| Club Name | N/A | | Country | USA | District | 5950 | | Region | USA:Central:Upper Great Lakes | | Membership Element(s) | new member orientation, new member orientation | | Issues | N/A | | Strategies | NEW MEMBER ACCLIMATION: 1. Design a new or improved new member induction program and ceremony. 2. Design a new or improved new member orientation program. 3. Design a new or improved new member handbook/guide. 4. Assign the new member to a club meeting duty and/or committee assignment within the first six months after induction. 5. Implement a new member “vocational” or “spotlight” speech program within the first six months after induction. 6. Develop a new member mentor/”buddy”/sponsor program. 7. Develop a system of identifying new members at each meeting for a minimum of six months after induction (i.e., announcements from the podium, special member badge designation, etc.). 8. Develop a new member “class” community service or international service project that will serve to unify the group and acclimate them faster into Rotary.
| | Results | N/A | | Contact | Rod Shilkrot | Email | RShilkrot@aaaminneapolis.com | | Phone | | Fax | | | Website | |
| Club Name | | | Country | India | District | 3160 | | Region | India | | Membership Element(s) | new member orientation, new member orientation | | Issues | | | Strategies | The governor of District 3160 (India) presents each new member with a ""welcome certificate"" that features an induction photo. | | Results | | | Contact | | Email | | | Phone | | Fax | | | Website | |
| Club Name | Delhi, Vasant Valley | | Country | India | District | 3010 | | Region | India | | Membership Element(s) | new member orientation, new member orientation | | Issues | New members did not show much interest due to lack of knowledge about Rotary. | | Strategies | We are planning to appoint a mentor to each one of the new members and also involve them into the club activities by inducting them into the Board to keep their interests alive. | | Results | Still under implementation. | | Contact | Arvind Kanaujia | Email | arvind.kanaujia@xansa.com | | Phone | | Fax | | | Website | |
| Club Name | N/A | | Country | USA | District | 5950 | | Region | USA:Central:Upper Great Lakes | | Membership Element(s) | new member orientation, new member orientation | | Issues | N/A | | Strategies | NEW MEMBER ACCLIMATION: 1. Design a new or improved new member induction program and ceremony. 2. Design a new or improved new member orientation program. 3. Design a new or improved new member handbook/guide. 4. Assign the new member to a club meeting duty and/or committee assignment within the first six months after induction. 5. Implement a new member “vocational” or “spotlight” speech program within the first six months after induction. 6. Develop a new member mentor/”buddy”/sponsor program. 7. Develop a system of identifying new members at each meeting for a minimum of six months after induction (i.e., announcements from the podium, special member badge designation, etc.). 8. Develop a new member “class” community service or international service project that will serve to unify the group and acclimate them faster into Rotary.
| | Results | N/A | | Contact | Rod Shilkrot | Email | RShilkrot@aaaminneapolis.com | | Phone | | Fax | | | Website | |
| Club Name | Newport, NC | | Country | USA | District | 7730 | | Region | USA:Eastern:Atlantic South | | Membership Element(s) | new member orientation, new member orientation | | Issues | Lack of orientation program in a small club. | | Strategies | A simple orientation program was organized around ""The 4 Avenues of Service"" with one extra informal luncheon each month for four months. A 20 minute lunch with a 20 minute program and 20 minutes for questions. Local projects were emphasized. Several established members sat in on sessions. | | Results | An immediate increase in the Rotary IQ and retention of new members. | | Contact | Bevin Wall | Email | Bevin@RLI33.org | | Phone | | Fax | | | Website | |
| Club Name | Hatfield | | Country | England | District | 1260 | | Region | Great Britain and Ireland | | Membership Element(s) | new member orientation, new member orientation | | Issues | | | Strategies | The RC of Hatfied created a ""New Member Aftercare"" program to ease each new member into the club at induction. A mentor is appointed to the new member. Within three months of induction there will be a new member meeting where they will be invited to give their impression of the club and suggest possible improvements. New members are absorbed into club activities as and when suitable opportunities arise. | | Results | | | Contact | | Email | | | Phone | | Fax | | | Website | |
| Club Name | Tulsa Sunrise | | Country | USA | District | 6110 | | Region | USA:Central:Central Southern | | Membership Element(s) | new member orientation, new member orientation | | Issues | late and lack luster training of new members | | Strategies | a dinner meeting with past and present officers, one to three past governors, and methodical review of club, club history, district, Zone and RI functions. Perhaps most important, what we call a warm-up where each new member tells about himself/herself, what he want from Rotary and what he/she will give. The old members also go through the same show and tell. The bonding can be tremendous and the new members now know several new and old members. New member Committee signup follows. | | Results | Effective. We have given and taught these presentations at other clubs. | | Contact | Jack Freese | Email | palongfree@aol.com | | Phone | 918-494-7094 | Fax | 918-749-9336 | | Website | |
| Club Name | Port Orford, OR | | Country | USA | District | 5110 | | Region | USA:Western:Pacific Northwest | | Membership Element(s) | new member orientation, new member orientation | | Issues | Involving new members immediately in regular club meetings and encouraging attendance by all members. | | Strategies | Our club devised a ""duty roster"" for each meeting: room set-up, greeter, leading the pledge, providing a thought or prayer, offering a Rotary Minute, and collecting ""happy dollars"". Members are required to arrange for a substitute if unable to attend. The duty roster is handed to members at the beginning of each quarter in wallet-size format to allow for ease of scheduling and is also published in the weekly bulletin as a reminder. | | Results | New members feel included from the beginning, they become familiar with the meeting routine, and have more interaction with other members. Older members who may have become more complacent during meetings become involved again in small ways and are encouraged to attend. | | Contact | Emily Francona | Email | emily@portorfordrotary.org | | Phone | | Fax | | | Website | www.portorfordrotary.org |
| Club Name | Louisville | | Country | USA | District | 6710 | | Region | USA:Central:Central Southern | | Membership Element(s) | new member orientation, new member orientation | | Issues | | | Strategies | The Rotary Club of Louisville, Kentucky keeps its new members visible by having them introduce visitors to the club meetings. | | Results | | | Contact | | Email | | | Phone | | Fax | | | Website | |
| Club Name | Faridabad Amity | | Country | India | District | 3010 | | Region | India | | Membership Element(s) | new member orientation, new member orientation | | Issues | Our Club is only 3 years old. Around 15-20 new members were being added every year and a similar number was being lost because of lack of involvement and assimilation particularly of the spouse. | | Strategies | We dedicated the first club assembly on team building. All present were divided into groups of 6 each. Those who did not know each other well were placed together. There were rounds of group activities like - Introducing the neighbour, Having a name for group, appointing group leader and moderator, creating paper planes from old newspapers and similar games. | | Results | By the end of the session on each table people had made some new friends and the interaction had increased and kind of team spirit was developed. | | Contact | Jeetender Gupta | Email | indiaspaces@gmail.com | | Phone | | Fax | | | Website | www.rotaryamity.com |
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