The Rotary Balita no. 604 (September 16, 1948)

The most important single phase of Rotary with which a great many Clubs are faced the Manila Rotary Club with its large and still growing membership, is fellowship. The following means of developing fellowship, taken from the August, 1948, issue of The Rotarian, are suggested: "New members in some Clubs get acquainted by handing out the meeting badges. Other clubs assure a thorough mixing of members y using the badges as place cards. "One Club uses differently colored tickets for those at its meetings. Yellow pasteboards are for members, white for visiting Rotarians, blue for non-Rotarian guests, and red for new members. The tickets are left at the places until the end of the meeting. "Attendance contests - within the Club and with nearby Clubs-are effective fellowship stimulators. "A plan which some Clubs use is to have the President meet with the officers and Committee-men the day before the regular meeting, to plan the agenda, and see that everything runs smoothly. "There are many ways of introducing guests, but perhaps one of the most effective is the plan of having someone carry a portable micro-phone around the room so that the guests can identify themselves at the proper time. "In order to loosen up meetings, some groups have an older member start out by giving a short talk on his life or some other assigned topic. Extemporaneous talks by newer members are thus easily inspired. "Fellowship should be kept on a dignified place, without being too stilted, still, or formal."