Connectors have been introduced into the Club as the Club has grown over the last two years. Why? The Club philosophy is focused not only on growth of membership but on engaged members who are actively interested in the Club. It’s no use to add new members if established members are disengaged or feeling neglected and are leaving.
The purpose of the Connectors is to try and reach all of our members on a personal, one-to-one basis. This builds on the fact that one of the top three reasons people join Rotary is for fellowship. We want our membership to be engaged with the Club’s activities and connected to other members.
The Connectors play an increasingly vital role in ensuring that we don’t miss an important event in your life, that you have another avenue to keep you informed about the Club’s activities and hopefully to help you participate with the Club. We aren’t a lunch Club. We aren’t a savings institute. We are a Club that looks for your financial support, plus your personal efforts to achieve things in helping other people that we couldn’t dream of individually.
Here’s how it works: The Connector is assigned a group of 10 members which is called a Circle. We have 10 Connectors and each is responsible to promote Club involvement, member interaction, and personal relationships. About once a month, the Connectors phone, text, email or talk to each of their 10 members. If you get an invitation to sit together with your Connector or meet up for a coffee, please accept. We also try to keep Members informed about upcoming speakers, social events, service opportunities, etc.
Part of the monthly email or other contact is designed to maintain a friendly relationship with you. We want to be aware of job changes, health issues, or life stage changes (marriages, births, family deaths) and relocation issues. Please feel free to keep your Connector or any of the leadership informed of important events in your life. This is a two-way street, and radio silence on either the part of the Club or the Member signals disinterest. Be in touch! Let us know what’s going on. We don’t want to pry we just want to be there for you, as best we can.