GUIDELINES FOR CLUB INTERNATIONAL SERVICE ORGANIZER (ISO)
An Ambassador of Friendship
DUTIES:
Year-Long Duties:
1. Co-ordinate: Club ISO must coordinate with Club President and District ISO. She should keep in touch with District ISO through letter, e-mail, phone, etc. as District ISO arranges to get Indian and Foreign Link Clubs.
2. Correspond:
i) The ISO must correspond with all the Link Clubs in India and abroad and attend and reply promptly to all the letters received from them. Link Clubs are made with the help of District ISO but a Club ISO can also make Link Clubs with clubs in India and abroad in places where she has acquaintances/friends/relatives to make it easy for her to connect to such places with due information to District ISO.
ii) Regular correspondence to be done with other ISOs of the District too.
iii) With District Chairman and District ISO: Send Birthday and Wedding Day and other any other wishes and greetings to District Chairman and District ISO and send report of activities especially relating to fellowship and friendship to Dist. ISO.
3. Fostering Friendship At Various Levels: An ISO is required to foster and harness friendship at various levels of Inner Wheel which can be done as under:
i) At International Level: Link Clubs Overseas
a) Correspondence – Send Biodata (details of yourself, your family, club, District and town), festival greetings, project information, etc.
b) Exchange gifts/souvenirs/club flag (gift of typical Indian workmanship be sent).
c) If you or any of your club member/s is on a visit to another city try to attend I.W. meeting there.
d) Invite IYE student who is going abroad and give him/her flags, letter, gift, etc. to take with him for the I.W. clubs there. This will help making overseas link club.
e) Invite an IYE student/G.S.E. Team/foreign country members to your meeting project or get-togethers/festivals and exchange flags with them. They could be invited to speak on their local customs, culture, way of life, etc.
f) Make proper arrangements to welcome and be hospitable to members of IW Clubs visiting hometown from abroad.
g) Exchange flags when in an event there are members from foreign clubs.
ii) At Association level/National Level: Link Clubs with clubs in other Districts coming under Association of Inner Wheel Clubs in India
a) Correspondence – Send Bio-data (details of yourself, your family, Club, District and town), Birthdays and Wedding Anniversary wishes, festival greetings, project information, etc.).
b) Exchange gifts/souvenirs (gift of local workmanship be sent).
c) Promote and organize Inter District Exchange or Inter District Fellowship Meet.
d) Provide details of club meetings, addresses, etc. of link clubs or other clubs where members of home clubs are likely to visit. Encourage her to visit club meeting there and if yourself are going then attend the meeting/project.
e) Make proper arrangements to welcome and be hospitable to members of Inner Wheel Clubs visiting hometown from other Districts.
f) Exchange flags when in an event there are members from clubs from other Districts of India.
iii) At District Level: Clubs within the District
a) Correspondence – Send Bio-data (details of yourself, your family, club and town), Birthdays and Wedding Anniversary wishes, festival greetings, project information, etc.
b) Exchange gifts/flags at District Rally.
c) Hold Intra District Competitions (could be related to theme of
the year, projects of District, Association or IIW).
d) Arranging Intra District fellowship meetings and events to
foster goodwill and understanding.
e) Visit nearby I Clubs at their meeting or project.
f) Plan an Inter City Meet of 3-4 clubs.
g) Provide help for District Rally/Conference, ISO Meet and
actively attend and participate in it.
h) Arrange IW Day program / picnic with nearby club.
i) Make proper arrangements to welcome and be hospitable to
members of Inner Wheel Clubs visiting from other clubs.
iv) At Club Level:
a) Send Birthdays and Wedding Anniversary wishes, festival
greetings to members.
b) Arranging competitions and programs of fun, get-togethers,
picnic of club members and have good fellowship.
v) At Community Level:
a) Organise fun fair, cultural programs and competitions.
b) Celebrate Women’s Day along with other women’s
organizations.
c) Organize a program on IIW Theme.
4. Participate and Motivate the club members to participate in
i) District and other club competitions.
ii) Competitions held at various District Events of the District.
5. Inform: Tell club members about the special projects, important
information received from the District and other clubs. Write down
names and addresses of members of Link Clubs correspondence is
done. Give details how much letters you wrote and how many you
received- greeting cards, photos, gifts, received. Provide geographical,
historical and cultural background and information of their
correspondence with link clubs at the time of regular meetings. Inform
about the number of competitions in which you and your club
members have participated and number of members from clubs who
participated in competitions from other clubs/districts and events
attended by you and the club members.