I am so happy to hear this about your club. The Club I chartered as President in 09′ is the same way, about 45% female. It has been a wonderful experience bringing the community together and working hard for a cause. Rotary has taught me to no longer display apathy, we are to roll up our sleves and get it done through the power of many. In our club we reach out to single moms, stay at home moms and retirees as well. These women are the hardest workers and their classification is of little importance as long as they have good morals and ethics. Besides raising children is a vocation in itself. The idea behind Rotary is to empower those want to do good in the world,

It is public knowledge of what I have stated about the RC Union City TN…as stated on page 34 of the January RI board minutes.
It takes one amazing DG to show he is not affraid of the old guard and the blackballing that goes on in business organizations. Here is the letter stating more information about the April 10th hearing. I have the procedures document on how the hearing will be conducted. See both below. Keep your fingers and toes crossed that no longer can Rotarians just “Pay” to “Play” in the eyes of RI. It is not easy to pull a charter of a club of 150 male professional members because of all the charity they generate for the Foundation. My prayers are with the international RI board that they will understand that in order to grow Rotary beyonde 1.25 million members (a number we have been stuck at for two decades) we have to be honest about our “brand”. Clearly the actions and written bylaws and constitution are a case of speaking out of both sides of ones mouth. It is time that we respect the culture and laws of our land as cited in “Club Compliance for National Law”. See documentation below where the entire U.S can watch and see what happens to a club that has not had a woman in its membership as suspected since 1936 or at least since the Supreme Court Ruling of 1987. It is time to turn up the heat and melt that glacier! Check out the documents below from Gen. Sec John Hewko and pass it along! If others question why this is so important, remember, the new generation is depending on us to Brand the new Rotary, where we are no longer made up of white males having lunch (as the BBC reported in a survey not very long ago). My daughter was a Rotaract student and she read between the lines too. Needless to say, she no longer desires to be in Rotaract. This makes me very sad indeed. But who is to blame her when in 2012 the RI bylaws have a separate catagory for “dual gender clubs” as if it needs to mentioned at all on page 18 after the RIB bylaw on page 12 states no club may limit its membership based on Race, Gender etc… Why even mention dual gender clubs at all with this bylaw in place? Because the word “MAY” is used that is why. Wake up, this problem will not go away until there are enactments to RIB 4.070 and RCP 4.040 should be taken out and replaced with a more intelligent statement instead of giving clubs the idea to send their unwanted gender to the nearest club that does except both genders. The onus should be on the club and district to prove why it is against the law for men and women to be members of the same Rotary Club and not the other way around. Each hearing will cost RI $7500 (see January RI board minutes page 34) multiply that figure by the 22 single gender clubs (intentionally single gender clubs) in zones 33 and 34 and you have a whopping bill of $165,000 spent on hearings where RI can not even state in their RI Bylaws and Constitution: It is not acceptable culture in RI and Rotary Clubs within the USA to gender discriminate for the purpose of having a single gender membership as it violates tax exemption priviliages under RI’s 501 3 (c). Talk about putting the cart before the horse! Read the details of this hearing below:
March 9th:

For those who comment that “I can’t believe we are still hung up on the gender issue”….I applaud them. Unfortunately RI is still caught up on the gender issue. Just look at the interpretation code on page 171 in the RI Manual of Procedures….plug in the permissive words “may”….”should”….add in “limited” ….and “encouraged” (the other permissive words used in RCP 4.040 and RIB 4.070) and one will understand we have a long way to go in ending gender discrimination. Near the heart of the U.S. capital we still have Rotary clubs that after 89 years will still not accept women in their membership. Why? Because they refer back to RCP 4.040…and send their unwanted gender (women) to the nearest rotary club that does accept them. Governors are only ” encouraged” to promote dual gender membership in all clubs. I was told by RID John Smarge my DG was not required to help me end this form of discrimination in a club where I was assigned as an AG. I was terminated by an officer of RI after asking for help with this club that holds the chief of police, the mayor and other high ranking officials. Unlike Union City TN RC, they did not put it in their club bylaws and constitution that they don’t accept women, instead they just have a board member call the woman (like they did with me) and explain it is their culture. An RI officer broadcasted via email
that Rotarians are forbidden to attempt to change this clubs view of women in Rotary…nor will he make any attempts. I forwarded these emails to the proper authorities in RI and all I got back was the RI board encourages clubs to reflect the diversity of the community. Now I understand Union City RC
is facing a hearing based on page 177 “disapline for cause”3.030.5….where there has to be a unanimous vote by the international RI board to revoke a charter. In 1977 when RI revoked the Rotary club of Duart just for allowing women to join, I doubt there had to be a unanimous vote. Women were invited into Rotary because this tiny club faught RI at the Supreme court hearing of 1987….and won.
Apparently the permissive language used concerning dual gender clubs on page 18 in the RI MOP is a reflection of the chip on their shoulder. If the Lions club (an international organization ) can use “shall” in their zero tolerance policy on gender discrimination….why can’t Rotary. We have RIB “club compliance for national law” on page 7 in the MOP. How can RI,justify breaking tax laws under RIs 501.3(c)?

Remember they terminated an AG for asking for help with a club that openly admitts they do not want women. And RI put it in writing this us acceptable culture. All emails available upon request. bbcoble@yahoo.com