Become a Rotarian

Some 1.2 million Rotarians in 30,000 clubs in more than 160 countries make significant contributions to the quality of life at home and around the globe. The goal for a club's membership is an up-to-date and progressive representation of the community's business, vocational, and professional interests.

An important distinction between Rotary and other organizations is that membership in Rotary is by invitation. Rotary clubs invite individuals to join and become members. Membership is vital to a Rotary club's operations and community service activities. A primary goal of the club is to continually expand the club with committed members who have the interest and ability to get involved in service and humanitarian projects. Prospective members must:

• Hold - or be retired from - a professional, proprietary, executive, or managerial position;
• Have the capacity to meet the club's weekly attendance or community project participation requirements;
• Live or work within the locality of the club or the surrounding area.

Information for Prospective Members

Rotarians are business and professional leaders who take an active role in their communities while greatly enriching their personal and professional lives. A Rotary club contains a diverse group of professional leaders from the community that the club serves. Membership in a Rotary club provides the opportunity to:

• Become connected to your community.
• Effect change within the community.
• Work with others in addressing community needs.
• Advance business and professional contacts.
• Develop leadership skills.
• Gain an understanding of-and having an impact on-international humanitarian issues.
• Involve family in promoting service efforts.

Through Rotary's service programs, a Rotary club can have a significant impact on the quality of life in its community. Rotary Foundation programs offer opportunities to form international partnerships that help people in need worldwide.

Classifications: Professional Representation

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. This system is based on the founders' paradigm of choosing cross-representation of each business, profession, and institution within a community. A 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.

The membership process

Often a person being considered for membership is invited by a member/sponsor to attend one or more club meetings to learn more about Rotary. The sponsor may then submit the name of the candidate to the club's membership committee.

Rotary membership is by invitation only. If you would like to learn more about our Rotary club and its various service projects, contact any of the following Membership Committee members.

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