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District Governor's Letter to the Rotarians of District 5690

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Dear Fellow Rotarians:

As we enter our one hundred-sixth year of service to the world, we find we are still a grassroots organization with a majority of our service carried out at the local club level.  From there we branch out across the world with over 33,000 clubs in over 200 countries with a membership of over 1.2 million members.  It has been said Rotary is a completely new angle of friendship-one that is not private, and one that is not strictly business.  One where, as local Rotarians, we can be an ordinary citizen from a small town, and at the same time, a world citizen.  As the oldest service organization in the world, we have watched our organization grow from a handful of members to more than 1.2 million members who believe in our motto, "SERVICE ABOVE SELF," which exemplifies the humanitarian spirit of our organization.  In our district we have strong fellowship, meaningful community projects, outstanding programs, and the belief we can bring world peace and understanding with all the service projects we do.  These start at the local community level and go worldwide with our Polio Plus Campaign.

As we look at our district, we find we have quality, dedicated leaders, diversity of clubs, cooperation of district and club leadership, wise usage of resources, proper planning, and education on programs of action.  Challenges and opportunities we face include: local and national economic conditions, recruitment of younger members, recruitment of female members, and retention of current members - ensuring we give them a reason to belong.

Our goal this year will be to develop a dream team throughout the district working toward a common goal of being all we can be.  We need to learn from each other, share in the pride of being a Rotarian and celebrate success together.  As we grow as a team we will become bigger, better, and bolder as we go about "Building Communities Bridging Continents."

Rotary Theme 2010-2011:  Building Communities Bridging Continents Ray Klingingsmith-President Rotary International David A. Nygaard  District Governor, District 5690

District 5690 (Kansas/Oklahoma) is part of RI Zone 27

 District Office

  Curtis Dick, Executive Director

Jean M. Hackett, Administrative Assistant

106 W. Douglas - Suite 909

Wichita, Ks.  67202-3308

316-262-4375 - Fax:  316-262-1768

curtis@wichitarotary.org