Current playbook index title and category plus an internally authored detailed-guide draft
Initiative-specific development wave
How this draft was developed
These sources support general principles for Rotary connection, supported volunteering and controlled use of personal information; they are not an endorsement of the named Rotary Honour Coin Program or authority for any token, criterion, recipient or official status.
Primary references consulted
Our Clubs(Rotary International) Used for: Rotary clubs bring people together to connect and take action in their communities.
National Standards for Volunteer Involvement(Volunteering Australia) Used for: Volunteer involvement should be inclusive, supported and governed through sound organisational practice.
Chapter 6: APP 6 Use or Disclosure of Personal Information(Office of the Australian Information Commissioner) Used for: Personal information should not be reused or disclosed beyond the understood purpose without an applicable basis.
Candidate District material consulted
These records remain draft evidence and still need a human source decision.
Club Playbook - Theme 2 Candidate record 76 Rotary Rings of Honour Symbolic Tokens provides the related coin, badge or pin and milestone ceremony concept. It is not a literal current-title match and does not supply local-status, criteria, conflict, brand, cultural, procurement, consent, no-ranking or decision-use controls.
Theme 2 source-assurance wave
What has been checked
3 current primary pages used by this guide were reopened on 9 August 2026.
3 attributed source claim(s) were mapped to their bounded use in this initiative.
Candidate District material remains separate and does not establish this result.
See each source's scope and limit
Our Clubs Supports: The 21 attributed Theme 2 claims attached to this source, limited to the implementation elements and supporting documents named in each initiative-level claim mapping. Does not establish: That the initiative is endorsed by Rotary International or District 9510, that it is permitted by the club's governing documents, that members want it, that it suits the local club, or that it will achieve the intended outcome.
National Standards for Volunteer Involvement Supports: The 32 attributed Theme 2 claims attached to this source, limited to the implementation elements and supporting documents named in each initiative-level claim mapping. Does not establish: The club's local need, legal position, capability, cost, safety, accessibility, suitability, likely effectiveness, authority to act or approval of the initiative.
Chapter 6: APP 6 Use or Disclosure of Personal Information Supports: The 21 attributed Theme 2 claims attached to this source, limited to the implementation elements and supporting documents named in each initiative-level claim mapping. Does not establish: Whether the Privacy Act or another duty applies to this club, whether consent is informed and valid, whether collection or publication is authorised, or whether the proposed safeguards are sufficient in the actual circumstances.
What still needs a person to confirm
Confirm the member, prospective-member, past-member and community needs, preferences and consent that the local design assumes.
Confirm which privacy, safeguarding, incorporated-association, charity, work health and safety, food, liquor, copyright, licensing, screening and other duties apply to the club and the activity.
Test accessibility, cultural safety, belonging, language and alternative participation routes with affected people and recognise First Nations cultural authority rather than inferring suitability from the guide.
Confirm every local fact, starting point, cost, role, current service contact, measure, stopping condition and platform capability before the club decides to proceed.
Confirm the authority and current scope of each primary source, resolve login-gated or moved-page references and keep any candidate District material attributed and unapproved until its source decision is made.
The source-verification release gate remains closed.
Checks still on hold
The club must approve the criteria, evidence, conflict, formal-award, brand, cultural, procurement, recipient, publicity and review controls.
The coin must be described as local appreciation and cannot imply official Rotary status, credential, authority, rank or value.
Rotary marks and any cultural or community symbols require appropriate authority before production.
Recipient choice is required and coin records must not be used in appointment, performance, membership or future-award decisions.
Still an internal draft: source interpretation, local suitability, accessibility, governance and editorial approval remain open checks.
What could this idea change?
It makes a wider range of contributions visible and strengthens the club's culture of appreciation.
It may suit: Members and volunteers whose contributions may be recognised, and the people nominating or celebrating them.
Could this work in our club?
Consider Rotary Honour Coin Program when valuable contributions are going unnoticed or recognition depends too heavily on the same informal networks.
A club with a written local-program name, purpose, criteria, decision method, conflict process and plain statement that the coin is not an official Rotary honour.
Members who privately choose whether to receive the coin, attend a ceremony, be named or photographed and explain or keep private what it represents.
A durable, safe and affordable token design that follows current Rotary brand, supplier, cultural, environmental and procurement requirements.
Before you start
A local program charter covering criteria, evidence, conflicts, no-ranking, formal-award distinction, recipient choice, correction, records and review.
A token design and procurement check covering brand authority, wording, imagery, cultural meaning, safety, durability, accessibility, environmental impact, cost and supplier terms.
A private recipient conversation offering coin, alternative token, written thanks, team recognition, no ceremony, no publicity and decline choices.
A numbered decision record for governance only that does not publish recipient rankings, create transferable value or become evidence for later decisions.
At the end: At the 90-day review, compare the recorded measures with the starting point, resolve the listed governance holds and tell participants whether Rotary Honour Coin Program will change, continue or stop.
Made for this initiative
Tailored supporting documents
These working documents use the decisions, safeguards and evidence needs of this initiative. Complete them with the people affected and keep the agreed version with the club's project record.
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Honour Coin Program Charter and Criteria
Define a fair local recognition program and separate it from official Rotary awards.
