" and give the name and email of the Club liaison.
Membership
Clubs with a positive net growth include Prospectors, New Dawn, Gleneagle, Mat-Su, Legacy, Space City,
Las Cruces, Alamogordo, Twin Cities, and Tucson Downtown. Congratulations! Keep up the great work.
Overall the Mountain West Region is down 8 members. Can we add 8 more clubs to the list? Are you working your Membership Plan?
Regional Happenings
Steve Dawson shared the trivia question…..WHICH 2 STATES HAVE BORDERS WITH 8 OTHER STATES?
Stockton is trying to set up a program to have local businessmen talk about their business at a meeting.
Littleton’s Clay Shoot will be October 1st.
The LA Firefighters were part of a 9/11 Remembrance Ceremony
What is happening in your club?
William Hupp
Mountain West Region
8/29/2010
Hello Mountain West Region,
Let’s talk about Membership. The following Clubs had a net Gain in membership on the August Membership Report: Prospectors Sertoma, New Dawn Sertoma, Overland Sertoma, Gleneagle Sertoma , Mt-Su Sertoma, Legacy Sertoma, Las Cruces Sertoma, Twin Cities Sertoma and Tucson Downtown Sertoma . Do I hear a round of applause? Thank you.
Will I be able to include your club in this list next month?
Why are these Clubs successful? Did the new members just happen? Or do these Clubs have an ongoing plan? I hope they have a plan, so the name of the Club will soon appear on the list again. If your Club does not have a plan then an increase in membership is just a dream or a hope. Is your plan written down and has it been agreed to by all the members in the Club? Attached is part of a plan by Frank Harper, Sacramento Valley Sertoma. Can you sent me a copy of your Club’s Plan?
Club Liason.
This is important! Some information in the future will only
be sent to your
Club in this fashion. If you don’t have a “ Club Liason “ you will receive
information in a less timely fashion. We don’t want your club to be the only
one to say “? I never heard….”
Each club has been asked to assign a club member to participate in a new
communication service from Sertoma. This program will provide the club six to
nine 20 minute presentations for use during club meetings or other sessions. It
will also provide a direct connection between your club and Sertoma to ask
questions, and request topics for future presentations. All that is needed, is a
member willing to invest a couple of hours a month and that has a computer, a
phone, and the desire to use and develop their presentation skills, and at the
same time helping their club.
The first session is being planned now, so get your member assigned, and
reported to HQ. Send an email to
infosertoma@sertomahq.org with the subject "club liaison" and give the name
and email of the Club liaison.
Please submit your Club Liason’s name as soon as possible.
Did you read that the HAWAII Serteen Club has 60 members. (Darryl Ching dkhching@hawaii.rr.com
Gleneagle Sertoma got treated to dinner by Boy Scout Troop 194 Gloria Milhoan Gloria.80921@gmail.com
Space City Sertoma shared their Balloons with Holloman Air Force Base Ronald Barnard robarnard@mountaincomm.us
Please keep sending me your Bulletins/Newsletters and E-mails of Activities. Ask the other clubs to add you to their Bulletin/Newsletter list.
If you want to put out a news release on the NEWS that 1in 5 teenagers has some hearing loss contact Sertoma Website for a customized press release.
William Hupp
Membership Plan
I hereby request that -------------- Sertoma appoint a membership committee of at least 3 current Sertoma members for the following purpose :
That we have a Sertoma meeting each month at lunch in addition to our normal breakfast meetings.
Since most restaurants are busy during the noon hour, we may have to consider meeting at 1:PM .
Meeting mid day would meet the desire of several prospective members who expressed a desire to be involved in community service but had no desire to attend a meeting at 7:00 AM.
The membership committee will research the availability of local restaurants and report back to the Board by 9/17/2010..
Membership Drive Luncheon
l propose that ---------------- Sertoma have an Membership Luncheon to recruit new members.
The Membership committee will plan this luncheon. A presentation will be made on the community activities in which we are currently involved and we will be sure each prospect has an opportunity to become a Sertoman. Each attendee will be assigned a Sertoman to explain what is expected of members and the opportunities that are available to members. Only the designated Sertoman will invite the prospect to become a Sertoman. This is to avoid prospects from being overwhelmed by requests to join Sertoma.
Invitations will be sent with RSVP to prospective attendees.
The luncheon cost of the prospects will be charged to the membership budget account.
Former Sertoma members will be contacted to determine if the circumstances that caused them to suspend their membership have changed and offer them a reinstatement of their membership.
The Alphabetical list of business classifications will be used to determine prospects. Members will be asked for names of people in each category that they do business with.
People who attend our fund raisers will be provided information on Sertoma and requested
to become friends of Sertoma.
All,
Do you like NASCAR?
Are you in SERTOMA? Yes to either answer gives reason to go to the website
below!
Chris Thomas is the
Regional Director from the Atlantic Coast Region and down that way folks get
a NASCAR HIGH like we get A ROCKY MOUNTAIN HIGH when we take the quad chair
to the top of a snowy peak.
Chris has entered a
car design that promotes Sertoma and if we all vote today and everyday for
the next two weeks we have the chance of advancing Chris’s entry and gaining
some national exposure for Sertoma.
This is one of the ad
programs that seems to be getting a lot of play these days where you vote
on-line for a cause. In this case we are voting in support of Chris and his
initiative as a fellow Sertoman doing what he can to promote Sertoma.
Just click on the
link or cut and past the website into your browser window. When you do you
will connect to sponsafier and see a car zoom into view. The Sertoma design
on the car will take form. Then simply click on the vote button each day.
Below is a note from
Chris himself.
Chris Thomas
SERTOMA proudly
sponsored by TOPHER01
TOPHER01 has used the Sponsafier to create a custom Cup car. If enough people vote for this design, TOPHER01 will experience never before seen glory and fame as it's showcased at the 2010 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series' Kobalt Tools 500 at Phoenix.
6/20/2010
Hello Mountain West Region,
I am excited about the upcoming Sertoma year and I hope you are also. We have a lot of talent and knowledge in our clubs and we need to look for opportunities to use it. We also need to share this wisdom with each other. I would hope you will add me to your list for your Club bulletin or newsletter. If your club does not have one, how about a short note as what your club is doing about retention, membership, fundraising, or having fun. Unless I hear from you, I won’t know what is going on in the Region and I won’t be able to share what is going on within the Region. Please help me. You know how to contact me, so keep in touch.
Since you received this mailing, I would like to consider you as a member of my Post Card Cabinet. If you have a question please contact me. If I have a question or something comes up, I would like to have your input.
Let’s make an effort to keep in contact with each other across the region. Our region is large but by mail and electronics we can make it work.
As we plan for next year we need to take a look at where we are. As you do when someone is coming to visit your house, you look around to see if your house is in order. Have you used the attached Club Assessment Survey or a similar form to evaluate your Club? If you have, Great! If you have not, you might want to try it. What are your Clubs strengths and weaknesses? Is there any aspect that you need work on or change? Let me and your District Governor know if you decide to use or what the survey indicates. It only takes a few minutes and can be revealing.
Mountain West Activities
Sadly, I must inform you that the Salida, Colorado Sertoma Club is surrendering its charter. All of the Service Clubs in Salida are canceling their national connections and joining together into one unaffiliated organization. They all decided they could no longer continue on their own. We will miss their Sertoma contributions to the Salida Community and the Region.
The L A Firefighters were involved in a fundraiser where 30 Fire Station firefighters prepared the food. .Sounds like fun. Hopefully it was a successful event. ( Do you receive their Newsletter? June.andrade@lafdsertoma.org )
Mesa is sponsoring a “ Arizona Celebration of Freedom” on July 2-3, It is a huge event.(walt@mindspring.com)
Space City Evening Sertoma uses 13 balloon and inflatable units as fundraisers.
Littleton Sertoma had a successful 19th Annual Golf Tournament
I hope to hear from you soon.
William Hupp
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