Welcome to Rotary

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Welcome to Rotary

• Member Orientation

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What is Rotary?

• Rotary is an organization of business and
  professional men and women, united worldwide, who
  provide humanitarian service, encourage high
  ethical standards in all vocations, and help
  build goodwill and peace in the world.

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Object of Rotary

• The Object of Rotary is to encourage and foster
  the ideal of service as a basis of worthy
  enterprise and, in particular...

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Object of Rotary

• FIRST
• to encourage and foster
• the development of acquaintance as an opportunity
  for service

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Object of Rotary

• Second
• to encourage and foster
• High ethical standards in business and
  professions the recognition of the worthiness
  of all useful occupations

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Object of Rotary

• Third
• to encourage and foster
• The application of the ideal of service by every
  Rotarian to his or her occupation as an
  opportunity to serve society

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Object of Rotary

• Fourth
• to encourage and foster
• The advancement of international understanding,
  goodwill, and peace through a world fellowship of
  business and professional men and women, united
  in the ideal of service.

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The Four Way Test

• Is it the truth ?
• Is it fair to all concerned ?
• Will it build goodwill and better friendships ?
  
• Will it be beneficial to all concerned ?

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Rotary Motto

• Service Above Self

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Rotary International

• Annual Themes

• Monthly Themes
• September is Youth Activities and New Generations
  Month
• February is World Understanding Month

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Rotary International

• District 6450
• Zone 27
• Rotary International

• 2360 Members in 65 Clubs
• 34,600 members in 11 districts
• 1.2 million members in 32,507 clubs in 168
  countries

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Rotary International
Rotary International
District 6450
District 5950
District Dispatch Around the District What
is Rotary? What is District 6450? Why Join
Rotary? District Governor Past District
Governors District Officers Clubs in District
6450 Where Clubs Meet Clubmate Avenues of
Service Youth Exchange Rotary Foundation Rotary
International District Marketplace
ROTARY MEETS HERE
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Rotary Club Leadership
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Rotary International

• The Birth of Rotary
• February 23, 1905
• 1917 - The Rotary Foundation is Born
• 1932 Way Test Formulated by Herb Taylor
• 1945 Rotary helps Draft the UN Charter

• 1985 - Polio Eradication Effort Begins
• 1987 Women Join Rotary
• World Headquarters Evanston, Illinois

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Avenues of Service

• Club Service
• involves activities to make the club function
  successfully

e.g., Social Events
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Avenues of Service

• Community Service
• pursues activities to improve the quality of life
  in our community

e.g., Katrina Relief
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Avenues of Service

• International Service
• seeks projects to meet humanitarian needs of
  people in other countries

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International Service Programs

• Polio Partners and Polio Plus
• Angola 3-H Grant Project
• Literacy Projects HIV AIDS
• Fresh water wells
• Childrens Burn Clinic Central America
• Disaster Relief Katrina - Tsunami
• Group Study Exchange
• Youth Exchange
• Partnering with other Rotary clubs projects

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Avenues of Service

• Vocational Service
• affords the opportunity for each Rotarian to
  represent the dignity and utility of their
  profession
• RYLA

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Rotary Club Project Financial Support

• Source of Funds
• Club Fundraisers
• Donations
• Donations in Kind

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The Rotary Foundation

• Source of Funds
• Paul Harris Fellowship
• Sustaining Members
• Benefactors
• Bequest Society

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The Rotary Foundation
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PolioPlus
Rotary's priority program supports global efforts
to eradicate polio 
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Humanitarian Programs
Grants to fund club and district service projects
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Humanitarian Grants

• Matching Grants
• Individual Grants
• District Simplified Grants
• 3-H (Health, Hunger Humanity) Grants
• Blane Community Immunization Grants
• Humanitarian Grants Cadre of
• Technical Advisors

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Educational Programs

• Ambassadorial Scholarships
• Group Study Exchange
• Rotary World Peace Scholarships
• Rotary Centers for
• International Studies in
• Peace and Conflict Resolution

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Educational Programs

• Funding for students, faculty, and young
  professionals to serve abroad

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ROTARY IS ...

• Membership
• Attendance
• Programs
• Service

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Your Rotary Club Membership

• Being a Rotarian is
• Service Above Self
• Adhering to the Four Way Test
• Being an active member of the community
• HAVING FUN!!!

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To be involved in Rotary

• Minimum Expectations of a Rotarian every year.
• To bring in one new member
• To support the Rotary Foundation and become a
  Paul Harris Fellow and/or sustaining member.
• To be active in all Club Projects and fellowship
  activities
• Pay annual dues (currently 2000 - includes cost
  of meetings)
• Strive for perfect attendance by making up missed
  meetings

For more information, seewww.rcndowntown.comor
www.rotary.org