Helpful Membership Information

Meeting Attendance
Rotary attendance is important; 70% attendance is required. You can make-up a missed meeting by attending a board meeting, volunteering for a service project, or visiting another club.

Happy Dollars
Happy Dollars are collected in the beginning of a meeting.  During this time, Rotarians can donate a dollar or several to tell the club what they are happy about. It works as a positive reinforcement for members to share events in their life, while giving to the club financially. 

Fining Fees
Fining Fines can occur for a variety of reasons, not wearing your badge, arriving late or leaving early, sitting at all one gender table are a few examples.

Birthday Table
On the first Thursday of the month Rotarian birthdays are celebrated! If it’s your birth month, please sit at the “birthday table” with your fellow Rotarians!
 

Rotary Jobs

Rumblings  |  Ainsley Donaldson, chair
Weekly meeting notes, starting with the Pledge, and usually ending with the Raffle drawing. Pictures are welcome. Memories are variable. Submitted to the Rumblings chair by the end of the weekend.

Syndicate  |  Brigid Alverson, chair
Mechanism by which members are fined for photos in newspapers, magazines, TV, or other public arenas. Person in charge of syndicate will bring evidence of the above and announce who is to be fined once monthly.

Sergeant in Arms  |  Jeff Jones, chair
Carrier of the frying pan! Collects fine from members for items including syndicate, happy dollars, badgeless members, late members, early leavers, and cell phone usage.

Collector  |  Bob Oosterman, chair
Receives weekly lunch payments at the door, and checks off attending Rotarians. Coordinates with caterer for total meal count. New collectors may get advice of the the treasurer.

Greeter  |  Mark Hutchinson, chair
Welcomes each member and entices them to buy raffle tickets for the 50/50 raffle. Collects fines and raffle proceeds and counts total funds for the day for the treasurer. Gives Rotary’s share of the proceeds to the collector.

Custodian (with Beyond the Label)  |  Jim Halligan, chair
Bring Rotary supplies out of the closet, including badge suitcase, plastic bin, sidewalk sandwich board, Rotary welcome song board, and table covering. Sandwich board should be placed on the sidewalk beside Memorial Hall driveway. Welcome song should be displayed and the table covering should be put over the Collector / Greeter table. Place bell and gavel by the lectern and drape the Rotary International banner over the front of the lectern. If “Beyond the Label” is unavailable, Custodian is responsible for organizing clean up.

Bread of Life  |  Candy Brower, chair
Remind and encourage members of upcoming Bread of Life service times and location. Collect and send attendance to the Secretary for makeups.

Prayer  |  Don Putney, chair
Provide an ecumenical reading/prayer to begin each meeting (after the Pledge of Allegiance and the patriotic song).

Birthday  |  Linda C.W. Gardner, chair
On the first week of every month, provide a birthday day dessert for all Rotarians celebrating their birth that Monday. Announces names of honored Rotarians.

Program  |  Bill Donohue, chair
Arrange for informative or entertaining person to present at the meeting. Generally speaks for about 20 minutes and allows 5 minutes for questions.