My Rotary club is called an E-Club. We are a prototype, the future model of clubs in the Rotary world. The main attraction is the cyber meeting we conduct as compared to physical meetings the ordinary clubs are having weekly.
Our members are supposed to be cyber-literate. It means that we don't have phobia handling computer and the internet. It means that we understand the difference between forum and chat, between email and website.
Ideally, we should be very familiar or at least comfortable with the cyber things. However, far from ideal, the reality is many members still have phobia touching computer, not to mention on using the internet.
Theoretically, many things can be done through cyber meeting. The fact is people are still more comfortable having face-to-face meeting, sending fax instead of email. This is quite an irony.
Perhaps, we should add in a test for new members before we admit them in. Ask them to go online, register the user id and post an introduction on the forum. Only after satisfying these will we them induct them to the club.
At least with this barrier taken out, cyber attendance will not be a problem anymore.
