CHAPTER I

Rotary Code of Policies 416
January 2013
Article 62. General Policies of RI Meetings
62.010. Manuals for Sergeants-at-Arms
62.020. Sergeants-at-Arms Leadership Candidate Book
62.030. Recommended Protocol at RI Meetings
62.010. Manuals for Sergeants-at-Arms
Manuals for the general guidance of the International Assembly, International Convention, and
Council on Legislation sergeants-at-arms have been prepared and are revised from time to time
by the Board. Such manuals include Board policy governing sergeants-at-arms. The general
secretary is requested to bring to the Board's attention any necessary changes to the manuals.
Each sergeants-at-arms committee is likewise requested to include in its final report any
recommended changes to the manuals. (January 2012 Mtg., Bd. Dec. 159)
Source: June 2001 Mtg., Bd. Dec. 405; Amended by January 2012 Mtg., Bd. Dec. 159
62.020. Sergeants-at-Arms Leadership Candidate Book
The sergeants-at-arms Leadership Candidate Book contains a listing of those Rotarians with
sufficient experience as sergeants-at-arms at RI meetings to serve in the sergeants-at-arms
Leadership of the International Convention, International Assembly, and Council on Legislation
as developed by the Sergeants-at-arms Academy in 1997 and updated in 1999 and 2001. This list
should be updated on an annual basis as necessary. (June 2001 Mtg., Bd. Dec. 405)
Source: June 2001 Mtg., Bd. Dec. 405
62.030. Recommended Protocol at RI Meetings
At the RI Convention, International Assembly, and Council on Legislation the recommended RI
protocol may be modified as deemed necessary by the physical constraints of the space and the
program itself. (September 2011 Mtg., Bd. Dec. 34)
Source: November 2007 Mtg., Bd. Dec. 87; Amended by May 2011 Mtg., Bd. Dec. 182; September 2011 Mtg., Bd. Dec. 34