[D9640general] [eFlash_Rotary] Digest Number 811

Sat Jul 19 09:23:33 EST 2008

Messages 

1.
<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/eFlash_Rotary/message/1451;_ylc=X3oDMTJxaHJ1N
WEwBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE1BGdycElkAzI3ODYwNzYEZ3Jwc3BJZAMxNzA1MDY0MDg2BG1zZ0lkAzE0N
TEEc2VjA2Rtc2cEc2xrA3Ztc2cEc3RpbWUDMTIxNjM3MjA2OA--> 1534: Taiwanese Rotary
scholar rises to news director post 

Thu Jul 17, 2008 9:35 pm (PDT) 

Taiwanese Rotary scholar rises to news director post
By Donna Polydoros 

Sixteen years ago, Kuan left her job as a news anchor in Taiwan to 
earn a master's degree in the United States. 

The decision to leave wasn't easy. Kuan had already finished her 
undergraduate degree and was working as an anchor and reporter at 
CTS, a major Chinese broadcasting company. 

She had hoped to study at an East Coast or West Coast university. The 
Rotary Club of Taipei Po Ai, Taiwan, sponsored her to go to Ohio 
State University instead. 

"I was a little disappointed at first," Kuan confesses. "But then I 
met my husband there." 

Kuan spent a year with the Rotary Club of Dublin-Worthington, Ohio, 
sharing stories about the people and culture of Taiwan. Her 
professional success, good grades, and ability to reach out to other 
people made her a natural choice for an Ambassadorial Scholar. 

"Back then, we didn't have the Internet and YouTube. You had to rely 
on people skills. To introduce people [in Ohio] to Taiwan, I used a 
lot of writing and slideshows and verbal explanation--basic 
presentations, no PowerPoint. Just talking to people." 

After graduating with a master's in journalism and public relations, 
Kuan used the knowledge and skills she gained during her time in Ohio 
to land a job with LA 18 KSCI-TV , a leading Asian-language 
television station in Southern California. 

Kuan quickly moved up the ranks to news director. She credits her 
decision to stay and pursue her career in the United States in part 
to the warmth and kindness shown her by her host family, Rotarian G. 
Courtney Chapman and his wife. 

LA 18 covered the recent RI Convention in Los Angeles . There, Kuan 
met other Ambassadorial Scholars and Rotarians from Taiwan, like RI 
Director Jackson San-Lien Hsieh. 

"I was introduced to several Rotarians here [in Los Angeles], and I 
am going to start contacting them and see if there is a way I can 
give back." 

Kuan notes that after LA 18 aired the story about the convention, the 
station received several inquiries about how to get involved with 
Rotary. She referred viewers to the RI Web site. 

"In the past, Rotary events were held in small circles and only a few 
members of the media would come. Now people blog and share 
information ," Kuan said. "Right now I see new blood and new faces 
and a new way of doing things." 

Source: Rotary International News 
Courtesy: eFlash_Rotary

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<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/eFlash_Rotary/message/1452;_ylc=X3oDMTJxaGkxd
WYyBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE1BGdycElkAzI3ODYwNzYEZ3Jwc3BJZAMxNzA1MDY0MDg2BG1zZ0lkAzE0N
TIEc2VjA2Rtc2cEc2xrA3Ztc2cEc3RpbWUDMTIxNjM3MjA2OA--> 1535: Zones Realligned 

Thu Jul 17, 2008 9:46 pm (PDT) 

Zones & Their Districts (w.e.f. 1 July 2008) 

Zone 1: Northern Japan 2500, 2510, 2520, 2530, 2540, 2550, 2560, 
2570, 2770, 2790, 2800, 2820, 2830, 2840. 

Zone 2: North Central Japan, and Micronesia 2580, 2590, 2600, 2610, 
2620, 2630, 2750, 2760, 2780 

Zone 3: Southern Japan 2640, 2650, 2660, 2670, 2680, 2690, 2700, 
2710, 2720, 2730, 2740 

Zone 4: Section A: Northwestern India 3010, 3050, 3070, 3080, 3090, 
3100 
Section B: Western India 3030, 3040, 3060, 3131, 3132, 3140 

Zone 5: Section A: Southern India, Sri Lanka 2980, 3000, 3201, 3202, 
3211, 3212, 3220 
Section B: Southern India 3020 3150, 3160, 3170, 3180, 3190, 3230 

Zone 6: Section A: Northeastern India, Nepal 3110, 3120, 3240, 3250, 
3260, 3291, 3292 
Section B: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Brunei, Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia, 
Pakistan, Singapore, Thailand 3270*, 3280, 3300, 3310*, 3330, 3340, 
3350*, 3360* 

Zone 7: Section A: French Polynesia, New Zealand 9910*, 9920*, 9930, 
9940, 9970, 9980 
Section B: Indonesia, Philippines 3400, 3770, 3780, 3790, 3800, 3810, 
3820, 3830, 3850, 3860, 3870 

Zone 8: Australia, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Timor Leste 
9450, 9460, 9470, 9500, 9520, 9550*, 9570, 9600*, 9630, 9640, 9650, 
9670, 9680, 9690, 9700, 9710, 9750, 9780, 9790, 9800, 9810, 9820, 
9830 

Zone 9: Korea 3600, 3620, 3630, 3640, 3650, 3670,3680, 3690, 3700, 
3730, 3740, 3750 

Zone 10: Section A: Korea 3590, 3610, 3660, 3710, 3720 
Section B: **China, Macau, Mongolia, Taiwan 3450*, 3460, 3470, 3480, 
3490, 3500, 3510, 3520 

Zone 11: Andorra, France, Monaco 1510, 1520, 1640, 1650, 1660, 1670, 
1680, 1690, 1700*, 1710, 1720, 1730*, 1740, 1750, 1760, 1770, 1780, 
1790 

Zone 12: Albania, Italy, Malta, San Marino 2040, 2050, 2070*, 2080, 
2090*, 2100, 2110*, 2120

Zone 13: Section A: Netherlands 1550, 1560, 1570, 1580, 1590, 1600, 
1610 
Section B : Portugal, Spain 1960*, 1970, 2201, 2202, 2203
Section C: Switzerland 1980, 1990 

Zone 14: Germany 1800, 1810, 1820, 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880, 1890, 
1900, 1940, 1950 

Zone 15: Section A: Northern/Eastern Sweden 2320, 2330, 2340, 2350, 
2370, 2380, 2400, 2410* (*Sweden only)
Section B: Aland Islands, Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Western Russia 
1380, 1390, 1400, 1410*, 1420*, 1430, 2220, 2410* (*Latvia only) 

Zone 16: Section A: Denmark, Greenland, Iceland, Lithuania 1360, 
1440*, 1450, 1460*, 1470*, 1480, 
B: Belarus, Poland, Southwestern Sweden, Ukraine 2230*, 2300* 
(*Sweden only) 2360, 2390 
Section C: Norway 2250, 2260, 2270, 2280, 2290, 2300* (*Norway only), 
2310 

Zone 17: Northern/Northwestern England, Ireland, Isle of Man, 
Scotland, Wales 1010, 1020, 1030, 1040, 1050, 1060, 1070, 1150, 
1160*, 1180*, 1190, 1210, 1220, 1230, 1270, 1280*

Zone 18: Section A: Channel Islands, Southern England, Wales, West 
Country 1080, 1090, 1100*, 1110*, 1120, 1130, 1140, 1170, 1200, 1240, 
1250, 1260, 1290 
Section B: Belgium, Luxembourg 1620, 1630*, 2170 

Zone 19: Austria, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Czech Republic, 
Germany, Hungary, Israel, Italy, Liechtenstein, Republic of Moldova, 
Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Switzerland, 1830, 1840*, 1910*, 1911, 
1920, 1930, 2000*, 2030, 2060, 2240*, 2241*, 2490

Zone 20: Section A: Sub-Saharan Africa 9100*,9110, 9120, 9130, 9140, 
9150*, 9200*, 9210*, 9220*, 9250*, 9270, 9300, 9320*, 9350* 
Section B: Northern Africa, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Rep. of 
Georgia, **Gibraltar, Greece, Kazakhstan, Kosova, Rep. of, 
Kyrgyzstan, Macedonia, Middle East, Serbia & Montenegro, Tajikistan, 
Turkey 2420, 2430*, 2440, 2450*, 2470, 2481*, 2482, 9010* 

Zone 21: Section A: Central America, Colombia, Dominican Republic, 
Mexico, Venezuela 4060, 4100, 4110, 4130*, 4150, 4160, 4170, 4180, 
4190, 4200, 4240*, 4250*, 4270, 4280, 4290, 4370*, 4380 
Section B: USA > Texas 5790, 5810, 5840, 5870, 5890, 5910, 5930 

Zone 22: Section A: Central Brazil 4310, 4420, 4430, 4440, 4480, 
4510, 4540, 4590, 4600, 4610, 4620, 4770 
Section B: Bolivia, Northern Brazil, Peru 4300, 4390, 4410, 4450, 
4460, 4490, 4500, 4520, 4530, 4550, 4560, 4570, 4580, 4690, 4720, 
4750, 4760

Zone 23: Section A: Southern Brazil 4470*, 4630, 4640, 4650, 4651, 
4660, 4670, 4680, 4700, 4710, 4730, 4740, 4780 
Section B: **Antarctica, Argentina, Chile, Ecuador, Paraguay, Uruguay 
4320, 4340, 4350, 4360, 4400, 4790, 4800, 4815, 4825, 4830, 4840*, 
4855, 4865, 4890, 4915, 4920, 4930, 4940, 4970, 4980 

Zone 24: Canada, Eastern Russia, USA > Alaska, Maine, Michigan, New 
York, Washington 5010*, 5040, 5050*, 5060*, 5360, 5370, 5550, 6330*, 
7010, 7040*, 7070, 7080, 7090*, 7790*, 7810*, 7820 

Zone 25: Canada, USA > California, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon, Washington 
5020*, 5030, 5080*, 5100, 5110, 5130, 5150, 5160, 5180, 5190 

Zone 26: USA > Arizona, California, Hawaii, Nevada 5000, 5170, 5220, 
5230, 5240, 5260, 5280, 5300, 5320, 5330, 5340, 5490, 5500, 5510 

Zone 27: USA > Colorado, Iowa, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, North 
Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Wyoming 5390, 5400, 
5420, 5440, 5450, 5470, 5520, 5610, 5630, 5670, 5690, 5710, 5730, 
5750, 5770 

Zone 28: Canada, USA > Illinois, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, 
North Dakota, Wisconsin 5580*, 5650, 5950, 5960, 5970, 6000, 6220, 
6250, 6270, 6420, 6440, 6450

Zone 29: Canada, USA > Maryland, Michigan, New York, Ohio, 
Pennsylvania, West Virginia 6290*, 6310, 6360, 6380*, 6400*, 6600, 
6630, 6650, 7120, 7150, 7170, 7190, 7280, 7300, 7330, 7350, 7370 

Zone 30: USA > Arkansas, Illinois, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, 
Missouri, Oklahoma, Texas 5830, 6040, 6060, 6080, 6110, 6150, 6170, 
6190, 6200, 6460, 6490, 6510, 6820, 6840 

Zone 31: USA > Alabama, Indiana, Kentucky, Mississippi, Ohio, 
Tennessee 6540, 6560, 6580, 6670, 6690, 6710, 6740, 6760, 6780, 6800, 
6860, 6880 

Zone 32: USA > Bermuda, Canada, USA > Connecticut, Maine, 
Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, 
Rhode Island, Vermont 7210, 7230*, 7250, 7260, 7390, 7410, 7430, 
7450, 7470, 7490, 7500, 7510, 7640, 7780, 7850*, 7870, 7890, 7910, 
7930, 7950, 7980 

Zone 33: USA > District of Columbia, Delaware, Maryland, North 
Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia 7530, 
7550, 7570, 7600, 7610, 7620, 7630, 7670, 7680, 7690, 7710, 7720, 
7730, 7750, 7770 

Zone 34: All of the Caribbean, Guyana, Puerto Rico, Suriname, USA > 
Florida, Georgia 6890, 6900, 6910, 6920, 6930, 6940, 6950, 6960, 
6970, 6980, 6990, 7000, 7020*, 7030* 

*Indicates districts with multiple countries 
**See CLUBS NOT IN DISTRICTS

Source: Rotary International Directory
Courtesy: eFlash_Rotary

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