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- Role and Responsibilities
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- Rotary International is the association of Rotary clubs. Your primary
role as club president is to lead your club, ensuring it functions
effectively. It is your responsibility to guide your club towards
achieving the Object of Rotary by carrying out activities along each Avenue
of Service.
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- Your preparations as president-elect will influence what you are able to
accomplish once you take office. Before 1 July, you should
- Review your Club President’s Manual and bring it with you to your
presidents-elect training seminar (PETS).
- Review your club’s long-range goals and set annual goals with your
fellow incoming club leaders using the Planning Guide for Effective
Rotary Clubs.
- Appoint committee chairs.
- Ensure your club leadership team attends the district assembly.
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- Assess the current state of your club by identifying its strengths and
weaknesses and set goals to improve your clubs effectiveness. Pay
particular attention to
- Your club’s membership situation.
- Your club’s service objectives.
- Your club’s support for The Rotary Foundation.
- Development of future leaders through important district events.
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- As club president you should implement and continually evaluate the
status of your club’s goals and ensure each committee has defined
objectives. After 1 July, you should
- Preside at all meetings of your club.
- Prepare for and encourage participation at club and district meetings.
- Meet with your board of directors.
- Supervise budget and fundraising plans.
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- The RI theme is the RI president’s personal vision for his year as
president. You will learn the theme for your year during PETS. Think
about what the theme represents to all Rotarians and how you will
incorporate it into your projects and activities.
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- Appoint the following five committees to carry out your club’s annual
goals
- Membership
- Club public relations
- Club administration
- Service projects
- The Rotary Foundation
- Consolidate, eliminate, expand, or add
sub-committees as necessary.
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- A club assembly is a meeting of all club members, officers, directors,
and committee chairs. As president-elect, hold the first club assembly
after the district assembly. Club assembly discussion topics include:
- Service projects, committee, and club activities
- Annual and long-range goal setting
- Membership growth and retention
- Attendance at district and RI meetings
- The programs of Rotary
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- The district governor is required by RI to visit each club in the
district. The official visit is an opportunity to ask for guidance with
challenges and successes facing your club. The purpose of the official
visit is to
- Focus attention on important Rotary issues.
- Provide needed attention to weak or struggling clubs.
- Motivate Rotarians to participate in service activities.
- Recognize the outstanding contributions of Rotarians in the district.
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- To prepare for the official visit, you should
- Announce and publicize the visit well in advance to your fellow club
members.
- Arrange for the official visit to coincide with an important club-wide
event.
- Review your club’s plans for the year and be prepared to discuss them.
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- It is your responsibility to conduct weekly club meetings. Meetings
should be well-organized, punctual, and feature relevant, interesting
programs. To ensure effective weekly meetings, you should relate
programs to current club projects and activities and use the Rotary
calendar as a guide.
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- To help develop future club leaders, you should promote district and
international events. These events include the district assembly, the
district conference, the district Rotary Foundation seminar, and the RI
Convention. These events promote fellowship beyond the club level and
serve as discussion forums for various projects.
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- The following resources are available on the RI Web site:
- Club President’s Manual
- PETS Discussion Questions
- Rotary E-Learning Center
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Notes