| Sharing the
workload |
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If your club has found that a small
percentage of its members do a large percentage of the
work, consider an idea from the Ancaster AM Rotary Club,
Ontario, Canada, which divides club members into "pods."
Every month, one pod is responsible for running club
meetings. Typical duties also include arranging
speakers, serving as sergeants-at-arms, and organizing
social activities. This shared responsibility helped the
club increase attendance and improve retention.
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| New Generations
Month |
September is New Generations Month, so
think about ways your club can become more involved with
the next generation of Rotary - our youth.
Does your club sponsor an Interact
club? If so, when was the last time you conducted a
joint service project with the Interactors? Is your club
involved in your district's Rotary Youth Exchange
program? Does it nominate outstanding youth from your
community to participate in Rotary Youth Leadership
Awards (RYLA)? Has it conducted any recent service
projects benefiting local youth?
Your club's involvement in youth
programs not only can help attract younger prospective
members who have families, but also can lead to
increased satisfaction and retention among current
members, who gain a sense of fulfillment by working with
young people. As an added benefit, involving your
community's youth in Rotary's programs and service
projects teaches them about Rotary's extraordinary work
and prepares them to become the Rotarians of
tomorrow.
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| Club membership
committee |
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The club membership committee performs
a crucial function in your club: developing and
implementing an action plan for recruiting, retaining,
and educating club members.
To achieve continuity in your club's
membership development efforts, consider these
suggestions:
- Make committee appointments for
multiple years.
- Include a current, incoming, and past
chair on the committee.
- Maintain communication with the
current club president, president-elect,
president-nominee, and immediate past
president.
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| Rotary
Basics for 2007-08 now
available |
The 2007-08 edition of Rotary
Basics (595-EN) is now available. This eight-page
brochure provides a great overview of Rotary for both
new and prospective members. It can be ordered for
US$0.75 or downloaded at
www.rotary.org.
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Editor: Jana Bodensteiner, Senior
Coordinator
Membership Development
Division Rotary
International
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