2008-09 Presidential Membership Conferences

Rotary International News - 6 May 2008

Make Dreams Real through Membership

Join 2008-09 RI President Dong Kurn Lee at one of 12 presidential membership conferences being held throughout the year and help generate ideas for developing club membership.

Targeted to Rotary clubs, these two-day conferences include small-group discussions aimed at identifying best practices for member recruitment and retention and adapting to change.

Topics

Changing demographics
Developing goals
Volunteering trends
Mentoring
Identifying prospective members

Who should attend?

Every Rotarian who is interested in strengthening Rotary, including:
club and district membership committee chairs and members
club presidents and officers
district governors and officers

Conference dates and locations

Dates Location Organizing Chair
July 6 Tokyo, Japan PRID Toshio Itabashi
July 11 - 13 Canberra, Australia PDG Len Goodman
July 18 - 19 Auckland, New Zealand PDG Andrew Meek
August 1 - 3 Johannesburg, South Africa* PDG Greg Stathacopoulos
August 8 - 9 Buenos Aires, Argentina* PRID Carlos Speroni
August 15 - 16 Sao Paulo, Brazil* PDG Jose Antonio F. Antiorio
October 24 - 25 Merida, Mexico PDG Jesse Devlyn
December 6 - 7 Vienna, Austria PRID Peter Krön
December 12 - 13 Leicestershire, England PRIBIP John Hockin

2009

January 9 – 10 Phoenix, Arizona, USA PDG Greg Podd
February 6 – 7 Cairo, Egypt* PDG Mohamed Delawar
March 27 – 28 Baltimore, Maryland, USA PDG Toni McAndrew

*These conferences will also address child mortality, one of President Lee’s top concerns.
Participants attend at no cost to Rotary International.

For registration information, contact the conference organizer.