Membership and Public Image Report to 2026 AGM

The club currently has 26 members and 5 honorary members. Of the 26 members, 4 do not attend and several more are infrequent attenders. That narrows our pool of participants when it comes to projects and events, so as I said last AGM, we need to ask more people to join the Rotary Club of West Fife.

Attempts to interest new members have been through the Primary School quiz, our website, social media and by having a presence in the Dunfermline Press.

Public image has been enhanced by the Youth competitions that have run including the Primary School Quiz. Our support for the Salvation Army and Fife Gingerbread continues to gain us publicity. Dunfermline Press also carried stories about PHF Helen Fowler, President Robert’s installation and Carnock Primary Scoool’s End Polio Now walk.

Our website has been updated regularly and provides news and information for both members and interested parties. Our youth competitions again ranked high on search engines due to the frequent updating of our website and providing information that users actually want to find.

Four years ago we had 509 followers on Facebook this time last year we had 1120 and now we have 1180. 

The club gazebo was put to good effect with a presence at the Crossford and Limekilns galas. Unfortunately the Cairneyhill gala was hit by bad weather.

That might sound reasonably successful but personally I feel that the PR this year has been fairly light. I have managed to obtain coverage for most of our highlights but newsworthy events have been limited. That impacts our profile and consequently chances of attracting new members. 

D Scott
19/05/26