ROTARY INTERNATIONAL
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Chicago 1, Il., U.S.A.

AUGUST PROGRAM SUGGESTIONS
FOR ROTARY CLUBS

“Close Those Gaps”

A club service program suggestion in which
a thorough examination of the club roster is
made. Because so many businesses have changed
since the war began new men have come into
many communities. Some of these men will
make good Rotarians.

Putting on the Program

(a) One of the members might be asked to talk
to the club on the importance of filling the gaps
in the club roster. He might include in his talk
a list of the unfilled classifications, plus a few
good suggestions as to how to “close those gaps.”
Mention should be made of the various types of
membership, with some emphasis given to addi-
tional active membership. A list of the vacant
classifications might be given to each member,
the members being urged to be on the alert for
prospective members.

“Costilla—a County Rotary Club,” in your
August issue of THE Rotarian, and the item of
the Rotary Reporter department in the July
’ issue will provide the speaker with quotable
examples of closing the classification gaps; or,

(b) In the event that a classification survey has
not been made within the last year or so, prior
to the meeting the membership committee might
be instructed to make such a survey. It might
serve a good purpose to invite two or three of
the prospective members, “discovered” by the
survey, to talk to the club on their respective
vocations. The speakers, of course, would not
be aware that they were under consideration for
membership.

References from THE SECRETARIAT:

Pamphlet 17—Membership and Classifications
in Rotary.

File 333—Mobilizing for Greater Service.

File 334—A “Jack” for Every Trade.

File 335—A Rotary Interview.

From THE RorTariIaAn:
“New Friends.” Charles Hanson Towne.
July, 1943.

“Vocational Service—A
Wartime Challenge”

Want something you can “get your teeth into”—
as you plan this program? Read the guest edi-
torial in your August issue of THE Rotarian. In
it Rotary’s new President, Charles L. Wheeler,
challenges Rotarians and Rotary clubs to lead
their communities in the home-front effort to
win the war and to prepare for the peace. And
what he says, he backs up with the “Wartime
Challenge,” adopted by the R.I. board of direc-
tors, to bring about a better understanding of
the vocational service phase of the Rotary pro-
gram. (This appeared on the inside back cover
of the April issue of THe Rorarran.)

Putting on the Program

(a) Have aclub member base a talk on the above
articles, or suggest that he use them as a discus-
sion primer; or,

(b) Since as a businessman each Rotarian acts
in four capacities: (1) employer, (2) purchaser,
(3) competitor, and (4) seller, it is suggested
that the four capacities be assigned to four club
members for discussion; each speaker to show
how the principles set forth in President Wheel-
er’s article and in “A Wartime Challenge” can
be made to apply to his particular subject.

References from THE SECRETARIAT:

File 508—Your Job and the War Effort.

File 522—It Begins with Management.

File 552—The New Competition.

From THE RoTARIAN:
“Hardware Men Who Won’t Be Shelved.”
A. E. Hernstein. June, 1943.
“Toward a Mixed Economy.” Stuart Chase.

May, 1943.

“Those Limber Lumbermen.” W. C. Bell.
April, 1943.

“Retailers Have the Stuff.” J. C. Aspley.
March, 1943.

”You—and the War”

(Community Service)

What the individual Rotarian is doing in the
war effort.