Rotary International has opened the door to evolutionary club formats and the impact of COVID-19 ensured that many of us took advantage of those formats. The Rotary Club of Stone Mountain became a fully hybrid club in 2017 (featured in Rotary magazine!) well before the pandemic. Now Stone Mountain is taking advantage of another club innovation – the Passport model! The newly-chartered Rotary Satellite Club of Stone Mountain Passport had its first meeting Wednesday night, June 23 and will meet online on the third Wednesday of each month.

This is the first club of its kind in District 6900. It offers a unique and exciting new way to allow members to continue service without the restrictions of physical meetings, speakers, and limitations of geography. This is more than an e-club, it is a new approach to Rotary. The new club combines two models – the Satellite club model and the Passport club model.

• Satellite clubs are subsets of an existing club that meet at a different day and/or time. Satellite clubs have their own dues structure and bylaws, but are listed officially as members of the sponsoring club. They have a Chair instead of a President and may not apply for District Grants separately from the sponsoring club.
• The Passport model is newly approved by Rotary International and can exist as a Satellite or a stand-alone club. Passport clubs generally meet online once a month to report and record service hours and projects. There are no speakers or meals (unless we hold a social!). They have their own dues structure and bylaws and always feature a minimum number of service hours required monthly. This model is perfect for people who are Rotarians at heart but have restrictions that prevent them from participating in a traditional club.

The new club will meet online monthly on the third Wednesday. Contact us at Al@lipphardt.com, Carol@lipphardt.com or margie@callkbs.com

Get information on these club models at:

• Satellite model - https://my.rotary.org/document/guide-satellite-clubs
• Passport model - https://my.rotary.org/en/document/guide-passport-clubs