Dine Around is an on-going monthly gathering of club Rotarians, their spouses, friends and prospects that started in 2012. We meet for dinner at a different restaurant in the area once a month. Attendance is generally between 30 and 50. The purpose is to build deeper and lasting friendships among club members in an informal setting. It provides good will toward the community restaurants and allows for spouses and prospective Rotarians to meet in an informal way. Additionally, we always attend restaurants which pay for advertisements in our Rotary Smart Directory, which is the club's principal money making project. These informal gatherings help to enrich the lives of club members.
This year we continued quarterly lunch meetings for networking called "Rotary Means Business". We have all attendees give a short classification type talk focused on their business as well as pass out business cards and other material. This allows those Rotarians that want to do more business networking within the club a venue. It also gives members (especially newer members) an opportunity to get to know each other.