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When was the last time there was polio in Europe? If you the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, UNICEF, guessed 2002, the year the region was certified polio-free, you and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation – have set up environ- were wrong. The last time polio affected a child in Europe was mental sampling in the areas that are most susceptible to the last summer. In 2015, two Ukrainian children were diagnosed disease. Fifteen to 20 countries are still at high risk despite hav- with paralytic polio, and, given the way the disease manifests ing eradicated the illness. Because the poliovirus is most easily itself, that means many more were likely infected and didn’t show detected, and most easily contracted, through stool, researchers symptoms. At least one Western news outlet deemed the out- take samples from sewage systems and, in places that don’t have break “crazy” – but the reality is that no place on earth is safe sewer infrastructure, from rivers and open gutters. from polio until the disease is eradicated everywhere. GPEI has developed a network of 145 laboratories around Ukraine had fully vaccinated only 50 percent of its children the world that can identify the disease, and Rotary has played a against polio, and low immunization rates are a recipe for an leading role in supporting these facilities. But regular environ- outbreak. In this case, a rare mutation in the weakened strain mental surveillance is “logistically not so easy to do and it’s used in the oral polio vaccine was able to spread because so many relatively expensive. It adds a considerable burden to the labs to children had not been vaccinated. To stop it from progressing, process the sewage samples,” says Stephen Cochi, senior adviser the country needed to administer 5 million to 6 million vaccines to the director, Global Immunization Division, at the CDC.“It through an emergency program. But as recently as March, costs real money to keep that network operational, and this lab Ukraine’s ability to do so remained in question. network is the most highly sophisticated, state-of-the-art infec- tious-disease network in the world. Rotarians should be proud Finding the occasional case of polio outside Afghanistan and of that – it’s the No. 1 network, bar none.” Pakistan, the only countries that have yet to eradicate it, is not unusual. In 2014, just before the World Cup brought travelers As part of this system of labs, Rotary has helped fund smaller, from all over the planet to Brazil, the country identified poliovi- more sophisticated local laboratories that are trying to keep track rus in the sewage system at São Paulo’s Viracopos International of the complicated genetic variations of the disease. These labs Airport. Using genetic testing, officials traced its origin to Equa- genetically test the poliovirus to follow how it changes as it torial Guinea. Brazil’s regular vaccination efforts kept the disease spreads. All viruses mutate to confuse the human immune sys- from showing up beyond the airport doors. tem, but the poliovirus is notorious for doing so at a rapid rate. This makes it easier to track the virus’s genetic changes, though Those are frustrating examples for the thousands of people the process, vital to the eradication effort, is expensive and will around the world working to eradicate polio. The fight has come need continued funding. It was these specialized laboratories that a long way, but it is far from over. And while many involved in the allowed Brazilian authorities to trace the virus they found at their effort say we may detect the final naturally occurring case of polio airport to Equatorial Guinea. this year, getting to that point – and ensuring that the disease remains gone – will continue to require money, hard work, and “Each virus has a fingerprint,” says Cochi, and that is an essential the support of Rotarians around the world. tool for monitoring how the virus is moving around the world. Finding polio Vigilance is key to successful surveillance, says Michel Zaffran, director of polio eradication at WHO. “We need to go and in- One of the most important aspects of the fight to eradicate vestigate a case of paralysis, take specimens, and analyze it. This polio is detecting where the disease is present. This continuous level of vigilance needs to continue in all of the places that no surveillance is complicated and costly. Ninety percent of people longer have polio to make sure we are really without polio. This infected with the virus show no symptoms, and those who do is a hidden cost to the program that people don’t realize is abso- usually have mild symptoms such as fever, fatigue, and headaches. lutely necessary to maintain.” Only one in every 200 cases of the illness results in paralysis, which means that for every child with signs of paralysis, several Vaccinate, vaccinate, vaccinate hundred are carrying the disease and may not show it. The appearance of polio in Ukraine last year is a perfect ex- But not every case of paralysis is caused by polio. Other viruses ample of why vaccination campaigns are essential – and not only that can be responsible for the polio-like symptoms known as acute in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Large-scale vaccinations are an flaccid paralysis include Japanese encephalitis, West Nile, Guillain- enormous undertaking that require money as well as thousands Barré, and Zika. To determine if a patient has polio, doctors must of volunteers on the ground. And in places where the vaccination collect a stool specimen and send it to a lab for testing. programs have been successful, the challenge is now to locate and vaccinate that small percentage of children who have been missed. To find the patients who don’t present symptoms or don’t make it to a clinic, Rotary and its partners in the Global Polio The vaccine itself isn’t the biggest expense in a vaccination cam- Eradication Initiative (GPEI) – the World Health Organization, paign (in fact, Rotary rarely funds vaccines). It’s the distribution J U LY 2 0 1 6 | THE ROTARIAN 49 Poli_ver14.indd 49 5/11/16 12:57 PM

WHERE DOES YOUR MONEY GO? Although polio is endemic only in Afghanistan and Pakistan, we must continue mass immunizations in high-risk countries until the world is certified polio-free. Rotary supported polio eradication activities in 20 countries in 2015-16. Afghanistan Burkina Faso Cameroun Chad Democratic Republic of Congo Equatorial Guinea Ethiopia Guinea India Iraq Kenya Lao People’s Democratic Republic Madagascar Mali Niger Nigeria Pakistan Somalia South Sudan Syria DIEGO IBARRA SÁNCHEZ 50 T H E R O T A R I A N | J U L Y 2 0 1 6 5/11/16 12:58 PM Poli_ver14.indd 50

of the vaccine – transportation and staffing, for example – that “hard-core resistance” that vaccinators have met with in the past. costs so much. In January, money donated by Rotarians covered But this level of detail in understanding the psychological reasons the costs of a Cameroun vaccination campaign that involved that a community would be averse to vaccinating requires scientific, 34,000 vaccinators and 21,000 rental cars, which volunteers used technological, and social skill as well as finding vaccinators who to canvass neighborhoods and travel from home to home admin- meet the specific needs of each community. istering the vaccine. Funds also went to more than 3,700 town criers and 45 radio spots in Chad, to more than 14,000 local guides After the last case and 500 clan leaders to ensure that the children of nomads were vaccinated in Ethiopia, and to provide training and support for Even if the last case of polio is identified this year, a huge 60,000 community volunteer vaccinators in Afghanistan. amount of work will remain to ensure that it stays gone. “I think sometimes people don’t realize the scale of what these Vaccinations will continue and need to be funded. In the areas immunization campaigns are actually like,” says International where polio still exists and many of the areas where it has recently PolioPlus Committee Chair Michael K. McGovern.“Rotary and been eradicated, the vaccines contain a weakened live version of its partners have administered 15 billion doses since 2000. We’ve the virus, which is much more effective than a killed virus at immunized 2.5 billion kids. Repeatedly reaching the kids to raise protecting communities from outbreaks, creating what is known their immunization levels is very personnel intensive.” as herd immunity. It’s also less expensive to manufacture and distribute and, because it is given orally, much easier to admin- A vaccination campaign is almost mind-bogglingly complex. ister than the inactivated, injectable polio vaccine (IPV). Rotarians’ contributions pay for planning by technical experts, large-scale communication efforts to make people aware of the But, while vaccine with live virus has reduced polio by more benefits of vaccinations and the dates of the campaign, and support than 99.9 percent, it carries a small risk. The weakened live virus for volunteers to go door to door in large cities as well as in remote inside a vaccine can, rarely, mutate back to a virulent form. Where areas that may not appear on any map. It sometimes includes over- vaccination coverage is low, it can reinfect populations, even in coming local distrust of government or outsiders and negotiating countries that have been certified polio-free, such as Ukraine. To complicated religious doctrine. And it means trying to understand prevent this, once the virus has been certified eradicated, all of the movements of nomadic populations or people pushed out of the live-virus vaccine around the world will be destroyed and their homes because of unrest. Regardless of how they live their replaced with IPV, which does not contain the live virus. This lives, each of these children must be vaccinated. GPEI has ad- vaccine will be distributed, and trained health care workers will dressed some of these issues by setting up vaccination points in perform injections, a process that has already begun. The polio- highly trafficked transit areas such as train stations or bus depots. fighting community will still need to vaccinate hundreds of millions of children every year until the world is certified polio- “In northern Nigeria, for example, when there’s unrest, the free. By that time, polio vaccinations will have become part of population tends to move out of dangerous areas,” says WHO’s routine immunization programs around the world. Zaffran.“So we monitor carefully when a certain area is accessible and when it is not. If Boko Haram was present, we wouldn’t vac- Once the final case of polio is recorded, it will take three cinate, but the minute it was a more quiet situation we’d do a hit years to ensure that the last case is, in fact, the final one. That and run – a vaccinate and run. Go in for a short time and get out.” means that if the final case is seen this year, all of these pro- grams will continue to need funding and volunteers until 2019, GPEI creates detailed logistical blueprints for vaccination teams, at a price tag of $1.5 billion that will be funded by governments which are constantly refined to ensure that every child is reached. and donors such as Rotary. That’s in addition to the more than In a process called social mapping, health care workers meet with $1.5 billion Rotarians have contributed to the cause so far. residents of remote or conflict areas and ask them to draw their area, comparing it with maps and other data to try to find settle- “We are so close. We’ve got a 99.9 percent reduction in polio. ments that may have been missed. On top of the challenge of But we’re not there yet,” says John Sever, a vice chair of Rotary’s discovering previously unknown villages or the difficulty in ensur- International PolioPlus Committee, who has been part of the ing that every house in a city has been visited by volunteers, there’s eradication effort since the beginning. “Rotarians and others the complicated task of negotiating the religious or cultural beliefs have to keep working. People will naturally say,‘Well, it seems that might prevent people from agreeing to be vaccinated. This is to be basically gone so let’s move on to other things,’ but the one of the areas in which Rotary has excelled, as local Rotarians fact is it isn’t gone, and if we move on and don’t complete the have taken on the task of helping to vaccinate their neighbors. job, we set ourselves up for having the disease come right back.” According to Reza Hossaini, UNICEF’s chief of polio eradica- “Rotary was there at the beginning,” McGovern says. “It tion efforts, vaccinators on the ground have developed relationships would be unfortunate if Rotary isn’t there at the finish line. with local leaders to identify what local people want and need. We’ve done too much, we’ve made too much progress to walk These relationships have built enough trust to overcome the away before we finish.”n J U LY 2 0 1 6 | THE ROTARIAN 51 Poli_ver14.indd 51 5/11/16 12:58 PM

HOW TO GET FROM “THIS CLOSE” TO DONE Detect and STOP STRENGTHEN DESTROY most PLAN polio the transmission routine remaining samples eradication’s of polio. immunizations. of poliovirus. legacy. Today, only two polio-en- We need to strengthen Once polio is eradicated, Rotary and its partners have demic countries remain. health services so that we won’t want to risk trained millions of health But we are still conducting even when we stop im- accidental reintroduction. workers, built labs, and massive immunization munization campaigns Only those facilities doing created strategies to locate activities in up to 60 coun- after the world is certified crucial work with poliovirus hard-to-reach children. tries, increasing surveillance polio-free, children have and meeting strict stan- What do we do with this to ensure that transmission access to vaccines and dards for its containment infrastructure and lessons has stopped, and preparing other health care. will continue to maintain learned when we’re done in case of an outbreak. samples of the disease. to make sure it continues MIRIAM DOAN to benefit global health? 52 T H E R O T A R I A N | J U L Y 2 0 1 6 Poli_ver15.indd 52 5/19/16 1:23 PM

CELEBRATE The Rotary Foundation’s centennial by helping complete this landmark campaign The Global Polio Eradication Initiative is the most successful public-private health partnership in history. But it didn’t start that way. Rotarians today, who fight to rid the world of its very last cases of polio, can take inspiration from the past. When Rotary’s commitment was questioned, our members worked together to convince the entire public health sector that we were serious. In 1985, Rotary had committed to world leaders and partners, who questioned whether we would lose interest after grabbing a few headlines, that our organiza- tion would raise $120 million in three years. At the 1988 convention in Philadelphia, Walter Maddocks, a past district governor from Bermuda who moved to Evan- ston as the volunteer executive director of the worldwide campaign, made the announcement. The PolioPlus campaign had raised $219 million, and by the time late-reporting clubs and unconfirmed contributions were tallied, the total reached $247 million – double the commitment Rotary had made. The results stunned the NGO community. After that, Rotary was not considered just another do-good organization. Rotary was a partner in what would become a revolution in child health. It was a testament that Rotarians would deliver on their promise to end polio – and we’ve stayed true to that promise for 30 years. Rotary has gotten this far through persistence. We’ve seen a polio-free India and Africa. But we aren’t there yet. We haven’t yet fulfilled the promise of ending polio for good. Celebrate The Rotary Foundation’s centennial by making the world- wide eradication of polio part of our legacy. One of the goals in RI President John Germ’s Presidential Citation is for clubs to donate $2,650 to End Polio Now in honor of the centennial. Make your contribution at endpolio.org. Donations are matched 2-to-1 by the Gates Foundation. J U LY 2 0 1 6 | THE ROTARIAN 53 Poli_ver14.indd 53 5/11/16 12:58 PM

Own a piece of Rotary history “Doing Good in the World: The Inspiring Story of The Rotary Foundation’s First 100 Years” commemorates the Foundation’s centennial in 2016-17. This book tells the fascinating story of how The Rotary Foundation became one of the world’s leading humanitarian organizations. You can order a hardcover copy for $40 or a leather-bound limited edition for $100. shopOr.dreor ttoadaryyat.org JUL16 - Rotarian Main Conformer_v0.indd 54 5/19/16 7:14 PM CDT jul16-5

insider Successfulwomen mentor youth through Rotary KAREN SAYRE When Clara Montanez was a student, she never heard the word “mentoring.” e idea of having a role model help younger people pursue their ambitions was unfamiliar to her. “You basically chose your career based on personal interest and hoped you could find a job,” says Montanez, senior director of investment for Op- penheimer & Co.“I went the route of getting married and having children first, and started my career later in life. I had no model for how to do that.” That changed for Montanez the day a friend invited her to join the Rotary Club of Washington, D.C., in 2003. “Frankly, I was dragged into Rotary,” Montanez says.“I didn’t see a connection at first, but then I met club member Do- ris Margolis, who took me under her wing and started mentoring me on how to get more involved. I began seeing the value in having someone I could count on as a mentor, and I have become more of a leader in our club, in my community, and at work.” Motivated by these early networking experiences, Montanez, Rotary’s alter- nate representative to the Organization of American States, helped organize an event for International Women’s Day on 8 March. The event, held at the World Bank Group headquarters in Washing- ton, featured former Rotary Global Women of Action honorees Deepa Willingham (left) and Marion Bunch. Rotary International Director Jennifer Jones moderated the event, which was streamed on World Bank Live. Montanez says Rotary has given her a platform to mentor young women as J U LY 2 0 1 6 | THE ROTARIAN 55 jul16-55-61-insider-v4.indd 55 5/12/16 11:47 AM

FROM THE ARCHIVES OF THE ROTARIAN Clara Montanez, a member of the Rotary Club of Washington, D.C., helped organize an event at the April1929 In 1929, about a year after The Rotary Founda- World Bank Group headquarters in honor of International Women’s Day. tion became a part of Rotary’s Constitution, past Rotary President Arch C. Klumph defined its purpose in the pages of the magazine. The editors they balance career and family, and navigate recommended that his essay be “carefully read by all students of Rotary challenges such as student loan repayment. who take interest in its future as a force for the service of humanity.” Klumph The American Association of University notes that membership had increased fivefold in the preceding 10 years but Women recently found that women bear a that administrative costs had ballooned at four or five times that rate. “I disproportionate share of student debt doubt if we have as yet even begun to realize the opportunities that will because of the persistent pay gap between come to this great human machine in the future,” he writes. “But just as the sexes. we grow, so will more machinery be necessary, more committees will have to be appointed, and an increased staff be required.” His prediction that “I think Rotary has given me access to an endowment was necessary to protect the organization from the effects young people, like Rotaractors, and they are of war or economic decline was prescient – the stock market crashed just ready to accept guidance because Rotary is six months after publication. a safe place to reach out and get advice,” Montanez says. ROTARY ROTARY ROTARACT INTERACT RCCS KAREN SAYRE AT A Jackie Huie, a member of the Rotary Club Members:* Members: Members: Members: of St. Joseph & Benton Harbor, Mich., had GLANCE a similar experience recognizing Rotary’s As of 29 December 1,235,100 201,342 441,278 199,732 commitment to mentorship. In 2007, Huie’s *As of 31 March Clubs:* Clubs: Clubs: Corps: club created a program that matches high school juniors and seniors with mentors in 35,247 8,754 19,186 8,684 their desired professional fields.The program started with 40 students at one high school 56 T H E R O T A R I A N | J U L Y 2 0 1 6 and has expanded into schools across the area. jul16-55-61-insider-v4.indd 56 “I got a letter from a girl who came from a poor background, and through the pro- gram, she got a chance to meet with an at- torney in town,” says Huie, president of JohnsonRauhoff, a multimedia company that fosters creative thinking for artists.“It inspired her and gave her confidence to go to school and study law. She got accepted into four law schools and is on her way to becoming an attorney.” One of the most important benefits of mentorship, in addition to investing in young people’s futures, is the opportunity for com- munity recognition it can bring clubs. 5/12/16 11:47 AM

“Everyone in southwest Michigan knows MESSAGE FROM THE FOUNDATION CHAIR about Rotary,” says Huie.“We had a student who wanted to be a CEO for a large corpo- Celebrate 100 years of doing good ration. After we arranged for him to meet with the CEO of Whirlpool, his father was e start of a new Rotary year is always an ex- so impressed with the whole program that citing time. We have a new inspirational theme, he joined Rotary.” Huie’s club has more than new club officers, and exciting new projects to 150 members, a large number for a club that work on. In 2016-17, we also have a very special doesn’t hold membership drives. occasion to celebrate: the 100th anniversary of our Rotary Foundation. Many of the program’s early participants went on to form an Interact club, and there Since 1917, when Arch Klumph proposed an are now more than 200 Interact members endowment“for the purpose of doing good in the at four area schools. This summer, 40 of world,” e Rotary Foundation has grown into a world-class humanitarian them will travel to the Dominican Republic organization. Few other charitable foundations can claim a 100-year his- to install water filters and take part in a med- tory – all the more impressive when you consider its humble beginning of ical mission. only $26.50. e fact that our Foundation now has $1 billion in assets is a testament to the remarkable generosity of Rotarians worldwide. I often “It’s important for Rotary to make an in- wonder just what our Foundation will look like when all Rotarians, every- vestment in young people,” Huie says.“My where, give it their sustained support. own daughter is in Interact because of my I hope each of you will take the time to consider our Foundation’s many membership in Rotary. I think her world is successes, achievements we can all be proud of. Over the past century, we broader, and she looks at the world differ- have provided $3 billion to tackle a wide range of problems, large and small, ently. We all do, because of what we’ve in thousands of communities worldwide. Our global and district grant learned through Rotary.” – ARNOLD R. GRAHL projects are saving and transforming lives, and we are educating scholars and training professionals to carry on this vital legacy. In memoriam Our centennial offers an ideal opportunity to remind our members – and tell the rest of the world – about our Foundation’s rich history of humanitar- We report the deaths of the following ian work. It’s time that everyone knew about our leading role in the battle Rotarians who served RI as district to end polio, a fight that Bill Gates and others agree would never have been governors: Yutaka Uyeno, Yoko- possible without Rotary’s extraordinary dedication. Let’s also spotlight the hama, Japan, 1975-76; Thomas Tait, Lane many ways we’re fighting other devastating diseases, providing cleaner and Cove, Australia, 1978-79; Yeong-Cheol safer drinking water, spreading education by promoting literacy, and helping Jeong, Daegu North, Korea, 1989-90; local economies grow. Sang-Keun Lee, Gwangju-South, Korea, However you celebrate our Foundation’s centennial, I hope you will make 1994-95; Stig Dahllöf, Örebro Västra, that celebration as public as possible. Hold an event that involves your entire 1994-95; Sven L. Carlsson, Rättvik, Swe- community and showcases e Rotary Foundation’s good work. You’ll find den, 1995-96; Senji Kaneko, Chichibu, many ideas for centennial celebrations at www.rotary.org/foundation100. Japan, 1995-96; Barry Smith, Sandy RI President John Germ’s theme, Rotary Serving Humanity, speaks directly Springs, Ga., USA, 1995-96; James L. de to the work of our Foundation, which for years has enabled Rotarians to Boom, Newport-Balboa,Calif.,USA,1997- embrace humanity and serve those in need. is year, let’s commit to shar- 98; Tadanaga Miyamoto, Nagano East, ing those inspirational stories, just as we continue to write more and more Japan, 1998-99; Kousuke Dohi, Saijo, of them. Japan, 2000-01; Jung Hee Oh, Gwangju, Korea, 2001-02; Ralf Martin Goll, Bad Kalyan Banerjee Homburg-Schloss, Germany, 2004-05; Campbell King, Winnipeg, Man., Canada, FOUNDATION TRUSTEE CHAIR 2004-05; Edward W. Gaffney, Stawell, Australia, 2008-09; Eduardo R. Alvarez, Makati West, Philippines, 2010-11; Hidemi Hamano, Omiya City, Japan, 2014-15. jul16-55-61-insider-v4.indd 57 5/12/16 11:47 AM

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Institute equips regional leaders Rotary’s brand in a clear and insider to tell Rotary’s story compelling way. “We have to make our club presidents un- these past couple of days how R egional leaders from around “We have to realize that derstand they can’t just stand much more advanced it has the world gathered at Ro- training doesn't stop at the in front of their club and say, become,” says Alasdair Seale, tary World Headquarters district level,” says Michael ‘Go invite members.’They actu- an endowment/major gifts ally have to train members in adviser from Edinburgh, in Evanston, Ill., in March for Boyer, a Rotary public image how to ask and what to say,” Scotland. “I didn’t realize, for he says. example, that there are alumni training they will use to inspire coordinator from and member reports that include program A major goal of the institute alumni and youth program members in their areas. of the Rotary Club of Pismo was to equip these leaders – participants. These are all regional Rotary Foundation clearly membership targets.” Several participants – most Beach, Calif.“We train people coordinators, Rotary coordina- tors, Rotary public image co- Patrick Coleman, a regional of whom begin their terms really well to be governors and ordinators, and endowment/ Rotary Foundation coordina- major gifts advisers – to help tor from Luanshya, Zambia, on 1 July – noted that the true club presidents, but we have to club and district leaders said members need encourage- strengthen club membership, ment to use Rotary.org and measure of the four-day realize that we also have to train focus and foster Rotary’s hu- explore its many functions. manitarian service, and enhance training institute’s success is our members in how to talk the organization’s image. “What we are learning is very exciting because we are how well they transmit the about Rotary.” Many participants were bringing Rotary into the 21st impressed to learn about new century,” Coleman says. “We information they learned to Boyer’s goal was to ensure tools available on Rotary.org, have members who brag about which they practiced using being born before the age of Rotary members. that members can discuss during workshops. computers. But that’s a bit like saying,‘I was born before cell- “I have used Rotary.org phones, so I am not going to for years, but I have realized use one.’ We’re here; we need to use these tools.” Canada announces new support to fight veillance to End Polio Trans- legacy of leadership in the polio in Pakistan mission project will improve the fight against polio on the End detection and tracking of polio Polio Now blog. “Canada has Marie-Claude Bibeau, eral of Pakistan in Toronto. and the monitoring of all set the gold standard for polio MONIKA LOZINSKA / ROTARY INTERNATIONAL Canada’s minister of in- Canada is contributing polio eradication efforts. research, political leadership, ternational develop- and financial backing,” he ment and La Francophonie CA$40 million over three years “ The unwavering support writes.“And it’s no stranger to (an international organization toward two initiatives led by and confidence evidenced by helping polio-endemic coun- of French-speaking countries UNICEF and the World the government and the people tries in Pakistan’s neighbor- and regions), announced new Health Organization. The of Canada in Pakistan’s polio hood, including a Canadian- funding to help interrupt the Building Community Support eradication efforts has been led project to immunize more transmission of polio in Paki- for Polio Eradication project, extremely encouraging and re- than 7 million children in Af- stan, which accounts for the implemented by UNICEF, aims assuring in the country’s long- ghanistan and advocate for vast majority of new cases. to increase community accep- drawn fight against the crip- vaccination among Taliban tance of polio vaccination team pling disease,” says Angela leaders. Canada is a leader in Bibeau made the an- workers through local language Kearney, UNICEF’s represen- creating a legacy for the [Glob- nouncement in April after media campaigns, the delivery tative in Pakistan. al Polio Eradication Initiative], her first meeting with Tariq of health information packages, with strategic investments and Azim Khan, high commis- and the recruitment and train- Bob Scott, a past Rotary initiatives that address other sioner for Pakistan in Canada, ing of community-based vacci- Foundation chair and Interna- development goals.” based at the Consulate Gen- nators. WHO’s Improving Sur- tional PolioPlus Committee chair, wrote about Canada’s J U LY 2 0 1 6 | THE ROTARIAN 59 jul16-55-61-insider-v4.indd 59 5/12/16 11:47 AM

insider Apply yourself Would you like to contribute further to Rotary by serving on a committee? Each of Rotary’s committees, comprising Rotarians from around the world, works with the organization’s leadership to ensure e ciency and promote the goals and priorities of the strategic plan. The following committees are searching for qualified candidates for openings in 2017-18. Most committees involve at least one mandatory annual meeting as well as correspondence, which may include email and webinars. Most committee business is conducted in English. To be considered for a committee appointment, visit on.rotary.org/committeeapplication2016 or email [email protected] for the application form. Applicants should make sure that they are registered on My Rotary at www.rotary.org/myrotary and that their My Rotary profile includes current contact details. The application deadline is 14 August. COMMITTEE FUNCTION PREREQUISITES COMMITMENT Audit Advises the Board on financial Independence, appropriate busi- One six-year term; multiple Communications reports, internal and external ness experience, and demonstrated meetings in Evanston auditing, and the system of financial literacy in accounting, internal control auditing, banking, insurance, investment, risk management, Advises the Board on executive management, or communication with audit governance key audiences Professional background One three-year term; and experience in a one annual meeting in Evanston communication-related field Constitution Counsels the Board on Must be comfortable reviewing One three-year term; and Bylaws constitutional documents and legislative procedures, including legal and governance documents; at least one annual meeting the Council on Legislation legislative, legal, or Council in Evanston; one Council on experience preferred Legislation meeting in Chicago Election Review Reviews complaints and disputes Must be a past district governor One three-year term related to RI officer elections with strong knowledge of RI Bylaws Finance Advises the Board on Rotary’s Professional background in a One three-year term; finances, including budgets, finance-related field; nonprofit two annual meetings investment policy, and experience preferred in Evanston sustainability measures Global Networking Oversees action groups, Strong candidates have led One three-year term Groups fellowships, and vocational action groups, fellowships, or service, including operations, club- or district-level vocational program enhancements, service initiatives, and are proposals familiar with their policies 60 T H E R O T A R I A N | J U L Y 2 0 1 6 jul16-55-61-insider-v4.indd 60 5/12/16 11:47 AM

COMMITTEE FUNCTION PREREQUISITES COMMITMENT Joint Young Advises the Board and Rotarians: Experience working Rotarians: Leaders and Alumni trustees on engaging program with youth and alumni; district One three-year term; Engagement participants, alumni, and other committee leadership; prior one annual meeting in Evanston youth and young professionals Rotary program participation Rotaractors/alumni: Leadership Rotaractors/alumni: at the club, district, and One one-year term; international level one annual meeting in Evanston Membership Advises the Board on matters Must have significant One three-year term; related to membership knowledge of and commitment two annual meetings development, retention, and to membership attraction and in Evanston engagement engagement activities; members of clubs that have diversified preferred Rotaract Advises the Board on Interact Rotarians: Experience working Rotarians: and Interact and Rotaract; develops the with youth; direct experience as One three-year term; one Rotaract Preconvention Meeting a mentor or Rotaract/Interact annual meeting in Evanston program adviser or district chair. Youth program alumni are strong Rotaractors: candidates One one-year term; one annual meeting in Evanston Rotaractors: Leadership at the club, district, and international level. Strong candidates have served as a district Rotaract representative, organized projects, or attended a Rotaract Preconvention. Age restrictions may apply Strategic Planning Reviews Rotary’s strategic 10+ years of experience in One six-year term; multiple plan and associated measures; strategy development and meetings in Evanston advises leadership on other monitoring; strong understanding matters of long-term significance of RI and Foundation programs and services J U LY 2 0 1 6 | THE ROTARIAN 61 jul16-55-61-insider-v4.indd 61 5/12/16 11:47 AM

insider New directors take office The RI Board of Directors has 19 members: the RI president, the president-elect, and 17 club-nominated directors, who are elected at the Rotary Convention. The Board manages Rotary International a airs and funds in accordance with the RI Constitution and Bylaws. Eight new directors and the president-elect take o ce on 1 July. IAN H.S. RISELEY Peacebuilder Award from the Australian Rotary Foundation coordinator; Council government in recognition of his work in on Legislation representative; chair for Sandringham, Australia Timor-Leste, the Medal of the Order of Zone 21A Institute; RI training leader; Australia for service to the Australian and district governor. Ian is a chartered ac- community, and the Regional Service countant and princi- Award for a Polio-Free World from e Jorge and his wife, Debora, are Major pal of Ian Riseley & Rotary Foundation. Donors and Benefactors of e Rotary Co., a firm he estab- Foundation. He is also a recipient of e lished in 1976. Be- Ian is married to Juliet, a past district Rotary Foundation Citation for Merito- fore starting the governor. ey are Major Donors and rious Service. firm, he worked in Bequest Society members of e Rotary the audit and management consulting Foundation. ey have two children and GÉRARD ALLONNEAU divisions of large accounting firms four grandchildren. Ian and Juliet live on and corporations. 7 hectares at Moorooduc, where they Parthenay, France A Rotarian since 1978, Ian is a char- practice their personal philosophy of sus- ter member of his club. He has served tainable and organic living. Gérard is a univer- RI as treasurer, director, and member sity professor of and chair of numerous RI and Founda- JORGE AUFRANC economics and tion committees. Most recently, he was management, for- a trustee of The Rotary Foundation and Guatemala Sur, Guatemala mer curriculum di- co-chair of the 2016 (Korea) Conven- rector at the Poitiers tion Committee. Jorge, a chemical en- Business School, Ian has been a board member for pri- gineer, has been direc- and former head of the management and vate and public schools, a member of the tor of Corporación business administration department of Community Advisory Group for the City Instatec SA since the undergraduate program at the Uni- of Sandringham, and president of Beau- 2001. He previously versity of Poitiers. maris Sea Scouts Group. He is a former was managing direc- He has been a Rotarian since 1990 president of Langi-Taan Ski Club and tor of a chemical crop and has served Rotary as RI training honorary auditor or adviser for a number protection joint venture with Dupont in leader, zone coordinator, and district of charitable organizations. Central America. governor. His honors include the AusAID He has served Rotary as RI president’s Gérard is a Paul Harris Fellow and a representative; committee chair; regional Benefactor of The Rotary Foundation. 62 T H E R O T A R I A N | J U L Y 2 0 1 6 jul16-62-63-insider-v3.indd 62 5/12/16 11:45 AM

insider MIKAEL AHLBERG CORNELIU DINCAˇ HENDREEN DEAN ROHRS Ölands Södra, Sweden Craiova, Romania Langley Central, B.C., Canada Mikael is president of Corneliu has been Dean runs Rhide a business and man- a marketing man- Technologies Inc., agement consultancy, ager at SC Trust which supplies prod- and a certified busi- Consult SRL since ucts used in road con- ness and executive 1994. He has a struction. Earlier in coach. He is active in Ph.D. in economics/ her career, she had his community, work- regional develop- been a nurse in Cape ing with several boards as member and chair. ment and strategic planning and is an Town, South Africa, on Christiaan Bar- A Rotarian since 1993, Mikael has served expert in Romania’s European Union nard’s heart transplant team. Rotary as RI president’s representative, accession process. From 1959-90, she was active in Red committee member, assistant Rotary co- A Rotarian since 1997, he has served Cross in South Africa. She has served on ordinator, RI training leader, and district Rotary as club president, district commit- the board of the West End Seniors’ Net- governor. He is a Benefactor of The Ro- tee chair, RI president’s representative, work in British Columbia and a girls tary Foundation. regional coordinator, GETS trainer, and school in Malawi. district governor. He also is on the board Dean has been a Rotarian since 1989 JOSEPH MULKERRIN of directors for the Rotarian Action Group and has served RI as Rotary coordinator, for Peace. regional Rotary Foundation coordi- Hampton Roads (Norfolk), Va., USA Corneliu is a Paul Harris Fellow and nator, and district governor. recipient of the Vocational Service Leader- Joseph retired in ship Award. NOEL J. TREVASKIS 1982 from the U.S. Navy after a career of TADAMI SAITO Bega, Australia more than 21 years in sea and shore duty. Toyota, Japan Noel recently retired from a career in the A Rotarian since Tadami has been agricultural industry, 1984, he has served chair of Saito Hos- mainly in sales and Rotary as RI president’s representative, zone pital since 1973 and marketing. He was an coordinator, Council on Legislation dele- is past president of adviser to university gate, committee and task force member, RI the Toyota City Or- researchers at the training leader, district Foundation chair, thopedists Associa- Centre for Mental Health Research at the regional Rotary Foundation coordinator, tion and past direc- Australian National University. He has and district governor. tor of the Toyota Medical Association. received the Medal of the Order of Austra- Joseph is a recipient of RI’s Service He is also board-certified as a sports and lia for his commitment to destigmatizing Above Self Award and e Rotary Foun- rheumatism doctor of the Japanese mental illness. dation’s Citation for Meritorious Service Orthopedic Association. In his commu- A Rotarian since 1996, he has served RI and Distinguished Service Award. He is a nity, he was a councilor of the Social as Rotary coordinator, regional Rotary multiple Paul Harris Fellow, and a mem- Welfare Juridical Person Hikarinoie for membership coordinator, membership ber of the Paul Harris Society and Bequest about 20 years. committee chair and member, and district Society of e Rotary Foundation. He A Rotarian since 1979, Tadami has governor. He is a recipient of the Service and his wife, Ann, are Major Donors and served Rotary as district governor. Above Self Award. Benefactors of e Rotary Foundation. J U LY 2 0 1 6 | THE ROTARIAN 63 jul16-62-63-insider-v3.indd 63 5/12/16 11:45 AM

online Head to the Web for the latest stories, photos, and videos NETWORK FOUNDATION Rotary women talk mentorship A century of doing good In honor of International Women’s Day in March, Rotary International Director This month, we kick off The Rotary Foundation’s Jennifer Jones moderated a networking event at the headquarters of the centennial year, which culminates in 2017 at the World Bank Group in Washington, D.C. The event, which we cover on Atlanta convention, 100 years after Arch Klumph page 55, featured former Rotary Global Women of Action honorees and local proposed an endowment for “doing good in the Rotary members. Watch video of the event on World Bank Live to hear what world.” This video, which premiered at the 2016 they had to say about women, mentorship, and leadership. International Assembly in San Diego, offers a concise rotary.org/networkingwomen lesson in the Foundation’s history. Share the video with your social networks with the hashtag POLIO #TRF100 to spread the word. on.rotary.org/MagExtras How to secure a polio-free world LIKE US: facebook.com/rotary What steps are Rotary and its partners in the Global Polio FOLLOW US: @rotary Eradication Initiative taking to make sure the poliovirus is EMAIL US: [email protected] eradicated once and for all? The World Health Organization produced a series of six YouTube videos called Securing a Polio-Free World to explain those steps, particularly the switch from the trivalent to the bivalent oral polio vaccine, and what they mean for the fight against polio. rotary.org/WHOvideos 64 T H E R O T A R I A N | J U L Y 2 0 1 6 jul16-BackPage-v4.indd 1 5/19/16 8:28 AM

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