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Rotary Membership
Rotarians are business and professional leaders who take an active role in
their communities while greatly enriching their personal and professional
lives. A Rotary club contains a diverse group of professional leaders from the
community that the club serves. Membership in a Rotary club offers a
number of benefits, including:
- Effecting change within the community.
- Developing leadership skills.
- Gaining an understanding of — and having an impact on — international
humanitarian issues.
- Developing relationships with community and business leaders.
Through Rotary's service programs, a Rotary club can have a significant
effect on the quality of life in its community. Programs of The Rotary
Foundation offer opportunities to form international partnerships that help
people in need worldwide. More than 1.2 million Rotarians make significant
contributions to the quality of life at home and around the globe.
Membership in Rotary is by invitation. Prospective members of Rotary are
proposed in the classification of their business or profession.
Members are adult persons of good character who are proprietors, managers,
partners or executives of their business or professions. Why Join Your Local Rotary Club?
Professional Networking
A founding principle of Rotary was to meet periodically to enjoy camaraderie and
enlarge one’s circle of business and professional acquaintances. As the oldest
service club in the world, Rotary club members represent a cross-section of the
community’s owners, executives, managers, political leaders, and professionals –
people who make decisions and influence policy.
Service Opportunities
Club members have many opportunities for humanitarian service, both locally
and internationally. Service programs address such concerns as health care,
hunger, poverty, illiteracy, and the environment. Rotarians experience the
fulfillment that comes from giving back to the community.
International Awareness
With more than 31,000 Rotary clubs in over 160 countries, Rotarians gain an
understanding of humanitarian issues through international service projects and
exchange programs. One of Rotary’s highest objectives is to build goodwill and
peace throughout the world.
Friendship
Rotary was founded on fellowship, an ideal that remains a major attraction
of membership today. Club members enjoy the camaraderie with like-minded
professionals, and club projects offer additional opportunities to develop
enduring friendships. Rotary club members who travel have friendly contacts in
almost every city in the world.
Good Citizenship
Weekly Rotary club programs keep members informed about what is taking place
in the community, nation, and world and motivated to make a difference.
Family Foundations
Rotary sponsors some of the world’s largest youth exchange, educational
exchange, and scholarship programs. Rotary clubs provide innovative training
opportunities and mentoring for young leaders and involve family members in a
wide range of social and service activities.
Entertainment
Social activities give Rotarians a chance to let loose and have fun. Every
Rotary club and district hosts parties and activities that offer diversions from
today’s demanding professional and personal schedules. Conferences, conventions,
assemblies, and social events provide entertainment as well as Rotary
information, education, and service.
Ethical Environment
Encouraging high ethical standards in one’s profession and respect for all
worthy vocations has been a hallmark of Rotary from its earliest days. In their
business and professional lives, Rotarians abide by The Four-Way Test:
Of the things we think, say or do:
1) Is it the TRUTH?
2) Is it FAIR
to all concerned?
3) Will it BUILD GOODWILL
and BETTER
FRIENDSHIPS?
4) Will it be BENEFICIAL
to all concerned?
Leadership Development
Rotary is an organization of successful professionals. Team building,
fundraising, public speaking, planning, organization, and communication are just
a sampling of the leadership skills that club members can exercise and enhance.
Being a Rotary leader provides further experience in learning how to motivate,
inspire, and guide others.
Diversity in Membership
Rotary’s classification system ensures that a club’s membership represents a
variety of the community’s professional men and women, including leaders in
business, industry, the arts, government, sports, the military, and religion.
Rotary clubs are nonpolitical, nonreligious, and open to all cultures, races,
and creeds.
*Source: Rotary International
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