Club Officer Installations - Ask your Area Governor to install your new Club Officers.

July is the month that many clubs will ask the Area Governor to come and install their newly elected club officers.

Properly done, the officer installation will make the officers feel like that they are doing something special by serving as a club officer in service to the club and club members. This is in contrast to the idea that "they couldn't find anybody else to be a club officer and I got stuck with doing it".

The installing officer will typically acknowledge the previous term's club officers, thanking them for a job well done, and discharging them from office. The installing officer will then go through each of the seven club offices, giving a summary of the duties and responsibilities of each officer. The officer being installed is then asked if he/she is willing to perform the duties and responsibilities of the office to the best of their ability. Invariably the newly installed officer says "Yes". This is done for the Sergeant-at-Arms, Treasurer, Secretary, Vice-President of Public Relations, Vice-President of Membership, Vice-President of Education, and President.

The installing officer sometimes will then present the newly installed officers to the club membership, and will ask the club membership to pledge that they will support the club officers.

The newly installed club President will sometimes give an inaugural speech, stating what goals that he/she has for the coming term.

Sometimes the outgoing President gives a farewell speech somewhere in the program.

All of this results in a "special" ceremony where the club officers and club members are made to to see that serving as a club officer is a "special" thing of service to the club and to the club members.