In a small-sized club, it has been
found advisable to have one man sub-
committees for each of the following
phases of club service work—attend-
ance, fellowship, membership, classifica-
tions, program, Rotary information, and
public information. These, together
with the chairman, will constitute the
club While each
man is responsible for only one phase

 

service committee.

of club service the committee should
get together occasionally as a whole to
coordinate their efforts and thus to pre-
vent overlapping.

Phases of Club Service

There are other sections containing
suggestions for each of the sub-commit-
tees commonly found under club sery-
ice. Since it is the duty however, of the
club service committee to coordinate
and supervise all of these activities, the
chairman of the club service committee
should be familiar with the functions
of each sub-commitee. The following,
therefore, is a brief summary of the
function and responsibilities of each
sub-committee.

Attendance

Attendance is one of the require-
ments of membership in Rotary. Rotary
emphasizes attendance because it rec-
ognizes that, in order to become and to
remain a Rotarian, a member must
experience the fellowship and the close
contact obtained only at the weekly
meetings. He must attend so that he
can discuss with others the problems
concerning his own and their vocations,
and so that he can obtain inspiration
for service to his own community and
to his fellowmen in other nations.

Attendance is stressed as a means to
an end. It should not be made an end
in itself. The best attendance is a regu-
lar, even attendance. That can be in-
duced by good fellowship, well bal-
anced and interesting programs, con-
genial meeting place and strict adher-
ence to time schedule. Artificial stimu-
lation of attendance may be desirable at
certain times, but at all times attend-
ance should be considered not as an
end in itself, but as a means to further
the purpose and program of Rotary.

It is the duty of the sub-committee
on attendance, to acquaint the members
with the attendance requirements; to
make a study of the causes of poor
attendance and then try to remove
those causes; and to urge upon the
members the desirability and impor-
tance of attending club meetings, inter-
city meetings, district conferences and
international conventions.

Attendance stimulation plans, includ-
ing contests, which have been used suc-
cessfully by Rotary clubs, can be ob-
tained from the secretariat of Rotary
International, upon request.

Fellowship

One of the most satisfying things a
Rotarian gets out of his membership
in a Rotary club is fellowship.

It is the duty of this sub-committee to
see that wholehearted fellowship is de-
veloped and sustained; that it embraces
not only club members, but also visitors,
making them feel at home. This may
involve plans for seating arrangements
which will further the development of
acquaintance among club members and
for the reception and attention to visit-
ing Rotarians.

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