Rotary Club of Knaresborough

CONTACT Ronald Wilkinson, telephone (01423) 863730. E-mail: click here
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WHAT IS ROTARY? Rotary is an organisation of professional and business people who meet together every week for the purpose of fellowship and service; it is non-political; non-sectarian and dual-gender. The operational unit is the Rotary Club, the name of which will be associated with a centre of population, large or small. An International Movement The principles of Rotary have appealed to a variety of people in many different communities, and although early expansion took place in the U.S.A., Canada and the British Isles, the idea has now been accepted in many parts of the world. There are now over 1.2 million Rotarians meeting in more than 32,000 Clubs and adapted to the local customs of some 200 different countries and geographical regions. There is an international administrative structure with headquarters at Evanston, Illinois, U.S.A., which serves to link all the Rotary Clubs in the world together; but wherever they are located the Clubs accept the same basic rules of membership and attendance. Although they will all follow the general programme of service, they will adapt it to their own local conditions. Thus Rotary's members are united worldwide in the ideal of service.

MEMBERSHIP Membership of the Club is by invitation and can include a representative (who must be in an executive position) of each business or profession in the community, and although there can be additional representatives of each category in certain circumstances, the broad principle of the 'single classification' has been followed since the formation of the first Rotary Club in 1905 by Paul Harris, a Chicago lawyer. An important rule concerns attendance, and all members are expected to to attend at least 60% of the year's meetings, meetings usually include a meal and have a guest speaker. A member may also attend and be welcome at the meetings of any other Rotary Club, at home or overseas. The object of membership is to gather together persons of different vocations and interests and to give them a common sense of purpose. This is achieved by showing them how to carry out some form of service: this may be in the field of their own business or profession; service to the community in which they live; or service through the international contacts which the Rotary Movement provides. The scope and variety of this objective is unlimited, and each Club is free to carry out a programme of service in its own way.

> President Peter welcomes new Rotarian and fellow ex-headmaster David Robertson to the Club.

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; 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 of each Rotarian's occupations as an opportunity to serve society; The application of ideal of service in each Rotarian's 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.

ACTIVITIES ROTARY is compassion for the underprivileged, the ill and the disabled, who benefit from over 50,000 Rotary club service projects in the world each year. ROTARY runs the biggest non-government scholarship scheme in the world. THE ROTARY FOUNDATION gives more than £21 million every year to educational and humanitarian programmes which promote international understanding. A ROTARY initiative in conjunction with the World Health Organisation is working to eliminate POLIO from this planet Only 4 countries remain polio endemic.

 

LOCAL KNARESBOROUGH HEADQUARTERS: Nidd Hall Hotel, Nidd, Harrogate, Nth Yorks. Tel: 01423 771598 MEETINGS: Monday 6.00-6.30 pm with a meal. The hotel is situated on the B.6165 Knaresborough to Ripley road.

 

OFFICERS 2006/2007 President Peter Kendall President Elect Brian Souter Vice President Mike Wilkins Secretary Ronald Wilkinson

Outgoing President Rotarian Hazel Haas hands over to incoming President Rotarian Peter Kendall

ASSOCIATE ORGANISATIONS

THE INNER WHEEL CLUB OF KNARESBOROUGH For partners of Rotarians.
President; Yvonne Houseman , telephone 01423 864253

THE PROBUS CLUB OF KNARESBOROUGH (Dual Gender) For retired persons who had Rotary qualifications prior to retirement. Probus is not a service club.
Chairman: David Ralph.

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