Big changes coming to RI in next few years
Posted by John Borst on Oct 27, 2016
The second 2016–17 RI Board of Directors meeting was held from 19–22 September, 2016. At this meeting the Board reviewed 12 committee reports and recorded 64 decisions.
The 2016 - 2017 Board of Directors
Ten key decisons:
- Set up criteria, guidelines, and a timetable for rezoning the Rotary world;
- reaffirmed that developing the Rotary vision and strategic plan is a top priority and approved an action plan to execute and monitor;
- added district-wide strategic planning to the responsibilities of the District Governor;
- asked the Rotary Institute to provide comprehensive governor-nominee training with Rotary subsidy starting in 2020–2;
- agreed to reduce the time frame of the International Assembly by one day, starting in 2021;
- received a report on membership trends that included as of 1July 2016 the following data:
- membership: 1,209,491 Rotarians (down 1,578Rotariansfrom2015)
- clubs: 35,399 (up 285 clubs from 2015)
- average club size: 34members
- affirmed the dates of the 2018 Rotary International Convention to be 24–27 June 2018 in Toronto, Canada.
- agreed to enter into a memorandum of understanding with Lufthansa to help grow their Entrepreneurship Camp model for a term ending in2020;
- broadened its policy regarding Rotary Friendship Exchanges to allow for participation by Rotarians and non-Rotarians with the goal for participants to experience cultural immersion and intercultural exposure.
- Supported President Germ’s plan to grant the Rotary Award of Honor to Jack Nicklaus and Dolly Parton.