Council on Resolutions 2023-34

Rotary International’s Council on Resolutions meets online each year to vote on proposed resolutions submitted by clubs, districts, the RI Board, and the general council RIBI and any urgent enactments proposed by the RI Board. Adopted resolutions are then considered by the RI Board or the TRF Trustees. Each district’s Council representative participates in the Council on Resolutions, and every club and district may propose resolutions. If your club or district is considering proposing a resolution for the Council on Resolutions, please follow the guidelines below.  Resolutions cover Requests for actions outside the purview of constitutional documents

 

Proposed resolutions from clubs and districts for the Council on Resolutions must be received by Rotary International on or before 30 June2024 prior to the Council on Resolutions, including the District Governor’s confirmation of endorsement.

 

Resolutions are suggestions to the RI Board or TRF Trustees. They can be submitted to the Council on Resolutions by clubs, districts, the RI Board, and the general council or conference of RIBI. However, a resolution proposed by a club must also be approved, or endorsed, by the clubs in its district at its district conference, a district legislation meeting, or through a ballot-by-mail, before it can be submitted to Rotary. Resolutions must be submitted to RI by 30 June through the online form found on the  https://my.rotary.org/en/learning-reference/about-rotary/councils page of MyRotary website.

 

Resolutions are made up of two parts. First is the supporting information, which uses preambulary or whereas clauses as the proposer’s argument for the resolution. The second part to each resolution is the action or resolved clause. Resolutions may contain any number of supporting information clauses, but they only have one resolved clause. The resolved clause states the action that the proposer wishes the RI Board or TRF Trustees to consider. For examples of resolutions, see the most recent Council on Resolutions results. Endorsing a Resolution For a club to propose a resolution, the club’s board of directors must first submit the proposed resolution to the club members for adoption, before sending it to the district. A district may also propose a resolution directly to the district.

 

Any resolutions proposed by clubs or districts are then approved, or endorsed, by through a District ballot by email. Please proposed resolutions to me to organise the ballot.

 

Once endorsed, the proposer may submit the resolution to Rotary through the online form found on the Councils page of My Rotary by 30 June. The district governor must also confirm the district’s endorsement by 30 June2024

 

Please contact me for any assistance or clarification required.