Enhanced opportunities await Rotaractors Jaishree
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s Rotaractors world over will have to pay membership dues of $5 and $8 from January 2023, RI President Jennifer Jones explained the benefits to them at the Rotaract seminar, Symbiosis, that was part of the Visakha Vista zone institute. “Paying membership dues will help us give you a valuable Rotary experience and it will make you take Rotaract seriously. In the coming years you will understand its value so much so that you’ll invite your friends for the experience. When I joined Rotary I didn’t understand what value it can add to my life. I am now a better leader, being
in Rotary, and I am better in governance, finances, and public speaking,” she said. Jones pointed out that Rotaractors are now part of several Rotary committees. “One of the most coveted committees is our international convention committee. I have put our Rotaractors here. When we were discussing ideas for our convention, the best ones came from the Rotaractors,” she said, adding that they have also been made RI president’s representatives to district conferences. “We need fresh ideas from young, capable leaders like you. If we want something done in Rotary, we Rotarians form a committee and
have lots of meetings. Whereas you would have already figured out the issue and moved on to the next one,” said Jones, amidst applause. Batting for dual membership, she said, “If you find a Rotary club attractive, join the club. Or start your own club and run it how you want it. You are our future. No, you are the now. You are going to decide what Rotary will look like in the next couple of decades. And one of the things you are going to teach us is gender parity.” Earlier RIPN Stephanie Urchick inaugurated the seminar in the presence of former World Rotaract Committee chair PDG Ravi Vadlamani,
RI President Jennifer Jones releases the poster for the mega blood donation programme, Mahadan, at the Rotaract session in the presence of RI Directors Mahesh Kotbagi and Drew Kessler, PDG Ravi Vadlamani and district Rotaract leaders.
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