Information For New Members

AT THE MEETINGS

The luncheon takes place every Monday at Ridgemark Country Club in Hollister from noon to 1:30 p.m. We begin each meeting with the president's call to order, a flag salute and an invocation by a member Rotarian. Then there is a raffle that provides money for ongoing Rotary activities. A "detective" for the week provides entertainment and another source of funds by fining Rotary members for various reasons.

Rotarians are encouraged to get to know each other better by choosing to sit with different members each week. A program is provided which is usually a speaker chosen carefully to inform or entertain. There are typically about 100 people at each meeting, including guests and other visiting Rotarians. New members are inducted in a simple but dignified ceremony by a their sponsor and the president of the club. A plaque to hang in your home or place of business is presented, along with other informational items.

BECOMING A MEMBER

Membership is by invitation only. Members are chosen to represent their respective businesses or professions and functions in some executive capacity or with some discretionary authority. The "Classification Principle" ensures that our membership includes those from most every worthy business or profession in our community. In this way our club becomes a good cross-section of the city.

WHAT IS EXPECTED

Rotary is built upon fellowship and friendship which depends upon being at the meetings. It is understood that among busy people a problem of attendance may arise. If members miss meetings, they are privileged to "make-up" at any club in the world. The time and place of each meeting is below.

Each make-up affords Rotarians a great opportunity to broaden their acquaintance and to bring back to their Club information and ideas that can improve club operations and programs.

If members miss four consecutive meetings, they are automatically terminated. Each member must attend 60% of the regular meetings of his homeclub during each half year unless exempted by the club's Board of Directors.

THE ROTARIAN & SERVICE

The emphasis of Rotary is upon creating within the individual the IDEAL OF SERVICE. Rotarians are encouraged and supported in their personal activities in civic, youth services, and public service organizations. It is from the club that most members draw help in their support of worthy service activities.

The club undertakes a wide variety of service activities in vocation, community and international promotion of goodwill and understanding.

HOW ROTARIANS BENEFIT

They broaden their circle of friends and acquaintances.

They keep in touch with the mainstream of community life and with people who make it "tick".

They obtain increased knowledge of businesses or professions other than their own and gain a greater knowledge and understanding of the problems of others.

They gain recognition for themselves and their business or profession for participating in an organization dedicated to an ideal of service.

They acquire talents and achieve greater capacities in roles of leadership in club activities.

They broaden their social life in club sponsored activities.

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

To encourage and foster:

The development of acquaintance as an opportunity for service;

To encourage and foster:

High ethical standards in business and professions; the recognition of the worthiness of all useful occupations; and the dignifying of each Rotarian's occupation;

To encourage and foster:

The application of the ideal of service in each Rotarian's personal, business, and community life;

To encourage and foster:

The advancement of international understanding, good will and peace through a world fellowship of business and professional men and women united in the ideal of service.

THE METHODS OF ROTARY

"SERVICE ABOVE SELF"

Rotary operates in its member clubs through four major committees, whose work is planned, supervised, and coordinated by the Program Planning Committee. These are:

1. Club Service.

This Committee supervises and coordinates the activities of the Classification, Membership, Program, Fellowship, and Rotary Information Committees, and such other Committees as
may be formed to develop efficiency.

2. Vocational Service.

This Committee devises and carries into effect plans to increase the interest of club members in their callings and to improve standards of business practice and create a more
intimate, sympathetic, and helpful relationship in their respective vocations.

3. Community Service.

This Committee devises and carries into effect plans to awaken each member to a keener appreciation of his or her obligation to society, a more constructive interest in community betterment, and a greater readiness to cooperate in every effort for the common good.

4. International Service.

This Committee seeks to promote understanding and the spirit of friendliness, tolerance, and cooperation among all peoples and thus develop the world-mindedness which is vital to in
creating universal good will.

QUALIFICATIONS FOR ROTARY MEMBERSHIP

Each Active Member shall be an adult of good character and business or professional reputation:

A. Engaged as proprietor, partner, corporate officer, or manager of any worthy and recognized business or profession; or

B. Holding an important position in an executive capacity with discretionary authority in any worthy and recognized business or profession (a decision maker for the enterprise); or

C. Acting as the local agent or branch representative of any worthy and recognized business or profession, having charge of such agency or branch in an executive capacity; and

D. Personally and actively engaged in the business; and

E. Having his or her place of business or residence within the Club's territorial limits.

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