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District 6380 Newsletter January 2012 Chapter 1 District Governor’s Message Page 1

ROTARY INTERNATIONAL District 6380 News January 2012

District Governor Stephen Youtz and Mary Youtz# Volume 54, Book 7, Chapter 1

Was January really winter? As I recall,several days in January set recordtemperatures that challenge those of

early spring. Though the mild temperaturesgave many a renewed sense of energy andawareness much like we get when springreally arrives, many say, “this is Michigan, wewill have winter, just wait!” So whether weare aware of temperature shifts or are just sobusy we lose track of time, January wasRotary Awareness Month, and once againwe are made aware of some great things we asRotarians, have accomplished.

PolioPlus

In mid‐month and as Governor Elect DonRiddell attended his last training session, itwas announced that the challenge goal of

US$200 million to match the US$350 milliongift of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation toPolioPlus was accomplished, six monthsbefore the final deadline. Some have said thatthis is Rotary at its best as this $160 averagegift from EVERY Rotarian in the WHOLE worldhas marked yet another remarkableaccomplishment having already given overhalf a billion dollars previously.

For this, the Gates Foundation added anotherUS$50 million to PolioPlus in recognition toRotary for what has done to eradicate thisnasty disease. It was also announced thatIndia, one of the last four endemic countries,had gone one year without a reported case ofpolio as the battle to eradicate the last 1percent of the world's cases of poliocontinues. I hope each of you have the “warmfuzzies” for your part in the polio eradicationeffort as this is a great time to be a Rotarian!

Closer to home . . . Who is going to be the 2014/15 District Governor?

No real surprise as we learned that past assistant governor and formerBirmingham Club president George Hedgespeth was selected asdistrict governor nominee designate! Please join me, if you haven't

already, in congratulating George in his selection and if you don't know thisman, do make an effort to introduce yourself so you too can get to know himas I do. He is an outstanding Rotarian and someone to know; he createspositive results in the things he does.

• I am also pleased to report that clubs of our district were successfulin meeting the time sensitive date of December 31 for both RotaryInternational and districts financial obligations. Yes, there were afew clubs that just squeaked under the deadline and as a result canprobably add their feat to those few things that count if you are“close enough.” I urge every club to be more proactive in addressingtheir financial obligations in the second half of the year by setting agoal of March 1 to submit their SARs to Rotary International anddues to the district. In accomplishing this goal you positionyourselves to make final Foundation contributions by June 30 aneasier goal to obtain.

• The balance of the third Rotary quarter is full of activities andprojects, leadership training (Pre‐PETs ‐ February & PETs ‐ March),and Rotaract Week and Literacy Month (March). Attention to thefinal requirements of the ChangeMaker Award and the PresidentialCitation is critical as award applications are due by the end ofMarch. I wish each club success in accomplishing the requirementsfor these awards and urge you to submit your applications as soonas possible to eliminate any change of missing the date.

• Finally, technology can be a great thing as the “technology bug”allows us to expand our ability to communicate bigger, better andbolder than ever before. I must apologize, however, that the “bug”has put a negative spin on my personal technology experience as theloss of important documentation, of interest to the district, has beenlost. As I look at the articles submitted for inclusion in thisnewsletter, I know some are missing. Should your article NOT beincluded, please resubmit it to me again and I will find a way toprotect against future loss.

So as time continues to tick by, let us all remember to put “Service AboveSelf” as we endeavor to make this world just a little better than it wasyesterday!

Respectfully submitted,DG Steve

District 6380 Newsletter January 2012 Chapter 2 District & International Page 1

Look for Rotary Billboards in March# submitted by Ginger Nickloy

Beginning in March, watch for highway billboards on I‐96, I‐75, I‐96, and US23 in the states, and on Highway 40 in Canadaas a result of the Rotary International PR Grant received by our district. The original proposal submitted in August of lastyear would have allowed for us to use specific messages on each billboard to accommodate the focus of clubs in the

nearest sector. By the time we received approval in late November, however, the whole picture had changed and billboardsthat were available for prices to fit the proposed budget were extremely limited. After extensive negotiations and carefulconsideration, the following billboards will go up the week of March 19 and run for four weeks:· I‐96 eastbound past Mound Road (at Sherwood) on the north side· I‐75 southbound before University Drive (at Pontiac Road) on the west side· I‐96 westbound past Novi Road on the north side· US23 southbound north of Six Mile Road on the east side

The Canadian billboard is still in negotiation but will be up the first of March and is on Highway 40 in the Chatham area. Due tothe limited number of billboards to accommodate our needs, the message used on all of these will be “You Are the MissingPiece” put on a puzzle that has a piece missing ‐‐ an eye‐catching billboard that will display the Rotary logo and have a websiteto contact for “Service in Your Community” that will link them to the clubs for information. Research has indicated thatmessages must be seen three times to make an impression. As commuters travel through the metro area on these majorthoroughfares, we can be assured that our message is reaching more than 1.2 million viewers, based on traffic counts providedby the billboard companies.

Rotary Zone 29Newsletter:Rotary Day at the White House# Betsy Demaray

Iam so pleased to announce anew Rotary programhonoring Rotary

“Community Champions” at theWhite House. Please referencethe letter from RI PresidentKalyan Banerjee below. Wehave so many great peopledoing so many great things. Itis nice to see that some of thosearound the U.S. will getrecognized. Kalyan is askingthat the RCs, RRFCs and RPICsnominate some excellentexamples of Rotary work andget those to me by February 17.I think that the best way tohear about the great thingswould be to contact each of theDGs in your zones fornominations. With the shorttime frame, I’m asking if youwould take on theresponsibility of making thatcontact and then consolidateyour best two; the RRFCs canpick their top choices and theRPICs can do the same and getthem to me. I look forward toseeing what great things wecan show the country!

Letter from RI President# Kalyan BanerjeeDear Rotary Coordinators,

As you are aware, I am always seekingopportunities to highlight Rotary’shumanitarian work to prominent

figures and institutions in the internationalcommunity. I do this by personallyattending or sending delegates to keyinternational meetings such as the WorldEconomic Forum or supporting Rotaryevents at major international institutionssuch as Rotary Day at the United Nations. This year, in recognition of Rotary’s effortsat addressing humanitarian issues and thegood work that it does both in the UnitedStates and around the world, the WhiteHouse Office of Public Engagement hasapproached Rotary International with anopportunity to organize a “Rotary Day atthe White House” on Friday, 20 April as partof the White House’s Community LeadersBriefing Series. This day‐long event, held atthe Eisenhower Executive Office Building(adjacent to the White House residence),will be an opportunity for officials from theU.S. Federal Government andrepresentatives from Rotary to discuss theways that both are addressing key issuesimpacting communities across the country. As part of the proceedings, the WhiteHouse and Rotary would like to recognizekey projects and individuals that aremaking a difference in the lives of ordinaryAmericans. These “Community Champions”would come from across the country andbest exemplify the Rotary motto of Service

Above Self. The champions would be invitedto attend the event in Washington at no costto Rotary International, and give a shortpresentation about their project. Ideallyeach of the selected projects will representRotary’s polio eradication efforts or one ofthe Six Areas of Focus. In order to ensure that the selectionprocess is fair to all concerned and to obtaina broad geographical representation ofprojects/Rotarians, I am asking yourassistance as the senior Rotary leaders inthe United States. To do so, each RotaryCoordinator (RC), Regional RotaryFoundation Coordinator (RRFC), and RotaryPublic Image Coordinator (RPIC) may selecttwo leading projects/Rotarians from yourzone as candidates to be named a“Community Champion.” From thosenominations, the directors and trustees willselect ONE primary candidate and TWOalternates and submit them by email toBryant Brownlee([email protected]) in the Publicand External Relations Department inEvanston by Friday, 2 March. Be mindful of the criteria for projecteligibility ‐‐ including the candidate’savailability and willingness to travel toWashington, D.C. at no cost to RotaryInternational. As the event itself is rapidlyapproaching, please respect the deadlinesstated on the nomination form. Pleasecontact [email protected] you have any questions or concerns.

District 6380 Newsletter January 2012 Chapter 2 District & International Page 2

Cyclone Thane Causes National Disaster in India# submitted by N. ASOKA, District Governor RI District 2980, Tamilnadu, India; member of Rotary Club of RC Salem Midtown

Warm Rotary greetings! I wouldlike to bring it to your kindnotice about the damage in our

district by recent cyclone THANE. Manyeconomically poor people lost theirhouses, cash crops and fruit trees andare staying in nearby school buildings.The year 2011 ended in a very sad notefor the people who are living along theinterior and coastal revenue districts ofPuducherry, Cuddalore and Villupuramdistricts in the Rotary District 2980situated in Tamil Nadu and PuducherryState by the super cyclone! Cyclone “Thane” hit the coast of TamilNadu on 30 December 2011 making

landfall between Puducherry andCuddalore that has resulted in thedeath of 42 people. The cyclone with agale wind speed of 150 kms per hourand tidal waves reaching up to 19 feetheights turned out to be a majordisaster, devastating and destructingsix coastal districts in Tamilnadu andPondicherry. The government of Indiahas declared it as a national disaster. The devilish cyclone causedunimaginable and irreparable damageto the people and their properties overnight. The agricultural inlandcommunities were put into total

destruction by losing their chieflivelihood means such as valuable foodcrops and trees like coconut groves,mango trees, cashews, paddy,sugarcane, groundnut, plantain,jackfruit etc. and coastal communitieslosing their boats and nets. The roadnetworks, communication networks,electricity and water supply pipelinesetc. were also severely damaged.Thousands of villages were maroonedby flood. Hundreds of thousands ofshelters of the poor and vulnerablecommunities were washed away byflood and merciless wind.

A brief summary of damages caused by the cyclone:No of State / Union territory hit by the cyclone ‐ 02 (Tamilnadu & Puducherry)No of Districts affected by the cyclone ‐ 06 No of Revenue Districts severely affected ‐ 03 (Puducherry, Cuddalore & Villupuram)No of Villages / Hamlets worst affected ‐ 2,153No of Households / Families affected ‐ 1,402,112Total No. of shelters / houses damaged ‐ 459,082Reported and confirmed death toll ‐ 42 Livestock lost ‐ 10000 numbers

Damages in Cuddalore District: Paddy ‐ 58,000 Hectares Cashew ‐ 23,500 HectaresJackfruit ‐ 5572 Hectares Banana and pulses ‐ 8947 Hectares

The above damage assessment is only an initial assessment. However, the full damage assessment is yet to be received. Thisassessment clearly predicts that the agricultural scenario has been pushed back to 50 years and it may take minimum 10 yearsto regain its full strength.

WE APPEAL to all Rotary clubs to extend possible help to the Rotary clubs in the affected area.In turn those clubs will reach the affected people and help them.

For further communication, please contact DG Asoka at [email protected]

District 6380 Newsletter January 2012 Chapter 3 District Clubs Page 1

Rotary Youth Leadership Awards# Paul Brown & Karen Jo Crouse RYLA Co-chairs

RYLA 2012 is only three months away. The District 6380committee has met several times since last year's RYLA and isputting together a completely revamped RYLA experience. We are

also introducing a new third year program for those students who arestill in high school and have attended RYLA in two previous years. Wehope that students in all three programs will be able to take home awealth of leadership experiences and information for use both at theirhigh school and in their lives within their communities. Here's where all of the District 6380 clubs, those who have supportedRYLA in the past and those who have never sent students to RYLA, mustbecome involved. Go to your local high schools, talk to their guidancefolks, talk to your Interact clubs, do whatever is necessary to get good,energetic, enthusiastic candidates to attend this year's RYLA. If everyclub sponsored three students, we would exceed the 140 students whomade last year's RYLA such a big success. We have made a few changes in the funding for RYLA and howstudents are registered. We have set the fee for all three programs,RYLA 1.0, RYLA 2.0 and RYLA 3.0 at $225 CDN/US if paid by April 15.Because of the difficulty we have had in previous years in gettingclubs to send in the fees for their students before RYLA actuallybegins, we are adding an extra fee of $25 for any fees paid after April15. The bus fee for students coming from the U.S. remains the same,$35. All students from the U.S. must travel on the bus. U.S. registrationforms and fees are to be sent to Karen Jo Crouse, US RYLA co‐chair.Please, do not send checks directly to Marc Cooper, district treasurer.Canadian fees and forms are to be sent to Marlene Morris, ConferenceCoordinator at the Ridgetown Campus of the University of Guelph.Both addresses are on the registration forms. Please note that RYLA will start this year at 11 a.m. which will require that the bus leave Southfield by 8 a.m. in order to reachRidgetown by 10 a.m. This will give the students time to check into their residence rooms and get ready for the openingceremonies. There will not be any lunch provided to the students this year on the bus. They will eat lunch at the conference.They may bring snacks on the bus if they wish. All application forms should now be available on the District 6380 website, under the RYLA heading, which is on the left handside of the district homepage. Choose whichever form is applicable, have it filled out electronically, printed and all threesignatures obtained. Please follow all of the instructions on the form. Then, along with the completed bus permission form,which should be posted on the RYLA site very soon as well, the application, bus form if necessary, and a check for the requiredamount should be sent to the address on the application form. Please, please, please try to have the application forms in byApril 15. We do appreciate your assistance in making this another great RYLA event.

Clarkston Rotary in The Clarkston News ~ submitted by Mary Sloan ~Milestone reached in Rotary’s polio fight ~ February 01, 2012

President Al Avery led Clarkston Rotarians in celebrating the club's worldwide success in raising $200 million to meetthe Bill and Melinda Gates' polio-fighting challenge. In 1985, Rotary International launched PolioPlus to immunize allthe world's children against polio. Since then, more than two billion children have received the oral polio vaccine.Clarkston Rotarians Mary Sloan and Jeff Lichty participated in the effort by delivering the polio drops to children innorthern India in 2005. Since 2009, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation awarded $355 million to RotaryInternational. Clarkston Rotarians also received an update, Monday, from District polio co-chair Virginia Barrons. "Wecan't quit until the job is done and no new cases have been reported in the world for three years," Barrons said.

Reach Within To Find Yourself

RYLA 2011 Leaders and Assistants

University of Guelph Ridgetown, ONT May 1113, 2012

RYLA is a 3day, Rotary sponsored, leadership experiencedesigned to grow each participants leadership ability.Over 140 participants from southeast Michigan andsouthwest Ontario will return to their schools and

communities as better leaders and with an awareness ofhow their leadership can effect change on a global level. Itwill be a weekend that the participants will never forget.

District 6380 Newsletter January 2012 Chapter 3 District Clubs Page 2

Warren Rotary Club # submitted by Frank Mallon

For the first time in many years theRotary Club of Warren is focused onreal membership. A special

recruiting evening is being planned forthe latter part of February. Over 100prospects will be invited to attend.Special motivational speaker, dinner andimportant facts about “What Rotary Is”will be featured. Membership chairmanDan Zimolzak (president‐elect) andpresident Frank Mallon are planning onattending the February 18 membershipsummit too.

Brighton Rotary Club# submitted by George Moses

Our Friends at Brighton Rotary Club invite us to their production of “Tony n' Tina's Wedding” next weekendat The Johnson Center at the Howell campus of Cleary University. Brighton Rotary and the Detroit Actors Guild present this great interactive dinner theater on Saturday,

February 25 at 6:30 p.m. All the details and online tickets are available at www.brightonrotaryevents.org See the hilarious one‐minute trailer video at:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UEREu8aIlJE&list=UUoY1Zt3XsJNL5sdNHwU9xeQ&index=1&feature=plcp

And speaking of being on the stage . . .

As many of you might have heard, on January 13, India marked one year polio free.

Also, the Gates Foundation presented Rotary with another $50 million, bringing the total Gates Foundationcontribution to Rotary to $405,000,000. Think of the level of trust shown by Bill and Melinda Gates.

We have eliminated 99% of the polio cases. We will finish the job!

We are so fortunate to be part of this great organization. Rotary is on the world stage.

Ann and I are truly enjoying our training and proud to represent District 6380.

Don Riddell, DGE District 6380

BIG JACKPOT WINNERS: JerryGuider and Ed Sekton recentlysplit the club jackpot of $704.

They both decided to give back asizable amount of their winningsto our “Pennies for Polio” jar.Thanks guys – a gift from the

heart.

ROSCO The Clown entertainedour club members on January 31.Ross Champion (his real name)not only made us laugh but hegave a stirring talk about whatRotary is and thanked us for allthe things we do for the localcommunities. Yelloooow!

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PRoCeeDs To beNefiT loCal ChaRiTies

Sunday, March 25, 2012

District 6380 Newsletter January 2012 Chapter 4 INSPIRATION 8 Pages

Submitted by Terry Youlton ~ Here are excellent translations of Rotary leaders’ speeches at the International Assembly. I thought I would read a little and wound up reading them all, beginning to end.This is what Rotary is all about and these are our leaders for the immediate future. Perhaps no one hasgiven you a crash course on Rotary. Here it is.

Wilf Wilkinson, RotaryFoundation Trustee Chairelect

One of the great consolations ofending a term as RotaryInternational president, as I did

three and a half years ago, is the hopethat you’ll be invited back to serve asRotary Foundation chair. And when Iwas leaving Evanston in July 2008, I’lladmit that I was doing a little bit ofmental math ‐‐ I’m an accountant, soyou could call that an occupationalhazard – trying to work out how likelyit was that I’d be the lucky guy to beFoundation chairs the year that wefinally interrupt global transmission ofthe wild polio virus. At the time Ithought my chances were better thanaverage, but it was a long way off stilland I knew that a lot could happen inbetween. Well, here we are at the InternationalAssembly, three and a half years later,and I’ll tell you, every month from thenuntil now, I’ve gotten more and moreoptimistic about thosechances. And today, I’mhere as incoming RotaryFoundation chair to talk toyou about our Foundationgoals for 2012‐13. Thereare a number of them andthey’re all important, andwe’ll get to them in a minute. But I wantto say loud and clear, with no mistakeat all: our first goal, our No. 1 goal – thegoal we must achieve, the goal we willachieve, the most important thing thatwe have to accomplish in our year inoffice – is the interruption oftransmission of the wild polio virus in2012‐13. And there’s a lot of good news on thatfront. There’s a lot of reason to behopeful. But I have to say, it’s very farfrom being a done deal. The GlobalPolio Eradication Initiative has anindependent monitoring board, whichputs out periodic reports on theinitiative’s progress. The most recentreport was published in October. Andit’s sobering reading. Right away, justopening the first page, it is all too clearhow urgent, how in need of action, the

polio eradication initiative is. Rightnow, as many milestones are beingmissed as are being met. Case numbersare falling dramatically in India andAngola, and that is fantastic news. Butthe news from other countries withpersistent or re‐established poliotransmission was not nearly as positive.Several countries actually lost groundin 2011, most notably Afghanistan,Chad, Pakistan, and the DemocraticRepublic of the Congo. The obstacles tofull eradication, political and financial,are still significant. We are all aware that the Global PolioEradication Initiative is not currentlyon track. But, the report concludes, it isstill absolutely, 100 percent possible. Itcan still happen ‐‐ if we do what it willtake to make it happen. And I, for one,am absolutely committed to doingeverything I can do to see that it doeshappen in the 2012‐13 Rotary year. We have to raise awareness. Wehave to raise support. And we have to

make itclear, toeveryonewe talkto, ateveryRotaryevent, to

all of our partners and in ourcommunities and everywhere we can,that polio eradication now is nothingshort of a global health crisis. It is asingle moment in time that has nevercome before and will not come again. Itis an opportunity that we and ourpartners have been working toward,constantly, relentlessly, for nearly 27years. We have to seize thatopportunity, and seize it now ‐‐ or itwill be lost. My friends, a few months ago I metwith your incoming RI president,President‐elect Sakuji. And he told methen that he loves a challenge. I said, sodo I. And that’s a good thing for all of us,because this new Rotary year is goingto be full of challenges – challenges wewill embrace and conquer together. The second challenge will be the

focus of our service in the comingRotary year: achieving Peace ThroughService. There are endless ways to helpbuild peace in our world, through ourclubs, and through our Foundation. The polio eradication initiative, as thelargest global public health initiative inhistory, is doing a tremendous amounttoward that goal ‐‐ by buildingpartnerships between the public andprivate sectors, by improving healthinfrastructure and monitoring in thepoorest areas, and by making it clear toall that we cannot have a healthy worldif even one child is forgotten. The third challenge will becontinuing to build and strengthen ourAnnual Fund, despite the recession anddespite competing needs. Very simply,the Annual Fund is the heart and soul ofThe Rotary Foundation. It supportsmuch of Rotary’s work around theworld, and through that, theFoundation’s mission of advancingworld understanding, goodwill, andpeace through the improvement ofhealth, the support of education, andthe alleviation of poverty. You can’t getany better than that. And that’s why we have EveryRotarian, Every Year, which asks everyRotarian to give an annual gift to thefund, with an average donation ofUS$100 per Rotarian. It’s not anexorbitant amount for any one person,but if we met that goal across our entireorganization, it would catapult ourFoundation’s capacity to do good in theworld to an entirely new level.Unfortunately, last year only fourRotary countries – Korea, Japan,Canada, and the United States ‐‐ metthat goal. And to put it plainly, that’ssimply not right. Many, many Rotarians and clubs aremeeting or exceeding their goal, makingthe Foundation’s strength a priority nomatter what. But many other clubs, andmany other Rotarians, are not pullingtheir share of the weight. Some arenot contributing at all. And that issomething that every one of us in theroom needs to look at, to focus on andaddress. Every one of us here know and

. . . polio eradication now is nothingshort of a global health crisis . . .


believe in and love our Foundation. Weneed to share that love, so that ourFoundation will be made stronger, withmore power to do good, by every singleRotarian, every single year. The fourth challenge facing us in2012‐13 may not sound exciting, but itis going to be enormously important aswe move forward into Future Vision,this new era for our Foundation. Thatchallenge is stewardship ‐‐ specifically,stewardship of Foundation funds at thedistrict level. Under the new grantmodel, the Trustees are entrusting verysignificant amounts of money to thedistricts and asking them ‐‐ expectingthem ‐‐ to spend it wisely. The dollars,euros, won, pounds, kronor, and yenthat your district will receive weredonated by people who gave themknowing and believing that their moneywas going to be Doing Good in theWorld. It is your responsibility, asdistrict governors, to make absolutely,100 percent sure that that expectation,that trust, is never betrayed. In Rotary, we have a reputation, onethat we have earned and that we fullydeserve, for honesty, transparency, andresponsible stewardship. With FutureVision, more than ever before, thatreputation will rest with the districts,meaning it will rest with you. One of thefundamental premises of district grantsis that Rotarians at the district level candetermine what can be done locally,whether in their own communitiesor abroad, more effectively than theFoundation can do from a central officein Evanston. Future Vision meansmoving responsibility for soundjudgment and decision making, for wiseand careful use of Foundationresources, into the hands of Rotariansat the district level. And theresponsibility for what happens in yourdistricts lies with you. No one ever said being a districtgovernor was easy. No one ever saidsuccess would be guaranteed. But asthe saying goes, nothing worth havingcomes easy. I believe, I believeabsolutely, that we can and will meetevery one of the challenges I have setbefore you. We will strengthen ourFoundation’s future through its AnnualFund. We will build a better world byseeking Peace Through Service. And myfriends, we will interrupt the

transmission of the wild polio virus.Together, we will take this first historicstep down the path to a polio‐freefuture. We can do it. We must. It is up toyou.++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++Kalyan BanerjeeRI President

Hello and namashkar. . . We have532 men and women from everycorner of the world. . . All of you

are here to become Rotary leaders ‐‐not for your own glory, not for thehonor ‐‐ butbecause youbelieve, as Ibelieve, thatthrough Rotaryleadership, wecan help ourfellow Rotariansdo more as well.And if we believethat, then it is only too obvious thateach of us has an obligation,responsibility, even a sacred duty tobecome the very best leaders that wecan be. A district governor has manyresponsibilities, but when you comeright down to it, what is your mainrole? Why do we have districtgovernors? We have them to supportour clubs, so that every club presidenthas someone more experienced andmore knowledgeable, someone who isconnected with RI but still local,someone who is standing behind them,someone to turn to when they havequestions or perhaps problems or justneed a bit of advice, someone who isthere to inspire them, to motivate them,to help them make their clubs thestrongest and the best they can possiblybe. I think everyone has heard that quoteof Thomas Edison’s, that genius is 1percent inspiration and 99 percentperspiration. That’s true enough, butwhat I like even better is a saying ofAlbert Einstein’s, that if A equalssuccess, then the formula is: A=X+Y+Zwhere X is work, Y is play, and Z isthe ability to keep your mouth shut. Well, Einstein wasn’t a Rotarian, andsadly it’s a bit too late to recruit him.But he might as well have been writingabout success in Rotary leadership. Youdid the fun, of course ‐‐ that’s part of

what makes Rotary what it is ‐‐ but funis secondary and work is first. We allenjoy Rotary, but the primary thing, thepoint of why we’re here, it has to be thework, it has to be the service, it has tobe the difference we are making. And it has to be our core values.Everything we do in Rotary, asRotarians and as leaders, has to bebased on those, and has to be based ontrust. Because if you take all thequalities of a great leader, and yousum them up in one word, that’s what

that word would be: trust. You know that whateverhappens, a great leader isnot going to take more thantheir share of the credit orless than their share of theblame. If you go to them with aproblem, they’ll be readyand willing to help. They’re

not there to judge or criticize; they’rethere to help you see the problem moreclearly, so that you can see it through. Agreat leader is someone you can trust,not necessarily to have all the answersbut to be able to find them. And it’ssomeone who will listen, who will notdismiss your concerns, who will takethe time to take you seriously. What’s the gold standard of greatleadership? In Rotary, I think it’s verysimple. It’s being the kind of leaderabout whom every Rotarian in yourdistrict says, “You know, if I am ever adistrict governor, I’d want to be adistrict governor just like him (or her).”Because in Rotary, part of leadership isbeing a role model. Leading in Rotaryisn’t like leading anywhere else. You’releading equals. You’re not there to giveorders; you’re there to give support. And that’s why I’ve thought for a verylong time that Rotary office is perhapsthe best exercise in humbleleadership that there is. It’s only for ayear, so there’s not much time to get abig head and also not muchtime to get things done, so you’ve got tokeep moving. And of course, onceyou’re done being the leader,which happens quite quickly, you knowexactly where you’re going: right backto your old seat in your own club, assomeone else takes the office you’vejust left. Your office is only for a year. And of

. . . A great leader issomeone you can trust, notnecessarily to have all theanswers but to be able to

find them .. .


course it’s natural that each of us wantsto make our mark. But I can tell youright now that if you try to start fromscratch and achieve somethingmonumental with your name on it injust one year, you are bound for failure.To really succeed, you have to look pastyourself, past your year, and into thelong term, at the health of yourcommunity and our organization. So when you start the 2012‐13 Rotaryyear, remember that the best thing youcan do for your district is to leave itstronger than you found it. Thequestion is not what can you do in justone year, but how far can you bringyour district in just one year – what canyou build on, what can you begin, whatcan you do for your clubs that will stillbe going, still be moving, still bechanging lives for the better long afteryou’ve left office? And we each have to remember thatin the end, it doesn’t matter whothought of it or who gets the credit,because our motto is Service Above Self.It’s not about us. It’s not even about thework we do. It’s about the work thatgets done.

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++John Hewko RI General Secretary

As many of you know, I took overas general secretary of RotaryInternational and The Rotary

Foundation this past July 1. AlthoughI’m still relatively new to the job, I’mnot new to the values and ideals ofRotary. The mottoes of Service AboveSelf and Doing Good in the World, TheFour‐Way Test, the focus on integrity,and the promotion of goodwill, peace,and understanding through thefellowship of business, professional,and community leaders these are allideas and concepts that I believe in andstrongly support. So, for me, serving asyour general secretary is not only afascinating job but an opportunity ‐‐together with my wife Marga ‐‐ to be apart of a truly extraordinaryorganization. And so as I complete my first sixmonths on the job, I would like to takethe opportunity to share with you someof what I’ve been doing, what’s going onmore generally at the RotarySecretariat, and some of the things that

we’ll be working on together in themonths and years ahead. As you know, one of the importantroles of the general secretary is to serveas a vehicle for institutional continuity,providing a bridge from administrationto administration, and also betweenRotary and other organizations andinstitutions. So while this InternationalAssembly is primarily focused onplanning for the 2012‐13 Rotary year,my focus is also on Rotary’s future inthe longer term: Taking a broader lookat our entire organization, seeing whatwe’re doing right, what we could bedoing better, and where we need to beopen to change. And so with this in mind, during thepast six months I have undertaken whatI have informally called a “listeningtour,” so that I can better understandthe breadth and scope of Rotary and allthat the Secretariat does for Rotariansaround the world. As you know, there are approximately600 Rotary employees at Rotary WorldHeadquarters in Evanston andapproximately 200 in our seveninternational offices and ourInformation Services DevelopmentCenter in Pune, India. The more I travelaround the Rotary world and the more Iget to know Rotary, the more I am inawe of our organization ‐‐ the more Iam simply in awe of all that Rotarydoes. What this organization, what you,its members and leaders, have beenable to achieve over the past 107 years,is truly remarkable. However, I do see many issues that wewill need to tackle if weare going to remain arelevant and vibrantorganization in the future.But for today, I’d like tosuggest five priority areasthat I feel are the mostimportant to get Rotaryon the best footingpossible as it begins itssecond century. And here I want toemphasize that when I talk about thepriorities of Rotary International andour Rotary Foundation, I am talkingabout shared ‐‐ shared – not separate,priorities. For Rotary to move forward,we need to embrace a “One Rotary”approach in which Rotary International

and The Rotary Foundation act as oneseamless organization, with the samemission and the same goals. As yourgeneral secretary I can assure you that Iam working very hard to instill theculture of One Rotary, or better yetsimply Rotary, in the Secretariat andamong the Rotary staff around theworld. The first priority will come as nosurprise, since it’s been Rotary’ssignature global initiative since 1985 –that is the eradication of polio.

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++Jeff RaikesGates Foundation

We heard from Bruce Aylward ofthe World HealthOrganization and Jeff Raikes

of the Gates Foundation about how thepolio eradication campaign isprogressing, and how close we are –“This Close” ‐‐ to the finish line. Butgetting close is not good enough. Wehave to get the job done, and we need todo it for three reasons. First, to save hundreds of thousandsof children from the suffering inflictedby this terrible disease. Second, theeconomic argument: it is estimated thatthe eradication of polio will save theworld between $40 billion to $50billion in health care costs over the next20 years ‐‐ an enormous sum that canbe deployed to address other majorglobal issues. And finally, we need toeradicate polio because success will setthe stage for the world’s next big 2012‐13 global health initiative. So we cannot

and will not fail. Jeff and Bruce alsoreminded us ofsomething that wealready know: that theglobal polioeradication effortwould not be where itis today withoutRotary. The totaleradication of adisease that’s plagued

humanity for millennia is somethingthat’s only happened once before withsmallpox. We’re making it happen for asecond time, and we need to make surethat Rotary gets its due share of thecredit. This isn’t just a matter offairness – it’s also a matterof our own future. And so we are

. . . What thisorganization, what you,

its members andleaders, have been ableto achieve over the past

107 years, is trulyremarkable. . .


working hard in the Secretariat todevelop a robust Rotary publicrelations campaign in the run up to theeradication of this terrible disease.Because the more Rotary is seen as anorganization capable of achieving greatthings, the more we’re recognized forwhat we’ve done – the more we’ll beable to attract the members, thevolunteers, the donors, and thestrategic partners that we need to growand to do even more. In short, oursuccess in polio eradication will set thestage for the net global initiative thatRotary chooses to tackle, whatever thatmay be. The second priority that I see for ourorganization is to “operationalize” thenew Strategic Plan and to translate theplan into concrete initiatives, so that itbecomes a living document and notsimply words on paper. As part of thateffort, we need to ensure that theFuture Vision Plan – our new grant‐making process – is ready for launch onJuly 1, 2013. Successful implementationof Future Vision will lead to projectsand programs in the six areas of focusthat are better designed and moresustainable and scalable, and that willlead to greater impact. This, in turn, willincrease our profile, reputation, andpublic image and will make Rotarymore attractive to outside fundingsources. Future Vision will bringconsiderable and tangible positivebenefits to clubs and districts. At the Secretariat, we’ve beenlistening carefully to the feedback ofFuture Vision pilot districts. We areputting in place a robust trainingprogram around the world to ensurethat both pilot and nonpilot districts arewell prepared for the transition – andwe are also working hard to improvethe tools available on the website tomake the launch as smooth as possible. Our goal is to make applying for, andreceiving, Foundation grants moreefficient, more flexible, and moreuser‐friendly ‐‐ so that Rotarians canspend more of their time and energyDoing Good in the World and less onbureaucracy and paperwork. But wewon’t achieve our goal of a successfulFuture Vision rollout without the fullsupport and engagement of you, thedistrict governors‐elect, and of thedistrict governors‐nominee who will

follow you on July 1, 2013. You arewhere the rubber hits the road, and Iwould ask that each of you make FutureVision a top priority during your yearas governor because, after polio, FutureVision is the most important initiativethat our organization has undertaken inthe past 20 years – and it has to work. Our third priority is to find a crediblemethod for determining the total valueof all of the service projects that our34,000 clubs undertake each year. Weknow how much funding passesthrough The Rotary Foundation ‐‐approximately $100 million per yeareliding polio ‐‐ but we have no idea ofthe total value of all of the moneyraised, in‐kind contributions made, andvolunteer hours spent by clubsworldwide on service projects. If we were to find a credible way ofcalculating that number, I am sure thatit would be huge ‐‐ in the billions ‐‐ and,if so, would place us among the tophumanitarianorganizationsin the world.Having acrediblenumber wouldalso enhanceour reputation,help withmembership,and make us more attractive topotential strategic partners. So as part of this attempt to capturethis data, we are in the process ofdeveloping a new tool called RotaryClub Central, which we hope to roll outsometime next summer. This will be anonline resource for clubs that will helpthem maintain and preserve aninstitutional memory of past activities,set and track strategic goals andinitiatives, increase their global impactin key performance areas, and allow thereporting of the global, collectiveimpact of club, district, and zoneactivities. It will also help us to share knowledgeacross our organization, and share whatwe do with the non‐Rotary public, sothat the rest of the world will betterrecognize Rotary’s impact. This brings me to our fourthpriority, which is membership. In someparts of the world Rotary is growing, inothers we are treading water, and in

others we are seeing a decline inmembership. Given that Rotary is atruly global organization, where onesize does not fit all, I am encouragedthat the Rotary International Board haslaunched an initiative to developthree‐year regional membership plansthat are tailored to specific regionalneeds and challenges. As part of thiseffort, we need to focus on makingRotary more appealing and relevant toyounger members, particularly in thoseregions of the world where ourmembership is getting progressivelyolder. We also need to make better use ofsocial media, start identifying ourselveswith youth organizations, look atexpanding e‐clubs, and give clubsgreater flexibility with respect toattendance requirements. Looking atthe big picture, I think every 100 yearsor so it benefits an organization to stepback and take a serious look at itself

and its brand. Now some of you may bethinking brand issynonymous with a logo orsome kind of short‐livedpublic relations or marketingexercise. But that’s not whatwe are talking about. Inreality, brand is an enduringand fundamental concept

that gets right to the very core of anorganization. It answers the questionsof who we are, what we stand for, andwhere we are headed. It’s about thestrength and impact of an organization.And it is on this larger level that Rotaryfaces a serious challenge. Our own public image surveys showthat people know our name but they donot know much about us. In amedia‐saturated environment wherewe compete not only with traditionalnonprofits but also with for‐profitcompanies bent on philanthropy, wecannot afford to be anything but best inclass in every dimension. Recently we engaged the services ofSiegel+Gale, an international agencywith a track record of success helpinglarge global nonprofits achieve betterresults. Over the next two years we willbe working closely with Siegel+Gale todevelop and implement a revitalizationstrategy. Right now their team iscompleting a robust research program

. . . You are where therubber hits the road, and Iwould ask that each of youmake Future Vision a top

priority . . .


that will provide a fresh globalperspective of our brand, ourmembership, core strengths,competition, and even our operatingphilosophy. Ultimately, I believe, thisprocess will more than revitalize abrand. It will revitalize Rotary, ensuringthat Rotary is recognized the worldover for what it does. And make nomistake: what Rotary does is nothingshort of amazing. I also believe that our Rotary.orgwebsite needs serious improvement,and we are aggressively working torevamp the website, particularly with aview to improving its functionality andmaking it more user‐friendly. Finally, we are in the process ofdeveloping a comprehensive socialmedia strategy and recruiting anew chief communications officer. Our fifth priority, in my view, is tobring Rotary more fully into the ranksof the major players in the world ofglobal humanitarian assistance anddevelopment. There is currently a spirited debateoccurring on how best to solve theworld’s great humanitarian anddevelopment issues. And in this debateit is becoming increasingly apparentthat private‐sector‐led growth, andpublic‐private partnerships, are keys tolong‐term, sustainable solutions formany developing countries. And here we have Rotary, with itsincredible platform of 1.2 millionengaged, active, and motivatedmembers, drawn from the business andprofessional networks of tens ofthousands of communities. In short, aprivate‐sector platform that isunmatched in the world today. And so the broader philosophicalquestion I ask is: what role will Rotaryplay in this great debate? How will weutilize our platform to contribute to thisdebate on both an operational andphilosophical level? We should besitting at the table of this discussion –but often we’re not. One of the main reasons, again, is thatwe simply have not achieved thenecessary level of awareness of whatRotary is, how it operates, and what itdoes. We’re accomplishing a tremendousamount, but we’re not recognized forwhat we do. And this represents a

major obstacle in bringing ourorganization forward, and it’ssomething we need to address in asignificant way. As your generalsecretary, I have a tremendousresponsibility for the future of Rotary. Ialso have a tremendous sense ofoptimism.Addressing thesefive priorities, aswell as manyothers, willstrengthen ourgreatorganization andhave asignificant, positive impact down to thelevel of the club and individualRotarian. In addition, my team – thetalented and dedicated Rotaryprofessional staff – stands ready to helpyou, the district governors‐elect,achieve your goals. And in order to dothis, we need to better connectRotarians with the Secretariat, toincrease awareness as to what theSecretariat can offer, and to make surethat the Secretariat is an effective,efficient, and useful resource for theclubs, so that the clubs are able to growand carry out the mission of Rotary.Rotary is an organization with anincredible history, and there is noquestion that its best years are yet tocome.

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++William B. Boyd Rotary Foundation Trustee Chair

If you have taken children on a longcar trip, you know that after a fewhours they will ask the question “Are

we there yet?” We are on a FutureVision journey that will lead us to a newFoundation, and you may be asking“Are we there yet” The answer is “notquite” but we are well on the way. If you come from a pilot district, youcan now understand that our RotaryFoundation, which had served theworld so well for 90 years, was in factbecoming dated. We were reacting to achanging world by adding yet anotherprogram or twisting the rules andmaking ourselves more complicatedand more expensive to administer. It was time to step back and face thereality that we must change or we

would become less relevant and ourimpact on the needs of humanity wouldquietly diminish. The principles on which we based ourFuture Vision were simplicity;a desire to give districts, clubs, andRotarians more involvement in

spending andstewardship; and theimportance of buildingsustainability into ouractivities. One day when we lookback on the changes, wewill probably recognizethat the masterstroke was

to recognize the six areas of focus. Weneeded to lift ourselves above themultitude of little projects that felt goodbut addressed symptoms not causes,and were too often short‐term in theirbenefits. Just think about the needs of theworld and how the most serious issuesfit within:• Water and sanitation• Maternal and child health• Disease prevention and

treatment• Basic education and literacy• Economic and community

development• Peace and conflict prevention

& resolution We have finite resources and cannotdo everything for everybody, but theseare key areas in which Rotarians canmake a difference. We can change theworld. Just look at what has happened withpolio. As our good friend BruceAylward, assistant director general ofthe World Health Organization, says,experience has shown “Rotary is right.We can eradicate polio” so we can moveon to show the world that there areanswers to the other major issuesaround our globe and that Rotary isprepared to lead the way. We can’t do iton our own, but we can and will make adifference. We are now halfwaythrough the three‐year pilot, and it is agood time to ask what have we learned. Some of the lessons are: Learning is atwo‐way street. The learning curve forstaff has been as steep as that forRotarians, and we are making changesas we come to understand that thereare better ways to reach our goals.

. . . these are key areas inwhich Rotarians can make adifference. We can change the

world . . .


To make Future Vision as good as itcan be, we need plenty of reportingfrom the pilot districts. I am old‐fashioned about filling in forms, butevaluation is critical to our success. The pilot districts are doing a good job,and we should thank them for taking usthrough all those early, difficult times. The innovative projects are exciting,as Rotarians now have the chance to becreative and use their imaginations tofind new ways to serve. The areas offocus are appropriate and are meldinginto our strategic plan as wecollectively move forward. Establishing the boundaries for ourareas of focus has sometimes beenchallenging, as we seek the balancebetween all the activities that Rotarianswish to do and still retaining our focus. We now have much better interactionbetween Rotarians and staff. The wholerelationship has become more positive,and this is leading to better projects. Water and sanitation is the mostpopular area for global grants, representing nearly a third of all globalgrants last year. The vocational trainingteams have been slow to be taken up bydistricts, but some have been veryeffective. For example, districts in SouthAfrica and the United States exchangedteams to study early childhoodeducation, and found to their surprisethat they had the same issues ofcurriculum, facilities, and communitysupport. Both teams learned from eachother, a situation that meant benefitsfor all. District 5020, which spans the borderbetween theUnited Statesand Canada ....received 12global grants.The grants werefor activities in15 countriesand often builton successfulprojects of pastyears, which could now be expanded tolarger, more sustainable activities.Through global and district grants, theyhave given books in English and Swahilito schools in Kenya, fitted solar panelsto schools in Peru and the Philippines,and furnished classrooms andwashrooms to a vocational and literacy

school in Honduras, later addinguniforms and school supplies. Eachproject included components to sustainthe benefits to the community evenafter the grant funds were spent. Thiswas in addition to addressing needs intheir own communities withFoundation funds. We are seeing an Australian districtsending a vocational training team toTimor‐Leste to establish a trainingprogram to reduce the mortality rate ofmothers and children during childbirth,a U.S. district sending a vocational teamto study the impact of oil spills inMexico and Australia, and a district inJapan sending a vocational trainingteam to study Alzheimer’s treatment inthe U.S. A district in Italy sent medicalvolunteers to Kosovo, Peru, andMadagascar, and a district in Canadaprovided training in the treatment ofclubfoot to health professionals inTanzania. There have been many water projects,and often these include training onhygiene and sanitation, which may notbe glamorous but are huge needs ‐‐ somany people become sick or die frompoor hygiene and a lack of sanitation. We have refurbished schools,awarded scholarships, and conductedmalaria prevention programs. We areseeing Future Vision re‐energizingclubs, so that they are breaking fromthe cycle of doing last year’s projectsthis year and again next year. A major step forward has been theleadership of General Secretary JohnHewko in setting up processes that

enable Rotarians and staffto work more closelytogether, so that we usethe huge skills that wehave in Rotarians toensure that our projectsare of the highest quality.We used to operate insilos and limitedourselves by doing this,but our standards are

high and will be improved by bringingtogether all our strengths. For example, UNICEF tells us that thefailure rate of water projects in someAfrican countries is as high as 65percent. As Rotarians we will nottolerate that amount of waste. We havesome of the best water experts in the

world, and we will use their exercise toguide our water projects to the highestpossible standards. We are aiming for aFoundation that is an internationalleader, not just in the amount of servicebut also in quality of that service. Sowhat is my advice to you? For nonpilot districts, have yourpreparations ready as soon as possible,so that the launch for you will be easy.Don’t try to make the old procedures fitthe new model. To use the U.S. term,this is a whole new ball game! here isnow more flexibility in areas such asscholarships, but allow yourself enoughtime to plan them properly. Close those old Matching Grantreports, so that you can focus on thefuture. Think big! Think outcomesrather than addressing symptoms andnot causes. Again, I say think big. Get used to using your computer forgrant applications and for information.It is all there online. The regionalRotary Foundation coordinators arespecially trained to support you. Usethem. To our pilot districts, I urge you tokeep on pushing the boundaries, foryour successes will inspire the rest ofus. Keep sending us the evaluations, asthey tell us where we are succeedingand where we can improve still further. The important message is that weshould look forward to workingwith Future Vision: it will make ourRotary more exciting and enjoyable. Weare here to serve, and each one of us isa Rotarian because we know that ourlives are measured by what we do forothers and not by what we do forourselves.

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++Sakuji TanakaRI Presidentelect, PDG Ortho

Rotary has been at the center of mylife for many years. I did not knowit at the time, but the day I joined

Rotary in 1975 was the day I set myfirst step on the path to a differentfuture. Before I joined Rotary, my viewof the world was narrow. I was thefourth of eight children. We were poor,and so was nearly everyone we knew. Ihad never met anyone who was notJapanese. Every week, I walked with mymother 20 kilometers to the market, tosell vegetables. This was as far as I

. . . We are seeing FutureVision reenergizing clubs, sothat they are breaking fromthe cycle of doing last year’sprojects this year and again

next year. . .


went, and as much as I saw of the worldbeyond my village. I dreamed of travel. I dreamed ofseeing other cities, other countries. Iwondered what they were like. Sincethen, I have traveled a great deal. I haveseen more of the world than I everimagined. But nothing has broadenedmy vision as much as the perspective Ihave gained through Rotary. Before Iwas a Rotarian, I saw only what was infront of me. I saw my business, myfamily, my customers, and mycompetitors. When I traveled, I sawonly what I knew to look at. But I did not see beyond that. I did notlook for context. I did not look pastwhat I believed was relevant to me. Oneday, I was asked to join the Rotary Clubof Yashio. And it was two years laterthat someone came and spoke to usabout the idea of vocational service.From that day, slowly, I began tochange. I realized that the purpose ofmy life was not just to earn more, to sellmore, to make my business better thananyone else’s. I realized that I wanted tohave better goals and higher goals –both personally and professionally. Irealized that for me, the most importantthing in life was being useful to otherpeople. And I realized that by helpingothers, even in the simplest of ways, Icould help to build peace. We hear the word peace every day.We hear it in the news, we use it inconversation, and we talk about it agreat deal in Rotary. But most of usspend very little time thinking aboutwhat peace is, and what that wordmeans. On its simplest level, peace can bedefined by what it is not. It is a state ofno war, no violence, and no fear. Itmeans that you are not in danger ofhunger or persecution or the sufferingof poverty. But we can also define peaceby what it is, and by what it can be.Peace can mean freedom of thought andof speech, freedom of opinion and ofchoice, and the ability forself‐determination. It can meansecurity, confidence in the future: a lifeand home in a stable society. On a more abstract level, peace canmean a sense of happiness, of innerserenity, of calm. The truth is that peacemeans different things to differentpeople. No definition is right, and no

definition is wrong. However we usethe word, this is what peace means forus. And however we use the word,however we understand peace, Rotarycan help us to achieve it. Rotary helpsus to meet the basic needs of others: toprovide health care, sanitation, food,and education when and where it ismost needed. It helps to meet the innerneeds as well, for friendship,connection, and caring. And Rotary helps us tobuild peace in its mosttraditional sense, byreducing the causes ofconflict. It builds bridgesof friendship andtolerance among peopleand nations. It helps usto understand eachother. Through our service, we learnthat the problems that may seem largeto us are really very small. We learnempathy for others. We come closer topeople who seem very different fromus. And we begin to understand howalike we really are. Through our Rotaryservice, we learn that cooperation ismore productive than conflict. We learnto value each other, as human beingswith human strengths and weaknesses.We learn that every one of us hassomething to give, and everyone hassomething to teach. To me, ServiceAbove Self is more than just a motto. Itis a way of life ‐‐ one that will make anylife richer and more meaningful. Putting Service Above Self allows us tofocus our energies on what is trulyimportant. We put the common goodabove our own. We prioritize others’needs over our own desires. We thinkless about ourselves and more aboutwhat is best for everyone. And in thisway, we help to build the foundation fora more peaceful world. This is why, in2012‐13, our Rotary theme will bePeace Through Service. Because however we define peace,whatever peace means to us, we canbring it closer through service. ServiceAbove Self reminds us that none of uscan live for ourselves alone. A life livedin isolation is empty and without joy.But when we live for others ‐‐ when wefocus on our role within our family, ourcommunity, and all humanity ‐‐ then webegin to realize our own place in theworld. I am part of the first generation

to grow up in Japan after a terrible war.I think it is natural that we now place agreat priority on peace. We saw wheremilitarism brought our country. And wealso saw the great economic growththat came when our nation made thechoice to change our way of thinking,and to embrace peace. This was the decision that allowedJapan to grow and thrive. It allowednew generations of children to grow up

in safety, to becomeeducated, to improvetheir lives. Itfundamentallychanged the Japaneseattitude toward othercountries and cultures. It caused us to openour minds, to become

more tolerant, to seek greaterunderstanding. And it allowed us toredirect our energies toward positivegoals. In Japan, it is traditional toprioritize the needs of the society overthe needs of the individual. This hasalways been part of our culture. In theweeks and months following the greatearthquake and disaster of last March,this was what helped us to survive andrebuild. This is a lesson that I think the wholeworld can learn from, in a positive way.When we see the needs of others asmore important than our own needs ‐‐when we focus our energies on a sharedgoal that is for the good of all ‐ thischanges everything. It changes ourperceptions. It changes how we relateto the world. It changes our priorities ina completely fundamental way. And itchanges how we understand the idea ofpeace. For me, the idea of Peace ThroughService does not involve anycomplicated philosophy. I am not aphilosopher. I am a salesman. And overmany years of business, I have learnedthat ultimately, the only way to asuccessful business is happy customers.When my customers are happy, mybusiness grows. And this makes mehappy in turn ‐‐ not only because mybusiness is doing well, but because I amglad to see that I have made othershappy. In business and in life, in orderto get where you want, you have toknow where you are going. In Rotary,we have made the decision to adopt the

. . . And I realized that byhelping others, even inthe simplest of ways, I

could help to buildpeace. . .


goals and priorities of the RI StrategicPlan as the roadmap for ourorganization. To support the implementation of thestrategic plan, RI will no longer havepresidential emphases that changeevery year. This decision will help us tohave greater continuity in our service,and achieve more significant goals overthe long term. I will ask you to focus the energies ofyour clubs on the three priorities of theRI Strategic Plan: to support andstrengthen clubs, to focus and increasehumanitarian service, and to enhancepublic image and awareness. I will askyou also to help promote and attend thethree Rotary global peace forums thatwe will be holding in Hiroshima, Berlin,and Honolulu. In Rotary, our business is not profit.Our business is peace. Our reward isnot money, but the happiness andsatisfaction of seeing a better, morepeaceful world one that we haveachieved through our own efforts. In this Rotary year, I ask you to putPeace Through Service at the forefrontof your Rotary work. And I ask you tounderstand that peace, in all of theways that we can understand it, is a realgoal and a realistic goal for Rotary.Peace is not something that can only beachieved through treaties, bygovernments, or through heroicstruggles. It is something that we canfind and that we can achieve, every dayand in many simple ways. And so I askyou all to commit to a Rotary year ofPeace Through Service and a Rotarygoal of a more peaceful world.

District 6380 Status as of July 1 - December 31, 2011

Rotary YTD 2010-11 2010-11 2010-11 2010-11 AnnualInternational Membership Membership net Foundation Foundation Foundation Foundation Foundation GivingDistrict 6380 as of Reported gain Annual Annual Annual Other Permanent %

Statistics Jul-11 to District or Giving Giving Giving YTD Giving Fund AchievedClub SAR 31-Dec-11 loss Goal 31-Dec-11 31-Dec-11 31-Dec-11Anchor Bay 18 18 0 1,000$ Ann Arbor 317 310 -7 24,000$ 19,644$ 34,646$ 9,741$ 144Ann Arbor North 31 33 2 3,000$ 625$ 625$ Auburn Hills 12 13 100$ 150$ Berkley 20 18 -2 100$ 3,000$ Birmingham 71 71 0 800$ 1,262$ 6,337$ 100Blenheim 22 14 -8 100$ 3,850$ 1,725$ Bloomfield Hills 34 3,800$ 500$ 113$ Brighton 70 72 2 7,500$ 250$ Chatham 79 78 -1 7,600$ 1,125$ 1,225$ 713$ Chatham Sunrise 38 39 1 250$ 442$ 695$ Chelsea 31 31 0 3,100$ Clarkston 20 20 0 2,300$ 1,000$ Clawson 16 13 -3Davisburg 13 15 2 100$ Dexter 31 32 1 2,000$ 2,200$ Dresden 18 20 2 1,000$ 421$ Eastpointe 16 17 1 2,100$ 2,000$ 2,000$ 95Farmington 23 21 -2 2,300$ Ferndale 20 20 0 2,000$ 50$ 75$ 275$ Fowlerville 28 28 0Hartland 22 18 -4 100$ Howell 48 48 0Lake Orion 22 22 0 -$ 84$ 1,454$ Lakes Area 12 17 5 1,600$ 1,838$ 2,048$ 2,336$ 128Livingston Sunrise 43 44 1 5,000$ Lyon Area 12 10 -2 500$ 500$ Macomb 11 12 1Milan 18 18 0 1,800$ 800$ Milford 34 33 -1 3,500$ 100$ 1,800$ 3,000$ Mt. Clemens 73 74 1 1,250$ Novi 40 39 -1 4,000$ 100$ 1,200$ Ortonville 11Oxford 34 35 1 200$ 1,400$ Pontiac 27 28 1 250$ Richmond 33 33 0 2,000$ 1,000$ Ridgetown 23Rochester 85 89 4 15,000$ 1,000$ 2,000$ Romeo 12 9 -3Royal Oak 32 30 -2 43$ 200$ Saline 31 29 -2 300$ 300$ 450$ Southfield 18 100$ Sterling Heights 23 23 0 2,300$ 1,895$ 300$ Thamesville 6Tilbury 22 20 -2 2,200$ 115$ 2,900$ Troy 37 42 5Utica-Shelby 14 12 -2 1,400$ 2,000$ 2,000$ 143Wallaceburg 10 10 0 1,200$ Warren 23 19 -4 1,500$ 84$ 304$ 100$ 100Waterford 26 29 3 2,035$ 5,185$ West Bloomfield 20 2,000$ Ypsilanti 24 30 6 2,500$ 100$ 100$ 225$ District 6380 District Total 2872

1662 1768 -7 105,400$ 29,935$ 67,190$ 43,010$ 2,972$ Per Capita ->

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