Rotary Club of Jackson, MS

for the Rotary Club of Jackson

Rotary club members are part of a diverse group of professional leaders working to address various community and international service needs. Through community service and other means, Rotary club members help promote peace and understanding throughout the world. Our members are our most important asset. They are the force that allows Rotary to carry out its many humanitarian efforts and achieve its mission.

Why Join Rotary?

Each Rotary club strives for a membership that is an up-to-date and progressive representation of its community's business, vocational, and professional interests. Membership in Rotary offers a number of benefits, including:

Rotary membership is by invitation of each local club. If you would like to be considered for membership by a local Rotary club, ask for, complete, and turn-in a Prospective Member Contact Form from the Club's Executive Director.

Guidelines for Proposing a New Member or Reinstatement of a Prior Member

Rotary International requires that members be "of good character, good business or professional reputation, and hold a position of executive capacity in his vocation or profession."

If a prospective member meets those qualifications, here is the recommended procedure for a proposer to follow:

1. Show Rotary to your prospective member. Bring him/her to a meeting.

2. Make sure your prospect is interested and would welcome membership. Be sure to cover classification and attendance requirements. Also inform your prospect of the $100 admission fee and $150 semi-annual dues. In addition, membership requires becoming a Paul Harris sustaining member, which requires a tax-deductible payment to the Rotary Foundation of $50 semi-annually. Also, our club sponsors our "Signature Project" - Mentor Scholarship program, which requires a tax-deductible payment of $100 semi-annually with your dues. The amounts listed below will be due at time of admission, and all but the admission fee will be due each six months thereafter:

$100 admission fee (unless reinstated former member)

$150 semi-annual dues (first dues may be prorated)

$50 Paul Harris sustaining membership

$100 Mentor Scholarship Program _____________________________________________________________

$400 due at time of admission

3. Determine your prospective member's classification. This is based on the prospect's business, institution, or profession.

4. Fill out the proposed membership form and return it to:

Rotary Club of Jackson; PO Box 3807; Jackson 39207

Or you can give it to the Executive Director at a Club meeting.

5. Make sure your proposed member knows what happens next:

The E.D. brings the proposal before the Board of Directors at their next meeting for their approval. Often, the Board votes on proposed members by electronic mail.

When approved by the Board, the name of the proposed member is published in the Rotagram newsletter . Should there be an objection, the matter would be brought back before the Board for resolution. If there is no objection, the member is considered approved for membership.

You, the proposer, are notified by mail, and a date is proposed to you for induction of the new member into the club.

You contact the proposed member. If this date is not convenient, you contact the E.D. for an alternate date.

On the induction day, you attend a brief orientation session with the new member prior to the club luncheon, and then introduce the new member to the club during the regular meeting.

7. Please make sure your proposed member knows that the membership procedure may well take several weeks. This is not an indication that there is any problem involved, simply the time it sometimes takes to get busy Rotarians together for required approvals.