On August 10, YEOs (Youth Exchange Officers), YECs (Youth Exchange Counselors), Youth Exchange Committee members, and Youth Services Committee members from across D6330 gathered on Zoom for the first YEO & YEC Training session on the 2022-2023 Rotary year. There was lots of excitement as we talked about welcoming our first Inbound students to the District in 3 years!

Imagine Rotary. How do you imagine your club in five years’ time? What great service projects will be completed in your community or in the world? What new members will be attracted to join your efforts? What lives will be impacted and changed forever because of your work?

 

Having spent most of my working career in the nonprofit world membership organizations like ours place a high emphasis on growth. I believe it our responsibility as Rotarians to create club cultures and club experiences that are inviting, rewarding and fun for prospective members. What barriers need to be addressed so everyone may have a great Rotary experience? What assistance does your club need to grow?

 

I am fortunate after a two-year hiatus to be able to visit your clubs in person and to meet each of you. Please also invite me to your service projects and fundraisers. Let’s have fun this year, do good things in the world and ask others to join us on this journey.  Lots of questions here. Let’s find out the answers together!

 

 

Rotary has a legislative or parliamentary process called the Council on Legislation (COL).  Each district in the Rotary world selects a COL Representative to consider, debate and vote upon proposed enactments that have the power to amend the constitutional documents, namely the Constitution of Rotary International, the By-Laws of Rotary International and the Standard Rotary Club Constitution.  Rotary clubs, districts and the RI Board propose enactments.

 

The 2022 Council on Legislation was held April 10-14 in a hybrid event, both in-person in Chicago and virtually.  Your COL Representative attended virtually and was one of the 522 representatives involved.  Initially 94 proposed enactments were to be considered with adopted enactments changing the constitutional documents effective July 1^st following the COL.  A list of the adopted enactments with the voting results is provided below.