Membership in Rotary International
If you asked a Rotarian if He or She belonged to Rotary International , the individual would look puzzled and answer "Of course, I'm a member of Rotary International".
But in this instance, the confident Rotarian would be technically wrong. No Rotarian can be a member of Rotary International!.
The explanation of this apparent contradiction is simple. The constitutional documents of RI state that membership in RI is limited to Rotary Clubs.
More than 32,000 Rotary Clubs belong to the organisation we call Rotary International.
If someone ask if you belong to RI , your most accurate answer would be , "no ,I belong to the Rotary club of ..........."
but it is doubtful anyone would understand --or ,in fact,care about -- the difference.
Some Rotary Facts from the Constitution of Rotary International.