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Social network final minutes
1. Rotary International
MINUTES
for the Meeting of the
2011 Ad Hoc Committee to Develop a Rotary Social
Network
5-6 April 2011
Evanston, IL, USA
Barry Matheson, Chairman
2. DATE AND PLACE OF MEETING
A meeting of the Ad Hoc Committee to Develop a Rotary Social Network met on April 5-6,
2011 in Evanston, IL, USA
THOSE PRESENT
Chairman: Barry Matheson
Members: Tamie Babb
Raul Giraldez
Greg Landry
Mario Paladini
Stephanie Tsomakaeva
Liaison Directors: Noel Bajat
John Smarge
Present at all or parts of the meeting were: Kalyan Banerjee, RI President-elect; Ed Futa,
General Secretary, Kathy Kessenich, General Manager, Communication Services who served
as secretary of the meeting; Peter Markos, Chief Information Officer, Donna McDonald,
Manager, Membership Development, Angelika Mathur, Manager, Rotary Service
Department, David Peterson, Senior Coordinator – Asia, Club and District Support,
Antoinette Tuscano, Web Editor, Nancy Neff, Manager, Web Department, Tom McVey,
PolioPlus Challenge Coordinator, Kate Benzschawel, Assoc. Video Producer/Production
Coordinator, Broadcast Media, Annahita Ghaboussi, Program Coordinator, New
Generations, Michele Moiron, Manager, Language Services Division
PRELIMINARY
I. Review of proposals for developing a Rotary social network
II. Purpose and key elements for a Rotary social network
III. Cultural and language considerations
IV. Proposed methodology, timeline and budget
3. Opening Remarks and Introductions
Chairman Barry Matheson welcomed the committee and staff present and invited everyone to
introduce themselves. President-elect Kalyan Banerjee then welcomed the committee and
outlined his purpose for calling the committee. During his travels as President-elect, he had
seen numerous presentations at Institutes and district conferences around the importance of
social networking. In particular, he was hearing that developing a Rotary-specific social
network could be a good way to help increase the participation of younger people in Rotary.
He noted one advantage of having a network dedicated to Rotarians is that you can be
confident that you are just networking with other Rotarians who share common interests and
goals. It establishes a level of trust at the outset that you can’t get with a public site. He
asked the committee to make a recommendation on whether or not Rotary should consider
developing such a network.
I. Review of proposals for developing a Rotary social network
Statement: Stephanie Tsomakaeva and Mario Paladini, Rotarians from Germany and Russia
respectively, presented their proposal for the development of a Rotary social network. (See
Exhibit I). The proposal suggested a phased in approach moving along the lines of the five
avenues of service beginning with club service. This section would address the basics of
member profiles, events, groups (like your club, your committees, district roles), contacts,
messages. The next phase would bring in the community by opening up events to the public.
This would be followed by refining contacts and interest groups around vocations. It would
enable the ability to search for people by professions and interests which would be useful in
making recommendations for appointments and networking with people who have skill sets
you might need for projects. Going from the more local to the international, the next phase
would include the ability to network internationally, to search locations to locate club
meetings, Rotarians, local events and projects. Finally, in the final phase, we would look to
enable this functionality to run on smart phones. It was suggested that there might be
potential to increase revenue through advertising or offering a premium membership.
Raul Giraldez from Spain presented a proposal developed by his district in collaboration with
the Universidad Pablo de Olavide in Sevilla to develop a social network for Rotarians in the
three districts in Spain. By working with the university, they were able to develop a platform
for this network at a relatively low cost. This proposal extends beyond web 2.0 to 3.0 which
includes the ability to mine data and target information to individuals that will be of interest
to them. Some of the additional ideas presented in this proposal included having both a
public area, a limited access area and an area exclusive to Rotarians. The idea is that this
might allow the ability to create interest among non-Rotarians who could be potential
members. This social network will be launched in Spain in May and might serve as a model
for a larger Rotary network.
The chairman then provided an opportunity for each committee member and staff member
present to share their thoughts on the development of a Rotary specific social network. Some
of the ideas shared included:
4. • Need to identify why we are doing this. What is not being addressed with existing
technology?
• Integration is a key reason to consider this.
• This is a tool, not an end in itself.
• Need to articulate how this will benefit Rotary and a compelling reason for people to
join the network
• If we are trying to reach young professionals, we need to move to smart phones early
on
• What financial model will we look at; are there alternatives to sponsorships and ads?
• More people are using social media to get people involved in service projects
• Offers a one stop shop for Rotarians to connect and do business
• Need to link this with current Rotary Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn activity
• Do we define our target audience and then provide services or understand our
services, our distinctive position and then attract our target audience
• Is this only a social network or is it just a network for Rotarians with components
beyond only the social?
• There is a trend toward less value placed on privacy
• Distinctive position of Rotary is who we are, not what we do. How do we
communicate that and attract our audience using this type of tool?
• Rather than limiting the system to certain users, allow users to adapt the system to
their needs
• Important opportunity to integrate other tools we already have in a more holistic way.
• Roll out what is critical and then allow the users to spread it to the rest of the
organization
• Should consider how to bring related groups like alumni and program participants into
the network
• Need to consider ongoing support and long-term strategy for this type of tool because
technology is changing rapidly
• Integrate Member Access into this new platform
• Rotarians are already in social media – they lead the way. We need to enhance their
experience
• Must complement other tools that exist or are being developed like the new project
networking tool
• Will a closed system meet our marketing needs?
• Opportunity to more effectively link into what clubs need, what clubs are passionate
about and bring that to the corporate level
• Must be relevant to what is happening to at the club level and link internationally
• Should RI function as a broker to help clubs and Rotarians make connections and can
a social network help us do this?
• Opportunity for RI to gather more data
• This needs to be responsive and relevant to what clubs and Rotarians need - there
needs to be local relevance since clubs and Rotarians are ultimately local
5. In the final analysis, there was consensus among the group that a Rotary social network is
something in which the Board should consider investing.
6. II. Purpose and key elements for a Rotary social network
Statement: In developing recommendations for the Board, the committee sought to answer
the questions of “why” in relationship to developing a Rotary social network. What would
be the value proposition for both Rotary and Rotarians in developing a Rotary exclusive site.
The committee determined that the key value for Rotarians was establishing a place to make
connections. Different from being on Facebook and LinkedIn, a site just for Rotarians would
provide a level of confidence that you were interacting with people who shared your values
and your interests in service. It would provide Rotarians with enhanced abilities to network
with other Rotarians around areas of interest that are very specific to Rotary like developing
project contacts, networking with other Rotarians internationally, identifying professional
expertise among a group of trusted individuals and sharing best practices and solutions to
problems on all aspects of Rotary.
For Rotary, one of the value propositions is better data. The data voluntarily provided
through Rotarian profiles on a Rotary social networking site could enhance Rotary’s ability to
serve its constituency. It could also serve as a measure of engagement of Rotarians. Other
side benefits might include the ability to generate revenue through advertising and the ability
to reduce administrative costs as Rotarians help one another to generate solutions rather than
looking to Rotary International.
The committee identified both problems that could be solved and opportunities that could be
realized by developing a Rotary social (or digital) network. Below are these ideas
categorized by their relevance to supporting aspects of the RI Strategic Plan:
Strengthen clubs
Capture additional member data
Recruit new, younger members
Facilitate more direct communication between clubs
Provide easy club administrative tool to integrate with RI database
Increased retention rates
Increased engagement of members
Connect staff, officers and members – more horizontal communications
Strengthen social media strategy
Training mechanism
Gauge member and club needs and interests
More fun
Re-energize value of vocational service
Solve problem of disintegration of various service delivery mechanisms
Speed up decision-making and improve leveraging of all information we
gather
Help identify our niche – what makes us unique
Focus and increase humanitarian service:
7. Help clubs link up for projects – this has real value for global grants under the
Future Vision plan
Increase engagement of members
Facilitate more direct communication between clubs
Connect staff, officers, and members – more horizontal communications
Means to share best practices
Enhance public image and awareness
Capture additional data
Facilitate more direct communication between clubs – between Rotarians
Increased engagement of members
Connecting staff, officers, and members – more horizontal communications
Increase fun
Re-energize value of vocational service
Enhance public image because it is easier and faster to get information out
Measure impact of Rotary worldwide
Help identify our niche – what makes us unique
The committee went on to discuss what would be important functionality to include in the
first phase of such a site.
• Ability to make connections: Rotarian to Rotarian; project collaboration
• Simple registration
• Ability to create profiles or import profiles from other social media sites
• Verification of Rotarian status
• Member database linked to RI’s
• Real name not user ID
• Simple, uncluttered interface
• Capacity to make and save connections by interest
• Search by various parameters
• Facilitate special interest groups
• Host discussions threads
• Photo and video posting
• On-demand, real time translation tool to translate posts
• Rotary service connections
• Structural groups (clubs, districts, committees, etc.)
• Club administrative tool
• Messages
• Events
• Comments function
• Measurement function
• Opt in/opt out functionality
• Club locator
• Ability to invite other Rotarians and friends
8. • Links to rotary.org
The committee emphasized the fact that the site would need to be engaging and frequently
updated. It was suggested that we pilot this in a country or two and try to get some traction
and work out any issues and then roll it out gradually to build some anticipation and
excitement about joining. Additional functionality and features would be added in
subsequent phases in response to usage and demand by the users. The system would need to
be flexible enough to expand and potentially move to 3.0 functionality in the future.
The committee further discussed how the site might be organized. It was agreed that there
needs to be an area that is exclusive to Rotarians. However, there is also some interest in
having an area with more limited access that would available to the wider Rotary family and
possibly friends of Rotarians. Finally, there might also be a public area where, for example,
clubs websites and Rotary’s other social network pages would be accessible.
More consideration needs to be given to the following issues:
How we will differentiate this network from others and establish our niche?
Will we have community managers to assist with insuring fresh content and making
connections?
How do we make the site relevant and useful at the local level and facilitate broader
connections between Rotarians internationally?
9. III. Cultural and language considerations
Statement: The committee spoke briefly about some of the issues related to developing a
site for a worldwide organization. We were able to look at the example of the InterNations
site which is a site for expatriates around to world to network with other expatriates that is
both international and localized around specific cities for the purposes of meeting for social
and cultural events.
It was agreed that that the site should be in English and that we should provide some kind of
translation tool to allow for simple translations when a language other than your own is used.
It might be possible, similar to the Facebook model, to allow open a project to allow the
community to provide translation of the pages.
10. IV. Proposed methodology, timeline and budget
Statement: At the time of the meeting, the committee determined that more assessment and
study will be needed before we can fully develop a methodology, timeline and budget for
developing a Rotary social network. The chairman appointed a subcommittee of including
Peter Markos, Raul Giraldez, Stephanie Tsomakaeva, and Mario Paladini to further define the
elements (project specifications) identified for Phase 1 and solicit some rough estimates of
costs for the Board at its May 2011 meeting. It was made clear that, should we decide to
outsource this work, we MUST retain control the data
The committee spent some time talking about how this network will relate to Rotary’s current
Member Access area. There was a strong feeling among many on the committee that there
needs to be integration between these sites so that the user does not see the distinction. The
user should be able to make connections and do their business in the same spot even if the
technical infrastructure behind it is not the same. Member Access is a part of rotary.org and
is about to be redesigned to integrate it more seamlessly with rotary.org. It was presented by
one member as concentric circles with the website being the outer ring, no password
required; the social media network being the next level requiring some security and Member
Access being the center and most secure area with access based on roles. These issues will
need further clarification during the development process but the key message from the
committee was that there needs to be integration from the users point of view.
The President-elect indicated that he would be look to appoint a committee in 2011-12 to
move this project forward to development with the Board’s approval for initial funding. The
committee recommends that the President-elect consider including the follow roles on that
committee:
RI Director
RI IT staff
RI Web staff (web developer/Social media specialist)
Everyday Rotarian - possible end-users
IT database expert from ClubRunner, dacdb, etc.
RI General Secretary or Associate General Secretary
RI PR Staff
RI Project Management Staff
Strong diverse international perspective
Chairman Barry Matheson thanked the committee for their hard work.
11. Adjournment
The meeting of the Ad Hoc Committee to Develop a Rotary Social Network was adjourned at
1700hrs on 6 April 2011.
A true record.
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Barry Matheson, Committee Chairman
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Kathy Kessenich, Staff Liaison
Secretary of the Meeting