Rotary International District 1260

Community & Vocational Services Committee 2005 - 2006

Awards & Recognitions :-

Presidential Citation

Will you be playing your "Community & Vocational" part for your club to receive a presidential citation?

Will your club achieve one goal from the Community goals and one goal from the Vocational goals?

Vocational Goals :-

• Ask each member of your club to share information on Rotary International and on the club's activities with their places of business and or their professional associations.

• Dedicate at least two club meetings to discussing the enormous potential Vocational Service can offer for raising the quality of life and upholding the strong ethics and integrity exhibited by Rotarians.

• Conduct a literacy or educational project internationally or within your own community.

• Develop and initiate a new project in support of vocational service.

Community Goals :-

• Join together with another local organisation to conduct a joint project in which club members contribute to planning and hands-on efforts.

• Conduct a water project in your community

RIBI Community & Vocational Service Award

The award has become recognised throughout RIBI and is a very successful club initiative within local communities to give prestigious recognition of achievement. The RIBI Community & Vocational committee consider that the most appropriate people to identify the nominees are from clubs themselves.

Purpose :-

• The purpose of the Community & Vocational Service award is to recognise outstanding service to the local community by Rotarians or non Rotarians alike.

How to Enter :-

Each case will be different and should be judged on its own merit, therefore it is difficult to set down a specific criteria for clubs to follow. However, the RIBI Community & Vocational Service Committee feel that clubs should perhaps take into account the following guidelines when considering a nomination for the award :-

• The nominee must have carried out an act, or acts, beyond and above what would normally be accepted. The nomination must relate to matters which impressed the nominator and which stimulated change within their own community.

• The person nominated can either be a Rotarian or a person from within the local community. However, it should be impressed that the certificates should only be awarded to those persons who are worthy of the recognition.

• The nominated person must agree to accept the award and be made aware of the possibility of newspaper coverage, particularly at a local level.

If you require further information please contact Roger Mewis, District Community & Vocational Chairman.