R-082 · A 90-day try-out

A club plan for Rotary Short-Term Project Teams

Use this as a starting point. Cross out what does not fit, add what is missing and make it your club's own.

Where this idea came from

Playbook entry: R-082 · Rotary Short-Term Project Teams
Theme: Theme 3: Retention & Member Support · Subtheme 6: Flexible Participation
Source material: 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 flexible participation, accessibility, privacy, safety and responsible governance; they are not an endorsement of the named Rotary Short-Term Project Teams, a finding that it suits any club or approval of its local design.

Primary references consulted

Club flexibility FAQ (Rotary International - My Rotary)
Used for: Rotary clubs can use flexible meeting, attendance and membership approaches within their governing documents and must make their own transparent local decisions.
Rotary Clubs (Rotary International)
Used for: Rotary clubs combine service, friendship, diversity, integrity and leadership, and may support online participation for people affected by schedules, mobility or distance.
Enhance Your Club's Culture (Rotary International)
Used for: Rotary encourages clubs to review traditions, explain costs, offer flexible attendance, use mentoring and vary meeting experiences in response to member needs.
Hosting accessible and inclusive online meetings and events (Australian Human Rights Commission)
Used for: Accessible online participation starts with platform choice, alternative dial-in access, preparation, inclusive facilitation and accessible follow-up materials.
Volunteers - WHS duties (Safe Work Australia)
Used for: Volunteer activities can create work-health-and-safety duties depending on the organisation and work, so local responsibilities and risks need to be checked rather than assumed.

Candidate District material

No candidate local guide was used for this version. The current initiative identity and the attributed primary references remain separate.

Theme 3 source-assurance wave

What has been checked

5 current primary pages used by this guide were reopened on 9 August 2026.
5 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

Club flexibility FAQ
Supports: The availability of flexible participation arrangements, subject to member consultation, current constitutional documents, bylaws and local decisions.
Does not establish: That a flexibility option is permitted by the club's documents, affordable, accessible, desired by members or sufficient to retain a particular person.
Rotary Clubs
Supports: Rotary participation context and the value of service, connection, integrity, leadership and accessible participation in the member experience.
Does not establish: Why a person joined, stayed or left, what support they want, whether a club meets their needs or approval of a named initiative.
Enhance Your Club's Culture
Supports: Member-centred culture review, barrier reduction, flexibility, mentoring and practical conversation about the club experience.
Does not establish: That every suggested action suits the club, that the page diagnoses the club or that a proposed cultural change has member support or approval.
Hosting accessible and inclusive online meetings and events
Supports: Practical accessibility and inclusion safeguards for online and hybrid member-support meetings, consultations, learning and events.
Does not establish: Accessibility conformance, the adjustments a person needs or the suitability of a particular platform, format, recording practice or meeting design.
Volunteers - WHS duties
Supports: The need to identify the organisation's actual WHS position and manage volunteer physical and psychological safety proportionately.
Does not establish: Whether WHS law applies to a particular club, who holds a duty, which jurisdictional rule applies or whether a proposed control is sufficient.

What still needs a person to confirm

Confirm person-led consent, privacy, scope and referral boundaries before the club collects personal information or offers support.
Confirm which incorporated-association, charity, work health and safety, privacy, safeguarding and other duties apply to the club and this local design.
Test accessibility, belonging and participation with affected members rather than inferring suitability from the guide.
Confirm every local fact, starting point, measure, owner, current service contact and stopping condition before the club decides to proceed.
Resolve any candidate District-source provenance and approval decision without treating the candidate as controlled authority.

The source-verification release gate remains closed.

Checks still on hold

The Theme 3 index establishes this current code and title. The placeholder-heavy Theme 3 candidate files remain quarantined and have not been used as delivery evidence for this draft.
No newly added or publicly writable Drive material has been used in this record. Existing Drive candidates remain attributed, unapproved and held from controlled-source status until integrity, ownership, crosswalk and human approval are resolved.
Before local delivery, the club must approve the decision, participant choices, access arrangements, privacy and records plan, role boundaries, referral or escalation routes, resource limit and the specific control for this boundary: temporary status does not remove project governance, safety or financial controls.
Formal human review has not started. Rotary Short-Term Project Teams remains an internal initiative-specific draft until the full corpus reaches the Full-Corpus Review Build and every source, editorial, local-suitability, accessibility and governance gate is resolved.

Still an internal draft: source interpretation, local suitability, accessibility, governance and editorial approval remain open checks.

1. Is this worth trying here?

What we hope will change: Use Rotary Short-Term Project Teams to offer realistic ways to contribute when time, location, health or caring responsibilities change.

What is happening in our club or community now?What is the smallest useful version we could try? What will we leave out?

Board contactPerson leading the workPerson checking what happened

2. Our 90-day try-out

What our club will do for Rotary Short-Term Project Teams
Step	What we will do	Who could lead it	Our date	How we will know it is done
1	Write a decision brief for Rotary Short-Term Project Teams: define which outcome, skills and time box justify a short-term team, the evidence already held, people affected, local authority, fixed constraints, success signals and stop conditions.	Board sponsor and membership lead	Week one	An approved decision and boundary brief
2	Ask members what barrier the option should remove, check governing documents and required approvals, define contribution and communication expectations, and co-design access without collecting unnecessary personal detail.	Board sponsor and membership lead with the access and privacy contacts	Weeks one and two	A participant, access and information-handling plan
3	Build and test short-term teams formed around one project outcome and dissolved after handover; use the Short-Term Project Team Charter, rehearse the boundary wording, check materials and confirm who can decide, refer, pause or close the activity.	Participation coordinator and technology or safety lead	Before the trial	A tested short-term project team charter and delivery pack
4	Pilot the option with equivalent information, voice, safety and support; record service or governance contribution fairly; and monitor who gains or loses access, influence and workload. Capture only the evidence needed to judge whether the trial achieved its stated aim: enable focused contribution without permanent committee obligation.	Participation coordinator and technology or safety lead	Weeks three to eight	A controlled activity and evidence record
5	Analyse the evidence against the starting point, validate meaning with the people involved, record exceptions and unintended effects, and prepare a team charter, delivery record and formal close without overstating what the trial proves.	Participation coordinator and technology or safety lead and an independent reviewer	Within seven days of the trial	A team charter, delivery record and formal close
6	Make and record the authorised continue, adapt, refer, scale or stop decision for Rotary Short-Term Project Teams; explain the reasons, complete every action or referral, close unnecessary records and schedule the 90-day follow-up.	Secretary and pilot participants	By day 90	A published response, closed action register and next-step decision

3. Checks before we start

Things our club needs to check
Question	What it means for us	Who will check	Done?
Check the idea with the people affected and confirm its purpose, owner and practical limits before putting it into use.
Use only the personal information needed. Agree who will handle routine care and who should be contacted if a serious concern arises.
The club proceeds with Rotary Short-Term Project Teams without respecting this boundary: temporary status does not remove project governance, safety or financial controls. — Name the boundary in the brief and participant information, give the delivery lead stop authority and move any excluded matter to its responsible process.
A flexible option creates a second-class member experience or weakens voice. — Define equivalent information, decision access, recognition and support and ask participants directly about status and belonging.
The model conflicts with governing documents or hides a required decision. — Complete a bylaws and delegation check, obtain the responsible approval and record the pilot and final decision.
Flexibility shifts unbounded work to a few people or creates safety and technology failures. — Use workload caps, explicit task briefs, support, WHS checks, accessible technology and a stop route.
The Theme 3 index establishes this current code and title. The placeholder-heavy Theme 3 candidate files remain quarantined and have not been used as delivery evidence for this draft.
No newly added or publicly writable Drive material has been used in this record. Existing Drive candidates remain attributed, unapproved and held from controlled-source status until integrity, ownership, crosswalk and human approval are resolved.
Before local delivery, the club must approve the decision, participant choices, access arrangements, privacy and records plan, role boundaries, referral or escalation routes, resource limit and the specific control for this boundary: temporary status does not remove project governance, safety or financial controls.
Formal human review has not started. Rotary Short-Term Project Teams remains an internal initiative-specific draft until the full corpus reaches the Full-Corpus Review Build and every source, editorial, local-suitability, accessibility and governance gate is resolved.

4. What changed?

What we will keep an eye on
What matters	Where we are now	What we hope to see	How we will check	Who
After 90 days, review Rotary Short-Term Project Teams. Look for members choosing workable options, contributing at a sustainable level and remaining connected on terms that suit them.
Rotary Short-Term Project Teams produces a team charter, delivery record and formal close by the promised decision date, with evidence limitations and any participation gaps stated.
Participants can explain the option, expectations, costs, rights, support and route back to another participation mode.
Contribution and voice are recorded consistently without attendance-only assumptions or a lower-status label.
Access failures, hidden workload transfer, governance gaps and unsafe remote or event work are identified and corrected during the pilot.

After 30 days

Is it reaching the right people? Is anything unsafe, unfair or harder than expected?

After 60 days

Make one useful change based on what people have told you.

After 90 days

Compare with where you started. Decide whether to change it, continue it 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.

Rotary Short-Term Project Teams Member Need and Design Brief

Define the barrier, intended benefit and people who should shape the option.

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Rotary Short-Term Project Teams Governance and Bylaws Check

Confirm local authority before changing participation arrangements.

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Rotary Short-Term Project Teams Mode Design

Specify expectations, rights and equivalent access.

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Rotary Short-Term Project Teams Access, Technology and Safety Plan

Resolve practical participation barriers and risks.

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Rotary Short-Term Project Teams Role or Task Brief

Keep flexible contribution meaningful, bounded and supported.

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Rotary Short-Term Project Teams Pilot Roster and Support Log

Coordinate participation without exposing personal reasons.

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Rotary Short-Term Project Teams Contribution Evidence Record

Recognise contribution consistently across modes.

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Rotary Short-Term Project Teams Final Decision and Member Explainer

Close the pilot with an authorised, transparent decision.

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Short-Term Project Team Charter

Set purpose, roles, authority and dissolution

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Before your club says yes

Does the idea fit?

Talk with the people it is meant to serve and check that the need is real.

We have checked this

Who can say yes?

Name the person or group that can approve the work, spending and any safety arrangements.

We have checked this

Are people protected?

Check privacy, consent and safety. Collect only the information you genuinely need.

We have checked this

Can everyone take part?

Check the language, format, place, technology and cost for barriers.

We have checked this

Are the facts and permissions right?

Check names, claims, images, quotations, partner references and Rotary branding.

We have checked this

How will we learn?

Note where things stand now, check in at 30, 60 and 90 days, and decide what to do next.

We have checked this

Worksheets for your club

Open them online, print them or change them to suit the way your club works.

Project brief

Use this worksheet to turn the idea into a short list of actions, dates, costs and responsibilities.

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Role card

Use this worksheet to decide who will do each job, who can step in and what needs to be handed over.

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Outcome log

Use this worksheet to note where things stand and choose a few useful signs that will help the club decide what to do next.

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