DISTRICT 5750
PETS 2010
ROTARY FROM AN
INTERNATIONAL VIEW POINT
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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
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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
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Rotary
Lions
Kiwanis
Optimist
1.2m
1.3m
260k
10k
33k clubs
45k clubs
8k clubs
3k clubs
200+countries
205 countries
96 countries
30 countries
ROTARY INTERNATIONAL
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ZONES 34
DISTRICTS 525
CLUBS 33,575
1,206,482 MEMBERS in Rotary
180,274
281,152
156,055
1,823,963
Rotaract
Interact
Rotary Community Co
TOTAL
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COUNTRY
USA
INDIA
JAPAN
KOREA
BRAZIL
GERMANY
ENGLAND
ITALY
FRANCE
AUSTRALIA
CANADA
CLUBS
7,836
2,917
2,302
1,464
2,319
967
1,457
780
1,041
1,144
731
MEMBERS
361,019 of 1,206,482 30%
104,961
92,096
57,967
52,968
48,871
42,979
42,323
33,462
33,148
26,747
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AGE AND WORK STATUS
WORLDWIDE
AGE AND WORK STATUS
NORTH AMERICA
Women in Rotary
SEX AND YEAR OF SERVICE
WORLDWIDE
SEX AND YEAR OF SERVICE
NORTH 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.
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JC Penny
Neil Armstrong
President Warren G HardingJohn 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