Conference of Rotarians 25-26-27 Dec-09
Governor's Monthly Letter (GML)
Memorable Moments
About Us
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Name :
Ranjan Nathani
Address :
Near Ram Mandir,Shanti nagar, Raipur
Telephone:
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About the Rotary
ROTARY IS . . . . . . . . .

ROTARY is an organization of business and professional leaders united worldwide, who provide humanitarian service, encourage high ethical standards in all vocations, and help build goodwill and peace in the world. ROTARY is the world's first service club. The first Rotary Club was founded in Chicago, Illinois, USA on 23rd February, 1905.

That should be ROTARY is some 1.2 million service minded men and women belonging to more than 32,000 Rotary clubs in virtually every nation in the world.

ROTARIANS meet weekly for fellowship and interesting and informative programs dealing with topics of local and global importance. Membership reflects a wide cross-section of community representation.

ROTARIANS plan and carry out a remarkable variety of humanitarian, educational and cultural exchange programs that touch people's lives in their local communities and our world community.

ROTARY is the Rotary Foundation, which each year provides some US$90 million for international scholarships, cultural exchanges, and humanitarian projects large and small that improve the quality of life for millions of people. Rotary is widely regarded as the world's largest private provider of international educational scholarships.

Rotary Firsts:

The first Rotary club meeting was in Chicago, Illinois, on 23 February 1905.

The first regular luncheon meetings were in Oakland, California, chartered in 1909.

The first Rotary Convention was in Chicago in 1910.

The first Rotary club outside of the United States was chartered in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada in 1910.

The first Rotary club outside of North America was chartered in Dublin, Ireland, in 1911.

The first Rotary club in a non-English-speaking country was in Havana, Cuba in 1916.

The first Rotary club in South America was chartered in Montevideo, Uruguay in 1918.

The first Rotary club in Asia was chartered in Manila, Philippines in 1919.

The first Rotary club in Africa was chartered in Johannesburg, South Africa in 1921.

The first Rotary club in Australia was chartered in Melbourne in 1921.

Object of Rotary

The object of Rotary is to encourage and foster the ideal of service as a basis of worthy enterprise and, in particular, to encourage and foster: 

  • the development of acquaintance as an opportunity for service; high ethical standards in business and professions;  
  • the recognition of the worthiness of all useful occupations;  
  • the dignifying by Rotarians of their occupations as an opportunity to serve society; the application of the ideal of service by Rotarians to their personal, business and community lives;  
  • the advancement of international understanding, goodwill, and peace through a world fellowship of business and professional people united in the ideal of service.  
The Four-way Test :

One of the most widely printed and quoted statements of business ethics in the world is the Rotary 4-way test. The 4-way test became the guide for sales, production, advertising and all relations with dealers and customers and the survival of the company is credited to this simple philosophy. 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 ?