New Member Orientation and Education

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 New Member Orientation and Education

    ·        New Member Orientation and Participation Committee

       
    • Ceremony & Badge Presentation to be given by President and recruiting Member, to welcome the new member and make them feel special.

                General Standards:

          • Secretary to get badge created.
          • President to schedule with the new Rotarian the date of the ceremony.
          • President to add to program schedule.
          • President to get bio from new Rotarian.
          • President invites new Rotarian on stage, shares their bio, hands them their badge, shakes their hand. 
          • President asks the club to please stand and welcome the Rotarian to the club. 
    • New Member Mentors          
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      •   Committee members on the New Member Orientation and Participation Committee need to mentor new members.
    • Results we want: To guide and encourage new members on their journey to becoming Rotarians.

     

    • General Standards:
      • Introduce yourself to new members in meetings.
      • Sit with them at lunch.
      • Perform the New Member Orientation when the chair is unavailable. 
      • Reach out to other committee chairs to see if they have current needs new members could get involved with.
      • Get them involved on a committee as soon as possible.
      • Present concerns to the committee chair about any new member.
    • New Member Orientation:
      • A 45 minute meeting to orient new members to Rotary.        
    • Results we want
      • For new members to be excited an equipped to take on their first year as a Rotarian.

     

    • General Standards:
      • Chairperson will be primary person delivering the orientation.
        • Committee members can fill in as needed.
      • Suggested time is one hour before a club meeting.  Schedule with ALPS to insure the board room is available.
      • Use the PowerPoint to guide the meeting.
        • Rotary
        • Rotary Foundation
          • Sustaining Members
          • Paul Harris
        • District 5390
        • Our Club
          • Club Structure
          • Committees (take them to www.missoularotary.org’s committee pages)
          • Success Stories
          • Club is what you make it.
          • Club is responsible for creating an environment where members want to attend, participate, receive joy and can give back. 
        • Don’t overwhelm them with Rotary knowledge and facts.  That will be gained over time.  Keep it simple and get them excited and participating.
        • Ask at the end:
          • Here are some current needs our club has?
          • Where do you want to be involved?

     

      • Red Badge Program
        • Description: New members get a red badge.  They need to complete a list of tasks prior to receiving their regular badge.
        • Results we want: To give the new member some actionable steps they can take that get them interacting with people and involved.
        • General Standards:
          • Attend Orientation
          • Board Meeting
          • Get assigned to and involved with a committee.
          • Meet and greet at the door of an upcoming meeting. 
        • Involvement with New Member Project.

       
    Contact: Betty Wilkins  tombetty17@msn.com   728-9410