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Frequently Asked Questions

IN VIEW OF THE SUDDEN SHIFT FROM THE PROPOSED E-CLUB ONE 3780* TO THE REGULAR ROTARY CLUB OF MASAMBONG

1. What was the Rotary eClubONE3780 cyber club initiative?

2. How was the club chartered?

3. How did the club adjust from an e-Club to a Regular Club?

4. What is now RC Masambong3780's purpose?

5. What are the Club's goals?

6. Where and when do you "meet"?

7. What are the requirements for membership in your Club?

8. Traditional Rotary Clubs have close ties to a local area. What about your Club?

9. Make-up through other "eClubs"?

Rotary Club of Masambong District 3780 is a daughter-club of RC Biak-na-Bato

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1. What was the Rotary eClubONE3780 cyber club initiative?

   Rotary eClubONE3780 represented our pioneering effort to establish the FIRST "E-Club" in the Philippines during the stewardship of the late Centennial District Governor George L. Howard, as a part of Rotary International's Rotary E-Club Pilot Project. Our main goal is to extend Rotary throughout Rotary District 3780, the Philippines and anywhere in the world through the Internet, for those who cannot attend weekly Rotary meetings in person. Our motto is: "Extending Rotary service beyond the bounds of time and place..."

   The establishment of Rotary eClubONE3780 remains to be CP Don's continued goal. We submitted our request to be the first to be considered should RI allow additional applicants under the Cyber Project.

   To know more about E-Clubs in general, read the article "E-Clubs Forge New Path for Rotary" in the Rotary International Web site.

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2. How was the club chartered?

   EClubONE3780 was given probationary club status by authority of Centennial District Governor George L. Howard last April 5, 2005.

   Our charter, however, was finally approved by the Rotary International last June 29, 2005 as a regular club instead, under the name ROTARY CLUB OF MASAMBONG, QUEZON CITY, PHILIPPINES.

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3. How did the club adjust from an e-Club to a Regular Club?

   We have, as a consequence, adopted measures to make sure that we can effectively shift from an e-Club into  a regular club without sacrificing our original membership base represented by our Charter Members, as much as possible.

   The original intention of establishing the FIRST e-Club in the country specifically defined the profile of our charter members. They were effective in cyber club activities, but not necessarily so under a regular club environment. Some of our charter members are working and/or living outside of Quezon City. A few are even out of the country. Most of them are busy executives and businessmen, who became interested precisely because the unique nature of cyber club activities is the only way for them to become involved in Rotary.

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4. What is now the Rotary Club of Masambong's purpose?

   As a regular club, our purpose is to introduce Rotary to business, professional and community leaders in Barangay Masambong and its nearby subdivisions and commercial areas.

   We are strongly promoting the "one club, one barangay" approach in Rotary community service through our "focused community development" initiatives by adopting Barangay Masambong as our assigned barangay, and working with barangay officials, church and community leaders, and with the residents themselves to turn it into  a model community.

   In addition, we strive at all times to uphold the Object of Rotary, and well as apply The 4-Way Test to all club endeavors:

   • Is it the TRUTH?

   • Is it FAIR to all concerned?

   • Will it build GOODWILL and BETTER FRIENDSHIPS?

   • Will it be BENEFICIAL to all concerned?

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5. What are the Club's goals?

   We adopted a set of three-year goals, as encouraged by the late PDG George L. Howard during his term, aligned with membership growth; the Rotary's Four Avenues of Service: Club, Vocational, Community and International; service to the new generation; and support to the TRF fund.

   We also introduced a set of Signature Projects to serve as the framework in achieving our goals.

   To see more about these goals, visit our 3-Year Plan.

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6. Where and when do you "meet"?

   We meet weekly at 7 PM every Tuesday at the D-3780 Rotary Center Building in Roces Avenue, Quezon City.

   In view of the unique circumstances in our club history, we require every charter member to maintain at least a once-a-month actual attendance in our own club's regular meetings; we strongly encourage them, however, to do so as often as possible.

   We encourage our charter members to either attend any Rotary Club Meeting near their work at their most convenient time, or to visit any e-Club in the internet as originally expected of them under the cyber club initiative, and fulfill their attendance make-ups there in order to satisfy the membership requirement of weekly attendance to regular club meetings.

   The make-up certificates will validate our charter members' attendance in club meetings. Actual attendance will ensure their personal involvements in club concerns.

   New members, however, will be recruited in the vicinity of our assigned barangay, and encouraged to actively participate in the weekly meetings and activities of the club.

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7. What are the requirements for membership in your Club?

   Membership to Rotary is by invitation only. Interested parties should secure the endorsement of one (1) Rotarian of good standing from any Rotary club. Click here for Membership Referral Form.

   We have shifted the main focus of our membership recruitment efforts into identifying and encouraging businessmen, entrepreneurs, professionals, community leaders and ranking government officials who are actually residing in Barangay Masambong and in the nearby subdivisions and business areas to join our club.

   For more information, please visit our Join Us! page. Click here for Club Dues and Joining Fee.

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8. Traditional Rotary Clubs have close ties to a local area. What about your Club?

   We uphold the one club, one barangay policy introduced by the late PDG George L. Howard during his term, and have adopted Barangay Masambong as our area of assignment. We pioneer in the focused community development initiatives by setting in place a mechanism of dialogue and consultation, and by  involving the target beneficiaries themselves in solving their own problems.

    We introduced our Rotary Emergency(/economic) Support to the Community's United Efforts Programs) (R.E.S.C.U.E.), to serve as the framework in the implementation of our plans and the attainment of our goals, with the Rotary Community Corps (RCCs) at the center of community organizing activities.

   We will conduct our Quick H. E. L. P. Check Survey in the areas of Health, Environmental management, Livelihood and People's participation and empowerment, to serve as the basis in planning our intervention projects and assistance. We will continue to recruit prominent residents from Barangay Masambong itself and its neighboring subdivisions and commercial areas to join the club.

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9. Attendance make up by visiting other "E-Clubs"?

While we encourage our charter members, who were originally pooled together to pioneer the e-Club Project in the Philippines, to make up for their attendance requirements by visiting other e-Clubs, we encourage new members, however, to adhere to weekly attendance in club meetings.

Check out other e-Clubs in the Rotary E-Club Pilot Project.

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