PREFACE

Your election as president means that the members of your
club have confidence in you and have placed the welfare
of the club in your hands. The club president and the club
secretary are the key’ men in the administration.

As president you must work in close harmony with the
secretary and other club officers and should be familiar
with the duties of each. All officers should have a working
knowledge of the administrative affairs of the club.

You and others chosen as club officers are busy men,
actively engaged in some line of endeavor. This pamphlet,
based on the experiences of Rotarians who have served
as president, has been prepared in an effort to help you
gain a clear conception of your obligations to the club
and to show you ways and means of simplifying your work.

This pamphlet is intended as a guide. It includes the
"President's Calendar.’ It does not, however, attempt to
set forth all of the details involved in administering a
Rotary club since these are adequately covered in other —
pamphlets of R. I., or in the Committee material, or in
mimeographed program material available from the
offices of the secretariat.

It is realized that clubs of different sizes have varying
problems and of necessity different procedures and prac-
tices. It would be desirable, perhaps, to issue this
pamphlet in several editions each relating to clubs of a
specific size, but it has been thought more desirable to
issue an edition containing general statements applicable
to the majority of the clubs, and leave it to the officers
of each club to adapt the suggestions to their own specific
needs. Suggestions for the improvement of this pamphlet
will be appreciated by the central office of the secretariat
so that subsequent editions may be prepared in a manner
designed to be most helpful to the largest number.

 

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