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Early Rotary District 5610 Conference in Vermillion Registration

Hello to all District 5610 Rotarians!

We are sending you this reminder of some key details/deadlines regarding the upcoming Annual Rotary Conference & Celebration being held in Vermillion (Sept 28-29).

Registration: For planning and meal counts, please have your District Conference registration completed by September 14: Use attached form or CLICK HERE
- Early Bird registration deadline to qualify for a drawing for FREE Lodging for the District Conference is this WEDNESDAY, Aug 15.
Hotel room DEADLINE (Aug 28/29): Please try to book your room by the end of this month. Any unbooked rooms we have blocked for the Rotary District Conference will be released one month before the conference dates. NOTE: This is a busy event weekend in Vermillion – Please book early!
Hotel options are listed on page two of the online registration form (and see below).

Look forward to seeing you in September!

Mary C Merrigan Chuck Lubbers

Conference Co-Chair Conference Co-Chair

Vermillion Rotary Club Vermillion Rotary Club

Hotels

A limited number of hotel rooms are being held for

Rotary District 5610 Conference at the following:

Holiday Inn Express Red Roof Inn

1200 N Dakota St, Vermillion 1208 E Cherry St, Vermillion

605.624.7600 605.624.8006

Best Western Studio 13 Hotel (currently Westside Inn)

701 W Cherry St, Vermillion 1313 W Cherry St, Vermillion

605.624.8333 605.624.2601

Block rooms will only be held until one month prior to conference - please call one of above hotels by August 28/29 to book your reservation.

Additional options in/around Vermillion:

Valiant Vineyards – Bed & Breakfast

1500 W Main St, Vermillion, 605.624.4500

Clay County Park Campground

4 miles southwest of Vermillion off Hwy 50

605.624.5571

Lion’s Campground

Located in Vermillion

605.677.7064

Rotary District 5610

2018 Celebration

Be the Inspiration

September 28 – 29, 2018

Vermillion, SD 57069

2018 District Conference - Please Join us in Vermillion

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District Conference 2018 Vermillion Program at a Glance

Welcome to our District 5610 website!

JOIN LEADERS ~ EXCHANGE IDEAS ~ TAKE ACTION

We are PEOPLE OF ACTION!

This website is for the use of the membership of District 5610 clubs, district leadership and the public. You can locate club meetings and locations in the left column, and District leaders in Organization. Please browse the information, suggest additions and changes, or ask questions by reaching leaders in "Contact Us." If you login as a member of Rotary, you can access additional club and district management information.

Rotary International is the world's first service club organization, with more than 1.2 million members in over 35,000 clubs worldwide, divided into 535 Districts. Rotary club members are volunteers who work locally, regionally, and internationally to combat hunger, improve health and sanitation, provide education and job training, promote peace, and eradicate polio under the motto Service Above Self.

RevUp Membership District 5610

Congratulations to Centerville, Cherokee, Marshall Sunrise, Watertown, Brookings, Gregory, Canby, Rapid City Rushmore, Aberdeen and Luverne who ended the Rotary year with an increase in members. Results of the Governor’s Membership Challenge will be announced after August 15^th, when the final numbers come in from Rotary International. We look forward to recognizing the winning clubs at District Conference. If your club hasn’t sent in your numbers, please email them to Carmen Hansen. Remember, 4 points if you have a membership chair; 7 points for each new member from January to July 1^st; 2 points for each new guest brought to a club meeting or function and 3 points for each new membership orientation class offered.

Here are some great resources.

https://www.rotary2127.com/tool-box/

https://my.rotary.org/en/learning-reference/learn-topic/membership

Each club has received the Club Membership Guide to help you develop a club membership plan.

Carmen Hansen

District Membership Chair

District Governor 2018-19 Dave Lorenz Upcoming Club Visits

As we enter a new Rotary year, I am reminded of the vision statement of Rotary International:

“Together, we see a world where people unite and take action to create lasting change – across the globe, in our communities, and in ourselves."

As 2018-19 Rotary International President Barry Rassin said, “we unite because we know that we are far stronger together than we could ever be alone.”

As I travel District 5610 during the 2018-19 Rotary year, I look forward to building on the work done before us and together we all can BE THE INSPIRATION for better things yet to come.

July 3 – Vermillion

July 16 – Rock Valley

July 17 - Luverne

July 23 – Sibley

July 24 - Mapleton

July 31 – Marshall Noon

August 2 – Marshall Sunrise

August 2 – Canby

August 6 – Sioux City

August 8 – Minneota

August 9 – Denison

August 13 – Tyndall

August 21 – Yankton

August 23 - Centerville

August 27 - Cherokee

August 30 - Winner

Sept. 13 - Rapid City

Sept. 13 - Hot Springs

Sept. 18 - Rapid City Rushmore

Sept. 20 - Scotland

Sept. 24 - Aberdeen

Sept. 26 - Gregory

Oct. 2 - Brookings

Oct. 4 - Watertown

Oct. 8 - Custer

Oct. 10 - Spearfish

Oct. 25 - Mitchell

Oct. 29 - Pierre - Ft. Pierre

Nov. 2 - Sioux Falls West

Nov. 12 - Sioux Falls South

Nov. 12 - Downtown Sioux Falls

Nov. 13 - Canton

District Governor's Message - July 2018

On July 3 District Governor Steve Harrington will attend Vermillion Rotary and officially install me as District 5610 Governor for the 2018-19 Rotary year. I am honored and humbled to serve my fellow Rotarians. I give you my promise that I will use the Four Way Test to guide my actions and decisions. I can think of no time where the good works and goodwill of Rotary are more important than today. My hope is that we in District 5610 will heed the call of Rotary International President Barry Rassin to BE THE INSPIRATION in our communities and beyond to make people smile, to lift spirits and to make a difference.

Dave Lorenz

Governor, District 5610

To View 2018-19 Theme Address - Barry Rassin, RI President-Elect click on the link: http://video.rotary.org/M7F3, https://youtu.be/nfkx9oNcvuI, or watch below.

Record Setting Foundraiser Year

Proposed Amendment to Rotary District 5610 Bylaws

Attention Rotary District 5610 Club Presidents: please cast a vote on the proposed amendment to the District 5610 Bylaws no later than August 10, 2018.

Thank you for your cooperation. Please direct any questions to:

Dave Lorenz

Rotary International District 5610 Governor

Rotary District 5610

Ballot Sheet 07/21/18

Article V - Voting

Section 3: Electronic Voting – Except as otherwise specifically required by the Bylaws of Rotary International or the Manual of Procedure, the Rotary Clubs of District 5610 may approve, reject, endorse, resolve, or ratify with voting by electronic mail, facsimile, or telephone on any action that could be considered by the District in person or by mail. In such circumstances, the District Governor shall distribute copies of the proposal electronically to each Club for consideration and post the matter on the District website and then allow 21 calendar days for consideration, discussion, and voting on the proposal. A Rotary Club may change its vote until the 22nd day at which time all votes cast shall become final. A proposal shall be adopted if approved by a majority of the Rotary Clubs voting, as long as no Rotary Club moves to table the electronic vote. Should at least one Rotary Club move to table the electronic vote, the electronic vote shall be cancelled and the question may be brought to the next in-person district business meeting. ~~No motion to table shall be in order for a proposal pending electronic voting.~~

Yes - Our Club votes to adopt amendment as written above for Article V – Voting Section 3 - Electronic Voting

No - Our Club votes to not adopt amendment as written above for Article V – Voting Section 3 - Electronic Voting

Please list Club Name Voting: _____________________________

Stomp Out Polio at Zone Institute

Bring awareness to polio eradication by wandering the streets of Boise and your community in these limited-edition classic kicks. Shoes are $50 and all proceeds ($25 on average depending on shoe stock availability) will benefit Rotary’s PolioPlus Fund. Order now and pick up your pair at the 2018 Zone Conference in Boise, Idaho! If you are unable to make Zone but can’t live without these, we can ship them to you for an additional charge.

This fundraiser is a Rotarian-driven endeavor, promoted by the Zone 27 Public Image Team. We’re this close. Let’s Drop to Zero!
Order online at https://rotary5400.org/page/stomp-out-polio/, or email: michelaswarthout@gmail.com

Register for the 2018 Zone Institute at https://www.crsadmin.com/EventPortal/Registrations/PublicFill/EventPublicFill.aspx?evtid=78725cf8-52e5-4078-8842-1753880d7ff5

Rotary Friendship Exchange Team Travels to Sweden

Our Rotary Friendship Exchange team travel to Sweden and is visiting friends in District 2340 celebrating Midsummer. In mid-June, school is out and nature has burst into life. It seems like the sun never sets. In fact, in the north of Sweden it doesn’t, and in the south only for an hour or two. This calls for celebration! Friends and family gather for the most typically Swedish tradition of all: Midsummer. Our team has been having a fabulous time exploring and celebrating across Sweden. They have been home staying with local Rotarians there, seeing wonderful sites, sharing new experiences and making lifelong friends. We will be welcoming Swedes from District 2340 to our District 5610 from September 24 to October 8, 2018. Hopefully you will all get a chance to meet them. For more information about Rotary Friendship Exchange programs in District 5610 contact Pat Sutliff <sutliff@midco.net>

Governor’s Club Membership Challenge April-June 2018

How is your club doing on the membership challenge?

Division I – LeMars, Mapleton, Marshall Sunrise, Minneota, Rock Valley, Scotland, Canton, Centerville, Sibley, Wagner, Clark, Gettysburg, Suburban Sioux City, Gregory and Tyndall.

Division II – Madison, Marshall, Mobridge, Sioux Falls North, Sioux Falls South, Yankton, Spearfish, Aberdeen, Canby, Cherokee, Custer, Denison, and Hot Springs.

Division III - Mitchell, Pierre-Ft Pierre, Rapid City, Rapid City Rushmore, Sioux Falls Downtown, Sioux City, Watertown, Winner, Sioux Falls West, Vermillion, Brookings, and Luverne.

Clubs submit a one-page description of their club, focusing on “Why Are You in Rotary, and Why Join Your Club?”

• 10 pts-Clubs who have a membership chair listed in Club Runner.

• 7 pts-Per new member registered in April, May and June.

• 2 pts-Each new guest brought to a club meeting, event or social. The guest should be a potential new member.

• 3 pts-Each new membership orientation class offered.

• 10 pts-For Clubs with zero members leaving before July 1st, except for extenuating circumstances, i.e. moving, death.

If clubs have already started the challenge and earned points, include those figures. Clubs will be recognized at the fall District Conference in Vermillion.

Submit your points and club description to Carmen Hansen, District Membership Chair, carmenhansen@rushmore.com.

—Carmen Hansen, District Membership Chair

Omniceye Rotary publishes Pine Ridge Services Request Directory

The Pine Ridge Area Social Services Organizations Rotary Directory was originated by Angie Sam, Raising Healthy Families Together Director. Her intern, Maretta Afraid of Bear, collected the initial data and Robyn Whirlwind Horse assisted with data entry in 2016/17. Raising Healthy Families Together is an informal network of social service organizations providing services to the residents of the Oglala Lakota Nation on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota.

The Omniciye Club asked the members of RHFT to expand or compose their organizational profiles, assess the communities they serve, and outline potential projects Rotary clubs might wish to consider for support of volunteers, materials and funds.

Dr. Craig Howe, Center for American Indian Research and Native Studies (CAIRNS) and Tom Allen, Oglala Lakota College, provided historical and contemporary Tribal information. On behalf of Omniciye Multi-Cultural Rotary Club: Bev Warne, Kibbe Conti, Gloria Eastman and Tom Katus were members of the initial visiting team. Terri Hunter wrote the chapter on Lakota History, Dee Katus edited the data, Tom Katus provided over all management to the project, and Linda Peterson provided final editing and electronic publishing.

The electronic file is available in downloads at www.RushmoreRotary.org for anyone wishing to find a worthy project in need of support. An additional file on Pine Ridge Social Services Organizations Contacts Directory is also available. Both directories were funded by a Rotary District 5610 Grant to Omniceye Multi-Cultural Rotary Club.

District 4 Way Test Contest Winners

WINNERS FOR THE 2018 FOUR WAY TEST ESSAY CONTEST

FIRST PLACE KEIRA CHRIST

Get the Clubrunner app on your phone for instant access to all your club members...and the District leaders too!

Never lose the email or phone number of club members again! Get the latest data at your fingertips.

ALL member of District 5610 Rotary clubs can get their club's data, you do not have to have a club website.

Download the ClubRunner app from your apps provider to your smart phone. It's the blue CR icon.

Log on with your ClubRunner password, using the same email listed for you on the District/Club website.

(If you have not logged on, do it now from your computer and get your password sent to you.)

Get access to all the contact data that your club members have provided.

It's easy, quick and very convenient!

PEOPLE of ACTION

Let's show our members and communities who and what Rotary is! The new People of Action public awareness campaign materials are available! You can prepare a visible image of Rotary to grow

your membership. See the Brand Center for a template to make your own posters and Facebook ads. It is simple, it is effective, it is ACTION!

The People of Action video from Rotary Brand Center aired as PSAs on VAST and Midco cable channels with a tagline to the District website. Billboards have displayed in Marshall, Sioux Falls and Rapid City! You can ask your local radio and TV stations to air PSAs for free too!

The following NEW People of Action campaign materials are available now on the Brand Center. There are many other templates, formatted ads and posters. Please feel free to share this information with your club's Public Image team, and let me know if you have any questions.

Digital Banner Template
Shortened “What We See” video with a 25-second and 85-second version. This allows clubs to add in their own tagline in the last 5 seconds.
“What We See” Video with no voiceover with a 30-second and 90-second version of the video, and a script for each. This allows Rotarians to record the video in their own language or dialect.
Using the People of Action Campaign: Television ads (Guide)
Using the People of Action Campaign: Radio ads (Guide)
Radio ad with no voiceover. This allows Rotarians to record a radio ad in their own voice, language, or dialect.

Use your club Facebook page to promote People of Action ads that you edit and personalize on the Brand Center. Then "friend" the District Facebook group page and link to your club's page, for even more synergy!

I am available to visit with your club's leaders and Public Image team to create a marketing plan for your club. Arrangements to visit the Marshall area, Brookings, Watertown and Sioux Falls are in the works for late fall. Contact me now!

—Linda Peterson, Zone 27 Regional Public Image Coordinator Linda4Rotary@me.com 605-341-5006

Wow! What a terrific Raffle!

The 2018 Raffle was a tremendous success thanks to all the clubs and their generous prize donations and ticket sales. And once again the partnership with Karl’s TV & Appliance is much appreciated. In total, roughly 5250 tickets were sold. The net total for the foundation from the District will be just under $50,000.

Brad Preheim, Raffle Chair

The prize list and winners:

Grand Prize – Karl's Appliance Kitchen Makeover – Ken Jones, Yankton

Brookings (Gift Basket) – Jay Prouty, Scotland
Canby (Gift Basket) – Jan Hansen, Centerville
Canton (Gift Basket) – Jennifer Soma, Brookings
Centerville (Gift Basket) – Jeff Schramm, Winner
Cherokee ($100 Gift Card) – Cindy Dannenbring, Madison
Clark (Gift Basket) – Di Bohlman, Centerville
Custer (Gift Basket) – Karen Kraus, Custer
Gregory (assisted with grand prize) Ken Jones, Yankton
Hot Springs (Golf, Spa getaway) Ron Gates, Mitchell
LeMars (HD TV) Jerry Johnson, Vermillion
Luverne (Gift Basket) Ellen Lee, Pierre/Ft Pierre
Madison (Gift Basket) Bernie Hanson, Watertown
Mapelton (Desk Clock) Tora Rozum, Mitchell
Marshall Noon (Gift Basket, Gift Card) Ron Gates, Mitchell
Marshall Sunrise ($100 Schwans Card) Dave Johnson, Watertown
Minneota (Gift Basket) Tad Perry, Pierre
Mitchell ($250 Cabella’s Card) Gopal Vyas, Mitchell
Mobridge (Gift Basket) Kevin Donlin, Madison
Pierre/Ft Pierre (Gift Basket) Chris Becker, LeMars
Rapid City (Gift Basket) Tom Dice, Mitchell
Rapid City Rushmore (Gift Basket) Laura Root, Winner
Rock Valley ($100 Gift Card) Bryan Hisel, Mitchell
Scotland (Beef Bucks) Cindy Howell, Rapid City
Sibley (Cenex Gift card, Basket) Jean Koehler
SF Downtown ($500 Gift Card) T Hazel, Mobridge
SF North ($250 Gift Card) Steve Sikorski, Sioux Falls
SF South ($100 Amazon Card) Mary Edelen, Vermillion
SF West ($250 Gift Card) Mike Pekas, Sioux Falls
Spearfish (Gift Basket) Bonnie Ryken, Yankton
Tyndall (DeWalt Drill Kit) Cindy Olson, Sioux Falls
Vermillion (Beef Bucks, Wine) Carl Tonjes) Sioux Falls
Wagner (State Park Passes) Jim Mehlhaff, Pierre/Ft Pierre
Watertown (Gift Basket) Joel Leyden, Winner
Winner (Custom built walnut table) Tom Van Holland, Rock Valley
Yankton (Riibe Outdoors Adventure) Roger Novotny, Pierre/Ft Pierre

About Friendship Exchanges

Friendship Exchange is one of the few International Exchange programs in Rotary that Rotarians can participate in. Vocational Training Teams are another. Because of tax laws, many exchanges and scholarships are not available to Rotarians or their families. However, in a Friendship Exchange a Rotarian and their spouse or friend are able to fully participate. The exchange consists of a team of 10 to 12 people traveling to another Rotary District around the world and touring there for about 2 weeks. During this time they are hosted in Rotarian homes, visit many Rotary meetings and projects, and see the country or area from the local's view. The team is taken to places that the local people think are important and would like to share. It really gives you a chance to learn about the customs, foods, etc of the area that you usually miss as a regular tourist. On these exchanges you typically pay your transportation to and from the country and for small gifts that you bring for the hosting Rotarians. Then the district that is visited sends a team to the country that they just hosted and those who participated in the exchange are responsible for hosting that returning team. Hosting on either side means providing home stays, food in restaurants some times, paying for entrance fees and providing transportation around the district. Some of these hosting duties may vary depending on the specifics of the particular exchange.

Friendship Exchanges are an amazing way to make lasting friendships around the world. I also think that they are a great beginning to peace in our world as we learn more about each other, begin to understand each other and build lasting relationships. I am always looking for contacts in other districts who might want to do a Friendship Exchange with our district. Any ideas that people have for places to go or contacts abroad who might be helpful are very much appreciated. Any questions please contact me.

—Pat Sutliff, District 5610 Friendship Exchange Chair sutliff@midco.net or 605-593-2896

D5610 Launches YouTube Channel!

Rotarians! You should check out the Denmark Rotary Friendship Exchange video produced by Tom Dempster now listed on our Rotary District 5610 new YouTube Channel. Access the YouTube Channel by clicking on the photo or the YouTube Icon. If you have a video you would like to share on the Rotary District 5610 YouTube Channel, please contact:

Nicole Rawden, District Administrator Phone: 605.690.4829