RI Strategic Plan

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RI Strategic Plan 2008-09 Zone Institutes
What Rotary will be one hundred years hence,
none living can imagine. There is nothing
impossible to Rotary now. Paul Harris, Feb. 1915
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Best Club
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Strategic Planning
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Integrated Planning Efforts
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Integrated Efforts
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Endorsed Mission

• to provide service to others, promote high
  ethical standards, and advance world
  understanding, goodwill, and peace through its
  fellowship of business, professional, and
  community leaders

Vision
universally recognized for our commitment to
Service Above Self to advance world
understanding, goodwill, and peace.
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Definitions at www.rotary.org
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Core Values

• Service
• Fellowship
• Diversity
• Integrity
• Leadership

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Endorsed Priorities

• Eradicate Polio
• Advance recognition and public image of RI
• Increase capacity to serve others
• Expand membership globally (numbers and quality)
• Emphasize unique vocational service commitment
• Optimize leadership talents within RI
• Implement strategic planning process throughout
  organization

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Highlights Successes

• Polio eradication grant from Gates

Help End Polio Now!

• Promote Rotarian and general giving
  www.rotary.org/endpolio

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Highlights Successes

• Continued focus on public relations

• Make Dreams Real through Membership

• Leadership Development Guide online

• Public relations grants (due 1 Oct)

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Highlights Successes

• Governance structure committing to Strategic Plan

• E-Learning Center

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Highlights Successes

• Dissemination of plan via web, articles,
  brochures, presentations

• Future Vision Plan progress

to enable Rotarians to advance world
understanding, goodwill, and peace through the
improvement of health, the support of education,
and the alleviation of poverty
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Next Steps

• Survey of Rotary world
• Review of Governance Practices
• Update on Progress / Actions
• Continue Promotion Communication of Plan

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Major Challenges Opportunities

• Qualified membership development and retention
• Successful, interesting meetings to attract and
  retain members
• Involvement in all Four Avenues of Service
• Reaching outside of the Family of Rotary for
  membership opportunities
• Improve continuity and consistencyutilize the
  concepts in the Club Leadership Plan
• Whats in it for me? Addressing the needs of
  tomorrows business, professional and community
  leaders

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Together We Can Achieve Our Mission

• Promote the plan
• Inform your fellow Rotarians
• Align your club and district plans accordingly
• Learn more at www.rotary.org

Whatever Rotary may mean to us, to the world it
will be known by the results it achieves. Paul
Harris, Message to 1914 RI Convention, Houston,
Texas, USA
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Benefits of Realizing Our Plan

• Key themes of plan are still relevant
• Membership
• Service
• Leadership
• Aligns with Club Leadership Plan

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Impacts on Clubs and Districts

• Provides guidance on global strategic priorities
• Does not mandateonly a tool for planning locally
• Future RI assistance with planning models, tools,
  and guidelines
• Consistency and continuity in Rotary

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Effective Clubs
Recapping

• Comprised of active, informed members
• Exemplify the ethics of Rotary
• Enjoy Fellowship
• Maintain links with their communities
• Implement successful projects
• Give to participate in our Foundation
• Communicate Info to members RI
• Leaders are exposed to District Training and
  Events.

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Best Club
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Strategic Planning