Becoming a Rotarian
Membership is vital to a Rotaryclub's operations, and an important component of club service is to enlarge theclub with enthusiastic and service-minded new members.
ˇ Prospectivemembers must actively hold - or be retired from - a professional, proprietary,executive or managerial position.
ˇ Theymust have the desire and ability to serve and to meet the club's attendancerequirements for its weekly meetings.
ˇ In addition, a prospective member musteither live or work within the territorial limits of the club or an adjoiningclub, or within the corporate limits of the city in which the club is located.A person whose business and residence are in communities not served by Rotarymay be considered for membership by a club in an immediately adjacentcommunity.
An important distinction between Rotary and other organizations is thatmembership in Rotary is by invitation. The club's classification committeemaintains a list of the types of businesses and professions in its communityand seeks candidates to fill classifications not already held by an activemember of the club. (Examples of classifications: High Schools; Universities;Eye Surgery; Tires - Distributing; Tires - Retailing; Dramatic Arts; law -civil.) In this manner, a club is assured it includes a significant crosssection of its community's vocational life, and has the widest possibleresources and expertise for its service programs and projects.
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The Membership Process
In most instances, a personbeing considered for membership is invited by a member/sponsor to attend one ormore club meetings to learn more about Rotary. The sponsor may then submit thename of the candidate to the membership committee to begin the evaluationprocess. Others who are interested in membership, but don't know any Rotarians,can contact their local club directly.
If the local Rotary club maintains an office, it may be listed in the whitepages of the telephone directory under "Rotary." Otherwise the localchamber of commerces should be able to provide information. Contact your localChamber of Commerce or similar organization. Often, there will be a Rotarian onstaff. If not, the Chamber should be able to provide information about thelocal Rotary club.
Classifications
Membership in a Rotary club isby invitation and was based on the founders' paradigm of choosing onerepresentative of each business, profession and institution in the community.What is called the "classification principle" is used to ensure thatthe members of a club comprise a cross section of their community's businessand professional life.
A Rotarian's classification describes either the principal business orprofessional service of the organization that he or she works for or theindividual Rotarian's own activity within the organization. The classificationis determined by activities or services to society rather than by the positionheld by the particular individual. In other words, if a person is president ofa bank, he or she is not classified as "bank president" but under theclassification "banking."..Theclassification principle fosters a fellowship for service based on diversity ofinterest, and seeks to prevent the predominance in the club of any one group.
When a person becomes an active member of a Rotary clubs, it is said that a the member has been "loaned" a classification.He or she may propose one additional active member in that classification. Oncompleting five, ten or fifteen years of service, depending on the individual'sage, he or she becomes a "senior active" member and theirclassification is released to enable another person to join the club.
If you are interested in membership in the San Diego Downtown BreakfastRotary Club, contact the following:
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President |
(619) 525-5281 |
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Membership Chair |
(619) 501-9151 |
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