Last updated: 4 July 2024

Rotary Community Groups

The regional model includes a new way of grouping clubs, with each group of clubs referred to as a ‘Rotary Community Group’ (RCG). RCGs will be based on what clubs have in common, such as geography, type of club or shared language. They will meet in person, online, or a combination of both, and will choose how often they meet.

The RCGs are designed to foster greater collaboration among clubs so they can work more effectively and at a larger scale than they could on their own. Clubs will be able to nominate both a primary and secondary way they prefer to be grouped. Secondary groupings are optional and will mainly be online. For example, a club might want a primary geographic group and also want to join a network of other clubs that are passionate about a particular cause.

The timeline for forming Rotary Community Groups is:

In September, Rotary and Rotaract clubs will be provided a survey to indicate how they would like to be grouped together for future collaboration on activities and projects.
District leaders and the Regionalisation team will review the survey results together and work on the groupings, in liaison with the clubs where needed.
The new Community Groups are expected to be advised to clubs by November.
RCGs will then meet to determine how they will collaborate together and how the RCL role will work for their group.

Resources for RCG Establishment Meeting Facilitators

Rotary Community Leaders

VIEW Rotary Community Leaders election process

Each RCG will elect their own Rotary Community Leader (RCL), a facilitator who will provide/access support for the clubs in their group as needed.

‘Community’ suggests collaboration, common goals, engagement, and identity, and ‘Leader’ defines the focus of the role and avoids managerial connotations associated with terms like ‘director’ and ‘governor’.

RCLs will support clubs to:

Establish larger scale partnerships
Increase community impact
Build a higher public profile within their community
Attract new club members
Increase club member engagement and satisfaction

RCLs will be elected in approximately April 2024. To find out more about RCL’s view the presentation for the Rotary Community Leader Candidate Briefings now. You can also view the RCL briefing webinar now.

From 1 July 2024, RCLs will replace the Assistant Governor (AG) role.

The Rotary Community Leader (RCL) role will liaise collaboratively with District Governors, the Rotary Specialist Network, Portfolio Committees and the Regional Council. View the Position description for the RCL here. You can also now view the RCL election objection process.

The tenure for an RCL is two years. Collectively, RCLs will elect a representative (Rotary Communities Nominee) to the Regional Council.