New Policy on Lunch Tickets
The constitution of all Rotary clubs provides that every Rotarian shall pay an admission fee, annual club and district dues, and other assessments as set by the governing board of the club. This includes the weekly meeting ticket. Our club's board has decided that beginning August 2, 2012, every member shall purchase a ticket each week for the meeting. This ticket will include a choice of food provided by our venue. Tickets are $20 each (if purchased in a package of ten tickets), or $22 if purchased individually. Every attending member and guest will be expected to have a ticket for each meeting.
Each Rotarian is expected to attend weekly Rotary Club meetings, whether at his/her club or another club. When a Rotarian misses a meeting at his/her club, he/she should make up that meeting at another club within 14 days before or after the regular club meeting. If that missed meeting is not made up, each Orange Rotarian is expected to pay $20 for each missed meeting that is not made up.
In addition, there will be no more "comp" tickets or any "$5 Non-Eating" tickets. The only comp issued each week will go to the program speaker. Guests of the speaker will be expected to purchase a ticket. Comp tickets will still be provided to guests and honorees for special programs such as teachers being awarded Mini Grants, Police and Fire officers being honored, student athletes receiving awards, etc. These comp tickets will be charged to the budgets of the avenues of service providing the honors or awards.
These measu
res are required in order to make our lunch/meeting costs "revenue neutral." In the past three fiscal years, our catering costs have far exceeded the Club's ticket revenue. That has caused our Club's financial condition to seriously deteriorate. This system of cost controls and revenue streams was chosen by your board rather than implementing higher ticket pricing. Pres Ron
