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Recruiting VolunteersUtilising Friends of Rotary as avenue into

E-WA Rotary membership

Project

Place free, online volunteer advertisements

for E-WA projects in:

S University volunteer listings, and directories

S Community newspaper directories

S Volunteer hubs, and directories

E-WA Purpose

EWA gains short-term volunteer help for:

S EWA’s Imagination Library project

S Expediting the sale of Rotary balls

S Future projects through

Friends of E-WA Rotary

Volunteer Benefits

An enthusiastic, effective Friend of Rotary joins for the:

S Reward of enabling positive change

S Connection to others

S Feeling of accomplishment

S Opportunity to learn or expand skills

Member Benefits

S Support existing project chairs with additional help

S Begin generating discussion around new ideas

S Network existing members with new parts of the

community

S Provide meaningful mentoring, and social opportunities

Cost, Dates and Times

Cost

S No cost to club

S Only use free adverts, and free directory

listings

Times and Dates

Over a total of 6 weeks:

S Starts within 2 weeks of approval

S Finished within 4 weeks of approval

S 3 to 6 hours in the first week by Membership

S 2 to 4 hours per week, following week by Membership

S 1 to 2 hours per week by Chairs

S EWA Rotary Project Chairs set their own availability

What’s Needed

Chairs provide draft

“job descriptions” summarising:

S The benefits to the volunteer

S Time expectations from the volunteer

S An online project format

What’s Needed

The Board and Leadership provide to

Membership, if required:

S ABN, insurance, or details to

register E-WA Rotary on a directory

S A champion from the sponsor club, where

our provisional status may limit E-WA from

listing

Review and Measure

At 3 weeks, and 6 weeks Membership provides current

Members, Board, and Leadership with a:

S Count of the number of enquiries

S Count of the number of active volunteers

S Summary of the feedback from Project Chairs

S Insights from managers of job listings, or volunteer hubs

Future

Adapt future Friends of Rotary volunteer recruitment:

S Increase the number of people who want to give a small, fixed

amount of time

S Diversify and include a broader range of people in activities

S Grow the social sharing, and online presence of E-WA Rotary

S Innovate online activities that shape “Rotary for the 22nd

Century”

Next Projects

S Evaluate the active volunteers feedback

S Look at why people did not participate

S Develop activities that match the needs of both the active

volunteers and the E-WA Rotary Club members

S Partner with business to roll out (and fund) online

activities