President’s Message

2004-2005
International President
Nicôl Lea

March 7, 2005

Dear Fellow Quotarians,

March is Quota Cares Month, the We Share Foundation's annual international public awareness initiative—a great opportunity for your club to polish and shine its community public relations efforts. The goal is simple: every club is invited to conduct one special, newsworthy service project in March. This is an opportunity for your club to spread the word about Quota, connecting new members from the community, raising additional funds for the club, and strengthening your own club membership. For more ideas and information please click here.

Tsunami Relief Effort
Quota clubs worldwide have continued their work in raising funds to assist the Tsunami relief effort. To read all of the moving stories we have received thus far—including a story from Executive Director Kathleen Treiber on her volunteer efforts in Singapore—click here.

Executive Director Kathleen Treiber and her husband, Randy, in Singapore where they volunteered for Project Hope tsunami relief efforts.

We are continuing to collect these stories and would like to include yours. Please share your special story by e-mailing it to Deputy Executive Director Nancy Fitzpatrick at nancy@quota.org. Or, fax it to Nancy at 202.331.4395.

District Dynamo Award
Our 2004-2005 District Dynamo membership contest ends on March 31, so if you have new members to report, please do so immediately. This year's award is a gorgeous engraved silver-plated tray that will be awarded to the club that reports the highest net membership percentage gain in each district. To view the latest membership statistics for all of the clubs in your district as of February 28, please click here.

Club Awards Programs
Do you ever wonder where we find the stories that we publish on our Web site? Many stories come from our clubs all over the world through their submittals to our Excellence Awards and Quota Cares Month annual competitions. Deadlines for both programs are fast approaching: April 1, 2005 is this year's deadline for the Excellence Awards and April 15, 2005 is the deadline for Quota Cares Month Competition. I encourage your club to submit an entry this year. It is heartwarming to read about the service projects that Quotarians are providing throughout the world in their communities. We make a difference, and it truly shows in the faces and the hearts of those whom we help. For more information about Quota Cares Month, click here. For more information about the Excellence Awards, click here.

Travel Update
I look forward to attending the South Pacific Area Meeting in Rotorua, New Zealand, March 11-13. This will be a wonderful opportunity to meet with Quotarians from the South Pacific Area and to share our ideas and enjoy fellowship while celebrating our successes.

Quota Publications
The 2005 Quotarian magazine has been mailed, and you should be receiving your copy this month. It is a gorgeous issue, one filled with many stories, ideas, and photos capturing Quotarians doing their best. I want to express my thanks to those who submitted stories and to our staff who did an excellent job in putting it altogether! Be sure to read the story on Quota's first-ever stamp. I also want to alert you to the publication of a new issue of our award-winning We Share e-zine published on www.wesharefoundation.org. To view this new issue, click here.

Quota International 2005 Nominees
Your club will be receiving our 2005 governance mailing shortly, and I encourage you to review the information at your club meeting. This is an opportunity for club members to decide who should represent them on the International Board. Quota International is fortunate to have qualified and dedicated leaders who are willing to make the sacrifices to lead our organization. I thank them for making the effort to run and wish them well in their election. To view or print the 2005 nominee brochure, which will also be included in the governance mailing your club receives, click here*.

In closing, there is an old saying: "There are no accidents in life. You are where you are, doing what you do, meeting those whom you need to meet." We are together in Quota for a reason and it is a very good one. You are dear and special to me as well as to those whom you come into contact with through your Quota activities. Sometimes we need a little reminding about our true purpose and how to get the most out of life, and so I would like to share the following with you:

Dare To…
Written by Meiji Stewart

                                Ask for what you want.
                                Believe in yourself.
                                Change your mind.
                                Do what you love.
                                Enjoy each and every day.
                                Follow your heart's desire.
                                Give more than you receive.
                                Have a sense of humor.
                                Insist on being yourself.
                                Join in more.
                                Kiss and make up.
                                Love and be loved.
                                Make new friends.
                                Nurture your spirit.
                                Overcome adversity.
                                Play more.
                                Question conformity.
                                Reach for the stars.
                                Speak your truth.
                                Take personal responsibility.
                                Understand more, judge less.
                                Volunteer your time.
                                Walk through fear.
                                X-perience the moment.
                                Yearn for grace.
                                Be Zany.

With love,

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