How Rotary can keep and recruit members
For more than a decade, Rotary’s membership has lingered around 1.2 million. That means that for every person who joined during that period, another person left. Last year, membership hit a 10-year low, at 1,185,000, though we’ve since rebounded, raising the figure this year to 1,207,102.
For RI President Gary C.K. Huang, that’s not good enough. He hopes to increase membership to 1.3 million by the end of his term.
«It’s simple: The more members we have, the more people we can help,» Huang says. «A stronger membership base will result in strong communities.»
How can we reach his goal? And how…