1. ROTARIANS
Question 1.1 Who are Rotarians?
Question 1.2 Can my company be a member of the Rotary Club?
Question 1.3 What do the members of Mont Albert & Surrey Hills do?

2. MEETINGS
Question 2.1 How Often Does the Rotary Club Meet?
Question 2.2 Where Does the Rotary Club of Mont Albert & Surrey Hills meet?
Question 2.3 What happens if I cannot attend my Rotary Clubs meetings?
Question 2.4 Am I required to attend a certain amount of Meetings?

3.COMMUNICATION IN ROTARY
Question 3.1 Is there a Regular Newsletter to Members?
Question 3.2 How Do I Know who is Speaking at Rotary?

4. WHAT IS INVOLVED IN BEING A ROTARIAN?
Question 4.1 What things other than going to Rotary is the club involved in?
Question 4.2 Am I allowed to invite other people along to Rotary?
Question 4.3 How Do I Go About Joining Rotary?

5. ROTARY INTERNATIONAL
Question 5.1 What is Rotary?
Question 5.2 Does Rotary have a Motto?
Question 5.3 Where Is The Head Office of Rotary?
Question 5.4 How Does Rotary International Serve Clubs at the Local Level?
Question 5.5 Does Rotary International Provide a Structure to the Programs to be undertaken?

6 FINANCE INFORMATION
Question 6.1 How Much Are The Annual Fees for Membership?
Question 6.2 Is there a Joining Fee for the Rotary Club?
Question 6.3 What is the cost of attending Rotary meetings?

7 ROTARY DISTRICT 9810
Question 7.1 What is District 9810?
Question 7.2 What and who is the District Governor?
Question 7.3 How is the District Structured?
Question 7.4 Does the District Have Policies for All Rotarians to follow?

Rotarians are people like you and I. Traditionally; they have been persons in positions of leadership in their respective businesses. We at MASH are keen to have a club made up of people in our community who want to make a difference. Do you want to make a difference?

Only individuals can be a member of a Rotary Club. Accordingly, corporate membership is not an option, however naturally they are welcome to fund your membership

Our Rotarians are all people who want to give back to their community and take the opportunity to serve others. In the Rotary Club of Mont Albert & Surrey Hills, we have members from the following business sectors / professions:

All Rotary Clubs throughout the world meet on a weekly basis. The Rotary Club of Mont Albert & Surrey Hills meets on Tuesday evening as follows:
6.45 pm Chat over a tea or coffee and biscuit / cake prior to meeting
7.00 pm Meeting Commences
7.45 pm Meeting Closes – members move to Box Hill RSL
8.00 pm Dinner at Box Hill RSL till whenever you wish to go home.
In Rotary, this is commonly referred to as 6.45 for 7.00 pm start.

Our standard meeting place is:
Box Hill Institute
Room G32 (Enter from rear door)
Nelson Road Campus
Nelson Road
Box Hill 3128
Melway Ref: 47 C9

As a Rotarian, you can attend any other Rotary Club anywhere in the world. There are 49 other Rotary Clubs in District 9810 and many more in Melbourne alone. This is called a `Make Up’
The best way to locate a Rotary Club to visit, particularly if you are away on business is to check the Rotary Website – www.rotary.org and this will list all clubs in an area.

The answer in a general sense is yes. Rotarians are generally expected to attend 50% of club meetings or designated service activities. The 50% can be waived by the Board. Most Rotarians do not find this commitment difficult as they enjoy Rotary and the meetings, they undertake service activities which contribute to their attendance and they also enjoy doing Make-Ups at other clubs. If you are going away and unable to attend Rotary, you apply for Leave of Absence prior to your leave. This equates to a minimum level of 1 meeting per month and 1 other service involvement.

Yes – most clubs distribute a Weekly `Bulletin’ to their members. MASH’s is called `On The Radar’ and is distributed via email to members and Friends of MASH.

We aim to list in `On The Radar’ who is speaking in future weeks in the Calendar and also a profile of the next weeks speaker will be shown in `On The Radar’ and on the Club Website. The Upcoming speakers will be listed here on our website.

The Rotary Club of Mont Albert & Surrey Hills is involved in a number of projects – covering the Four Avenues of Service (Club, Vocational, Community & International). All members are assigned to one of these Committees. The club has moved to a Project based structure and members will work on projects.
The Club has a variety of Fund Raising programs during the year including weekly Sausage Sizzles in Hamilton Street; Antique & Collectables Fair, Charity Auction, Book Fairs, Movies Beneath The Stars, EBay Sales, Hot Cross Buns and Mince Pies Sales, Catering at Open Gardens – all to raise funds for the club and to highlight our club in the area. Members can volunteer to work in any of these areas.
The club is involved with promoting high ethical standards in business practice. This is one of the key tenets of Rotarians.
The club conducts a `Winter Woollies Collection’ in April for the disadvantaged and needy in the eastern area of Melbourne. We have also conducted a Sporting Goods Collection and one off collection of childrens clothes and blankets. We have Emergency Information Booklets in local pharmacies, a Primary Schools Speech Competition in August annually; we host an Afternoon Tea for the Inala Hostel Residents twice a year and collect knitted blankets, etc. and ship them to the needy in India and other parts of the world, including here in Melbourne.
Our club has initiated the Brenda Book Project for Primary School children in South Africa, we have shipped Yakka Overalls and Wheelchairs to the Solomon Islands; Law text books to Fiji – just to name a few of our projects over the almost five years of the club. In 2008/9 we provided Dictionaries to all Grade 3 Students throughout Mont Albert & Surrey Hills schools and Beaufort & Trawalla Schools. We have a Rural Relationship established with the township of Beaufort. We have also raised almost $20,000 for Bushfire Relief; have developed and delivered a Small Business & Cottage Industry Seminar Program for the Migrant Information Centre and a “Knitting For The Needy” Project as well as Birthing Kits for Papua New Guinea.

Absolutely yes! You are most welcome to bring along guests at any time. If the guest is a potential member, the club policy is that the club will fund two visits as a guest. Beyond the first two visits, the visitor will then pay for themselves for their meeting. If you have a partner and/or children, they are also most welcome to attend Rotary at any time.

Firstly, the Rotary Club needs to identify your Vocation or Rotary Classification. This is a description of your vocation (such as Banking, Real Estate – Commercial, etc.).
Once this is completed, the person inviting you into the Rotary Club will submit your name to the Membership Chairman who will arrange for it to be presented to the Board Meeting.
Your name is then circulated to all members to identify if they know of any reason that a potential member should not be granted membership.
Once the nomination of the guest has been completed and fully processed, then you will be invited to membership of the Rotary Club and inducted after payment of your fees.
In the circumstance that a member or members have concerns about a proposed member, then this will be considered by the clubs Board before an invitation is extended for membership and the nomination is declined.

Rotary (or more correctly Rotary International) is a worldwide service organization which is currently in 168 countries with over 37,000 clubs.
Individual Rotary Clubs are members of Rotary International and individual Rotarians are members of a Rotary Club.
Rotary is an organization focussed on service and making a very real difference in the world.

Yes – it is `Service Above Self’. It also still has its’ original motto of `They Profit Most Who Serve Best’
In addition, Rotarians aspire to The Four Way Test:
It goes like:
The 4-Way Test of the things we think, say or do?
1 Is it the TRUTH?
2 Is it FAIR to all concerned?
3 Will it build GOODWILL and BETTER FRIENDSHIPS?
4 Will it be BENEFICIAL to all concerned?

Rotary International is an international organization with its Headquarters in Evanston, Illinois (Chicago), USA.

Rotary International is comprised of 529 Districts throughout the world. Each District is headed by a District Governor who is an Officer of Rotary International for their year of service.
Rotary also has a number of regional offices who serve their country / regional areas. In Australia, we have an office located at Parramatta, NSW which is known as the South West Pacific Service Centre. This office serves the Australian, New Zealand and Phillipines plus the clubs in other smaller countries served from Australia and New Zealand such as Papua New Guinea, Fiji, etc.
There are currently 33,580 clubs and 1.23 million Rotarians worldwide.

Yes. There are Four Avenues of Service in Rotary. They are:

1. Club Service
2. Vocational Service
3. Community Service
4. International Service
   In addition to the above, The Rotary Foundation of Rotary International provides a Trust Fund through which international humanitarian and educational programs are funded and actioned. A separate committee manages The Rotary Foundation giving and management of programs within District 9810.

The annual membership fees for the current year are $260.00 per person for a full year with the second family members fee $210.00. These are pro rata’d after 1 January each year.

Yes. It is $80.00. This covers badges, meals as guest, MASH T-Shirt.

MASH meets in the evening. Its meeting fee is $8.50 per meeting at the Box Hill Institute. The meal afterwards at the Box Hill RSL Bistro can be purchased for $9.90 for a Two For One Bistro Meal. One meeting per month, the club will dine at a different restaurant to the RSL. These meetings will require members to commit in advance to their wish to go to dinner. The nett proceeds of the meeting fees for the meeting goes to the Box Hill Institute House For Homeless Youth Project . Each week, $1 will be contributed to the Clubs Changeover Dinner and will offset your costs of the Changeover Function.

District 9810 is the compilation of fifty clubs in the eastern suburbs of Melbourne. It ranges from Templestowe in the north to Healesville (along the south of the Yarra River); along Warrigal Road to South Road – and then through to Hampton down to Chelsea in the south. The District also includes the areas in the Dandenong Ranges of Monbulk, Emerald & District through to Knox and Rowville. It cuts down to the Patterson River through Springvale (but does not include Dandenong).

The District Governor is selected by the District to lead the District for the year – commencing 1 July to 30 June. The District Governor in 2009/10 is David Forster who is a member of the Rotary Club of Templestowe.

Our District has a number of Committees which each have a Chairman and Committee members.
In addition, the District Governor is assisted by a team of Assistant Governors who each have responsibility to liaise with a group of Rotary Clubs and advise them in accordance with Rotary policies and in accordance with the District Governor’s direction.
The Committees are:

Yes, District 9810 has a number of Policies which are applicable to all Rotarians in the District. They include the Sexual Harassment Policy, Privacy Policy, Email Policy and Recommended Code of Conduct for Dealing with Young Persons. All members are required to have a Police Check for their Working with Children Card.

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