[D9640general] [eFlash_Rotary] Digest Number 820

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1. 1551: <>  Klinginsmith is choice for RI President 2010-11 From: Sunil K
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2. 1552: <>  Rotary clubs make dream real for British teen From: Sunil K
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Wed Aug 13, 2008 8:59 pm (PDT) 

Klinginsmith is choice for RI President 2010-11
By Jennifer Lee Atkin 

Ray Klinginsmith of the Rotary Club of Kirksville, Missouri, USA, is 
the selection of the Nominating Committee for President of Rotary 
International in 2010-11. Klinginsmith will become the president-
nominee on 1 October if there are no challenging candidates. 

Klinginsmith earned degrees in business and law at the University of 
Missouri and completed graduate studies at the University of Cape 
Town, South Africa, as a Rotary Foundation Ambassadorial Scholar. He 
was general counsel and professor of business at Northeast Missouri 
State University in Kirksville (now Truman State University) from 
1973 until his retirement in 1995, and also held the post of dean of 
administration for five years. 

Klinginsmith, who now operates a law office, served as an elected 
county commissioner from 2001 to 2004. He has been a director of the 
Macon Atlanta State Bank since 1971 and president of the Chariton 
Valley Association for Handicapped Citizens since 1982. He and his 
wife, Judie, have two children and three grandchildren. 

A Rotarian since 1961, Klinginsmith has served Rotary as district 
governor and as chair of the 1998 Council of Legislation in New Delhi 
and the 2008 Los Angeles Convention Committee. He was a member of the 
RI Board of Directors for 1985-87 and chaired its executive committee 
in 1986-87. Klinginsmith joined The Rotary Foundation Trustees in 
2002, serving as vice chair in 2005-06, and was a member of the 
Future Vision Committee from 2005 to 2008. Klinginsmith, a Major 
Donor, is a recipient of the Foundation's Citation for Meritorious 
Service and Distinguished Service Award. 

In addition, Klinginsmith has earned many honors in his community, 
including the Parent/Caretaker Award from the Missouri Planning 
Council for Developmental Disabilities; the Thomas D. Cochran Award 
for Community Service, an annual statewide award by the Young Lawyers 
Section of the Missouri Bar; and the Silver Beaver Award from the 
Great Rivers Council of the Boy Scouts of America, of which he is a 
former member of the executive board. 

Klinginsmith believes that Rotary's best days are still ahead. 

"The reputation and ability of Rotarians to impact the world 
positively is better than ever, and the future of Rotary is bright," 
he says. "The RI Strategic Plan and The Rotary Foundation Future 
Vision Plan are good roadmaps to the future. However, the decisions 
about the selection of strategic partners, the recruitment of younger 
members, and the facilitation of district change to enable younger 
leaders to serve as district governors will continue to require 
leaders of uncommon vision and wisdom." 

The 2008 nominating committee members are: Jack Forrest (chair), USA; 
Sudarshan Agarwal, India; Keith Barnard-Jones, England; Jacques 
Berthet, France; Irving J. Brown, USA; Peter Bundgaard, Denmark; John 
C. Carrick, Australia; Kenneth E. Collins, Australia; John Eberhard, 
Canada; Noel Fryer, England; Samuel L. Greene, USA; Theodore D. 
Griley II, USA; Jerry L. Hall, USA; Horst Heiner Hellge, Germany; 
Umberto Laffi, Italy; Jorma Lampén, Finland; David Linett, USA; 
Michael D. McCullough, USA; Gerald A. Meigs, USA; Yoshikazu 
Minamisono, Japan; Daniel W. Mooers, USA; G. Kenneth Morgan, USA; 
Jiichiro Nakajima, Japan; Noraseth Pathmanand, Thailand; Jose Alfredo 
Pretoni, Brazil; J. David Roper, USA; José Antonio Salazar Cruz, 
Colombia; Masanobu Shigeta, Japan; Julio Sorjús, Spain; Carlos E. 
Speroni, Argentina; Robert A. Stuart Jr., USA; Sakuji Tanaka, Japan; 
and Stan Tempelaars, The Netherlands. 

Source: Rotary International News 
Courtesy: eFlash_Rotary
 

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dream real for British teen 

 

Wed Aug 13, 2008 9:26 pm (PDT) 

Rotary clubs make dream real for British teen
By Donna Polydoros 

Cameras rolled as 19-year-old Nicole Dryburgh and her family stepped 
off their flight from London and embarked on a one-of-a-kind tour of 
New York City, led by some of the city's savviest tour guides: New 
York Rotarians. 

Members of the Rotary Club of the Bronx, New York, USA, greeted the 
British teen, who had battled a rare form of cancer since the age of 
11 and lost her eyesight and much of her hearing. 

A BBC news team tagged along to document the trip, which included 
tours of sites like the Statue of Liberty and the Bronx Zoo, 
shopping, and a luncheon with the Rotary Club of Staten Island, New 
York, USA. 

"I was really pleased how Rotarians pitched in," said Taylor Eskew, 
president of the Rotary Club of the Bronx. "Nicole is full of spunk 
and energy. Everyone felt admiration for her and saw her as an 
inspiration." 

Rotarians volunteered to drive the Dryburghs between sites and 
arranged custom tours of places like the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 
which opened its doors early to give Nicole a tactile and olfactory 
tour of the Egyptian art collection. The Bronx Zoo "pulled out all 
the stops" and let Nicole touch and hold exotic animals like a sloth 
and an armadillo, said Eskew. 

Making it happen 
The week-long vacation was organized by Tony Betts, secretary of the 
Rotary Club of Redbridge, England, who first learned of Nicole's 
dream to visit New York during the 2008 Rotary Young Citizen Awards 
ceremony, sponsored by Rotary International in Great Britain and 
Ireland (RIBI) in conjunction with BBC News 24. Nicole was honored 
for her exceptional fundraising work. 

"I just thought to myself, I'm going to make that happen," said 
Betts. "But I didn't have a clue how I was going to do it." 

Betts reached out to other Rotarians at home and abroad. With help 
from Eric Storberg, then governor-elect of District 7230 (New York, 
USA), and Robert Mintz, manager of Corporate Relations and Global 
Travel at Rotary International, Betts secured complimentary airline 
tickets from British Airways and free accommodations at the Time 
Hotel in New York. 

Allan Jagger, president of RIBI, encouraged districts to contribute 
to the trip, eventually raising enough to give the Dryburghs £600 
spending money and an airline ticket for Nicole's brother, Lee. The 
rest of the money was donated to a charity of Nicole's choosing, the 
Teenage Cancer Trust . 

The BBC news story about Nicole's trip aired on 19 July, 2008. 

"I never expected it to turn out like this," said Betts of the media 
attention. "All I wanted was to give the family a holiday of a 
lifetime and [for Nicole] to achieve one of her dreams." 

Source: Rotary International News
Courtesy: eFlash_Rotary

 

 

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