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Rotary International The 4 Way Test
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Membership InformationATTENDANCE Members are expected to attend 50% of the weekly meetings each year. Making up a missed meeting by attending a meeting at another club in our area or on your travels either within the week prior to your miss or within one week following your miss is strongly encouraged. 100% attendance is the goal and make-ups are used for this purpose. Other ways to make up a missed meeting include participating in a RI e-club meeting, participating in a club social event such as TGIR, attending a Club Committee meeting, or working on a club sponsored event. A minimum of 30% of your Rotary meeting attendance must be at Fond du Lac Morning Rotary meetings over a six-month period. DUES RESPONSIBILITY Dues are billed quarterly Included in dues billing is a meal charge per meeting for every meeting date in that quarter. Any other ancillary charges included would be itemized and listed for your review Prompt payment of dues is a necessity and delinquent dues may result in a loss of membership. COMMITTEE PARTICIPATION Committees are the backbone of our Rotary Club and make the difference whether or not our club is effective and actively accomplishing the goals of Rotary. The four major committees are based on Rotary's four avenues of service. They are: - Club Service. The first Avenue of Service, Club Service involves action a member should take within this club to help it function successfully. - Vocational Service. The second Avenue of Service, Vocational Service has the purpose of promoting high ethical standards in businesses and professions, recognizing the worthiness of all dignified occupations, and fostering the ideal of service in the pursuit of all vocations. The role of members includes conducting themselves and their businesses in accordance with Rotary’s principles. - Community Service. The third Avenue of Service, Community Service comprises varied efforts that members make, sometimes in conjunction with others, to improve the quality of life of those who live within this club’s locality or municipality. - International Service. The fourth Avenue of Service, International Service comprises those activities that members do to advance international understanding, goodwill, and peace by fostering acquaintance with people of other countries, their cultures, customs, accomplishments, aspirations, and problems, through reading and correspondence and through cooperation in all club activities and projects designed to help people in other lands. It is the responsibility of every Rotary member to become involved in committees and club events. Without involvement, two of the goals of Rotary membership are not being realized. One of promoting fellowship and the second being that of service. Membership is not enough. Involvement determines your success as a Rotarian. Each committee has a chairperson. The chairperson acts as the coordinator and communication liaison for he committee to the board and the president. Duties of the Committee should be divided and delegated to the members of the committee. The term of office for the chairperson is two years. Chairpersons may succeed themselves for one additional term provided that the committee and club president agree on the succession. Committee chairs should be preparing a successor as they progress through their term as chair. HOW TO SPONSOR A NEW ROTARIAN - MEMBERSHIP IS BY INVITATION! Rotarians have a responsibility to contribute to their club's vitality, success and growth. A commitment to service for our club, community and world is a basic quality which potential Rotary candidates should possess. When evaluating a person to nominate for membership in our club, consider the candidate's desire to be an active volunteer and their compatibility to devote the needed time to being a Rotarian. The search for new members is a continuous one. The ultimate goal achieved by bringing a new member into the club is to fill a vacant classification with a person who will be a long term contributor toward the goals of Rotary and your club. Procedure Typically a Rotarian will sponsor an acquaintance who is known to be a person of good character and good professional reputation engaged as an executive, proprietor, partner, corporate officer, local agent, branch manager or manager of any worthy and recognized business or profession. To sponsor a new member the sponsor should, without the candidate's knowledge: - Check the open classification listing of the club to see if one is available for this person. The Club Secretary maintains the list of classifications. (Note: classification may be of the business or the profession engaged in.) - Complete the new member sponsor form available from the club secretary, and submit it to the membership chairman (Past President of the Club) for Board review. - The board will review the proposed candidate, following which the candidate's name and classification will be published in two consecutive newsletters for review by the members. - Following board review and newsletter publication, without mention of membership, invite this person to a Rotary meeting as a guest to acquaint the candidate with Rotary and your club. - The candidate may then be approached for membership and provided with Rotary information on membership. This may seem like a convoluted method but it is done so a candidate who is not approved by the board, the membership or via classification conflict is not subjected to embarrassment. |