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Sponsor Information

The links below provide information needed to sponsor a new member.

The Complimentary Lunch Ticket Program

You can get one complimentary lunch ticket when you bring a prospective new member to a Rotary lunch meeting. Limited to one lunch, one time. Here's how:

  1. Call or email the office in advance if possible, but don't let that stop you! You can always pick up your ticket from the Executive Director.

  2. Get a business card from your prospective member. Put YOUR name on the back, and turn it in to the office, or leave it with the ticket sales desk.

  3. Utilize the handy literature rack to supply your prospect with a brochure, committee listings, and other interesting Rotary info. It is on the table to your left when you enter the California Ballroom from the outside stairs.

You can expect a follow-up call from the Membership Committee to discuss what the next step, if any, should be. (Remember - we do not want to be either coy and exclusive, or arm-twisting. Our job is to provide information, and see if Rotary is a good fit for the prospective member, and visa versa.)

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What information can I give to my prospective member?

  • "This is Oakland Rotary" video tape. Available in the Rotary office.
  • Send an e-mail link to this Web Site, and other Rotary sites. Click here for an example that you can cut and paste into your own email, then edit as needed.
  • The literature rack - for a brochure, committee listings, and other interesting Rotary info. It is on the table to your left when you enter the California Ballroom from the outside stairs, or on the bookcase to your right when you enter the office.

  • Old issues of the Rotarian Magazine. Available in the office in the bookcase to your right as you enter the office.

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Exactly what are dues and fees these days?

One time initiation fee - $300

Dues and ORE Annual Contribution for one year - $590

These dues are pro-rated, so no one is every invoiced for the entire year at once. Some new members elect to break the amount into smaller pieces. (Ask your prospective member if he or she would like a call from the Executive Director to discuss creative ways to pay.)

If someone wants to join, then what?

  1. Complete the Proposal/Application form and fax it to the office at 510-451-2121.
  2. After about one week, your Applicant's information will be posted in the Liveoak. If no one makes an objection in writing to the Board of Directors after 5 days, your prospective member will receive three things - a letter of welcome from the president, an invoice for pro-rata dues and inition fee, and a check list of what they will need to do next.
  3. When the check is received in the office, you will receive a call asking you to contact your prospective member and find a Thursday when you will both be available to sit at the head table for Induction.
  4. Let the office know of the date you have picked, and review your role as the Introducer. (In brief, be brief.)
  5. Plan to attend the New Member Orientation meeting with your new member as soon as possible. New Member Orientation is held on the 4th Wednesday of month, at noon in the Rotary office. Don't forget the security code for the door.

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Where can I get a Proposal/Application form?

  • From the literature rack that is on the table to your left when you enter the California Ballroom from the outside stairs, or on the bookcase to your right when you enter the office.
  • Click here for one that you can print out, complete and fax back to the Rotary office.
  • Send an email or call 510-451-2121 ext 101 to have a form faxed to any fax number.

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The Rotary Club of Oakland 1736 Franklin Street #200 Oakland, CA 94612 Fax: (510) 451-2121 Phone: (510) 451-2120
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