 The second
meeting of the RI Board of Directors in 2003-04 was held at Rotary World
Headquarters in Evanston, Illinois, USA, from 29 September to 3 October
2003. At this meeting, the Board reviewed reports from 13 committees and
recorded 117 decisions.
October 2003 Board Meeting
ADMINISTRATION
The Board expanded its policy governing
the use of the Rotary Marks by RI officers and other Rotary senior
leaders. Incoming, current, and past officers of RI and those Rotarians
appointed by the president or the Board to serve in various capacities
may use the Rotary Marks in printed or electronic publications
associated with their role as an RI leader. However, they cannot use the
Rotary Marks in conjunction with the trademarks or on the letterhead of
any other organization, or for any commercial purpose. When using the
Rotary Marks on a website developed in relation to their Rotary
leadership role, such individuals must ensure that the website clearly
indicates that it is not under RI's control.
MEMBERSHIP AND EXTENSION
To support membership development and
retention, the Board encourages
- district governors to organize clubs
that appeal to New Generations members and to appoint New Generations
sub-committees;
- governors-elect to give greater
emphasis to membership development discussion when planning PETS;
- district Rotary Foundation alumni
chairs to pursue alumni as prospective members;
- clubs and districts to establish
Family of Rotary committees and to implement appropriate membership
retention programs;
- clubs to devote one meeting to the
discussion of membership development and retention issues during
August (Membership Month).
Retired persons inducted into active
membership in a Rotary club shall use their former profession as their
classification, but this will not be counted towards the club's limit of
members in a single classification. Club classification rosters shall
not include retired Rotarians. |
PROGRAMS
AND COMMUNICATIONS The Rotary World will now be published four rather than five times
annually. It will be produced in January, April, July, and October each
year.
THE ROTARIAN
magazine will no longer display advertising from organizations that seek
donations from Rotarians to support their own humanitarian and
educational programs.
When evaluating the benefits of a
potential cooperative relationship with another organization, RI will
require the organization to demonstrate its financial health by
providing annual audited accounts.
The Board endorsed the concept of a
Rotary Centennial song. Rotarians are encouraged to submit original
pieces of music that could serve this purpose to the International
Fellowship of Rotarian Musicians by 12 December 2003. The fellowship
will make recommendations regarding a centennial song to the Board at
its February 2004 meeting.
 The Board
approved the following new Rotary Fellowships:
- Fellowship of Rotarians for Mine
Action;
- Post Polio Survivors and Associates
Fellowship;
- Rotarian Fellowship for Fighting
AIDS;
- Rotarian Fellowship for Population
and Development;
- Rotarian Fellowship of Quilters and
Fiber Artists;
- Rotary Global History Fellowship (An Internet Project).
Rotary fellowships are now required to
indemnify and hold harmless RI from any liability arising from their
activities and to purchase appropriate liability insurance. Existing
fellowships must comply with the new indemnification and insurance
requirements by 30 June 2004. The Board also now requires fellowship
chairs or administrative heads to be active Rotarians.
The Board encourages district governors
to organize district-level fellowship activities with a view to
advancing the Object of Rotary.
Source: Rotary International |
