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JUNIOR CHAMBER INTERNATIONAL
What is a JCI Senatorship?
A JCI Senatorship is an award that may be given to current or past
members to honor
them for outstanding service to the Junior Chamber organization on the local,
national or
international level. It provides a unique means for recognizing the outstanding
achieve-
ments
of members and former members and, at the same time, provides funds for the
extension and
expansion of Junior Chamber to more and more young people.
A Senatorship confers "Life Membership” in JCI. Member organizations are
encourag-
ed
to include a self-operative provision in their constitution that a JCI Senator
shall also
be a
life member of the respective local and national organization (LOM and NOM) The
awarding
of this status does not exempt the member from payirig regular membership
dues
to JCI and
the question of whether a Senator shall be liable for the payment of local
and
national dues is
matter wholly for local policy and legislation.
Who may be awarded a Senatorship?
Senatorships for current individual members are restricted to members
of at least
three
years standing for services rendered at any level of the organization and are
subject
to the
written approval of the local and national presidents.
Senatorships for past members may be awarded by way of presentation subject
to the
written approval of the local, state (if any) and national organization
presidents. Such
presidents
are expected to make as many inquiries with respect to the past Junior
Chamber
activities of the
applicant as they deem appropriate.
Instruction for Enrollment
An application for a Senatorship must be completed. approved and signed
by the
president
of the local organization of the applicant, the president of the national
organization of the
applicant, and the president of JCI (Consult your national head-
quarters for any
additional
requirements -as is the case in Australia, Canada and the
USA) No other approval
shall be
required or permitted. If the applicant is one of those
whose signature is
required, the next
senior officer may sign for him. Senate application
forms are available upon
request from
your national headquarters or the JCI World
Headquarters.
Before (or at the same time) the application is forwarded to the JCI World
Headquart-
ers
for approval by JCI president. A full Senate membership payment must be made to
JCl by
the sponsoring NOM or LOM. The application is not approved or processed until it
is
submitted in the prescribed form bearing all necessity signatures and a full
Senate
membership payment has been received. Please allow three weeks for processing
and
mailing
from the JCI World Headquarters.
After the application is approved, the applicant is assigned a number and
his name
is
entered in the Roll of Senators. The new Senator receives a Senate membership
certificate,
prepared in calliqraphy, a membership card and a special Senator’s pin.
Presenting a Senatorship
The awarding of a JCI Senatorship is an honor that can be bestowed upon
a member
only
once in a lifetime. The actual presentation, therefore, should be conducted with
appropriate
dignity & preferably, at a formal installation ceremony, awards banquet ,
etc.
The Senate History
This is the story of the birth and growth of a great idea-what developed
from it and
what
heights it has already attained. It is an account of a program which has in a
signifi-
cant manner
enhanced the prestige of Junior Chamber International by retaining the
interest
and support of
many outstanding people throughout the world.
The first seeds of the Senate were sown with the creation of the circular,
The Elder
Statesman. Our story begins in September 1951 when two prominent members. JCI
Presi-
dent
Phil Pugsley and charter member John Armbruster of the original Junior Chamber,
were
discussing a publication called Log. which John had been sending out to retired
officers and
directors of the United States Junior Chamber of Commerce. Phil, aware of
the
fine work the
Log was doing to keep alive friendships formed among past US Junior
Chamber
members,
struck upon tne idea of sending a similar publication to the “alumni”
of Junior
Chamber
International. Naturally, Phil asked John to take on the job--who
better
qualified to edit a
publication for JCI "oldtimers” than John Armbruster?
Recalling the incident, John commented: “After discussing various names we
could
give
the little paper, we hit upon The Elder Statesman. The JCI alumni throughout the
world were
becoming important citizens of their respective countries, and they were,
in
fact “elder
statesmen” to the younger men in the Junior Chamber movement. So this
name was
adopted
for the newsletter “ The Elder Statesman has since become synony-
mous with
“Senate” in the
minds of thousands of members and past members through-
out the world.
A further development in the Senate story took place in New York City in
January
1952
at a casual meeting between JCI Representative to the United Nations Sid Boxer
and Phil
Pugsley. During their conversation, questions - which for a long time a remain-
ed
unanswered
- arose:
"Why is it that past members are allowed to drift completely away from
the move-
ment,
when many of them would like to have some lifelong link with Junior Chamber?
Why
do
local members spend thousands of dollars annually giving baubles in the form
of
trays,
briefcases, desk sets, and the like to those they wish to honor when the same
funds, spent
on Junior Chamber International, could work for a cause in which they all
believed? Why
has an idea like Junior Chamber taken so long to gather enthusiasts
around the
world after
having been alive for nearly 40 years?"
Searching for answers, Phil and Sid conceived the idea that perhaps a group
of
"honored"
members could be formed that would, in effect, help to spread the Junior
Chamber
concept
worldwide At the same time they felt membership in this group could,
in many
ways,
strengthen Junior Chamber International. So it was that two earnest
members,
over a cup of
coffee, conceived this idea, and the JCI Senate was born. The
idea was presented
to the VII
JCI World Congress in Melbourne, Australia, in September
1952, where it was
approved
and placed in the JCI bylaws as a category of membership.
Since then, well over
57,000
Junior Chamber members, in more than 90 countries have
been honored. There is a
growing
appreciation of the value and honor of the Senate. In
granting honorary Life
Membership,
the Senate provides a subtle link with present and
past members. The nature of
the link is
one of continuing interest in, and indirect
support of, the Junior Chamber
movement.
THE SENATE TODAY
Since its inception, the JCI Senatorship has become a coveted honorary
award,
granted
only to those people who have performed outstanding service to the organiza-
tion.
It is a
special award that provides, through life membership, a tangable link with
an
organization
embracing over 420,000 young people in nations around the globe.
It provides a unique means for recognizing the outstanding achievements of
members
and
former members and, at the same time, provides funds for the extension and
expan-
sion of
Junior Chamber to more and more young people.
SENATE CHAIRMAN
The Immediate Past President of JCI is the Chairman of the JCI Senate.
JCI is respon-
sible
for ensuring that information on subjects pertaining to the Senate is
distributed to
Senators.
SENATE PUBLICATIONS
In 1989 JCI launched the first edition of the Senate Wor!d newsletter.
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