Rotary Impact Map

What could this idea change?

It helps more people feel known, valued and able to take part in ways that work for them.

It may suit: Members at the relevant stage of their club experience, including people who may not yet feel fully connected.

A simple way to start

1. Define the decision, audience, period, geography and minimum evidence standard, then write the data dictionary and rules for excluding or generalising sensitive locations. Who could lead it: Service director and evidence lead
2. Inventory projects and relationships from original records, capturing community priority, partner role, club contribution, resources, intended outcome, actual evidence and outstanding commitment. Who could lead it: Project record team
3. Ask partners and affected communities to correct the account, describe what changed from their perspective, set attribution and publication conditions and identify what remains unresolved. Who could lead it: Partner relationship leads
4. Classify evidence confidence, remove duplicate or promotional claims, generalise sensitive locations and create separate map layers for activity, credible outcome, relationship and open commitment. Who could lead it: Evidence reviewer and map producer
5. Test the interactive, print and text versions with members, partners and people using assistive technology, then correct comprehension, access, privacy and attribution problems before approval. Who could lead it: Accessibility and partner reviewers

What should we look for?

• After 90 days, review Rotary Impact Map. Look for members being able to describe the club's shared character and for agreed behaviours appearing consistently in meetings, service and decisions.
• Every published project entry records the community priority, partner role, club contribution, evidence confidence, publication authority and any open commitment.
• Partners validate or amend the entries that concern them, with declined, pending and contested accounts visible in the controlled record.
• Interactive, print and text versions pass accessibility and comprehension testing and disclose limitations without requiring a user to interpret colour or pins alone.
• The board records at least one service, partnership, evidence or resource decision influenced by the map and reviews progress against it.

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?