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Club Administration - Sub Committees

Best-in-District

This committee/person is responsible for submitting an application to District 5840 petitioning that the Alamo Heights Rotary Club to be selected as "Best in District". This document will list all the goals and accomplishments of our club over the past year.

Bulletin

This committee shall endeavor, through the publishing of a weekly club bulletin, to stimulate the interest and improve attendance, announce the program of the forthcoming meeting, relate highlights of the previous meeting, promote fellowship, contribute to the Rotary education of all members, and report news of the club, of its members and of the worldwide Rotary program.

Bylaws, Policy & Procedures

Maintain documentation of material related to the established bylaws, policies, and procedures for the Club. The chair person to be available to provide background, information, and recommended interpretation on these to the officers and board as required.

Classification Talks

Coordinate the scheduling of interesting and informative programs at club meetings. Arrange for the monthly program chair persons and provide the schedule of programs to the Executive Secretary and Rotator Editor on a timely basis. Insure that classification talks are scheduled as the program at least every other month.

Directory

The Directory Committee will maintain a current, on-line, secure, Pictorial Directory of our Rotary Club to include business and residential addresses, telephone numbers, and information about their Rotary Classification, the name and type of business he or she earns a livelihood, years in Rotary, if he/she were a past president and their support of the Rotary Foundation.  While the committee will make the initial entry, each Rotary member is encouraged to go on-line to update the information or insert a new photo.  The purpose of the directory is to give each of our members information to encourage friendship and business with one another.

Invocation & Introductions

Invocation and Introduction Committee will each week provide the program organizer with names of persons agreeing to give the invocation and lead the pledge of allegiance and to introduce visitors and guests at each meeting.

Meeting Site Liaison

The committee's purpose is to act as the interface with the host resturant; to gather feedback from AH Rotary Club members on likes and dislikes and to relay feedback to the AH Rotary Board and the restaurantand in the event another location should be required, to make recommendations to the  AH Rotary Board.

Programs

Coordinate the scheduling of interesting and informative programs at club meetings. Arrange for the monthly program chair persons and provide the schedule of programs to the Executive Secretary and Rotator Editor on a timely basis. Insure that classification talks are scheduled as the program at least every other month.

Risk Management

Risk Management seeks to identify potential legal risks that the club may face in conducting its activities primarily associated with injury or harm to non members in connection with club activity.  Analysis of risk involves considering the likelihood of harm and the practicality of efforts to attempt to reduce or minimize the risk.

Roster & Name Tags

This committee prepares the clip-on (or necklace) badge as each new member enters the club. For several months each badge has a green plastic cover to make it easy to identify a new member. The committee also maintains the badge board adding new names and removing those no longer in the club.

Sergeant at Arms

The main duty of the Sergeant at Arms is to maintain order at the weekly meeting. This person is also responsible for insuring that the volunteer positions are filled for greeters, meal ticket cashier and raffle ticket cashier.

Speaker Recognition This committee shall be responsible for recognizing each Rotary Club speaker by donating a book in honor of that speaker to four primary schools in the Alamo Heights Independent School District. The recipient schools are Howard Learning Center, Cambridge Elementary, Woodridge Elementary and Alamo Heights Junior High School. This committee shall ensure that each speaker is awarded a certificate acknowledging the donation and that, at the end of the Rotary year, the Rotary invites the respective school librarian to the Rotary meeting for a formal presentation of the donation."

WebsiteThe web site committee will be responsible for building and maintaining a current site for the club. Information will be presented for club members as well as the general public. The site should be a repository for information about club history, bylaws and procedures, fundraising efforts, regular meetings, Rotary Foundation, student exchange programs and a current calendar of events. Links will also be provided to Rotary International and on-line make-up opportunities.