Coatbridge & Airdrie Rotary Club No. 446

RIBI

District 1020

2011 / 2012

Service above Self

Introduction

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Senior Vice President

Janet McGill

2011-2012 President : Jim Weir

Junior Vice President

Hon. Secretary

Gavin Gordon

Sergeant-at-Arms

James Young

Hon. Treasurer

John Jarvie

THE 4 WAY TEST...

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?

INTRODUCTION TO ROTARY :   see Rotary videos

Rotary International is a world fellowship of business and professional men and women united in the ideal of service. It is acknowledged as the world's first service organisation. Rotary has more than 29,000 clubs with a membership of over one million men and womean in more than 189 countries and geographical areas.

The spirit and ideal of Rotary, which has attracted so many men and women of different races, faiths and cultures, have been simply but eloquently stated in "The Object of Rotary":-

To encourage and foster the ideal of service as a basis of worthy enterprise and in particular, to encourage and foster:

The development of acquaintance as an opportunity for service.

High ethical standards in business and professions; the recognition of the worthiness of all useful occupations; and the dignifying by all Rotarians of their occupation as an opportunity to serve society.

The application of the ideal of service by all Rotarians to their personal, business and community life.

The advancement of international understanding, goodwill and peace through a world fellowship of business and professional persons united in the ideal of service. (back)

MEETINGS :

  It is usual for the Coatbridge and Airdrie members to dine together once a week -
 
Mondays - 6.15pm for 6.30pm at The Georgian Hotel, 26 Lefroy Street, Coatbridge, ML5 1LZ, 01236 421888.

 The business at these meetings often includes a talk on a subject of general interest by an outside speaker. It is every Rotarian's right to attend the meeting of any other Club and he or she may also invite non-Rotarian guests to his or her own Club from time to time. Rotarians enjoy fellowship at the meetings and it is through this fellowship that they find the inspiration to serve the community.

 This service to the communtiy involves Rotarians giving their time, their energy and their professional skill towards a particular project or enterprise. Frequently it also involves fundraising although this is not a Club's primary function: indeed Rotary is not considered to be a charitable organisation. (back)

Services :

 Service projects and activites fall into a number of distinct categories. Community Service is the traditional and well known face of Rotary Service which involved the provision of help and advice to the aged, the handicapped, the infirm and young people and all those in need, either directly or through local charitable organisations. Enviromental awareness is also a subject of increasing concern to the Movement.
A Rotarian can also serve the community through his or her 'vocation'. In its simplest form, this means dealing fairly with one's employees, employers, customers, clients and competitors. It also requires maintenance of the highest possible ethical standards in one's vocation. It can also involve other activites such as provision of vocational information for young people leaving school.Service in the community worldwide, or International Service, covers a large number of activities. At its simplest it can consist of helping to provide an Eye camp in India, or a vocational training school for young orphans in East Africa. However, important as these projects are, from a Rotary point of view they form on only part of a specific programme designed to contribute to the furtherance of international understading. Rotarians believe that practical progress towards international understanding, goodwill and peace can usefully be made through their world fellowship of business and professional people united in service. Rotarians differ widely in race, creed and customs but when they are brought together in fellowship they can play an important part in breaking down national prejudices and developing true international understanding. Another activity of Rotary International designed to further international understanding is the Rotary Foundation, Rotary's only corporate charitable fund. This provides an opportunity for young people and others to visit and study in a country other than their own, and thereby to improve understanding between nations. This is an outward-looking programme as, under the terms of the Foundation, these young people may not be Rotarians or the close relatives of Rotarians. It also administers the 3-H Fund, which seeks to alleviate the problems of the disadvantaged throughout the world under the three headings of Health, Hunger and Humanity.(back)

Links : Rotary International Videos

Rotary International Website
Rotary International G.B. and Ireland (RIBI)
Rotary District 1020 ( Scotland South)

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