REV OCT 2018

CORPORATE MEMBERSHIP POLICY
Recognizing the growing importance that corporations place on corporate social responsibility, the Club has
created the corporate membership initiative. Corporate memberships invite corporations to participate ingiving back to the community through the well-organized systems and structures of Rotary.
The Rotary Club of Evanston offers a Corporate Membership program for corporations and large businesses.
1.

Qualifications. Any corporation or business registered in the State of Illinois, doing business in thecity of Evanston, is eligible for Corporate Membership in the Rotary Club of Evanston.
2. Members. The corporation is a member of the Rotary Club of Evanston and may appoint up to four
persons to be its designees, subject to approval by the club Board.
3. Designees. The corporation’s senior designee must be a member of the corporation’s senior
executive group; the other three designees must be individuals employed full time by thecorporation.
4. Inductions. All corporate member designees shall be qualified for Active Membership in Rotaryand will be formally inducted into Rotary and the club through the usual club process. The designees
shall all be Rotarians.
5. Attendance. The senior designee is required to attend club meetings in person at least once perquarter. Other attendance and participation requirements of the Club may be met by any of thedesignees. All designees are entitled to attend any regular meeting of the club or any other Rotaryclub.
6. Classification. The Board of Directors will establish the classification of the eligible Corporationand its designees. Because a corporate member is an official member of the Rotary club, thisclassification will be counted toward the classification limits set forth in the RI Constitution, Article
5, Section 2(b).
7. RI registration. Each designee will be listed as an official member of the Rotary club of Evanston
and will be noted in the roster that they are designees of the named eligible corporation.
8. Badges. All designees shall be given special badges denoting their status as corporate members.
9. Votes and quorum. For the purpose of general meetings and club matters, the corporation shallhave only one vote which will be made by the designee attending the meeting at which the vote istaken. As official members of the Rotary club, all designees would apply toward RI election voting.
10. Holding office. The corporate designees shall not be eligible to be an officer or member of theBoard of Directors of the Club. Since the designees are Rotarians and therefore expected toparticipate in club activities, they are allowed to be committee chairs with the exception of any
committees whose Chair serves as member of the Board.
11. Dues. Dues for the corporation shall be $1250 per year (as of July 2018). Additionally, eachassociate designee shall pay dues to the Rotary Club of Evanston and Rotary District 6440, whichcurrently total $175 per year. Should more than one designee attend the same Rotary meeting, meal
costs are required for the additional members.
Corporate Dues:Senior Designee
Associate Designee 1
Associate Designee 2

Scenario 1

Scenario 2

Scenario 1$1,250$175$1,250$175$175$1,250$175$175

Associate Designee 3$175

Total Annual Cost

$1,425$1,600$1,775

Avg. Cost / member$712.50$533.33$443.751