Rotary International Presidential Citation Online Submission (needs to be submitted to the District Governor so he can forward them to RI no later than April 15. )

MEMBERSHIP GOAL (REQUIRED)

Develop and implement a membership recruitment plan to achieve a net increase of one member by 1 April 2007.

MEMBERSHIP

• Invite at least one Rotary Foundation alumnus or alumna to join your club.
• Encourage diversity of membership and promote a balanced membership. Induct new members from demographic groups not currently represented in your club.
• Sponsor a new Rotary club.
• Develop a certificate, or other form of recognition, to recognize individuals who bring in new members.

CLUB SERVICE

• Ensure that every Rotarian in your club is personally invited to take an active part in club activities this year, whether it be serving on a project committee or taking responsibility for some aspect of club service.
• Recognize a Rotarian in your club who actively participates in the full range of club projects and programs with the Four Avenues of Service Citation for individual Rotarians.
• Convene a meeting of the club leadership, including incoming officers, to discuss strategic goals for the next three to five years.
• Make a club contribution to PolioPlus.
• Develop and initiate a new project in support of Club Service.
• Invite members to bring their spouses or children to a club meeting or event on at least five occasions.
• Welcome and include non-Rotarian family members (for example, spouses, adult children, parents, widows, widowers) into the family of Rotary through service and fellowship activities.
• During Family Month (December), recognize the importance of Rotarians’ families and their contributions to your club’s success.
• Attain 80 percent attendance or higher at club meetings for the first six months of the Rotary year.
• Implement a club program on PolioPlus and the role of Rotary International in the Global Polio Eradication Initiative.
• Connect with the community by inviting a speaker from a local nongovernmental organization (NGO) or community group or organizing a joint project with another local organization.
• Update the club bylaws or adopt the Recommended Rotary Club Bylaws.
• Promote a club project in your local media.
• Develop a long-range plan for your club that addresses membership, service projects, public relations, The Rotary Foundation, and club administration.
• Involve all members in a fellowship event.

VOCATIONAL SERVICE

• Ask each member of your club to share information on Rotary International and the club’s activities with their places of business or professional associations.
• Dedicate at least two club meetings to discussing the enormous potential that vocational service can offer for raising the quality of life and upholding the strong ethics and integrity exhibited by Rotarians.
• Encourage members to display The Four-Way Test in their places of business.
• Hold a forum on ethics and the application of The Four-Way Test in business and professional life, or present all new club members with a copy of the Declaration of Rotarians in Businesses and Professions (200-EN).
• Develop a project to improve literacy in the workplace.
• Ask each member of your club to mentor a young person.
• Develop and initiate a new project in support of Vocational Service.
• Sponsor or participate in a career development project for people with disabilities.
• Sponsor or participate in a skills retraining project for those returning to the work force.
• Organize a special vocational service activity during Vocational Service Month (October), or register a club member as a Rotary Volunteer.
• Have at least one member provide an internship at their place of business to a high school or college student.

COMMUNITY SERVICE

• Implement a joint project with another local organization in which club members contribute to planning and hands-on efforts.
• Conduct a water project in your community.
• Share Rotary with the general public by placing a Rotary public image campaign PSA (public service announcement) in a print publication, on a radio or television program, or on a billboard.
• Conduct a community needs assessment, and establish one new service project this year in support of Community Service.
• Complete a service project that meets the needs of the community and involves those being helped.
• Involve all club members in a service project.
• Sponsor or participate in a health awareness campaign or a project that addresses health concerns.
• Sponsor a new Interact club, Rotaract club, or Rotary Community Corps.
• Conduct a Rotary Youth Leadership Awards (RYLA) event.

INTERNATIONAL SERVICE

• Achieve the Every Rotarian, Every Year goal of US$100 or more per capita in Annual Programs Fund contributions.
• Participate in at least one PolioPlus or PolioPlus Partners project.
• Help the members of your club understand the internationality of Rotary by participating in an international exchange program such as Group Study Exchange, Rotary Friendship Exchange, or Rotary Youth Exchange.
• Submit an application for a strong, well-qualified candidate to compete at the district level for at least one Rotary Foundation Educational Programs award (Ambassadorial Scholarship, Group Study Exchange [GSE] team member or leader, Rotary World Peace Fellowship, Rotary Peace and Conflict Studies Fellowship, or Rotary Grant for University Teacher).
• Register a project with RI as a Rotary Volunteer Project Site.
• Seek a Rotary Foundation Matching Grant for a water, health, hunger, or literacy project.
• Support or register a project on the World Community Service (WCS) Projects Exchange.
• Develop and initiate a new project in support of International Service.