1. About Rotary
and our Club . . .
Millard Rotary

2. What Is Rotary?
Rotary is an organization of business and professional persons united world wide who provide humanitarian service, encourage high ethical standards in all vocations, and help build good will and peace in the world.

3. Object of Rotary
The object of Rotary is to encourage and foster the ideal of service as a basis of worthy enterprise and, in particular, to encourage and foster:
The development of acquaintance as an opportunity for service.
High ethical standards in business and professions, the recognition of the worthiness of all useful occupations, and the dignifying of each Rotarian’s occupation as an opportunity to serve society.

4. Object of Rotary, cont’d.
The application of the ideal of service in each Rotarian’s personal, business, and community life.
The advancement of international understanding, goodwill, and peace through a world fellowship of business and professional persons united in the ideal of service.

5. Who Are Members?
Rotary members are individuals with high ethical standards who are engaged as proprietors, partners, corporate officers or managers who have the time and resources to commit to Rotary and its objective of “service above self.” Each member has a classification.

6. What is a Classification?
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.
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.

7. Responsibilities of Membership
Rotary Club membership carries with it certain responsibilities.
Members are expected to attend weekly club meetings – 100% attendance is encouraged (and recognized with a certificate and pin). However, 60% attendance is required.
Opportunities to make up attendance include attending the regular meeting of another Rotary Club, attending various other Rotary meetings, or attending a club service project authorized by the club board of directors.

8. Responsibilities of Membership, cont’d.
Members are required to pay annual dues to their clubs, their districts and Rotary International.
What this means to a Millard Rotary Member:
One-time initiation fee of $75.00 is due when the proposal is submitted to the Board of Directors.
Annual dues are $200.00, due July 1 each year.
Each member is also responsible for the sale or purchase of at least one book of 10 raffle tickets (total $100) to support Millard’s Scholarship Program.

9. Responsibilities of Membership, cont’d.
Members are expected to participate in local or international activities or projects of the Rotary Club.
Clubs encourage members to aspire to leadership or committee roles within their clubs.

10. Millard Rotary Highlights
Omaha-Millard Rotary was chartered on May 21, 1979
Initial membership was 23 members
Current membership is 65 members
Millard Rotary Service to the Community
Since 1981 has given over $70,000 in educational scholarships
Provided funds for a disabled Millard student to attend Easter Seal camp
Ring bells for the Salvation Army each Holiday Season
Support food pantry programs

11. Millard Rotary Highlights, cont’d.
Millard Rotary Service to the Community, cont’d.
Funded exercise path in Walnut Grove Park
Financial support of a preschool handicapped program in Millard Public Schools
Provide uniforms for Special Olympics
Collect books for Literacy Week
Staff Christmas tree recycling sites
Involved in community-wide trail marking project
Involved with Together, Inc. project

12. Millard Rotary Highlights, cont’d.
Millard Rotary Service to the World
Support international youth exchange students both here and abroad
Support numerous projects through the Rotary Foundation

13. Serve
Rotary is an international humanitarian service organization. The men and women of Rotary are business and professional leaders who volunteer their time and resources to help others in their local communities and through the world.
Rotary clubs carry out a variety of service projects that address critical issues including poverty, hunger, illiteracy, substance abuse, and pollution.
Service to youth, especially children at risk, is a major emphasis. Working with and for tomorrow’s leaders, Rotary sponsors service clubs for youth and young adults and offers career development and mentoring programs.

14. Innovate
Where need exists, Rotary works to find solutions. Non-political and nongovernmental, Rotary clubs are autonomous and create innovative solutions to meet community needs.
Rotary members improve the quality of life through routine child immunization projects, medical and dental clinics, and the construction of safe water and sanitation systems. Clubs also work for peaceful communities by organizing violence-prevention projects.
Rotarians attack the problem of illiteracy through programs that strengthen primary, vocational and adult education, and teacher training.
Whether standing at the forefront of an international health campaign or mounting a massive literacy initiative, Rotary rallies the tools and know-how to successfully the lead the way to change.

15. Give
Rotary members dedicate their time, skills, expertise, and myriad other resources toward improving the human condition.
Club members support international projects through the programs of The Rotary Foundation. The Foundation was created in 1917 for the purpose of doing good in the world, and is supported almost entirely by member contributions.
Organized by Rotary clubs in at least two countries, Rotary Foundation humanitarian grants support projects that provide health care and supplies, clean water, food, job training, and education – particularly in the developing world.
Large-scale Health, Hunger and Humanity (3-H) Grants support sustainable projects that help others help themselves.
Rotary members also contribute their technical expertise and compassion. Each year more than 200 grants fund Rotary volunteers in 50 countries.

16. Exchange
Rotary promotes cultural understanding and brings people together, even when they live worlds apart. Rotary’s exchange programs foster the free flow of ideas and opportunities across national borders.
Through Rotary, youth, scholars, and professionals experience the culture and people of another land – and return home to share their new understanding with others.
Some 7,000 secondary-school students participate annually in short- or long-term Rotary Youth Exchanges.
The Rotary Foundation’s Ambassadorial Scholarships program is the world’s largest privately funded international scholarships program. More than 30,000 students from 100 countries have studied abroad as Rotary scholars. The Group Study Exchange program pairs Rotary districts in different countries to send and receive non-Rotary study groups comprised of young professionals.

17. Immunize
Eradicating polio is a top Rotary priority which requires the immunization of every child under 5 in the world.
As a result of the efforts of Rotary and its global partners, more than one billion children have been immunized against polio since Rotary members will have given approximately US$500 million to the campaign by the year 2005, the target date for certification of a polio-free world.
Through The Rotary Foundation’s PolioPlus program, more than one million Rotary volunteers from around the globe have contributed to the success of polio eradication efforts.
Rotary is the key private-sector partner in this international health effort. Public-sector partners include the World Health Organization (WHO), UNICEF and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

18. Serving through Membership
Rotary is service-driven. Belonging to a Rotary club gives men and women an organized outlet for contributing to their community.
Founded in 1905, Rotary is the world’s first service organization. The Rotary motto is “Service Above Self” – Rotary concerns itself with truth, fairness, improved relations between people and world peace. The avenues of Rotary service include community and international volunteerism through club activity and the promotion of ethics in all vocations.
Rotary has a global network of 1.2 million members in more than 29,000 clubs in 160 countries.
Rotary members meet weekly to plan service activities. Rotary clubs are autonomous and determine their own service projects based on local needs and the interests and abilities of members.
Rotary clubs are nonreligious, nongovernmental and open to every race, culture and creed. Club membership represents a cross-section of local business and professional leaders.

19. How Can You Serve?
Omaha-Millard Rotary elects its Board of Directors from the membership. General committees exist and volunteers are always welcome.
Rotary International defines Four Avenues of Service:
Club Service: To help the club function successfully
Vocational Service: Representing the dignity and utility of one’s vocation to the other members of the club
Community Service: Improving quality of life in the local community through Rotary projects
International Service: Rotary programs to advance international understanding, good will and peace.

20. How you can become a Member
You must be proposed by a current member
Meet membership and open classification criteria
You must be approved by the Board of Directors
Applications are available through the Membership Committee

21. If you would like more information …
Or need some help deciding about membership …
Please call one of your membership committee:
Bonnie Skartvedt
Ralph Palmer
Karen Mulder

22. The 4-Way Test Is it the TRUTH? Is it FAIR to all concerned?
From the earliest days of the organization, Rotarians were concerned with promoting high ethical standards in their professional lives. One of the world’s most widely printed and quoted statements of business ethics is THE 4-WAY TEST, which was created in 1932 by Rotarian Herbert J. Taylor (who later served as RI president) when he was asked to take charge of a company facing bankruptcy. This 24 word test for employees was adopted by Rotary in The 4-Way Test has been translated into more than a hundred languages and published in thousands of ways. It asks the following four questions:
Is it the TRUTH?
Is it FAIR to all concerned?
Will it build GOODWILL and BETTER FRIENDSHIPS?
Will it be BENEFICIAL to all concerned?