
Membership's overall stagnation, and decline in major market areas, reflects that many directors in the last two to three decades have not
fulfilled their responsibilities. The primary cause was intellectual inbreeding. RI Board members are elected internally. They are Rotarians nominated by Zones because of their
popularity, not because of the expertise they should take to the Board. Those who did have the expertise and tried to
buck senior Rotary and staff leaders' inbred thought processes had limited influence because of the two-year term limit and the "humor and/or ignore them, they'll go away in two years" attitude
it created.
The Council on Legislation's Proposed Enactment 16-58 is to increase the director's term
of office from two to three years. Director's
terms should definitely be more than two years, but that is secondary to the major director issue. RI's role, defined in its own Constitution and By-Laws, is to support the clubs in their pursuit of programs and activities that promote the Object of Rotary.
Regardless of the tenure,
Rotarians elected to the Board must be fully aware of RI's role and how it is
financed, They must also be firmly committed to advancing the Object of Rotary for the foreseeable future. Otherwise, only their egos will receive any benefit if they become a member of RI's Board of Directors.

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