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PROTOCOL

Rotary Code of Policies January 2019 At Rotary functions, officers should be addressed according to protocol only once with spouses included at
the time of introduction. Individuals holding more than one office or past office, shall be ranked by the highest
26.050. Rotary Protocol current or past office held.
The following order of protocol is recommended for introducing, presenting, and seating all current, past, and
future officers of RI and its Foundation, committee members, and their spouses at all RI meetings, functions, After the recommended order of protocol above, the following additional order of protocol is recommended
and receiving lines, and for listing in all RI publications: and should be modified to fit local customs and practice:
President (or president’s representative) Regional and zone-level committees members
Past presidents (in order of seniority) Assistant governors
President-elect District secretaries/treasurers
President-nominee District committee members
Vice-president Club presidents
Treasurer Club presidents-elect
Director Executive committee chair Club vice-presidents
Other directors Club secretaries
Trustee chair Club treasurers
Trustee chair-elect Club sergeants-at-arms
Trustee vice-chair Other club board members
Other trustees Club committee chairs
General secretary Past assistant governors
Past directors (in order of seniority) Rotarians
Directors-elect Rotaractors and Interactors
Past trustees (in order of seniority) Rotary alumni
Incoming trustees Rotarians’ families
Directors-nominee
Past general secretaries (in order of seniority) At district meetings, Rotarians visiting from a foreign country may be placed before local Rotarians of the
President, immediate past president, vice-president, and honorary treasurer of RIBI same rank, as a courtesy.
District governors
Past district governors (in order of seniority) High-ranking non-Rotarians may be given precedence in ranking according to local custom. Clubs and
Rotary coordinators, districts are encouraged to advise guests if protocol places Rotarians before non Rotarians. (October 2014
Rotary public image coordinators, Mtg., Bd. Dec. 38)
Regional Rotary Foundation coordinators and endowment/major gifts advisers
District governors-elect
District governors-nominee

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