[D9640general] [eFlash_Rotary] Digest Number 621

[Garry & Anne Krischock]

Messages In This Digest (4 Messages) 
  1. 1247: German Youth Exchange student enjoys Olympic adventure From: Sunil K Zachariah 
  2. 1248: RI president declares directors-nominee for 2008-10 From: Sunil K Zachariah 
  3. 1249: Lady Director for R I From: Sunil K Zachariah 
  4. 1250: President's January Message From: Sunil K Zachariah 
Messages 
  1. 1247: German Youth Exchange student enjoys Olympic adventure 
Posted by: "Sunil K Zachariah" sunilkzach at yahoo.co.uk   sunilkzach 
Mon Jan 1, 2007 8:15 pm (PST) 
German Youth Exchange student enjoys Olympic adventure

By Maureen Vaught
Rotary World 
Rotary Youth Exchange student Lennard Hartwig was familiar with the 
sport of luge. After all, he's from Germany, one of the alpine 
countries where the ice sport originated. What he didn't know before 
his exchange was that his host family was home to an Olympic luge 
contender. 

But within days of arriving in Remen, New York, USA, he not only 
learned this fact, but also that he'd be attending the luge 
competitions at the 2006 Olympic Winter Games.

On 8 February, Hartwig boarded a plane to Torino, Italy, to cheer on 
his host family's daughter, Erin Hamlin, as she competed against some 
of the world's greatest luge athletes. Hartwig obtained approval for 
the trip from his parents, the local Rotary club, and several Rotary 
officials.

Erin, 19, the youngest luger on the U.S. team, participated in the 
women's singles competition, and after four rounds, placed 12 out of 
a field of 30. Although this was her Olympic debut, Erin had been 
training for this day since she was 13. In fact, the Hamlins were 
able to host an exchange student because Erin's bedroom is empty 46 
weeks out of the year while she trains in Lake Placid, New York.

While in Italy, Hartwig unexpectedly met another Rotary Youth 
Exchange student. During a trackside conversation with the fan club 
of German luge competitor Sylke Otto, Hartwig's host mother, Eileen, 
learned that one of the fans was hosting a Youth Exchange student 
from Malaysia.

"What a great example of how Rotary's Youth Exchange connects 
people," Hartwig says.

Courtesy: eFlash_Rotary


2. 1248: RI president declares directors-nominee for 2008-10 
Posted by: "Sunil K Zachariah" sunilkzach at yahoo.co.uk   sunilkzach 
Mon Jan 1, 2007 8:30 pm (PST) 
RI president declares directors-nominee for 2008-10

New members of the RI Board of Directors will be elected from clubs 
in Rotary zones 4, 7(A), 11, 15, 21, 25, 32, and 33 at the 2007 RI 
Convention in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.

As of 1 December, General Secretary Ed Futa had received no proposals 
of challenging candidates in six of the eight zones listed. In 
accordance with RI Bylaws, RI President Bill Boyd has declared the 
following candidates as the official directors-nominee from their 
respective zones: John Melvyn Lawrence, of Brisbane Planetarium, 
Queensland, Australia, Zone 7(A); Catherine Noyer-Riveau, of Paris, 
France, Zone 11; Lars-Olof Fredriksson, of Äänekoski, Finland, Zone 
15; Philip J. Silvers, of Tucson Sunrise, Arizona, USA, Zone 25; 
Michael Colasurdo Sr., of Brick Township, New Jersey, USA, Zone 32; 
and Eric E. Adamson, of Front Royal, Virginia, USA, Zone 33.

When elected, these Rotarians will serve two-year terms, covering 
Rotary years 2008-09 and 2009-10.

In Zone 21, two Rotary clubs have proposed a challenging candidate to 
the candidate selected by the nominating committee. Because these 
challenges have been endorsed by a majority of the clubs in the 
districts that proposed them, a ballot-by-mail will be necessary to 
determine this zone's director-nominee. The results of these postal 
ballots will not be known until early March. 

Rotary clubs in Zone 4 are repeating the director selection process, 
as authorized by the RI Board in November. The candidate will come 
from section B instead of section A. The name of the zone's new 
director-nominee will be known in mid-January. If clubs challenge 
this selection, a ballot will be circulated to all clubs in the zone, 
which they must return to the general secretary by 1 May.

Source: Rotary International
Courtesy: eFlash_Rotary


3. 1249: Lady Director for R I 
Posted by: "Sunil K Zachariah" sunilkzach at yahoo.co.uk   sunilkzach 
Mon Jan 1, 2007 8:44 pm (PST) 
Here is an eFlash

Catherinne Noyer-Riveau will be the first woman to serve as Director of 
Rotary International.

District 1660 Past Governor Catherine Noyer-Riveau of Zone 11 will be a 
member of the Board of Rotary International in 2008-2010. 

A gynaecologist, she is a member of the Rotary Club of Paris, France.
She served as a DG in 1999-2000 and was a training leader at the 
International Assembly in Anaheim, California, U.S.A.

She was the first lady to serve as DG in France. 

PDG Catherine Noyer-Riveau has been declared a director nominee 
officially. 

Courtesy: eFlash_Rotary


4. 1250: President's January Message 
  Posted by: "Sunil K Zachariah" sunilkzach at yahoo.co.uk   sunilkzach 
  Mon Jan 1, 2007 9:00 pm (PST) 
  President's January Message

  Dear fellow Rotarians,

  When we are asked, what is Rotary? it can sometimes be difficult to 
  give a quick and easy answer. Rotary is about so many things: 
  friendship and fellowship, international understanding and 
  cooperation, vocational ethics and community leadership. All these 
  values brought us to Rotary, and all are reasons why we stay.

  But first and foremost, Rotary is about service and putting Service 
  Above Self. Rotary was founded for fellowship, but it quickly grew 
  into an organization where people who wanted to serve others came 
  together to do it - better, more effectively, and more enjoyably than 
  they could have alone. We're members of our clubs so we can work 
  through them to help others. That is why we're Rotarians. That is why 
  we're here.

  The four Avenues of Service are, and always will be, central to 
  Rotary's work. They help us find balance in our choice of projects 
  and aid us in achieving the Object of Rotary. Through Club Service, 
  Vocational Service, Community Service, and International Service, we 
  strive to uphold this ideal. Every project we carry out - every 
  playground we refurbish, every well we help dig, every adult we teach 
  to read, every child we immunize against polio - makes the world we 
  all live in a bit better, a bit healthier, a bit happier. And it 
  demonstrates to others that in the long term, we do not succeed 
  professionally despite our commitment to doing what is right - we 
  succeed because of it.

  Everything we do in Rotary supports the Object of Rotary. When we 
  work to strengthen The Rotary Foundation, we're building greater 
  resources to support our service. When we work to increase 
  membership, we're doing it so we'll have more hands to carry out our 
  projects. Although some things in Rotary, like the Object of Rotary 
  and the four Avenues of Service, do not change, our organization has 
  evolved over the decades to find better and more efficient ways of 
  meeting our goals. The Club Leadership Plan is one such tool. In it, 
  we have an effective road map for organizing our clubs and allowing 
  each one to work to its full potential, in every one of the four 
  Avenues of Service.

  By simplifying our club leadership structure, we free more of our 
  time, energy, and resources for the real business of Rotary, which 
  is, and always will be, service. By upholding our commitment to our 
  four Avenues of Service, we honor the generations of Rotarians who 
  followed them in the past - and Lead the Way for generations to come.

  Courtesy: eFlash_Rotary
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