One world, one table
As a newly inducted member of Round Table (RT) you are probably wondering how big the organisation you have just joined is? Well, it exists in more than 50 countries around the world, some of which may only have the one club whilst others may have hundreds of them. Depending on the number of clubs in a country, there may or may not be a need for an internal structure of areas and a national association. Where there is only the one club, it usually acts as the national association.
Visit websiteRound Table International is formed by five Regions, each having a Regional Chairman.
The Romanian Round Table belongs to the CEE (Central and Eastern Europe) region because of its location in Europe. Every year a country of the CEE region organizes the annual meeting of the CEE region, the Central and Eastern Europe Tablers Meeting, guaranteeing three days of celebration, knowledge, international contacts, great memories and above all friendship. Every Tabler should experience a CEETM at least once. Feel free to ask our national IRO any questions via iro@roundtable.ro.
The first Round Table was formed in Norwich, England in 1927. The founder, Louis Marchesi, was a young member of Norwich Rotary Club who felt a need existed for a club where the young business men of the town could gather on a regular basis.
There are things we must do,there are things we can doand there are things we should do.
Round Table owes nothing to Arthurian Legend, deriving both its title and its maxim from a speech made to the British Industries Fair in 1927 by the then Prince of Wales: "The young business and professional men of this country must get together round the table, Adopt methods that have proved so sound in the past, Adapt them to the changing needs of the times and wherever possible, Improve them." The phrase Adopt, Adapt, Improve is a key facet of the organisation and is often seen on Round Table literature and regalia. The design of the Round Table emblem is an adaptation of the table which hangs in the Great Hall in Winchester. Although this is claimed to be the Round Table of the mythical court of King Arthur, it is in fact a representation made in the 13th century.