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What is Rotary? |
There is a mile of information available online about Rotary. We found the following useful summary on the Rotary Down Under website. |
Rotary is Worldwide |
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| Rotary is a worldwide organisation of more than 1.2 million business and professional men and women who are acknowledged leaders in their communities and who put the ideal of service into action. Rotarians are pledged to maintain high ethical standards in their vocations and to serve their own communities as they advance international understanding and peace. | |
Rotary promotes high ethical standards in all vocations |
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| Rotary is an organisation of business and professional leaders united worldwide who provide humanitarian service encourage high ethical standards in all vocations and help build goodwill and peace in the world. | |
Membership is by invitation |
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| Rotarians meet weekly for fellowship and interesting and informative programs dealing with topics of local and global importance. Membership is by invitation and reflects a wide cross-section of community representation. | |
Rotary acts through humanitarian, educational and cultural exchange programs |
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| Rotarians plan and carry out a remarkable variety of humanitarian educational and cultural exchange programs that touch people's lives in their local communities and our world community. | |
Rotary links |
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| Rather than say more ourselves we set out below some useful links which will give a very good introduction to Rotary and what being a Rotarian is all about.
Our club is one of about 33,000 autonomous clubs which make up Rotary International. Our club charter number is 30,667 and so we are a relatively recent addition (1995) to the worldwide Rotary family. We have already mentioned Rotary Down Under which, among other things, publishes our regional magazine, both current and back issues of which can be accessed online. Rotary International also has a new digital monthly publication called Interactive. See the latest edition here. We are part of Rotary District 9750 which covers Sydney CBD, southern Sydney, the Illawarra and the Macarthur. There are around 55 clubs in our District including 7 in the Macarthur. If you would like to see examples of the reach of Rotary look at the websites for Rotary in other places such as Great Britain and Ireland or Africa. |