2.
HOW WERE THE EVALUATIONS CONDUCTED?
District conferences matter for the
how many Rotarians from the district served
life of Rotary clubs and districts, and
on a committee or subcommittee, and which
substantial energy, time, and investments are
subcommittees were used to plan the district
made by individual Rotarians, clubs, and
conference, with a list of a dozen sub-
districts to organize the best conferences
committees proposed, ranging from Awards
they can. And yet, very little information
Program to Exhibits Transportation.
seems to be available as to whether district
Next, questions are asked about how
conferences are successful or not.
the district conference was promoted, both
The
district
conference
manual
in terms of lead time and means to contact
stipulates the following under the evaluation
Rotarians through mailings, newsletters,
section: “Be sure to have district conference
early registration discount, emails, websites,
committee
members
and
conference
and personal contacts with clubs by
attendees complete evaluations at the end of
Assistant Governors.
the event. Share the results with the
The last section of the form deals
governor-elect,
governor-nominee,
and
with the district leadership seminar –
future
district
conference
committee
whether such a seminar was held and when,
members so that they can use the feedback
how many participants it had, and how many
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to improve the meeting in the future”
, but it
clubs were represented.
is unclear how seriously or in-depth this is
Another form is also available, and is
done.
to be filled by the representative of the
Administrative
instruments
for
President of Rotary International at the
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evaluating district conferences are useful to
conference
. It is slightly more detailed, but
assess participation, but they seem to have
limited as well. Clearly, the information in
limited additional value. A ‘Form G: District
these forms is useful to monitor attendance,
Conference Report’ is to be filled by District
but it has limited value for understanding
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Governors after each district conference
.
how to improve the conferences.
The form consists of a dozen
Given the above, this report has two
questions, including whether the conference
purposes. The first is to provide some
was held in conjunction with another
elements towards an evaluation of the last
district, the number of clubs represented, the
three district conferences organized by
number of Rotarians attending, and the
district 7620 in 2012, 2013, and 2014 (in
number
of
guests,
Rotaractors,
and
2012 with district 7610, and in 2013 with
Interactors. Questions are also asked about
districts 7610 and 7630)). This evaluation
how many subcommittees were appointed
was prepared at the request of the Governors
under the district conference committee,
of the districts that participated in the three
conferences.
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Rotary International, 2011, District Conference
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Manual, Document 800-(EN)-711, Evanston: Rotary
Rotary International,
2012,
Report
of
the
International.
President’s Representative to the President of Rotary
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Rotary International, 2008, Form G: District
International, Evanston.
Conference Report, Evanston: Rotary International.
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