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You are a Potential Rotarian if you:
-are committed to fellowship and volunteering with 95 other members of the Rotary Club of Santa Fe who live the FOUR WAY TEST.
-are interested in humanitarian causes,
both locally and internationally.
- want to a network of more than 32,000 local clubs in more than 200 countries and geographical regions.
-want to be part of an international club of 1.2 million business and professional leaders united by the same desire to participate in fellowship and community service.
Membership in Rotary International
If you asked a Rotarian if he or she belonged to Rotary International, the individual probably would look puzzled and answer, "Of course I'm a member of Rotary International." But in this instance, the confident Rotarian would be technically wrong. No Rotarian can be a member of Rotary International!
The explanation of this apparent contradiction is simple. The constitutional documents of RI state that membership in Rotary International is limited to Rotary clubs. Over 27,000 Rotary clubs belong to the organization we call Rotary International.
A Rotary club is composed of persons with the appropriate qualifications of good character and reputation, a business or professional classification and who serve in an executive or managerial capacity. The Rotarian belongs to a club-the club belongs to Rotary International. This technical distinction is not obvious or even known to most Rotarians and seldom does it create any problems or complications. It does explain, however, why the Rotary International Board of Directors places expectations upon and extends privileges to Rotary clubs, rather than to individual Rotarians.
If someone asks if you belong to Rotary International, your most accurate answer would be, "No, I belong to a Rotary club." But I doubt if anyone would understand the difference, or, in fact, would really care.
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What does it mean to be a Rotarian?
The Rotary motto Service Above Self conveys the humanitarian spirit of the organization’s more than 1.2 million members. Strong fellowship among Rotarians and meaningful 
community and international service projects characterize Rotary worldwide.
As a new member, you'll get a chance to become more involved in your community and to provide aid to other parts of the world through the opportunities that your Rotary club and Rotary International offer.
Longtime Rotarians agree that involvement is key to getting the most out of membership. Volunteer to serve on a committee that meets your interests, to be a greeter for weekly club meetings, or to join a service project team. These activities will help you get to know your fellow club members and better understand the work of Rotary.
Rotary Club of Santa Fe members are actively committed to making the world a better place, through their donations of time, effort, and money.
The Object of Rotary
The Object of Rotary is to encourage and foster the ideal of service as a basis of worthy enterprise and, in particular, to encourage and foster:
FIRST. The development of acquaintance as an opportunity for service;
SECOND. High ethical standards in business and professions, the recognition of the worthiness of all useful occupations, and the dignifying of each Rotarian's occupation as an opportunity to serve society;
THIRD. The application of the ideal of service in each Rotarian's personal, business, and community life;
FOURTH. The advancement of international understanding, goodwill, and peace through a world fellowship of business and professional persons united in the ideal of service.
‹ February 28, 2008: 2007-8 District Governor Jackie Morgan hands Jim Moore his certificate for 53 years of perfect attendance!
How Important is Attendance?
Attending weekly club meetings allows members to enjoy fellowship, enrich their professional and personal knowledge, and meet other business leaders in their community.
The Santa Fe Rotary Club has upheld a tradition of high attendance and must report members attendance once a month to Rotary International. High attendance has been a large factor in this club being awarded "Rotary Club of the Year" at our annual conventions for five years in a row. Our members are active at our regular meetings and in committees.
What is a "Make-up" and where can I do them?
If members miss a meeting of their own club, they’re encouraged to expand their Rotary horizons by attending a meeting of any other Rotary club in the world. There is also a simple way to do a make-up by learning about Rotary on line anytime you want.
When you join a committee and attend a committee meeting, you can receive a "make-up" for a missed attendance at a regular lunch meeting. Attending any Rotary event will also give you a make-up, even attending the Opera once-a-year with the Fun Committee. Fellowship and fun are encouraged. More on make-ups »
Who is Paul Harris?
In 1905, attorney Paul Harris created the world’s first Rotary club in Chicago. He chose the name “Rotary,” derived from the early practice of 
rotating meetings among members’ offices.
Rotarians are community leaders, representing a large and diverse array of professions. From local to regional to international activities, Rotarians work to improve people’s lives, maintaining high ethical standards and promoting international understanding, goodwill and peace through a world fellowship of business and professional persons united in the ideal of service.
« Only man from New Mexico elected President of Rotary International. Senator Clinton Anderson from the Albuquerque Rotary Club became 22nd President of Rotary International 1932-33
What does it mean to belong to a service organization?
By participating in local and international service projects, club members can volunteer their time and talents where they’re most needed.
The four Avenues of Service are Rotary’s philosophical cornerstone and the foundation on which club activity is based:
* Club Service focuses on strengthening fellowship and ensuring the club’s effective functioning.
* Vocational Service encourages Rotarians to serve others through their vocations and to practice high ethical standards.
* Community Service covers the projects and activities the club undertakes to improve life in its community.
* International Service encompasses actions taken to expand Rotary’s humanitarian reach around the globe and to promote world understanding and peace.
Rotary and its global partners are committed to reaching every child with the vaccine and ending Polio worldwide.
A highly infectious disease that can cause paralysis and sometimes death, polio still strikes children in parts of Africa, Asia and the Middle East. As there is no cure, the best protection is prevention.In 1985 Rotary made a historic commitment to immunize all of the world’s children against polio.
For as little as US .60 cents worth of vaccine, a child can be protected against this crippling disease for life. To date, the number of polio cases has been reduced from 350,000 children annually in the mid 1980s to approximately 2,000 cases all last year. Only four countries: Nigeria, India, Pakistan and Afghanistan, are still polio-endemic — an all-time low.
Rotary’s commitment to end polio represents the largest private-sector support of a global health initiative ever. In 1985, Rotary members worldwide vowed to immunize all the world’s children against polio. Since then, Rotary has contributed US$616 million to polio eradication. Besides raising and contributing funds, over one million men and women of Rotary have volunteered their time and personal resources to help immunize more than 2 billion children in 122 countries during national immunization campaigns.
You must be sponsored to join.
A Rotary member must sponsor you to join the club. They will mentor you and guide you through the process.
Rotary Basics
The 2007-08 edition of Rotary Basics, the annual guide to all things Rotary, is here! The eight-page publication has been updated with new facts and figures for the Rotary year, and now boasts a more user-friendly look.
In addition to providing a crash course in Rotary history and demystifying RI terms, Rotary Basics is a thorough introduction to RI and Rotary Foundation programs and membership benefits and responsibilities. Released each August to coincide with Membership and Extension Month, Rotary Basics helps clubs educate new and longtime Rotarians alike. It’s also an excellent recruiting tool.
Featured in the August issue of The Rotarian -download it now.
RED BADGE - TO - BLUE BADGE CONVERSION REQUIREMENTS
New members to Rotary clubs traditionally have worn Red name badges for a few months after becoming a member. Later, they are issued and continue to wear the standard Rotary Blue Badge to identify themselves at meetings. The purpose of the Red Badge has been to help new members become integrated into their new club. The Red Badge identifies the member as new to the club, and established members are urged to reach out to the new members and to assist them in
becoming known and involved in the club.
The transition from Red Badge to Blue Badge varies widely from club to club. The Rotary Club of Santa Fe has elected to apply the following procedures to this transition, in order best to integrate
new members and to assure them the best possible experience in their new club.
For a new member to earn his or her Blue Badge, and thereby retire his or her Red Badge, the new member must accomplish the following:
1. Complete the club's new member orientation course prior to induction.
2. Serve as meeting Greeter, or assist the regular Greeter, at six regular club meetings, to become known to all the other members, and to know as many of those members as possible.
3. Attend at least one regular meeting of the club’s Board of Directors.
4. Serve on two or more committees of the club.
5. Participate actively in the implementation of at least one club project, or club sponsored event. (For example, Artist of the Year Dinner, Camp RYLA, an international matching grant project, AIDS Walk, Plaza Pancake Breakfast, etc.)
6. Present a five minute "new member" talk about yourself to the club at a regular meeting of the club.
7. “Make Up” at one of the two other Santa Fe Rotary Clubs: Santa Fe del Sur, or Santa Fe Centro. (See our club newsletter La Rueda for meeting times and locations.)
The new member will be given a "Red Badge Conversion Checklist" by the club Membership Development Committee. The Checklist enumerates the tasks to be accomplished, and provides space for the new member to indicate the dates of accomplishment of each of the tasks.
When all of the tasks have been accomplished, the new member should return the completed and signed Checklist to the Chairman of the Membership Development Committee. The Chairman shall then review and approve the Checklist, and then shall cause the Secretary to
order a Blue Badge for the member, and present the same to the member at a regular meeting of the club.
Members pay annual dues.
These funds support our Club, Rotary District 5520, and Rotary International. A subscription to Rotary Magazine is provided as part of your dues.
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Club #1322
Chartered 1924
Mailing address:
PO Box 2465, Santa Fe, NM 87504-2465
