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Improve relationship on all
levels of 41/OT national
associations and national
Round Table associations
Initial Workshop 41 International HYM 2012
Tampere Finland
Engelbert Friedsam – IRO Old Tablers Germany
Why this workshop (1)?
We all know:
A solid continuous working relationship between
41/OT national associations and national RT
associations ensures and drives close cooperation
and understanding of each other on all
organisational levels
41 International, national 41/OT, districts, Tables
A healthy Round Table national organisation and
clubs is the basis for a great 41/OT national and
international future. A constant flow of RTmembers leaving RT and joining 41/OT ensures
future growth of the 41/OT national associations
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Why this workshop (2)?
But… what we hear from discussions between us
and what seems to be current reality:
“We have not much contact with our national Round Table
organisation … but some tables have good contact …“
„Only a small %age of leaving Round Tablers are joining our
41/OT organisation … many join Lions and Rotary, no interest
in 41/OT because of lack of activity…“
„Round Table is not well in our country, so we cannot get
enough 41/OT members … we cannot grow if we do not
accept Non-Ex-Tablers …“
„Times have changed, people are to busy to join 41/OT…“
Looks like this or similar discussions are going on
for years now in most
associations …
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Sharing current situation –
Association by Association (1)
What is the target outcome of this workshop?
Start sharing the issues we have in the different
associations… next HYM follow-up workshop?
Identify common issues and pick ideas for yourself how
to potentially approach them when you go home…
Learn from each other to improve… what has worked,
what did not…
Gives the opportunity to share issues / findings and
ideas in your home organisations and work on plans for
improvement
Let’s start to focus on this key actions to improve our
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Sharing current situation –
Association by Association (2)
Some rules for the discussion in this workshop:
Please put your view about the situation in your
association forward in an open/honest way… there is
no reason to hide, as we all are facing similar
problems…
The situation is different in each association. Some of
you have done already something, others maybe not.
Explain steps you plan to take / already have taken up
to now… what has worked… what did not work to
improve… Why did it work why did it not work?
Limited reporting time per association: 8-10min max.
please!
Nobody is wrong! There is no “one right answer”! We
need to talk / listen to
each other and share!
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Your situation…
Please speak at least about these topics:
1. What is your relationship with Round Table in your
association? – Short statement on your bonding and what
onboarding percentage of leaving Round Tablers do you have??
2. When have you met Round Table last time? How
many times do you meet per year on national level,
district / area level, with what results?
Do you visit RT business meetings at Table level? Does RT visit
your 41/OT business meetings at table level?
3. Do you know what your RT organisation thinks of
your 41/OT organisation? If yes, what do they say?
4. How can you improve “attractiveness” of your 41/OT
association, so that there is motivation to join 41/OT
locally and on national level?
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Sharing current situation
– Old Tablers Germany (1)
Situation 2007:
• About 3000 members… About 20% leaving Round
Tablers joining OT… so growing…
• Joint RTD / OTD board meeting, challenged by RTD
with comments like:
„Why should leaving Round Tablers join you…? you are
not attractive to leaving Round Tablers…“
„You are not active enough, just wining and dining…“
„You are not actively supporting service projects…”
“You do not know your Round Tablers… you are not
working side-by-side with us…”
“You are not “sexy” enough!!”
This has been a “wake-up“ session for OTD!
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Sharing current situation
– Old Tablers Germany (2)
Situation after 2007 Meeting / 2008:
RTD board and OTD board including the district / area
chairmen started to meet twice a year to build relationship
and identify actions to improve the situation
At the 2008 OTD AGM:
Several Old Tables were seeking to introduce service
activities into the Old Tablers community, introducing the
idea to support the former national RT Service Project
“School of Hope” in Kenya, as it still needed funds to finish
the project…
Let’s do service projects on local joint table basis!!
This would drive activity and joint work with RT on all levels
in the organisation… would make us more attractive for
Round Tablers to join Old Tablers…
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Sharing current situation
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Situation 2008 at the OTD AGM:
Result:
Big concerns / resistance against service from many
Old Tablers on one side…
“we are a club of friends, not a service club… we have
not done service for 30 years, we do not want to
change…
But also: big support from many Old Tablers to get
more active and carry on similar how they did at Round
Table days…
Fundamental discussions went on for 18 months…
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Sharing current situation
– Old Tablers Germany (4)
Situation 2008 / 2009 / 2010:
The Old Tables promoting the School of Hope Project carried
on motivating the German Old Tables to raise funds… and
many did: 145 Old Tables out of 220 raised funds for the
project!
OTD was providing the communication platform to promote
the service project, but did not own the project! It was
owned by the Old Table Club 74 Hanau.
The Outcome: Great success, many clubs started to work
together between RT and OT and had a great positive
experience. Doing service is not an issue anymore for many
clubs!
Compromise achieved: Everybody CAN do, but there is
no MUST! No discussions anymore if we do service or
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Sharing current situation
– Old Tablers Germany (5)
Situation 2012: Nothing is perfect. Still a long way
to go to line-up the majority of the Table clubs…
but improvement is on the way:
Joint RTD / OTD Board-Meetings including the district / area
Chairmen are continuously held also joint district / area
Meetings are in place.
• We know and understand each other much better… we both know
the directions we are going and try to align on the way…
• Round Tables and Old Tables are pushed through their
organisations to work together, visit each others business
meetings…
with great results… ie. Round Tablers and Oldies know each other
personally on table club level, district level,… and support each
other on service project activities.
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Sharing current situation
– Old Tablers Germany (6)
Situation 2012: Nothing is perfect, but:
• We introduced the joint logo to show that we are together.
• 83% of leaving Round Tablers are joining Old Tablers
Germany. Latest common activity: Old Tablers are taking
the responsibility to actively identify new members for
Round Table.
“You get every year 300 new members into Old Table, what
can you do for us to find young candidates for RT??”
This is introduced as core activity at local Tables…
•
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Sharing current situation
– Old Tablers Germany (7)
Situation 2012: Nothing is perfect, but:
German OT Clubs are now supporting former RTNational Service Projects jointly with RT Clubs (Lead is
as much as possible with RT):
• Christmas convoy to Romania & Ukraine, carried 68000
packages last year
Established great bonding between RT and OT – more than 120
people physically went on the trip to Romania and Ukraine.
Numurous tablers locally supported to organise 68000 presents…
• School of Hope in Kenya, providing 1200 children education
every year
Every year about 15–20 Tablers visit the project in Kisumu, Kenya
• 1000 Children hear and see project
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What next: Not sure as this is a journey, but we
have learned:
• the reason not to join OT is not the changed
times – it is a question of personal priority!
•becoming “attractive” requires being “active”
• becoming „attractive“ means knowing each other
and working with each other
• joining forces RT and OT can foster unbelievable
achievements
… and overall it is great fun together  !!!
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