On Thursday 4/14/11 our board voted to present to you an amendment to our by-laws--see below. Please read and consider. We will vote on it during our meeting 4/27/11.

Article 14   Club Awards

Section 1 –  Members of the club who have distinguished themselves among their club peers through effort(s) and/or service(s) which result in primary benefit to the club shall be officially recognized by the club.  To this end, a Rotarian of the Quarter and a Rotarian of the Year shall be recognized per Sections 2 and 3 below, respectively. 

Recipients of such recognition must be current members in good standing of the club.  Further, said members' distinguishing effort(s) and/or service(s) must have taken place while a member in good standing of the club.  No limit shall be imposed with regard to the incidence or cumulative total of incidences of recognition of any properly identified individual member in good standing of the club.

Section 2 –  A Rotarian of the Quarter shall be nominated by officers of the club (club president, president-elect, secretary, treasurer, and sergeant-at-arms).  The club president shall preside over the nomination process.  Officers of the club are not eligible for Rotarian of the Quarter recognition.  The nominee shall be submitted to the board for approval during the first regular board meeting of each quarter.  Nominees thusly named and approved shall be recognized before the club during a regular weekly meeting that takes place during the first month of the quarter in which the recipient's nomination and approval take place.  The recipient's name and the quarter of recognition shall be engraved on a current perpetual plaque dedicated to recipients of Rotarian of the Quarter recognition, and said plaque shall be considered property of the club.  This plaque, having been properly engraved, shall be presented at the time of recognition.

Section 3 –   A Rotarian of the Year shall be elected by simple majority of the club membership via secret ballot.  Any member in good standing of the club is eligible for election as Rotarian of the Year.  The president-elect shall preside over related secret balloting and election, and shall insure the fairness, integrity, and timely conclusion of the process.  The process shall begin no earlier than the second regular meeting each April and shall be concluded no later than the second regular meeting each May.  Election results shall be maintained in confidence by the president-elect until such time as the elected member is recognized.  Duly elected recipients of this award shall be recognized during the first installation banquet following election.  The recipient's name and the year of recognition shall be engraved on a current perpetual plaque dedicated to recipients of Rotarian of the Year recognition, an said plaque shall be considered property of the club.  Additionally, the president-elect shall arrange for that year's Rotarian of the Year to receive a $1000 Paul Harris Fellowship that is presented to the recipient alongside the aforementioned and properly engraved perpetual plaque.  Funding sources for the requisite $1000 shall be exhausted in the following order: (1) the recipient's current recognition points on file with The Rotary Foundation, (2) accumulated and earmarked weekly raffle proceeds, and (3) club funds.