Membership Trends, Research Pilots & 2016 Council Decisions

1. 2016 ROTARY INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION
Membership Trends, Research Pilots &
2016 Council Decisions

2. Overview: Membership Trends

3. 10 YEAR TREND

4. USA, Canada &
Caribbean
35%
Latin America
7%
Europe, Africa &
Middle East
25%
Asia
24%
Australia, New
Zealand & Pacific
Islands
4%
Great Britain &
Ireland
5%
MEMBERSHIP COMPOSITION 2005

5. USA, Canada &
Caribbean
30%
Latin America
8%
Europe, Africa &
Middle East
25%
Asia
30%
Australia, New
Zealand & Pacific
Islands
3%
Great Britain &
Ireland
4%
MEMBERSHIP COMPOSITION 2015

6. 85
15
2005
Male Female
80
20
2015
Male Female
GENDER BALANCE

7. 2005 2015 Change
29 years &
younger
1 2 UP
30 – 39 10 8 DOWN
40 – 49 23 16 DOWN
50 – 59 30 25 DOWN
60 – 69 22 27 UP
70 years &
older
14 22 UP
AGE DISTRIBUTION

8. Membership Research Pilots

9. • New Models for Rotary clubs
• E-Clubs
• Retention
• Meeting Frequency
• Associate and Corporate Members
• Satellite Clubs
• Innovative & Flexible Rotary Clubs
PILOTS

10. Members need
• Flexibility in meeting frequency, format,
and attendance
Clubs need
• New membership types
• Discretion in member classification and
club composition
RESEARCH & PILOT CONCLUSIONS

11. 2016 Council on Legislation Enactments

12. • Greater flexibility in meeting frequency
and attendance
• Removed limitations on how clubs
conduct their meetings
• More broadly defined classification and
club composition
2016 COUNCIL ON LEGISLATION DECISIONS

13. Clubs may now vary the days and times they
meet weekly as they see fit or as need arises.
Example:
– Rotary club has chosen to alternate between
morning and evening meetings every other
week to accommodate more members
schedules.
FLEXIBILITY IN MEETING FREQUENCY

14. Clubs may now vary the days and times they
meet weekly as they see fit or as need arises.
Example:
– Club adopts changes to by-laws to meet twice
per week, in order to provide more service to
their community and fellowship to their
members.
FLEXIBILITY IN MEETING FREQUENCY

15. Required to meet at least twice per month
Example:
– Club will no longer hold a meeting the first
week of every month due to conflicting
schedules and commitments.
FLEXIBILITY IN MEETING FREQUENCY

16. Clubs may either relax or tighten attendance
requirements.
– Club relaxes attendance requirements in order
to attract professionals that need greater
flexibility
– Club strengthens attendance requirements as
it is important to the members of that club
that everyone is equally dedicated
FLEXIBILITY IN ATTENDANCE

17. On attendance:
• Clubs will still be required to report to
District
• HOWEVER, for those that meet less than
weekly the basis for calculation will be the
number of times the club met that month
FLEXIBILITY IN ATTENDANCE

18. Clubs are now able to meet in person or
online or a combination of both.
Example:
– Club meets online only for the second
meeting of every month to accommodate
members’ personal and professional
commitments.
FLEXIBILITY IN MEETING FORMAT:

19. Clubs have more flexibility in meeting
format.
Example:
– Club will now include a service project
(packing meals) during one meeting per
month, to offer more service to their
community.
FLEXIBILITY IN MEETING FORMAT:

20. E-clubs and traditional clubs are simply –
Rotary clubs!
FLEXIBILITY IN MEETING FORMAT

21. Additional club membership types
Example:
– Club creates Associate Membership for those
people that are interested in getting to know
the club better.
FLEXIBILITY IN COMPOSITION

22. Additional club membership types
Example:
– Club creates Family Membership for those
families that want to alternate between which
member of the family will attend the meetings
on a given day.
FLEXIBILITY IN COMPOSITION

23. Additional club membership types
Example:
– Club creates Corporate Membership for local
businesses that want to support the club and
would like to vary the representatives to club
meetings.
FLEXIBILITY IN COMPOSITION

24. WHAT DO ‘NEW’ MEMBERSHIP TYPES MEAN TO ROTARY
Corporate Family Associate other Honorary
Rotary
International
Honorary
Club Membership Categories
-Pays RI Dues
-Holds club office
-Votes on club business
-Counts in RI reports
(including Presidential
Citation award calculations)
-Does not pay RI dues
-Cannot hold club office
-Cannot vote on club business
-Not counted in RI Reports
(including Presidential Citation
award calculations)

25. Rotaractors can join a Rotary club while
retaining their affiliation with Rotaract.
FLEXIBILITY IN COMPOSITION

26. These changes are allowed, NOT required
• Do not automatically alter the standard
and traditional club constitution.
• Clubs wishing to continue to adhere to the
current constitutional requirements may
continue to do so.
IMPORTANT!!!

27. Stay tuned for more from Rotary:
• News articles in print and online
• Webinar series
• How-to and best practices guides
Get ready for change: Take these changes
back and discuss among your club
members!!!
WHAT NOW?!?

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