Posted by Anne Bermingham

USING SOUNDING BOARDs...

District 7090 is in process of creating a new three year strategic plan.  In advance of its March 17th strategic planning session, 56 individuals from the district participated in sounding boards, confidential webinars where input was gathered from presidents, immediate past presidents, Rotarians under 40, Rotarians with less than 3 years of service as well as assistant governors and other District Council members. 
 
The group that met to plan out the strategic plan were also given a number of interesting statistics about Rotary 7090 and the state of our district today: 
  • Did you know that… the average age of Rotarians in our district is 58 years old and 33% of the Rotarians in our district our women.
  • Did you know that our District has had a 4% growth in membership year to date?  That is an accomplishment worth celebrating.
  • Did you know that only 19% of clubs in our district are highly involved in youth services – participating in youth exchange, Rotaract, Early Act, etc.?  Yet these younger adults are the future of Rotary.
Using statistics and input from sounding boards, five strategic directions with measurable goals were drafted on March 17.  Stay tuned.  There will be more in the month of April about the plan and the role each of you can play in strengthening our district.