Building new clubs is an important way to expand Rotary, but it’s also important to gauge the needs of your club and community first. It doesn’t help if your experienced members are leaving as fast as new ones are coming in. And sometimes it is easier to bring Rotary to where potential new members are, rather than trying to bring them to where Rotary already exists.

Some membership ideas for existing clubs include:

• Explore various club types, meeting formats, and models;
• Offer different membership types, such as corporate membership;
• Change your meeting location, frequency, or attendance policy;
• Try new meeting practices, using existing content, and service projects;
• Start a satellite club to specialize in a particular interest of, or meet a particular need of, a group of members.

And ideas for building new clubs.