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The Importance of Rotary History –
Success & Achievements of Rotary
Tuesday, 8 May 2012
14:30 – 16:00 p.m.
Sapphire 108
Geri AppelPDG 5690 – 2002-03
RGHF Founding MemberRGHF Treasurer
RC Wichita, Kansas #30USA
Session Objectives• Importance of Rotary CLUB and the GLOBAL
History of Rotary
• Why club history is important and how to document it
• Contributions of Rotary Fellowships to Rotary History
• Resources available to clubs/districts to record and use club/district history
Introduce the Panel
Matts IngemansonDG 7250 – 2013-14 RGHF Founding Member
RC Yonkers, NYUSA
Paul KnyffRI Director 2011 – 2013Liaison Director Fellowships & RGHF Board Member
Rotary Club of Weesp NETHERLANDS
Nevine AbdelkhalekRGHF Chair 2012-14Rotary Club of El Tahrir in Cairo, EGYPT
Why Club History is Important & How to
Preserve it …
Why Preserve History
“those who forget our history will not get the chance to repeat it, or at least, to repeat its success.”
President 11/12Kalyan Banerjee, India (President Kalyan is a member of RGHF)
How to Preserve it at The District level
How Can DG Motivate clubs to preserve their histories
How to Preserve it at Club Level
Matts IngemansonDG 2013-14
RGHF Centennial ChairRGHF Class Captain
Rotary Club of Yonkers, NYUSA
Importance of and resources available to assist club leaders in making history relevant to
club members
The Rotary Platform of 1911 is similar to the Rotary Platform of today.
Rotary’s values have not changed.
In order to understand the future of Rotary, we need to understand
Rotary’s history.
If you can remember these 4 letters:
RGHFRotary Global history
can help you with the rest.
All 530 districts of Rotary International can post their district
histories and each of their club histories.
“Rotary Global History Fellowship” is a dedicated group of Rotary historians
from around the world.You are all welcome to join us!
Paul KnyffRI Director 2011 – 2013Liaison Director Fellowships & RGHF Board Member
Rotary Club of Weesp NETHERLANDS
Rotary Fellowships - History
1928 Esperanto
1947 Yachting Fellowship of Rotarians (YFOR)
1954 YFOR Article in ‘The Rotarian’
1970 Convention Atlanta - 35 Rtns Hall of Friendship
1976 Convention New Orleans - 500 Rtns Hall of Friendship
1989 RI PRESIDENT HUGH ARCHER – ‘ENJOY ROTARY’ September – 25 Fellowships highlighted in 26 pages in ‘The Rotarian’
Stephanie GiordanoArchivist & SupervisorRI History & Archives
www.rotary.org/history
history@rotary.org
Communications Services
Rotary History and Archives
Stephanie Giordano Department Manager
Authority on Rotary’s History Communicate History of Rotary
Use Rotary’s historical resources to communicate this story throughout our communications media
Provide digitized historical resources online Provide research services
Maintain Rotary’s archives
History & Archives
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Full page photo with title and description10 in. width x 7.5 in. height
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• Rotary Images – www.rotary.org/rotaryimages • The Rotarian online – www.rotary.org/rotarian • Rotary history – www.rotary.org/history • RGHF – www.rghf.org
History Resources Online
Questions from Rotarians, staff, and public history@rotary.org
History Questions
Centralized repository for records with historical value
All media Books Photographs Documents Audio and Video Artifacts Electronic records and media
Rotary Archives
Paul Harris 711 Club Rotary Heritage and History International Fellowship Rotary Global History Fellowship (RGHF) Paul and Jean Harris Home Foundation Paul Harris Memorial & Presidential Walkway\ The Little Red Schoolhouse
Rotary’s History
Stephanie GiordanoDept Manager
www.rotary.org/history
history@rotary.org
Questions and Comments
(please respect time at the microphone)
Thank you for attending!