ATTENDANCE REQUIREMENTS?

1. Rotarians are required to have an attendance level of 50% in each half-year. That means attending 13 “regular weekly” meetings between July 1^st and December 31^st and between January 1^st and June 30^th. Of these, 30% must be at your own Club – 8 in each half-year. [The other 5 can be any one of the make-ups listed below.]

2. Additionally you cannot miss four consecutive weeks, so you need to attend at least one “regular weekly” meeting per month or do a make-up. Just turning up at a meeting does not guarantee credit for being there.

3. You must be present for at least 60% of the “regular weekly” meeting which works out at 36 minutes for a one-hour meeting. For Sunrise Rotarians that means you can’t leave before 7:36 am! Of course we prefer you be there for the entire meeting!

MAKE-UPS

The challenges of juggling family and work with that of Rotary can make this all sound rather onerous but attendance credits a.k.a. make-ups can be earned by:

·        Attendance at committee or Board meetings

·        Attendance at another Rotary, Rotaract or Interact club

·        Attendance at an approved service or club-sponsored project

·        Attendance at a Rotary International or District Conference

·        Attendance at RLI training

·        Attendance at an E-Club for a minimum of 30 minutes.

EXCEPTIONS?

In general no – it does not matter whether you are a Rotarian who can write cheques or donate goods and services to support projects or whether you are a Rotarian that can donate of your time and enthusiasm, whether you are in the hierarchy or a regular member, or your race, colour or creed – if you are a Rotarian you have to abide by these requirements.  If you think you are going to miss more than four meetings in a row and will be unable to do make-ups you can consider applying to the Board for a leave of absence which is only granted in exceptional circumstances.

POOR ATTENDANCE?

Failure to meet the above attendance requirements indicates that your heart and commitment to Rotary is no longer there and that the reasons why you joined Rotary ie. to get involved and give back to your community, to meet and get to know people, to network and offer your talents and skills to help others, are no longer important to you.  If this is the case, it may be time to move on for you and/or for the Club with you giving notice to the Club or the Club giving notice to you.  We are a growing Club and in need of good Rotarians who want to contribute and give back to the Community, so your attendance and participation is vital to the strength and success of our Club.