Guides

Written for whoever got handed the job

For the people who hold an office for a year and inherit it from someone about to stop answering their email. All of it is useful to a club that never buys anything from us.

Why members leave Rotary clubs, and what shows up first

Members almost never resign over a grievance. They drift, and the drift is visible months earlier in attendance, involvement and who last spoke to them.

Membership chairs, club presidents · 3 min read

The first ninety days of a new member

Most members who leave within two years were lost in their first three months. What the club does in that window matters more than anything after it.

Membership chairs, sponsors, club presidents · 2 min read

Handing over in July without losing the club's memory

Rotary leadership turns over every year, and the club's institutional memory usually turns over with it. A short checklist for keeping what the last board knew.

Outgoing and incoming club officers · 2 min read

Moving a club off ClubRunner or DACdb without losing anything

What to export first, what never comes across cleanly, and the honest reasons to stay where you are.

Club secretaries, presidents, anyone who has been asked to look into it · 2 min read

What a Rotary club actually spends on software

The subscription is rarely the whole bill. A method for working out your real number, including the tools nobody remembers you pay for.

Club treasurers, presidents, boards approving a budget · 2 min read