E-141 · Theme 2 · Club Identity & Culture
Club Values Workshop
Use Club Values Workshop to turn the club's stated values into everyday habits that members can recognise and uphold.
Developed further: this summary now draws on an initiative-specific internal editorial draft and attributed references. Human review has not started and will open only at the Full-Corpus Review Build.
What could this idea change?
It creates a welcoming reason for people to connect around a shared interest and leave with a clear next step.
It may suit: Members, guests or community participants who would find the topic useful, and the people hosting the activity.
A simple way to start
- Approve the question, evidence, decision boundaries, facilitator independence, accessibility, concern route and board response date. Who could lead it: Club board sponsor
- Prepare a de-identified culture evidence summary and invite members to contribute before, during or after the session through accessible formats. Who could lead it: Evidence and accessibility leads
- Use real club moments to explore what people should see, hear and be able to do when each proposed value is alive, absent or in tension with another value. Who could lead it: Facilitator
- Group and test proposed behaviours for clarity, equity, accessibility, cultural safety and practical control, preserving minority views and matters requiring formal action. Who could lead it: Facilitator and participants
- Choose a small set of changes, owners, resources, measures and review dates through the club's normal decision process and explain what was not adopted and why. Who could lead it: Club board
What should we look for?
- After 90 days, review Club Values Workshop. Look for members being able to describe the club's shared character and for agreed behaviours appearing consistently in meetings, service and decisions.
- Participation evidence showing multiple tenure, role and access perspectives, with known gaps stated rather than hidden.
- Each adopted value expressed as observable behaviour, a named change, owner, resource and review date.
- Members reporting improvement in selected club moments such as welcome, voice, disagreement, decisions or access.
- Board reports showing what changed, what did not, why, and how concerns and breaches were handled outside the workshop.
Before we say yes
- Does it fit a real local need?
- Can people take part safely and fairly?
- Are the facts, permissions and Rotary branding right?
- Who will lead it, and when will we review it?