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General Overview
Individual Rotary clubs belong to Rotary International. Individual members, or Rotarians, belong
to a club. The club is where most of Rotarians' meaningful service work is carried out. Clubs
can be engaged not only in their communities, but also internationally. Rotary International is also
present in most social networking sites. What Rotarians get out of Rotary depends largely on what
they put into it.
Club Service
Director - PP David Ambrose
Club Service focuses on strengthening fellowship and ensuring the smooth functioning of
Rotary clubs.
Some of the general responsibilities of this committee are:
Running the weekly meeting
Organising Meeting Programs
Organising Guest Speakers
Organising Duty Rosters and Duty Officers
Community Service
Director - PP Stuart Ludlow
Community Service is the opportunity Rotary clubs have to implement club projects and activities that
improve life in their local community.
Community Service is an opportunity for every Rotarian to exemplify “Service
Above Self.” It is the commitment and social responsibility of every Rotarian and Rotary club to
improve the quality of life for those who live in the community and to serve the public interest.
International Service
Director - PPo Barbara Fletcher
International Service encompasses efforts to expand Rotary’s humanitarian reach around the world and
to promote world understanding and peace. It includes everything from contributing to PolioPlus to helping
Rotary Youth Exchange students adjust to their host countries.
Vocational Service
Director - Brett Watson
Vocational Service involves club members serving others through their professions and aspiring to high
ethical standards. Rotarians, as business leaders, share skills and expertise through their vocations, and they
inspire others in the process.
New Generations
Director - PP Ralph Muller
The New Generations committee plans, organises, co-ordinates, assists and supports District
Rotary Clubs in implementing programs that support the youth of our community.
This committee co-ordinates and facilitates reciprocal 12 month secondary school
exchanges between students sponsored by Rotary Clubs in the District and overseas Rotary Clubs, with
the objective of promoting international goodwill, peace and understanding.
Some typical youth programs are:
• Youth Exchange Program (YEP) - the 12-month
reciprocal secondary school exchange between two Rotary Clubs in different countries.
• Rotary Youth Leadership Award (RYLA) - a 7-day
camp to foster and promote leadership abilities in young adults. This program is aimed at 20-28
year old adults
• Rotary Youth Program for Enrichment (RYPEN) -
The Rotary Youth Program of Enrichment is a program of weekend seminars for young people between the
ages of 14 and 17 years. Its principal aim is the communication of a series of ideas, problems
and social experiences to assist the young participants in forming their own values and moral standards.
• Model United Nations Assembly (MUNA) - This
international youth project simulates the workings of the United Nations Assembly by having teams of
two senior students from a number of schools represent a particular UN country in debates on matters
of world political and social concern. Youth Exchange students also can participate.
• Youth Suicide Awareness - This project seeks
to train local teachers to identify youth in crisis by undergoing a two-year graduate course at the Centre
for Adolescent Health. Rotary Clubs are invited to fund the teachers in their local schools to
undertake the course.
• Interact - Interact is a worldwide Rotary sponsored
group of young people, dedicated to service and international understanding. It is open to students
in their last 4 years of secondary education and provides young people with an opportunity of participating
in at least two projects a year – one serving the community and the other to further international understanding.
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