Why be a JCI Why be a JCI Member?Member?

By JCI Sen. Lawrence See

Who are we?Who are we?• Vision: The Leading Global Network of Young

Active Citizens• My Personal Meaning: JCI is active citizenry of

the youth. We are society’s hands and legs, doing what they’re “too busy” to do.

• Root word: Active. We activate society. We are the catalysts. We use other people’s resources to do our projects. We involve/activate society in the projects that we do by asking them to become sponsors, or participants.

• The Youth is the future of this country. Young people will always challenge the status quo

• Old people are set in their ways and have learned to accept the status quo and always say, “that’s just how it is.” Pathetic right?

What do we do?What do we do?• Mission: To provide development opportunities that

empower young people to create positive change.• Definition:

– Provide – JCI is the platform. It is not paid to do anything for you. It is a platform of your (or the group’s collective) self-expression.

– Development – By being actively involved, we assure you of personal growth and development.

– Opportunities – These are modes of expression of your youthful energies. Whatever you feel like contributing, is an opportunity that will yield you returns that you can not even imagine in the future.

– Empowers – Both sector in society helped and the person involved.– Young people – Between 18 to 40.– Create – JCI will teach you to do many things by sheer will power.

Through resources you don’t even know you had. Through other people’s money.

– Positive – Do you want it to be any other way?– Change – Be happy with what you have, but be discontent and

dissatisfied with what you have accomplished for that is the creative force that produces positive change..

What does it take?What does it take?• 3 T’s and S – Your time, treasure, talent and sponsorship.• Time – You need to put in time if you want to benefit from it.• Treasure – Tuition fee in JCI is your annual dues, events

assessment, and traveling expenses when you meet people in JCI who come from all over the world.

• Talent – We only require that you stretch your God-given talents.

• Sponsorship – To become a member, you need to first be sponsored, which is what your respective sponsors did. Being a member is a privilege. It means your sponsors saw something in you that would contribute to this organization.

ExcusesExcuses• Don’t have Time – We always find time for what we love.

JCI is like a girlfriend. You never tell the girl you like “let’s just meet once a week,” right? You always want to see that girl or at least call her up? You incorporate her into your busy schedules. That how JCI is. It is a lifestyle. Being a director on the other hand, is like being married. You can’t say no when the wife asks you to do your manly duties.

• Treasure – I don’t have money. Well, sadly, nothing in life is free. We don’t ask you to contribute money into your own projects because we are supposed to generate funds for them. But we do expect you to pay your own way to participate in our activities.

• Talent – I’m not good enough or talented enough. In life, nobody starts out good at something. What’s important is the willingness to explore and try. If you’re good at something, start by contributing that but be sure to continually learn new things. Development Opportunities remember?

Why am I an active JCI Member?Why am I an active JCI Member?

• JCI Members help each other. I was down and a fledgling consultant. My first project chairman saw potential in me and instantly gave me a regular job in banking on our second meeting.

• Friends for life. Most of us struggle from 20-40 years of age. We lose track of our old friends in the process. Some get married, others are too wrapped up in work. Once we hit 40, we realize all our friends are gone and we start over. However, this same time is the time JCI members are active. We spend time working on projects together, we go out together, we invite our families to each other’s special events like birthdays, weddings, kiddie parties, etc. We become friends for life.

• Learnings. You learn in 5 years as a JCI member what you’llusually learn in 20 years at work.

• Opportunities abound. Networking, business, community service, individual development.

What does JCI ask in return?What does JCI ask in return?

• Let the world know who we are through words, deeds and actions

• Become living witnesses for JCI and tell everyone what benefits you gained from being active

• Always promote JCI in all your projects. Let as many people know what you did for others through the organization.

• Encourage other people to join the movement

So why be a JCI Member?So why be a JCI Member?

• You are one of the privileged few to be sponsored into this great organization.– Your sponsor saw a great quality in you that

he thought could contribute to the movement of creating positive change in society.

• With great privilege comes great responsibility

• You are going to lead our society, not in the future, but today. Starting today.