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<DT>1. <A class=ygrp-subj href="mhtml:mid://00000167/#1"><FONT face=Georgia
color=#1e66ae>1490: New polio Web site!</FONT></A> From: Sunil K Zachariah
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<DT>2. <A class=ygrp-subj href="mhtml:mid://00000167/#2"><FONT face=Georgia
color=#1e66ae>1491; Highlights of actions taken by the Jan 08 meeting of RI
Board </FONT></A>From: Sunil K Zachariah </DT></DL></DIV>
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href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/eFlash_Rotary/message/1408;_ylc=X3oDMTJxOGE5OTg1BF9TAzk3MzU5NzE1BGdycElkAzI3ODYwNzYEZ3Jwc3BJZAMxNzA1MDY0MDg2BG1zZ0lkAzE0MDgEc2VjA2Rtc2cEc2xrA3Ztc2cEc3RpbWUDMTIwNzczNzI1Mw--"
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<H4><FONT size=2>Tue Apr 8, 2008 4:11 am (PDT) </FONT></H4>
<DIV class=ygrp-content>New polio Web site! <BR><BR>Rotary has launched a new
"mini" Web site to give the general public an <BR>opportunity to help end polio
by contributing to Rotary's US$100 <BR>Million Challenge from the Bill &
Melinda Gates Foundation. <BR><BR>Check out the three-page site at <A
href="http://www.rotary.org/endpolio">www.rotary.org/<WBR>endpolio</A> . The new
site <BR>will be marketed throughout North America starting this month. All
<BR>funds raised will go directly to The Rotary Foundation in support of
<BR>polio eradication. <BR><BR>Rotarians should continue to contribute through
the Member Access <BR>Portal at www.rotary.org. <BR><BR>Source: Rotary
International News <BR>courtesy: eFlash_Rotary<BR><BR></DIV>
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name=2><FONT color=#1e66ae>1491; Highlights of actions taken by the Jan 08
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<H4 class=last><FONT size=2>Tue Apr 8, 2008 4:31 am (PDT)
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<DIV class=ygrp-content>Highlights of actions taken by the RI Board of
Directors<BR><BR>January 2008 Board meeting <BR>Board minutes - January 2008
<BR><BR>The third meeting of the 2007-08 RI Board of Directors was held on
22-<BR>25 January 2008, in Evanston, Illinois, USA. At this meeting, the
<BR>Board reviewed reports from 11 committees and recorded 83 decisions.
<BR><BR>Club and district matters <BR>The Board extended the deadline for
district consolidation to 31 <BR>December 2008 to several districts that showed
positive membership <BR>growth but that had not yet met the district size
minimum of 30 clubs <BR>and 1,000 members. The Board took action to consolidate
six districts <BR>into three new districts and also congratulated 20 districts
that <BR>reached the district size minimum. <BR><BR>To allow for a more complete
evaluation of a governor's year in <BR>office, the Board extended the deadline
for submission of the <BR>governor's report to 15 May in the year the governor
serves. <BR><BR>RI administration and finances <BR>In accordance with RI Bylaws
requiring the Board to periodically <BR>review the composition of zones to
maintain an approximately equal <BR>number of Rotarians in each zone, the Board
realigned the 34 zones <BR>and sections within zones, as shown in an appendix to
the January <BR>2008 Board minutes, to be posted on the RI Web site. The Board
also <BR>appointed a committee to establish an implementation schedule for the
<BR>changeover to this new zone structure. <BR><BR>Recognizing the potential of
e-learning as a training strategy for <BR>Rotarians, the Board requested the
general secretary to begin <BR>incorporating e-learning into future business
processes, and to <BR>develop a comprehensive e-learning proposal for review by
the Board <BR>at its next meeting. <BR><BR>The Board elected Director Kjell-Åke
Åkesson to replace Director <BR>Raffaele Pallotta d'Acquapendente as a member of
the Executive <BR>Committee of the Board. <BR><BR>RI programs, communications,
and awards <BR>To ensure that regional Rotary magazines are best serving local
<BR>Rotarians, the Board requested the general secretary to conduct a
<BR>readership survey of all regional magazines in 2008-09. The <BR>subscription
fee for international subscribers to The Rotarian will <BR>increase from US$12
to US$24 annually, effective with the July 2008 <BR>issue. <BR><BR>The Board
approved one new Rotarian Action Group: Rotarian Action <BR>Group for the
Alleviation of Hunger and Malnutrition. Clubs and <BR>districts are encouraged
to get involved in microcredit projects <BR>through The Rotary Foundation and
the Rotarian Action Groups for <BR>Microcredit. <BR><BR>The Board terminated
five Rotary fellowships and required 27 other <BR>fellowships to provide reports
and/or show improvements in their <BR>operation by 1 April 2008 or face
termination. <BR><BR>The Board agreed to continue RI's very successful public
relations <BR>grants program in 2008-09, which will award districts on a
<BR>competitive basis a total US$2 million in grants to conduct local PR
<BR>initiatives. <BR><BR>International meetings <BR>The Board tentatively
selected Seoul, Korea, as the site for the 2016 <BR>RI Convention and reaffirmed
that the 2015 RI Convention should be <BR>held in either Latin America or the
western United States. <BR><BR>Source: Rotary International<BR>Courtesy:
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