Longview South Rotary

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Longview South Rotary
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About Rotary

• Rotary International is the world's first service
  club organization which was formed in Chicago on
  February 23, 1905 by Paul P. Harris.

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About Rotary

• Originally, Rotary was a group of businessmen who
  met to socialize and to give one another their
  business for mutual benefit. The meetings were
  held rotation at their places of business. The
  motive of self-interest, however, was not enough
  to create a lasting organization and the object
  of service became the purpose of Rotary.

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About Rotary

• Today, its more than 1.2 million members
  volunteer their time and talent to further the
  Rotary motto, Service Above Self. There are
  approximately 30,000 clubs in 155 countries
  around the world.

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About Longview South Rotary

• Founded January 4, 1974 with 32 members
• Two fundraisers every year
• - Draw Down event in May
• - Football Frenzy in the Fall
• Weekly meetings held at the Bistro, 12-1 p.m.
• Members share the responsibility of recommending
  programs for the Club

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Rotary Foundation

• The mission of The Rotary Foundation of RI is to
  enable Rotarians to advance world understanding,
  goodwill, and peace through the improvement of
  health, the support of education, and the
  alleviation of poverty.

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Programs and Funding

• The Rotary Foundation programs include
• Humanitarian Grants Program Provides grants to
  fund club and district service projects in local
  and international communities.
• Educational Programs Provide funding for
  students, faculty, and young professionals to
  serve abroad.
• PolioPlus Rotary's priority program that
  supports global efforts to eradicate polio.

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Every Rotarian Every Year

• Clubs and Districts apply for Foundation grants
  to carry out projects.
• In an effort to maintain sufficient funding for
  these programs, the Foundation launched the Every
  Rotarian, Every Year initiative.

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Rotarys Guiding Principles

• Four basic principles guide Rotarians in
  achieving the ideal of service and high ethical
  standards
• Object of Rotary
• Classification Principles
• Avenues of Service
• The Four-Way Test

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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
• FIRST. The development of acquaintance as an
  opportunity for service
• SECOND. High ethical standards in business and
  professions the recognition of the worthiness
  of all useful occupations and the dignifying of
  each Rotarians occupation as an opportunity to
  serve society
• THIRD. The application of the ideal of service in
  each Rotarians personal, business and community
  life
• FOURTH. The advancement of international
  understanding, goodwill, and peace through a
  world fellowship of business and professional
  persons united in the ideal of service.

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Classification

• Classification is based on choosing
  cross-representation of each business,
  profession, and institution within a community.
• 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.
• 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

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Avenues of Service

• The Avenues of Service, based on the Object of
  Rotary, are Rotarys philosophical cornerstone
  and the foundation on which club activity is
  based.
• There are four avenues of service
• Club Service - Focuses on strengthening
  fellowship and ensuring the effective functioning
  of the club.
• 2. Vocational Service - Encourages Rotarians to
  serve others through their vocations and to
  practice high ethical standards.
• 3. Community Service - Covers the projects and
  activities the club undertakes to improve life in
  its community.
• 4. International Service - Encompasses actions
  taken to expand Rotarys humanitarian reach
  around the globe and to promote world
  understanding and peace.

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The 4-Way Test

• Adopted by Rotary in 1943, The 4-Way Test has
  been translated into more than a hundred
  languages and published in thousands of ways.
• The Four Way Test of the Things We Think, Say
  Do
• Is it the TRUTH?
• Is it FAIR to all concerned?
• Will it build GOODWILL and BETTER FRIENDSHIPS?
• Will it be BENEFICIAL to all concerned?

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Rotary Policies Procedures

• Attendance Make-Ups
• Club Structure
• Financial Obligations

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Attendance Make Ups
As explained in the Standard Rotary Club
Constitution, each member needs to meet the
following requirements

• Minimum Requirement Attend or make up at least
  50 of your Rotary club meetings in each half of
  the year. 30 should be at your own club.
• A member may not miss or fail to make up four
  consecutive meetings.
• Make-Ups can be made at any other club in the
  area, in the world, or online 13 days prior to,
  or 13 days after our regular Monday meeting. LSR
  board meetings, district assemblies, conferences,
  etc. also count as make ups
• Your attendance record reflects on the Clubs
  standing in the district.

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Club Structure
Officers President, President-elect,
Past-president, Secretary, Treasurer, Sgt. At
Arms Directors Club Administration,
Membership, Rotary Foundation, Projects, Public
Relations, Exec. Secretary
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Financial Obligations
Club Dues 150, paid annually Cost of Meals
10 each week, 1 raffle (optional) Every
Rotarian, Every Year 100, not required but
strongly encouraged District, National
Conferences, Costs vary, optional Paul Harris
Fellow 1,000, optional
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