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Dist. Membership Seminar

Growth is essential for the development of any for the growth of any business organization, new
organization and change is the only constant for growth. members are the raw material for Rotary to grow as with
This was highlighted by DG Rtn.Rajasekhar and more hands many more big and meaningful projects can
be achieved. He emphasized on RI President’s dream
emphasized that to improve the global strength of of achieving the target of 1.3 million Rotarians by 30th
Rotarians from 1.2 million which has been stagnating June 2022 by following his mantra of Each One Bring
for the last 2 decades, Rotarians and Rotary Clubs have One . Retention being the important tool for growth and
to take effective steps. Dist. Trainer PDG Rtn. Pathy in spite of bringing in new members every year ,we lose
pointed out that only with new and fresh ideas brought the same number or more by the end of the year – he
by new and younger members can Rotary grow. explained that a new member should be treated like a
Dist. Chair for Membership Rtn. Thiagarajan through new born baby and has to be nurtured till he or she is
comfortable in Rotary. More attention should be given
his in-depth presentation on the membership of the to Rotaractors who are potential future Rotarians and
district gave inputs on the areas , where and how the encourage Lady members into Rotary .
membership could be increased and achieve the district
goal of DG Rtn. Rajasekhar of 7000 members , 7 new Story tellers – he also said that we have to move on
clubs and induct younger members thereby bringing from our traditional thinking and let the society know
the average age below 40. about all the good work we are doing . In current times
a strong PR is needed for attracting quality members to
August being the Membership Month in Rotary and as Rotary. To evolve and adapt is extremely necessary so
rewards and recognition not only appreciate but also the formation of E Clubs , Satellite Clubs and Corporate
motivate, DG Rtn. Rajasekar recognized with Certificates Clubs will not only help in bringing members but also
of Appreciation the 11 clubs who had inducted 5 or more help in bringing CSR funds for our projects.
members into their clubs since July’21. As RI President Only Rotarians can make impossible things possible
Rtn. Sekar Mehta has said that not only for outstanding and then by properly highlighting them only can we
projects but also for bringing new members to our attract prospective members to Rotary was the mantra
fold Rotarians must and will be recognized by Rotary of PDG Rtn. Kuriachan K A .
International with the highest award being recognized
on a Global Virtual Hall of Fame for introducing 25 or Membership Asst.Regional Coordinator for Mebership
Zone V PDG Rtn. Shashi Kumar shared very valuable
more new members. inputs on how to attain healthy membership growth.
DG Rtn. Rajasekhar announced attractive incentives To understand the essence of Growth in other
for Clubs : A Bronze Plaque for adding 10 members, organizations Past India Chair of JCI- Jaycee
Silver plated Plaque for adding 15 members and a Gold Subramaniam, Past India Chair of Round Table- Gurdeep
plated Plaque for adding 25 members. Singh Anand , Dr. Nithyanad from the Coimbatore
DGE Rtn. Rajmohan Nair pointed out that just quantity Management Association along with PDG Rtn. Kamlesh
was not enough but quality is also very important for Raheja with PDG Rtn. Sunil Zachairah as moderator an
the healthy growth, development and future of the excellent Panel discussion was conducted to understand
the success story of each of them.
organization. The need of youth and diversity was
highlighted by DGN Rtn. Vijaykumar , citing a unique Congrats to Chair Rtn. KK Chugh and Team Metropolis
example of starting a Rotary Club in gated communities for organizing an excellent seminar.
, as currently with more gated communities being
developed with diversity and youth being a natural part
of them.

Chief Guest PRID and RI Membership Chair Rtn. Kamal
Sanghivi in his very impressive address on membership
development asked the important question WHY ? He
said that with adding more new members it brings more
ideas, more fellowship , more joy and finally do more
projects. He then gave a unique dimension to Rotary -
Rotary is a MEMBERSHIP ORGANISATION and Service
was the end product. Like more raw material is essential
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