RDU in December/January

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                                                                                                                   December/January

In This Issue

·    What you’ll find in the December/January edition of Rotary Down Under

·    Readership Survey Results

·    Register your business

·    Guest Speakers lists

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Joining a Rotary Club to meet people, and thereby make business contacts, is a natural objective that has always been an important component of club membership. They would also remind me that the secondary motto of Rotary – One profits most who serves best – started in 1911, at the same time as Service Above Self.

-        Rotary International Past President, Ray Klinginsmith

Just back from the Rotary Zone Institute

It’s been an exhausting week , but more than 700 Rotaractors, Rotarians  and partners from all over Australia, New Zealand and the South West Pacific region are home to tell the tale –change is on its way!

They were all part of the 2011 Zone 7B and Zone 8 combined Rotary Institute in Brisbane, convened by Rotary International Director Stuart Heal, and presided over by Rotary International President Elect Sakuji Tanaka (pictured) in the presence of The Rotary Foundation Trustees Anne L Matthews and Ian Riseley along with Rotary International General Secretary John Hewko.

And what they heard from all of the above was the Rotary was an organization on the move, and that change was needed in order to keep up with the demands of an ever changing world.

More than 165 of the attendees at the Institute took part in the day-long Future Leaders Seminar – the first time such a seminar had been held at a Rotary Institute in Australia. The presence of these Rotarians and Rotaractors the positive attitude they brought set the tone for the rest of the Institute, particularly as they heard the senior Rotary leaders confirm their determination to make Rotary more relevant to the needs of people all over the world.

The December/January edition of Rotary Down Under had already gone to press by the time the Institute began, but be sure to look for reports and pictures in the next edition. In the meantime, click here to look at a gallery of 487 pictures.

Inside Rotary Down Under in Dec/Jan

December is Family of Rotary month, which is appropriate in this part of the world because it’s also the Christmas holiday season, and Christmas is all about children.

Our cover (Click here or on the picture) is somewhat confronting and endearing all at the same time. The subject of our cover picture is a young toddler suffering from a rare genetic condition called Epidermolysis Bullosis, commonly referred to as EB.

From the Rotary Club of Wellington South, New Zealand, comes the story by Anna Kemble Welch, who is president of DEBRA International and director of DEBRA New Zealand (Dystrophic Epidermolysis Bullosis Research Association), and the work she has been doing in Vietnam with local healthworkers and patients.

It’s a story that is guaranteed to draw a reaction. In this season of giving, we could do worse than send donations, which can be made by clicking here.

Dear Ray/Dear Paul: Rotary then and now

As Rotarians the world over head towards the 107^th anniversary of the organization in February, Rotary Down Under has a very special feature this month.

In 1911, Rotary Founder Paul Harris wrote a piece in which he speculated about the potential of modern communication methods that lay ahead in years to come. “If I were, by Providence to be placed on a platform in some great coliseum where I had the eye and the thought of every Rotarian on Earth, I would propound this question . . .” Actually, he went on to propound several questions, but primarily on the role of Rotary as a networking organization and the ethics involved.

Rotary International’s Immediate Past President Ray Klinginsmith provides a response to Paul’s questions from the vantage point of a further 100 years of Rotary service and growth. Networking is one of Past President Ray’s pet subjects, and exercise makes for fascinating and enlightening reading for all Rotarians.

But wait … there’s more

Also in the December/January edition of Rotary Down Under you’ll find an analysis of results to our recent readership survey. Almost 2000 Rotarians from all over Australia, New Zealand and the South West Pacific took part in the survey and we thank them all for helping us collate the crucial demographic information we need to attract the advertisers that help keep the cost of your magazine down.

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Season’s best wishes

Of course, before we sign off for 2011, the board of Directors, management and staff of Rotary Down Under and RDU Merchandise & Promotions would like to sincerely wish all our subscribers the very best of times with family and friends.

May it be everything you wish for, and may the new year bring good luck, good friendships, and good times.