[D9640general] [eFlash_Rotary] Digest Number 874

Wed Feb 4 15:08:47 EST 2009

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Messages In This Digest (5 Messages) 

1. 1651: Bid on Bill Gates' <>  hat From: Sunil K Zachariah 

2. 1652: Gates Foundation letter addresses progress on <>  polio From: Sunil
K Zachariah 

3. 1653: Buchanan wins Rotary Foundation Global Alumni <>  Service to Human
From: Sunil K Zachariah 

4. 1654: Foundation Goals for 2009-10 <>  From: Sunil K Zachariah 

5. 1655: President Elect Kenny's Theme Speech @ <>  International Assembly
From: Sunil K Zachariah 

Messages 

1.
<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/eFlash_Rotary/message/1571;_ylc=X3oDMTJxN2xoZ
2ltBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE1BGdycElkAzI3ODYwNzYEZ3Jwc3BJZAMxNzA1MDY0MDg2BG1zZ0lkAzE1N
zEEc2VjA2Rtc2cEc2xrA3Ztc2cEc3RpbWUDMTIzMzcyMzU3Ng--> 1651: Bid on Bill
Gates' hat 

Mon Feb 2, 2009 4:42 pm (PST) 

Bid on Bill Gates' hat

By Antoinette Tuscano

[http://www.rotary.org/SiteCollectionImages/News/gates_2250.jpg]
Own the hat Bill Gates is wearing in this photo when he announced a new
US$200 Million Challenge grant to Rotary in the global effort to
eradicate polio during the 2009 International Assembly in San Diego, 22
January. Rotary Images/Monika Lozinska-Lee
Own the hat that Bill Gates wore and autographed at Rotary's 2009
International Assembly. This month, the signed baseball cap will be
auctioned on eBay.

Bid on this piece of Rotary memorabilia to help support Rotary's
US$200 Million Challenge
<http://www.rotary.org/en/ServiceAndFellowship/Polio/Pages/ridefault.asp\
<http://www.rotary.org/en/ServiceAndFellowship/Polio/Pages/ridefault.aspx> 
x> for polio eradication. Go to www.ebay.com
<http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem
<http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=180325654751&ru=http%3A%
2F%2Fshop.ebay.com%3A80%2F%3F_from%3DR40%26_trksid%3Dm38%26_nkw%3D1803256547
51%26_fvi%3D1> &item=180325654751&ru=http\
%3A%2F%2Fshop.ebay.com%3A80%2F%3F_from%3DR40%26_trksid%3Dm38%26_nkw%3D18\
0325654751%26_fvi%3D1> today to place your bid on item 180325654751.

See how you can help in the fight to End Polio Now at
www.rotary.org/endpolio <http://www.rotary.org/endpolio> .

See another photo of Bill Gates wearing the End Polio
<http://www.rotary.org/en/MediaAndNews/News/Pages/090121_news_gates255mi\
<http://www.rotary.org/en/MediaAndNews/News/Pages/090121_news_gates255millio
ngrant2009ia.aspx> 
lliongrant2009ia.aspx> hat as he addresses the International Assembly
audience in San Diego, California, USA. In addition, Gates recently wore
the hat in India while he was immunizing children against polio.

Take this opportunity to be a part of Rotary's history.

Source: Rotary International News / Courtesy: eFlash_Rotary

2.
<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/eFlash_Rotary/message/1572;_ylc=X3oDMTJxcGlra
2drBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE1BGdycElkAzI3ODYwNzYEZ3Jwc3BJZAMxNzA1MDY0MDg2BG1zZ0lkAzE1N
zIEc2VjA2Rtc2cEc2xrA3Ztc2cEc3RpbWUDMTIzMzcyMzU3Ng--> 1652: Gates Foundation
letter addresses progress on polio 

Mon Feb 2, 2009 4:46 pm (PST) 

Gates Foundation letter addresses progress on polio
[http://www.rotary.org/SiteCollectionImages/News/gates_2250.jpg]
Bill Gates announces a new US$255 million challenge grant to Rotary in
the global effort to eradicate polio during the International Assembly
in San Diego. Rotary Images/Monika Lozinska-Lee
In a letter 
<http://www.gatesfoundation.org/annual-letter/Pages/2009-annual-letter-i\
<http://www.gatesfoundation.org/annual-letter/Pages/2009-annual-letter-intro
duction.aspx> 
ntroduction.aspx> posted on the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation's Web
site this week, Bill Gates praises Rotary International's work for over
two decades in fighting to eradicate polio and discusses the progress
being made on ending the disease.

Gates cites the vital work of the World Health Organization, UNICEF, and
Rotary International in the global effort to make polio the second
disease to be eradicated, after smallpox. In referring to Rotary, the
letter states that "we wouldn't be anywhere on this without their
efforts."

The letter, the first in what is planned to be an annual exercise,
outlines the goals of the Gates Foundation and the progress being made
on those goals. Even though the foundation's assets fell by 20 percent
last year, Gates says it will increase its giving to US$3.8 billion in
2009, about 7 percent of its assets.

Last week during the 2009 International Assembly, Gates announced a new
US$255 million challenge grant 
<http://www.rotary.org/en/MediaAndNews/News/Pages/090121_news_gates255mi\
<http://www.rotary.org/en/MediaAndNews/News/Pages/090121_news_gates255millio
ngrant2009ia.aspx> 
lliongrant2009ia.aspx> to Rotary in the global effort to eradicate
polio. In response to the new grant, Rotary will raise $100 million in
matching funds. In November 2007, RI received a $100 million Gates
Foundation grant, which Rotary committed to match by raising $100
million.

The two Gates Foundation grants total $355 million. Rotary
International's matching effort in response is called Rotary's
US$200 Million Challenge, which must be completed by 30 June 2012.

"Rotary International and other donors are doing a great job so far
coming up with the extra resources that are needed (for polio
eradication)," Gates states in the letter. "Just this month I went to a
Rotary meeting and helped announce more than $600 million in new money
from various sources that will go toward eradicating polio."

In addition to the Gates grant and Rotary's match, the governments of
the United Kingdom and Germany have committed a combined $280 million 
<http://www.rotary.org/en/MediaAndNews/News/Pages/090121_news_britishger\
<http://www.rotary.org/en/MediaAndNews/News/Pages/090121_news_britishgermanp
olio2009ia.aspx> 
manpolio2009ia.aspx> to the Global Polio Eradication Initiative.

Read a section of the annual letter from Bill Gates: Progress on Polio 
<http://www.gatesfoundation.org/annual-letter/Pages/2009-polio-eradicati\
<http://www.gatesfoundation.org/annual-letter/Pages/2009-polio-eradication.a
spx> 
on.aspx>

Source: Rotary International News / Courtesy: eFlash_Rotary

3.
<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/eFlash_Rotary/message/1573;_ylc=X3oDMTJxdWcxb
Dh1BF9TAzk3MzU5NzE1BGdycElkAzI3ODYwNzYEZ3Jwc3BJZAMxNzA1MDY0MDg2BG1zZ0lkAzE1N
zMEc2VjA2Rtc2cEc2xrA3Ztc2cEc3RpbWUDMTIzMzcyMzU3Ng--> 1653: Buchanan wins
Rotary Foundation Global Alumni Service to Human 

Tue Feb 3, 2009 4:16 pm (PST) 

Australian Rotarian receives humanitarian honors
[Alex Buchanan]
Buchanan is the 2008-09 recipient of The Rotary Foundation Global Alumni
Service to Humanity Award.
Rotarian Alex Buchanan is the 2008-09 recipient of The Rotary Foundation
Global Alumni Service to Humanity Award.

Buchanan, of the Rotary Club of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, is a
retired food technologist and scientist. He studied agriculture and
science as a 1959-60 Ambassadorial Scholar at Iowa State University in
Ames, Iowa, USA. His research has led to improvements in food production
to support developing nations and emergency relief activities.

Among Buchanan's accomplishments are the development of the Australian
milk biscuit, a high-protein biscuit used by the Australian government
and many Rotary clubs for emergency food aid, and the creation of
affordable, nutritionally balanced infant food for health centers in
Thailand. Buchanan also helped implement the first successful
cooperative food research projects between Australia and the Association
of Southeast Asian Nations. On 26 January, he was appointed a Member of
the Order of Australia for service to food science and technology and to
the community.

Currently, Buchanan helps to manage the Royce and Jean Abbey Endowment
Fund. He was nominated for the award by District 9800 and was the winner
for Zone 8.

The Global Alumni Service to Humanity Award was created to honor
outstanding former Foundation program participants whose extraordinary
service to humanity and professional achievements exemplify the Rotary
ideal of Service Above Self.

To learn more about the Global Alumni Service to Humanity Award and
other Rotary awards, visit the Rotary awards pages
<http://www.rotary.org/en/Members/GeneralInformation/Awards/Pages/OtherR\
<http://www.rotary.org/en/Members/GeneralInformation/Awards/Pages/OtherRIawa
rds.aspx> 
Iawards.aspx> .

Source: Rotary International News / Courtesy: eFlash_Rotary

4.
<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/eFlash_Rotary/message/1574;_ylc=X3oDMTJxaW1vY
2M4BF9TAzk3MzU5NzE1BGdycElkAzI3ODYwNzYEZ3Jwc3BJZAMxNzA1MDY0MDg2BG1zZ0lkAzE1N
zQEc2VjA2Rtc2cEc2xrA3Ztc2cEc3RpbWUDMTIzMzcyMzU3Ng--> 1654: Foundation Goals
for 2009-10 

Tue Feb 3, 2009 4:21 pm (PST) 

Foundation announces goals for 2009-10

By Arnold R. Grahl
[http://www.rotary.org/SiteCollectionImages/News/ia09_estess.jpg]
Foundation Trustee Chair-elect Glenn E. Estess Sr. outlines the
Foundation's 2009-10 goals at the Internationl Assembly. Rotary
Images/Alyce Henson

The year ahead will be a pivotal time for The Rotary Foundation, as it
embarks on a second century of Rotary service, and faces the changes
coming in the Future Vision Plan.

Foundation Trustee Chair-elect Glenn E. Estess Sr. implored Rotarians,
and specifically the incoming district governors gathered for the
International Assembly, to rise and meet the challenge, to keep Rotary's
promises for generations to come.

"In Rotary, we can do good in so many ways because there are over 1.2
million of us," Estess said during a plenary session on Wednesday. "We
can do good in so many places because we are in over 200 countries and
geographical areas. And we can do so much good that changes the world
because we have the strength of our Rotary Foundation behind us."

The 2009-10 Foundation goals are:

1. Keep the promise to eradicate polio
<http://www.rotary.org/en/ServiceAndFellowship/Polio/Pages/ridefault.asp\
<http://www.rotary.org/en/ServiceAndFellowship/Polio/Pages/ridefault.aspx> 
x> .

2. Work through the Foundation to achieve a better world, through the
six areas of focus in the Future Vision Plan
<http://www.rotary.org/en/AboutUs/TheRotaryFoundation/FutureVision/Pages\
<http://www.rotary.org/en/AboutUs/TheRotaryFoundation/FutureVision/Pages/rid
efault.aspx> 
/ridefault.aspx> .

3. Implement the Future Vision Plan, which will help revitalize and
strengthen the Foundation so it can adequately support another century
of Rotary service.

4. Support Every Rotarian, Every Year and the Permanent Fund
<http://www.rotary.org/en/Contribute/Funds/Pages/ridefault.aspx> .

In rolling out the Foundation's goals for 2009-10, Estess said the
No. 1 priority remains the promise to eradicate polio.

"The race to finish polio has been a long race, more of a marathon than
a sprint," he said. "But in any race, when you get to the end, when you
see that finish line up ahead -- still a little ways up the road, but
well in sight -- it is always natural to want to run a little faster and
a little harder."

Estess noted that the six areas of focus in the Future Vision Plan echo
the priorities set by RI President-elect John Kenny in his RI theme
<http://www.rotary.org/en/MediaAndNews/News/Pages/090119_news_2009-10RIt\
<http://www.rotary.org/en/MediaAndNews/News/Pages/090119_news_2009-10RItheme
kenny.aspx> 
hemekenny.aspx> and emphases
<http://www.rotary.org/en/MediaAndNews/News/Pages/090120_news_emphaseske\
<http://www.rotary.org/en/MediaAndNews/News/Pages/090120_news_emphaseskenny.
aspx> 
nny.aspx> .

"They are areas in which Rotary service has been the most effective and
had the greatest impact in past years and decades," Estess said, "and
where we should be focusing our efforts in the years and decades to
come."

"We try to do the most good we can, wherever we are, with what we have,"
he said. "And that is why our Rotary Foundation has a simple motto:
Doing Good in the World."

Source: Rotary International News / Courtesy: eFlash_Rotary

5.
<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/eFlash_Rotary/message/1575;_ylc=X3oDMTJxMzU3N
m9qBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE1BGdycElkAzI3ODYwNzYEZ3Jwc3BJZAMxNzA1MDY0MDg2BG1zZ0lkAzE1N
zUEc2VjA2Rtc2cEc2xrA3Ztc2cEc3RpbWUDMTIzMzcyMzU3Ng--> 1655: President Elect
Kenny's Theme Speech @ International Assembly 

Tue Feb 3, 2009 4:44 pm (PST) 

The Future of Rotary Is in Your Hands

John Kenny
RI President-elect

As I look around this room, I see before me the future: the future of 
Rotary, and the future of 33,000 communities in nearly every corner 
of the earth. I see the future, and I see the hope for a better world.

Ninety-six years ago, Paul Harris told those at the 1913 Rotary 
Convention in Buffalo, New York: "It is a far greater undertaking to 
be a good Rotarian today than it was yesterday; it will be a far
greater undertaking tomorrow than it was today." You are the 
Rotarians and the Rotary leaders of tomorrow. Paul Harris's challenge 
to the Rotarians of 1913 is now your own.

Every year, the baton of Rotary leadership passes to a new class of 
Rotary leaders. Paul Harris passed it to his successors, and they 
have passed it down to us. We have the responsibility to them, and to 
all Rotarians, to do justice to our offices and the confidence that 
has been placed in us.

And that is why we are gathered here today in San Diego. You have all 
seen the banner that proudly proclaims our purpose this week: "Enter 
to Learn, Go Forth to Serve."

We are here from all parts of the world to share knowledge and 
experience. We are here to be part of the tradition of Rotary 
leadership that has spanned so many generations - to bring new
ideas and fresh enthusiasm, to build on the accomplishments of our 
predecessors, and to leave better districts and stronger clubs to 
those who will come after us. We are here because we believe
the words of the poet Longfellow, who wrote: "We often judge 
ourselves by what we feel capable of doing. Others judge us by what 
we have done."

When Rotary was founded, 104 years ago, it was founded on a clear 
idea: that people of good character, intelligence, and morals, joined 
together, could achieve a great deal more than they could alone. 
Rotary has never been a universal concept; we are selective in whom 
we admit, and that is as it should be. Rotarians are and must be 
people of a certain caliber, people with the capacity to do great 
deeds, the sense to do them wisely, and the strength of character to 
do them honestly and well.

I have always thought it important to bear in mind that Rotary is a 
voluntary organization, composed of people who are all themselves 
leaders. And so when addressing such an audience I have never thought 
it fitting to exhort or demand. Every Rotary club is and must be 
autonomous; the senior leadership of Rotary International exists not 
to control but to motivate and guide. We are here to serve the 
Rotarians and the Rotary clubs of the world. As they have placed 
their confidence in us, so must we place our confidence in them.

As district governors, you are embarking on one of the most exciting 
and rewarding years of your life. What do your districts expect of 
you? First and foremost, they expect, and deserve,your leadership. 
You are the leaders of Rotary in your communities, and as such, you 
have a great responsibility.

You have a responsibility to the club presidents in your districts, 
because the club is the most important part of Rotary. Everything we 
do, everything we achieve, begins in our clubs. Show me a good club 
president, and I will show you a good club. Your responsibility to 
your districts begins with them.

You also have a responsibility to remember that just as you have 
volunteered to take on the office of district governor, so has every 
Rotarian in every club in your district volunteered to be a Rotarian. 
And when working with volunteers, you cannot give commands.

So from where does your authority derive? It derives from your 
personal ability to lead and inspire. It derives from your vision, 
your ability to listen, your tact, and your powers of communication.
You will have the respect of others to the degree that you earn it 
through your own conduct.

Former U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower once said: "The supreme 
quality for leadership is unquestionably integrity. Without it, no 
real success is possible." In Rotary, we know this to be true.
And we as Rotarians must raise our voices to proclaim our values, for 
they are values to live by.

Every one of you is about to become a district governor. But first 
and foremost, you are all Rotarians. Offices in Rotary come and go 
with every Rotary year, but Rotarians we remain.

As Rotarians, we are all responsible for this great organization. As 
Sir Isaac Newton said, "If I have seen further [than others], it is 
by standing on the shoulders of giants." Each one of us is standing 
on the shoulders of generations of Rotarians past, and it is our 
responsibility to determine Rotary's future.

That is why, in 2009-10, our theme will be: The Future of Rotary Is 
in Your Hands. 

Because the future of Rotary will not be shaped at RI headquarters in 
Evanston - it will be shaped in each and every Rotary club. Because 
it is for each of us - as Rotarians - to do what is necessary to keep 
Rotary strong. Because it is our daily actions, and our daily 
decisions, that determine the course of Rotary for us all. 

The Future of Rotary Is in Your Hands.

I do not intend to introduce any new programs or to set any 
unrealistic new goals in the area of membership for the coming Rotary 
year. I will simply rely on you as responsible Rotarians to see
to it that we have more fully paid members at the end of the year 
than we had at the beginning. And I will rely on you to do your best 
to see to the mentoring of our newest members, for retention is no 
less important than recruitment.

In Rotary, everything begins and ends with our clubs. Our clubs can 
and do work together; they work through their own districts, in 
cooperation with other clubs and districts, and with the support
of our Foundation. But at the end of the day, everything that we 
accomplish is done through the strength of our clubs. And so each 
club must have autonomy to serve where and how it can serve best. It 
is not for any of us to limit a club's service to only the areas 
outlined from above in a given year.

But we also strive for continuity in our service, so that we may 
continue to go from strength to strength. This is why we have 
emphases, to encourage Rotary clubs to direct their work in the
broad areas where we have seen the greatest need and the greatest 
benefit from Rotary service. Water, health and hunger, and literacy 
will be our emphases in the year ahead. In this Rotary year, I ask 
Rotarians everywhere to continue to learn from our experiences and to 
build upon our successes. I ask you all to continue to work for the 
health and well-being of not only children but their families, and of 
people everywhere.

Water is our first emphasis because it is the first necessity for 
every man, woman, and child. We could, I suppose, all live without 
oil, but we can none of us live without water. And so we must
work to bring clean water to those who lack it, as well as ensure the 
safety of existing supplies. This is an area in which I have believed 
strongly, and worked consistently, for the last 20 years. And from my 
experience I will emphasize, as none of us can do too strongly, that 
water projects must encompass projects dealing with sanitation, 
because without adequate sanitation, our good work is easily undone.

Health and hunger is the tent within which so much of our Rotary 
service dwells. We must all remember that when we work in this area, 
we are also working toward the greater goal of peace - for how can 
there be peace in the world when so many will try to sleep tonight 
without having eaten today? 

And we will strive as well to bring literacy, because, in the words 
of Nelson Mandela, "no country can succeed if its future leaders are 
not educated." 

If Rotary is to be relevant in the 21st century, it must tackle these 
real problems of water, health and hunger, and literacy. And it must 
strive for continuity in the years ahead, which is why your Board of 
Directors, after consultation with clubs and districts, has adopted 
the Rotary International Strategic Plan.

The plan is designed to strengthen and proclaim the core values of 
Rotary: service, fellowship, diversity, integrity, and leadership. 
Service, because Service Above Self is our primary motto, and our 
reason for being. Fellowship, because fellowship is why Rotary was 
founded. It is every bit as relevant today as it was in 1905; Rotary 
will only have a future if Rotarians look forward to every club 
meeting and every Rotary event. Diversity, because our diversity is 
our strength. Integrity, because if Rotary is about anything, it is 
about attaining and holding high ethical standards in business and 
private life. Rotarians' dignity and honesty should and must be 
translated into our business practices and everyday dealings. This 
must be done universally, by every single Rotarian, because just as a 
reputation takes a lifetime to build and a moment to destroy, so
can the good name of all Rotarians be sullied by just a few. And 
leadership, because as Winston Churchill said, the price of greatness 
is responsibility. And the responsibility for Rotary is yours. 
Because The Future of Rotary Is in Your Hands.

Whether Rotary will thrive or falter, whether our service will mean 
much to many or little to few, whether Rotary is known with respect 
or seen as a relic of days gone by - all this is up to you. The 
Future of Rotary Is in Your Hands.

In Scotland, we have a saying that I'm fond of quoting: "We must look 
beyond our own parish pump." It means that we must look beyond our 
own home and our own community. We must look beyond our own needs, 
and we must be aware that ours is only one community, of one
country, of the many communities and countries in this world.

In every one of those communities, there is work to be done. As 
Rotarians, we will not stand idly by. As Rotarians, we will accept 
our responsibility. We can, and we must.

My friends, I look forward to receiving your support to help me guide 
our wonderful organization on the path that has been laid out for us, 
toward a stronger Rotary and a better, healthier, and more peaceful 
world. I cannot do it alone. I will need your help. I know that you 
will not fail me, for I know that you care passionately about our 
organization. And the future of our organization is with you.

The Future of Rotary Is in Your Hands.

Courtesy: eFlash_Rotary

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