Board orientation

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Zonta structure

• Zonta International
• International board directs the affairs of Zonta
  International
• 4 elected officers who form the executive
  committee (President, President-Elect, Vice
  President, Treasurer/Secretary)
• 7 elected directors
• Board is elected at biennial international
  conventions

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Zonta International

• Mission Zonta International (Z.I.) is a
  worldwide service organization of executives in
  business and the professions working together to
  advance the status of women.
• Vision Z.I. Envisions a world in which human
  rights and fundamental freedoms are ensured for
  all women and the legal, political, economic,
  educational, health and professional rights of
  women are not restricted because of gender.

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Scope of Zonta International

• Zontas world is divided into 30 Districts of
  which we are District 4.
• Currently in 67 countries Madrid, Spain will
  make it 68
• 33,000 members
• 1200 clubs

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Goals for 2004-2006

• Z.I. will work towards
• Ensuring that women receive basic education and
  health care
• Ensuring that women have access to higher
  education on equal terms with men
• Eradicating all forms of discrimination and
  violence against women through prevention and
  through development of innovative approaches to
  eliminate abuse.

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Famous Zontians

• Marian de Forest
• Ellen Fairclough
• Helvi Sipela
• Honorary Zontians include
• Roberta Bondar
• Maya Angelou

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Zonta International Projects

• 2004 2006 CARE international Women on the Move
  (micro-credit and health education) for HIV/AIDS
  affected women in Niger 298,000
• STAR Network anti-trafficking project in
  Bosnia-Herzegovina, Phase 11 300,000
• Afghanistan Improving Womens Lives 100,160
  (Afghanistan Institute of Learning and UNICEF)

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On-going programmes

• ZI Amelia Earhart Fellowship Awards
• ZI Jane Klausman Women in Business Scholarships
• ZI YWPA Young Women in Public Affairs
• Z clubs and Golden Z clubs
• Zonta International Strategies to Eradicate
  Violence Against Women (ZISVAW) focuses on
  prevention, awareness and education, and develops
  innovative solutions to eliminate abuse against
  women.

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Service

• Z.I. administered and approved by Z.I.
  Foundation (chosen by Z.I. President)
• Presented at Convention
• Suggested that 1/3 of service funds go to Z.I.F.
• Local (club/area/district)
• Focus on the status of women rather than (b)
  projects which could be handled by any
  organization
• Service hours are hours spent by members on
  service projects adopted by club not
  fundraising/not outside service projects

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District 4

• District of firsts
• Breast cancer as focus for fundraising
• Purpose serve as administrative link between
  clubs and Z.I.
• Board consists of elected members (at District
  Conference) and appointed committee chairs/members

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Organizational Structure
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District 4 Areas

• Area 1 (Cambridge, Woodstock, K-W, Guelph,
  London, Owen Sound, Stratford)
• Area 2 (Toronto, B-C, Mississauga, Oakville,
  Hamilton 1-11)
• Area 3 ( Lockport, Niagara Falls NY, Niagara
  Falls, On, Kenmore, St. Catharines, Tonawandas,
  Grand Island, Fort Erie)
• Area 4 (Buffalo, Rochester, Geneva,
  Batavia-Genesee, Amherst, Hamburg-Orchard Park,
  Cheektowaga-Lancaster, Aurora, Clarence-Newstead
  New York)
• Area 5 (Jamestown, Olean New York, Warren,
  Bradford, Pennsylvania)
• Area 6 (Erie, Oil City-Franklin, Meadville,
  Clarion, Corry, Pittsburg, Three Rivers-Pittsburg
  N, Indiana, Washington County Pennsylvania)

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Zonta Structure - Clubs

• Individual club is the basic organizational unit
  of Zonta International
• Minimum of 20 members to be chartered
• Club members elect the club board
• President, Vice-President (President Elect),
  Secretary, Treasurer (Officers) and 2 Directors
• Rules of club operations are stated in Z.I.
  bylaws and the clubs own bylaws

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Your Zonta club

• Member of Zonta International
• District 4 (S. Ontario, W. New York,
  Pennsylvania, W. Virginia) with about 1200
  members
• In which Area is your club?
• Do you know your club number?

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Zonta Club committees

• Mandatory
• Status of Women, Service, Organization
• Membership and Classification
• Public Relations and Communications
• United Nations
• Finance
• Nominating (elected)
• Optional program, attendance, fellowship,
  inter-city, newsletter, archives and history

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Club meetings

• Zonta meetings are normally held once/month
• Members have rights/responsibilities to/at
  meetings
• Chair must ensure meetings are conducted in
  efficient and courteous manner
• Must adhere to bylaws and rules
• Use parliamentary procedures (Roberts Rules of
  Order newly revised)
• Quorum is necessary to legally transact business
• Agenda should be circulated and approved at the
  beginning of the meeting, minutes must be
  recorded
• Demonstrate appropriate protocol for guests and
  visiting Zontians

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Events

• Golf tournaments, car rallies, wine tasting or
  wine tours
• Theatre nights, museum visits
• IWD events
• LEAF breakfasts,
• Fashion shows, card parties, progressive dinners,
  etc

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Local projects

• Breast cancer or cancer research, equipment,
  patient care
• ZISVAW drama initiative
• Womens shelters, services, housing, education
  programmes
• Sports teams, health charities

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Outside your club

• Inter-city events
• Annual spring workshops (3)
• Biennial District 4 conferences
• 2003 in Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario
• 2005 in Rochester New York
• 2007 in Jameston, New York
• Alternate years biennial international
  conventions
• 2004 New York City, USA
• 2006 Melbourne, Australia
• 2008, Rotterdam, Netherlands

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Tools and Support

• On-line registration for the Z.I. Website
• Zontian magazine
• Manuals
• Manual of Procedures for Zonta Clubs (Feb. 2003)
• Zonta International By-laws booklet
• International Protocol Manual
• Websites www.zontadistrict4.bfn.org
• www.zonta.org

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Common questions

• Male membership yes
• Club membership notified prior to prospective
  member invited to join yes
• Club has attendance requirements yes