The community survey should re-
veal what activities are being carried
on, as well as those for which there
is a need. It should be determined
whether those which are being carried
on are being adequately handled.

Information concerning community
service activities may be derived from
the personal knowledge of members
of the committee or may be obtained
by them from club members and other
sources.

Naturally, the size of the community,
the size of the club, finances, work-
ers available, and similar factors will
limit the amount of survey work the
club can and need do, but some sort
of survey should precede al] community
service work, in order to avoid dupli-
cation with other agencies and to get
the most effective results.

Step 2. Determine What Should Be
Done to Meet the Need

One of the ways to determine what
should be done to meet those needs
which have been uncovered by com-
munity surveys is to make a member
survey, to ascertain the man power
available in the club to help meet the
necessities of the community.

The Member Survey

The member survey aids the com-
mittee in planning its work, by ascer-
taining the interest of individual club
members in community activities.

The first thought will be that the
members of the committee know their
fellow members so well that they are
thoroughly acquainted with what they
may be doing in community service
activities. However, clubs which have

made such member surveys have found
quietly at work many Rotarians who
were not generally known to be ac-
tive in community service.

Such information is valuable in that
it enables the club to learn which mem-
bers can best advise the club in com-
munity work. The data also will be
of future value in indicating the quali-
fications of individual Rotarians for
special work, in bringing to light in-
dividuals who are (possibly uncon-
sciously) neglecting specific duties and
responsibilties, and in providing an
opportunity for the community service
committee to enlist new recruits for

- community service work.

After the member survey has been
made, the community service commit-
tee will wish to determine just what
should be done to correct the needs
uncovered in “Step 1.” A discussion of
what should be done will lead naturally
to the third step, who should do it.

Step 3. Decide Who Should Do the
Job

The general survey has revealed the
needs within the community; the par-
ticular survey has selected and investi-
gated these needs which should receive
preferred or immediate attention; and
the member survey has disclosed what
man power is available within the Ro-
tary club. The next decision is whether
the need should be filled by some mem-
ber of the club, by the club acting as a
whole, by some one of the other agen-
cies existing in the community, or by
some new agency which might be cre-
ated for this particular purpose.

In making this decision the commit-
tee should bear in mind that each indi-

P-4