Your Club Newsletter

1.   Bulletin should prominently display the club’s name on the front page. The bulletin may or may or may not have a unique name.

2.   Bulletin should contain the following items in every issue:

A.   Rotary Logo - if you print in black and white or one color the logo may be the same. If you print in full color, then the logo must be printed in blue and gold.

B.  Date

C.   R.I. International Theme “Rotary Shares”

D.   District 5180 Theme “Light Up Your Rotary World”

E.    List names of the following Rotary Officers:

     R.I. President

     District Governor

     Assistant Governor

     Club President

     President-Elect

     Treasurer

     Secretary

     Avenue of Service Directors

     Bulletin Editor

     Other Board Members

F.  Objects of Rotary

G.  Four-Way Test

H.  Make Up Locations (important -- be accurate here! - make changes immediately)

3. Needs to be published weekly

(It is strongly recommended that the bulletin be mailed to each members home. It is difficult to ask spouses for help and support if they have no idea what is going on. But whatever works best for your club.)

4.  Needs to recap the current week’s program

5.  Needs to contain a monthly calendar

6.  Announcement/Promotion of next week’s program -- also - jobs such as greeter, prospector, vocational speaker etc.

7.  Needs to contain an article reflecting the Rotary theme for the particular month in which it is published. For Example: January is “Rotary Awareness Month”

8. Needs to contain information about The Rotary Foundation on a monthly basis.

9.Needs to contain a President’s column at least once a month -- inspirational message to remind members of their obligation to service. (Tie him/her down if you have to.. .but get one.)

10.  Needs to contain a biographical sketch of new members (preferably soon after their induction).

Regular Features That You May Want To Include:

     Who’s Who: who worked on the latest projects (mention them by name)

     Missing Rotarian: This can be used to highlight a Rotarian who has missed a meeting

     Just Fines: Fines that were levied at the meeting

     Profiles: An informative way to re-introduce old members to the membership.

Questions can include: name, spouse, children, pets, etc...

v     what do you like best about being a Rotarian?

v     who invited you to join Rotary ?

v     what is your fondest dream?

v     if you could only do one thing to change the world, what would it be -- Rotary Notes: Download information from the web to bring more education to the members?

Rotary ’s web site is: Rotary.org

     Who is This: This can be a one liner about a member. For example: This member was born in a log cabin. Answer: Fr. Bob Marsicek

     Visiting Rotarians & Guests: Publish the names of visiting Rotarians and your own guests

     Anniversaries, Birthday, and Rotary Anniversaries (list the name of their sponsor also) - be careful about the years on birthdays. 

     Quote For the Day/Thought For The Day/Chuckle - all of these allow members to enjoy the day - These are meant to be short, sweet and to the point. The newsletter does not mean fill a page with gibberish.

The Thought For The Day can be a short poem or verse:

It is not ease but effort,

not facility but difficulty,

that makes a man.

There is perhaps

no station in life

in which difficulties

do not have to be encountered

and overcome

before any decided means of success

can be achieved