•   Club Presidents
•   Administration
•   AG & ZS
•   Service Committees

•   Organization
•   Responsibilities
•   Guiding Principles
•   RI Programs

•   RCC
•   Inner Wheel
•   Rotaract
•   Interact

•   Financial Support
•   Educational Programs
•   Humanitarian Grants
•   PolioPlus

Rotary's Guiding Principles

Throughout Rotary's history, several basic principles have been developed to guide Rotarians in achieving the ideal of service and high ethical standards.

Object of Rotary: First formulated in 1910 and adapted through the years as Rotary's mission expanded, the object of rotary provides a succint definition of the organization's purpose as well as the club member's responsibilities. 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:

FIRST the development of acquiantance as an opportunity for service;
SECOND High ethical standards in business and professions; the recognition of the worthiness of all useful occupations; and the dignifying of each Rotarian's occupation as an opportunity to serve society;
THIRD the application of the ideal of service in each Rotarian's personal, business and community life;
FOURTH the advancement of international understanding, goodwill, and peace through a world fellowship of business and professional persons united in the ideal of service.

Classification Principle: By assigning each member a classification based on his or her business or profession, this system ensures that the club's membership reflects the business and professional composition of its community. The number of members holding a particular classification is limited according to the size of the club. The goal is professional diversity, which enlivens the club's social atmosphere and provides a rich resource of occupational expertise to carry out service projects and provide club leadership.

Avenues of Service: Based on the object of rotary, the avenues of service are rotary's philosophical corenerstone and the foundation on which club activity is based:

• Club service focuses on strengthening fellowship and ensuring the effective functioning of the club.
• Vocational service encourages rotarians to serve others through their vocations and to practice high ethical standards.
• Community service covers the projects and activities the club undertakes to improve life in its community.
• International service encompasses actions taken to expand rotary's humanitarian reach around the globe and to promote world understanding and peace.