Manual of Procedure

ROTARY INTERNATIONAL
The RI Board is responsible for doing whatever may be necessary for the longterm
benefit of the organization, ensuring that the original purpose is preserved,
studying and teaching its fundamentals, and preserving its ideals, its ethics, its
unique features of organization, and its extension throughout the world. The Board
shall also adopt a strategic plan and report on it at each meeting of the Council on
Legislation. (RIB 5.010.) All RI Board decisions, unless specified otherwise, take
effect immediately upon the adjournment of the meeting at which they are made.
(RCP 28.005.) The action of the RI Board is subject to an appeal to the district representatives
of the most recent Council on Legislation or, if the appeal is received
by the general secretary within three months of the next Council, the next Council
on Legislation. (RIB 5.030.)
The RI Board may appoint an executive committee of at least five but no more
than seven of its members. It may delegate to the committee authority to exercise,
between Board meetings, the power to make decisions on behalf of the RI Board
where the policy of RI has been established. The committee also evaluates the performance
of the general secretary at least annually and reports its findings to the
RI Board. The RI Board in each year prescribes the specific terms of reference for
the Executive Committee. (RIB 5.070.)
Officers of Rotary International
President
The president is the highest officer of RI. The president is the principal person to
speak on the organization’s behalf, presides at conventions and meetings of the
RI Board, counsels the general secretary, and performs other related duties. (RIB
6.140.1.)
President-elect
The president-elect has only those duties that arise from the RI Bylaws and from
membership on the RI Board, but may be assigned further duties by the president
or the RI Board. (RIB 6.140.2.)
Vice President
The vice president is selected by the incoming president at the RI Board’s first
meeting each year from among the members of the RI Board serving the second
year of their terms. The vice president serves for a one-year term beginning on
1 July. (RIB 6.020.) In the event of a vacancy in the office of president, the vice
president succeeds to the office of president and selects a new vice president from
among the remaining members of the Board. (RIB 6.070.) The vice president performs
such assignments as may be requested by the president. (RCP 29.030.)
Treasurer
The treasurer is selected by the incoming president at the RI Board’s first meeting
each year from among the members of the RI Board serving the second year of their
terms. The treasurer serves for a one-year term beginning on 1 July. (RIB 6.020.)
The treasurer regularly receives financial information from, and confers with,
the general secretary on the management of RI finances. The treasurer makes
appropriate reports to the RI Board and also makes a report to the RI Convention.
The treasurer has only those duties and powers that arise from membership on the
RI Board, but may be assigned further duties by the president or the RI Board. (RIB
6.140.4.)
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