News Releases

Plan upcoming training meetings using RI’s leaders’ guides

Rotary International News — 25 August 2010
Rotary International produces leaders’ guides for RI Board-recommended training seminars that cover recommended topics. Training leaders can use these guides to plan for their training seminars. The leaders’ guides feature discussion questions, interactive activities and notes for training leaders, as well as corresponding slides and worksheets.
RI provides leaders’ guides [...]

Rotarians send help to Pakistan flood victims

By Ryan Hyland
Rotary International News — 24 August 2010
Rotarians are reaching out to victims of the heavy monsoon rains in Pakistan, as the country continues to cope with its worst flooding in decades.
Major rivers have flooded valleys in about one-third of the country, claiming as many as 1,600 lives and washing away bridges, [...]

Membership & Attendance Report - July 2010

Dear Rotarians,
I am sharing the latest data on membership & attendance for your perusal. This may be useful resource for the upcoming district membership seminars.
Thank you.
Regards
PP Dr Ho
— On Wed, 8/18/10, Attendance Secretary 3310 wrote:
Date: Wednesday, August 18, 2010, 8:22 PM
Dear Secretaries,
Thank you for your help and cooperation in sending in your July report. [...]

Foundation sets up fund to help flood victims in Pakistan

Rotary International News — 18 August 2010
In response to the floods that have devastated Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province since 23 July, The Rotary Foundation Board of Trustees is accepting contributions to help fund Rotary projects that will support long-term disaster recovery in the affected areas. Rotarians, clubs, and districts can contribute both cash and District [...]

Historic Moments: Rotary’s emblem

By Susan Hanf and Joe Derr
Rotary International News — 17 August 2010
The current Rotary emblem, with keyway.

The Rotary emblem, unchanged since 1924, was redesigned many times in the early years of the organization.
In 1905, Montague M. Bear, an engraver and member of the Rotary Club of Chicago, sketched a wagon wheel with 13 spokes. [...]

Rotarians are needed as panelists for free webinars about website design

Rotary International is seeking qualified Rotarians to serve as panelists for an upcoming webinar on club website best practices and is holding a series of webinars.
“Developing a Club Website” is the first in a series of webinars about best practices for various types of electronic communications. The webinar will offer Rotarians [...]

Second annual Interact video contest

Grab a camera and create a short video about this year’s theme, “How do you Interact?”, for a chance to have your entry featured at www.rotary.org and to receive a certificate signed by RI President Ray Klinginsmith.
Enter Rotary International’s 2010 Interact Video Contest.
The contest gives participants the opportunity to tell the world about the impact [...]

Who’s your club trainer?

Rotary International News — 16 August 2010
At the June 2010 RI Board of Directors meeting, members encouraged clubs to have their own club trainer. The club trainer can organize new member orientation, provide ongoing training opportunities for members, and lead strategic planning meetings.
If your club doesn’t already have one, consider appointing someone with a training [...]

INTERACT LEADERSHIP TRAINING CAMP Singapore

Dear Rotarians,
Once again the annual Interact Leadership Training Camp for Singapore Interactors will be held from 21-22 Aug 2009 at the MOE Dairy Adventure Camp.
The 2-day residential event entails leadership training facilitated by Rotaractors and Rotarians as well as high challenge adventure element by certified instructors. The sponsorship cost for the full board event [...]

Rotary Zone 6B website

Dear DGs, DGEs, ARCs & DRCs,
The Zone 6B website for all has been ready for some information
necessary for all of you , your districts and clubs.
Please visit it — http://www.z6brc.org/ — often for some information. I try to send out update information to all of you as soon as possible. Now, the web master [...]