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Membership
Please contact any member of the Rotary Club of Northern Calvert for more information on joining.
Or contact the Rotary Club of Northern Calvert at:
Mail: P.O. Box 928,
Chesapeake Beach, MD 20732
Phone: Email: info@northcalvertrotary.com
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.
Meetings
Out meetings are normally held
every Thursday morning from
7:30am to 8:30am
at
Smokey Joe's Restaurant
8005 Bayside Road
Chesapeake Beach, MD.
There are special events and holidays which conflct with are regular meeting time and our regular meeting is canceled.
Dues
There is a $50, one time, initiation fee and a $50/month club dues (billed quarterly and paid in advance) which includes the Rotary International dues, District dues, the monthly Rotary Magazine, and your Breakfast.
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:
- Effecting change within the community
- Developing leadership skills
- Gaining an understanding of — and having an impact on — international humanitarian issues.
- Developing relationships with community and business leaders
Be sure to watch this video clip on the benefits of Rotary.
The Membership Process
Rotary membership is by invitation. Often a person being considered for membership is invited by a member/sponsor to attend three club meetings,at Club expense (Breakfast), to learn more about Rotary. The sponsor may then submit the name of the candidate to the club's membership committee. If you would like to be considered for membership, please contact Joyce or Phil Pfanschmidt at 301-855-2380 or info@northcalvertrotary.com.
Benefits of Rotary
Early Boys & Girls Club computer lab sponsored by our Rotary Club.
Rotary membership provides the opportunity to:
- Become connected to your community.
- Work with others in addressing community needs.
- Interact with other professionals in your community; assist with RI's international humanitarian service efforts.
- Establish contacts with an international network of professionals.
- Develop leadership skills.
- Involve family in promoting service efforts.
Responsibilities of Membership
Rotary club membership carries with it certain responsibilities.
- Members are expected to attend weekly programs of the club. Opportunities to make up attendance include attending the regular meeting of another Rotary club, attending various other Rotary meetings, or attending a club service project authorized by the club board of directors.
- Members are required to pay annual dues to their clubs, their districts, and to Rotary International.
- Members are expected to participate in local or international activities or projects of the Rotary club.
- Clubs encourage members to aspire to leadership or committee roles within their clubs.
Becoming a Rotarian
An association of nearly 33,000 autonomous clubs in 166 countries, Rotary International is one of the world's largest service organizations. The goal for a club's membership is an up-to-date and progressive representation of the community's business, vocational, and professional interests.
An important distinction between Rotary and other organizations is that membership in Rotary is by invitation. Rotary clubs invite individuals to join and become members.
Membership is vital to a Rotary club's operations and community service activities. A primary goal of the club is to continually expand the club with committed members who have the interest and ability to get involved in service and humanitarian projects.
Prospective members must:
- hold — or be retired from — a professional, proprietary, executive, or managerial position;
- have the capacity to meet the club's weekly attendance or community project participation requirements;
- live or work within the locality of the club or the surrounding area.
Classifications: Professional Representation
Rotary uses a classification system to establish and maintain a vibrant cross-section or representation of the community's business, vocational, and professional interests among members and to develop a pool of resources and expertise to successfully implement service projects. This system is based on the founders' paradigm of choosing cross-representation of each business, profession, and institution within a community.
A classification describes either the principal business or the professional service of the organization that the Rotarian works for or the Rotarian's own activity within the organization. Some examples of classifications include: high schools, universities, eye surgery, banking, pharmaceutical retailing, petroleum-distribution, and insurance agency.