tive projects by the club as a whole are
desirable.

The Rotary club can be most effec-
tive if it will initiate or cooperate in
providing the means for a healthy and
effective relationship between the pub-
lic and voluntary community organiza-
tions. While the policy may be briefly
stated, there can be nothing brief about
the program. Effective community serv-

ice is a continuing process and the ex-
pression “eternal vigilance is the price
of safety” holds as true for community
service as for any phase of life.

Those Rotary clubs which plan for
the long pull, which plan their work
and then work their plan, will be able
to contribute most to the furtherance
of that important Rotary activity
known as community service.

Plans for a Complete Community Survey
(in cooperation with other organizations)

1. Appoint Rotary Survey Committee

Discuss within the club the possible
need for a community survey. The
club members being in agreement that
such a survey should be considered,
there should follow the appointment of
a strong and impartial committee of
Rotarians interested in a survey.

2. Secure Cooperation of Chamber of
Commerce

The Rotary survey committee should
consult the local chamber of commerce
to ascertain whether a community sur-
vey has already been undertaken by
some other group in the community.
If none is under way, secure the inter-
est, support, participation, and, if pos-
sible, leadership of the chamber. A Ro-
tary club cannot, because of its unique
plan of membership, represent the
opinion of a community, whereas a
chamber of commerce, because of the
inclusiveness of its membership, can,
and should, represent and be prepared
to express community opinion.

3. Call Organization Meeting

The Rotary survey committee then

issues a call to all local welfare, civic,
and service organizations, together with
representatives of the local government,
to appoint three or more delegates
representative of each organization to
attend a meeting in the interest of com-
munity service.

4. Organize Community Survey Coun-

cil

Upon assembling, the representatives
included in the call proceed at once to
organize, all sharing equally in voting
for officers. These should be a chair-
man, as many vice-chairmen as there
are organizations represented, a secre-
tary, and a treasurer. The meeting is
then given over to brief discussion of -
the value and power of coordinated com-
munity teamwork for the benefit of the
common welfare. No action by this
council, however, is binding on any or-
ganization represented, nor can this
council assume to usurp the prerogatives
and constitutional powers vested only
in the membership, board of directors,
and duly elected officers of the individ-
ual organizations represented.

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