[D9640general] [eFlash_Rotary] Digest Number 665
Garry and Anne Krischock
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Sat May 26 17:49:30 EST 2007
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1298: Special Report - Bill Cadwallader's Pespective of COL From: Sunil
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1299: PDG Jagmohan Katakia reports in detail on the COL From: Sunil K
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Special Report - Bill Cadwallader's Pespective of COL
Posted by: "Sunil K Zachariah" <mailto:sunilkzach at yahoo.co.uk?Subject=
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Wed May 9, 2007 10:16 pm (PST)
The Future of Rotary Through the Eyes of the 2007 COL:
525 delegates representing 170 nations of the world
333 pieces of legislation
I. Overwhelming majority of delegates voted to continue Polio
eradication as the corporate project of Rotary. Those against the
statement felt that such a long focus on one subject deflected our
attention from other pressing matters.
A. The Council referred 12 other resolutions to the Board of
Directors which recommended water, literacy, hunger, malaria and poverty
to be
the future corporate project.
B. Rotarians should consider if Rotary should take up a specific
future corporate project, like polio eradication. Any future project
should,
like polio eradication, have a fixed point of being finished, like
polio eradication.
II. Concern about the honesty of the election for the position of
RI President:
A. Nine enactments written to reduce likelihood of
improprieties in the selection process. Those that passed are:
1. Have each Zone of RI represented on the nominating
committee.
2. Have each candidate interviewed by the
committee, with the details for this interview process to be determined
by the RI
Board.
3. Have all names of candidates for the RI President
made public prior to the meeting of the Nominating Committee.
4. Have names of all members of the Nominating
Committee made public within 30 days of their determination.
B. Imagine the challenges the new rules make for the RI
Board:
1. If there are 12-15 candidates per year for RI
President and each committee member is to have intimate knowledge
of their qualifications, the logistics of dealing with a committee of
34,
perhaps 15% of which need interpreters will be extremely complex and
very expensive.
2. If all candidates are to be interviewed, should
each of the 10-20 candidates be brought to Evanston and be housed
in isolation until they re called by the committee, or does the
committee use teleconferencing from all parts of the world for each
candidate? Is it possible to be completely fair to all candidates, no
matter
the interview process?
3. Some candidates have allowed their names to be
considered many times by the Nominating Committee. Will it be
embarrassing for them to have their names public, even though they
are urged by others to have their names considered?
4. Should the names of the Nominating Committee
be kept secret until they announce the candidate to reduce the
likelihood of being lobbied.
III. Democratic, equal representation, on the Board of Directors by
all Rotarians in the world
A. The Board proposed an increase of one RI Director to be
placed in that part of the world where there is an increase of growth in
membership; with
consideration for the cultural diversity of the geographical region,
activity in giving and using of Rotary Foundation Grants and
Scholarships.
1. Criticism of the proposal was based on: decreased
effectiveness of a Board of greater than 17 members, wisdom of having
an even number of RI Directors giving tie votes and paralysis, and of
a fair distribution of a "floating director", would it become a
political football?
2. When the present system was put into place of 34 Zones in the
world, it was agreed that every eight years these zones would be re-
organized based on numbers of Rotarians per zone. Since the original
enactment, some zones in the far east and Eastern Europe have grown
dramatically and zones in the Western hemisphere and parts of Europe
have lost significant membership. No one wants to lose directors, so
their answer is the floating director, which, at best, will give
irregular representation to the fastest growing areas of Rotary
IV. Some areas of the Rotary world are concerned about honesty of
Rotarians and asked the Council for rules to deal with dishonesty.
No resolution or enactment was passed to provide the desired help.
V. Some areas in Rotary were concerned about the declining
exclusivity of Rotarians while others felt that the Rotarian profile
must be changed to provide greater access to Rotary for a more
diverse membership, especially in areas of declining members as
private entrepreneurs.
VI. The Enactment to establish a Standing Committee for Population
Concerns, supported by D7170 and many other districts, failed.
A. The RI Board of Directors made the point that if there was a
Standing
Committee for Population Concerns, there would be a flood for
other Standing Committees for Hunger, Literacy, Malaria, HIV/AIDS and
Poverty. They also feel that the Rotarian Action Groups now available to
these
specific interest groups allows them continuity in their programs of
action so a
standing committee is not necessary.
B. Delegates from Latin America argued that Rotary needs programs to
assist in the reduction adolescent, out of wedlock, pregnancies. African
delegates argued that mothers need to have education for, and access to,
methods
to allow them to space their pregnancies if they have HIV/AIDS, sickle
cell
anemia, malaria and anemia from parasitism which increases the
likelihood of
death during pregnancy and increased mortality of the newborn. Indians
argued that parents must be provided education and access to
child-spacing
techniques to allow them to have only that number of children they can
feed, clothe
and educate.
C. American delegates argued against providing such
assistance through Rotary because it is controversial, against the
religions of some
Rotarians and some nations in the world are not producing enough
children to
reproduce themselves, therefore child-spacing education and access
should not be provided to the poorest of the poor.
D. It was of interest that the citizens of the richest
nation in the world, whose citizens had taken full advantage of
child-spacing
techniques to manage the size of their families, would be the most
outspoken in
denying this tool to the women in the poorest nations on earth to lift
themselves
out of poverty.
The argument has nothing to do with religion; COL delegates
represented nearly every religion in the word and all delegates utilized
child spacing techniques to provide wealth and education for their own
families. Likewise, child-spacing is truly not political; Rotary
delegates
represented nearly every political system in the world from their 170
represented
nations and not one of them would expect their wife, daughter or
grand-daughter to
become pregnant if they were not healthy enough to complete the
pregnancy.
This simply was a fascinating difference in the moral
sensibilities and recognized needs between the haves and the have nots
within
Rotary.
eFlash_Rotary thanks PRID Dr. William BP Cadwallader who kindly
responded to our invitiation to share his perspective
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Jagmohan Katakia reports in detail on the COL
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Wed May 9, 2007 10:18 pm (PST)
I would like to share with you the final results of the above
Council - though you will hear in details from your district
representative on his return.
Recently, concluded Council addressed some 337 items of Legislation
that were brought forward by delegates coming from throughout
Rotary's 530 districts worldwide.
It was very busy and rewarding week and a productive Council on
Legislation and 95 legislations that were adopted out of 337 items
will have a great impact on the future of Rotary.
Hindi has been accepted as one of the official languages of Rotary
(along with Russian)& hopefully maximum Matching Grant will be
reduced from $5000 to $2500 and MG can now be utilized for
construction of building also, but at the same time there will be
increase in per capita dues by US$ 1 per year over a period of (2)
years from 08-09 to 10-11. This will be the second increase in dues
since 1995- first time in 2004(04-370) and now in 2007 (07-283)
Per capita dues will be US$ 47 per year in 07-08
US$ 48 per year in 08-
09
US$ 49 per year in 09-
10
US$ 50 per year in 10-
11
* Council was presided over by the Chairman Rtn.John F Germ (USA),
Rtn.John Boag of Australia as the Vice Chairman
* 530 Voting delegates from more than 65 countries debated and
voted on more than 300 legislations (actual 337).
* 3 proposed enactments failed to be reconsidered by the Council,
They were..
- To increase the number of members on the nominating
committee for RI president (07-231)
- To increase the number of directors from 17 to 18 and
revise the criteria for setting zone boundaries (07-173)
- To amend the definition of defective legislation to
include resolutions that require or request an administrative act (07-
311)
* Statistics
(a) Total proposal
received
: 465
(b) Compromised, deficient Legislations and withdrawn before COL :
128
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(c)
Considered
: 337
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(d) Withdrawn on the
floor
: 73
(e)
Rejected/Failed
: 155
(f)
Postponed
: 1
(g) Referred to the
Board
: 13
(h)
Adopted
: 95 (28 %)
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Total : 337
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* Barring opposition from 10% of the clubs, Council actions will
take effect July 1st 2007
* Some of the adopted Legislations
The clubs can bring in community leaders who have demonstrated
personal involvement in community affairs and a commitment to service
and the object of Rotary (N-07-329)
Retractors-active within last 2 years-free to join Rotary clubs with
exemption from paying admission fee (07-42)
To encourage clubs to welcome TRF alumni as guests at club meetings
(07-39)
To authorize Board to suspend/terminate a club that fails to
investigate an allegation that a member violated youth protection
laws (07-37)
Amending the Standard Rotary Club Constitution to include the Four
Avenues of Service (07-29)
Requiring members to attend 50% of regular meetings in each half of
the Rotary year (07-14) (in place of persons 60%)
Clarifying the terms of President - Nominee and President-Elect (07-
44)
To continue support to the Polio eradication programme until it is
finished and not to select any other corporate programmes till then.
(07-68) All the suggestions of other corporate programmes were
referred to the RI Board.
To elect TRF Alumni into active membership even if the
classification of the Alumni is filled(07-330)
To allow TRF Alumini to be active member (07-57)
When a club member is terminated, a club my still elect a new member
within the terminated member's classification during any appeal
period (07-331)
To increase per capita dues beginning 2007-08 @ US$ 1 per year
through 2010-11 i.e. US$ 47 in 2007-08, US$ 48 in 2008-09, US$49
in 20009-10 & US$50 in 2010-11 per year (07-283)
Endorsed the mission, motto & priorities of Future Vision Plan for TRF
(07-116)
To consider to reduce the minimum amount for Matching Grants from
US$ 5,000 to US$ 2,500 (07-120)
To authorize construction of buildings using Matching Grants (07-121)
Maximum of five legislative items per district for COL(07-308)
Revise the procedure for COL Representative and timetable for
submission of proposed legislation - this will take effect for the
next 2010 COL (07-304)
Amending the process of appealing to RI Board actions (07-342)
Revising of appointment process for RI committees (07-164)
Revising district financial reporting requirement (07-158)
RI Board should communicate Board decision with DGs and thro' Rotary
web site (07-357)
Enactments to change in RI constitution and Resolutions referred to
Board to take place within one year of the conclusion of COL (07-357)
23. Amending the rules to select RI President Nominee (07-228)-
with changes in deadlines for election of Nominee Committee Meeting
for RI President to meet not later then 15th Aug.
- candidates to be interviewed by the Nominee Committee
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* Revised Schedule will be as under (applicable for Nominee
Committee serving in 2008-09)
a. Deadline for eligible Rotarians to notifying
about their willingness to be nominated for
RIP... 30th June (in place of 31st Aug.)
b. Nominating Committee would meet not later than . 15th Aug(in
place of 1st Oct.)
c. Challenging candidate by
clubs ..... 1st Oct. ( in place of 1st
Dec.)
d. Deadline for endorsement of challenging
candidate
... 15th Nov.(in place of 15th Jan)
24. RI Board to realign districts currently located in 2 zones so
that each district is located in one zone only (07-175)
RI Board to recognize Zone 5 into 3 sections instead of present 2
(which includes Nepal) (07-177)
RI Board to include Hindi & Russian as official language (07-213 & 07-
219)
RI Board to find more efficient and less expensive ways to
communicate with Rotary clubs (07-180)
* Some of the Rejected Legislations:-
01. Resolution to discontinue E-clubs - Failed (07-36)
02. Resolution to terminate a club with less than 10 members -
Failed (07-35)
03. Enactment to increase RI Board Directors from 17 to 18 and
revise the criteria for setting zone boundaries- Failed to be
reconsidered (07-173)
04. Enactment to increase the number of members on the Nominating
Committee for RIP - Failed to be reconsidered (07-231)
05. Enactment to amend the definition of defective legislation -
Failed to be reconsidered (07-311)
06. Revision of the criteria for settling zone boundaries areas -
Failed (07-174)
07. Amended the provision for election complaints and proposing
challenging candidates for the office of RI Director - Failed (07-
269)
* Here-under is the complete list of ( 95 ) adopted Legislations
LEGISLATION NO.
DESCRIPTION
07-11
To provide for a club board to cancel a club meeting for commonly
recognized holidays
07-14
To required members to attend 50% of regular meetings in each half
of the Rotary year
07-16
To require members to attend 50% of regular meetings in each half of
the Rotary year
07-17
To amend the provisions for calculating attendance records`
07-29
To include the Four Avenues of Service in the Standard Rotary Club
Constitution
07-30
To consult with the Governor when amending the name and locality of
the club
07-37
To authorize the RI Board to suspend or terminate a club that fails
to investigate an allegation that a member violated youth protection
laws
07-39
To request the RI Board to consider encouraging clubs to welcome
Rotary Foundation alumni as guests at club meetings
07-41
To amend the provisions for visiting Rotarians
07-42
To exempt recent Rotaractors from paying an admission fee
07-44
To clarify the terms of the President-nominee and President-elect
07-46
To provide that the president shall continue to serve until a
successor who has attended the presidents-elect training seminar and
district assembly has been elected
07-329
To request the RI Board to consider emphasizing the qualifications
for
membership
Cont.4
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07-330
To allow clubs to elect into active membership Rotary Foundation
alumni even if the classification of the alumnus is filled
07-57
To allow Rotary Foundation alumni to be active members
07-331
To amend the classification provision for termination of membership
07-65
To amend the provisions for terminating a member
07-334
To amend the provisions for termination of membership
07-335
To allow clubs to temporarily suspend membership during termination
proceedings
Jul-68
To endorse and affirm that the eradication of polio is a goal of the
highest order of Rotary International
Jul-70
To request the RI Board to consider focusing on safe drinking water
and endorsing the Blue Planet Run Foundation's Blue Planet Run and
Water Project Activities
07-107
To request the RI Board to consider proposing legislation to the
next Council on Legislation to mention the Rotary Emblem and Service
Above Self in the RI Constitution
07-109
To request the RI Board to consider amending the RI secondary motto
07-113
To request the RI Board to consider organizing a world contest to
compose a new Rotary anthem
07-116
To endorse the mission, motto and priorities of the Future Vision
Plan for The Rotary Foundation
07-118
To request the Trustees to consider allowing districts to access
upto 30% of their District Designated Funds to be used for District
Simplified Grants
07-290
To revise the level of the general surplus fund
07-283
To increase per capita dues
07-120
To request the Trustees to consider reducig the minimum amount for
Matching Grants to US$2,500
07-121
To request the Trustees to consider authorizing the construction of
buildings using Matching Grants
07-124
To request the Trustees to consider reviewing the expenses and
procedures related to audits and review of individual grants and
project
07-166
To add the most recent past member of the Contribution and Bylaws
Committee as a fourth member of the Committee during the year of the
Council
07-301
To revise the procedure for selecting council representatives
07-304
To revise the timetable for submitting proposed legislation for the
council on Legislation
07-308
To encourage a maximum of five legislative items per district
07-311
To amend the definition of defective legislation to include
resolutions that require or request an administrative act
07-317
To provide that the Council on Legislation Rules of procedure will
remain in effect until changed by a subsequent Council.
07-158
To revise district financial reporting requirements
07-160
To allow approval of the per capita levy for a District Fund at a
presidents-elect training seminar
07-340
To require publication of RI Board actions
07-342
To amend the process of appealing RI Board actions
07-164
To revise the appointment process for RI committees
07-165
To provide that the RI treasurer and another member of the RI Board
serve as members of the RI Finance Committee
07-167
To create an Audit Committee and amend the terms of reference for
the Audit and Operations Review Committee
07-343
To provide a provision for settlement of disputes between Rotarians
07-344
To provide that the strategic plan include the demographics of
potential
Rotarians
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07-185
To provide that club and district web sites shall include a link to
the Rotary Worldwide Web
07-223
To allow the RI Board to adopt changes to a convention program
07-225
To change the name of Zone Institutes to Rotary Institutes and to
include reference to them in the RI Bylaws
07-228
To amend the rules for selecting the RI President-nominee
07-230
TO amend the rules for selecting the RI President-nominee
07-231
To increase the number of members on the nominating committee for RI
President (rejected to be reconsidered)
07-350
To provide that all candidates for RI president-nominee be given an
opportunity to be interviewed
07-235
To revise the qualifications for membership on the nominating
committee for director
07-239
To revise the qualifications for governor-nominee
07-240
To change the date by which the district must select the governor-
nominee
07-241
To amend the provisions regarding the selection of a governor-
nominee`
07-250
To amend the provisions regarding special elections for governor
07-251
To amend the ballot-by-mail specifications
07-252
To amend the ballot-by-mail specifications
07-256
To amend the duties of the Governor to require regular inquiries of
Rotarian organizations
07-260
To amend the provisions for nominations for officers
07-261
To require that the RI vice-president be selected from directors
serving their second year in office
07-287
To provide that prorated per capita dues be paid at a rate of one-
twelfth of RI per capita dues per month
07-291
To authorize the RI Board to suspend a club that fails to pay its
financial obligation to RI or the district fund
07-292
To increase the RIBI contribution to the unrestricted net assets of
RI
07-293
To clarify the presentation of the five-year forecast at Zone
institutes
07-310
To eliminate the distinction between defective and deficient
legislation and clarify other provision s relating to proposed
legislation
07-357
To require the RI Board to announce the results of deliberations for
adopted resolutions
07-318
To clarify voting procedures at district conference
07-130
To request the Trustees to consider establishing a Group Study
Exchange Partner Request section under "Group Study Exchange" on the
RI Web site
07-132
To request the Trustees to consider reducing the amount of time that
scholarship applications are processed
07-134
To request the Trustees to consider increasing the amount of project
information posted on the Rotary web site
07-137
To request the Trustees to consider itemizing fund development
expenses in annual reports
07-143
To request the RI Board to consider changing the Spanish translation
of the first part of the Object of Rotary
07-169
To request the RI Board to consider creating a committee to study
the issue of reducing poverty
07-175
To request the RI Board to consider realigning zones so that each
district belongs to only one zone
07-177
To request the RI Board to consider reorganizing Zone 5 into three
sections
07-180
To request the RI Board to consider finding more efficient and less
expensive ways to communicate with Rotary clubs
07-183
To request the RI Board to consider granting Rotarians limited
access to membership information via the RI web site
Cont.6
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07-184
To request the RI Board to consider improving document descriptions
on the RI web site
07-186
To request the RI Board to consider providing a prominent link to e-
clubs on the Rotary web site
07-187
To request the RI Board to consider providing Internet software and
platforms to be used by clubs
07-203
To request the RI Board to consider clarifying ambiguous vocabulary
in the RI constitution, the RI Bylaws and the Rotary Code of Policies
07-204
To request the RI Board to consider establishing a decimal system
for publications
07-205
To request the RI Board to consider Identifying RI programs and
activities in each language recognized by RI
07-348
To request the RI Board to consider amending the RI travel policy
07-210
To request the RI Board to consider requiring that the personal
representatives of the president be fluent in the language of the
place to which they are assigned
07-213
To request the RI Board to consider including Hindi as an official
language of RI
07-219
To request the RI Board to consider including Russian as an official
supported language of RI
07-222
To request the RI Board to consider recommending that the annual
convention end no later than 14/16 June
07-224
To request the RI Board to consider lowering the convention
registration fee for Rotarians within the sponsoring district
07-268
To request the RI Board to consider revising its election complaint
procedures
07-295
To request the RI Board to consider appointing a cost reduction team
07-316
Legislation amending the provisions for voting at the Council
Since the above Council actions will take effect from Ist July 2007
(subject to no opposition from minimum 10% of the clubs of the
world), you may write to RI General Secretary immediately through
your club if you want to register your opposition to any of the above
legislations, which were adopted.
(JAGMOHAN KATAKIA)
I give hereunder the fate of proposed legislations from the districts
of our Zone as well as from RI Board:-
(A) List of proposed legislations from the dist. of our Zone, which
were adopted
D:3040 R07-213 To request the RI Board to consider including Hindi
as an official language of RI.
D:3230 E07-241 To amend the provisions regarding the
selection of governor nominee.
D:3040 E07-177 To request the RI Board to consider reorganizing Zone-
5 into three
D:3310 R07-348 To request the RI Board to consider amending the RI
travel policy.
E07-291 To authorize the RI Board to
suspend a club that fails to pay its financial obligation
to RI or the district
fund.
E07-292 To increase the RIBI
contribution to the unrestricted net assets of RI.
E07-301 To revise the procedure for
selecting council representatives.
E07-304 To revise the time
table for submitting proposed legislation for the Council on
Legislation.
E07-308 To encourage a maximum of
five legislative items per district.
E07-310 To eliminate the distinction
between defective & deficient legislation & clarify other
provisions relating to
proposed legislation.
E07-311 To amend the definition of
defective legislation to include resolutions that require or
request an
administrative act.
My heartiest congratulations to Dist : 3310 for the success of the
maximum number of legislations proposed by their clubs!
(B) All the legislations proposed by RI Board, mentioned in my
letter of 28th Feb were adopted except following legislations, which
were rejected
R07-68 To endorse & affirm that the eradication of polio is a
goal of the highest order of
Rotary International - Failed
E07-173 To increase the number of directors from 17 to 18 &
revise the criteria for setting
zone boundaries - Failed
E07-267 To amend the deadline for appealing election complaint
decisions to the Convention.
E07-283 To increase per capita dues - Failed
E07-290 To revise the level of the general surplus fund - Failed
Once again my hearty welcome to you from the above Council with
rewarding experience and looking forward to your comments for the
above report and with warm personal regards to both of you from
myself and Indumati, we remain,
(JAGMOHAN KATAKIA)PDG, D: 3040 (94-95),98 COL Repr., 3-B, Kunj
Society, Alkapuri, Baroda - 390 007 (Guj) India
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