Board Minutes
Total Page:16
File Type:pdf, Size:1020Kb
M I N U T E S of the JULY 2017 ROTARY INTERNATIONAL BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING One Rotary Center 1560 Sherman Ave., Evanston, IL 60201 USA GENERAL OFFICERS 2017–18 PRESIDENT VICE PRESIDENT Ian H. S. Riseley Dean Rohrs Black Rock, Victoria, Australia Surrey, BC, Canada (Rotary Club of Langley Central) (Rotary Club of Sandringham) PRESIDENT-ELECT TREASURER Sam F. Owori Mikael Ahlberg Kampala, Uganda (Rotary Club of Kampala) Färjestaden, Sweden (Rotary Club of Ölands Södra) EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN GENERAL SECRETARY Noel J. Trevaskis John Hewko Tura Beach, NSW, Australia (Rotary Club of Bega) Evanston, IL, USA (Rotary Club of Kyiv, Ukraine) OTHER DIRECTORS Jorge Aufranc Gérard Allonneau Guatemala City, Guatemala Parthenay, France (Rotary Club of Parthenay) (Rotary Club of Guatemala Sur) Basker Chockalingam Corneliu Dincӑ Karur, Tamil Nadu, India (Rotary Club of Karur) Craiova, Romania (Rotary Club of Craiova) James Ronald Ferrill Peter Iblher Martinsville VA 24112 USA Zirndorf-Weiherhof, Germany (Rotary Club of Martinsville) (Rotary Club of Nürnberg-Reichswald) Keiichi Ishiguro Robert C Knuepfer Jr. Tsuruoka, Yamagata, Japan Hinsdale, IL, USA (Rotary Club of Tsuruoka West) (Rotary Club of Chicago) John C. Matthews Eun-Soo Moon Mercer Island, WA, USA Cheonan, Chungnam, Republic of Korea (Rotary Club of Mercer Island) (Rotary Club of Cheonan-Dosol) Tadami Saito Brian A.E. Stoyel Toyota, Aichi, Japan (Rotary Club of Toyota) Plymouth, England (Rotary Club of Saltash) Paulo Augusto Zanardi Gregory F. Yank Curitiba Pr., Brazil Lebanon, IL, USA (Rotary Club of O'Fallon) (Rotary Club of Curitiba-Cidade Industrial) CONTENTS 1. Appointment of the Vice President ......................................................................................................................... 1 2. Appointment of the Treasurer ................................................................................................................................. 1 3. 2018–19 Rotary Institute Site and Date Approval .................................................................................................. 1 4. 2018–19 Nominating Committee for RI President ................................................................................................. 1 5. RI and TRF Meetings in 2017–18 .......................................................................................................................... 1 6. Director Nominating Committee Meeting Dates .................................................................................................... 2 7. 2018–19 Annual Rotary Goals ............................................................................................................................... 2 8. Annual Review of Delegation of Authority to the President and the General Secretary ........................................ 2 9. Policies Relating to the RI Board ........................................................................................................................... 2 10. Establishment of 2017–18 Districts within Zones .................................................................................................. 2 11. Selection of Zones to Nominate Directors for Election at the 2019 Convention ................................................... 2 12. Global Networking Groups Committee Report ...................................................................................................... 2 13. 2017–18 Rotary Foundation Programs Budget ...................................................................................................... 3 14. Confirmation of 2017–18 Budget ........................................................................................................................... 3 Appendices A. Tentative Schedule of 2018–19 Rotary Institutes (Decision 3) .............................................................................. 5 B. Proposed Legislation for the 2019 Council on Legislation Regarding Director Nominating Committees (Decision 6) ............................................................................................................................................................ 6 C. 2018–19 Rotary Goals (Decision 7) ....................................................................................................................... 7 D. 2017–18 Zones Composition (Decision 10) .......................................................................................................... 9 i MINUTES of the JULY* 2017 MEETING Rotary International Board of Directors The Rotary International Board of Directors held its first meeting of the year on 16 June 2017 in Atlanta, GA, USA * These minutes are called the “July” minutes because they are taken in the current Rotary year by the 2. Appointment of the Treasurer following year’s Board, and do not take effect until 1 July. Statement: RI Bylaws section 6.020. provides for the president to select a treasurer from among those directors Present were: President Ian H. S. Riseley, President-elect, serving their second year in office. Sam F. Owori, Vice President Dean Rohrs, Treasurer Mikael Ahlberg, Executive Committee Chairman Noel DECISION: The Board notes with approval President Trevaskis, other directors, Gérard Allonneau, Jorge Riseley’s selection of Mikael Ahlberg as the 2017–18 Aufranc, Basker Chockalingam, Corneliu Dincӑ, James Rotary International treasurer. Ronald Ferrill, Peter Iblher, Keiichi Ishiguro, Robert C. Knuepfer Jr., John C. Matthews, Eun-Soo Moon, Tadami 3. 2018–19 Rotary Institute Site and Date Approval Saito, Brian A. E. Stoyel, Gregory Yank, Paulo Augusto Zanardi, and General Secretary John Hewko. Statement: As authorized by Rotary Code of Policies section 60.050., the president-elect approved the sites Andrew McDonald served as secretary of the meeting and dates for the 2018–19 Rotary institutes. with assistance from Matt Hohmann. Other staff present were David Alexander, Jim Barnes, Lori Carlson, DECISION: The Board ratifies the decision shown in Richard Kick, Bernadette Knight, Steve Routburg, Eric Appendix A made by the president-elect on behalf of the Schmelling, and Tom Thorfinnson. Nobuko Andrews, Board regarding the tentative schedule of Rotary Alain Druot, Sandra LeBlanc, Ligia Lima, Marc Prevot, institutes in 2018–19. and Eiko Terao served as staff interpreters. 4. 2018–19 Nominating Committee for RI President Under the guidance of the president, the general secretary had prepared an advance memorandum for this meeting Statement: RI Bylaws section 12.050.2., authorizes the containing items for consideration with background Board to determine the time (not later than 15 August) information and analyses. Those items, along with others and place for the Nominating Committee for President to initiated during this meeting, constituted the agenda of meet. The 2018–19 committee shall comprise 17 the meeting as reflected in the remainder of these minutes. members from the even-numbered zones. * * * * * * DECISION: The Board agrees that the 2018–19 Nominating Committee for RI President shall meet in 1. Appointment of the Vice President Evanston, Illinois, USA, on 6 August 2018 and comprise members from the 17 even numbered zones. Statement: RI Bylaws section 6.020. provides for the president to select a vice president from among those 5. RI and TRF Meetings in 2017–18 directors serving their second year in office. Statement: The Board has requested that at its first DECISION: The Board notes with approval President meeting of the year it receive a tentative schedule of RI Riseley’s selection of Dean Rohrs as the 2017–18 Rotary and TRF meetings for the year. International vice president. 1 Minutes of the “July” 2017 RI Board of Directors Meeting DECISION: The Board approves the tentative schedule be reviewed annually at the Board’s first meeting each of RI and TRF meetings in 2017–18. Rotary year. 6. Director Nominating Committee Meeting Dates 10. Establishment of 2017–18 Districts within Zones Statement President Riseley noted that the Board is often Statement: Pursuant to RI Bylaws section 13.010.5., any asked to approve meeting dates of director nominating new zone alignments can be made by the Board. committees that are outside the 15–30 September requirement specified in the RI Bylaws and suggested DECISION: The Board approves the 2017–18 zones therefore, that legislation be submitted to the 2019 composition as shown in Appendix D. Council on Legislation that would provide more flexibility for setting these meeting dates. 11. Selection of Zones to Nominate Directors for Election at the 2019 Convention DECISION: The Board agrees to submit to the 2019 Council on Legislation the legislation as shown in Statement: RI Bylaws section 13.010.2. requires that Appendix B to provide additional flexibility for the each zone shall nominate a director from the membership meeting dates of RI Director Nominating Committees. of the clubs in that zone every fourth year according to a schedule established by the Board. 7. 2018–19 Annual Rotary Goals DECISION: The Board agrees that Zones 2, 9, 13A, 17B, Statement: The Rotary Code of Policies provides that the 21B, 25B, 28, and 33 shall select committees in 2017–18 annual Rotary goals be approved by the Board in the year to nominate RI directors for election at the 2019 preceding the year that the goals are to be in place. convention to serve in 2020–22. President-elect Owori and Trustee Chairman-elect Burton presented a set of joint goals that align with the 12. Global