Transcript Today it is my distinct please to spend some time sharing

Today it is my distinct pleasure to spend some
time sharing with you an overview of the
Rotary Experience
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Rotary International is a world wide
organisation of about 33,976 service clubs known
as Rotary Clubs. The stated purpose of the
organisation is to bring together business and
professional leaders to provide humanitarian
service, encourage high ethical standards in all
vocations and help build goodwill and peace in
the world. The over 1.22 million members of
Rotary Clubs are called Rotarians.
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The object of Rotary is to encourage and foster
the ideal of service as a basis of worthy
enterprise and, in particular, to encourage and
foster:
The development of acquaintance as an
opportunity for service;
High ethical standards in business and
professions, the recognition of the worthiness
of all useful occupations, and the dignifying of
each Rotarian's occupation as an opportunity to
serve society;
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The application of the ideal of service in each
Rotarian's personal, business, and community
life;
The advancement of international
understanding, goodwill, and peace through a
world fellowship of business and professional
persons united in the ideal of service.
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This objective is further set against the
"Rotarian four-way test", used to see if a
planned action is compatible with the Rotarian
spirit. The test was developed by Rotarian and
entrepreneur Herbert J. Taylor during the
Great Depression as a set of guidelines for
restoring faltering businesses and was adopted
as the standard of ethics by Rotary in 1942. It is
still seen as a standard for ethics in business
management:
Of the things WE think, say and do.
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Is it the truth?
Is it fair to all concerned?
Will it build good will and better friendships?
Will it be beneficial to all concerned?
♦ Rotary was founded in 1905 by Paul P. Harris
♦ The primary motto is “Service above Self” and
the secondary motto is “They profit most who
serve best.
♦ Headquarters are in Evanston, Illinois
♦ Membership is over 1.22 million people
♦ The 2010-2011 President is Ray Klingingsmith
♦ Most Rotary Clubs meet once a week dually to
socialise and to strategize on service goals
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Interact is a Rotary International’s service club for
young people ages 12 to 18. Interact clubs are
sponsored by individual Rotary clubs.
Club membership varies greatly. They can be
single gender, mixed, large or small. They are
formed from the student body of a single school or
from two or more schools in a community.
Interact clubs are required to complete at least two
community service projects per year one of which
furthers international understanding and goodwill.
♦ Interact Club members are called Interactors.
♦ The first interact club met in 1960 with 23 members in
Melbourne, Florida.
♦ Membership is over 290,000 youth around the world.
♦ There are approximately 12,300 Interact clubs in 133
countries.
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Rotaract is a service club for young men and
women aged 18 to 30.
Rotaract comprises of 185,000 members in 7,000
clubs in 163 countries. These clubs are either
community or university based and are
sponsored by a local Rotary club. This makes
them true “partners in service” and key
members of the family of Rotary.
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Tell me about RYLA?
Started in Brisbane, Australia in 1961.
It facilitates intensive training for youths and
young adults ages 14-30.
Each year more than 9,000 young people are
sponsored by Rotary Clubs around the world.
Young people who complete RYLA are better
able to manage their lives and careers.
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Participants are generally nominated and
sponsored by local Rotary Clubs for all
expenses for the conference.
RYLA provides an avenue for new and
renewed energy in a Rotary district as well as
gives future Rotarians to develop. Ideas for
service and increased support are fostered.
It demonstrates the respect and concern which
Rotary has for the youth
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RYLA encourages and assist young persons in
responsible and effective voluntary leadership
by availing valuable training experiences.
It enhances the opportunity for young persons
to be publicly recognised for their leadership
skills.
It fosters continued and stronger leadership
amongst the youth.
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Rotary Youth Exchange is a student exchange
program for students in secondary education.
The Rotary Club of Copenhagen, Denmark
initiated the first exchange in 1929. Rotary
Youth Exchanges (RYE) began in Europe and
have spread world-wide. Typically, students
are sent to another country for a year-long stay,
allowing them to experience a completely
different culture and (usually) language. The
student typically lives with multiple host
families during the year and is expected to
perform daily tasks within the household as
well as attend school in the host country.
The number of host families can vary, but three
is the most common number. Short term
exchange programs are also quite common.
These typically involve direct student
exchanges between two families arranged
through Rotary to coincide with major school
holiday periods.
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Group Study Exchange (GSE) is a Rotary
International Foundation programme which is
a two-way exchange of young professional and
business people between D9790 and another
district.
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GSE is a unique cultural and vocational
exchange opportunity for young business and
professional men and women in their initial
years of professional life. The Programme is
designed to develop professional and
leadership skills among young people to better
prepare them to address the needs of their
communities and an increasingly global
workplace. Group Study Exchange participants
follow a rigorous Programme:
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Vocational activities provide opportunities to
observe vocations as practiced in another
country, thereby allowing for a reciprocal
exchange of ideas in their respective fields,
which will benefit all communities involved.
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Cultural experiences allow participants to
study another country, its people and
institutions through experiences in an
organised and meaningful host programme,
and to promote an appreciation of cultural
diversity worldwide.
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There are fellowship opportunities which
encourage team members and hosts to meet,
communicate and live with each other in a
spirit of fellowship and goodwill.
It allows its members to be aware of each
other's problems, aspirations and community
concerns; and to foster lasting friendships and
international understanding.
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Rotarian involvement offers Rotarians specific
practical and meaningful opportunities for
International Service by providing young
formative professionals to experience their
vocation in another country and culture.
Furthermore, GSE offers Rotarians the
opportunity to participate in the process of
sending, and through home hosting receiving
and sharing educational experiences of study
teams that will enhance the worldwide mission
of Rotary.
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In 2002, The Rotary Foundation partnered with eight
universities around the world to create the Rotary
Centers for International Studies in peace and conflict
resolution.
Rotary World Peace Fellows complete two year masters
level programs in conflict resolution, peace studies and
international relations. The first class graduated in 2004.
“ Peace and conflict studies” have raised questions
concerning political bias and controversial grants. As at
2006 the Rotary Foundation spent $18 million on its Peace
and Conflict Centres and the average grant was $60,000
per enrollee in the two year program.
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Ambassadorial Scholarships is the Rotary
Foundation’s oldest and best-known program.
It was founded in 1947.
More than 40,000 men and women from about
100 nations have studied abroad under its
auspices.
Nearly 700 scholarships were awarded for
study in 2009-2010. These scholarships were
aided through grants totaling approximately
US$16.2 million.
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Ambassadorial Scholarships help to further
international understanding and friendly
relations among people of different countries
and geographical areas.
The program sponsors scholarships for
undergraduate and graduate students as well
as qualified professionals pursuing vocational
studies
I wish all of you much success during this
conference and to challenge you to have fun,
learn, share, make new friends and may your
experiences be wonderful, memorable and
fantastic.
God bless us all and good night.
Thanks a mil!!!
Charles Morton