Dear Rotarians
Sharing this info from “big brother” PP Chris Joscelyne, Rotary eClub One.
Regards
B S CHEW
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Successful Rotary e-clubs (pure e-club model or hybrid e-club model) have a number of common attributes including:
1. clarity of purpose
2. commitment to excellence
3. intelligent leadership
4. sound organizational planning
5. meaningful projects and activities
6. continuous contact with members
7. harmonious member interactions and fellowship
8. careful membership development
9. close engagement with the Rotary District
10. effective use of appropriate technologies
Visitors to this site may be surprised to see “technologies” as item 10 at the bottom of the list, rather than at the top. The most successful Rotary e-clubs knew from the beginning that technology is purely an enabler, nothing more.
FIVE KEY GOALS of Rotary E-Clubs:
* Use the Internet to retain Rotarians who would otherwise be lost to Rotary
* Use the Internet to attract new Rotarians
* Use the Internet to facilitate meetings
* Use the Internet to manage service projects
* Use the Internet for fellowship by creating a friendly community of like-minded Rotarians
A pure Rotary e-club conducts 100% of its Rotary business on the Internet.
Typically, members have one face-to-face dinner meeting per year, usually at the RI Convention. Members are likely to come from a wide geographic area which may be global. Rotary service is undertaken in the community where a member lives, or groups of members collaborate and work together as teams on service projects in needy communities where no member resides.
Rotary E-Club One is a good example of a pure Rotary e-club.
A hybrid Rotary e-club conducts most of its Rotary business on the Internet, but meets face-to-face once a month for a dinner meeting.
A hybrid Rotary e-club is a good option when all the members live within a relatively compact geographic area that enables them to travel to the monthly face-to-face meeting. Rotary service projects are undertaken within the geographic area and beyond.
Rotary E-Club of 3310 Singapore is a good example of a hybrid Rotary e-club.
A typical Rotary e-club has a public website for visitors and make-up attendance, and a separate members’ clubhouse that is closed to visitors.
Personal details of each member, and a member’s immediate family, are stored in the clubhouse which also contains the club’s Board minutes, financial reports, service project administration, and discussion forums for every member to access and read. Information is stored in a secure database protected by AES 256-bit encryption security.
The clubhouse offers every member 24/7 access to Board meeting minutes, financial reports, committee meeting minutes, Rotary service reports, project plans, discussion forums, weekly meeting notes and every other aspect of club management and operations.
The Rotary e-clubs proof of concept pilot study revealed that e-clubs that filled Board positions in the first year with people who had no former Rotary experience, were more likely to lose the ethos of Rotary and encounter serious operational problems caused by a lack of understanding of Rotary’s mission and values.
NOTE: Rotary e-clubs that were dominated by computer geeks failed to perform as effective service clubs.
Rotary E-Clubs Resources
http://www.rotaryec lubs.com/ faq.html
From: Australian Projects
Date: Jul 27, 2010 8:50 AM
Subject: NEW POWERPOINT PRESENTATION – ROTARY E-CLUBS
Dear colleagues,
The latest PowerPoint presentation for your interest.
Please feel free to use any part of the content as you see fit.
Kind regards,
Chris Joscelyne
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PP Chris Joscelyne – Rotary e-clubs liaison
ROTARY E-CLUBS RESOURCE SITE
A service project of Rotary E-Club One
District 5450 Colorado USA
Web: www.rotaryeclubs. com
Email: rotaryeclubs@ gmail.com