Recognizing the growing importance that corporations place on corporate social responsibility, the Club has created the corporate membership initiative. Corporate memberships invite corporations to participate in giving back to the community through the well-organized systems and structures of Rotary.
The Rotary Club of Evanston offers a Corporate Membership program for corporations and large businesses. To read more about the qualifications, download the PDF or read below. Questions about this policy can be directed to rcevanston@gmail.com.
- Qualifications. Any corporation or business registered in the State of Illinois, doing business in the city of Evanston, is eligible for Corporate Membership in the Rotary Club of Evanston.
- Members. The corporation is a member of the Rotary Club of Evanston and may appoint up to four persons to be its designees, subject to approval by the club Board.
- Designees. The corporation’s senior designee must be a member of the corporation’s senior executive group; the other three designees must be individuals employed full time by the corporation.
- Inductions. All corporate member designees shall be qualified for Active Membership in Rotary and will be formally inducted into Rotary and the club through the usual club process. The designees shall all be Rotarians.
- Attendance. The senior designee is required to attend club meetings in person at least once per quarter. Other attendance and participation requirements of the Club may be met by any of the designees. All designees are entitled to attend any regular meeting of the club or any other Rotary club.
- Classification. The Board of Directors will establish the classification of the eligible Corporation and its designees. Because a corporate member is an official member of the Rotary club, this classification will be counted toward the classification limits set forth in the RI Constitution, Article 5, Section 2(b).
- RI registration. Each designee will be listed as an official member of the Rotary club of Evanston and will be noted in the roster that they are designees of the named eligible corporation.
- Badges. All designees shall be given special badges denoting their status as corporate members.
- Votes and quorum. For the purpose of general meetings and club matters, the corporation shall have only one vote which will be made by the designee attending the meeting at which the vote is taken. As official members of the Rotary club, all designees would apply toward RI election voting.
- Holding office. The corporate designees shall not be eligible to be an officer or member of the Board of Directors of the Club. Since the designees are Rotarians and therefore expected to participate in club activities, they are allowed to be committee chairs with the exception of any committees whose Chair serves as member of the Board.
- Dues. Dues for the corporation shall be $1250 per year (as of July 2018). Additionally, each associate designee shall pay dues to the Rotary Club of Evanston and Rotary District 6440, which currently total $175 per year. Should more than one designee attend the same Rotary meeting, meal costs are required for the additional members.
Corporate Dues: | Scenario 1 | Scenario 2 | Scenario 1 |
Senior Designee | $1,250 | $1,250 | $1,250 |
Associate Designee 1 | $175 | $175 | $175 |
Associate Designee 2 | $175 | $175 | |
Associate Designee 3 | $175 | ||
Total Annual Cost | $1,425 | $1,600 | $1,775 |
Avg. Cost / member | $712.50 | $533.33 | $443.75 |