From the Secretariat
of Rotary International
35 East Wacker Drive, Chicago, U. S.A.

 

 

CLUB SERVICE

 

 

 

The R.I. Secretariat serves as a clearing house for. information which may be |.
_useful to Rotary clubs. This file and many others are prepared from various sources
- information. Suggestions are appreciated. 7

pOFTLE VE?

 

 

THIS 1S YOUR YEAR

A bse es - new elub edo taehte by Charles H.. Stone,
; sans President, Rotary Club of: at ene N -C. |

 

 

 

You have been elected president of your
club. You have had conferred upon, you
by your fellow members the highest. honor
within their gift - some say the highest
honor in your community. You are to be
congratulated. upon this vote. of confi-

dence; it marks youasa leader in your |

‘club and in your community. But, in our
exaltation, we must not forget that

every honor carries with it an obli-.

gation, and every obligation is a
challenge, an oppor tun Liye ior POPE”
mance and service.

Two years azo. my club elected me. as
their president; at the Rotary con-

vention that year, . T attended an as-.

sembly of the presidents of the clubs
of the same.size as mine, which was
attended by nearly 200 incoming presi-
dents like myself. The theme of that
SARROEIY, was: "This is. your year,”

Bnew Veunea?”
What are the qualifications necessary

to successfully meet the obligations,
the challenge, you face? What quali-

fications may your fellow members ex-—

pect to find in you? Let's see: They
may properly expect you .to know your-

self, to.lmow your. abilities and re-.

sources; you have them, else you would
not have been elected; now you will not
let indecision or timidity keep you
from using then.

 

 

Know Your Members

Also it is well to know your members,
know their abilities and qualifications
relatively as well as you kmow your own,
else you may not be able touse them to
the best advantage in the conduct. of
your club. You have, of course, set up
your committees for the year, and in
doing this you may have been fortunate
enough to. pick the best man for each
place; whatever be the case in this |.
respect, you. are expected to see. that
your committees work, and the better
you know your members the more ef-
fectively will your committees. perform.

Know Rotary

It is well to Ikmow Rotary; in fact, a
club president must know Rotary. "Ho
one performs a job as well as the one
who knows it best," has been said over
and over again, and this axiom applies
tothe running of a Rotary club, the
same as. it does to. running your own
business or profession. I urge any of
you who may be uncertain about Rotary
to study and master it. | Remember, the |
better you rum your club this year, the
better you will run your business next
year.

Develop.a Sense of Humor

A well-developed sense of humor has |
saved the day for many a man charged

 

 

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