How to           Membership Proposal and Application Form
Propose
a New
Member

Every Rotarian has the privilege and obligation of seeking qualified members. In this way all club members can help their clubs achieve a full representation of the business and professional life of the community.

The basic procedure by which an individual is proposed for and elected to membership in a Rotary club is:

		The prospective member's name is submitted to the board of directors.
		The board ensures that the proposal meets all of the classification and membership requirements and approves or disapproves of the proposal within 30 days. The proposer is notified through the club secretary. (NOTE: Until this approval is granted, prospects should not be informed that they have been proposed for membership.)
		The prospective member is informed of privileges and responsibilities of Rotary club membership, asked to complete the application card, and to give written permission to publish his or her name and proposed classification to the club membership.
		Prospect's name is communicated to the club. If no objections are received by the board within seven days following the publication of the prospect's name, that person, upon payment of an admission fee, is considered to be elected to membership and his or her name is reported to Rotary International.

Additional active membership is an effective way of sharing the benefits of Rotary membership with outstanding, service-minded business and professional leaders in your community. It can bring to your club new members with fresh enthusiasm, contribute extra support to your club's program of service, strengthen club leadership, and help lower the average age of club members.

Any active member of this club may propose for, and the club may elect to, active membership one additional person who is actively engaged in the same classification of business or profession as that of the proposer. This individual must have the qualifications required for active
membership.

Another provision permits a club to elect to active membership any former active member of a Rotary club who has established a business, practice, or residence in the community, even though that person's classification may already be represented. Here, approval of the present holder of the classification is needed.

Also permitted, with the approval of the present holder of the classification, is the election to additional active membership of former Rotaractors who have passed the age limit for Rotaract membership, provided that they live or conduct business within the territorial limits of the
Rotary club, and were members of one or more Rotaract clubs for a minimum of four years.

In addition, your club's membership efforts should benefit greatly from an important change in policy effected by the 1995 Council on Legislation. Retired persons in your community are now eligible for past service membership in your club, even if they have never previously been Rotarians, provided that they would have been eligible for membership prior to retirement.


When was the last time YOU proposed someone for membership in Rotary? Your fellow Rotarians are counting on you to seek out young, qualified business and professional leaders - men and women, alike - to propose for membership in your club. Don't let them down.

Young people actively engaged in the same classification that your club loaned to you, former Rotarians from other clubs, and even Rotaractors beyond the age limit for Rotaract - all may be eligible for additional active membership in your club. Keep in mind, too, that retirees who have never before belonged to Rotary may now be eligible for past service membership.

Use the card inside to propose these future Rotarians. You owe it to your club and to your community. Do it today.