Your 1 July membership number becomes available in September each year. View the Members in a Club report in Rotary Club Central.

Any club chartered in 2016-17 that achieves all of the other Presidential Citation goals will be exempt from completing the Membership Development and Retention goals.

The member retention rate for a period of time is the number of active members who remain in the club at the end of the period divided by the number of active members the club had at the start. (Members who join during the period are not counted, because this rate measures how well the club retains its members, rather than how many it attracts.) If the report is run before the 1 July 2017 count is available, the current year’s member retention rate will not be displayed. The goal will appear to have been achieved, but that may change when 2017 start figures are finalized.

View the Members in a Club report in Rotary Club Central.

Rotary understands that each club faces situations that are beyond its control. When members leave, pass away, change their membership status from active to honorary, or transfer to another club, your club’s retention rate will be affected. If such changes make it difficult to reach this goal, we encourage you to focus on the other goals in this category.

Yes. Satellite club members are considered members of the parent club. When a satellite club becomes an independent Rotary club, its members are recorded as terminated members of the parent club, which will lower your retention rate.

New members who were born after 1 July 1976 and joined your club between 1 July 2016 and 1 July 2017 are counted as new members under the age of 40. Their dates of birth must be recorded in Club Administration. Download the How to Edit Member Information guide to learn more.