ABCs of Rotaract

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ABCs of Rotaract

• District 6270 Fall Assembly
• October 22, 2011

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Agenda

• Presenter introductions
• What is Rotaract?
• Whats the difference?
• Benefits Opportunities
• What does Rotaract look like in our district?
• Starting a club
• Example Rotaract Milwaukee Ripon
• Available resources
• Resources and references
• Questions

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Presenter introductions

• Name Profession, Current Role in District

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What is Rotaract?

• Founded in 1968, Rotaract is the Rotary
  International organization for 18-30 year olds.
  Together, Interact, Rotaract and Rotary form
  Rotary International.

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What is Rotaract?

• Rotaract is a Rotary-sponsored service club for
  young men and women ages 18 to 30. Rotaract clubs
  are either community or university based, and
  theyre sponsored by a local Rotary club. This
  makes them true "partners in service" and key
  members of the family of Rotary.

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Whats the difference?

• Lower dues
• Generally more service-based volunteering
• Dynamic
• No meal during meeting
• Does not contribute on an individual basis to the
  RI Foundation

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Benefits Opportunities

• Volunteering
• Mentoring
• Leadership
• Networking
• Personal Development
• Professional Development
• FUN!

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What does Rotaract look like in our district?

• Ripon
• Milwaukee
• Oshkosh
• Waukesha-to come!
• Fon du Lac-to come!

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Starting a club

• Need at least 6-7 people to charter (preferably
  more)
• Utilize social media and word of mouth
• Location, location, location!!!
• Mentor-have the leadership visit our club and
  your board meetings
• Provide strong and frequent encouragement

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Available Resources

• Rotaract PreConvention
• Rotary UN Day
• Spring/Fall Assembly
• District Conferences
• Rotary meetings
• RI Website-Rotaract section Handbook

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Example Rotaract Milwaukee

• Executive committee
• Elected positions
• President Vice President
• Secretary Treasurer
• Appointed positions
• Volunteering committee chair
• Professional development networking committee
  chair
• International committee chair
• Membership committee chair
• Additional positions
• Immediate past president
• Sponsor club liaison

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Example Rotaract Milwaukee

• Slogan Community. Culture. Career.
• Theme synced with RI annual theme
• Mission We will strengthen the local and
  international community and develop our members
  professionally and personally by providing
  opportunities for service work, exposure to
  opportunities for service work, exposure to other
  cultures engagement with local community
  service and business leaders.
• Vision To be the service organization of choice
  for young adults in the Milwaukee area with
  dynamic, action-orientated members whose
  contributions improve lives in communities world
  wide.

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Example Rotaract Milwaukee

• Schedule
• Meets twice monthly to host guest speakers
• Meets once monthly socially
• Meets once monthly in committees
• Meets once monthly for dining together
• Meets once monthly for volunteering

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Resources and references

• http//www.rotary.org/en/studentsandyouth/youthpro
  grams/rotaract/Pages/ridefault.aspx
• http//www.rotary.org/RIdocuments/en_html/rotaract
  _files/frame.htm
• http//www.rotaract-Milwaukee.org
• RotaractMilwaukee_at_gmail.com

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Questions?