This Friday, we will hold our Annual Business Meeting, as required by our club bylaws, on or before the last Friday in February. This meeting ensures accountability, transparency, and leadership continuity as we prepare for the 2026–2027 Rotary year. This is one of the most important governance meetings of the year. Your presence helps demonstrate our shared commitment to responsible self-governance and ensures a strong quorum. A quorum, defined as one-third of the club’s members excluding honorary members, must be present to conduct official business. Virtual attendance counts.

This Annual Business Meeting serves as an opportunity to reflect on where we stand in membership, service impact, Foundation support, status of our utilization of District Grant funds, and overall momentum as we close out this Rotary year and prepare for the next.

The Treasurer will present a Financial Report, offering transparency on the club’s fiscal health and stewardship of member dues and project funds. Accountability and ethical leadership are central to who we are. Please note that annual per capita dues to District 6900 are increasing from $55 to $60 in the 2026–2027 Rotary year, which will reduce AWER operational funds if club dues are not adjusted accordingly when our own 2026-2027 Club Budget is prepared.

Voting Matters: Election of Officers and Directors for Rotary Year 2026–2027

Members will choose leadership for Rotary Year 2026–2027. The business of this club is conducted by voice vote or a show of hands except in the election of officers and directors, which is conducted by ballot. Voting on club business may be conducted, when required, via email, text, and online tools. Votes cast electronically have the same effect as votes cast in person.

The candidate who receives a majority of the votes for each office is declared elected to that office. If only one person is nominated for a position, that candidate is elected by acclamation.

Per Article 8, Section 2 of the club’s bylaws, the standing committees of the Rotary Club of Atlanta West End are Club Administration, Membership, Public Image, Service Projects, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, and The Rotary Foundation. The chairs of these committees serve as the non-officer directors of the club, and descriptions of each committee’s responsibilities can be found in the bylaws.

This annual meeting is our moment to reflect on what we have built together, to steward what has been entrusted to us in the legacy of this special Rotary club, and to choose the leaders who will guide our next chapter of service. When we show up, participate, and vote, we strengthen not only our club, but also the example of principled self-governance that Rotary represents, which is exactly what is needed in our current day and age.