Pocatello Portneuf

Pocatello Centennial

Montpelier

Canyon County Sunrise

Nampa

Boise Southwest

Twin Falls

Caldwell

Aston

Boise

Honorable Mention!

Twin Falls After Hours—the

newest club in the District

had no official goal but still

contributed an impressive

$74.13 per member

We did it! The final count is

in and we hit the target. In

the Annual Program Fund

giving, our District reached

102.7% of the goal—Great

Job!

More than half of the 43

clubs reached 100% or

greater with Rigby leading

the charge with an amazing

318% of goal, ranking 1st

overall and 4th in per capita

giving at $150 per member.

Blue Lakes-Twin Falls Club

had an incredible per mem-

ber contribution for the year

of $238.15, ranking 1st in

this category and 6th overall

for total amount.

Special congratulations to

the Ashton Rotary Club who

reached their APF goal for

the first time.

Clubs with 100% or greater

of goal include:

Rigby

Boise Metro

Emmett

Boise East

Ketchum-Sun Valley

Blue Lakes-Twin Falls

Rexburg

McCall

Elmore County/Mt. Home

Rupert

St. Anthony

Burley

East Idaho Falls

Pocatello Gate City

Western Treasure Valley

Pocatello

Boise Centennial

Eagle-Garden City

2011/12 APF GOALS MET!!!

DG Simko Gets a Jump Start on Club Visits

Fitting in 44 club visits

around everyone’s busy

lives can be a bit of a chal-

lenge—especially since the

most popular day for clubs

to meet seems to be Tues-

day and with only one club

meeting on Fridays

(Gooding) and three on

Mondays )Meridian, E. Idaho

Falls and Pocatello

Centennial.

So, with careful planning, a

full tank of gas, maps and

Roadside Geology of Idaho

book, Ben and I set off on

our very first official club

visit with the Ketchum-Sun

Valley Rotary Club, two

weeks before my official DG

year began.

District 5400 Newsletter

Upcoming Dates

of

Interest

July 1st

District Simplified

Grant Application

Opens for the

2011/12 year

August 4-7 RYLA

CSI—Twin Falls

August 19-21

Youth Exchange

Camp Sawtooth

McCall

September 17th

District Member-

ship Summit

9 am—3 pm

Twin Falls

September 24th

Rocky Mountain

Rotary Leadership

Institute Pocatello

& Boise area

September 30th

Group Study

Exchange Team

Leader Application

Due Date

October 15th

District Foundation

Summit 9 am—3

pm Twin Falls

JULY 2011

Incoming President, Mark Beeleart covers club goals before dinner at the Ketchum Grill, owned by Rotar-ian Scott Mason—it’s always a pleasure to dine there.

International general li-ability and directors & officers employment practices liability pro-grams visit

www.rotary.org/en/Members/GeneralInformation/Insurance

To request a Certificate of Insurance, visit

www.rotary.org/en/Members/

It must be the time of year that clubs are plan-ning various events and activities as I have had several inquiries as to what insurance coverage Rotary International pro-vides to clubs.

To ensure that your club is operating in a safe and prudent fashion with re-gard to insurance please check out the following:

Information on the Rotary

GeneralInformation/Insurance/Pages/Certificateofinsurance

Additional information of interest can be found on the Rotary International website, www.rotary.org

For specific questions concerning the insurance program, please call 800-921-3172, or send an email to rotary@lockton.com

Rotary International Liability Insurance for Clubs

Page 2 District 5400

“We may not

always be able

to do great

things, but we

can do small

things with

great love”

RI President

Kalyan Banerjee

at the 2011 RI

Assembly in San

Diego

RI President Kalyan

Banerjee and Binota

Ketchum Sun

Valley Rotary Club

Will Duke—AG at Ricos Pizza

Megan Thomas enjoying a beautiful

evening at the

Ketchum Grill with fellow Board

members

Rupert Rotary Club Visit

AG Marianne Barker and new Paul

Harris fellows Jon & Susan

Finding themselves suddenly with-

out a club President, Past Presi-dents Rick Bollar and Charlie Crea-

son stepped up and volunteered to act as a fearless duo in leading the

Rupert club.

Ben and I spent a fun evening with

the club officers at the Drift Inn, a historic landmark owned by Charlie

& Lori Creason, where we also spent the night. A tour of the area

the next morning highlighted sev-

eral club projects; bike path and Paul Park Shelter.

A highlight of the noon meeting was

the induction of two new Paul Har-

ris Fellows, Susan Aston and Dr. John Gerrard.

All Rotarians now can update their contact information

online at www.rotary.org under Member Access with the new My Account section, which was formerly called My Pro-

file.

In the My Account section, Rotarians also can change

their password, as well as their newsletter subscription and

credit card preferences.

The largest Rotary Club in the world is the Seattle Ro-

tary Club in District 5030, with more than 640 members!

Japan has the fewest women in Rotary at 4% - North

America has the greatest percentage at 24% (South Amer-

ica is a very close second with 23%)

The Council on Legislation, Rotary's "parliament,"

meets every three years to deliberate and act upon all pro-

posed enactments and resolutions submitted through vari-

ous methods. The next meeting will be in 2013 and the

District 5400 Representative will be Rusty Broughton.

Rotary clubs’ annual per capita dues to Rotary Interna-

tional will increase to US$51 in 2011-12. The 2010 Council

on Legislation also set dues at $52 for 2012-13 and $53 for

2013-14

DID YOU KNOW...

August is Membership and Extension Month

all. It seems we share so

much with our friends,

family, coworkers and

neighbors—why is it that

we keep Rotary to our-

selves?

August is Membership

and Extension month.

Plan now to share Rotary

with prospective mem-

bers. Get a pen & paper,

do it now!

Take ten minutes and sit

down in a quiet location.

Think of at least two peo-

ple you will invite to your

Rotary meeting next

month. Look at the up-

coming meeting dates

and speakers. Then, fire

off a quick email or phone

call.

I have heard the statistic

that a mere 20% of Ro-

tarians ever sponsor a

new member. That

seemed a bit hard to be-

lieve until I started asking

random Rotarians I en-

counter. Perhaps my re-

search methods are a bit

flawed but I put the fig-

ure at less than one out

of every four, so maybe

the 20% is accurate after

We share movie

reviews, favorite

restaurants,

vacation ideas,

child rearing tips

and golf/fishing/

cycling stories .

How many of us

have shared Rotary

with our friends?

August is

Membership

month—ask a friend

to your Rotary

meeting!

Page 3 This is YOUR Newsletter!

Is there something going on in your club you

would like to promote to the District? A special event or activity coming up? An significant ac-

complishment by a member or perhaps a project you are working on? Maybe you have hit upon a

best practice you would like to share with other clubs or possibly your club is dealing with an issue

and you want input from others?

Most of the clubs have their own website, news-

letter and means of communication with its mem-bers. But, sometimes I believe we could do a bet-

ter job at cross club networking, support and re-

source sharing.

So, help me make OUR District newsletter fun, interesting and valuable by your individual and/or

club contributions of articles, photos, ideas, chal-

lenges or even jokes! Note—As the editor, I will reserve the right to modify or limit submissions due to content size or other con-straints. Deadline is the 25th of each month.

DG Simko with Brighton, grandson of

Rupert Rotarian Paul Aston