1. ROTARY YEAR 2010 - 2011 DGE Hannu Ervamaa Estonian PETS 26-27.8.2.2010

3. THE FUTURE IS BUILDED ON THE PAST. WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT THE PAST? 23. February 1905: Paul Harris, 36 years old lawyer, convenes the first Rotary meeting  Notice the age Principal ideas: Friendship  Friends meet often, every week Each member has different occupation  Mutual co-operation, learning from each other Civic service  First Service Project a public comfort station

4. THE EXPANSION OF ROTARY 1908 Second Rotary club (in San Francisco) 1910 First Rotary convention with 16 clubs 1912 First Rotary Club outside USA (in Canada) 1917 The Rotary Foundation 1924 Rotary membership reaches 100 000 1930 Rotary in Estonia 1985 Rotary membership reaches one million 1985 Eradicate Polio program starts 1987 The first female Rotarian 1991 Rotary again in Estonia

6. ROTARY TODAY COL every 3.year Rotary International Board (2 pres + 17 dir) Rotary Foundation Trustees (15 members) Regional co-ordinators Chairman Gen. Sec. HQ/Evanston Administr. Zones 1-34 Districts (532) Clubs (33 000) 1.23 million members Regional offices

7. THE TARGETS of The ROTARY FOUNDATION Eradication of polio is primary target The Future Vision Plan will alter the present situtation from 2013. Our district is not a pilot district. Every Rotary Every Year-program.

8. SOME REFLECTIONS ON ROTARY Rotary International is the largest charity organisation in the world Rotary has initiated the Eradication of Polio –program, which is now in a critical state (4 difficult countries remain) RI has a large and stiff byrocracy RI has thousands very detailed rules and bylaws It is often difficult to experience the original philosophy of Rotary behind the forest of rules and rites

9. SOME THOUGHTS OF PAUL HARRIS The foundation upon which Rotary has been built is friendship; this is a firm foundation on which Rotary is still standing. In the final analysis, Rotary exists for the purpose of developing the individual member and thereby increasing his capacity to serve. Whatever Rotary means to us, to the world it will be known by the results it achieves.

10. 10 ROTARY YEAR 2010 – 11 IN DISTRICT 1420 THE AIMS OF DISTRICT GOVERNOR The Visio: Rotary is a vital, well-renowned and attractive network for professionals, business men and women and community leaders building on friendship and providing humanitarian service and promoting goodwill and world peace.

11. THREE MAIN GOALS OF DISTRIC 1420 SUPPORT AND STRENGTHEN CLUBS FOCUS AND INCREASE HUMNITARIAN SERVICE ENHANCE PUBLIC IMAGE AND AWRENESS PRESIDENTIAL CITATION

12. SUPPORT AND STRENGHTEN CLUBS Clubs are encouraged  Improve member recruitment and retention  To think on and plan of their future  To add members knowledge on Rotary and its ideology  There are two important committees at district level to serve you: Member Increase Committee and Future Committee  Retention to the nordeast Estonia  Assistant Governors support in all questions the clubs

13. HUMANITARIAN SERVICE Polio Plus: The goal is to eradicate polio Support to the youth and young adults programs The clubs shouldt add their members knowledge on The Rotary Foundation and it’s goals GSE The Rotary Foundation committee of our district helps you

14. ENHANCE PUBLIC IMAGE AND AWARENESS The most difficult area of activity Rotary must be more visible in society and achieve wider mass media coverage of local action oriented projects and efforts Rotary is a very well known brand but non-Rotarians do not know what Rotary is doing If non-Rotarians know what we do, it’s easier to have new members On district level there is a Public Relations Committee to help you

15. PRESIDENTIAL CITATION Goal: 40 clubs gets Presidential Citation 2010-11 Those clubs must score at least 25 points in each gategory: Club service, Vocational service, Community service and International service LET US MAKE CLUBS BIGER, BETTER AND BOLDER

16. THE DISTRICT GOVERNOR Visits all Estonian Clubs in September Encourages clubs to take care of their future Gives hand to clubs in their challenges

17. CHANGE IS THE PRICE OF SURVIVAL (Winston Churchill) Evolution has no direction, it produces random changes We cannot build the future of Rotary to evolution We must build the future of Rotary with planned actions and continuity Your building year starts soon. It is time to prepare for the important year.

18. Thank you for your attention