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The Councils give us a voice in how our organization is governed.

Council on Resolutions

The Council on Resolutions meets online every year to vote on proposed resolutions and urgent enactments. Resolutions are requests to the Board or the Trustees to take an action that is outside the purview of the constitutional documents. Ideally, a resolution should affect the Rotary world, rather than address local or administrative issues. An urgent enactment is a change to the constitutional documents, proposed by the RI Board, that the Board has determined cannot wait until the next Council on Legislation, which is held every three years.

Representatives from all Rotary districts vote on items proposed by clubs, districts, the RI Board, and the general council or conference of RIBI. Adopted resolutions are then considered by the RI Board or The Rotary Foundation Trustees. Urgent enactments that have been adopted will amend the constitutional documents, and will take effect one month after the Council on Resolutions report has been sent.

Find answers to frequently asked questions about the Council on Resolutions.

Council on Legislation

Every three years, Rotarians meet at the Council on Legislation to review and vote on proposed changes to the legislation that governs Rotary. They consider enactments, which change Rotary’s governing documents, and position statements by the RI Board.

District 7475 Council Representative

Each Rotary district chooses a representative for a three-year term. PDG Barry Kroll, Madison Club, has been selected to represent D7475 for the period of July 1, 2023, through July 1, 2026.He will represent District 7475 at all three meetings of the Council on Resolutions and at the Council on Legislation during their term. 2025 Councils on Resolutions

Proposing legislation and resolutions

Clubs, districts, the RI Board, and the RIBI general council or conference may submit legislation and resolutions to the Councils. The deadline for submitting resolutions for the Council on Resolutions is 30 June each year. The deadline for submitting enactments for the 2025 Council on Legislation is 31 December 2023.

Current Status
Given the fact that our district was "un-districted" in Rotary year 2023-2024 our district was not able to submite and proposals for consideration or able to vote on any enactments.  The rest of the Rotary world was had at work creating proposals for consideration in 2025.  As of July 1, 2024 our district was return to full district status and our district can now discuss and vote on the 82 proposals that were created last year.  The 2025 proposals are on the left.  Click the link.  Currently the proposals are being reviewed by the governor chair, DG Jeannie Tsukamoto, DGE Bob Law, DGN Joe Nastus and COL representative PDG Barry Kroll.   Once consensus is reached on the various proposals, information will be shared with clubs for additional consideration and feedback.  DRAFT status is on the left, Click Link.