DGN Brenda Tipton pictured with Rotarian John Schinkel, woke up at 3am on Tuesday morning to make the long journey to our Sunrise meeting.
Brenda is the current Membership Chair for the 2019-2020 Rotary year. She is famous for bringing in 22 new members as president as Livingston Sunrise. She shared a happy dollar with President Kate DoForno who was also sporting animal print.
Brenda spent the last 22 years working at AT&T Corporate, before her job in IT was outsourced to IBM, where she now works.
She joined Rotary in 2012, where before long (two weeks), she was named a club chair. During her time as President, she grew Livingston Sunrise to 60 members, with 12-13 different people providing sponsorship for new members.
There is a goal within our district to grow our membership from 1600 to 2020. Since the turn of the new Rotary year, July 1st, we have gained 30 new Rotarians.
At PETS (President Elect Training Symposium), Kate declared our Sunrise membership goal to be 5 members. Some of the tools that can be utilized include RI leads, youth exchange outbound parents and host families.
Our district has grown by three new groups since July 1st, including three satellite clubs in Michigan: Ann Arbor, Livingston Twilight (in Brighton), and M-36 (Livingston Sunset).
Brenda invites everyone to attend the joint District 6400 & 6380 Membership and Foundation Gala taking place in Plymouth, Michigan. New Rotary members attending can be inducted by RI trustee, Jennifer Jones. DG Sparky Leonard has arranged for a Canadian bus to travel to Plymouth!
