[D9640general] [eFlash_Rotary] Digest Number 786

[Garry D Krischock]

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  1. 1490: New polio Web site! From: Sunil K Zachariah 

  2. 1491; Highlights of actions taken by the Jan 08 meeting of RI Board From: Sunil K Zachariah 
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  1. 1490: New polio Web site! 
Tue Apr 8, 2008 4:11 am (PDT) 
New polio Web site! 

Rotary has launched a new "mini" Web site to give the general public an 
opportunity to help end polio by contributing to Rotary's US$100 
Million Challenge from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. 

Check out the three-page site at www.rotary.org/endpolio . The new site 
will be marketed throughout North America starting this month. All 
funds raised will go directly to The Rotary Foundation in support of 
polio eradication. 

Rotarians should continue to contribute through the Member Access 
Portal at www.rotary.org. 

Source: Rotary International News 
courtesy: eFlash_Rotary


 
2. 1491; Highlights of actions taken by the Jan 08 meeting of RI Board 
Tue Apr 8, 2008 4:31 am (PDT) 
Highlights of actions taken by the RI Board of Directors

January 2008 Board meeting 
Board minutes - January 2008 

The third meeting of the 2007-08 RI Board of Directors was held on 22-
25 January 2008, in Evanston, Illinois, USA. At this meeting, the 
Board reviewed reports from 11 committees and recorded 83 decisions. 

Club and district matters 
The Board extended the deadline for district consolidation to 31 
December 2008 to several districts that showed positive membership 
growth but that had not yet met the district size minimum of 30 clubs 
and 1,000 members. The Board took action to consolidate six districts 
into three new districts and also congratulated 20 districts that 
reached the district size minimum. 

To allow for a more complete evaluation of a governor's year in 
office, the Board extended the deadline for submission of the 
governor's report to 15 May in the year the governor serves. 

RI administration and finances 
In accordance with RI Bylaws requiring the Board to periodically 
review the composition of zones to maintain an approximately equal 
number of Rotarians in each zone, the Board realigned the 34 zones 
and sections within zones, as shown in an appendix to the January 
2008 Board minutes, to be posted on the RI Web site. The Board also 
appointed a committee to establish an implementation schedule for the 
changeover to this new zone structure. 

Recognizing the potential of e-learning as a training strategy for 
Rotarians, the Board requested the general secretary to begin 
incorporating e-learning into future business processes, and to 
develop a comprehensive e-learning proposal for review by the Board 
at its next meeting. 

The Board elected Director Kjell-Åke Åkesson to replace Director 
Raffaele Pallotta d'Acquapendente as a member of the Executive 
Committee of the Board. 

RI programs, communications, and awards 
To ensure that regional Rotary magazines are best serving local 
Rotarians, the Board requested the general secretary to conduct a 
readership survey of all regional magazines in 2008-09. The 
subscription fee for international subscribers to The Rotarian will 
increase from US$12 to US$24 annually, effective with the July 2008 
issue. 

The Board approved one new Rotarian Action Group: Rotarian Action 
Group for the Alleviation of Hunger and Malnutrition. Clubs and 
districts are encouraged to get involved in microcredit projects 
through The Rotary Foundation and the Rotarian Action Groups for 
Microcredit. 

The Board terminated five Rotary fellowships and required 27 other 
fellowships to provide reports and/or show improvements in their 
operation by 1 April 2008 or face termination. 

The Board agreed to continue RI's very successful public relations 
grants program in 2008-09, which will award districts on a 
competitive basis a total US$2 million in grants to conduct local PR 
initiatives. 

International meetings 
The Board tentatively selected Seoul, Korea, as the site for the 2016 
RI Convention and reaffirmed that the 2015 RI Convention should be 
held in either Latin America or the western United States. 

Source: Rotary International
Courtesy: eFlash_Rotary
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