Chair: Barry Rassin

Vice Chair: Dean Rohrs

Director Liaisons:

Virpi Honkala

Bharat S. Pandya

Adviser: Ligaya Corpus

Members:

Ian Riseley

John Smarge

Larry Lunsford

Marcelo Haick

Gowri Rajan

SHAPING ROTARY’S FUTURE COMMITTEE

How We Got Here • Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

• Desire for Regionalization

• Responsibilities of Leadership Positions

• Action Plan

The Revolving Door

1,387,575

The number of people recruited into Rotary in the last 10 years

Member Retention Worldwide

2020 Triennial Strategic Plan Survey - Rotarians

53%

46%

60%

53%

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

Increase Our Impact Expand Our Reach Enhance ParticipantEngagement

Increase Adaptability

Priority - Very Important

Female % in Clubs 2010-11 vs 2020-21

Club Age (in years)

2020-21 Regional Leader Gender Data

Total Men Women % Men% Women

E/MGA 42 35 7 83% 17%

RC 41 32 9 78% 22%

RPIC 42 28 14 67% 33%

RRFC 42 35 7 83% 17%

ARC 197 149 48 76% 24%

ARPIC 160 103 57 64% 36%

ARRFC 183 153 30 84% 16%

Value Proposition • Better Rotarian and Rotaractor engagement

through direct and regionalized support

• Regionalization of our products and services

• More diversity in leadership

• Clearly defined path for leadership

development and growth

• Election disputes handled on a regional level

• Greater efficiencies

Proposed Governance Model

REGIONAL LEVEL

PROPOSED VOLUNTEER ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTUREHIGH LEVEL

DISTRICT LEVEL

CLUB LEVEL

PARTICIPANT LEVEL

GLOBAL LEVEL

Rotary International

Board of Directors

The Rotary Foundation

Board of Trustees

Global Volunteer Cadre

Secretariat /

Resource Centers

Regional CouncilRegional Council

Committees

Section Leader

(Club Adviser)Section Leader-elect

Club

RotarianRotaractor Non-Club Participant

20-40 regions globally.

Provide the flexibility to address

specific needs for participants, which

leads to a better experience.

Regional councils and staff will be

more effective by grouping participants

into regions that have similar:

• Culture

• Language

• Needs and Focus

• Geography

• Efficiency

REGIONAL LEVEL

Proposed Regions - Size Comparisons

Sections Total 1,874 sections

Most Sections 145 (Southern India)

Fewest Sections 41 (AESEAN+)

Most Participants 141,755 (Southern India)

Fewest Participants 20,750 (Pakistan & Bangladesh)

Largest Clubs 3,621 (Southern India)

Fewest Clubs 858 (Canada)

Most Districts 34 (Japan)

Fewest Districts 4 (Pakistan & Bangladesh)

Shaping Rotary’s Future 2018 - 2024

2018 October: Committee

begins

2024 July: Pilot begins2018 July:

Shaping

Rotary’s

Future

Committee

created

2020

August: SRF

project

begins

2022 Apr: COL

decision on pilot

1 July 2023:

Elect year

begins for

pilot regions

2023-24:

Training of

pilot regions