Rotary International recommends that every District to have a web site to improve communications between clubs, DGs, DG staff and Rotary International. ROTI members world wide have contributed to this over the past 10 years.

Email has now become the standard means of communication between Rotary International staff and the hundreds of Districts throughout the world. We now use email to establish Projects, Matching Grants, Group Study Exchange planning, and reporting to Rotary International.

As we enter the 21st century, ROTI is conscious of our responsibility to ensure that new technologies are used effectively to help our organization. At the same time, we need to remember the old adage "If if isn't broken, don't fix it".

Should our website be Web 2.0 or 3.0?

There is some confusion about web technology.

Web 1.0 is what this site is - we present useful information on a website that is pretty much static. We do not collect information about our visitors. We do not care where they shop or who they know.

Web 2.0 technology allows readers to reply to messages or information on the site (blogs).
More important though, Web 2.0 technology compiles information from a particular site about what you like, what you buy and things like that. Amazon has been using it for years - 'People that bought xxx also bought yyy'. Facebook is also an example of Web 2.0 - 'Your friend is friends with xxx, so you should be friends with him/her also'.

Web 3.0 takes this a step farther, and gathers information from many sites, like your friends in Facebook, what you bought from Amazon, and what web sites you visit, and then makes suggestions for you.

ROTI members have led the way in showing the rest of Rotary how Internet communication has increased the speed and efficiency of our all our programs.

Come join us at ROTI and be a part of this new adventure!