[D9640general] [eFlash_Rotary] Digest Number 867

[Garry Krischock]

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1. 1636: Emphases build on <>  Rotary's success From: Sunil K Zachariah 

2. 1637: Membership the key to a strong Rotary <>  From: Sunil K Zachariah 

3. 1638; Watch President Elect Kenny's Theme Speech <>  From: Sunil K
Zachariah 

  

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<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/eFlash_Rotary/message/1556;_ylc=X3oDMTJxZDQ5d
ThhBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE1BGdycElkAzI3ODYwNzYEZ3Jwc3BJZAMxNzA1MDY0MDg2BG1zZ0lkAzE1N
TYEc2VjA2Rtc2cEc2xrA3Ztc2cEc3RpbWUDMTIzMjU4MTEwOQ--> 1636: Emphases build on
Rotary's success 

Tue Jan 20, 2009 9:28 pm (PST) 

Emphases build on Rotary's success By Arnold R. Grahl
[http://www.rotary.org/SiteCollectionImages/News/ia09_kenny_podium.jpg]
RI President-elect John Kenny speaks about his new emphases to incoming
district governors at the International Assembly. Photos by Alyce
Henson/Rotary Images
If Rotary is to stay relevant in the 21st century, it must work to
improve access to clean water, combat hunger, and expand literacy.

RI President-elect John Kenny set that challenge in front of incoming
district governors on Monday, as he rolled out his 2009-10 presidential
emphases, noting that The Future of Rotary Is in Your Hands.

Kenny stressed that while clubs are the backbone of Rotary, emphases
help coordinate the many individual efforts, encouraging clubs to direct
their work in the areas where the organization has seen the greatest
need and where there has been the greatest benefit.

"We also strive for continuity of service, so that we many continue
to go from strength to strength," Kenny said. "In [2009-10], I
will 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
people everywhere."

Access to clean water
Kenny set water as his first emphasis because "it is the necessity
of every man, woman, and child. We could, I suppose, all live without
oil, but we can none of us live without water."

Kenny, who has worked consistently on water projects for the past two
decades, emphasized that water projects must also encompass sanitation,
"because without adequate sanitation, our good work is easily
undone."

Health and hunger
Kenny described health and hunger as the tent within which much of
Rotary's service dwells. Rotarians who work in the area of health
and hunger are also working toward peace.

"How can there be peace in the world when so many will try to sleep
tonight without having eaten today?" Kenny asked incoming governors,
assembled for the annual International Assembly in San Diego,
California, USA.

Literacy
Literacy rounds out Kenny's emphases. "In the words of Nelson
Mandela, 'no country can succeed if its future leaders are not
educated,' " he said.

"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," Kenny
said. "The Future of Rotary Is in Your Hands."

Timothy Buckley, governor-elect from District 5870 (Texas, USA), said
the emphases give the new class of district governors a good direction
to follow. "We need to strengthen Rotary in order to help
others," he said.

Source: Rotary International News / Court




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<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/eFlash_Rotary/message/1557;_ylc=X3oDMTJxbDhsd
WhsBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE1BGdycElkAzI3ODYwNzYEZ3Jwc3BJZAMxNzA1MDY0MDg2BG1zZ0lkAzE1N
TcEc2VjA2Rtc2cEc2xrA3Ztc2cEc3RpbWUDMTIzMjU4MTEwOQ--> 1637: Membership the
key to a strong Rotary 

 

Tue Jan 20, 2009 9:32 pm (PST) 

Membership the key to a strong Rotary By Arnold R. Grahl
[http://www.rotary.org/SiteCollectionImages/News/ia09_dklee_podium.jpg]
RI President Dong Kurn Lee tells incoming district governors that the
future of Rotary depends on increasing membership. Photos by Alyce
Henson/Rotary Images
The future of Rotary depends on increasing and retaining members, RI
President Dong Kurn Lee told incoming district governors on Monday at
the International Assembly in San Diego, California, USA.

Lee noted that while the world's need for service is growing, Rotary
membership is not keeping pace. In fact, while the world's population is
growing, membership is remaining stable.

Lee made his remarks as he outlined RI President-elect John Kenny's
membership goals for 2009-10. Earlier in the day, Kenny said he would
ask the new district governors to see to it that there are more members
at the end of the year than at the beginning and to mentor those new
members.

Lee built on that message, saying the president-elect challenges the
incoming district governors to work on a minimum net membership increase
of one member per club, to maintain a retention rate of 80 percent, and
to add at least one new club per district.

Lee noted that diversity is the key to membership growth.

"We must reach out to people who are different from us and from the
members in our club," Lee said, "because this is the way to a
stronger club, with more connections and better potential."

Lee also asked Rotarians to increase the percentage of qualified women
and professionals under the age of 50, to bring in at least one alumnus
or alumna of Rotary International or Rotary Foundation programs, and to
work to increase the diversity of membership in all clubs.

Lee stressed, as Kenny had earlier in the day, that retention is as
important as recruitment. "New members do not benefit Rotary unless
they stay," he said.

"I know that with your help, we can increase Rotary's membership," Lee
said. "With your help, we can Make Dreams Real today and tomorrow. The
Future of Rotary Is in Your Hands."

Governor-elect Ken Oakes from District 5510 (Arizona, USA) was looking
forward to the challenge of keeping Rotarians interested in staying
involved with their club. Oakes said member retention would be the focus
of his year as governor, adding that the key to making people want to
stay is planning activities, like parades and social events, that keep
Rotary fun.

Source: Rotary International News / Courtesy: eFlash_Rotary

 

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<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/eFlash_Rotary/message/1558;_ylc=X3oDMTJxbzJvc
DdpBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE1BGdycElkAzI3ODYwNzYEZ3Jwc3BJZAMxNzA1MDY0MDg2BG1zZ0lkAzE1N
TgEc2VjA2Rtc2cEc2xrA3Ztc2cEc3RpbWUDMTIzMjU4MTEwOQ--> 1638; Watch President
Elect Kenny's Theme Speech 

 

Tue Jan 20, 2009 9:35 pm (PST) 

Here is an eFlash_Rotary:

You can watch President Elect Kenny's Theme speech at 
http://www.rotary.org/en/MediaAndNews/News/Pages/090119_themevideo.aspx

 

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