DISTRICT VIII District Convention Nelson, BC: June 7 10, 2018 Club Report

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1 Club Name: Calgary Gyro Club Frequency and Format of Club Meetings: Lunch meetings on Wednesdays 1 or 2 a month. See our club Calendar for the schedule. Other Key Club Activities: Installation dinner, past president s dinner, Christmas brunch, Christmas Presidents lunch, Summer BBQ, summer mixed golf, Crib night, Bingo night, Cob and Dog lunch, Fun night (night at the races horse race board game), mixed golf tournament, weekly golf, Gyrettes dominos, canasta, gin rummy. Strengths and Weaknesses of the Club: Strength - Long term membership, financially sound, Weakness aging members, shrinking club, struggle to get new (younger members) Membership Recruitment (Methods used; Successes; Future Strategies): Friend get a friend, advertised with Calgary Newcomers Club Methods of Communication with Club Members: Web site, Evite, newsletter, Member Awards and Milestone Celebrations (with dates), if any: Date of Next Installation of Club Officers: TBD, booked but not confirmed Date of Founders Night event: Planning a founders lunch, as we had this year

2 Club Name: Castlegar Gyro Club Frequency and Format of Club Meetings: Usually 3 or 4 times a year in members homes or at a restaurant Other Key Club Activities: Curl a rama, Nelson installation and various dinner parties at Nelson Strengths and Weaknesses of the Club: Strengths of our club: we have 3 life members that are very dedicated. Two have served on the District Executive, one as District Governor & one as District Secretary/Treasurer Weaknesses: Only 3 members Membership Recruitment (Methods used; Successes; Future Strategies): Have been inviting non - members and friends to Curl - a rama Have always traveled to conventions and Interim when we had it to keep our interest in gyro going. Try to attend as many Nelson events as possible. Methods of Communication with Club Members: Phone, verbal, Member Awards and Milestone Celebrations (with dates), if any: Two members have received the Merit Award Three members have their 25year pin Two members have 34 years in gyro One member has 30 years

3 Date of Next Installation of Club Officers: N/A Date of Founders Night event: N/A Do we have a plan in place in the event no club steps forward to do a convention? Is Fairmont Hot Springs still a viable location?

5 Club Name: Edmonton Gyro Club Frequency and Format of Club Meetings: First and Third Tuesday of each month. Noon meetings. Lunch, business items, and guest speaker Other Key Club Activities: Corn roast (mixed), Interclub Bocce Tournament, Founders Night (interclub), Christmas Party (mixed), Valentine s Night (mixed), Installation (mixed) Strengths and Weaknesses of the Club: Strengths: Consistent membership levels and regular add-ons, diversity of member backgrounds, longevity in marriages, connection between Gyros and Gyrettes, Interesting and diverse speakers, Diversity of events. Good fellowship in group. Weaknesses: High average age of members due to Noon Hour format (younger business people would not be able to attend due to work commitments). Many of the same people have been doing the heavy lifting on events and functions for years and are growing weary. Some of these events will likely be suspended. Membership Recruitment (Methods used; Successes; Future Strategies): Existing members bring prospective members to meetings to hear speakers and experience fellowship. First meeting expenses for prospective members are covered by the club. Sometimes members will bring prospective members to a second meeting, however club does not cover these. Methods of Communication with Club Members: Primarily through . One or two members not on are contacted by phone. For attendance to meetings, follow up phone calls are used. Member Awards and Milestone Celebrations (with dates), if any: Unsure Date of Next Installation of Club Officers: Saturday, April 27, 2019 Date of Founders Night event: October 16, 2018

6 Club Name: EDMONTON CROSSROADS Frequency and Format of Club Meetings: Dinner meetings on the second and fourth Mondays of every month except July and August Other Key Club Activities: Strengths and Weaknesses of the Club: We have been reduced to a very small club, but the nine members we do have are very dedicated to the club. Membership Recruitment (Methods used; Successes; Future Strategies): Methods of Communication with Club Members: twice monthly s Member Awards and Milestone Celebrations (with dates), if any: Date of Next Installation of Club Officers: June 24, 2018 Date of Founders Night event:

7 The Gyro Club of Lethbridge Report to District Convention 2018 Nelson, B.C. The Lethbridge club was chartered in Our club membership is presently at 10 of which 7 are active. We are financially sound with a club dues set at $100 not including meals. We meet on the 3 rd Tuesday of the month our socials. Some of our main mixed socials are : Windup BBQ June President s Christmas Brunch December We also have bridge nights usually once a month. Our members attend Convention whenever possible. As like in some of the other clubs there are those that tend not to travel for their own reasons. Our meetings are attended by about 70% where as our socials are attended by usually over 90%. The club is aging so we need to bring in new members to carry on the Gyro traditions. Yours in Gyro Respectfully presented by Doug Aspeslet President Lethbridge Gyro Club

8 Club Name: NELSON GYRO CLUB Frequency and Format of Club Meetings: THE NELSON GYRO CLUB MEETS EVERY MONDAY AT THE HUME HOTEL EXCEPT FOR STATUTORY HOLIDAYS AND THE SUMMER MONTHS OF JULY AND AUGUST. THE FIRST MONDAY NIGHT OF EACH MONTH IS THE BUSINESS MEETING. THE OTHER MONDAY NIGHT MEETINGS WE EITHER HAVE A GUEST SPEAKER(S) WITH A PRESENTATION OR GAMES NIGHT. Other Key Club Activities: DURING THE PAST YEAR OUR FUNCTIONS AND ACTIVITIES HAVE INCLUDED: i) GYRO FALL IN; ii) CHRISTMAS PARTY; iii) VALENTINE S PARTY; iv) GUESS WHO S COMING TO DINNER; v) GOLF NIGHT AND vi) GYRO WIND UP. SEVERAL OF OUR MEMBERS MADE THE TREK TO BANFF FOR CURLARAMA. THE LAST MONDAY OF MAY EACH YEAR IS GYRO PARK CLEAN UP. Strengths and Weaknesses of the Club: THE STRENGHTS OF THE NELSON GYRO CLUB ARE OUR MEETINGS WHEN WE HAVE GUEST SPEAKERS WITH PRESENTATIONS. OUR WEAKNESS IS THAT OUR CLUB IS GETTING OLDER AND WE ARE HAVING DIFFICULTY ATTRACTING NEW AND YOUNGER MEMBERS. Membership Recruitment (Methods used; Successes; Future Strategies): THE ONLY SUCCESS IN GETTING NEW MEMBERS FOR THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS IS GYRO MEMBERS BRINGING THEIR FRIENDS INTO THE CLUB. ONE TACTIC DISCUSSED IS BRINGING IN OUR CHILDREN AND THEIR FRIENDS. Methods of Communication with Club Members: ALL COMMUINCATION IS DONE BY . Member Awards and Milestone Celebrations (with dates), if any: AT OUR INSTALLATION ON MAY 12 DAVE BROWN AND BOB STEED RECEIVED THEIR 40

9 YEAR MEMBERSHIP PINS. AT THE CONVENTION, JOHN RAYSON WILL RECEIVE HIS 50 YEAR MEMBERSHIP PIN. GEORGE TURNER, GEORGE COLETTI, GERRY TOWNSEND AND JIM TODD WILL RECEIVE THEIR 60 YEAR PINS AND COMMEMORATIVE PLAQUES AT THE CONVENTION. Date of Installation of Club Officers: OUR INSTALLATION OF NEW CLUB OFFICERS WAS THIS PAST MAY 12, 2018 Date of Founders Night event: WE ARE PLANNING ON HAVING A FOUNDERS NIGHT THIS COMING YEAR BUT A DATE HAS NOT BEEN SET.

10 Club Name: Regina Gyro Club Frequency and Format of Club Meetings: twice monthly, a lunch meeting for Gyros and a dinner meeting for Gyros and Gyrettes Other Key Club Activities: New Year s Levee on Jan 1 st ; bocce tournament in July; help with Salvation Army Christmas Kettle Appeal; provide music scholarships for Regina and area students 5 scholarships for performance, one of these is awarded through the Regina Music Festival; 2 scholarships for young composers; the winners attend June meetings to receive their awards Strengths and Weaknesses of the Club: friendly group of men and women; many members meet regularly for coffee at other times besides Club functions; aging demographic and loss of members leading to problems of filling positions, as well as challenge to financial viability in terms of meeting hotel minimum plate numbers etc; for the Club is moving from the Travelodge Hotel to a restaurant meeting room; we have had a good relationship with the Travelodge for many years, but the numbers are no longer viable for us or for them. Membership Recruitment (Methods used; Successes; Future Strategies): Typically word-of-mouth and bringing guests who then join, but these have been very few of late, and have not kept up with losses due to age and infirmity; tried advertising in local coffee-shop newsletter no response; Several years ago we agreed to be a case study for a group of three adult students in a course in public relations and communications. This produced a number of recommendations for recruitment. One problem is the traditional boot-straps issue in order to implement something like a recruitment drive with special events etc, a contingent of members able and willing to take this on is necessary. These students attended a Gyro meeting as part of their case study. One of them, a young woman in her thirties, said she would be interested to join the Club because of the excellent speakers and the musical entertainment provided by young musicians. Of course, this is not possible because Gyro membership is limited to men only. We compromise now in terms of meetings, since the lunches are men only and the dinners are mixed. But women have no voting rights in the Club. In my view, this structural issue should be addressed; what may have been appropriate in 1912, before women had voting rights in most of our jurisdictions, is arguably not appropriate in the 21 st century. At the same time, I am aware that some of our members have stated that they would prefer to keep the gender rules the way they are. Methods of Communication with Club Members: our Secretary, Terry Field (Bonnie), runs a very efficient phoning committee, which calls members before each meeting or other event; but these duties are falling more heavily on fewer and fewer members, for the same demographic reasons as noted above; Terry also informs Gyro International regarding changes to our membership list; Ken Rockel (Isabel) sends newsletters to our membership list from some other clubs, although all of our members are not on ; s from the President are sent to members regarding up-coming functions

11 Member Awards and Milestone Celebrations (with dates), if any: our Health and Welfare officer is Keith Picketts (Jean); Keith reports at every meeting about birthdays, anniversaries, and the status of members who may be in hospital or care situations; our recent (May 24 th ) special event, La Soirée, included mention that five Regina public schools have been named after members of the Gyro Club two of these gentlemen, Henry Braun (Helen) and Bill Ready (Fran), were both at the event; the website includes photos of Gyrette lifetime pins awarded this year to Marjorie Hart (Ken) and Eleanor McNeil (Jack); member Bob Kelly (Marion) was nominated for Volunteer of the Year for his work with Meals on Wheels; Date of Next Installation of Club Officers: 21 June 2018 (as of June 4, there are no nominations received for President and Vice-President; we have been without a Vice-President for the past year) Date of Founders Night event: this is not part of our calendar of meetings and has not been during the time I have been involved (20 years); some of our meetings have themes, such as the Remembrance Day meeting and the Christmas meeting. I hear comments from time to time about the Gyro dues structure. When our numbers began to drop we tried lowering the annual fee. The result was that, after we paid District and International, there was zero left for the local club. The fee has been raised again to remedy this, but there are limits when a number of members are on retirement fixed incomes. The question I hear is this what value is our club receiving for the existing fee structure, in which two thirds of our annual fee goes elsewhere? Respectfully submitted, Alex MacDonald Regina Gyro Club President for

12 Club Name: Gyro club of Sherwood park Frequency and Format of Club Meetings: Every 2 weeks on average (25 activities in Supper and planned activities (horse racing, horse shoes, bocci, founders nite, speakers, bowling, poker, billards, Christmas party, Darts, Valentines dance, tour, cribbage, car rally, Auction, trap shooting, election nite, golf, windup, pot luck, etc. Other Key Club Activities: Strengths and Weaknesses of the Club: Good membership, active Gyrette club, mixed meetings. Membership Recruitment (Methods used; Successes; Future Strategies): Recruitment total based on membership recommendations. Methods of Communication with Club Members: e- mail and at meetings and district bulletin. Member Awards and Milestone Celebrations (with dates), if any: Date of Next Installation of Club Officers: June Date of Founders Night event: was Oct

13 Club Name: Stampede City Frequency and Format of Club Meetings: 1 st & 3 rd Mondays of each Month as a rule, occasionally a Tuesday. Meeting/Meals followed by variety of activities. Other Key Club Activities: Guess who s coming to Dinner; - Bits & Bites Mixed Parties Ladies Night - Christmas Party - Auction Night Grey Cup Party - Curlarama (Men Only w/calgary Club - Wings & Darts Strengths and Weaknesses of the Club: Nucleus of members, consistently, attend; Average age of Club rising. Need for younger members. Membership Recruitment (Methods used; Successes; Future Strategies): Word of mouth invitations to various Mixed Function; Invites to Special Activities: Christmas; Auction; Horse Races; Founders Night; Speakers Night; Pool Tournament Methods of Communication with Club Members: Club Bulletins (Semi-Monthly); Executive Meetings: 5; Monthly s Meeting Reminders from President. Member Awards and Milestone Celebrations (with dates), if any: 50 Year Anniversary: Ian Greig (1967) presented March 17/18; 25 Year Anniversary: Garry Pattison (1992) Presented March 19/16 Date of Next Installation of Club Officers: Combined event with Founders Night: Early September Date of Founders Night event: Combined event with Installation Night: Early September

Membership Newsletter # 4 February 25, 2008

Membership Newsletter # 4 February 25, 2008 Hello Gyro: The purpose of this Newsletter is to establish a regular correspondence network with and between all individuals who are responsible for membership