District Governor Rick Sterne's Visit
Posted by Ralph Montesanto
on Aug 28, 2012
Assistant governor Wayne Massey introduced district governor Rick Sterne who immediately thanked the club for being so strong and vibrant. After the short and powerful video song, Tell Me Why, governor Rick introduced RI president Sakuji Tanaka's theme, Peace Through Service. President Tanaka asks us to find peace by working on peace and conflict resolution/prevention, disease prevention and treatment, water and sanitation, maternal and child health, basic education and literacy, and economic and community development.
Rotary International's number one corporate goal continues to be the eradication of polio worldwide. To that end India is now over one year polio free with only Afghanistan, Pakistan and Nigeria remaining with endemic polio. Rotarians worldwide have raised over 1.2 billion dollars to help in the polio fight and raised over $215 million to put with the Gates Foundation's $405 million donation.
Governor Rick had all members stand and give High Fives before outlining his High Five Program that asks Rotarians to have fun, think outside the box, focus on people, program and projects, make The Rotary Foundation their charity of choice, and, ask someone to join Rotary.
He said the district could achieve peace through service by doing the following: Encourage every Club to complete a PeaceThrough Service Project; develop a District 7090 Peace Through Service Project; establish a District Peace Through Service speaker’s bureau; select a Peace Scholar; and, encourage members to attend a Global Peace Forum.
Governor Rick asked members to focus on New Generations and learn about The Rotary Foundation's Future Vision plan. He closed by saying the club should easily achieve the Presidential Citation since it was already doing most of the requirements.
President Joe Guedes thanked Rick, presenting him with an atlas written by club member Bob Morrow. Joe hopes the atlas will help Rick find the remaining 70 clubs he has yet to visit as part of the official governor's visit.
Rotary International's number one corporate goal continues to be the eradication of polio worldwide. To that end India is now over one year polio free with only Afghanistan, Pakistan and Nigeria remaining with endemic polio. Rotarians worldwide have raised over 1.2 billion dollars to help in the polio fight and raised over $215 million to put with the Gates Foundation's $405 million donation.
Governor Rick had all members stand and give High Fives before outlining his High Five Program that asks Rotarians to have fun, think outside the box, focus on people, program and projects, make The Rotary Foundation their charity of choice, and, ask someone to join Rotary.
He said the district could achieve peace through service by doing the following: Encourage every Club to complete a PeaceThrough Service Project; develop a District 7090 Peace Through Service Project; establish a District Peace Through Service speaker’s bureau; select a Peace Scholar; and, encourage members to attend a Global Peace Forum.
Governor Rick asked members to focus on New Generations and learn about The Rotary Foundation's Future Vision plan. He closed by saying the club should easily achieve the Presidential Citation since it was already doing most of the requirements.
President Joe Guedes thanked Rick, presenting him with an atlas written by club member Bob Morrow. Joe hopes the atlas will help Rick find the remaining 70 clubs he has yet to visit as part of the official governor's visit.