Rotary Club of Frankfort, Kentucky
Club #3717, District #6710

Serving Kentucky's Capital and the World since 1922

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Avenue of Club Service
Joyce Honaker, Director

Attendance/
Attendance
Award

Ron Christopher, Chair
Members: Polly Green

Goal: To recognize club members. Present perfect attendance awards and encourage participation. The committee will work with individual members with attendance concerns through their original sponsor.

Programs

Jim Graves, Chair

Goals: To arrange timely, interesting programs, which balance the four avenues of service. Volunteers will serve as monthly program chairs by arranging all meeting programs presenters for their respective month. Monthly program chairs will make arrangements in accordance with the Club's internal procedures, "Things Rotary Program chairs Need to Do." Emergency programs will be available in case a scheduled speaker is unable to appear. At least four programs per year will focus on Rotary Services (including Club Assemblies). Brief presentations will be made throughout the year to promote various Rotary events and to keep members informed and involved.

The following Rotarians have volunteered to serve as monthly program chairs during 2009-2010
July 2009- John Norfleet
August 2009- Dora Hall
September 2009- Sellus Wilder
October 2009- RB Brown
November 2009- Dave Weller
December 2009 – John Avent
January 2010 – Brian Booth
February 2010- Bill Miller
March 2010 – Marcie Jeffreys
April 2010- Kyle Thompson
May 2010 – Christina Harrison
June 2010- Dick Watkins

VFW Make Up Meetings

Jim Wolcott, Chair
Members: Len Shirrell, Lee Troutwine and Jim Richardson

Goal: To arrange program speakers for the first Monday of each month at the Rotary make up meeting. Club members will share career stories, hobbies or other interests with the group in an informal setting.

Fireside Chats

Carol Palmore, Chair
Members: Nancy Edwards, Don Dykman

Goal: To promote the sharing of ideas, suggestions and comments by the membership regarding various club issues for the purpose of providing feedback to the Board of Directors and the entire club. Informal meetings will be conducted during the winter to elicit feedback from the members.

Family of Rotary

Joe Johnson, Chair
Members: Lee Troutwine, Sherrill Smith

Goal: To promote social interaction, acquaintance and fellowship among members and their families outside of the regular weekly meetings and to encourage participation in Rotary activities. To foster a feeling of warmth and family within the club by including families of Rotarians in fellowship and service events, including families of deceased Rotarians in Rotary sponsored events and other appropriate activities.

Summer Social

Lee Troutwine and Joyce Honaker, Co-Chairs

Goal: To provide a gathering of Rotarians and their families for the purpose of getting to know one another better while enjoying an old-fashioned picnic along the shores of Elkhorn Creek.

Cincinnati Reds Baseball Game

Joe Johnson, Chair

Goal: To promote this traditional event for Rotarians, their friends and families. To provide fun and fellowship through chartered bus outing to see the Reds and Legends play ball.

Keeneland Outing

Lee Troutwine, Ron Christopher, Co-Chairs Member: Len Shirrell

Goal: To offer a gathering of Rotarians and their friends the opportunity to fellowship at the beautiful surroundings of Keeneland Race Track in Lexington, during the Fall meet.

Special Projects

Barry K. Holder, Chair

Goal: To ensure that any special club project (not falling within the parameters of any other Club Service Committee) is effectively conducted.

Public Relations

Kit Walden, Chair

Goal: To coordinate club contacts with various media to effectively communicate with the community, club members, other Rotary clubs and Rotary District 6710 information about club functions, programs and contributions to the community.
The committee will:
- Prepare news releases for The State Journal and other media;
- E-mail news items, announcements and other information to club members, sister club members and the District Governor;
- Arrange for the videotaping and televising of weekly club meetings on Cable 10;
- Maintain the club web-site;
- Be represented at each Board of Directors meeting to stay abreast of club activities;
- Publish the club's weekly newsletter, "The Frankfortarian," and distribute it to all members ;
- E-mail communication to members in case of a change or cancellation of meetings.
Additional Responsibilities:
- Individually work with respective monthly program chairs as PR representatives - Jim Graves
- Write summaries of weekly programs - Joe Johnson and Joyce Honaker

Sergeant-At-Arms

Randy Roberts, Chair
Advisor: Jim Richardson

Goal: Ensure that the logistical requirements of weekly meetings are properly met. The committee will:
- See that the meeting room is properly set up;
- Greet, welcome and sign in members, guest and visitors;
- Provide make up cards to visiting Rotarians;
- Sell raffle tickets;
- Schedule members to contact opening exercises;
- Maintain members' name tags.Assistant Sergeant-At-Arms are as follows:
Door - Larry Arnett, Richard Boyer, R.B. Brown, Chuck Dickinson, Don Dykman, Polly Jo Green, Lee Troutwine, and Jim Wolcott.
Welcome/Greeters – Joyce Honaker, Bill Webb, Tom Braun, Duane Ellis, Charlie Hinds, Bryan Dill
Opening Exercises – Joyce Honaker, acting
Song Leader –
Telephone Tree - Ed Dance

Archives

Marcie Jeffreys, Chair
Members: Arthur Kelly, Joyce Honaker, Richard Taylor and Orman Wright.

Goal: Collect flags and other memorabilia from members to capture a history of the club and maintain a safe depository for club archives. Begin to record digital history of club materials.

Information Technology

Kit Walden, Chair
Members: Tyler West, Mark Hampton amd Bob Johnston

Goal: Update Rotary club software program for bookkeeping operations and membership database. Evaluate software and technology options. Work toward publishing database online allowing each member the opportunity to keep their personal information updated. Secure with password.

By-Laws

Tom Braun, Chair
Members: Don Dykeman

Goals: Oversee the club By-Laws and recommend changes to the Board of Directors that comply with the Rotary International standards and are consistent with club practices.

Directory

Dan Egbers and Ann Maenza, Co-Chairs
Members: Joe Johnson, Don Dykman and Sallie Lanham (Bob) - Club picturee

Goals: Annually publish and distribute to all members an updated Club Directory.