Welcome to the Committee Page. Appearing below are the Rotary Club of Windsor (1918) committees listed under their service categories and functional
groupings. Committee Plan for a Rotary Club
The main objective of a Rotary Club is service. These committees are the
service vehicles
(Programs) which assist us in carrying out our mission. It is important that each committee serves a recognized need, is properly staffed, has a dedicated advisor, has a firm mandate, meets regularly and is active and productive.
Over time, committees will change their mandates, be eliminated or joined with other committees. Generally, there is a restructuring of committees with the changing of presidents reflecting the thrust of the new board executive.
Extensive club management information is available on the Rotary International's center for online learning the E- learning Center.
Avenues of Service
The term "
Four Avenues of Service" is frequently used in Rotary. The "Avenues" refer to the
opportunities for service that Rotary presents:
club service
vocational service
community service
international service
Four Avenues of Service as used in a typical Rotary Club
Two British Rotarians, Sydney Pascall and Vivian Carter, developed what was called the Aims and Objects Plan, which included four "channels" for directing Rotary service: club service, vocational service, community service, and international service. The plan was accepted by the 1927 RI Convention in Ostend, Belgium.
The channels were later renamed avenues, and the four Avenues of Service became the roadmap for all clubs to follow in planning their service agendas. They also form the basis of the Object of Rotary. Sydney Pascall went on to become president of Rotary International in 1931-32.
Club service involves all of the activities necessary for Rotarians to make their club
function successfully. Often called the building block of Rotary, Club Service addresses
those responsibilities that each member undertakes for the well-being of the club. These
include satisfying attendance requirements, serving on club committees, promoting fellowship
and seeking out new candidates to propose for membership. The strength of a Rotary club
depends upon its members' commitment to this first "Avenue of Service."
Vocational Service is a description of the opportunity each Rotarian
has to represent the dignity and utility of one's own vocation to other members of the club.
Club Operations are those activities which assure the building and renewal of membership,
financial development and control and the maintenance of records for reporting and historical
purposes.
Community service pertains to those activities which Rotarians undertake to improve the
quality of life in their community. It frequently involves assistance to youth, the aged,
the handicapped and others who look to Rotary as a source of hope for a better life.
Through International Service, Rotarians work to develop and maintain friendly, peaceful
relations in a troubled world. Rotary's programs approach this goal in two ways -- by
assisting projects of clubs and districts abroad and by facilitating contact and exchanges
between individual Rotarians and clubs in different countries.
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