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Please use the pull down menus
above to learn more about Becoming a Rotarian An
association of nearly 32,000 autonomous clubs in 166 countries, Rotary
International is one of the world's largest service organizations. The goal
for a club's membership is an up-to-date and progressive representation of
the community's business, vocational, and professional interests. An
important distinction between Rotary and other organizations is that
membership in Rotary is by invitation. Rotary clubs invite individuals to
join and become members. Membership is vital to a Rotary club's operations
and community service activities. A primary goal of the club is to
continually expand the club with committed members who have the interest and
ability to get involved in service and humanitarian projects. Prospective
members must: §
hold — or be retired from — a professional,
proprietary, executive, or managerial position; §
have the capacity to meet the club's weekly attendance or
community project participation requirements; §
live or work within the locality of the club or the
surrounding area. The membership process Often
a person being considered for membership is invited by a member/sponsor to
attend one or more club meetings to learn more about Rotary. The sponsor may
then submit the name of the candidate to the club's membership committee. An
individual who is interested in membership but doesn't know any Rotarians can
contact the club by e-mail
or at the address located on our web Home Page. Classifications: professional representation Rotary
uses a classification system to establish and maintain a vibrant
cross-section or representation of the community's business, vocational, and
professional interests among members and to develop a pool of resources and
expertise to successfully implement service projects. This system is based on
the founders' paradigm of choosing cross-representation of each business,
profession, and institution within a community. A
classification describes either the principal business or the professional
service of the organization that the Rotarian works for or the Rotarian's own
activity within the organization. Some examples of classifications include:
high schools, universities, eye surgery, banking, pharmaceutical retailing,
petroleum-distribution, and insurance agency. The
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