DISTRICT 5750PETS 2010

ROTARY FROM AN INTERNATIONAL VIEW POINT

• BARRY CURLEE, PDG 07-08

• DISTRICT 5870 CENTRAL TEXAS

• 512-346-0511

• BCURLEE@AUSTIN.RR.COM

AS PRESIDENT

•WHY IN THE HECK DO YOU NEED TO KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT ROTARY INTERNATIONAL?

MY JOB• TRY TO MAKE THESE STATS INTERESTING• GIVE YOU A FEW FACTS FOR YOU TO

SHARE WITH YOUR CLUB AND HELP YOU INCREASE AND RETAIN MEMBERS.

• BRAGGING INFO TO RECRUIT• MAKE YOU LOOK SMART OR AT LEAST A

LITTLE SMARTER.• GET YOU TO FOCUS ON AND INCLUDE

MEMBERSHIP AT EVERY MEETING• ALMOST EVERYTHING I HAVE IS ON THE RI WEBSITE

www.rotary.org

PROSPECT ASKS

• WHAT IS ROTARY?– I will be speaking from a global perspective not club.

• CAN YOU GIVE A CONCISE ANSWER THAT WILL INTEREST THE PROSPECT?

Elevator Statement Rotary International

• Rotary is the oldest and one of the largest international service club that is known for attracting business and community leaders that do international and community service. We are best known for being the largest provider of scholarships in the world, leading the way to eradicate polio, promoting real world peace. How about coming to a meeting an learning a little more?

Recruiting tool• World Peace• Visit Rotary in another country often very elite• Tour guide or a source for travel• Develop leaders• As a large group we can do so much more• Networking – outstanding business contacts• also, Rotarian knows someone who knows someone• Cultural awareness• Prestige • Recognition • Satisfaction of serving others/making a difference in

the world• Total international prospective—great appeal to

younger members• Personal development opportunities• Friends

Zones 25-33

Zone 21

NORTHERN OKLAHOMA

• District 5750• 39 clubs • 2071 members as of Jan. 1, 2010

– Up 11 member from June 30, 2009 and only district with net gain. Also, ranked 4th overall with a net gain of 27 from July 1, 2009 (of 10 districts in the zone)*

– *old zone 26

How do we compare

• Rotary 1.2m 33k clubs 200+countries

• Lions 1.3m 45k clubs 205 countries • Kiwanis 260k 8k clubs 96 countries • Optimist 10k 3k clubs 30 countries

ROTARY INTERNATIONAL

• ZONES 34

• DISTRICTS 525

• CLUBS 33,575

• 1,206,482 MEMBERS in Rotary 180,274 Rotaract

281,152 Interact

156,055 Rotary Community Co

1,823,963 TOTAL

• COUNTRY CLUBS MEMBERS• USA 7,836 361,019 of 1,206,482 30%

• INDIA 2,917 104,961• JAPAN 2,302 92,096• KOREA 1,464 57,967• BRAZIL 2,319 52,968• GERMANY 967 48,871• ENGLAND 1,457 42,979• ITALY 780 42,323• FRANCE 1,041 33,462• AUSTRALIA 1,144 33,148• CANADA 731 26,747

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AGE AND WORK STATUSWORLDWIDE

AGE AND WORK STATUSNORTH AMERICA

Women in Rotary

SEX AND YEAR OF SERVICEWORLDWIDE

SEX AND YEAR OF SERVICENORTH AMERICA

Rotary Pride/Bragg: • United Nations• Ethics --- Rotary code of ethics and standard of practices

suggested by Rotarian President Warren G Harding 1923• UNESCO—1943 world gathering sponsored by Rotary for vast

education and world understanding. Eventually resulting in UNESCO

• Truth in advertising—came from Rotary and was adopted my many, many organization in a time where the norm was buyer beware.

• Polio Plus—more than $850,000,000 from Rotarians to eradicate Polio

• RESPECT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS—1940 CONVENTION later a model for the UN’s Universal Declaration on Human Rights

• UN CONFERENCE ON INTERNATIONAL ORGANITATION -49 Rotarians were representatives of the 50 countries attending

• CONFERENCE ON ABANDONED LAND MINES-Sponsored by Rotary and the US State Dept. 2003

• 100 NATIONS have honored Rotary with a postage stamp.• Largest private provider of scholarships in the world• Peace scholars

PEOPLE:• Admiral Bird places a Rotary flag on the

North Pole• Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation’s

$355,000,00 gift for Polio Eradication• Dolly Parton & Rotary have partnered to

promote Reading/Literacy • Mel Gibson $1,000,000 for hurricane

relief in Mexico—trusted Rotary• Matthew McConaughey youth exchange• John Hendricks CEO of Discovery

Channel-Ambassadorial Scholar

Rotarians (some may be honorary Rotarians.) there are

thousands more who’s name we would recognize.

• JC Penny• Neil Armstrong• President Warren G Harding-• John F Kennedy honorary• Franklin D Roosevelt• Norman Vincent Peale• Connie Mack McGillicuddie• George Marshall• Douglas MacArthur• King Baudouin ! of Belgium• Jose Luis Bustamante

Rivero, president of Peru• Walt Disney

• Prince Rainer 111 of Monaco• Abdulla Khalil prime

minister of Sudan• Chung Yul Kim prime

minister Korea• Thomas Edison• Orville Wright--aviation• Sir Winston Churchill• Albert Schweitzer• Prince Rainier III of Monaco• Margaret Thatcher, British

Prime Minister• Claude Vuitton, owner,

Vuitton luggage enterprise

BOTTOM LINE:

• MEMBERSHIP HAS TO BE A PRIORITY

• MEMBERSHIP should be A TOPIC AT EVERY MEETING

• ASK, ASK, ASK, ASK, ASK

• #1 reason people don’t join Rotary, never been asked

• There is a prospect everywhere