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
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THE OBJECT OF RotARY / LE BUT DU 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. L’objectif de Rotary est d’encourager et de promouvoir l’idéal de service comme base d’entreprise valable et, en particulier, d’encourager et de promouvoir : Premièrement : Le développement de relations comme occasions de service; Deuxièmement : Un code de déontologie strict dans le affaires et dans le professions; la reconnaisance de la valeur de toutes les occupations pratiques, et l’honneur que chaque Rotarien(ne) apporte à sa profession en la traitant comme une occasion de servir la société. Troisièmement : L’application de l’idéal de service par chaque Rotarien(ne) à sa vie personnelle, professionelle et communautaire; Quatrièmement : La promotion sur le plan international de la compréhension, de la bonne volonté et de la paix par l’entremise d’une confrérie mondiale de gens d’affaires et de professionels unis par l’idéal de service. 1 . THE FOUR WAY TEST / LE CRITÈRE DES QUATRE QUESTIONS For Rotary, The Four-Way Test is the cornerstone of all action. It has been for years, and it will be in the future. Of the things we think, say or do: 1. Is it the TRUTH? 2. Is it FAIR to all concerned? 3. Will it build GOODWILL and BETTER FRIENDSHIPS? 4. Will it be BENEFICIAL to all concerned? Ce critère exige de se poser les questions suivantes pour tout ce que nous persons, disons out faisons: 1. Est-ce conforme à la VÉRITÉ? 2. Est-ce LOYAL de part et d’autre? 3. Este-ce susceptible de stimuler la BONNE VOLONTÉ RÉCIPROQUE et de CRÉER DES relations AMicales? 4. Est-ce BÉNÉFIQUE à tous les intéressés? Semi-Annual Reports (RI Dues) Rotary International, Box B9330, PO Box 9100, Postal Station “F”, Toronto, ON M4Y 3A5 Foundation Contributions and Matching Grant Funds The Rotary Foundation Canada, Box B9322, PO Box 9100, Postal Station “F”, Toronto, ON M4Y 3A5 . 2 . RI PRESIDENT / PRÉSIDENT DU RI RI President Ray and Judie Klinginsmith Rotary Club of Kirksville, Missouri An attorney in Kirksville, Missouri, USA, Ray now works primarily in the areas of commercial and corporate law, real estate, and estate planning. He retired in August of 1995 as General Counsel and Professor of Business Administration for Truman State University (formerly Northeast Missouri State University) in Kirksville after 22 years of service. Since his retirement from the University, he served a four-year term as a county commissioner for Adair County from 2001 thru 2004. Ray has served as a director of the Macon Atlanta State Bank in Macon, Missouri, since 1971, and he was one of the initial trustees for the Missouri Family Trust, which was created by the Missouri legislature in 1989. He has been the president of Chariton Valley Association for Handicapped Citizens since its organization in 1982, and he was accorded the 1988 Parent/Caretaker Award by the Missouri Planning Council for Developmental Disabilities. He is a former member of the Executive Board for the Great Rivers Council of the Boy Scouts of America and the holder of its Silver Beaver Award for adult volunteers. He is a member of the First United Methodist Church in Kirksville and a former lay speaker for the church. In 1961, Ray studied at the University of Cape Town on a Rotary Foundation Ambassadorial Scholarship. A Rotarian for over 40 years, he has served Rotary as District Governor, Chair of the 1998 Council on Legislation in New Delhi and the 2008 Los Angeles Convention Committee. He was a member of the RI Board of Directors for 1985-87 and chaired its executive committee in 1986- 87. Ray joined The Rotary Foundation Trustees in 2002, serving as Vice Chair in 2005-06, and was a member of the Future Vision Committee from 2005 to 2008. Klinginsmith, a Major Donor, is a recipient of the Foundation’s Citation for Meritorious Service and Distinguished Service Award. Ray’s wife, Judie, is a former elementary school teacher in Macon and Kirksville and a former consultant for the Child Development Assistant program at the Kirksville Area Vocational Center. Ray and Judie have two children and three grandchildren. Ray Klinginsmith est avocat à Kirksville (Missouri, États-Unis). Il exerce principalement en droit commercial et des entreprises, immobilier et succession. Après 22 ans à la Truman State University à Kirksville où il était directeur juridique et professeur d’administration des affaires, il a pris sa retraite en août 1995. Il y a aussi occupé la fonction de directeur administratif pendant cinq ans lors de la transition de l’université vers les arts et les sciences. Il a été également commissaire du comté d’Adair de 2001 à 2004. M. Klinginsmith est depuis 1971 administrateur de la Macon Atlanta State Bank à Macon (Missouri, États-Unis) et un des premiers administrateurs du Missouri Family Trust créé en 1989 par les parlementaires du Missouri. Il est président de l’association pour handicapés Chariton Valley Association for Handicapped Citizens Chariton Valley depuis sa création en 1982 et a reçu le prix Parent/Auxiliaire de vie 1988 du Missouri Planning Council for Developmental Disabilities. Il est ancien membre du comité directeur du Great Rivers Council of the Boy Scouts of America et titulaire de la Silver Beaver Award, une distinction accordée aux adultes bénévoles. Il est membre de l’église méthodiste (First United Methodist Church) de Kirksville. Rotarien depuis 1961, M. Klinginsmith a été gouverneur de district, président du conseil de législation 1998 à New Delhi et de la commission Convention 2008 de Los Angeles. Il a occupé les fonctions d’administrateur du Rotary International en 1985-1987 et fut président de sa commission exécutive en 1986-1987. M. Klinginsmith a été administrateur de la Fondation Rotary de 2002 à 2006, vice-président en 2005-2006 et membre de la commission Vision pour l’avenir de 2005 à 2008. M. Klinginsmith est donateur majeur et a reçu la Citation pour services méritoires et la Distinction pour services éminents de la Fondation. Son épouse Judie a été enseignante et consultante pour le programme d’aide au dévelopement de l’enfant du centre professionnel de la région de Kirksville. Ray et Judie ont deux enfants, et trois petits-enfants. 3 . DISTRICT GOVERNOR / GOUVERNEUR DU DISTRICT District Governor Dawn E.M. Straka & George Ovens Rotary Club of Peterborough-Kawartha Originally from Montréal, Québec and still a part-time farmer and landowner in Lochaber, Québec, Dawn Straka lives in Keene, outside of Peterborough, Ontario with her partner and best friend George Ovens. A graduate of McGill and Boston Universities, Dawn is a registered nurse and has worked as a health care practitioner, administrator, educator and consultant. Her most recent employment was as Executive Director of Fairhaven, Peterborough’s Municipal Long-Term Care facility. Dawn is currently the Vice President of the Board of Hospice Peterborough, chaired Peterborough’s United Way Campaign in 2005, and was on the Board of the Peterborough Regional Health Centre from 1996-2004 and Chair from 2000-2003. Joining Rotary in March 1991, Dawn served as Club secretary and treasurer, was a member of most committees in the Peterborough-Kawartha Club and President in 1998-1999. World Community Service has always been Dawn’s first love. With Rotary, she traveled to Haiti three times, El Salvador and Ecuador twice, Honduras, St- Lucia, India, Antigua, Jamaica, South Africa and Swaziland. In 2001, 2002 and 2003, Dawn was District 7010’s Inbound Coordinator for Group Study Exchange visits and she coordinated wheelchair distributions to Jamaica (2007), El Salvador (2008) and Ecuador (2009). Dawn was the Dean of District 7010’s “Leadership Academy” from 2004-2007, Assistant District Governor from 2005-2008 and is a member of the District World Community Service Committee. In 1998, and again in 2002, Dawn received “The Rotary Foundation District Service Award”; she is a multiple Paul Harris fellow and member of this District’s Paul Harris Society. Dawn has 2 sons, Christopher and Timothy and 2 stepdaughters, Michèle and Evelyn. Her interests include family related activities, photography, baking, cooking, gardening, cross-country skiing and travel. “Catch the Rotary Dream; Attrapez le Rêve du Rotary” is the theme of District 7010’s Conference 2010 to be held in Peterborough, Ontario from September 23-26, 2010. Under the leadership of a committed Conference Committee, plans are in place for an event that will inspire and empower all attendees to serve, making a difference for others both here in Canada and abroad. As 2010-2011 District Governor serving the cause of Rotary, Dawn looks forward with excitement to meeting, sharing and supporting all District 7010 Rotarians as together they are “Building Communities and Bridging Continents”. Originaire de Montréal et possédant toujours une petite ferme et des terres à Lochaber au Québec, Dawn Straka vit maintenant à Keene, en périphérie de Peterborough en Ontario avec son conjoint et meilleur ami George Ovens. Gradué de l’Universités McGill et Boston en science infirmière, Dawn a œuvré dans le domaine de la santé à titre d’infirmière spécialisée, d’administratrice, d’enseignante et enfin à titre de consultante.