Membership Commitment

Membership Commitment

Before the serious stuff: Ponder These:
1. I wondered why the baseball was getting bigger. Then it hit me.
2. Police were called to a daycare where a three-year-old was resisting a rest.
3. The roundest knight at King Arthur's round table was Sir Cumference.
4. To write with a broken pencil is pointless.
5. When fish are in schools they sometimes take debate.
6. The short fortuneteller who escaped from prison was a small medium at large.
7. A thief who stole a calendar got twelve months.
8. A thief fell and broke his leg in wet cement. He became a hardened criminal.
9. Thieves who steal corn from a garden could be charged with stalking.
10. We'll never run out of math teachers because they always multiply.
11. When the smog lifts in Los Angeles , U C L A.
The old ad said “Membership has its privileges.” That may be with the credit card company selling it, but membership in service organizations, such as Rotary, has its responsibilities. Ours is to develop our membership. This is a two-pronged effort: We must motivate ourselves and our fellow club members to be men and women of service (in other words, we not a “chat and chew” club. And we must go out and seek new members. Rotary International says that every good Rotarian must do the 5Ps! (and that’s not a reference to nightly journeys to ones privy!). The 5Ps are:

Projects ALL members need to participate in the club projects every year. Provide a project list for our Club and make sure every member knows about the many Rotary International Projects.

Programs Have all members know that we expect them to be participating in providing speakers to assure excellent club programs every week. Programs give the members a chance to find out about the needs of others. We also need a good brochure for every club that describes what we say about being a Rotarian and our history so our guest speakers will know who they are talking to.

People We must reach out every year and bring at least one new potential member to our club. We need to remember that fundamentally it is the fellowship in Rotary that brings us together. The wanting to be with like-minded people and sharing in the experience in doing good for others. It is a compliment to ask someone to join!

Public Relations We need to be an advocate of the work of Rotary. Tell the Rotary Story to our friends, fellow workers, children, neighbors and others. They will want to join good projects!

Persistence We must take action that will move our goals forward in a constant way. We all must take on a quality of continuing steadily despite problems or obstacles.

We can do it! We have a great club and we can only make it better!

Rotary Shares!

Eddie Valverde