[D9640general] [eFlash_Rotary] Digest Number 774

[Garry Krischock]

 Messages In This Digest (3 Messages) 
  1. 1471: Awards Deadlines From: Sunil K Zachariah 

  2  1472: Membership Conferences 2008-09 From: Sunil K Zachariah 

  3. 1473: Google gives Rotary US$3.5 million to help end polio From: Sunil K Zachariah 
Messages 
  1. 1471: Awards Deadlines 
Wed Feb 20, 2008 4:33 pm (PST) 
Make your nominations for wards 

Deadlines are approaching to nominate outstanding clubs for awards. 
Eligible nominators can submit nominations for the following awards 
(deadlines are in parentheses): 

Significant Achievement Award (15 March) 
Best Cooperative Projects Award (15 March) 
RI Recognition of Membership Development Initiatives (15 April) 
RI Membership Development and Extension Award (15 May) 
RI Public Relations Award (15 May) 
Recognition of Smaller Club Membership Growth (15 May-30 June) 
Please also note that district governors must submit a list of 
Rotary, Rotaract and Interact clubs that qualified for the 2007-08 
Presidential Citation no later than 15 April 2008. 

For deadlines, forms and more information - visit: 
http://www.rotary.org/en/Members/GeneralInformation/Awards/Pages/ridef
ault.aspx



2. 1472: Membership Conferences 2008-09 
Wed Feb 20, 2008 4:36 pm (PST) 
RI president-elect announces membership conferences 

To promote membership growth, RI President-elect D.K. Lee invites you 
to join him at one of 12 presidential conferences. Four will also 
include a half-day session on reducing child mortality. 

Conference locations and dates are: 

Tokyo, 6-7 July 2008 

Canberra, Australia, 11-12 July 2008 

Auckland, New Zealand, 18-19 July 2008 

Johannesburg, South Africa, 1-2 August 2008
*To include a half-day session on reducing child mortality

Buenos Aires, Argentina, 8-9 August 2008
*To include a half-day session on reducing child mortality 

Sao Paulo, Brazil, 15-16 August 2008 
*To include a half-day session on reducing child mortality

Merida, Mexico, 24-25 October 2008 

Vienna, Austria, 5-6 December 2008

Phoenix, Arizona, 9-10 January 2009

Cairo, Egypt, 6-7 February 2009 
*To include a half-day session on reducing child mortality 

Baltimore, Maryland, 27-28 March 2009 

The conferences are intended for all Rotarians who are committed to 
strengthening Rotary membership, but especially club and district 
membership development committee members, club presidents and 
officers, and district-level officers including governors. 

More details, including agendas, registration, and lodging 
information will be posted on www.rotary.org 

Source: R I Website
Courtesy: eFlash_Rotary


  3. 1473: Google gives Rotary US$3.5 million to help end polio 
Wed Feb 20, 2008 4:38 pm (PST) 
Google gives Rotary US$3.5 million to help end polio
By Dan Nixon and Vivian Fiore 

Rotary International has received a US$3.5 million challenge grant 
from the Google Foundation, a nonprofit managed by Google.org, in 
support of Rotary's top goal to eradicate polio worldwide. Rotary 
will raise funds to match the Google Foundation grant dollar-for-
dollar over one year.

The grant and matching funds will directly support polio immunization 
activities carried out by the Global Polio Eradication Initiative 
(GPEI), a partnership spearheaded by the World Health Organization, 
Rotary International, UNICEF, and the U.S. Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention.

"Following the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation's $100 million grant 
to Rotary in November, Google.org represents another response to the 
call for support by Rotary and its partners to finish polio," says 
Dr. Robert S. Scott, trustee chair of The Rotary Foundation. "Both 
challenge grants reflect strong confidence in Rotary's leadership 
role in working relentlessly to help achieve this vital public health 
goal for the world's children."

Eradicating polio has been Rotary's number-one priority since 1985. 
To date, Rotary has helped immunize nearly two billion children and 
contributed $650 million to the GPEI, a figure that will rise to more 
than $850 million by the time the world is certified polio-free.

Globally, the number of polio cases has fallen from 350,000 annually 
in the mid-1980s to approximately 2,000 cases in 2006. The GPEI has 
succeeded in slashing the number of cases by 99 percent and decreased 
the number of polio-endemic countries from 125 to just 4: 
Afghanistan, India, Nigeria, and Pakistan.

"This grant comes at a crucial time for the initiative, as more funds 
are needed to reach children in the most challenging regions of the 
world," says RI President Wilfrid J. Wilkinson. "We have the 
technical tools to beat polio, and we're almost there. All we need is 
for the rest of the world to follow the Google Foundation's lead in 
supporting the effort to eradicate this vaccine-preventable disease 
once and for all."

Source: Rotary International News 
Courtesy: eFlash_Rotary

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