PREFACE

This information has been prepared for the new member coming into the Rotary Club of Victoria-Saanich and is particularly designed for the individual coming into Rotary for the first time. The prospective new member should contact the Memberships Committee (email: rcvsmembership@rotaryvictoria.ca).  One can request a Membership Application form or download an editable version from the menu at left. The form can be returned by:

(1) Email to rcvsmembership@rotaryvictoria.ca

(2) Mail to 

      Rotary Club of Victoria-Saanich - Membership Committee
      c/o Union Club of BC
      805 Gordon St.
      Victoria  BC 
      V8W 1Z6 

The Committee may also request additional information. An appropriate sponsor will contact you prior to submission to the board for approval. Any prospective new member is invited to attend any regular meeting to meet club members and get familiar with the meeting routine.

Some new members may have belonged to other Rotary Clubs and so much of this will be well known to them. To such individuals we hope this review will be interesting. Their attention is particularly directed to the sections specifically concerning our Club.

The current regular meeting information is:  

      Dates: 1st and 3rd Tuesdays of the month
      Time: 12:00 - 1:15 pm
      Location: Boardroom, Andrew Sheret Building
                        740 Hillside Ave., Victoria 

To reduce costs no formal lunch is served. Members purchase items at the local coffee shop or bring a snack. Water is provided.

On the 2nd and 4th Tuesdays of the month we arrange informal meetings at a local restaurant that varies from week-to-week. These meetings are more of a social event. Some Rotary business may be discussed but no formal decisions are made. 

Board meetings are at 10:00 am preceding the regular meeting on the 3rd Tuesday of the month.

Annual membership dues are $300. About $200 of this is for Rotary International and District 5020 dues. The remainder is used for operating expenses and some donations to charity.

WELCOME

The members of the Rotary Club of Victoria-Saanich welcome you to our club and the international fellowship of Rotary. 

To be eligible for membership in a Rotary Club a person must,

(1) be engaged as a proprietor, partner, corporate officer or manager of a worthy and recognized business or profession; or

(2) hold an important position in an executive capacity with discretionary authority in a worthy and recognized business or profession; or

(3) be actively engaged in the business or profession in which he or she is being classified in the Club; or 

(4) a retired person who would have been qualified for active membership when employed.

It is desirable that either residence or place of business be within the territorial limits of the Club. You have been found to meet these criteria and are eligible for membership.

You have been found to be a worthy representative of your particular vocation by virtue of your reputation, your character, and your willingness to serve. We hope that you will become an ambassador, carrying to others in your business or profession the ideals and principles of service for which Rotary stands.