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  1. 1255: Highlights of Nov 06 RI Board Meeting From: Sunil K Zachariah 
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  1. 1255: Highlights of Nov 06 RI Board Meeting 
  Posted by: "Sunil K Zachariah" sunilkzach at yahoo.co.uk   sunilkzach 
  Thu Jan 11, 2007 10:24 pm (PST) 
  Highlights of Actions Taken by the Board of Directors of Rotary 
  International

  November 2006 Board Meeting

  The second meeting of the 2006-07 RI Board of Directors was held on 
  30 October through 3 November in Evanston, Illinois, USA. At this 
  meeting the Board reviewed reports from 16 committees and recorded 
  105 decisions.

  CLUB AND DISTRICT MATTERS
  The Rotary International membership coordinator program began in 2001-
  02 to provide a network of volunteers at the regional level to keep 
  districts and clubs focused on the importance of membership issues. 
  The Board agreed to continue the program and evaluate its 
  achievements again in 2008.

  The Board suggested that clubs establish a new club trainer position 
  to help develop the personal leadership skills of club members. Club 
  presidents, governors, assistant governors, and the district training 
  committee should support such club-level training efforts. Guidelines 
  for the club-level leadership development program will be published 
  in the near future. 

  RI ADMINISTRATION
  The Board noted its September ballot-by-mail decision to elect past 
  Governor Barry J. Rassin as Zone 34 director to replace Director 
  Milton O. Jones, who resigned in August for health reasons. The Board 
  thanked President-elect Wilkinson for his selection of four 
  distinguished Rotarians as Rotary Foundation Trustees to begin 
  serving 1 July 2007. They are: past RI President Carl-Wilhelm 
  Stenhammar, past RI Director David D. Morgan, Past-RI Vice-President 
  Louis Piconi, and past RI Director José Antonio Salazar.

  In conjunction with a decision by The Rotary Foundation Trustees from 
  their October meeting, the Board agreed to post the minutes of its 
  meetings on the Rotary Web site within 90 days of the meeting.

  RI PROGRAMS, COMMUNICATIONS, AND AWARDS
  To help strengthen Rotary club and district health and hunger service 
  opportunities, the Board agreed to pursue a cooperative relationship 
  with World Food Programme (WFP), the food aid branch of the United 
  Nations, and requested the general secretary to develop a Memorandum 
  of Understanding to define the cooperative relationship between the 
  two organizations, for review by the Board at its February meeting. 
  The Board also agreed to a cooperative Memorandum of Understanding 
  with USAID.

  The Board adopted additional criteria for the recognition and 
  functioning of Rotarian Action Groups (RAGs), requiring all RAGs to 
  adopt standard bylaws. RI resource groups are asked to facilitate the 
  activities of RAGs within their geographical area.

  The Board selected 145 recipients for the 2006-07 Service Above Self 
  award, which recognizes exemplary humanitarian service provided on a 
  continuing bases by Rotarians who might otherwise go unrecognized. 
  The names of the recipients will be announced at the end of the 
  Rotary year.

  A special certificate will soon be available to host districts to 
  present to Youth Exchange students upon completion of their exchange.

  The Board recognized the International Fellowship of Old and Rare 
  Antique Books and Prints.

  INTERNATIONAL MEETINGS
  The Board discussed sites for the 2013 international convention, and 
  tentatively selected Lisbon, Portugal, subject to various logistical 
  concerns.

  Source: Rotary International
  Courtesy:eFlash_Rotary

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