An opportunity called Rotary
Rtn PP Manoj Tiwari
Rotary Club of Ranchi
Approach
Rotarys guiding principals
Benefits as it is widely known among Rotarians
Subtler benefits
Some worries and concerns
Rotary as an opportunity a stretch for your
consideration
Rotarys Guiding Principles
Rotarys Guiding Principles
Four basic principles guide Rotarians in achieving the
ideal of service and high ethical standards:
Object of Rotary Classification Principle
Avenues of Service The Four-Way Test
First Guiding Principle
Object of Rotary
Object of Rotary
First formulated in 1910, the Object of Rotary is to encourage and
foster the ideal of service as a basis of worthy enterprise and in
particular, to encourage and foster:
FIRST. The development of acquaintance as an opportunity
for service;
SECOND. High ethical standards in business and professions; the
recognition of the worthiness of all useful occupations; and the
dignifying of each Rotarians occupation as an opportunity to
serve society;
THIRD. The application of the ideal of service in each Rotarians
personal, business and community life;
FOURTH. The advancement of international understanding,
goodwill, and peace through a world fellowship of business and
professional persons united in the ideal of service.
Second Guiding Principle
Classification
Why a Classification System?
Rotary uses a classification system to:
Establish and maintain a vibrant cross-section or
representation of the community's business,
vocational, and professional interests among
members
Develop a pool of resources and expertise to
successfully implement service projects
Third Guiding Principle
Avenues of Service
What are the Avenues of Service?
There are four Avenues of Service:
Club Service Vocational Service
Community Service International Service
First Avenue of Service
Club Service
Focuses on strengthening fellowship and ensuring
the effective functioning of the club.
Second Avenue of Service
Vocational Service
Encourages Rotarians to serve others through
their vocations and to practice high ethical
standards.
Third Avenue of Service
Community Service
Covers the projects and activities the club
undertakes to improve life in its community.
Fourth Avenue of Service
International Service
Encompasses actions taken to expand Rotarys
humanitarian reach around the globe and to
promote world understanding and peace.
Fourth Guiding Principle
The Four-Way Test
The Four-Way Test
Created in 1932 by Rotarian Herbert J.
Taylor (who later served as RI president)
when he was asked to take charge of a
company that was facing bankruptcy.
This 24-word code of ethics for
employees to follow in their business and
professional lives became the guide for
sales, production, advertising, and all
relations with dealers and customers, and
the survival of the company is credited to
this simple philosophy. Adopted by
Rotary in 1943, The Four-Way Test has
been translated into more than a hundred
languages and published in thousands
of ways.
What is The Four-Way Test?
Of the things we think, say or do:
1. Is it the TRUTH?
2. Is it FAIR to all concerned?
3. Will it build GOODWILL and BETTER
FRIENDSHIPS?
4. Will it be BENEFICIAL to all concerned?
Rotarys guiding principals..
Service
Ethical standards
Peace
Goodwill
Understanding
Truth
Fairness
Goodwill
Friendship
BENEFITS
We know these too well..
Networking
An original goal of Rotary was to allow club
members to meet periodically and enlarge their
circle of business and professional acquaintances.
As members of the oldest service club in the world,
Rotarians represent a cross-section of their
communitys business owners, executives, managers,
political leaders, and professionals people who
make decisions and influence policy.
Response to floods in Bihar
Friendship
Rotary was founded on fellowship, a cornerstone that
continues to attract members today. Rotarians enjoy
camaraderie with like-minded professionals, and
club projects provide opportunities to develop
enduring friendships. Club members who travel have
friendly contacts in almost every city of the world.
Fun, enjoyment, sharing .. Last night dance
Family
Rotary sponsors some of the worlds largest
exchange and educational programs. Rotary clubs
provide innovative training opportunities and
mentoring for young leaders, and they involve family
members in a wide range of social and service
activities.
Extended family of Rotary
Service
Club members have many opportunities for
humanitarian service, both locally and
internationally. Service programs address concerns
such as health care, hunger, poverty, illiteracy, and
the environment. Rotarians regularly experience the
fulfilment that comes from giving back to the
community.
Mother Teresa
Leadership
Rotary is an organization of successful professionals.
Team-building, fundraising, public speaking,
planning, organization, and communication are just
some of the leadership skills that club members
can exercise and enhance. Being a Rotary leader
provides further experience in motivating, inspiring,
and guiding others.
Raunaq Singh, Manmohan Singh..
Subtler benefits for club leaders
Learn volunteerism take it wherever you
go
Learn trusteeship heart center
Connect to community issues malaria
Learn to feel fortunate - salt
Giving gracefully Harivansh
Intense course on learning human beings
melting of prejudice
Some concerns
World over
Natural resources strained to catastrophic
levels
Terrorism and extremism gathering
unmanageable proportions. (Violence
suspended for Polio)
A gripping recession, writing on the walls for
the collapse of the existing economic order
Concerns...
Near by
Development in our states is almost a forgotten
agenda
Criminalization of politics
A new generation of extremely self centered and
resourceful persons
Religious bigotry at its worst
In Rotary
Difficult to find and sustain volunteers
Delivery to community is grossly insufficient
Some ideas for your consideration..
Taking interest to build capital
Not in our self (limiting) but in our work, our
responsibility, in Rotarys guiding principals
Liberating, evolving, elevating, nourishing and
refreshing possibilities
Giving importance to Rotary principals which
can mirror what a Rotarian can be rather than
what he/she currently is.
Use service projects to reduce ego and increase
sincerity and commitment to Rotary principles
Attempt to have the experience which resulted in
Rotarys Guiding Principles like four way test
We need Rotary more than Rotary
needs us
From despair, to freedom and to hope.
ROTARY IS
THE UNIVERSAL AND
ETERNAL VALUES WE
HAVE IN US.
NATURALLY,
THE FUTURE OF ROTARY IS
IN YOUR HANDS
