Which topics are important to our zone? RI Directors are the ones who set up topics and programs for this meeting. Rotary Institute will be held for 2 to 3 days and Past RI officers in that zone will be invited to be the speakers, breakout session leaders and organizing committee members. The meeting contents should cover: • Progress of various Rotary Foundation programs, their objectives, finance and issues • Report on Polio Plus Program • During the year when COL is held, there will be a break out session for COL representatives and a plenary session to discuss various recommendations to COL • Exchange of ideas among participants • 5 years’ forecast by RI Director or a representative Is there anything special about this event? RID Dr. Saowalak, Convener, would like to organize an event that foreign participants can join and experience Thai culture. We will show them the wonders of Thailand including the divine creatures. The organizer is currently looking into it. I think it will be very interesting. Finally, please invite Rotarians to join this event. We have tried to promote this event. We’d like to invite Rotarians in Thailand to join. Many of them think that working for their district is already fantastic. In fact, there are meetings at the zone and RI levels. We’d like them to know about the procedures of these meetings. They will be proud to learn that they do not only belong to an organization at the district level in Thailand, but they also belong to an organization at the zone and international levels. We will be proud to know that we belong to a great organization with a global network of Rotarians in over 220 countries. Before Rotary Institute, there will be a GETS or GovernorsElect Training Seminar, a District Trainers Training Seminar and a Regional Rotary Foundation Seminar to prepare participants for a meeting in San Diego. Another piece of good news is that more than 10 committee members from the Asia/Pacific Region will also join this Rotary Institute to discuss rezoning. These members consist of directors, zone and RI representatives. On 30 November 2016, we will know how many zones there will be and which zone Thailand will be in.
2016-17 Rotary Thailand Magazine_Sep-Oct
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