Rotary Minutes, from Rotary International www.rotary.org/rotaryminute



Access to District and Club Data Bases

Members can use www.dacdb.com to gain an in-depth view of their own membership records and other records of New Jersey Rotarians and their clubs via the District and Club Data Base site (DaCdb, pronounced, DAK-dee-bee). It is a database of member-, club-, committee-, and district information serving a master database for District 7510 information, and it can be updated by individual members, district chairs, club officers (e.g. club presidents & secretaries), and district administrators as each obtains his or her proper security level). The guiding philosophy is to enable a single database at the district level to replace individual clubs’ recordkeeping systems. (To cut to the chase, see How to use DaCdb.)

Many structured reports are available to the clubs as a by-product of this database (such as a current member roster and club directory with member photos, an itemized transmittal for making contributions to The Rotary Foundation for your club members Sustaining Member contributions, name badges for events (including spouse badges), and mailing labels. In addition, there are weekly attendance functions to check-in live with a bar code scanner (or a mouse click), along with all the necessary reports at the member and club level, with automatic calculation of the monthly attendance values. Also, Weekly Attendance interfaces directly into the DUES/invoicing module to generate "meal credits", when reporting make-ups that qualify.

How to use DaCdb: You login with your email address (which you specify on arrival at the page) and a password of your choice. You can add your club number, which is 5628, for an additional level of utility at the site.

Use DaCdb to pay club dues. You can even use the DaCdb page as a way to pay RI dues online at http://twitter.com/DaCdb/statuses/4522873274. You will be prompted to enroll on Twitter before you can use this feature.

Upcoming FSP Rotary board meetings

Scheduled board meeting dates:



As rule, board meetings take place on the 2nd Tuesday of each month. This timing enables post-meeting preparation for Club Assembly luncheons (internal discussion and business), which routinely take place on the third Wednesday of each month.

Board meetings take place at Two River Community Bank, 328 South Avenue, Fanwood, NJ 07023.

Calendar of Upcoming Club Events and Opportunities for Service

Expense Reimbursement -- Check Requisition Form.

If a member wishes to spend money on behalf of the Club, the first requirement is to discuss the planned expenditure with members of the club or the board.

Then for reimbursement, print the pdf form and use it to document the expenditure, its purpose, and the required reimbursement date and person to be reimbursed. Also on the form, indicate two board members who are aware of and able to sign to approve the expense. Obtain signatures and submit the form to the club treasurer, Darren Mills (908-322-3600). Darren's address is The Mills Group LLC, 1765 East Second St., Scotch Plains 07076