[D9640general] [eFlash_Rotary] Digest Number 759

[Garry Krischock]

 Messages In This Digest (2 Messages) 
  1. 1444: The promise of today's Rotary Foundation From: Sunil K Zachariah 

  2. 1445: Foundation looks to the future with new goals From: Sunil K Zachariah 
Messages 
  1. 1444: The promise of today's Rotary Foundation 
 Thu Jan 17, 2008 1:52 am (PST) 
The promise of today's Rotary Foundation

By Ryan Hyland 

Foundation Trustee Chair Robert S. Scott discusses the 2007-08 
Foundation goals. The dreams of past Rotarians have become the 
present, just as the dreams of today's Rotarians will bring a better 
future, said Rotary Foundation Trustee Chair Robert S. Scott at the 
International Assembly in San Diego, California, USA. 

Speaking to the audience of incoming district governors, Scott 
discussed the 2007-08 Foundation goals: 

Finish the job of polio eradication . 
Fulfill the promise of Every Rotarian, Every Year . 
Reconnect with Foundation alumni . 
Peace is possible . 

"I inherited a set of goals that I wholeheartedly believe in and 
support," Scott said. Trustee Bhichai Rattakul began the year as 
Foundation trustee chair and sought Scott's input in developing the 
goals before stepping down in July. 

The Foundation's most important goal in 2007-08, and one close to 
Scott's heart, is ridding the world of polio. "I firmly believe that 
polio eradication is possible," he said. 

Continuing all the Foundation's work is crucial, he explained, which 
is why it's important for every Rotarian to contribute every year. 

Foundation alumni can also donate and may eventually become 
Rotarians, making them a vital source of support. That's why 
reconnecting with them is the third goal. "Alumni are a forgotten 
resource to Rotary," said Scott, who encouraged the governors-elect 
to invite their district's alumni to the first all-day Rotary Alumni 
Celebration at the 2008 RI Convention in Los Angeles. 

To achieve the final goal, Rotarians must work together to show that 
peace is possible. Though it may seem unattainable, Scott told the 
audience, "you are an example to the world, showing that men and 
women of diverging views can indeed break bread together in an 
atmosphere of fellowship and friendship. Yes, peace is possible." 

Rotarians have dreamed of and created the Foundation, its scholarship 
and peace studies programs, and the polio eradication effort. Over 
the last 10 years, said Scott, "a conservative estimate is that 
Rotary has directly affected the lives of 20 million to 30 million 
people, and then we have had the ripple effect of two billion 
children having been immunized against polio." 

Through the graduates of the peace studies programs, the eradication 
of polio, and the generosity of donors, the family of Rotary will 
fulfill the promise of the 2008-09 RI theme and Make Dreams Real . 

Source: Rotary International News 
Courtesy:eFlash_Rotary
  2. 
1445: Foundation looks to the future with new goals 
Thu Jan 17, 2008 1:56 am (PST) 
Foundation looks to the future with new goals
By Ryan Hyland 

At the International Assembly, Foundation Trustee Chair-elect 
Jonathan Majiyagbe outlines the Foundation's 2008-09 goals. Enhancing 
Rotary's public image and asking clubs and districts to partner more 
with The Rotary Foundation are just two of the new 2008-09 Foundation 
goals. 

Foundation Trustee Chair-elect Jonathan Majiyagbe asked the more than 
530 district governors-elect attending the International Assembly in 
San Diego, California, USA, to accept the duty of achieving the goals 
and to Make Dreams Real . 

The 2008-09 Foundation goals are: 

1. Keep our promise to eradicate polio . 

2. Embrace the two pillars of support for The Rotary Foundation: 
the Annual Programs Fund through Every Rotarian, Every Year and the 
Permanent Fund . 

3. Participate in Your Foundation/Our Foundation, a "lend a hand" 
program for sharing funds from club and district foundations to 
permanently establish the Rotary World Peace Fellows program and 
support global polio eradication. 

4. Enhance Rotary's public image . 

5. Support the Future Vision Plan of The Rotary Foundation. 

The first two items are similar to the 2007-08 goals of eradicating 
polio and ensuring contributions to the Foundation. The last three, 
however, are new. 

If Rotarians work together toward the third goal of supporting Your 
Foundation/Our Foundation, Majiyagbe believes the Foundation can both 
permanently endow the Rotary World Peace Fellowships program and help 
eradicate polio. 

"Many Rotary clubs and districts have their own endowment funds or 
foundations, some of which have greater funds than our Rotary 
Foundation," he said. "In the past, The Rotary Foundation has 
sometimes viewed these entities as competitors for Rotarian 
contributions, but I would like to change that perspective. I would 
like to see our relationship move from that of competitors to 
partners." 

The Foundation can accomplish much more if club and district 
foundations contribute at least 10 percent of their funds to the 
polio eradication effort and the peace fellowships program, said 
Majiyagbe. He also urged Rotarians to use their affinity credit 
cards , which have raised US$5.5 million for the Foundation since the 
program's inception in 2000. 

With so much to accomplish, now is the ideal time to work on the 
fourth goal of enhancing Rotary's public image, a task that must be 
carried out at the grassroots level. "Better public acknowledgement 
will help us attract new members to our Rotary clubs, and it will 
help us attract new donors to our Foundation," he said. 

The last goal of supporting the Future Vision Plan will help keep the 
Foundation viable, make it more efficient, and "meet the needs of the 
ages," said Majiyagbe

Source: Rotary International News
Courtesy: eFlash_Rotary
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