Knoxville Rotary - Committees - Membership Newsletter

During Brown Wright's well-done mid-year State of the Club presentation, he pointed out that we are actually going down in size; we have brought in 6 new members since July 1, but have had 15 resignations, 2 members passed on and there were 2 changed to honorary status.

In order to keep doing the things we are committed to, we need to maintain over 200 members, and more than that, we need to grow!

We want to maintain a comprehensive membership prospect list, and we are asking all members to reply to this email with the name, profession and organization of someone you would like to sponsor into Rotary.

Invite that person (or person's) you know and admire to a club meeting - the club will buy their first lunch. They could be a neighbor, a fellow parishioner or a business associate. There are folks out there that you know who want to "give back" to society. They may not be Rotarians simply because no one ever invited them.

A reminder: a candidate for Rotary membership must be an adult person of good character and good business, professional and or community reputation and engaged as an executive, manager, partner, corporate officer, or proprietor of any recognized business or profession; or a community leader who has demonstrated through personal involvement in community affairs a commitment to service and the Object of Rotary. Rotary Foundation Alumnus (someone who has participated as either an Ambassadorial Scholar or a member of a Group Study Exchange team, for example) is also a recently added category for membership consideration.

Don't forget: someone had the passion and took the time to invite you!

- Membership Development and Retention Committee

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