What you can expect at PETS:
- A
non-smoking seminar.
- A dress code that will be comfortable
casual
- Discussion Leaders and Facilitators will wear business attire.
- Experienced, knowledgeable, dedicated, top
flight discussion leaders from all over the State of Texas will be
leading your breakout session.
- Meet one-on-one with some of the finest
minds in Rotary and mingle with the plenary speakers.
- PEs will have an opportunity to meet with
their
District Governor-elect and Assistant Governor to discuss ideas and
plans.
- A session dedicated to district affairs, where each district will
discuss and plan the agenda for their year.
- To benefit from an established and proven
curriculum with current information on new Rotary programs that can
benefit your leadership of your club.
- In the breakout sessions to be paired with other Presidents-elect
of clubs with similar size as yours.
- You will get new ideas from the synergism
developed in the discussion sessions and make new friends.
- Learn how to build and maintain club membership.
- Discover new ways to raise money and how
to get club members involved in fund-raising projects.
- Get new ideas for service projects.
- There will be special sessions for spouses. These sessions focus on the spouse's role as the club
president's partner in making the Rotary year successful and
rewarding for both. Due to classroom space limitations, however, spouses will not be permitted to
attend the Presidents-elect breakout training.
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Presidents-elect
will have the
benefit of special Friday morning bonus sessions for
Presidents-elect beginning at 7:00 AM
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A group picture of
each district will be taken and furnished to each President Elect.
There Will Be special
Friday morning bonus sessions For PEs:
ROTARY Basics:
Rotary Basics is intended to be presented to
those Presidents-elect that have been in Rotary for three years or less.
It will cover the basics of Rotary and how it has developed over its 100
year history as the first and largest service organization in the world.
The philosophy of “Service Above Self” and the “Object of Rotary” are
used to give the PEs an understanding of how the organization operates
at the club level and the role of the individual Rotarian. This
session which begins at 7:00 a.m. will be given only once and will last for 45 minutes,
allowing you to attend any of the other bonus sessions of your choice.
ELECTRONIC MEDIA AND
THE RI WEBSITE:
This session will last for 45 minutes and will repeat. This
session will demonstrate the use of the Internet and the Rotary
International website. PEs that attend this session will learn how
to navigate through the multitude of topical areas and how to use the
download center to have access to documents published by RI. PEs
will also learn how to access and change club data and navigate their
district websites.
PREPARATION OF A CLUB
BUDGET:
This session will last for 45 minutes and will repeat. The primary
focus of this topic will be how to develop and track expenses using a
budget for a Rotary club. PEs will learn how to prepare a line item
budget and how to separate funds received for operational expenses from
those funds received at club fund raisers. This session will be
especially helpful for those PEs with limited experience in financial
management.
PLANNING A SUCCESSFUL
FUND RAISER:
This session will last for 45 minutes and will repeat. During this
session PEs will learn how to plan for and execute a successful fund
raiser. Frequent examples will be shown demonstrating how to avoid
mistakes from the planning through the execution phase. The
content of this session will be designed to show PEs of small and medium
size clubs how to get the maximum participation from the club
membership.
Polio Plus:
This session will last for 45 minutes and will repeat. This
session led by one of the premier speakers in Rotary, will be particularly useful for those PEs that
need some extra help or motivation in the final push to eradicate Polio.
This session is a model that will inspire and awaken a greater
passion for leading the fight against Polio.
Membership Development:
This session will last for 45 minutes and will repeat. This
session will be particularly useful for those PEs that have had limited
experience in membership & retention. It is also for those who would
like to explore a program designed and implemented by Rotarians that
could improve the effectiveness of the membership team at the club
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