| Club Name | Paddington | | Country | United Kingdom | District | 1130 | | Region | Europe: Western | | Membership Element(s) | communication, recruitment, public relations, diversity, communication, recruitment, public relations, diversity | | Issues | ailing and ageing membership, estimated that club would cease in 10 years if it did not recruit members. Club decided to set aside �1000 to go towards recruitment, to pay for joint meetings with local organizations and to subsidize the under 35 years of age new member by 50% | | Strategies | Club accepted the strategy to gain new members, by actively asking people to join. Held joint meetings, discounted the membership fees for under 35's. Advertised for members in press releases. Made the Club less formal, more friendly and more fun. Abandoned dress code. We moved the meetings to the evening. We have a different evening every 5 week month. We give the opportunity for members to address the Club for 2minutes on a subject of their choice. | | Results | We have grown from 16 members to 22 members. All are under 40 years of age, one is in her fifties. Our new President will 35 years of age. It is a vibrant Club with new enthusiasm and energy. Last year, the Club won the Millennium Cup for the most improved club in the District. | | Contact | Mac Purcell | Email | purcell@gmail.com | | Phone | | Fax | | | Website | http://paddingtonrotary.org.uk |
| Club Name | Sandton | | Country | South Africa | District | 9300 | | Region | Sub-Saharan Africa | | Membership Element(s) | communication, public relations, communication, public relations | | Issues | | | Strategies | The RC of Sandton developed a club-focused survey that asked questions to measure the effectiveness of a Rotary Club. The point being that once a Rotary club knows how effective its members and community believe it to be, then it can make the adjustments�to become an effective club | | Results | | | Contact | PDG Peter Dupen | Email | dupen@yebo.co.za | | Phone | | Fax | | | Website | |
| Club Name | Nevada County South | | Country | USA | District | 5190 | | Region | USA:Western:Pacific Northwest | | Membership Element(s) | communication, communication | | Issues | Lack of information about members. | | Strategies | The idea was to get personal & professional information from members by asking certain questions. The information on a member was put in the club newsletter and members were to guess the name of the member. | | Results | The results are a better understanding of the lives of the membership creating better fellowship. Making it more of a family atmosphere. | | Contact | Victor Mathews | Email | vmathews@littonengr.com | | Phone | 530-273-6176 x17 | Fax | 530-477-1068 | | Website | |
| Club Name | Palos Verdes Sunset | | Country | USA | District | 5280 | | Region | USA:Western:Pacific Northwest | | Membership Element(s) | communication, public relations, communication, public relations | | Issues | | | Strategies | The Rotary Club of Palos Verdes Sunset, California joined with the Chamber of Commerce to complete community projects. | | Results | | | Contact | | Email | | | Phone | | Fax | | | Website | |
| Club Name | | | Country | France | District | 1660 | | Region | Europe: Western | | Membership Element(s) | communication, continuing member education, communication, continuing member education | | Issues | | | Strategies | The Rotary clubs in District 1660 (France) ask new members to revise a district brochure called How They Perceived Rotary. The revised publication is then distributed to all clubs in the district. | | Results | | | Contact | | Email | | | Phone | | Fax | | | Website | |
| Club Name | Jaro Centraline | | Country | Philippines | District | 3850 | | Region | Philippines | | Membership Element(s) | club celebrations, public relations, communication, club celebrations, public relations, communication | | Issues | | | Strategies | The RC of Jaro Centraline created a program termed �Small Change.� This program is in response to the call of R.I. President Jonathan Majiyagbe for Rotarians all over the world to �Lend a Hand.� Every meeting we contribute small amounts and the collection is given to a Rotarian on rotation basis. That Rotarian has to perform a small act of kindness to be reported during each subsequent meeting. Some examples include: handing surprised cash gift to security guards, giving food to some street children, helped some working students buy instructional materials, paid for college placement examination fees of poor students. | | Results | | | Contact | Ric Patricio | Email | | | Phone | | Fax | | | Website | |
| Club Name | Rotary Club of Peachtree City, GA | | Country | USA | District | 6900 | | Region | USA:Eastern:Atlantic South | | Membership Element(s) | attendance, communication, attendance, communication | | Issues | Very little interaction with existing members and new members. Every meeting members were sitting at the same table with the same group of friends. | | Strategies | In order to integrate new members and mix up the existing member contacts we decided to implement Lottery Seating. Upon entering the meeting room we had a bucket of 4 Rotary icons (8) of each. Each table had the Icon prominently displayed in the center of each table. Each member grab an icon from the bucket and had to find the table that had that icon. | | Results | Our first try we had a lot of push back. Long time members were refusing to participate. But with lots of encouragement all finally took an icon. The second Lottery Seating went extremely well. Everyone got involved and it created lots and lots of excitement in the room. We will continue with Lottery Seating 1 meeting a month throughout this Rotary year. | | Contact | Amy Leuenberger | Email | aplatlanta@bellsouth.net | | Phone | 770 632 8733 | Fax | 770 632 8735 | | Website | www.selectobrands.com |
| Club Name | Northeast Sunrisers Phila. PA | | Country | USA | District | 7450 | | Region | USA:Eastern:Mid Atlantic | | Membership Element(s) | communication, communication | | Issues | | | Strategies | All can agree that calling absentees, educating new members, mentoring new members, good orientation for prospective members and a nice induction are all good goals. Who will be responsible for doing these activities. We have a Membership Retention/Attendance Chair who will always be a different person than the Membership Recruitment chair. | | Results | New members are called much more frequently, no member is inducted without an orientation of at least 60 minutes and the recruitment chair is not distracted from recruitment because of these important duties. | | Contact | Bob Lankin DGE | Email | Bob.Lankin@Raymondjames.com | | Phone | | Fax | | | Website | |
| Club Name | Fort Dodge - Daybreak | | Country | USA | District | 5970 | | Region | USA:Central:Plains | | Membership Element(s) | communication, public relations, organizing new clubs, communication, public relations, organizing new clubs | | Issues | | | Strategies | Interest in forming the Rotary Club of Fort Dodge-Daybreak, Iowa, USA, was aroused by recruiting members from the news media who then wrote about the new club in the local papers. The Rotary Club of New Tampa, Florida, USA used a similar method and ended up with 63 charter members. | | Results | | | Contact | | Email | | | Phone | | Fax | | | Website | |
| Club Name | | | Country | USA | District | 7620 | | Region | USA:Eastern:Mid Atlantic | | Membership Element(s) | communication, retention, recruitment, public relations, new member orientation, communication, retention, recruitment, public relations, new member orientation | | Issues | District-wide recruitment of new members. | | Strategies | Extensive focus on marketing Rotary through PETS trainings, District Assemblies and District Conference. District wide membership trainings open to all Rotarians are held regularly. Training sites are moved around the district to facilitate more attendance. The district also initiated a mass distribution of newspaper inserts in several counties in the district which describe in detail the public service works and history of local clubs. There was also a launch of a new web system which allows the public to find Rotarians and Rotary clubs as well as improving communication between clubs. | | Results | A noticeable increase in new member recruitment, as well as increased awareness and interest in Rotary. | | Contact | Darrell Nevin | Email | leasewright@comcast.net | | Phone | 410-720-4800 | Fax | | | Website | http://www.rotary7620.org/HTML7.phtml |
|
|