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-Membership in Rotary-
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 Classification
System
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Types
of Membership
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-A Bit of History-
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Our Genesis
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Past Presidents
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Our Projects
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-Membership in IVRC-
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Personal
Obligations
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Financial
Obligations
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Blue Badge Requirements
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Our Meetings 
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Our weekly meeting is held
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on Monday at 12:15 p.m.
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except legal holidays*
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*Occasionally a Monday
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proximate to the legal
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holiday is "dark"
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 Federal Holidays (USC
Title 5 Section 6103)
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Holidays Set by Date*
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Holidays Set by Day and Month
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New Year's Day.......
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January 1
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M.L. King's Birthday.....
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3rd Monday in January
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Independence Day...
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July 4
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Washington's Birthday...
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3rd Monday in February
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Veterans Day...........
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November 11
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Memorial Day................
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Last Monday in May
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Christmas Day.........
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December 25
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Labor Day......................
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1st Monday in September
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Columbus Day...............
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2nd Monday in October
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*If a Saturday, Friday is observed
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Thanksgiving..................
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4th Thursday in November
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If a Sunday, Monday is observed
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- Any may be a Dark Date -
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- All except Thanksgiving are Dark Dates -
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Membership in Rotary
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What Rotary is
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What Rotary is not
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"Rotary
is an organization of business and pro-
fessional leaders united worldwide, who provide humanitarian service, encourage high ethical standards in all vocations,
and help build goodwill and peace in the world."- Rotary International
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"Rotary is not a social group organized for personal gain and is not to
be perceived as a direct source of business or a referral service."- Ron
Lichter, Past President, Rotary Club of Incline Village
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.gif) The Classification
System
Rotary is unique among service clubs in that a Rotarian gains and maintains membership
by virtue of his or her classification
- that is, current or former business or profession. Only 10% of the membership (or 5 persons in a club of less
than 50 members) may hold a given classification. This system encourages diversity in membership.
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Except for the judiciary and public education, public office holders may not
join a Rotary club under the classification of such office. A current Rotarian who gains public office, however,
may retain his or her membership and existing classification.
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Types of Membership
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Active Member
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A person currently or formerly actively engaged as proprietor, partner, corporate
officer or manager of a business or profession. An Active member is subject to all financial and attendance requirements,
except that an Active member whose total of age and years of Rotary service
equals or exceeds 85 years is excused from attendance requirements.
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Honorary Member
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An Honorary member has no attendance or financial obligations except for the
cost of luncheons attended.
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A Bit of History
Our Genesis
The Rotary Club of Incline Village was chartered with 23 founding members on
October 22, 1979. The charter was presented by District Governor Frank MacBride, Jr. at a celebration dinner on
November 30. The club was sponsored by the North Lake Tahoe Rotary Club (Crystal Bay/Kings Beach), which no longer
exists. The founding members were:
- Ivan G. Althouse, President
- John S. Yaryan, Vice President
- Fred L. Kost, Secretary
- David A. Strongin, Treasurer
- Peter R. Worden, Sergeant at Arms
- E. M. Laird, Director
- D.G. Menchetti, Director
- David Nicholas, Director
- C. Dean Ramsden, Director
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- Robert Angres
- Russell J. Browne
- James L. Cathey
- William A. Curtis
- Clarence Forbes
- Arlyn E. Hendrix
- Jay Johnson
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- James King
- W. Clark Krelle
- Al Kuckhoff
- Douglas J. Pollack
- John C. Rogers
- Stephen M. Spencer
- Darrel G. Williams
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Charter Night - November 30, 1979
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Seated:
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Ken Casper (Past District Governor) , Ivan Althouse, Jim Speer (RI Director), Frank MacBride, Jr., (District Governor), Jack Yaryan
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2nd Row:
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Darrel Williams, Douglas Pollack, Clarence Forbes, Al Kuckhoff, Bill Curtis,
Fred Kost
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3rd Row:
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Geno Menchetti, Dean Ramsden
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4th Row:
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Dave Nicholas, Peter Worden, Ladd Laird, Jay Johnson, David Strongin, Bob Angres,
Steve Spencer
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We are in Rotary District 5190, which comprises northern Nevada (from the Oregon/Idaho
borders to Tonopah) and a portion of California (east of Sacramento, from Alturas in the north through the gold
country in the south) - encompassing 80,000 square miles.
In 1997 we sponsored the Rotary Club of Tahoe-Incline, some of whose initial
members had been founding members of our club.
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Past Presidents
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Presidents of the Rotary Club of Incline
Village
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(Rotary operates on a July 1 - June 30 year)
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Ivan Althouse #
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1979-1980
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Ron Lichter
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2000-2001*
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David Strongin #
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1980-1981
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Mark Schauss
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2000-2001**
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David Nicholas #
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1981-1982
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Mark Schauss
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2001-2002
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Jack Hardy
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1982-1983
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Mark Schauss
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Geno Menchetti #
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1983-1984
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Bo Pollard
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2002-2003**
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Jeff Quinn
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1984-1985
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Bo Pollard
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2003-2004
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Tim Miller
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1985-1986
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Conn Davis
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2004-2005
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Tom Donaldson
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1986-1987*
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Ken Viel
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2005-2006
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Jim Nadeau
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1986-1987**
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Jerry Hagy
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2006-2007
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Neil Brooks
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1987-1988
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Frank Spees
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2007-2008
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Loren Enstad
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1988-1989
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Jim Nadeau
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1989-1990
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Mike Menath
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1990-1991
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Ben Solomon
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1991-1992
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John Rogers #
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1992-1993
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Al Sperry
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1993-1994
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Bob Payne
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1994-1995
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Gary Stanaway
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1995-1996
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Mike Hume
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1996-1997
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Jack Cooke
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1997-1998
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Jonathan Smith
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1998-1999
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Judy Spees
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1999-2000
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* First half
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** Second half
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# Founding member
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Our Projects
We assist and suppport Rotary International's world-wide humanitarian efforts,
but since our inception our club has emphasized community projects, particularly those that are youth-oriented.
Internationally- Our members have
supported RI's ambitious and largely successful PolioPlus immunization
campaign to eradicate the disease completely.
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We have furnished Villager Sun Ovens
to villages in
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the African nations of Burkina Fasso and Nambia
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through Rotary's Temple Solar Project,
which provides
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pollution-free community cooking to timber-scarce
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third world villages.
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This is the solar oven that our club, jointly with the
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Rotary Club of Tahoe-Incline, purchased for an
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orphanage in Burkino Fasso.
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Our club, in conjunction with the Rotary Club of Tahoe-Incline and District 5190,
has purchased skin grafting instruments (an electrical dermatome and a skin graft mesher) for St. Mary's Hospital
in Nairobi, Kenya.
We regularly participate in the Rotary Youth Exchange Program, the largest program
of its type in the world- Students 15-18 years of age from around the globe spend an academic year in another country,
learning the language, attending school and learning about another culture. We have both hosted students from Europe
and South America and sponsored Lake Tahoe students going abroad.
Locally- For community projects
we hold periodic fund-raising events. In the early years we prepared and sold Mother's Day roses. Our major fund-raising
event from 1993 to 2003 was our annual Finnegan's Wake party, celebrating St. Patrick's Day. Since then our fund-raising
Bowl-A-Thon has assisted local charities and non-profit organizations financially. Among other things, the funds
raised have enabled us to:
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Place the "Great Incline" Nevada historical marker near the Ponderosa
Ranch.
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Send Incline High School juniors to week-long RYLA leadership training camps.
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Replace plaques at the Incline Lookout (originally constructed by the North LakeTahoe
Rotary Club).
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Help fund an Incline High School Eagle Scout project for permanent picnic tables.
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Provide scholorships to Incline High School graduating seniors.
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Place an emergency telephone on the Mount Rose Highway near Sheep Flats.
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Provide bus shelters for TART bus passengers.
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Replace the scoreboard at Incline High School.
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Help sign and landscape the Incline Village Community Hospital.
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Put high-quality benches in various Incline Village parks and beaches.
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Help finance the scoreboard at the Bennie Ferrari Little League field.
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Give each fourth-grader at Kings Beach Elementary School his/her own hard-bound
illustrated dictionary.
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Install a series of sturdy high-quality wooden benches throughout Incline Village.
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Help provide state of the art skin grafting equipment to St. Mary's Hospital
in Nairobi, Kenya.
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Help fund transportation to Mexico for Young Life students on house-construction
project.
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We helped (the Morning Club did the same)the Incline
Young Life group by providing approximately one half
for the transportation cost for 60+/- young people to
Mexico for a week long project of to construct a
dwellings for a Mexican family. They were joined by
approximately 300 other young people from other parts
of the West Coast who also constructed dwellings.
In addition, our club has donated to many recognized North Lake Tahoe charitable
organizations and projects, including Project MANA,
the IVGID Easter Egg Hunt, La Comunidad Unida of Kings Beach, the Nevada Special Olympics, the Children's Cabinet's
Alcance Preschool, and the Incline
K-16 Tutorial Program.
We have sponsored Incline High School Career Days and an Invitational Cross Country
Track Meet for students. We hold an annual Speech Contest for high school students.
We regularly give official recognition to outstanding students, athletes, teachers,
peace officers and senior citizens.
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Charitable Foundations
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Our Rotary Foundation of Incline Village (a 501.c.3 corporation), administered by Past Presidents, was originally created to provide
temporary assistance to local residents with emergency needs. Now it funnels funds to a variety of local and international
projects.
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We fully support Rotary International's Rotary
Foundation, whose goal is to improve the quality of life by providing
health care, clean water, food, education, and other essential needs primarily in the developing world.
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Membership in IVRC
Personal and Financial Obligations (Summarized)
For details download "Being a Rotarian"
- See top of this page
Personal Obligations
Attendance- Rotary International
requires that you attend or make up 60% of our Monday luncheon meetings and, in addition, not miss more than three
consecutive meetings*. (A "miss" is an absence not made up). A
fourth consecutive miss can be considered a request to terminate your membership!
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An Active member whose total of age and years of Rotary service equals or exceeds
85 years may be excused from attendance requirements.
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Making up Meetings- You may make
up a meeting by attending any other Rotary club's meeting within two weeks before or after the Incline Village
meeting from which you were or expect to be absent; thus you may make up in advance.
Leaves of Absence- A member may
apply to the Board of Directors for a leave of absence, excusing him or her temporarily from attendance requirements
for a valid reason. The Board's general policy has been to grant a leave
of absence only in the case of (1) extended illness or (2) lengthy travel to parts of the world where making up
meetings is impossible!
Financial Obligations
Initiation Fee- Every new member
is charged a $200 Initiation Fee, half of which - at the member's option - is sent in his/her name to the Rotary
Foundation to make the new member a Paul Harris Sustaining Member.
Annual Costs- The total of dues,
fines, meals charges and special functions amounts to approximately $1200 per year.
Earning a Blue Badge
A new member receives a temporary red badge. In order to earn a permanent blue
badge he or she must complete any three of the following four requirements:
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» Attend a Board of Directors
Meeting
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» Attend a Fireside
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» Do a Makeup at another club
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» Present a Classification
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