Rotary Club of

Beirut CENTER
District 2452
September 17, 2019

Presentation by:
Ignace Mouawad
• Every Rotarian is a member of a Rotary
Club.
• It is club members that are the hands
of Rotary.

Rotary International
• Its true:
o Individual
Rotarians accomplish the
work of Rotary
o Virtuallyall service projects in Rotary
are carried out at the club level -- even
international projects.

Rotary International
• There are more than 1.2 million Rotarians
• There are more than 34,000 Rotary Clubs
• Rotary is in over 200 countries with:
o 538 districts in
o 34 zones

Rotary International
 There are 28 Rotary Clubs in Lebanon:
◦ Beyrouth, Tripoli, Saida, Kesrouan,
Zgharta Zawie, Batroun, Metn, Koura,
Byblos Jbeil, Tripoli Elmina, Beirut
Cosmopolitan, Chouf, Sahel Metn,
Tripoli Maarad, Aley, Baabda, Zahle-
Bekaa, Beirut Metropolitan,
Hammana–Upper Metn, Beirut
Cadmos, Beirut Cedars, Beirut Center,
Tripoli Cosmopolis, Tyr, Aley West,
Metn Gates, Beirut Hills Achrafieh,
Chtaura Bekaa Gates

ROTARY AT THE CLUB LEVEL

ROTARY AND THE ROTARY CLUB
CLUB STRUCTURE
◦ President
◦ President-Elect
◦ Vice President (Immediate Past
President)
◦ Treasurer
◦ Secretary
◦ Sergeant-at-Arms
◦ Committee Chair (5)

Rotary Club
 CLUB BOARD OF DIRECTORS
CLUB OFFICERS AND COMMITTEE CHAIRS

CLUB PUBLIC ROTARY SERVICE

MEMBERSHIP
ADMINISTRATION RELATIONS FOUNDATION PROJECTS

• Water, H&H, Literacy

• Community Development
* Rotary Calendar • Internal PR • EREY • Community Service
• Recruitment • Attendance • Club Bulletin • Paul Harris Rec. Humanitarian Centre
• Induction • Guest speakers • Photographs • Alumni • Environmental Protection
• Orientation • Club Mtg Prog. • Handle adverse • Annual Giving • Human Development
• Retention • All legal reqmts. publicity • Vocational Ex • International Service
• Mentoring • Fellowship • PR of Club Projects • Permanent Fund • Partners in Service
• Information • Archiving • Media Relationships • Polio Plus • Rotary Volunteers
• Membership • Reports
• Peace • WCS
drives • PRLS
• Vocational – interschool quiz
• RLI
• Scholarships • Friendship Exchange
• Keep record of
• New Generations :
projects/meetings/
• Interact, Rotaract,
visitors
RYLA, Youth Exchange:
• Compile database of
Long term & STEP
all contacts
FRIENDS & family of Rotary
•FUNDRAISING

Rotary Club
 There are 83 Rotary Clubs in District
2452:
◦ Lebanon, Cyprus, Jordan, Bahrain,
UAE, Sudan, Armenia, Georgia and
Palestine

ROTARY AT THE CLUB LEVEL

Rotary Club of Beirut Center
belongs to:
DISTRICT 2452
 • 72 Clubs
• 2,200 Rotarians
• Provides training:
o Membership Seminar
o Foundation Seminar
o District Assembly
• Provides fellowship:
o District Conference
Shawkat • Provides support:
Tadros o Experienced mentors
District Governor o District-wide projects
2019-2020

District 2452
• There are 34 Zones around the
world.
• Each Zone is made up of about
40,000 Rotarians
• Our Zone is number 20B (21B)

Rotary Zone
• First to make the Rotary world more
manageable (17 RI Directors – not – 34)
• The Directorship is alternated between Zones
to improve representation
• The United States has 12 zones (and six
directors on the Board)…because it has so
many Rotarians
• Zone 20 (on the other hand) covers 72
countries including all of Africa! Why? …the
number of Rotarians.

Why are Zones Paired Together?

• The Director sits on the Board of Rotary
International for a two year term
• The Directorship alternates between Zones -
This allows the position to be filled from within
individual Zones over time.
◦ Now let’s look at the Board of Directors of
Rotary International

Why are Zones Paired Together?

Rotary Club of Beirut CENTER
and
ROTARY
INTERNATIONAL
• The 19 members of the Board are:

o The 17 elected Directors (2-year terms)

o Plus the President and the President-Elect

[The General Secretary (who operates the day to day

activities of Rotary) sits with the Board but is a non-voting
member]

The RI Board of Directors

 • Our Rotary Club
• Our Rotary District 2452
• Our Zone 20
• Rotary International Directors
• Rotary International President

Let’s see where we will be at so far

• A Rotarian just like you and me
o Past Director
o Club member in good standing (cannot be an
honorary member)
o The world’s #1 Rotarian, experienced and capable
o Motivates
o Inspires us all
o The lucky person: jacket color and theme

The R.I. President

 ROTARY THE ROTARY
INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION
• Clubs • A 501(c)(3)
Foundation
• Districts
• Operates within
• Zones guidelines set by RI
• Directors • Board of Trustees
• President • Chairman

Rotary International – 2 Entities

• Operates separately from RI
• Has a fifteen member Board of Trustees
• Terms are four years, appointed by RI
President and Board
• Meets quarterly
• Governs all RI projects and activities

The Rotary Foundation

World Headquarters
Rotary International
1560 Sherman Avenue
Evanston, Illinois USA
 • Rotary employs 900 people full time
• Rotary works 24 hours a day
• Nine service centers around the
world
• The General Secretary administers
the day to day operations of Rotary

How does RI operate?

 John Hewko
RI General Secretary

Secretariat
• Some Complexities:
o Rotary
translates in 20 different
languages
o Nearly
100 different currencies that
change value daily
o Elevendifferent nationalities on the
Board of Directors will operate as one
unit
oA“Foundation” that deals around the
world with new demands arising daily

A very complex organization

• Some Complexities:
o Oneday’s mail is equal to a town of
30,000 people.
o Rotaryoperates on an annual
operations budget of US$65 million.
o Sophisticated computer and phone
systems
oA new, and continually expanding, Web
site
o One of the largest publishing houses in
the Chicago area
A very complex organization
•Ourclub’s bylaws can be changed by
a vote of the members (but must not
conflict with our club constitution).

•District
bylaws can be changed by a
vote of club representatives (usually
at the District Conference).

CHANGE ??
 So . . . How do we
CHANGE THINGS?
 Changes to Rotary International’s
constitutional documents are
enacted by the COUNCIL ON
LEGISLATION
 Meets every 3 years (Last was in
April 2019 in Chicago)
 Every district has one voting
representative

COUNCIL ON LEGISLATION
 You have just seen a
snapshot look at the
world of Rotary

But, there is still the most

important part to come!
 Rotary
Is the most accomplishing,
best humanitarian and finest
civic organization in the world
 • We, as a group:
o Mustalways look to the future as to how our
Rotary Club can serve
o Seek new Rotarians (not just members)
o Remember that our Club’s growth is certain
as long a we build our leadership

To Continue to be the Best:

 • We have grown from four members to over a
1.2 million
• Built one of the largest, most prestigious, and
most accomplishing Foundations in the world
• We send people all over the world seeking
world understanding and peace
• We are beating Polio
o just to mention a few

As a Team look what we have done!

Most of all:
Be proud to be
a
Rotarian