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From RI Director Guiller E Tumangan and Rotary Leaders of Zones 7A, 7B, and 8

Director’s Message

There is this favorite line among trainers that goes, “the more you know, the more you know that
you don’t know.” I get a combined feeling of inadequacy and pleasure each time nugGETs is
released. Since this is the preparatory training season, I thought of sharing something on good
governance. As a Rotarian, there is just so much to learn about humanity even with just six
areas of focus to think about.

This is exactly what I experienced when, out of curiosity, I tried to put

together something about magazine month.

It is not just about frequency. It was great to know more about The
Rotarian. Seeing the covers of the first National Rotarian and The
Rotarian was like finding a new model of your favorite toy car or airplane
or robot. The publication is almost as old as Rotary and chronicles the
evolution and maturity of our organization. We salute all the editors and
writers through the years. Had it not been for them, we would not know
our organization “up close” so to speak. This medium of mass
communication is as useful and valuable as the web today.

There are regional magazines. Newsletters abound. And social media

explodes with documentation of Rotary events, ideas, information and
pictures. I am happy that Rotary Fellowships are archiving for posterity.
Truly, a Rotary leader has to be a lifelong learner. As we discover more
about Rotary, the more we learn about ourselves.

In Rotary Club Central, we find this goal setting panel with the heading
“Club Communication” where clubs indicate goals set and achieved, as
follows:
Our club has a strategic plan
Club assemblies conducted per year Club Central
Our online presence accurately reflects current activities
Number of communications distributed per month
Number of social activities for members outside of
club meetings per year

At face value, I was looking at it in terms of club bulletin, messaging, and social media. This innocent looking
table has a major role play in the operational and strategic governance functions of the Rotary Club’s Board of
Directors. I hope this will be given the attention it deserves during the District Training Assembly, if it was not done
in the PETS. As the management dictum goes “We cannot NOT communicate.”

My 45-year-old home club is Rotary Club Makati West and our weekly club bulletin is West Side Story. Although
we have an electronic copy, a hard copy is still a must for us since we have a few senior members and visiting
Rotarians from local clubs and abroad. We also use the club bulletin to recognize our donors, sponsors,
collaborating organizations, especially when they come to fellowship with us to be apprised of developments in the
projects they support. In 45 years, our club have issued as of today a total of 2,061 Weekly Club Bulletins. At the
end of the Rotary Year, the club bulletins for the year are book-bound.

So to answer the frequently asked question “should there still be a hard copy of the club bulletin?” By all means,
have some printed for those who do not have time to spare to go online and read. Like The Rotarian, the club
bulletin can chronicle the club’s history, heritage, and even histrionics.

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ARE YOU GOING TO SĂO PAULO? Please come and Light Up Rotary!

In his March Presidential Message, RI President Gary C. K. Huang calls on the willing and able Rotarians to have a
grand fellowship in Sao Paolo Brazil:

“In Rotary, we have the opportunity to build bonds of friendship with

fellow Rotarians around the world. And once a year, at our international
convention, we have the chance to get together with all of our Rotary
friends, to share new ideas, plan new service, and just have fun.

What better way to celebrate the end of the 2014-15 Rotary year,
and Light Up Rotary with your friends, than to travel together to the 106th
annual Rotary International Convention in São Paulo, Brazil? Whether
you have never been to a convention before or are an experienced
convention goer, this will be one you won't want to miss. Preregistration
pricing ends on 31 March, so plan now for the biggest Rotary party of the
year.

In Rotary, service and friendship go hand in hand. As you focus on the

work of this Rotary year, I ask you not to lose sight of the importance of
international friendship, and to register for the São Paulo convention now
at www.riconvention.org.

2011 2013
WHY NOT JOIN A ROTARY FELLOWSHIP BEFORE YOU LEAVE FOR
THE SǞO PAULO CONVENTION…
2009 2007

Try meeting new friends through the International Fellowship of Rotarian

Convention Goers. It “is an internationally organized group of Rotarians
dedicated to promoting and going Rotarians who have previously attended an
International Convention where they see attendance at an RI Convention as a
2006 2005 unique opportunity for International Fellowship where International
Understanding is highly promoted. This International Fellowship of Rotarian
Convention Goers feels that every Rotarian should try to make every effort
2001
possible to attend an International Convention to learn how the World of
2004 Rotary comes together thanks to the first Object of Rotary-acquaintance and
friendship. It is at the convention where they learn how Rotarians worldwide
promote better and ethical service via their vocations and professions, where
they see the work of the World of Rotary carrying out Rotary Service by
2012 2002 visiting Club Projects Exhibitions -- with the final result of the fourth Object --
understanding, goodwill and peace, united in the ideal of service. The
Fellowship encourages membership by all Rotarians who have attended at
least one Rotary International convention, but does not limit its members to
2008 only those Rotarians who have previously attended an International
2003
Convention.”

2000 2010

1998 1999
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The General Officers of RI, RY 2014-2015

Seated (L-R): Treasurer Holger Knaack, Vice-
President Celia Elena Cruz de Giay, RI President
Gary C.K. Huang, RI President-Elect Ravi
Ravindran & Executive Committee Chair Larry
Lunsford
Standing 2nd Row (L-R): RI Directors Michael
Webb, Guiller Tumangan, Giuseppe Viale, Seiji
Kita, Julia Phelps, Safak Alpay & P.T. Prabhakar
Standing 3rd Row (L-R): RI Directors Per Hoyen,
Robert Hall, Takanori Sugitani, Mary Beth
Growney Selene, Sangkoo Yun, Greg Podd,
Steven Snyder and General Secretary John
Hewko

RI PRESIDENTIAL THEMES – A TRAINING RESOURCE FOR TRANSFORMATIVE GOVERNANCE

In pursuit of good governance, maybe it is high time for the clubs’ Board of Director to animate the board evaluation
processes for the clubs’ Best Class board of directors to measure how well they have illuminated the club and for the
World Class board of directors to set goals that will steer the club to Be a Gift to the World

To this end, I offer to you District Trainers and Club Trainers a suggested design of a short training module or group
discussion topic using the annual themes of the Rotary International Presidents from RY 1985-86 to RY 2015-16 as
well as Past RI Director Joseph A. Caulder’s collection of the Past RI Presidents’ visions from RY1912 -13 to RY1932-
1934. It was fascinating reading and reflecting so I thought between now and June, governors and governors-elect
might find a way to conduct a training session for the clubs’ Board of Directors – at district or club level. The lists you
will find in the succeeding pages can help us connect to Rotary’s past as we tackle contemporary issue s.

I. INTRODUCE THE TRAINING ACTIVITY OR GROUP DISCUSSION TOPIC WITH A LECTURETTE

We often say, “Let us go back to the Basics of Rotary.” This is a deceptively simple invitation. The Object of Rotary is
thto promote high ethical standards. In the 6 International Convention or about 100 years ago,
a “Rotary Code of
Ethics” was adopted but its dissemination was discontinued some years later. Today, we promote the 4 -Way Test, not
as the ethical standard, but more of a practical tool for arriving at ethical decisions, whether you are a kid or an adult.
This example shows how we at Rotary foster a shared understanding of ‘what is basic’ and ‘what is good.’

The Board is the governing body of the club. It has general control over all officers and committees and, for good
cause, may declare any office vacant. The decision of the board in all club matters is final, subject only to an appeal
to the club.

The authority to lead the club emanates from the club members and is guided by the constitutional documents.
However, the best authority is the authority of a good example. In management lingo, world class means companies
use your company as the benchmark. Thus, to be a world class club is to be an exemplar. So, how can our club’s
Board become the exemplar or role model? The elected officers of the club must ensure that the generative aspect of
club good governance or the constancy of purpose is upheld. We need transformational leaders.

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Since our last board meeting, I found myself trying to learn more about the generative approach to good
governance. And these are some of the ideas I gathered:

Effective boards drive the non-profits’ successes or failures. When we apply the 4-Way Test to good governance, the
transformative or generative mode of governance requires the board (a) to be honest with each other, (b) to confront and
frame the value laden issues, (c) to gather actionable information, (d) to engage in catalytic and probing dialogue or
discussion of the lasting impact of its decisions on the organization’s reputation, image and constituents, and (e) to show
the board’s courage of conviction and confidence to move forward and provide insight into the organization’s purpos e,
mission and core values.

Maybe, you can use some of the ideas in the foregoing for your lecturette. However, I am sure you can come up with
something much better. More and more I think this is the training role that past district governors can play. Let us make
ourselves available as guest speakers, especially to the small clubs, on the topic of good governance. From a training
perspective, make your speech a handout so that the club can print it in next week's bulletin.

II. STATE THE TRAINING OBJECTIVES

As a result of this short training activity or group discussion, the Rotary Club’s Board of Directors will have a common
frame of reference for formulating plans for transformative governance. During the session itself, participating Board
of Directors and officers will have the opportunity to agree on at least one primary transformational objective for their
respective Rotary Clubs.

III. PROCEDURE AND INSTRUCTIONS TO PARTICIPANTS

1. Introduce the activity. Say something about the handouts that they will receive and state the training objectives.
Ask: How important is it to know the history and heritage of Rotary relation to nurturing and sustaining your own
club? Say: We will found out later after the activity.

2. Deliver your lecturette. You may share your Rotary moment about Rotary leaders and how they have changed
you. Give each participant a copy of your lecturette and/or Rotary Moment.

3. Distribute the handout and give this little trivia. “Paul Harris was the first president of the national association of
Rotary Clubs and he served from 1910 to 1912. Of course, his vision is for Rotarians to be the purveyors of
peace. In the handout, you will see the visions of his successors from RY 1912-13 to RY 1933-34. Vision covers
a span of 10 to 30 years. Your task is to check which statements are still relevant and kept alive by Rotary
International today.”

As you read through the handout, keep in mind that according to Wikipedia: There were 213 civil wars from 1816
to 1997, 104 of which occurred from 1944 to 1997. If one uses the less-stringent 1,000 casualties total criterion,
there were over 90 civil wars between 1945 and 2007, with 20 ongoing civil wars as of 2007. So how did we
come this far - be 110 years old? How can your club be as sustainable and strong?

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4. Print the presidential theme sheet and cut into strips. Each participant should receive a white long letter envelope
containing 5 randomly selected presidential themes. Prepare as many envelopes as needed.

Break the “class” into “Rotary Club Board of Directors”. This may be actual Board of Directors or a simulated
Board of Directors.

5. Instruct the participants to: Open the envelope. Go over the presidential themes in their envelope. Their task is
to choose three (3) themes that they think is appropriate for their Rotary Club. By appropriate, we mean
something that their club needs to grow into something that will strengthen their club, something that can motivate
their members.

6. Ask them to share their answer with their fellow members of the Board of Directors and come up and agree on a
common goal statement for the year according to what good governance should be: Accountable, Transparent,
Responsive, Equitable and Inclusive, Effective and Efficient, Follows the rule of law, Participatory and Consensus-
oriented.

7. As the groups are discussing, move around and distribute the Goal Worksheet below. Ask the Board to
accomplish in duplicate and say that you will collect the duplicate later for evaluation.

TRANFORMATIVE GOALS WORKSHEET

Transformative or generative approach to Good Governance requires the Board of

Directors to be

TRANSFORMATIVE OR GENERATIVE GOVERNANCE GUIDE QUESTIONS:

Inspired by the annual presidential themes, use the generative questions to

look
deeper into the core work that Rotary or our Rotary Club is doing from a
different
angle, keeping in mind the Object of Rotary and the five avenues of service.
ASK: If we do this or pursue this direction, what will we look like in the near
future and
the long term? What is the biggest gap between what we claim we are to
our members
and to the community and what our actual performances or actions say we
ROTARY CLUB OF ________________________________________
are?
GOAL STATEMENT

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HANDOUT: VISION OF RI PRESIDENTS

The Joseph A. Caulder Collection

"Eyewitness to RI's First 50 Years" Caulder, Past RI Director
1928-29

Rotary Year RI President Rotary Club Rotary President’s Vision

1912-1913 Glen C. Mead Philadelphia Business as a means toward world betterment and a
rd (USA) catalyst for world peace.
3 President Kansas City That it might help to establish a Golden Rule of business
1913-1914 Russel F. Greiner (USA) throughout the world.
th Minneapolis (USA) Development of the individual Rotarian to become his
1915-1916 4 President 'best self' in service to others.
Allen D. Albert An endowment to fund the association's good works into
th perpetuity. The result: The Rotary Foundation
1916-1917 5 President Cleveland, Ohio Unity of thought and purpose as a means to world
Arch C.Klumph (USA) understanding and peace.
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Rotarians as the builders of the postwar world, through
1917-1918 th
6 President Canada their influence and their vocations.
E Leslie Pidgeon Washington D.C. Make Rotary friendship and fellowship a living force in
1918-1919 (USA)
th the world at large.
7 President Atlanta, Make its teachings a guiding principle and vitalizing force
1919-1920 John Poole Georgia (USA) in the lives of men everywhere.
th
Portland, Oregon Apply the organization's simplicity and sincerity of
8 President (USA) purpose to service worldwide.
1920-1921 Fort William Ontario, Vocational ethics, as practiced by Rotarians, as the
Albert S. Adams
th
Canada building blocks of world civilization
1921-1922 9 President Kansas City Missouri, Help establish ethical business practices worldwide
Estes Snedecor (USA)
th
Philadelphia,
1922-1923 Pennsylvania (USA)
10 President
Dr. Crawford C. McCullough Shawnee,
1923-1924 th
Oklahoma (USA)
11 President New Haven,
Raymond M. Havens Connecticut ( USA)
1924-1925 Show the world a high example of unselfish service.
th
12 President
1925-1926 Guy Gundaker Keep the Rotary movement a spiritual force for
th
improvement of world conditions and encouragement of
13 President world understanding
Everett Making its Object effective - personally, in the
1926-1927 Harry H.W. Hill
Rogers San Antonio, Texas community, and worldwide.
th
th (USA) Encourage adoption of a Rotary-inspired code of ethics
1416
President
President Huntington, Indiana
1927-1928 Donald in business and professions everywhere.
ArthurA.H.Adams
Sapp (USA) Hold the good of the organization's past in reve-rence,
th
th Tampico as it climbs to higher usefulness in the future.
1928-1929 1517President
President Tamaulipas, Mexico To keep it simple enough that the average Rotarian can
I.B. “Tom” Sutton Durham, North apply its principles to daily life.
1929-1930 th Carolina (USA) Development of a central administration with provision
18 President Palo Alto for both autonomy and cooperation of club and district.
M. Eugene Newson California USA To achieve an international unity for the organization,
1930-1931 th London, England making it one family of Rotarians.
19 President Helping to create a world without barriers to
1931-1932 Almon E. Roth cooperation and understanding.
th
The mobilization of individual goodwill in solving
20 President universal problems.
1932-1933 Sydney W.Pascall Albuquerque
st New Mexico (USA)
21 President Montreal
1933-1934
Clinton P. Anderson Quebec, Canada
nd
22 President
John Nelson
6 rd
23 President
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HANDOUT: RI PRESIDENTIALTHEMES FROM 1985 TO 2015

Rotary Year RI President Theme Logo

1985-86 Edward F. Cadman You are the Key

(Wenatchee, Washington, USA)

1986-87 M. A. T. Caparas Rotary Brings Hope

(Manila, Philippines)

1987-88 Charles C. Keller Rotarians -- United in Service-

(California, Pennsylvania, USA) Dedicated to Peace

1988-89 Royce Abbey Put Life into Rotary -- Your Life

(Melbourne, Vic. Australia)

1989-90 Hugh M. Archer Enjoy Rotary!

(Dearborn, Michigan, USA)

1990-91 Paulo V. C. Costa Honor Rotary with Faith and

(Santos, São Paulo, Brazil) Enthusiasm

1991-92 Rajendra K. Saboo Look Beyond Yourself

(Chandigarh, India)

1992-93 Clifford L. Dochterman Real Happiness is Helping Others

(Moraga, California, USA)

1993-94 Robert R. Barth Believe in What You Do --

(Aarau, Switzerland) Do What You Believe in

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1994-95 William H. Huntley Be a Friend

(Alford & Mablethorpe, Lincs, England)

1995-96 Herbert G. Brown Act with Integrity, Serve with Love,

(Clearwater, Florida, USA) Work for Peace

1996-97 Luis Vicente Giay Build the Future with

(Arrecifes, Bs., As., Argentina) Action and Vision

1997-98 Glen W. Kinross Show Rotary Cares

(Hamilton, Qld, Australia) for your community, for our world,
for its people

1998-99 James L. Lacy Follow Your Rotary Dream

(Cookeville, Tennessee, USA)

1999-00 Carlo Ravizza Rotary 2000: Act with Consistency,

(Milan, Italy) Credibility, Continuity

2000-01 Frank J. Devlyn Create Awareness Take Action

(Anáhuac in Mexico City, Mexico)

2001-02 Richard D. King Mankind is Our Business

(Niles in Fremont, California, USA)

2002-03 Bhichai Rattakul Sow the Seeds of Love

(Dhonburi in Bangkok, Thailand)

2003-04 Jonathan B. Majiyagbe Lend a Hand

(Kano, Kano State, Nigeria)

2004-05 Glenn E. Estess, Sr. Celebrate Rotary

(Shades Valley, Ala., USA)

2005-06 Carl-Wilhelm Stennhammar Service Above Self

(Goteborg, Sweden)

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2006-07 William Boyd Lead the Way

(Pakuranga, New Zealand)

2007-08 Wilfrid J. Wilkinson Rotary Shares

(Trenton, Ontario, Canada)

2008-09
Dong Kurn Lee Make Dreams Real
(Seoul, Korea)

2009-10 John Kenny The Future of Rotary

(Grangemouth, Central, Scotland) is in Your Hands

2010-11 Ray Klinginsmith Building Communities.

(Kirksville, Missouri, USA) Bridging Continents

2011-12 Kalyan Banerjee Reach Within to Embrace Humanity

(Vapi, Gujarat, India)

2012-13 Sakuji Tanaka Peace Through Service

(Yashio, Saitama, Japan)

2013-14 Ron D. Burton Engage Rotary, Change Lives

(Norman, Oklahoma, USA)

2014-15 Gary C.K. Huang Light Up Rotary

(Taipei, Taiwan)

2015-16 K.R. (Ravi) Ravindran Be a Gift to the World

(Colombo, Western Province,
Sri Lanka)

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VICTORIAN MULTI-DISTRICT PRESIDENTS-ELECT TRAINING SEMINAR

VICTORIAN MULTI-DISTRICT PRESIDENTS-ELECT TRAINING SEMINAR

February 28 – March 1, 2015

DGE Jane DGE Richard & Lorna DGE Julie DGE David & Alison DGE Merv & Christine
District 9780 District 9790 District 9800 District 9810 District 9820

MESSAGE from the five (5) District Governors-Elect

As Governors of the five districts, we built on the experiences of the previous year’s Presidents -Elect
Training Seminars to develop an enjoyable learning experience that will motivate and inspire, assist, and
develop the skills and knowledge required to be an effective President of the Rotary Club in 2015-2016.

The job of the Club President is extremely important within the Rotary family. Our hope is that Presidents-
elect will return to their clubs motivated and equipped to make a difference in their own community and
energized to lead their fellow Rotarians to “be a gift to the world”.

Julie Mason, D9800 Governor-elect from the Rotary Club of Wyndham, said “We had a sensational Multi
District President elect training Session in Ballarat. As a DGE Team, we spent many hours planning for this
event and when we receive such positive feedback, I can say that it is all worthwhile.”

Jane Cox, D9780 Governor-elect from the Rotary Club of Geelong Central mused, “Our hard fruit came to
fruition and we have had some positive feedback. Now the 5 Victorian DGN’s are putting their heads to start
working on continuing this event for 2016. Having the 5 Districts together enabled us to provide higher calibre
speakers and the interaction between the Presidents Elect is a joy to observe. Plus, it has been a very
enriching experience working with Merv, Julie, Richard and David. We delivered a great weekend and now on
to my Club working on our ‘promo’ for DG Geoff James District 9780 Conference at Marybor ough in 2 weeks
time...then District Training Assembly in early May. As you know it goes on and on and all good.”

Major Topics were:

Message from Rotary International President 2015-16 Ravi Ravindran
Keynote speaker Mary Barry, CEO - National Heart Foundation
How to prepare for being a President – PDG Tim Moore
Zone Membership Plan: “Recruitment & Retention, Diversity” - PDG Jessie Harman
The Rotary Foundation – “Your Money at Work” – John Barnes
Keynote Address – Charlie Allen, Rotary Foundation Peace Scholar
Club Visioning – Club Strategic Plan – PDG Cathy Roth
Public Image of Rotary – PP Phillip Archer
Summary – MC David Anderson

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VICTORIAN MULTI-DISTRICT PETS

CONGRATULATIONS
For engaging a great

number audience of

committed district

and club leaders.

Truly a world class

beginning!

DGsE Julie, Richard, Merv, Jane & David &

guest entertainer Jack Stacey

Here in Ballarat, Victoria, we’ve just

finished a
wonderful Multi-District PETS for the five
Victorian-based Districts. There were more
than 300 Presidents-Elect in attendance,
and
partners took the total number in
attendance
The program featured plenary sessions, and
for the two day event to around 450.
District focused break-out sessions, and from all
reports
was an outstanding success. The incoming
governors
did a power of work to organise the event, and
were
recognised by all attending for their leadership.
This
Regards,
year marked the third consecutive year for this
very
Jessie, Rotary
successful Coordinator
event.

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DGE Peter James DGE Jennifer DGE Michael DGE Simon DGE Murray DGE Karen
District 9910 District 9920 District 9930 District 9940 District 9970 District 9980

Programme
Plenaries focused on The Bigger Picture, Supporting our
Foundation, Helping Clubs thrive, Connecting with a
wider
group, Communication/PR. These were followed by
facilitated
breakout sessions based around the topic of the plenary.
Each
district had two sessions working with their own team.
One, an
extensive session and one a wrap up session. The other
four
sessions were cross grouped mixing President Elects
The
fromsession was opened by a Kapahaka group from a
local
across the Zone.
school. Rotarians donated $1000 for the students’
ongoing
learning in this area and the Chair and DGE from 9920
presented a cheque to the students on the morning after Using digital devices as part of training
the
seminar.

Overall Comment
The speakers presented a focused and interesting programme
and
were exactly what we had hoped for. Generally the delivery of
the
curriculum in the breakout sessions was well received and
appropriate. Some sessions need to be have less material in
them.
Understanding around the Foundation is an issue that needs
Children performing Kapahaka deep
review. Both PETS 1 curriculum and SPPETS programmes will
be
reviewed in this area to ensure that the learning is scaffolded
A
andPaul Harris recognition was presented to the
team
effective.
at the conference centre for their work over the
last
five years.
Trish Boyle
Chair of South Pacific PETS

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THE POWER OF PRINT IN TIMES OF PROFOUND CHANGE

Please register and join us at the following

From the Rotary Global History Fellowship website:
THE ROTARIAN --- The first issue – tabloid size and 12
Rotary Institutes
pages - was published in January 1911 as The National
Rotarian. Harry Ruggles, the fifth Rotarian who owned a
printing shop recalled “It was a flimsy little thing - Only
Paul and Ches could have foreseen The Rotarian of
today coming from it. But that’s the sort of men they were.
They remind me of a phrase I’ve heard my father read
from the Bible many times at our morning family altar at
our old home in Decatur, Michigan. It's this: ". . . your
young men shall see visions."

RID Guiller E. Tumangan

Convener

PDG Eduardo R. Alvarez

The name changed in September 1912 Chair after of
clubs were
the Organizing Committee
chartered in Canada and England. That year, Paul
Harris was eager to have more Rotary Clubs
Website: and
www.2015manilarotaryinstitute.org
thought it would be helpful to circulate a long article
he'd written about Rational Rotarianism. Chesley
Venue: R.Philippine Plaza Manila
Sofitel
Perry was Secretary of the National Association of
Rotary Clubs - now Rotary International - and grabbed
the idea. He'd make Paul's article into Volume 1,
Number 1, of a regular publication. Ches didn't have
any money for it - but that didn't stop Ches. He got
advertisements and persuaded me to print The National
Rotarian.

Imagine a publication that has been a source of wisdom for 103 years. Yes that is The Rotarian, the
flagship magazine of Rotary International! Have you checked out the latest issue?
Rotary Zone 8 Institute 2015 – Melbourne
17-22 November

A Nugget from Paul Harris …100 years ago……

PRID John Boag PRID John Boag
Convener
Convener
1915 marked the tenth milestone of Rotary. In his message to Rotarians entitled “Passing our Tenth
Milestone”, Paul Harris wrote: Happiness is to be desired First, Last,
RID and AllE.the
Guiller time….. Happiness has
Tumangan
some mortal enemies, among the most formidable of which are ill health, drunkenness, gluttony, worry, fear,
Co-Convener
PDG Rex Morris
hate, jealousy, selfishness, thoughtlessness, miserliness, extravagance, laziness, love of display. But it also
Institute Chair
has good friends such as good health, temperance, clear conscience, PDG fearlessness,
Jennifer Coburn love, kindness,
Email: rex.jo@clear.net.nz Institute sincerity
Chair
thoughtfulness, friendliness, consideration, economy, frankness, fairness, and simplicity. Many of
us seek happiness in strange places, in places where it simply cannot be found. The cause of this, of
course, is thoughtlessness. Rotary is the harbinger of a general worldwide philosophy of business
Venue: Nelson, New Zealand Website: www.rotaryinstitute.org.au
and of life with happiness as its goal.
Venue: Etihad Stadium, 740 Bourke Street, Docklands

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