January 2017:  Rotary Vocational Service Month
 
What IS Vocational Service?
 
Paul Harris founded Rotary as a business networking club that emphasizes ethical standards and trustworthy business practices. Today Vocational Service is just one of Rotary’s Avenues of Service.  Vocational Service calls every Rotarian to:
  • Aspire to high ethical standards in their  occupation;
  • Recognize the worthiness of all useful  occupations, and;
  • Contribute their vocational talents to the problems and needs of society.
 
Rotarians, clubs, and districts should implement the following strategies in their support of Vocational Service:
  • Strengthen the emphasis on vocation and classification in new member recruitment and induction.
  • Identify means of emphasizing vocation in club activities.
  • Create a stronger emphasis on business networking with integrity in Rotary at the club and district level.
  • Focus more attention on business networking with integrity as a means of attracting and mentoring the new generation.
  • Emphasize the connection between the Four Way Test and the Rotary Code of Conduct (formerly called: Declaration of Rotarians in Business and Professions) and their importance to the values of Rotary.
When professionals join a Rotary club, they do so as a representative of their classification – their particular business or profession.
 
Rotarians have the dual responsibility of representing their vocation within the club and exemplifying the ideals of Rotary within the workplace.
 
One of the central goals of Vocational Service is to promote and advance Rotary’s high ethical standards. Two useful tools Rotarians have to assess these standards are The Four-Way Test and The Rotary Code of Conduct.
 
There is a lot Happening in D5000!
 
Here are some very important items and some clarification that I would like to make sure everyone is thinking about:
  1. The Council on Legislation ruling about MEETING FREQUENCY did not intend for our clubs to drop to 2x monthly meetings.  The amendment was made to provide meeting flexibility if you have another full-club activity planned during the same regular week.  IE:  A fundraiser, a full-club community service event, a social/mixer, a vocational tour, or another board of directors sanctioned non-business meeting.  If you do elect to cancel a meeting, please make sure that your website, Facebook page, and the D5000 website are updated to reflect your schedule.  Questions?  Feel free to call me directly.
  2. D5000 Conference - Kaanapali Maui:  Don’t forget to register for the District Conference on May 19-21 at the Kaanapali Maui Sheraton: http://rotaryd5000.org/event/2017-district-conference--sheraton-maui-kaanapali/
  3. Foundation Dinner Registration is OPEN!  You will not want to miss this fun-filled evening of fun and friends.  For more information and to register, click here.
 
Keep up the great work on the Polio Champion Challenge - and make Membership our Priority #1!!  Let me know if I can be of service to you in any way!
 
 

D5000 Polio Champion Challenge Update:

2016-17 is a special year for all of us.  Not only are we celebrating the 100th Anniversary, but we are also working incredibly hard to finish the job of eradicating Polio!
 
I have more exciting news about the D5000 Polio Champion Challenge!  As of January 3rd, we have had 371 District 5000 Rotarians commit to the Champion Challenge; a commitment of over $105,000!  WAY TO GO!
 
To date, we have 68 participants working toward Bronze level, 226 Bronze level donors, 43 Silver level Donors, and 34 Gold/Gold+ level donors! 
 
What an outstanding show of support as we raise the final funds necessary to eradicate Polio ONCE AND FOR ALL!  I am so proud of the Rotarians and Clubs that have stepped up to the challenge to “Make this year the LAST year.  Our D5000 giving is already 78% to our total goal of $135,000 to the Polio Plus Fund. 
 
Now, let me brag about some of our clubs!  We have 46 clubs “on the board” that have already started giving, AND we already have 15 clubs that have exceeded their club goal of $2,650 – Well done!
 
The following are the clubs that have already made their 2016-17 Polio Goal of $2,650:
 
1
Waikiki
 $6,862
2
Honolulu Sunset
 $5,325
3
HNL Downtown
 $4,520
4
HNL Sunrise
 $4,450
5
Volcano
 $4,000
6
HNL Metro
 $3,980
7
South Hilo
 $3,850
8
Lahaina
 $3,450
9
West Pearl Harbor
 $3,298
10
Kona Sunrise
 $3,160
11
Kapolei Sunset
 $3,100
12
Hilo
 $3,080
13
Waianea Coast
 $3,050
14
Hilo Bay
 $2,862
15
Honolulu
 $2,850
 
 
As of January 3rd our club rankings are:
 
1
Waikiki
 $6,862
2
Honolulu Sunset
 $5,325
3
HNL Downtown
 $4,520
4
HNL Sunrise
 $4,450
5
Volcano
 $4,000
6
HNL Metro
 $3,980
7
South Hilo
 $3,850
8
Lahaina
 $3,450
9
West Pearl Harbor
 $3,298
10
Kona Sunrise
 $3,160
11
Kapolei Sunset
 $3,100
12
Hilo
 $3,080
13
Waianea Coast
 $3,050
14
Hilo Bay
 $2,862
15
Honolulu
 $2,850
16
Kapolei
 $2,440
17
Ala Moana
 $2,250
18
Kona Mauka
 $2,230
19
Lahaina Sunset
 $2,100
20
Mililani Sunrise
 $1,827
21
Kihei Wailea
 $1,710
22
Wailuku
 $1,600
23
Kahala Sunrise
 $1,415
24
Windward Oahu
 $1,396
25
West Honolulu
 $1,363
26
Kona
 $1,254
27
Lahaina Sunrise
 $1,225
28
Pearlridge
 $1,200
29
E-Club of Hawaii
 $1,200
30
Kauai
 $1,100
31
Maui
 $1,032
32
East Honolulu
 $1,000
33
Kahului
 $1,000
34
Pearl Harbor
 $683
35
Hawaii Kai
 $670
36
Upcountry Maui
 $600
37
North Hawaii
 $600
38
Pau Hana
 $550
39
Wahiawa-Waialua
 $450
40
Hanalei Bay
 $400
41
Kaneohe
 $400
42
Windward Oahu Sunrise
 $400
43
Pahoa Sunset
 $372
44
Valley Isle Sunset
 $340
45
Diamond Head
 $111
46
Lanai
 $100
 
 
We have 4 clubs that haven’t gotten on the board yet – But it’s not too late!
 
Kapaa
Poipu Beach
WE Rotary E-Club of D5000
West Kauai
 
To find out more about the Polio Champion Challenge, go to http://www.d5000champion.org OR to donate, go to http://www.endpolio.org/donate.
 
What a fantastic year of Rotary Serving Humanity!
 
We are off to a great start in 2016/17.  Let’s make this year a record breaker in every way.  I look forward with you to a year of great accomplishments and of Rotary Serving Humanity.
 
 
Yours in service,
 
Clint Schroeder
District Governor 2016-17
D5000 Hawaii