Michael Brand of the Rotary Club of Oregon is concerned about the future of service clubs, including Rotary International. Brand, who heads the Oregon City Chamber of Commerce, has written an article entitled "Why Our Service Organizations Are Dying and How to Fix Them."
He has ideas to stop the downward spiral of membership. He maintains that Rotary is the most stable of the major service organizations but has its own challenges. According to Brand, Rotary inducts an average of 44,000 new members each year while losing 51,000 members for various reasons.
Read his article and the many comments it has generated here: http://michaelbrand.org/why-our-service-clubs-are-dying/#.Wa1-pBw8O0c.facebook