7. Proposal to reduce Rotary Costs - Electronic Delivery of RI President's message

At a regular meeting of the Shelton Skookum Rotary Club, the members voted on and

approved the attached Proposal to the Rotary International Council on Legislation.

The Proposal is ''to minimize the cost to Rotary for delivering the Rotary Intemational

President's message to District Conferences". The vote was taken November 23, 2011.

PROPOSED RESOLUTION

Skookum Rotary Club

Club #83 District 5020

Shelton, WA

To minimize the cost to Rotary for delivering the Rotary International President's message to

District Conferences.

WHEREAS the Rotary International President usually dispatches a personal representative to

deliver his message to various District Conferences around the world, and

WHEREAS the annual expense to Rotary for travel and lodging for the President's

Representative amounts to several hundred thousand dollars, and

WHEREAS the President's Representative delivers a brief message at the District Conference

that is often not in the language of the Conference attendees and is thus potentially ineffective,

and

WHEREAS Rotary International strives to be good stewards of the funds expended to support

the Clubs and Districts, and

WHEREAS the Districts and Clubs in the Rotary world are using various technologies to reduce

travel and meeting costs.

IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED the Rotary International Board of Directors shall direct the General

Secretary to develop a cost effective and meaningful method for delivery of the Rotary

International President's message to the District Conferences.

PURPOSE AND EFFECT STATEMENT

The Rl President Rep often travels several thousand miles at great expense to deliver a short

speech. The delivery and effectiveness of the message if often diluted because of language

issues.

There are several PDG's in close proximity to most District Conferences that are articulate in the

usual language of the Conference attendees and are highly capable public speakers. These

PDG's, as Rl President's Representatives, would provide a more effective message delivery at

greatly reduced cost to Rotary.

Electronic delivery of the Rl President's message is possible, directly from the Rl President.

Sending a personal representative is an expense that is no longer necessary to Rotary. Funds

saved can then be put to the good works of Rotary and Rotarians.