Upon acceptance into the club, the new Rotarian is given a red plastic "new member" badge. They wear this "provisional" new member badge until they have completed a specified number -- 20, 15, 10 or whatever number is determined by the club’s board -- of the following tasks assigned to them by the club’s new member orientation committee, by which time the new member's personalized badge ordered for them from an RI supplier will have arrived.

The new member’s new blue badge then is presented to them by the president at a ceremony at a regularly scheduled club meeting which celebrates their "coming of age" as a full-fledged, well-trained, committed and already involved member of the club.

Tasks assigned to a new member should approximate those on the following list. Additions, deletions, and modifications may be made by any club in accordance with the wishes of its Board of Directors and/or membership, based upon specific conditions in their community. Any such changes should be reported to the District Membership Committee Chair and the Assistant Governor.

Each new Rotarian should:
[Complete any _____ of the following:]
1. Attend a specified number of orientation meeting(s) as directed by the Board, to be conducted by selected experienced members of the Club.

2. Participate successfully in a Club Service or Committee project, as directed by one of the Four Lanes of Service Directors.

3. Greet all members of the Club as a temporary Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms at a specified number of regularly scheduled meetings of the Club.

4. Attend a Board of Directors meeting of the Club.

5. Give a Classification Talk before the entire Club.

6. Attend, or "make up", at a regularly scheduled meeting of another Rotary Club.

7. At a regularly scheduled meeting of the Club, be recognized and identify each Lane of Service Director and announce at least one project or fact regarding the activities of each Service Lane Director.

8. Visit the business location of a specified number of members of the Club as determined by the Board. (In small clubs, this may mean every business, or over half of the businesses; in larger clubs, smaller percentages may be appropriate, as determined by the Board of each Club)

9. Perform a "Presidential Aid" at the request of the Club President.

10. Initiate a club service project which results in club approval.

11. Meet at least one District Officer from another Rotary Club and report back to the Club on the role of that District Officer.

12. Bring a "qualified" guest who has a currently unrepresented classification to a regularly scheduled meeting of the Club.

13. Make a "Happy Dollar" contribution or commit a "fineable offence," whichever is customary within the new member's own Club.

14. Raise or contribute an amount specified by the Board for a local Community Service project sponsored by the Club.

15. Become a Paul Harris Sustaining Member by making an initial contribution to the Rotary Foundation of at least $100 [$2 p/week= $104 p/year = Sustaining Paul Harris].

16. Attend a district-sponsored social or service function, such as the Governor's Installation, District Conference, District Assembly or Mid-Year or other Leadership Forum.

17. Host a Group Study Exchange (GSE) team member OR Team Leader.

18. Become a host for a Rotary Ambassadorial Scholar.

19. Attend a Rotary International convention.

20. Be responsible for providing a "Rotary Minute" of specific interesting information about Rotary each week for a given number of weeks as determined by the Board.

21. Be responsible for providing a "Foundation Minute" of specific interesting information about the Rotary Foundation each week for a given number of weeks as determined by the Board.

22. Be a "Rotary 'Riter" at your club meeting to assist in the compilation of the club’s weekly news bulletin.

23. Participate in another club's social or service activity.

24. Serve as the New Member Representative to the Rotary Orientation Committee for new members, providing new member perspective to that process.

25. Sponsor or participate in a Four-Way Test project in the club or in the business or professional community of which you are a member.

26. Write an article on the meaning and value of your first 30, 60 or 90 days of membership.

27. Sponsor a new member into your Rotary club.

28. Participate in a Rotary Leadership Institute conducted by our district leadership.