RotaryRotary InternationalInternational 50505050 2011-2012 DirectoryDirectory Jane Helten, District Governor District 5050 2011-12 Important Dates 2011 July 9 District Governor Installation Dinner July 17 Ambassadorial Scholarship Interview Aug 21-27 Zone, GETS, TRF Seminar Boston, MA Aug 13 District Simplified Grant Applications Due Aug 19 5050 GolFun Aug 21-27 Zone Institute GETS Sept 9-11 911 Event-Burlington WA Sept 17 District Wide Picnic Sept 24 Rotary Leadership Institute USA Oct 1 AG Interviews Oct 15 Rotary Leadership Institute Canada Oct 22 AG Training Oct 24 Polio Awareness Day Oct 29 Membership Seminar Nov 5 Pre PETS Nov 19 Foundation Dinner Nov 19 Rotary Leadership Institute USA 2012 Jan 1 Semi Annual Reports Due to RI Jan 2 District Dues Payable Jan 13-15 Adventures in Leadership Jan 15-21 International Assembly, San Diego, CA USA Jan 21 Rotary Leadership Institute Canada Feb 18 Rotary Leadership Institute USA Feb 23 Rotary 107th Birthday Mar 2-4 PETS 2010 (Friday – Sunday) Seattle, WA Incoming Presidents Register at: www.pnwrotarypets.org xx District Committee Chair Seminar Mar 15 Changemaker Award Deadline Mar 17 Membership Seminar Mar 24 Rotary Leadership Institute Canada Mar 31 Literacy & Vocational Seminar Apr 1 Presidential Citations due Apr 14 District Assembly Apr 21 Rotary Leadership Institute USA May 6-9 International Convention, Bangkok, Thailand May 31 District 5050 Conference Golf Tournament, Semiahmoo- Blaine, WA Jun 1-3 District 5050 Conference, Semiahmoo-Blaine, WA Jun 30 2011-12 Rotary year complete REACH WITHIN TO EMBRACE HUMANITY 1 Governor’s Message Dear Fellow District 5050 Rotarians, RI President Kalyan Banerjee searched for a theme that would emphasize his vision of care for all mankind. He found it with: “Reach Within to Embrace Humanity”. He asked us to look within ourselves to understand that all humanity has similar dreams, hopes, aspirations, and problems. During the 2011-2012 Rotary year, we have three emphases in our Rotary service: to strengthen our families, to continue what we do best and to change what needs to be changed. Our families are the highest priority. Family first, then we can reach out to the community and the world. As I look at our District, I am filled with pride at our accomplishments: the community projects, the incredible work with international projects and our dedication to our youth through RYLA, YAIL, RYE, Interact and Rotoract. All this is possible through the dedication of individual Rotarians and the cohesiveness of their Rotary clubs. We will continue to do what we do best in these areas. We are challenged with declining membership and retention. Membership is of utmost importance. District and club leadership should continue to find new and innovative ways to attract and grow membership. Our new generations offer us a wealth and depth of leadership, but we must change the way we attract and keep them. The second challenge is in the area of Foundation. This year every member of every club is asked to make a donation to the Annual Programs Fund. Club leadership should look within for ideas to accomplish this goal. Your club presidents and boards have set ambitious goals for both membership growth and Foundation contributions. As we go through this year, please keep working diligently to achieve success in these areas. This year we have an added incentive from RI President Kalyan Banerjee, which covers each Avenue of Service. The roadmap for this is the Changemaker Award. It is my hope that District 5050 will have at 2 Rotary International • DIsTRICT 5050 Governor’s Message Continued... least one club winning that award and representing us at the RI Convention in Bangkok in May of 2012. It would reflect our ongoing initiatives to improve literacy, to provide clean water and to ease hunger and poverty in the world. The Presidential Citation and the Change Maker award outlines the many ways clubs have a guarantee of a successful year. I have asked the Club President’s to follow these guidelines and share them with their club members in order to achieve them. I look forward to visiting each of the clubs in our District. I am especially interested in hearing about your Community, International, Vocational, and New Generations projects and to celebrate their unique and innovative qualities. Let us continue our strong support of our youth programs and let us strengthen our commitment to Foundation, Polio eradication, and Membership. Thank you for the opportunity to serve as your District Governor. Reach Within To Embrace Humanity. Jane Helten REACH WITHIN TO EMBRACE HUMANITY 3 What it means to be a Rotarian Being a Rotarian means making a strong commitment of time and energy. Each Rotary Club meets weekly and members are expected to maintain good attendance records. Rotarians may “make up” a missed meeting by attending the meeting of any other Rotary Club in the world within 14 days before or after the absence. Being a Rotarian means a true commitment to the Ideals of Rotary, including support for all Avenues of Service. Rotarians are committed to world peace and understanding through the Rotary Foundation. The rewards generally equal or surpass the level of commitment. To become a Rotarian is to join an organization whose members make an important difference in the quality of life in the community and worldwide. It is a doorway to a unique network, linked by fellowship and spanning the globe. Being a Rotarian means enriching the lives of others while enjoying yourself in the company of your peers. The Four-Way Test 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? Declaration of Rotarians in Businesses & Professions The Declaration of Rotarians in Businesses and Professions was adopted by the Rotary International Council on Legislation in 1989 to provide more specific guidelines for the high ethical standards called for in the Object of Rotary. As a Rotarian engaged in a business or profession, I am expected to: • Consider my vocation to be another opportunity to serve; • Be faithful to the letter and to the spirit of the ethical codes of my vocation, to the laws of my country, and to the moral standards of my community; • Do all in my power to dignify my vocation and to promote the highest ethical standards in my chosen vocation; • Be fair to my employer, employees, associates, competitors, customers, the public, and all those with whom I have a business or professional relationship; • Recognize the honor and respect due to all occupations which are useful to society; • Offer my vocational talents: to provide opportunities for young people, to work for the relief of the special needs of others, and to improve the quality of life in my community; • Adhere to honesty in my advertising and in all representations to the public concerning my business or profession; • Neither seek from nor grant to a fellow Rotarian a privilege or advantage not normally accorded others in a business or professional relationship. The Five Avenues of Service Club Service Community Service Vocational Service International Service New Generations 4 Rotary International • DIsTRICT 5050 Rotary International Structure Rotary International President Board of Directors 200 Countries 34 Zones RI Directors 532 Districts District Governor 32,000 + Clubs Club President 1.2 Million Members The Member and the Club are at the heart of the Rotary world. All other segments are designed to aid the mem- bers and the clubs fulfill the Object of Rotary Object of Rotary The Object of Rotary is to encourage and foster the ideal of service as a basis of worthy enterprise and, in particu- lar, to encourage and foster: FIRST: The development of acquaintance as an oppor- tunity for service; SECOND: High ethical standards in business and pro- fessions, the recognition of the worthiness of all useful occupations, and the dignifying of each Rotarian’s occu- pation 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 under- standing, goodwill, and peace through a world fellowship of business and professional persons united in the ideal of service. REACH WITHIN TO EMBRACE HUMANITY 5 The Peace Arch District Although there have been many changes in the areas and nomenclature of our Rotary districts as Rotary ex- panded into the Pacific Northwest, ours has always been an international district. Rotary first came to the Pacific Northwest when the Seattle Club was founded in 1909 as “Club Number Four” following Chicago, San Francisco, and Oakland. Everett, the oldest club in our district, as presently constituted, was chartered March 1, 1917 as Club Number 272. Until 1945, Washington, Oregon British Columbia, Alaska and parts of Idaho formed one district (under various numbers including Districts 15, 22, 1, and 102). In 1945 major subdivisions were made on both a North-South and East-West basis. District 101, subsequently 151, of which we are part, emerged and for a time we were the largest geographical district in the world of Rotary. New subdivisions in 1956 removed Vancouver Island and Washington State, south of the King County line from what now constitutes our district. In 1957 District 151 was redesignated as District 504 with no change in boundaries. In 1973, further changes removed Alaska and the Yukon to a separate district and moved the southern boundary to S.W. 152nd Street in Snohomish County, Washington. In the succeeding decade, with a dramatic increase in the number of clubs and the extensive distance between the southern and northern clubs, the need for further redistricting became evident.