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April 25, 2008
A Shared Experience 1 April 25, 2008
ABOUT ROTARY’S COUNCIL ON LEGISLATION
The Council on Legislation, Rotary’s “parliament”, meets
every three years to deliberate and act upon all proposed enactments
and resolutions submitted by clubs, district conferences, the General
Council and Conference of Rotary International in Great Britain and
Ireland, and the RI Board. The Council itself also makes proposals.
The Council on Legislation is an important part of Rotary’s governance process. While
the Board of Directors sets policies for Rotary International, the Council is where Rotary
clubs have their say in the governance of the association. Every three years, each
district sends a representative to the council, which reviews proposed legislation. Every
club and district is entitled to submit legislation to the Council, and some of Rotary’s
most important work has resulted from Council action. Women were admitted into
Rotary because of the action of the 1989 Council of Legislation, and PolioPlus was born
as the result of the 1986 Council. You may wish to review the current recommended
club by-laws and constitution as printed in the current Manuel of Procedure or available
on Rotary’s website (www.rotary.org).
The Council comprises more than 500 representatives from every part of the Rotary
world. Voting members include one elected representative of the clubs of each Rotary
district. Some nonvoting members include the chair and vice chair of the Council, the
RI president, members of the RI Board, and past RI presidents.
If a club or district is considering proposing legislation for the 2010 Council, that club or
district proposal must be endorsed at a district conference and that RI must receive the
proposed legislation no later than 31 December 2008, certified by the district conference
and signed by the District Governor. The next Council on Legislation is tentatively
scheduled for 25-30 April 2010 in Chicago, IL. Council representatives will be selected
during the 2007-08 Rotary year.
The District 7330 representative for the 2010 Council on Legislation is PDG Ted
Shaffer, a member of the Rotary Club of Murrysville-Export, selected by the district
nominating committee at its meeting in December, 2007. If anyone has any questions
or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact Ted. PDG Ted Shaffer