President
As president, you lead and motivate your club, ensuring that club members feel valuable, inspired, and connected to each other.
What you do
- Preside over club and board meetings
- Appoint committee chairs and members
- Conduct club assemblies
- Create a budget and manage club finances, including an annual audit
- Develop a safe environment for youth participants
- Work with your district governor and assistant governor
How to prepare
The year of planning before you take office is crucial to achieving the objectives you set out for your club. As president-elect, you work with your assistant governor and incoming leadership team to set annual goals that support your club’s strategic plan. In this year you should:
- Take online courses for club president in the Learning Center
- Assess your club’s strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and risks in order to set goals
- Develop an action plan for your annual goals, which support long-term achievements
- Appoint committee chairs
- Ensure continuity in leadership and service projects
- Attend presidents-elect training seminar
- Attend district training assembly
Resources & reference
- Lead Your Club: President - Club President's Manual
- Be a Vibrant Club: Your Club Leadership Plan
- Membership Growth and Retention Support
- The Rotary Foundation Reference Guide
- Standard Rotary Club Constitution
- Recommended Rotary Club Bylaws
Tools
- Pay or view your club invoice (Rotary International dues and fees)
- Update your club membership data
- Add club officers
- Set and track goals in Rotary Club Central
- Take a course in the Learning Center
- Register for a webinar
- Check our discussion groups
Rotary support
- Immediate past president
- Assistant governor
- District leaders