Orientation The Rotary Club of Summit County Making Good Things Happen!
What is Rotary?…and what to tell someone who asks: “What is Rotary?” It is the #1 service club in the World Rotary is an organization of business and professional persons, united worldwide, who: • provide humanitarian service • encourage high ethical standards in all vocations • help build goodwill and peace in the world
The ROTARY MOTTO ... evolved over the years Today’s Motto was adopted in 1989 “Service Above Self”
The ROTARY CLUB OF SUMMIT COUNTY ‘S MOTTO Making Good Things Happen!
THE OBJECT OF ROTARY, first formulated in 1910, provides the organization’s purpose and members’ responsibilities. The Object of Rotary is to encourage and foster: ★ The ideal of service as a basis of worthy enterprise ★ Development of acquaintance as an opportunity for service ★ High ethical standards in business and professions ★ The application of service in each Rotarian’s personal, business and community life. ★ The advancement of international understanding, goodwill, and peace through a world fellowship of business and professional persons united in the ideal of service.
To address High Ethical Standards and Integrity one of the worlds most widely printed and quoted statements of business ethics THE 4-WAY TEST .....created in 1932 by Rotarian Herbert J. Taylor (who later served as RI president) THE 4 WAY TEST: OF ALL THE THINGS WE THINK, SAY, AND DO IN OUR BUSINESS, COMMUNITY AND PERSONAL LIVES: Is it the TRUTH ? Is it FAIR to all concerned? Will it build GOODWILL and BETTER FRIENDSHIPS ? Will it be BENEFICIAL to all concerned? .... .then our family, business, community and world will be a better place!
The Beginning of Rotary The world's first service club, the Rotary Club of Chicago, Illinois, Formed on February 23, 1905 by Paul Harris, an attorney. He wished to recapture in a professional club the same friendly spirit he had felt in the small towns of his youth. The name "Rotary" derived from the early practice of rotating meetings among members' offices.
Rotary Today: Rotary is a worldwide organization of more than 1.2 million business, professional, and community leaders. There are 34,500 Rotary clubs in more than 200 countries and geographical areas. Clubs are nonpolitical, nonreligious, and open to all cultures, races, and creeds. 22% women, approximately
ROTARY INTERNATIONAL A Global Network of Community Volunteers HOW IS ROTARY ORGANIZED? ✦ Governed by: a President, a President - Elect a Board of 17 Directors Elected from all over the world RI President: Gary C.K. Huang Rotary Club of Taipei, Taiwan 2014-15 President RI “Ravi” Ravindran, is a member of the Rotary Club of Colombo, Western Province, Sri Lanka.
Each year the Rotary International (RI) President chooses a Theme
Each year the Rotary International (RI) President chooses a Theme…. and from time to time add a quote: “It is better to light a single candle than to sit and curse the darkness”.
The RI President also chooses areas of focus to go with the Theme Peace and Conflict prevention/resolution Disease Prevention and treatment Water and Sanitation Maternal and Child Health Basic Education and Literacy Economic and Community Development
Organization continued....... The World is divided into 34 Zones 530 Districts We are Zone 27 and District 5450 3250 members 69 Clubs Our 2014-15 District Governor Peter Ewing (Boulder) Wife, Mary Jean Assistant District Governor Individual Rotary Clubs Rolo Cuadrado we are Club #1186 17 Areas in our District ✦ Each club is an autonomous group we are Area 16
Organization continued....... Our District identifies incoming leadership well in advance: 2015-16 District Governor Elect Kevin O’Connell (Brighton Early) Partner, Kevin West 2016-17 District Governor Nominee Mary Kay Hasz (Highlands Ranch) Husband, Earl Hasz 3200 members in our District
Map 20. Zones 25-33 Rotary International Zone Structure, Effective 1 July 2009
The Rotary Club of Summit County Making Good Things Happen! 117 members Chartered in 1975 Some clubs have fines, we don’t Wear your pin
The official Flag of The Rotary Club of Summit County Guest Rotarians usually present our Club with their Club Flag. We give them one of our flags.
Red Badge program for New Members 80% attendance for 6 months (Minimum 50% thereafter) Attend Orientation meeting Join a committee Participate in a Service project Classification talk (3min) Serve as “Greeter” 3 times Satelite Meeting members: attend breakfast meeting once a month ★ Attend a Board Meeting, Bring a Guest, Recommend a speaker ★ “Get to know the merchants you buy from.” This helps us get sponsors for our large fundraisers. Be sure to thank our sponsors.
How to be a GREETER • Who: New member, Existing member, Mentor, Sponsor Arrive about 6:45 to greet speakers and early birds Stand between check-in table and door to meeting room to meet all members and visitors Be aware of folks looking lost or not knowing what to do Be aware not to spend too much time with your friends and miss others Be pro-active. Reach out and say “hello” “Welcome” Visitor with no name badge? Help them get checked in, where to sit, when breakfast begins, introduce them to someone who will take them under their wings.
Missed a Meeting? Make-ups are easy to do! • Make up by attending: • Board meetings • Committee meetings • Club Service projects • Other Rotary Club meetings (free club locator app) • District or International meetings Log in to e-club www.rotaryeclubone.org • Email make ups to Club Secretary rotaryliz@gmail.com with make-up info within 10 days of the missed meeting
DUES • $200 a quarter, includes breakfasts, dinner meetings, June Transition Dinner; District and International dues, The Rotary Magazine subscription (Satelite meeting dues:$100/qtr, $50 1st yr.) • $30 to Rotary International Foundation and $30 Summit County Rotary Charitable Fund - on your invoice. • These are optional but encouraged • Therefore quarterly dues statement is for $260
DUES • PAYMENT OF ROTARY DUES Membership dues are due to be paid quarterly Invoices go out 30 days prior to the new quarter so that everyone has time to make payment by or before the 1st day of the new quarter. Dues should be mailed to: PO Box 415 Frisco, CO 80443 Or, hand to the Sergeant at Arms at a meeting.
Resigning from Rotary or Transferring to the Satelite meeting • Rotary may no longer fit in your life’s plans, or you want to move to the Satelite meeting • Your financial circumstances may be such as to not afford the obligations of Rotary • You may no longer have the time to devote • You may move out of the area • PLEASE submit your resignation in writing ; dues up to date • Membership Committee person will do an exit interview • You have a personal Rotary number. Know what that is. If you join another Club they need that number.
Rotary Communication • WEB SITES: - Club Website: www. summitrotary.com Get access code from Liz Wickert Club Bulletin - District Website www.rotary5450.org District Newsletter - Rotary International www.rotary.org - YouTube www.youtube.com/rotaryinternational - Facebook • The Rotarian Magazine
How the meeting is organized Arrive 7 -7:10am, get coffee and juice, socialize President rings the bell for breakfast 7:15 or 20 President rings bell again: Stand for Pledge of Allegiance Words of Inspiration President runs the business of the day Sgt at Arms does ticket drawing and Fun Fund Speaker 8 -8:25am Stand and repeat The 4Way Test words President rings bell to close the meeting 8:30am
“Words of Inspiration” "The weekly inspiration or invocation is to be heartfelt and brief, not much longer that our Pledge of Allegiance. It may include prayer, but should avoid references unique to any specific religion. "
The Rotary International Foundation The mission of the Rotary Foundation is to enable Rotarians to advance World understanding, peace and goodwill through the improvement of health, humanitarian and educational programs. or.... “World Peace through Understanding”
The Rotary Foundation Program Areas Educational Humanitarian Programs Programs
PolioPlus Accomplishments � PolioPlus - initiated by one Rotarian - is the largest private- public health initiative in history. � Rotary led collaboration with partner organizations such as the World Health Organization and UNICEF. � Rotary has committed over $600 million (US) for global polio eradication. � Bill and Melinda Gates $450,000,000 4 yr challenge grant 2008-09 to eradicate Polio � 99% decline in cases since 1985 – only 3 countries still polio endemic. PAIN, (Pakistan, Afghanistan, India, Nigeria) India now free of polio
Become a Paul Harris Fellow by contributing to The RI Foundation: TRF • $1,000 donation to Rotary Foundation brings a Paul Harris Fellow to the donor •You may have multiple Paul Harris Fellowships • Quarterly donation to Paul Harris is billed with quarterly dues
The Rotary Club of Summit County
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