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ROTARY
MEMBERSHIP
What is Rotary?
Rotary is the world’s oldest service club organization. It’s made up
of more than 32,000 Rotary clubs in nearly 170 countries. The members of these
autonomous clubs are called Rotarians, and they form a global network of
1.2 million business and professional leaders, all volunteering their
time and talents to serve their communities and the world. Individual
Rotary clubs, in turn, belong to the global association Rotary
International.
Why Join?
Rotarians are business and professional leaders who take an active
role in their communities while greatly enriching their personal and
professional lives. A Rotary club contains a diverse group of professional
leaders from the community that the club serves.
Rotary membership provides the opportunity to:
- Become connected to your
community.
- Work with others in addressing
community needs.
- Interact with other professionals
in your community;
assist with RI's international humanitarian service efforts.
- Establish contacts with an
international network of professionals.
- Develop leadership skills.
- Involve family in promoting
service efforts.
Responsibilities?
- Members are expected to attend weekly
programs of the club. Opportunities to make up attendance include
attending the regular meeting of another Rotary club, attending
various other Rotary meetings, or attending a club service project
authorized by the club board of directors.
- Members are required to pay annual
dues to their clubs, their districts, and to Rotary International.
- Members are expected to
participate in local or international activities or projects of the
Rotary club.
- Clubs encourage members to aspire
to leadership or committee roles within their clubs.
How Do I Join?
An important distinction between Rotary and other organizations is
that membership in Rotary is by invitation. Rotary clubs invite
individuals to join and become members.
Membership is vital to a Rotary club's operations and community
service activities. A primary goal of the club is to continually expand
the club with committed members who have the interest and ability to get
involved in service and humanitarian projects. Prospective members must:
- Hold — or be retired from — a
professional, proprietary, executive, or managerial position;
- Have the capacity to meet the
club's weekly attendance or community project participation
requirements;
- Live or work within the locality
of the club or the surrounding area.
The
membership process
Often a person being considered for membership is invited by a
member/sponsor to attend one or more club meetings to learn more about
Rotary. The sponsor may then submit the name of the candidate to the
club's membership committee.
Classifications:
professional representation
Rotary uses a classification system to establish and maintain a
vibrant cross-section or representation of the community's business,
vocational, and professional interests among members and to develop a
pool of resources and expertise to successfully implement service
projects. This system is based on the founders' paradigm of choosing
cross-representation of each business, profession, and institution within
a community.
A classification describes either the principal business or the
professional service of the organization that the Rotarian works for or
the Rotarian's own activity within the organization. Some examples of
classifications include: high schools, universities, eye surgery,
banking, pharmaceutical retailing, petroleum-distribution, and insurance
agency.
If you are interested in membership
or attending one of our meetings:
Please contact one of our
membership directors.
E-Mail:
Theresa Graham Dee Scott
Additional
Information about membership can be found at http://www.rotary.org/
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