District Membership Committee is pleased to report a very busy year In terms of membership movements, with loads of training and events to improve Club Experience!
As of 9th May, there are 2,841 Rotarians over 114 Clubs and 1,149 Rotaractors from 72 clubs giving us a total 3,990 members in D3450. There are 5 New Clubs chartered in this year and one more club is chartered in progress.
1.Learning & Development
1.1 Rotary School
DG Andy Li initiated the concept of Rotary School, to introduce potential members on Rotary in a 2.5 hr session. The first session was conducted in June 2023
to prepare potential members and another session in Aug 2023. More than 50+ participants attended and all found the sessions useful in understanding of Rotary. Afterwards we integrated Rotary School into 5 New Members Orientations in this Rotary Year.
The First Rotary School – June to prep for RY 2023-24!
Rotary School – 23 Aug 2023 in RIC
1.2 District Membership Seminar
District Membership Seminar was organized in August. There were 70 participants with keynote speaker- Zone 10 B & C Rotary Coordinator, PDG Jason Lim
1.3 New Member Orientation & Rotary School – 2 Chinese Session and 2 English sessions in HK and 1 Session in Macau
1st Session: New Member Orientation (Chinese) Oct 7, 2023
2nd Session: New Member Orientation (English) Oct 21, 2023
3rd Session: New Member Orientation & Rotary School (Chinese), 23 March, 2024
4th Session: New Member Orientation & Rotary School – Macau (Chinese), 13 Apr, 2024
4th Session: New Member Orientation & Rotary School – Macau (Chinese), 13 Apr, 2024
5th Session: New Member Orientation & Rotary School (English), 30 April 2024
1.4 CP Academy Train-the Learning Facilitator Seminar Mongolia by Zoom (19 & 22 Sept 2024) & CP Academy Mongolia 1 (23 & 30 Sept 2024) & CP Academy Mongolia 2 (8 Mar 2024)
CP Academy gained much grounds both in Hong Kong and Mongolia. After Train-The Learning Facilitators Sessions with the Mongolia Facilitator Team: PAG Migaa, PAG Enhktuya and PAG Bertsegseg; they conducted two sessions of CP Academy whereby the first session in September, trained 16 members and the 2nd Session in March 2024 trained another 8 Rotarians and Rotaractors. These two Sessions produced 3 CPs chartering 3 Clubs with a total of 70 new members!
Train-The Learning Facilitator Seminar (Zoom) 19, 22 Sept 2023
CP Academy Mongolia Opening 23 Sept 2023
CP Academy Class in progress 23, 30 Sept 2023
CP Academy Mongolia – Graduates 30 Sept 2023
CP Academy Hong Kong (17, 20 Oct & 1 , 8 Nov 2023)
CP Academy in Hong Kong gained momentum with 5 participants who completed the training last November resulting 2 CPs chartering two Clubs with another 40+ new members!
2. Expand Our Reach
2.1 Membership Committee X Rotary Alumni X RC Central
Speaker: Song Hoi-See – Flying through Turbulence 20 Sept 2023
Speaker: Tam Yiu Chung, GBM, GBS, JP 5 Oct 2023
Speaker: Raymond Tam Chi Yuen GBS, JP 2 Nov 2023
2.2 Happy Hour Networking
There were 4 Happy Hour Sessions organized, partnering with different organizations, and crossover introduction amongst members of these organizations. This opens us the opportunities to get to know each other and fundamental details of each organization.
Malaysian Chamber of Commerce X Rotary D3450 – Durian Feast 13 Dec 2023
HK General Chamber of Commerce X Rotary D3450 Happy Hour 19 Apr 2024
Toastmaster D89 X Rotary D3450 Happy Hour 26 Apr 2024
Scout X Rotary D3450 Tea Reception 2 May 2024
3 New Club Chartered in Year 23-24
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4. New Clubs Charter Night Support
5. Membership Talk in Rotary Club
6. RI Virtual Award – Membership Society
7. Membership Lead 1 July 2023 to 14 May 2024
In summary, the following data of Impact contributed in Rotary Year 23-24 is as follows:
Last but not the least, on behalf of the District Membership Committee, I would like to express my sincere appreciation to our Governor Andy Li who gave trust us with such a big free hand. My heartfelt gratitude is extended to our team members who have been working relentlessly with me to make these achievements and contributions all happened. I Salute you all !
PDG CP Eric Chin District Membership Committee Chair 2023-24 Rotary Club of Hong Kong North Point 14th May 2024