for membership are limited to those
who are to fill open, established clas-
sifications. An “Outline of Classifica-
tions” has been prepared as a work of
reference for the general guidance of
Rotary clubs. This outline is supplied
to each club upon admission to mem-
bership in Rotary International.

Classification Describes Service

Each classification term used by the
club should describe a service offered,
not a position held. In the “Outline of
Classifications” the terms for certain
related services are grouped together
with a general heading termed a major
classification. It is recommended that
a club have not more than ten per cent
of its membership in classifications fall-
ing under any one of these major
classification headings. “Membership
and Classifications in Rotary” (Pam-
phlet No. 17), and other material ob-
tainable from the secretariat of Rotary
International will prove helpful in prop-
erly applying the principle of member-
ship by classifications.

In practically all clubs—whether large
or small—it is desirable to have a classi-
fications committee to attend to that
phase of club service. Article VIII, Sec-
tion 2(a) of the recommended club by-
laws states the duties of this committee
as follows: “This committee shall make
a classification survey of the commu-
nity; shall compile from the survey a
roster of filled and unfilled classifica-
tions using the “Outline of Classifica-
tions” as a guide; shall urge upon the
members the importance of proposing
names for the unfilled classifications;
shall review, where necessary, existing
classifications represented in the club;

and shall counsel with the board of di-
rectors on all classifications problems.’

Membership

A classification survey having been
made and a list of filled and unfilled
classifications having been established,
the next step is to select desirable pros-
pects to fill the unfilled classifications.
This can be done by asking the club
members to propose men for the un-
filled classifications and then having the
membership sub-committee pass on the
qualifications of the men _proposed.*
Or, the club service committee or a
sub-committee on membership can pro-
pose a man to fill the unfilled classifica-
tion. When such a man has been se-
lected and his proposal card has been
approved, his application for member-
ship should be secured. Much informa-
tion concerning membership can be
obtained from Pamphlet No. 17, “Mem-
bership and Classifications in Rotary.”
This pamphlet also lists and explains
the fourteen steps in the procedure of

. proposing for and electing to member-

ship.

The duties of the membership com-
mittee are described in Article VIII,
Section 2(b) of the recommended club
by-laws, as follows: “This committee

 

*Secret membership committee.—In clubs
where the membership committee is a secret
committee it will not be desired, of course, to
have the chairman of that committee appear at
the meeting of the club service committee.
The president of the club, however, as ex-
officio member of the club service committee,
may be looked upon as representing the mem-
bership committee on the club service com-
mittee. It is through him that the club serv- ©
ice committee will have contact with the
membership committee.

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