Parkwood Rotary Club - PRIT Brian Knowles AM

Past Rotary International Director/Treasurer and member of Parkwood Rotary Club, Brian Knowles,was honoured with the announcement on Australia Day 2000 of the award to him of an AM (Member in the General Division of the Order of Australia).

Brian has been a Rotarian since 1960, served as Club President 1963/64, District
Governor (D9600) 1969/70 and Director of Rotary International 1986/88, serving also as R.I. Treasurer in 1987/88.

He was vice-chairman of the 1990 Portland R.I. Convention Committee, chairman of the
1993 Melbourne Convention Committee, vice-chairman of the Council on Legislation in Caracas, Venezuela in 1995 and parliamentarian to the 1998 Council in Delhi.

Brian has served on the nominating committee for the President of R.I. on four occasions. Last year Brian represented R.I. President Carlo Ravizza at the Conferences of District 1160 in Londonderry, Northern Ireland and District 1120 in Eastbourne, England.

He has served as chairman, Western Pacific Polio Plus Committee. Since 1991 he has attended World Health Organisation meetings around the Western Pacific and served as chairman of the regionalInteragency Co-ordinating Committee during that time. Since 1990 on behalf of the Rotary Foundation and in conjunction with the World Bank he has supervised Rotary's US$15 million contribution towards a new polio vaccine facility in Kunming, China. Brian is currently Rotary's national advocacy adviser for Polio-Plus in Australia.

He served for eight years on the Management Committee of Rotary Down Under as well as six years as a Director of the Australian Rotary Health Research Fund.

Brian continues to serve Rotary at an international level. Frank Devlyn, Rotary International
President-elect for 2000/2001, has announced that Brian will be Area Co-ordinator for the South Pacific for the Task Force set up to examine Partnering with other Organisations.

The above summary is only part of the remarkable service given to Rotary by Brian Knowles AM over a period of forty years. The members of the Parkwood Rotary Club are proud to have Brian as a member of the Club and extend congratulations on the well deserved national recognition he has received. Brian has set an outstanding example of Rotary service as his efforts have brought beneficial results for people worldwide - an achievement of tremendous proportions in the life of any person.

April, 2000

INTERNATIONAL/NATIONAL APPOINTMENTS OF BRIAN KNOWLES
2000/2001:
Chairman, Western Pacific PolioPlus Committee
International Task Force Co-Ordinator:
Area Co-ordinator for South Pacific, partnering with other
organisations task force
National:
Chairman, Polio Eradication Private Sector Campaign, Australia 2001
PolioPlus Advocacy Adviser for Australia
PolioPlus Speakers Bureau
Advisory Committee - Alliance Program
Regional:
Protocol Committee - 2003 Convention.

2003/2004:
Chairman, RI RYLA Committee
Member, President's Advisory Committee
Member, Extension to China Committee
Member, Nominating Committee for President 2005/2006
National Advocacy Adviser for Polio Plus, Australia
Member, Polio Plus Speakers Bureau
Assistant Chair Polio Plus Task Force

	District 9640 Australia Rotary Service by Brian Knowles
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