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ZONE 7B, PHILIPPINES
RRIMC MESSAGE – SEPTEMBER
2007
PDG DAVID “DAVE” M.
VILLANUEVA
Regional RI Membership
Coordinator (RRIMC), Zone 7B, RY 2006-2008
 Greetings!
The month of September is celebrated in our Rotary calendar as the New
Generations Month (Youth Activities Month for “old” Rotarians). It is the
best time to evaluate how our Districts and Clubs are helping the New
Generations in our respective communities. Rotary has many avenues of
Youth Service: Interact, Rotary Youth Leadership Awards (RYLA), Rotaract
and Youth Exchange (Rotex). It is during this time that our Clubs are
challenged to organize new and/or reactivate existing Interact and/or
Rotaract Clubs. With respect to membership, New Generations Month is the
appropriate time for our Clubs to review the database of their Rotaract
and Interact Clubs and identify those members who are qualified to become
Rotarians. As pointed out by RI Pres. Wilf, we share a gift, “the
wonderful, amazing force that is Rotary”, when we invite these
qualified young alumni to join our Rotary Clubs.
In the recruitment of
potential new members, we should target the alumni of our Rotary (both RI
and TRF) programs. In them, we have a ready “just-waiting-to-be-invited”
pool of high-caliber young persons who are familiar with Rotary’s work and
interested in Rotary’s objectives, who are willing to return or “give
back” Rotary’s investment on them. However, we have to act fast in
recruiting them, as their interest in joining Rotary decreases over time
(A survey shows that 72% are willing to join after having participated in
the programs for 1-3 years; 30% after 20 years).
Thus, we should take the
following recommended steps in order to help more RI and/or TRF program
alumni in becoming more Rotarians:
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Start / Maintain our
TRF and RI alumni databases
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Keep contact with our
alumni after the program
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Involve our alumni in
projects and activities
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Invite our alumni to
District and / or Club meeting and events
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Send Rotary-specific
newsletters to our alumni
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Connect our alumni with
our existing or new Clubs
In this regard, the 2007 Council on
Legislation gave importance to our alumni by approving the following
enactments:
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to exempt recent Rotaractors (within
the preceding 2 years) from paying an admission fee;
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to allow TRF alumni to be active
members; and
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to allow Clubs to elect TRF alumni
into active membership even if the alumnus’ classification is filled.
Thus, for RY 2007-08,
let us share Rotary by bringing in new members, particularly our
alumni!” Rotary Shares! Let us Share Rotary by encouraging every
Rotarian in Zone 7B to bring in a new member this year and every year!
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