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style='font-size:10.0pt'>1. <a href="#1#1" title="#1">1646: Documentary on
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>1. <a
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Documentary
on polio eradication receives Oscar nod<br>
<br>
By Ryan Hyland <br>
<br>
In a week when Rotary International and the Bill & Melinda Gates <br>
Foundation announced millions more in funding toward polio <br>
eradication, a short documentary film, The Final Inch , received an <br>
Academy Award nomination on 22 January for its intimate look at the <br>
massive mission to rid the world of the crippling disease. <br>
<br>
Nominated in the documentary short subject category, The Final Inch , <br>
a 38-minute film commissioned by the philanthropic division of <br>
Google, chronicles the challenges health organizations and <br>
governments face during the final stages of polio eradication. <br>
<br>
Director and producer Irene Taylor Brodsky captured workers <br>
immunizing children in the poorest slums of <st1:country-region w:st="on">India</st1:country-region>
and <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Pakistan</st1:place></st1:country-region>
in <br>
2007. In several scenes Rotarians were filmed working during a <br>
National Immunization Day on 22 April. Led by M.S. Jain, past <br>
governor of District 3100, NID volunteers administer polio <br>
vaccination drops to children in Meerut Samrat, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">Uttar Pradesh</st1:City>, <st1:country-region w:st="on">India</st1:country-region></st1:place>.
<br>
<br>
The Final Inch will air on HBO in early April. <br>
<br>
Source: Rotary International News / Courtesy: eFlash_Rotary<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
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Theme, Gates grant highlight of assembly<br>
<br>
By <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Arnold</st1:place></st1:City> R.
Grahl<br>
<br>
[<a href="http://www.rotary.org/SiteCollectionImages/News/ia09_gates_kenny.jpg"
title="http://www.rotary.org/SiteCollectionImages/News/ia09_gates_kenny.jpg">http://www.rotary.org/SiteCollectionImages/News/ia09_gates_kenny.jpg</a>]<br>
Bill Gates (left) and RI President-elect John Kenny at the 2009<br>
International Assembly. Rotary Images/Monika Lozinska-Lee<br>
As incoming district governors depart from the 2009 International<br>
Assembly in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">San Diego</st1:City>, <st1:State
w:st="on">California</st1:State>, <st1:country-region w:st="on">USA</st1:country-region></st1:place>,
they leave with a big<br>
responsibility.<br>
<br>
The future of Rotary, and its legacy of doing good in the world, has<br>
been placed squarely in their hands.<br>
<br>
But the 530 district governors-elect leave armed with the resources<br>
needed to carry out their responsibilities: renewed energy, enthusiasm,<br>
and a heightened sense of empowerment in leading their clubs in<br>
fulfilling the 2009-10 RI theme, The Future of Rotary Is in Your Hands.<br>
<<a
href="http://www.rotary.org/en/MediaAndNews/News/Pages/090119_news_2009-10RIthemekenny.aspx"
title="http://www.rotary.org/en/MediaAndNews/News/Pages/090119_news_2009-10RIthemekenny.aspx">http://www.rotary.org/en/MediaAndNews/News/Pages/090119_news_2009-10RIt\<br>
hemekenny.aspx</a>><br>
<br>
They also go home encouraged that one of Rotary's longest-standing<br>
campaigns has received a big boost with the infusion of US$635 million<br>
into the global effort to eradicate polio -- a new $255 million grant<br>
from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announced by Bill Gates<br>
<<a
href="http://www.rotary.org/en/MediaAndNews/News/Pages/090121_news_gates255milliongrant2009ia.aspx"
title="http://www.rotary.org/en/MediaAndNews/News/Pages/090121_news_gates255milliongrant2009ia.aspx">http://www.rotary.org/en/MediaAndNews/News/Pages/090121_news_gates255mi\<br>
lliongrant2009ia.aspx</a>> at the assembly, an additional $100 million that<br>
Rotary will match over the next three years, which is part of the US$200<br>
Million Challenge grant -- as well as a combined $280 million pledged by<br>
the governments of <st1:country-region w:st="on">Germany</st1:country-region>
and the <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">United Kingdom</st1:place></st1:country-region><br>
<<a
href="http://www.rotary.org/en/MediaAndNews/News/Pages/090121_news_britishgermanpolio2009ia.aspx"
title="http://www.rotary.org/en/MediaAndNews/News/Pages/090121_news_britishgermanpolio2009ia.aspx">http://www.rotary.org/en/MediaAndNews/News/Pages/090121_news_britishger\<br>
manpolio2009ia.aspx</a>> that does not count toward the money to be raised<br>
for the Gates Foundation matching grant.<br>
<br>
"I leave this assembly proud to be a Rotarian," said Ajoy<br>
Chatterjee, of District 5580 (part of <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Ontario</st1:City>,
<st1:country-region w:st="on">Canada</st1:country-region></st1:place>; parts
of<br>
<st1:State w:st="on">Minnesota</st1:State>, <st1:State w:st="on">North Dakota</st1:State>,
and <st1:State w:st="on">Wisconsin</st1:State>, <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">USA</st1:place></st1:country-region>). "I find the theme an<br>
exceptionally timely one. This gathering of district governors is really<br>
a phenomenal feat. It is like the United Nations, and there is no<br>
religious discord, political strife, or warfare."<br>
<br>
During the week, incoming district governors were challenged by RI<br>
President-elect John Kenny to continue working for the health and<br>
well-being of children and their families everywhere through the<br>
emphases of water, health and hunger, and literacy<br>
<<a
href="http://www.rotary.org/en/MediaAndNews/News/Pages/090120_news_emphaseskenny.aspx"
title="http://www.rotary.org/en/MediaAndNews/News/Pages/090120_news_emphaseskenny.aspx">http://www.rotary.org/en/MediaAndNews/News/Pages/090120_news_emphaseske\<br>
nny.aspx</a>> . Kenny stressed that individual clubs, empowered by autonomy<br>
but working together through the structure of the RI Strategic Plan<br>
<<a
href="http://www.rotary.org/en/AboutUs/RotaryInternational/GuidingPrinciples/Pages/ridefault.aspx"
title="http://www.rotary.org/en/AboutUs/RotaryInternational/GuidingPrinciples/Pages/ridefault.aspx">http://www.rotary.org/en/AboutUs/RotaryInternational/GuidingPrinciples/\<br>
Pages/ridefault.aspx</a>> , are the backbone of the organization.<br>
<br>
Many district governors during the week expressed their appreciation at<br>
the emphasis on local clubs.<br>
<br>
"The goals we set, whatever our action plans, it is in our hands,<br>
everyone has to be involved," said Kazeem Mustapha, of District 9125<br>
(<st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Nigeria</st1:place></st1:country-region>).
"And this is a good thing."<br>
<br>
RI President Dong Kurn Lee reminded participants that membership is<br>
critical to the future of the organization<br>
<<a
href="http://www.rotary.org/en/MediaAndNews/News/Pages/090120_news_membershipleeIA.aspx"
title="http://www.rotary.org/en/MediaAndNews/News/Pages/090120_news_membershipleeIA.aspx">http://www.rotary.org/en/MediaAndNews/News/Pages/090120_news_membership\<br>
leeIA.aspx</a>> . He encouraged districts to achieve Kenny's goals of a<br>
minimum net membership increase of one member per club, a retention rate<br>
of 80 percent, and the addition of at least one new club per district.<br>
<br>
Lee also noted that diversity is important to membership growth.<br>
<br>
An example of that diversity is incoming governor Leanne Jaggs<br>
<<a
href="http://www.rotary.org/en/MediaAndNews/News/Pages/090123_news_thirdgeneration2009ia.aspx"
title="http://www.rotary.org/en/MediaAndNews/News/Pages/090123_news_thirdgeneration2009ia.aspx">http://www.rotary.org/en/MediaAndNews/News/Pages/090123_news_thirdgener\<br>
ation2009ia.aspx</a>> of District 9920, which covers part of <st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">New Zealand</st1:place></st1:country-region><br>
and seven other South Pacific nations and territories. She is one of a<br>
few women district governors from her region and the first under age 40.<br>
Overall, 50 district governors-elect are women. She and her husband<br>
brought their nine-month-old son to the assembly with her father, a past<br>
district governor, to stress the importance of family in Rotary.<br>
<br>
District governors-elect also learned more about the Future Vision Plan<br>
<<a
href="http://www.rotary.org/en/MediaAndNews/News/Pages/090121_news_futurevision2009ia.aspx"
title="http://www.rotary.org/en/MediaAndNews/News/Pages/090121_news_futurevision2009ia.aspx">http://www.rotary.org/en/MediaAndNews/News/Pages/090121_news_futurevisi\<br>
on2009ia.aspx</a>> , whose simplified and streamlined procedures will help<br>
The Rotary Foundation move forward into a second century of service.<br>
<br>
Trustee Vice Chair Ron Burton explained that the Future Vision Plan<br>
pilot<br>
<<a
href="http://www.rotary.org/en/Members/RunningADistrict/FutureVisionPilotProgram/Pages/ridefault.aspx"
title="http://www.rotary.org/en/Members/RunningADistrict/FutureVisionPilotProgram/Pages/ridefault.aspx">http://www.rotary.org/en/Members/RunningADistrict/FutureVisionPilotProg\<br>
ram/Pages/ridefault.aspx</a>> is a critical step in validating the<br>
strategies and assumptions in the plan. "We are confident in the<br>
plan, but we also recognize that it will have challenges and unknowns<br>
that will be addressed and evaluated by the districts that agree to<br>
participate in the pilot."<br>
<br>
District governors may apply to participate in the pilot through Member<br>
Access <<a href="https://www.rotary.org/en/selfservice/Pages/Login.aspx"
title="https://www.rotary.org/en/selfservice/Pages/Login.aspx">https://www.rotary.org/en/selfservice/Pages/Login.aspx</a>>
.<br>
<br>
Other sessions inspired the incoming class of district governors on<br>
topics including vocational service, leadership, public image, and<br>
service to youth.<br>
<br>
Spouses<br>
<<a
href="http://www.rotary.org/en/MediaAndNews/News/Pages/090123_news_spouseprogram2009ia.aspx"
title="http://www.rotary.org/en/MediaAndNews/News/Pages/090123_news_spouseprogram2009ia.aspx">http://www.rotary.org/en/MediaAndNews/News/Pages/090123_news_spouseprog\<br>
ram2009ia.aspx</a>> also had plenty of opportunity to be encouraged in<br>
their role, especially through two speeches by individual Rotarians who<br>
have been making a difference, Fary Moini of the Rotary Club of La Jolla<br>
Golden <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Triangle</st1:City>, <st1:State
w:st="on">California</st1:State>, <st1:country-region w:st="on">USA</st1:country-region></st1:place>,
and Deepa Willingham, a district<br>
governor-nominee.<br>
<br>
Geoff McClennan, a past district governor whose wife, Consuelo Lijauco,<br>
is incoming governor of District 3820 (<st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Philippines</st1:place></st1:country-region>), said "I've<br>
been here before. Some things have changed, but the speakers are still<br>
very good. You pick up a sense of belonging."<br>
<br>
Kari Kontula, of District 1410 (Aland Islands; part of <st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Finland</st1:place></st1:country-region>),
summed<br>
up the experience this way.<br>
<br>
"It has been a very, very good experience for me," he said,<br>
"to see what all is happening in Rotary and to be friends with<br>
everyone."<br>
Source: Rotary International News / Courtesy: eFlash_Rotary <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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