Council on Legislation - For Club consideration

Please share the below enactment & proposal with club members at a regular meeting and express the Club decision through the ballot by mail that will be received by the Club.

ROTARY INTERNATIONAL BY LAWS
ARTICLE X11
12. 020. 18
Current
“Any club in the zone or section may also propose a challenging candidate. The challenging candidate must have been duly suggested to the nominating committee. The name of the challenging candidate shall be submitted pursuant to a resolution of the club duly adopted at a regular meeting. The resolution must be concurred to by a majority of clubs in its district or, where its district is in more than one zone, a majority of clubs in its district which are in the same zone from which the director is to be nominated. Such concurrence shall be obtained at a conference or through a ballot by mail. The concurrence must be certified to the general secretary by the district’s governor. The resolution must be accompanied by a written statement from the challenging candidate that such candidate is willing and able to serve, specific biographical material (on a form prescribed by the board) and a recent photograph. The foregoing procedure must be completed by 1 December in the relevant year.”


Proposed amendment to the article by amending the paragraph in red above to read as follows:
“The resolution must be concurred to by a majority of clubs in its district and a majority of clubs in two (02) other districts in the same zone or, where its district is in more than one zone, a majority of clubs in its district and a majority of clubs in two (02) other districts provided those clubs represent all the relevant Zones from which the director is nominated.”


Proposed New By Law – Channels of communication

“If a member wishes to express his opinion, seek clarification, complain, raise any issue or communicate any matter or thing pertaining to and concerning Rotary he/she may do so only as follows:

In the case of a matter or thing pertaining to the club, he/she shall communicate in writing to the president of his/her own club.
In the case of a matter or thing pertaining to the district, he/she shall communicate in writing to the district governor only through the president of his/her club.

In the case of a matter or thing pertaining to Rotary International, he/she shall communicate in writing to the general secretary of Rotary International only through the president of his club and the district governor.

The president of a club and the district governor will forward such communication to the district governor or secretary general as the case may be with their comments, having clarified, resolved or investigated the matter raised by the member.

A district governor or the secretary general will not entertain or reply any communication that does not conform to the channels of communication specified in this article.”