1. Challenges and Opportunities for
Successful Transitions

3. Rotaract:
Interact:
RYLA:
Youth Exchange:
215,924
338,836
25,000
8,500
In any given year, over 500,000
participants in four programs…
(numbers are approximate)

4. Challenges

5. 2011-12RotaractSurvey
Overall challenges
• Cost/value
• Perceptions and awareness
• Closed Rotary club experiences
• Missing Rotary-Rotaract
connections
• No easy “on ramp” to Rotary for
those between 30-40

6. Cost

7. Perceptions and awareness
•Rotaractors may not know much
about Rotary
•Rotaractors may not know about
clubs other than their sponsor
•Rotaractors do not understand how
to join Rotary clubs

8. Perceptions and awareness
•Rotaractors may view Rotary
Community Corps as a more
attractive way to continue their
service
•Rotaractors’ experiences with their
own sponsor Rotary club may
discourage them from joining Rotary

9. Lack of welcoming clubs

10. Rotary-Rotaract Connections
• Lack of social connections and
familiarity
• Lack of service connections
through joint projects
• Lack of professional connections
through mentorship and advising

11. No easy on ramp into Rotary
• Rotaractors may not be ready to join Rotary at
30
• Lack of engagement between Rotaract and
Rotary for those who are not yet
qualified, interested, or ready for Rotary club
membership
• Absence of community-based Rotaract clubs in
some regions to develop Rotaractors after
university studies

12. Questions?

13. Here are some insights from the
2011-12 district Rotaract survey...

14. Compared to five years ago, does your
district have more Rotaract clubs?

15. How many Rotaract clubs are active
worldwide?

16. In most districts, fewer than 25% of clubs
sponsor Rotaract clubs.

17. Does your district maintain a database of
current or former Rotaractors?
No
No
Yes
Yes

18. Does your district have a Rotaract alumni
association or group?
Yes
No

19. How do you involve former Rotaractors in
current district activities?

20. Opportunities and solutions

21. From cost to value…

22. Find the right “way in”

23. Create stepping stones

24. Address perception gaps

25. Strengthen Rotary-Rotaract
connections

26. Questions?