COMMITTEE PREFERENCES 2008-2009

All club committees are listed below along with a brief description.
Every member is asked to Pick 3! and serve on three committees.
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CLUB SERVICE
Draft budget for the Rotary fiscal year beginning July 1.
Review applications, determine classification, present qualified candidates to the Board for club membership.
Writers – Photographers – Designers.  Contribute articles or photography on assignment for the GasserOnline, the club’s newsletter. Articles of all lengths include stories on club events, programs and interesting members.
Arrange appropriate invocations for all Rotary meetings. When necessary, arrange for suitable memorials.
Coordinate membership development activities. Follow up on new member referrals.
Charged with bringing attractive, educational, entertaining and challenging programs every week.
Promotes the club’s programs and activities by generating media publicity. Creates awareness and fosters a strong, positive image of the club to attract new members. Arrange for coverage by local media for speakers and special Club projects.
Arrange for song leader and piano for weekly meetings.
Join the Visitors committee! Members of this committee welcome guests and visiting Rotarians to our Wednesday meetings by staffing the guest table and introducing guests from the podium during the meeting. Choose one or both! It’s a great way to get to know other Rotarians and add a bit of fun and friendliness to the meeting.
Keep the membership up-to-date on all club activities and events. Members of the committee will assist in gathering information from other committees and Rotary club special projects. No web design experience is required.
Investigate & implement ways to improve the Club through new technology. Present to the Club different ways technology might improve their lives and businesses.
COMMUNITY SERVICE
The Community Projects Committee purpose is to review grant requests, and to recommend financial support for non-profit organizations in the Tulsa region. Every member of the committee is encouraged to participate in the review and approval process.
In memory of his outstanding example, the Rotary Club of Tulsa established the Henry P. Iba Citizen Athlete Awards to honor exceptional performance by athletes, both in their sport and in their service to others. It is the hope of the Iba Awards to promote positive role models that capture the attention of today’s young athletes. It is the one major fund-raiser for the Community Fund.
Continue literacy program in cooperation with our Adopt-a-School Celia Clinton Elementary School through grant funding as well as distribute Dictionary Project dictionaries to all third graders.
Elite Repeat is our club’s upscale resale store located at 82nd and South Lewis. Proceeds go directly to the Community Fund. Committee members will assist with securing items, volunteer staffing and help with organizing and displaying items for resale.
Coordinate volunteers to assist the Salvation Army for one day during the holiday season.
This committee will serve in a leadership capacity bringing awareness to projects that enhance the environment of our city as a place to work and live.
Continue the club’s historic support of Up With Trees by planting and maintaining trees to beautify Tulsa.
This committee is planning the creation of a "Rotary Grove" — a park where individual Rotarians could plant individual trees to honor someone, or to call attention to a special occasion.
Promote growth in the Community Fund, the club’s foundation. Interest generated from the $1.7 million fund is used for the charitable grants and more than $1 million has been given to Tulsa area charities since the fund’s inception. Bequest opportunities will be offered to club members as an investment for the fund.
Committee plans the annual Above and Beyond Service Awards honoring Tulsa’s police officer and firefighter of the year.
Linda Wilson
VOCATIONAL SERVICE
Active club attendance is vital. Members of this committee work together to remind Rotarians of their attendance commitments and encourage their participation at weekly meetings.
Insure that ill or hospitalized Rotarians receive get well greetings and in times of a death or serious situation in a Rotarian’s family, organize expressions of care and concern.
Our committee assists Rotary members in hosting Fireside meetings in their homes or places of business to promote fellowship, learn about Rotary, and to discuss issues pertinent to our Rotary Club. The information gathered at Fireside meetings is compiled and reported to the Board of Directors.
Each new member of the Rotary Club of Tulsa will receive New Member Orientation before they are in-troduced to the club. Each committee member is assigned to one month of the Rotary year to conduct orientation. We also assign a back-up individual for each month.
Coordinate social events and organized sporting events.
Implement programs to encourage our clubs and our communities to promote the spirit of Rotary.
Traditionally, the committee sponsors Business Visitation Day in which Rotarians invite fellow members to visit either their place of work or another site, for lunch and a brief program to familiarize visiting Rotarians with the host’s vocation. The Vocational Projects Committee’s charge is to familiarize our membership with the vocations of other members.
Coordinate progress of new members toward blue badges. Conduct regular meetings to cover complete orientation into Rotary.
INTERNATIONAL SERVICE
The goal of the International Projects Committee is the advancement of international understanding, goodwill and peace through a world fellowship of business and professional persons united in the ideal of service. Although our primary focus for Rotary Year 2008-2009 will be the Nicaragua Water Well Project, the committee will be open to other opportunities that may present themselves.
Promote growth in member contributions to The Rotary Foundation; plan TRF program in November; publicize availability of international scholarships and fellowships. Interview and recommend candidates. Promote the recognition programs of The Rotary Foundation.
Coordinate Youth Exchange activities, including screening outbound students, recruiting counselors for inbound students and host families for inbound students.
YOUTH SERVICE
Celia Clinton Elementary has seen marked improvement in students through the direct efforts of Rotarians to provide mentoring , clothing, food, financial support, and countless volunteer hours. It also provides support to Preschool Childhood Centers in the neighborhood of Celia Clinton. You will “receive more than you give.”
Camp Enterprise is an intensive three-day seminar/camp to explore fundamental challenges, opportunities and obligations of the free enterprise system. It brings together about 100 of Tulsa area’s outstanding high school juniors. It is an opportunity for you to invest in our future potential leaders in the free enterprise system.
The Crescendo Music Awards committee plans and implements an annual competition with a Division for High School Juniors/Seniors and a Division for Undergrad College Students for outstanding performance in Piano, Orchestral Instruments, Brass Instruments and Vocal. It is an opportunity for you to invest in the continued support for the development of outstanding musical talent.
This Committee is a support group, representing the Rotary Club of Tulsa, in a multi-organization coali-tion to promote immunization of children (spring). A flu vaccine clinic is also sometimes conducted for the elderly in the fall. It is an opportunity to assist in the prevention of communicable diseases in our children and elderly.
Shop With a Cop is a cooperative youth intervention program involving the local Fraternal Order of Police, Rotary Club and Wal-Mart. At-risk youth are selected to participate in a Christmas shopping trip for their families (including wrapping of gifts), and have lunch with police officers and Rotarians. A fun and heartwarming holiday experience.
Coordinate the Club’s youth activities. Two specific projects include conducting Rotary Club of Tulsa’s “Four-Way Test” Speech Contest that offers an opportunity for students to compete at the local level for a $500 award. The winner then competes at the district level for the opportunity to win a $1,000 grant from the district. Additionally, the committee selects students to participate in the district Rotary Youth Leadership Awards (RYLA) camp.
Foundation & Boards
The Tulsa Rotary Community Fund, Inc., a 501(c)(3) organization, was founded in 1972 to provide a means for Rotarians to give financial assistance to worthy organizations located primarily in Tulsa and the surrounding communities.