Rotary Club of Windsor (1918)
Membership Development Committee
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Our Club is Located in Windsor Ontario Canada
Welcome to the Membership Development Committee Page. The information
below describes the mandate and activities of this committee.
Beginning in Rotary Year 2000, the Membership Development Committee, Attendance Committee and New Member Orientation/Information Committee's were dissolved and their mandates and activities were absorbed under the Membership Committee.
Membership Mandate
The
Membership Committee shall:
- encourage members to seek out prospective new members and shall
instruct and advise them on
proposal procedures
- develop programs designed to fill open classifications
- ensure continued membership growth
New Member Orientation/Information Mandate
The Membership Committee shall:
- strive to promote and facilitate involvement of new members in all
aspects of Rotary
- devise and carry into effect plans to:
- give prospective members information about the privileges and
responsibilities of membership in a Rotary Club
- give the members, especially
new members, adequate understanding of the privileges and responsibilities of membership
- give the members information about Rotary, its history, object, scope,
activities and
- give the members information as to developments in the administrative
operation of Rotary International
How to propose a new member Contains a proposal form
Getting and Keeping Good Rotarians
(pdf files from Rotary International)
New Member Orientation/Information Activities
Our Rotary (1918) Website was established, with one of its a goals, to
provide information for existing Rotarians and prospective new members.
There are several pages designed to make information access as easy as
possible.
Attendance Mandate
The Membership Committee shall:
- devise means of encouraging attendance at all Rotary meetings with special emphasis on the regular weekly meetings of the Club
- encourage attendance at regular meetings of other Clubs when unable to attend meetings of this club
- keep all members informed on attendance requirements
- promote better incentives for good attendance
- seek to ascertain and remove the conditions that contribute to unsatisfactory attendance
- be responsible for promoting attendance at the District Conference and the International Conference
Part Of A Ted Turner Interview
Membership is always an issue with our organization. Is there any advice you can offer Rotary that might help attract new members?
One of the problems has to be that there are so many demands on people's time these days. Everything is just so speeded-up that reflection and introspection are suffering. And that is really bad, because we have an underinformed populace. I mean, things are so hectic and life's so stressful and things are changing so quickly. Rotary clubs have those weekly meetings with distinguished speakers coming in and putting things in perspective, and I think that's a calming and educational process that's very important
A Rotary International discussion paper Attendance Information Sheet
Attendance Activities
100 PERCENT ATTENDANCE
Regular attendance is essential to a strong and active Rotary club. The emphasis on attendance is traced back to 1922 when Rotary International announced a worldwide attendance contest which motivated thousands of Rotarians to achieve a 100 percent attendance year after year. Many Rotarians take great pride in maintaining their 100 percent record in their own club or by making-up at other Rotary club meetings. Although the bylaws of Rotary require members to attend only 60 percent of all meetings, the custom has emerged that 100 percent is the desirable level. Rotary stresses regular attendance because each member represents his own business or profession and thus the absence of any member deprives the club of the values of its diversified membership and the personal fellowship of each member.
There are a number of circumstances where attendance credit is awarded when a Rotarian participates in an alternate type of Rotary event:
- Attending the regular meeting of another Rotary club and returning the signed attendance verification from that club will serve as a make-up
- If a Rotarian is requested to attend an Interact or Rotaract meeting, attendance credit may be allowed.
- When a member attends a Rotary district conference, district assembly, international convention, Council on Legislation, a meeting of an international committee, an inter-city meeting and a few other specially designated events, attendance may be credited.
- A Rotarian actively participating in a district-sponsored service project in a remote area where it is impossible to make-up may also receive attendance credit.
- When a member attends a Board meeting it may count as a make-up.
- Attending a club service project authorized by the club board of directors will serve as a credit for attendance.
- When travelling or when a member is unable to attend a regualar meeting, he/she may fulfill atttendance requirements through an internet attendance process.
Last Revised: January 8, 2009
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