Club Service

Rotary Avenue of Service

This committee is charged with the responsibility of greeting Rotarians and guests as they come into the meeting room for our Tuesday noon Club meetings. They also mark the attendance roll, assist our Club members with getting their name badges out of the boxes as they come in, announce visiting Rotarians and guests of our Club members when called upon by the presiding officer during the meeting. Another important duty is to arrange for a Club member to give the invocation, and to notify the presiding officer who will be doing that function. Our Club has established a "secret handshaker" procedure - this committee selects a Club member to be the "secret handshaker" and provides him with a dollar bill, which is won by another person who greets and shakes the hand of the "secret handshaker", based on the number selected by the "secret handshaker" (e.g., 4th or 5th or 8th person to shake his or her hand at that meeting).

The chairperson of this committee normally has a number of committee members and schedules two or three each to work at specific meetings - typically for one month at a time. The chairperson should be present personally at the attendance desk for every meeting possible, to assure the efficient functioning of this important task.

This committee is responsible for arranging speakers or other suitable presentations as the main program at each of the Club's meetings throughout the year. In our Club, this committee is traditionally chaired by the Vice President of the Club. Some years the chairperson recruits one member for each calendar month, and other years the chairperson recruits two members for each calendar month (with each member being responsible for two weeks of programs - the "5th Tuesday" occurring once each quarter typically being devoted to a "Club assembly" type of meeting or some other intra-Club function, without a speaker or guest program involved). The chairperson is responsible for reminding his committee members as their scheduled programs time approaches, and assuring that the arrangement of a program does not go overlooked.

This committee handles the public relations matters for the Club, dealing with newspapers, radio and television, as appropriate. Our Club bulletin - The McA-Rota - is also the responsbility of this committee

This new committee is responsible for handling the Club's interactions with the internet and World Wide Web, including e-mail and our WWW website.

This committee is responsible for handling the assignment of suitable Rotary classifications for new Rotarians, and for changing older members classifications to Senior Active, as appropriate. This committee also encourages individual Rotarians to seek out suitable candidates for membership, and to plan and organize membership drives or campaigns from time to time.

This committee is in charge of working to improve the fellowship among Rotarians, both at the weekly Club meetings and in special social events throughout the year, such as a Ladies' Night or similar function.

History Committee

The Club History Committee is in charge of keeping and maintaining historical records of the club and preparing and updating a history of the club and its activities through the years.

This committee is responsible for maintaining a bank of helpful information about Rotary International and also our own local Rotary Club, and presenting the information in a concise, but complete, manner to new Rotarians at special Indoctrination Meetings.

This committee handles the Rotary sing-along which begins each of our Club meetings, including arranging for a pianist and a song-leader for each meeting.

This committee is charged with responsibility for maintaining order at Club meetings, under the direction of the presiding officer. The members of this committee are also in charge of being certain that all of the supplies and paraphernalia needed for Club meetings is in place before the meeting time - including banners, podium, Rotary bell, Rotary fine wheel, members' badge boxes, songbooks, attendance roster, guest cards, flags, and so on.

RAH - Rotary After Hours

This committee is rather new to our club and is charged with developing social events for those McAlester Rotarians who wish to participate, evenings or weekends, of various types. At this time, the primary focus is on the monthly McAlester RAH (Rotary After Hours) social gathering meeting at 5:30 P.M., for one hour, on the 4th Thursday of each month (meeting dates are changed due to holiday seasons or other conflicts - check with Club President, Club Secretary-Treasurer, or someone on the RAH Committee to be sure of meeting time and date and location). Meetings will probably be moved around to various locations but at this time are being held at The Ice House on East Choctaw Avenue, near 5th Street. The Club Board of Directors has approved attendance for one hour at the regular RAH meeting as a "club service activity" eligible to serve as an attendance make-up, just like make-ups for attending regular meetings of other Rotary Clubs. The make-up can apply for a regular club meeting missed within 2 weeks before and 2 weeks after the RAH meeting date. For detailed information, please contact the Club Secretary-Treasurer.