R.I. Presidential Citation

To view: List_of_Club_Submissions_for_the_RI_Presidential_Citation.pdf

Membership Goal (required)
Achieve growth through a net increase of at least one member by 31 March 2010.  (The club's membership as of 31 March 2010 must be greater than its membership as of 1 July 2009.)

Menu of Activities
The following six categories reflect the priorities of the RI Strategic Plan 2007-10.  To qualify for the 2009-10 Presidential Citation, clubs must under take and complete an activity from three of these categories (three activities in total) between 1 July 2009 and 31 March 2010.

Eradicate polio
Through Rotary's fundraising challenge, we can finish this crucial job and keep our promise to the world.
 * Organize a major fundraising initiative in your community to support polio eradication.
 * Make a club contribution to the polio fundraising challenge of at least $1,000

Advance the recognition and public image of Rotary
To attract new members and cooperation from other organizations, we should promote our local and global service activities to the media and to our communities.
 * Undertake a significant public relations campaign in your community to share the story of what Rotary is and does.
 * Place at least one Humanity in Motion public service announcement in a print publication, on a radio or television program, or on a billboard.
 * Gain media coverage of a club event or project in your community

Increase Rotary's capacity to provide service
Rotary clubs are encouraged to continue their efforts to address water, health, and hunger, and literacy issues by volunteering more time, talent, and enthusiasm along the four Avenues of Service.
 * Conduct a community needs assessment, and use it to establish a community service project that will involve at least 50 percent of the club's members in active service
 * Sponsor a Rotary Community Corps of non-Rotarians, and complete a joint project with the RCC members.
 * Conduct a service project with an international partner, either as the project hose or as the sponsor. (Clubs may use the Rotary's ProjectLINK database to find a partner.)
 * Carry out a service project recommended by one the RI resource groups for health and hunger, literacy, and water, or cooperate on a project with a reputable organization that specializes in one of these areas of service.
 
Expand membership globally in both numbers and quality
Everything that Rotary hopes to accomplish depends on its members, and each of us is responsible for bringing in qualified new members.
 * Have at least 20 percent of club members each bring a potential candidate for membership as a guest to a club meeting.
 * Recruit at least one RI or Rotary Foundation program alumnus/alumna age 35 or younger into membership, (Rotary Foundation and RI  program alumni include your former Ambassadorial Scholars, Group Study Exchange team members, Rotary World Peace Fellows, and former Youth Exchange students, Rotaractors, and Interactors.)
 * Increase the diversity of your club's membership by recruiting at least two new members who belong to a demographic group (profession, age, religion, ethnicity, etc.) that is underrepresented in the club.
 * Recruit at least two new members who have experience in community, vocational, or international service work, as part of the required net increase of atl least one member by 31 March 2010.

Emphasize Rotary's unique vocational service commitment
By demonstrating our strong commitment to high ethical standards in our professional lives, we can provide a model for our colleagues, our employees and our customers and distinguish Rotary from other service and humanitarian organizations.
 * Start of support a youth membership program in your club, and have at least 10 percent of the club's members personally mentor a young person in vocational skills and business ethics.
 * Start or support a career counseling and development program in your club, and invite participants from the community to attend.  Have at least 10 percent of the club's members actively participate and help participants improve their vocational skills and compete in the job market.
 * Have at least one club member register as a Rotary Volunteer and use Rotary's ProjectLINK database to locate an appropriate project.

Optimize leadership talents within RI
Strong leaders are essential to Rotary's future, and each of us should strive to be better leaders in our clubs, our professions, and our communities.
 * Create a leadership development program that at least 5 percent of club members complete.  The RI publication Leadership Development; Your Guide to Starting a Program (250) offers suggestions.
 * Cultivate leadership opportunities for youth by having at least 5 percent of club members sponsor a participant in a Rotary Youth Leadership Awards (RYLA) event or sponsor or host a Youth Exchange student, Ambassadorial Scholar, or Rotary World Peace Fellow.

  (view certification_form.pdf) Submit form to DG Colin by 31 March 2010