[D9640general] [eFlash_Rotary] Digest Number 871

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1. 1646: Documentary on <>  polio eradication receives Oscar nod From: Sunil
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2. 1647: Theme, Gates grant highlight of assembly <>  From: Sunil K
Zachariah 

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polio eradication receives Oscar nod 

Tue Jan 27, 2009 4:47 pm (PST) 

Documentary on polio eradication receives Oscar nod

By Ryan Hyland 

In a week when Rotary International and the Bill & Melinda Gates 
Foundation announced millions more in funding toward polio 
eradication, a short documentary film, The Final Inch , received an 
Academy Award nomination on 22 January for its intimate look at the 
massive mission to rid the world of the crippling disease. 

Nominated in the documentary short subject category, The Final Inch , 
a 38-minute film commissioned by the philanthropic division of 
Google, chronicles the challenges health organizations and 
governments face during the final stages of polio eradication. 

Director and producer Irene Taylor Brodsky captured workers 
immunizing children in the poorest slums of India and Pakistan in 
2007. In several scenes Rotarians were filmed working during a 
National Immunization Day on 22 April. Led by M.S. Jain, past 
governor of District 3100, NID volunteers administer polio 
vaccination drops to children in Meerut Samrat, Uttar Pradesh, India. 

The Final Inch will air on HBO in early April. 

Source: Rotary International News / Courtesy: eFlash_Rotary

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grant highlight of assembly 

Tue Jan 27, 2009 4:47 pm (PST) 

Theme, Gates grant highlight of assembly

By Arnold R. Grahl

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Bill Gates (left) and RI President-elect John Kenny at the 2009
International Assembly. Rotary Images/Monika Lozinska-Lee
As incoming district governors depart from the 2009 International
Assembly in San Diego, California, USA, they leave with a big
responsibility.

The future of Rotary, and its legacy of doing good in the world, has
been placed squarely in their hands.

But the 530 district governors-elect leave armed with the resources
needed to carry out their responsibilities: renewed energy, enthusiasm,
and a heightened sense of empowerment in leading their clubs in
fulfilling the 2009-10 RI theme, The Future of Rotary Is in Your Hands.
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kenny.aspx> 
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They also go home encouraged that one of Rotary's longest-standing
campaigns has received a big boost with the infusion of US$635 million
into the global effort to eradicate polio -- a new $255 million grant
from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announced by Bill Gates
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ngrant2009ia.aspx> 
lliongrant2009ia.aspx> at the assembly, an additional $100 million that
Rotary will match over the next three years, which is part of the US$200
Million Challenge grant -- as well as a combined $280 million pledged by
the governments of Germany and the United Kingdom
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<http://www.rotary.org/en/MediaAndNews/News/Pages/090121_news_britishgermanp
olio2009ia.aspx> 
manpolio2009ia.aspx> that does not count toward the money to be raised
for the Gates Foundation matching grant.

"I leave this assembly proud to be a Rotarian," said Ajoy
Chatterjee, of District 5580 (part of Ontario, Canada; parts of
Minnesota, North Dakota, and Wisconsin, USA). "I find the theme an
exceptionally timely one. This gathering of district governors is really
a phenomenal feat. It is like the United Nations, and there is no
religious discord, political strife, or warfare."

During the week, incoming district governors were challenged by RI
President-elect John Kenny to continue working for the health and
well-being of children and their families everywhere through the
emphases of water, health and hunger, and literacy
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<http://www.rotary.org/en/MediaAndNews/News/Pages/090120_news_emphaseskenny.
aspx> 
nny.aspx> . Kenny stressed that individual clubs, empowered by autonomy
but working together through the structure of the RI Strategic Plan
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s/ridefault.aspx> 
Pages/ridefault.aspx> , are the backbone of the organization.

Many district governors during the week expressed their appreciation at
the emphasis on local clubs.

"The goals we set, whatever our action plans, it is in our hands,
everyone has to be involved," said Kazeem Mustapha, of District 9125
(Nigeria). "And this is a good thing."

RI President Dong Kurn Lee reminded participants that membership is
critical to the future of the organization
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<http://www.rotary.org/en/MediaAndNews/News/Pages/090120_news_membershipleeI
A.aspx> 
leeIA.aspx> . He encouraged districts to achieve Kenny's goals of a
minimum net membership increase of one member per club, a retention rate
of 80 percent, and the addition of at least one new club per district.

Lee also noted that diversity is important to membership growth.

An example of that diversity is incoming governor Leanne Jaggs
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n2009ia.aspx> 
ation2009ia.aspx> of District 9920, which covers part of New Zealand
and seven other South Pacific nations and territories. She is one of a
few women district governors from her region and the first under age 40.
Overall, 50 district governors-elect are women. She and her husband
brought their nine-month-old son to the assembly with her father, a past
district governor, to stress the importance of family in Rotary.

District governors-elect also learned more about the Future Vision Plan
<http://www.rotary.org/en/MediaAndNews/News/Pages/090121_news_futurevisi\
<http://www.rotary.org/en/MediaAndNews/News/Pages/090121_news_futurevision20
09ia.aspx> 
on2009ia.aspx> , whose simplified and streamlined procedures will help
The Rotary Foundation move forward into a second century of service.

Trustee Vice Chair Ron Burton explained that the Future Vision Plan
pilot
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Pages/ridefault.aspx> 
ram/Pages/ridefault.aspx> is a critical step in validating the
strategies and assumptions in the plan. "We are confident in the
plan, but we also recognize that it will have challenges and unknowns
that will be addressed and evaluated by the districts that agree to
participate in the pilot."

District governors may apply to participate in the pilot through Member
Access <https://www.rotary.org/en/selfservice/Pages/Login.aspx> .

Other sessions inspired the incoming class of district governors on
topics including vocational service, leadership, public image, and
service to youth.

Spouses
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009ia.aspx> 
ram2009ia.aspx> also had plenty of opportunity to be encouraged in
their role, especially through two speeches by individual Rotarians who
have been making a difference, Fary Moini of the Rotary Club of La Jolla
Golden Triangle, California, USA, and Deepa Willingham, a district
governor-nominee.

Geoff McClennan, a past district governor whose wife, Consuelo Lijauco,
is incoming governor of District 3820 (Philippines), said "I've
been here before. Some things have changed, but the speakers are still
very good. You pick up a sense of belonging."

Kari Kontula, of District 1410 (Aland Islands; part of Finland), summed
up the experience this way.

"It has been a very, very good experience for me," he said,
"to see what all is happening in Rotary and to be friends with
everyone."
Source: Rotary International News / Courtesy: eFlash_Rotary 

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