The third 2019–20 RI Board of Directors meeting was held on 27–29 January 2020 at Rotary International World Headquarters in Evanston, IL USA. At this meeting, the Board reviewed nine committee reports and recorded 39 decisions.
“Rotary is not just a club that you join, it is an invitation to endless opportunities. The theme for 2020-2021 is -- Rotary Opens Opportunities". President-elect Holger Knaack
Borders News is published monthly and contains articles of interest to Rotary leaders. Regular features include reports of significant events in the Zones, appointments of Rotarians to Zone and Rotary International committees and task forces, outstanding project reports and stories of interest to Rotarians across the two Zones.
Message from Immediate Past District Governor (IPDG) John Gilvesy
This event was a wonderful opportunity to celebrate a great effort and commitment to the ideals of Rotary. It was a year ago on September 13, 2018 that a group of eight sat around a table to explore this idea to raise $1 million for The Rotary Foundation. Senior Major Gifts Officer and PDG John Stairs explained the MDD campaign process.
We did a little better than $1 million. In fact, during the campaign, we raised around $3.5M Canadian dollars or nearly $2.9 US dollars! This was the largest ever campaign total by a single District in Zone 24 east…and in all of Canada!
For a bit of light reading, the 2019 Manual Of Procedure for Rotary is now available.
On the 21st August, we reached another milestone in the Countdown to History. It has been three years since a child in Nigeria was paralyzed by the wild poliovirus. This means that the entire World Health Organization (WHO) African region could be certified as wild poliovirus-free as soon as mid-2020. When this happens, 5 out of the 6 WHO regions in the world will be considered polio-free.
The 2019 Council on Legislation may not have made as many dramatic changes as the 2016 Council, but it made several decisions that will shape the future of Rotary and Rotaract.
