Who will be the next in line to be District Governor for Rotary District 5930? Will it be a member of your Club? Will it be someone you know? Will it be you?
Now that your first few Rotary months are out of the way, I’d like to ask you and your club members’ assistance in identifying potential candidates for our District’s 2023 – 2024 Governor. I know that seems like a long way into the future but in order to comply with Rotary International’s Manual of Procedure, this is the required protocol.
The deadline for 2023-2024 Nominations for District Governor is December 15, 2020.
At this time - Interviews will be conducted on Jan. 16, 2021, format and location to be determined.
Qualifications of a Governor-nominee and District Governor
From Rotary Code of Policies – September 2020
16.010. Qualifications of a Governor-nominee.
Unless excused by the board, the person selected as a governor-nominee shall at the time of selection:
- be a member in good standing of a functioning club in the district;
- have served as club president for a full term or as charter president for at least six months;
- demonstrate willingness, commitment, and ability to fulfill the duties and responsibilities of a governor in section 16.030.;
- demonstrate knowledge of the qualifications, duties, and responsibilities of governor as prescribed in the bylaws; and
- submit to RI a statement that the Rotarian understands those qualifications, duties, and responsibilities, is qualified for the office of governor, and is willing and able to assume and faithfully perform those duties and responsibilities.
16.020. Qualifications of a Governor.
Unless excused by the board, a governor, when taking office, must have attended the international assembly for its full duration, have been a Rotarian for at least seven years, and continue to possess the qualifications in section 16.010.
I have linked to a copy of the qualifications to be considered as a candidate for the position of District Governor Nominee, a job description and also a club nomination resolution.
Completed packets need to be delivered to DG Eddie Bartnesky via email at eddie@rotary5930.com. Incomplete application packets will not be considered.
District Election Guidelines
District Governor Nomination Resolution from Club
District Governor Job Description
Qualifications of the District Governor Nominee and District Governor
District Governor Nominee Form - both pages. Note that the section titled Certificate of Nomination on page 2 will be left blank for this submittal.
District Governor Nomination Resolution from Club
District Governor Job Description
Qualifications of the District Governor Nominee and District Governor
District Governor Nominee Form - both pages. Note that the section titled Certificate of Nomination on page 2 will be left blank for this submittal.
The following is not a requirement in the Rotary International MOP 2016:
It is strongly suggested that the candidate include a Rotary centric biography of no more than two pages. It should include the candidate's e-mail address, telephone number, mailing address, vocational information, Rotary Classification, length of service to Rotary, and a recapitulation of their Rotary Life including positions held at the Club, District, Zone, or International level as well as their Rotary activities and awards.
The documents must be submitted as a package. Confirmation of receipt and the completeness of the submitted documents will be sent to the nominee's e-mail address within 36 hours of receipt.
If you have any questions regarding to this process, please direct them to me - email at eddie@rotary5930.com Thanks for your assistance with this most important task.