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Photos: (left) RC Biak-na-Bato, our mother club, CP Efren O. Docena; (top middle) Rotary
eClubONE-3780 cyber club initiative logo; (top right) CS Salvie Einosas and RC Masambong CP Don Flordeliza, Jr.;
(below) RC Masambong
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Rotary club is an organization of business and professional
leaders within a defined community. Its purpose
is fellowship and service. It has a president and a board of directors who are elected annually. Club members
are adults of good character and reputation who are, or were prior to retirement, proprietors, partners, corporate officers, managers,
executives, or leaders of a business or profession.
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RI District 3780 Governor George L. Howard addresses Rotaract leaders of the district. |
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Rotary district is a geographical territory in which Rotary
clubs are associated for Rotary International administrative
purposes. Each district is headed by a district
governor, an officer of Rotary International, whose
job is to assist clubs in the district. District governors
are nominated by their districts, usually at the
district conference, and elected for one-year terms at the RI Convention. The district conference is an annual meeting of Rotarians of the
district which furthers
fellowship and discussion of the affairs of clubs
and Rotary International generally.
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RY 2004-05 Theme (top) (bottom) The Centennial Bell |
Rotary International Centennial President Glenn Estess |
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Rotary
International is an association of Rotary clubs throughout the world. It is administered by a Board of Directors consisting of
the President and President-elect of Rotary International and 17 other directors from around the world. Directors serve
two-year terms and are elected at the Rotary International Convention. The convention, which is held annually in a major city,
affords Rotarians the opportunity
to deal with the association’s business while expanding international fellowship and Rotary knowledge.
The
Council on Legislation, the legislative body of Rotary International, meets every three years in a different part of the world. The
clubs in each district elect a Rotarian to represent them at each council. Among the changes delegates have adopted: in 1995 the council
opened past service membership to retired persons, and in 1998, the council allowed Rotarians to receive attendance credit for attending
Club Service projects.
The
World Headquarters of Rotary International is located
in Evanston, Illinois, U.S.A., a suburb of Chicago.
It has an international staff, headed by the General
Secretary. Service centers also are located in Parramatta, Australia; São Paulo, Brazil; Delhi, India; Tokyo, Japan; Zürich,
Switzerland; Buenos Aires, Argentina; Seoul, Korea; and Manila, Philippines.
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The Object of Rotary
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:
FIRST. The development of acquaintance as an opportunity for service;
SECOND. 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;
THIRD. The application of the ideal of service in each Rotarian's personal,
business, and community life;
FOURTH. 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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The Four-Way Test
Of the things we
think, say or do:
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Is it the TRUTH?
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Is it FAIR
to all concerned?
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Will it build GOODWILL
and BETTER FRIENDSHIPS?
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Will it be BENEFICIAL
to all concerned?
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