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Our original May 28 date is also the first day of My Waterloo Days, so your board of directors decided to move the date to Thursday, June 11 at Rotary Reserve.

Our regular meeting that week (June 8) will be cancelled.

Tickets are $35 each and will be available soon.  Please check our website under the link "Hops & Grapes Wine Tasting" for updates.

As a leader in our community, you know people who share your passion for the Cedar Valley - don't you think it's time to ask them to be a Rotarian?

               Like most service clubs, we're facing declinng membership- -a loss of 17 so far with only 8 new members for a net loss of 9.

               Not only does a smaller group of members reduce our ability to provide service to our community and beyond, but it also has a negative impact on our club's financial strength.

               Remember - members who refer a new member receive $50, either as a reduction on their next dues statement or as a contribution to your Paul Harris fellowship. Download and print out this New Member Application, and send it to just ONE PERSON.  Get your ASK in gear and continue to look for talented men and women who would be good members; and remember you'll be doing them a favor.

          Our club is part of district 5970 covering 54 clubs in northern Iowa. You'd be surprised to know how many Rotarians and Rotary club presidents don't know their district number.

            Our Rotary club is number 2222 but we were the 168^th club to join Rotary International in 1915.ClubRunner is the company that hosts our website, and they have assigned us the number 4444, which you'll see in the address of each one of our webpages.

            132 current club members have given at least $1 to the foundation but 53 members have not given at all.

            Total giving by our club members as of March 23 was $11,129 including $6,227 to "End Polio Now."

            Total giving to the annual programs fund across the world is down by 19 percent this year, partly due to the worsening economy and partly due to members giving to the polio fund.

...and the role that we should play in our publications. For the magazines to live up to Paul Harris' original vision, it takes more than just an editorial staff: It also takes the good work of Rotarians."

         Take a few minutes to peruse the stories; chances are you'll find at least one of interest.

              In February the Rotary Foundation bought full page ads in several major US newspapers, including the Chicago Tribune and the Wall Street Journal touting its role in polio eradication. Have you wondered why a non profit would do that?

            And the second challenge grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation was for $255 million over five years. How did they arrive at that number?

            The two mysteries are related according to an official of the foundation's annual giving program.

            The Gates grant included $5 million for a campaign to raise awareness of the polio eradication program with the goals of gaining public support and a secondary goal of increasing membership of people committed to such public health issues.

            Also, Rotary applied for and has been awarded the highest Google AdWords grant level available: $40,000 a month in free AdWords advertising which will allow the foundation to  run more ads and eventually expand the AdWords program into Google properties in other languages. Rotary's current Google grant ads focus on polio eradication, membership, and the Rotary Centers program.Since Rotary's Google Grant ad campaign went live in September 2006, we have received more than 24,000,000 impressions and over 659,000 clicks, totaling more than $297,000 in free advertising.

            Examples of the Google ads are at http://www.rotary.org/en/SERVICEANDFELLOWSHIP/POLIO/Pages/ridefault.aspx.

Be the first to email me this Rotarian's name - I'll reveal his identity in the next Reporter, so stay tuned!