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Rotary District 7680 2012 Conference April 20-22, 2012 Asheville, NC Renaissance—Asheville District Governor—H. Allen Langley What’s in it for ME?!? C.A.R.T. Fund Raiser With the Kannapolis Intimidators! Mark Your Calendar for Sunday, JUNE 3! District 7680 at the Kannapolis In- timidators Gametime: 5:05pm with Family of Rotary Fellowship Proceeds to benefit the Coins for Alz- heimer’s Research Trust (CART) Fund! For more information contact Karen Shore (contact information is in the District and Club Database) 2 Paul P. Harris, a lawyer, was the founder of Rotary, the world's first and most international service club. Born in Racine Wisconsin, USA on 19 April 1868, Paul was the second of six children to George N. Harris and Corne- lia Bryan Harris. At age 3 he moved to Wallingford, Vermont where he grew up in the care of his paternal grandparents. Married to Jean Thompson Harris (1881 - 1963), they had no children. He received an L.L.B. from the University of Iowa and received an honorary L.L.D. from the University of Vermont. Paul Harris worked as a newspaper re- porter, a business teacher, stock com- pany actor, cowboy, and traveled exten- sively in the U.S.A. and Europe selling marble and granite. In 1896, he went to Chicago to practice law. One eve- ning Paul visited the suburban home of a professional friend. After dinner, as they strolled through the neighborhood, Paul's friend introduced him to various tradesmen in their stores. It was here Paul conceived the idea of a club that could recapture some of the friendly spirit among businessmen in small communities. On 23 February, 1905, Paul Harris formed the first club with three other businessmen: Silvester Schiele, a coal merchant; Gustavus Loehr, a min- ing engineer; and Hiram Shorey, a merchant tailor. Paul Harris named the new club "Rotary" because members met in rotation at their various places of business. Club membership grew rapidly. Soon Paul became convinced that the Rotary club could be developed into an important service movement and strove to extend Rotary to other cities. Paul was also prominent in other civic and professional work. He served as the first chairman of the board of the national Easter Seal Society of Crippled Children and Adults in the U.S.A. and of the International Society for Crippled Children. He was a member of the board of managers of the Chicago Bar Association and its representative at the International Con- gress of Law at the Hague, and a committee member of the American Bar Association. He received the Silver Buffalo Award from the Boy Scouts of America for distinguished service to youth, and was decorated by the governments of Brazil, Chile, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, France and Peru. Paul maintained his law office for most of his life. He spent much time traveling and was invited to speak to Rotarians at annual conventions, district and regional meetings, and other functions. When President emeritus Paul Harris passed away on 27 January, 1947, his dream had grown from an informal meeting of four men to some 6,000 clubs. In the past five decades, the organization has grown to more than 27,500 clubs with 1.2 million members brought together through Paul Harris' vision of service and fellowship. 3 WELCOME to the 2012 District 7680 Conference! We are here to celebrate another great year of making the world a better place. Locally we have supported the communities where we live with our work, personal leadership and with partnerships with civic organizations and local busi- nesses. Though this has again been a year of challenging economic times we have met the challenge of making our communities places of refuge for our fellow man by sacrificing of our personal treasure and time. We have continued to pick up the pace of our Inter- national activities as we’ve provided safe drinking water, food, educational opportunity and many other humanitarian results in places we may never visit; helping people we will never meet. During this conference we will have the opportunity to hear from our fellow Rotarians including a stirring message delivered by the President’s Representative Antonio Hallage. I’m SO proud of each of you for the contributions you have made, both large and small, to make this my best year in Rotary. THANK YOU for all you do for Rotary and we espe- cially thank your spouse or partner for supporting your Rotary efforts this year. Please spend time making new friends and renewing old friendships as we celebrate Rotary together. And NOW… LET’S PARTY!! H. Allen Langley District Governor 2011-2012 4 Kalyan Banerjee, RI Pres. graduated in Chemical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technol- ogy, Kharagpur (India). He is Director of United Phosphorus Limited, one of the largest manufac- turers of agrochemicals in India & Uniphos Agro Industries Limited, and Chairman of United Phosphorus Bangladesh Limited. Kalyan Banerjee has been a member of Rotary Club of Vapi since 1972. He became District Governor during 1980-81 of the then R.I. District 306. He has been Discussion Leader at the International Assembly and R.I. President’s representative at many District Conferences in India and abroad. He served R.I. as Director from Zone 5 and 6 during 1995-97 and in 1997-98, and Trustee of the Rotary Foundation from 2001 to 2005. He became President of Rotary International on 1 July 2011. He has addressed the Indianapolis Convention of Rotary in 1998 and he has been Convenor of 3 Rotary Institutes in Zone 5 and 6. He is a member of the International PolioPlus Committee of Rotary International (IPPC) and currently serves as Chairman of the Ro- tarian Action Groups Committee. He has served on various important committees of Rotary International from time to time. Kalyan is recipient of Citation for Meritorious Service and Distin- guished Service Award from the Rotary Foundation. He is a major donor and a benefactor to the Foundation and has helped to make several non-Rotarians, as Paul Harris Fellows. He has been involved in other activities in the community and elsewhere. These include membership of the American Chemical society, Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers, member of the Samsad of the Vishva-Bharati University. He has been President of Vapi Industries Association in 2000-2001, is a past Chairman, Gujarat Council of Confederation of Indian Industry. He is a Trus- tee of several trusts such as Jai Research Foundation, Rotary Awards for Humanity etc. Kalyan is married to Binota, an active social worker and a member of Inner Wheel. They have a son – Kanishka, a Chemical Engineer with specialization in Environmental Management, currently settled in Sydney with his wife, and a daughter – Ruma, who has done her MBA and is currently settled with her husband, an I.T.Engineer, in Canada. They have currently 4 grandchildren. 5 Antonio Hallage, President’s Representative Rotary Club of Curitiba-Leste, Paraná, Brazil (2011-15) Hallage graduated a telecommunication engineer from Mackenzie University. He coordinated the design and implementation of several Telecommunication and Tele- control systems for Power Compa- nies in Brazil and abroad. Chaired the Board of several companies in the area of infrastructure equip- ments for telecommunication systems and consulting companies in the telecommunication area. Cur- rently and for 43 years he teaches Telecommunications Systems Design at the Paraná Federal University and is Executive Di- rector of the Water and Sanitation Utility for the State of Paraná. He has been member, financial adviser and Chaired the Board of several social clubs of Curitiba and received the Honorary Citizenship from the City of Curitiba for outstanding service rendered to the community. He was also advisor of the Engineering Institute of the State of Paraná. Rotarian since 1979 at the Rotary Club of Curitiba Leste, he was its president in 1984-85. Served in several District Committees, as District Trainer and Chair of TRF District Committee and as District Governor 1995-96. In the area of Youth Programs he served as member, advisor and Vice-Chairman of RI’s Rotaract Committee and Latin American Coordinator of the Youth Service Resource Group having also participated in a great number of youth leadership training. At The Rotary Foundation, Hallage served as Alumni Regional Coordinator and Re- gional Rotary Foundation Coordinator. He also served in a great number of RI Committees, as Training Leader at the International Assembly and as a member of the International Assembly Organizing Committee. Member of the RI Membership Growth Task Force, SAA Committee and district representative to the Council on Legislation. Hallage also served as President Representative in several District Conferences. Recipient of the Meritorious Service Award of The Rotary Foundation and is an honorary member of several clubs and districts. On the RI Board (2009-11), Hallage served as member of the Audit Committee, advisor to the Board on the COL and as Liaison Director to the Membership Development Committee; as Chair of the Board’s Programs Committee, Advisor of the Board’s Executive Committee and member of the RI Vocational Committee. He is serving also as Vice-Chairman of RLI for Latin America and on the Superior Council of Brazilian Regional Rotary magazine, Brasil Rotário. On the Board of Trustees of The Rotary Foundation is serving on the Finance Committee and on the Stewardship Committee. Hallage is also a member of the Peace Centers Commit- tee and the RI’s Rotary Action Groups Committee. He serves as Liaison Trustee to the Brazil- ian Association of The Rotary Foundation and as its Founder Member.

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