Special Message from Outgoing President Dorothy:
If you attended our Changeover Dinner, you are aware of President Ian’s clear message to Rotary Hawthorn, that we are expecting to lose members over the next few years due to many different personal reasons. This is happening in all Rotary Clubs.
This is a serious situation for any Club to find itself included in loss of members. So what are we going to do here at Hawthorn!
Are we going to accept that our membership may be halved over the next few years? Are we going to wake ourselves from our lethargy of taking our membership for granted?
We all have interactions with people in our daily lives. From medicos to our favourite greengrocer. People you meet are all potential Rotarians. I have brought 4 members into our Club and have been a member for just 3 years.
I am very aware of reduction of membership and the dangers of this. Toorak, Prahran were vibrant clubs and now are struggling to retain their Rotary status.
It is a creeping danger. I ask each and every one of you, please think outside of your Rotary meetings and consider your friends, acquaintances, family members as potential Rotarians. 
Be on the Lookout for Potential Members (LPM!)
You can be an LPM!
