Rotary Club of Windsor (1918)
Publicity and Public Relations Committee Page
Our Club is Located in Windsor Ontario Canada
Welcome to the Publicity and Public Relations Committee Page.
The information below describes the mandate and activities of this committee
and lists the current year's members.
Publicity and Public Relations Committee Mandate
The Publicity/Public Relations Group shall:
- devise and carry into effect plans to give the public generally,
information about Rotary
- write up commentary on each week's program and ensure it is delivered to the club office before 10 a.m. next day
- provide articles and pictures for the weekly bulletin known as
"The Wheel" and "the Rotary Website".
- Provide a webmaster and advisory team for the Rotary Website
- endevour to stimulate reading of the Rotarian magazine and call up of the Rotary Website by members of the club, and arrange for placement of the magazine in appropriate locations such as schools, libraries etc.
- provide information on the Rotary Four-Way Test to members
The Publicity/Public Relations Group shall:
The Four Way Test Group shall:
interpret the 4-way test and encourage its use by members of the Club through the presentation of the Club Programs
The 4-Way Test is a simple but profound statement of 25 words:
1. Is it the TRUTH?
2. Is it FAIR to all concerned?
3. Will it build GOOD WILL and BETTER FRIENDSHIP?
4. Will it be BENEFICIAL to all concerned?
Four Way Test Interpretations
The Four Way Test of the things we say and do means many things to different
Rotarians.
Here is a compilation of the thoughts of a few of our fellows from
Rotary International.
The Website Group shall:
- undertake to develop and maintain an information driven Website that
will properly reflect the spirit and energy of The Windsor Rotary Club (1918) to our members,
fellow Rotarians, our exchange students, our fund raising partners and those people we
serve in the community.
- maintain a list of other Web resources useful to our members, clients and fellow
Rotarians
- develop a Web Page for every committee in our Rotary club which will detail the mandate, and activities of the committee. Where possible pictures of recent events will be featured.
- provide regular reminders about the Website and its value to members
through our weekly news publication, "The Wheel", place an HTML
version of the latest Wheel on-line as soon as it is available and update and complement information provided in the Wheel in the Upcoming Meetings Pages.
- give our travelling members a means to stay in contact with club activities through information on upcoming meetings and events and reports on completed activities
- attempt to integrate the Website content into the Rotary Office routine so as to ease the burden of information distribution through the provision of:
(a)a mass E-Mail mailing list;
(b)an up-to-date 24 hour information service for clients and Rotarians concerning ongoing Rotary fund raising projects;
(c)on-line documentation, manuals or FAQ lists
(d)a time sensitive release vehicle for our fund raising partners
- assist the History Committee in keeping an inventory of club activities through the committee pages. Provide a formal historical record enhanced with pictures and references in the Recent Meetings pages.
- forward recommendations to the Board for approval concerning planned
Website developments that could possibly cause concern among members
- work within the parameters of Rotary International Recommendations for Electronic Communications:
REFERENCES
- the monthly newsletter for Rotarians on The Internet (ROTI)
- ROTI Links to the Rotary World
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Last Revised: February 7, 2008