The Rotary Council on Resolutions meets online every year to vote on proposed resolutions and urgent enactments. Resolutions are requests to the Board or the Trustees to take an action that is outside the purview of the constitutional documents. A resolution should affect the Rotary world, rather than address local or administrative issues. An urgent enactment is a change to the constitutional documents, proposed by the RI Board, that the Board has determined cannot wait until the next Council on Legislation, which is held every three years.
Representatives from all Rotary districts vote as a Council on Resolutions on proposed enactments and resolutions. Adopted resolutions are then considered by the RI Board or The Rotary Foundation Trustees. Urgent enactments that have been adopted will amend the constitutional documents, and will take effect one month after the Council on Resolutions report has been sent.
The 2020 Council on Resolutions will take place 15 October through 15 November. This year there is one emergency enactment and twenty-seven resolutions for consideration. As a Rotarian in District 5240, you have the right to review the proposals and provide comments to the District’s representative.
A list of the resolutions and instructions on how to read a resolution can be downloaded by clicking here. If you have comments or questions, please send them to the District 5240 Council Representative PDG Nick Frankle via email at nickdg1617@earthlink.net. Be sure to include your name, contact information, club name, resolution number and whether your comment is in favor of or opposed to the resolution.
All comments must be received by November 1. Results of the Council on Resolutions will be posted on the District 5240 website when they are announced.