Club Assembly/Council on Legislation

The start of the meeting was a club assembly to report the ballot for the upcoming president nominee which will be Steve Cross. He will follow Bob Waldvogel who will follow Kent Cartwright. We also talked about the new Diamonds & Denim Project that will be in place for this current year. The project selected is the Great Lakes Center for the Arts.

The second part of our presentation today was Jane Millar, presenting the Council on Legislation which will be voted on during an upcoming election at Rotary International. There are several items that will be contentious but, Rotary is a very large worldwide organization and there are issues that Rotary is entitled to take a stand on as long as it avoids going against the Four Way Test.

Today we had mini debates on the following:

• To allow flexibility in club meeting and attendance requirements
• To remove Youth Service as the Fifth Avenue of service
• To accept “Homemaker” as an accepted classification
• A request for the International Rotary Board to take a stand on sexual mutilation
• To support the reduction of greenhouse gases
• To better define and accept e-clubs as one does a traditional club
• To add $2.00 a year to dues in order to fund a public image program

All the proposals can be viewed online. Voice any concerns you have to Jane Millar as she will be representing our district