List of nominees
is announced
Rotary International has announced the list of nominees to serve on the Board of Directors for 2006-08.
In accordance with provisions of the Bylaws of Rotary International, the balloting committee met at R.I. Headquarters to examine and count the ballots for director-nominee returned by clubs in contested Zone 12.
The balloting committee certified Raffaele Pallotta d'Acquapendente, of Naples, Italy, as the nominee from Zone 12 to serve as a director of Rotary International during the 2006-07 and 2007-08 Rotary years.
Director-nominee Pallotta d'Acquapendente joins other previously-announced nominees to be elected at the 2005 R.I. Convention in Chicago, U.S.A..
They are Yoshimasa Watanabe, Kojima, Okayama, Japan (Zone 3), Ian Riseley, Sandringham, Vic., Australia (Zone 8), Örsçelik Balkan, Istanbul-Karaköy, Turkey (Zone 10), Kjell-Åke Åkesson, Hörby, Sweden (Zone 16), Donald L. Mebus, Arlington, Texas, U.S.A. (Zone 26), Michael K. McGovern, South Portland-Cape Elizabeth, Maine, U.S.A. (Zone 31) and Milton O. Jones, Dade City, Florida, U.S.A.. (Zone 34). |
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The greatest celebration in Rotary's history — the 2005 Rotary International Convention — commemorates the organisation's first 100 years of service and will take place on June 18-22, 2005, in downtown Chicago, where Rotary was born.
Although much has changed in Rotary’s birthplace over the last century, Chicago remains the energetic and vibrant city it was in 1905. As in the founder’s day, it is a centre of architectural innovation, a major transportation hub, and a great restaurant town.
But American poet Carl Sandburg’s “city of broad shoulders” has also become a sophisticated metropolis, boasting unparalleled cultural attractions, internationally renowned museums, and magnificent shopping.
Paul Harris would still find a few paradoxes in his adopted hometown. The soaring steel skyscrapers set against long distances of scenic lakefront parks, for example, or the bustling downtown business and shopping district contrasted with the colourful neighbourhoods and ethnic enclaves where Chicagoans live and play.
Chicago’s still the place to get a great steak, but now you’ll also find sushi, enchiladas, curries, pad thai, and a host of other ethnic favourites. You can listen to the blues as they were meant to be played one night and enjoy a world-class symphony orchestra the next.
Chicago offers some of the country’s best theatre from Broadway productions to storefront performances of new plays. And there are also plenty of opportunities for family fun at Navy Pier, Lincoln Park Zoo, Brookfield Zoo, and the lakefront beaches and parks.
Like Rotary, Chicago has a rich and colourful history, but today, both the city and the organisation it spawned stand poised to meet the future.
What better place to celebrate a century of service, while preparing for a new century of success.
Paul Harris wrote: “There could have been no time more opportune than the beginning of the 20th century for the genesis of such a |
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