What is Rotary?

• Have you ever been asked what Rotary is all about?

• What do you tell them?• What is the purpose of Rotary?

Mission of Rotary International

• To provide service to others• To promote high ethical standards• To advance world understanding, goodwill,

and peace• All through its fellowship of business,

professional, and community leaders

– Strategic plan, June 2007

Object of Rotary

• To encourage and foster the idea of service as a basis of worthy enterprise

• And, in particular, to encourage and foster– Service– Ethics– Fellowship– World Peace

Priorities of Strategic Plan• Eradicate Polio• Advance the internal and external recognition and public

image of Rotary• Increase Rotary’s capacity to provide service to others• Expand membership globally in both numbers and quality• Emphasize Rotary’s unique vocational service commitment• Optimize the use and development of leadership talents

within RI• Fully implement the strategic planning process to ensure

continuity and consistency throughout the organization

Rotary Motto

Our Complex Rotary Organization

• Rotary Club (Member of Rotary International)– District Governor, AG’s, District Committees, • Rotary Zone Director, Membership and Foundation

coordinators– Board of Directors of RI, President of RI, RI Secretary, RI Staff

– District Foundation Chair, Committees (GSE, Polio Plus, Scholarships, Youth Exchange, Grants), Area Foundation Reps• Regional Foundation Coordinators

– Trustees of the Rotary Foundation, RI Staff

The district exists to support the club

“The activities and organization of a Rotary district shall exist solely to help the individual Rotary club advance the Object of Rotary.”

Manual of Procedure

Your District Support Team

• District Governor• DGE• DGN• AG• Foundation Rep• Membership Chair

Four Elements of Effective Clubs

Club Leadership Plan

Club Administration

Club Public Relations

MembershipServiceProjects

The RotaryFoundation

Club Board

Club Leadership Plan

Club Administration

Club Public Relations

MembershipServiceProjects

The RotaryFoundation

Club Board

Four Avenues of ServiceClub, Vocational, Community, and International Service

Four Avenues of Service• Vocational• Club• Community • International Service

The Rotary Foundation

Every Rotarian, Every Year

Rotary Foundation Funding

Investment Earnings

Investment Earnings

District Designated Fund(DDF)

District Designated Fund(DDF)

TRF Program Funding

TRF Program Funding

SHARESHARE

World FundWorld Fund

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Humanitarian Grants Program

• Matching Grants-support international service projects involving clubs in two or more countries

• Volunteer Service Grants-subsidize travel for humanitarian service in Rotary countries

• District Simplified Grants-support short-term humanitarian projects that benefit the community

• Health, Hunger, and Humanity Grants (3-H)-fund long-term, self-help, and grassroots development projects

Educational Programs

• Group Study Exchange• Ambassadorial Scholarships• Rotary Centers for International Studies• Rotary Grants for University Teachers• Rotary Peace and Conflict Studies Program

Areas of Focus• Peace and conflict prevention/resolution• Disease prevention and treatment• Water and sanitation• Maternal and child health• Basic education and literacy• Economic and community development

Are These Service Projects?

• Sponsoring a youth exchange student (inbound or outbound)

• Planting flowers and picking up trash in the park

• Hosting a dinner program with a polio speaker• Giving money to the local scouting program• The annual pancake supper

District Foundation Projects

• GSE• Ambassadorial Scholars• Matching Grant Projects• District Simplified Grant projects• Polio Eradication Commitment

Achieving your Foundation Goal

• Club’s Foundation Committee• Club Contribution– Specific Fundraisers for TRF

• Individual Contributions– Paul Harris Fellow– Paul Harris Society– Major Donors– Benefactors

Membership Ideas

• Recruitment

• Retention

• Member Education

FIND THEM

Qualifications•Adult of good character•Proprietor, partner, officer, manager, or•Discretionary position in business/ profession, or•Retired from above (Article V, Section 2, Rotary Constitution)•Membership Profile

THE MEMBERSHIP PROCESS

BRING THEM IN

Initial Contact•Personal•Phone•Mail

Club Visit•Cost•Introduction•Follow-up•Record

Information•District Brochure•Club Brochure•This is Rotary•Potential Projects

Approvals•Submit Proposal Form (to Membership Chair)•Board Approval•Inform Club Members (10 days for comments)

Pre-Induction•Benefits•Responsibilities•Cost•Opportunities•Further Information•Prospect Information

Induction•Formal Ceremony•Invite Family•New Member Packet

KEEP THEM INTERESTED

Get Them Involved•Red Badge Program•Assign a Mentor•New Member Forums •Committee Assignment•New Project Participation•Act as Greeters•Attend Fireside Chats

Creating Awareness•Advertising•Public Relations•Brochures

REMEMBER: The key to retentionis an active club with: good meetings, great programs, and lots of activities,in which all members are involved!

In all of the above it is critical to get buy in from the club on goals and to identify who is responsible for each activity.

Address Resigning Members•Conduct Exit Interviews•Offer to forward contact information and dates of membership to another club

HMH Rev. 8/25/04

Where to Look•Classification Survey•Friends / Family Members•Business Contacts•New / Existing Businesses•Places of Worship•Former

RotaractorsGSE team membersRYLA awardeesYouth Exchange participantsAmbassadorial Scholars

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