Women in Rotary on display

At least weekend's Every Woman Expo in Auckland, a group of women from a number of clubs took turns in looking after a display on Rotary at the Expo.

This opportunity to talk to quite a number of women (and one man ... was he lost?) about Rotary and why they enjoyed belonging to their club and Rotary in general was very effective.  Most women spoken to were unaware that they could join Rotary and were very impressed at the level of involvement by women in Rotary and the contribution they were making.

The display generated a list of women interested in learning more and visiting clubs.  Each interested woman was matched with a Rotarian who will follow them through the process of introduction to a club to, hopefully, induction.  This will give an indication of how well this type of publicity for Rotary works in creating new members.  The display had:

•  a Flyer for handing out (click here to download )
• a supporting website at www.WomeninRotary.rotarysouthpacific.org
• the October Rotary Down Under magazines kindly provided by RDU to provide the regional perspective and success stories

Everyone who assisted agreed that the best way to promote Rotary was to take Rotary to the people and that every major event around Auckland should have a Rotary presence in some form for consistency.  Thanks go to those who assisted but especially to Leanne Jaggs and the District 9920 Membership-PR Committee who reacted quickly to the last minute opportunity.




New Zealand and Pacific Islands Rotary Down Under
Manager Beryl Robinson showing off the October issue (pictured below)