The PNW Presidents-elect Training Seminar is the largest and
one of the oldest multi-district PETS training sessions. PNW PETS is a joint
effort of the nine Rotary districts in the Northwest area of North America (and
eastern Russia). This large area includes the states of Alaska, Oregon,
Washington, parts of Idaho and California, the Canadian province of British
Columbia and the Yukon Territory and Russia east of the Ural Mountains. PNW
PETS is managed, prepared and conducted by a PETS Operating Committee composed
of the District Governor-elect and a Past District Governor representative from
each participating District. Consisting of well known exceptional speakers,
informative workshops, detailed district training sessions, fellowship and networking,
the basic purpose of our PETS is to have the best prepared, most enthusiastic
club presidents in the Rotary world. Annually, the almost 600 Presidents-elect
attending leave well prepared to carry out their Rotary duties.
There is a lot of information throughout the web page that will answer your questions about PETS and the training weekend. Please spend a few minutes to visit the various pages. As new information is developed it will be added to the page. A detailed program of the events occurring during PETS will be provided on the
program page when it is approved by the committee. As you complete your on line registration on the
registration page
please read the notes and directions provided and you should be able to avoid mistakes that people have made in the past.
DEFINITION presidents-elect training seminar (PETS). A training meeting conducted annually, preferably in March, for club presidents-elect. Its purpose is to prepare incoming club presidents for their year as president and give district governors-elect and incoming assistant governors the opportunity to motivate incoming presidents and build their working relationship. Manual of Procedure 2007
REQUIRED ATTENDANCE
Each officer and director shall be a member in good standing of this club. The president-elect shall attend the district presidents-elect training seminar and the district assembly unless excused by the governor-elect. If so excused, the president-elect shall send a designated club representative who shall report back to the president-elect. If the president-elect does not attend the presidents-elect training seminar and the district assembly and has not been excused by the governor-elect or, if so excused, does not send a designated club representative to such meetings, the president-elect shall not be able to serve as club president. In such event, the current president shall continue to serve until a successor who has attended a presidents-elect training seminar and district assembly or training deemed sufficient by the governor-elect has been duly elected. Standard Rotary Club Constitution – Article 9 Section 5(c) - 2007
PURPOSE Presidents-elect Training Seminar (PETS).
A PETS, which may be a multidistrict PETS, shall take place for the purpose of orientation and training of club presidents-elect in the district as determined by the board. The PETS shall be held annually, preferably in March. The governor-elect shall be responsible for the PETS. The PETS shall be planned and conducted under the direction and supervision of the governors-elect. The purpose of this one-and-a-half-day seminar, held in March, is to prepare incoming club presidents for their role. Rotary International Bylaws - 2007
The purpose of the presidents-elect training seminar (PETS) is
• To prepare incoming club presidents for their year as president
• To give district governors-elect and incoming assistant governors the opportunity to motivate incoming presidents
and build their working relationship PETS Leaders Guide 2006 TOPICS TOPICS
The following components and learning objectives are included in PETS
• RI theme
• Role and responsibilities
• Goal setting
• Selecting and preparing club leaders
• Club administration
• Membership
• Service projects
• The Rotary Foundation
• Public relations
• Resources
• Annual and long-range planning (RCP 23.020.3.) Manual of Procedure 2007
PARTICIPANTS
PETS participants should include the governor-elect, assistant governors, the district trainer, and all incoming club presidents in the district. It is recommended that the expenses of the incoming club presidents be paid by the clubs or the district. (RCP 23.020.4.) Assistant governors promote attendance among the presidents-elect to whose clubs they are assigned and team building among the presidents-elect, governors-elect, and themselves. (RCP 23.020.4.) Manual of Procedure – 2007 and Rotary Code of Policies
Future President Elect Training Seminars are scheduled for:
2009 - PETS Friday 6 March thru Sunday 8 March
------- PrePETS Thursday 5 March for Districts 5010, 5040 and 5080
2010 - PETS Friday 5 March thru Sunday 7 March
2011 - PETS Friday 4 March thru Sunday 6 March
Events will begin one day earlier, on Thursday, for District Governor Groups,
Assistant Governors, Workshop Leaders, and Districts with PrePETS.
