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“ROTARY TODAY”
Participate in an on-line discussion with
Rotary International Vice President Michael K. McGovern
 A lot of changes
are taking place in Rotary today. Because of membership shifts over the past
15 years, the RI Board was been wrestling for the past few years with making
representation on the RI Board more equitable. At it meeting which just
concluded, the RI Board has adopted a re-zoning of the entire Rotary world.
For incoming, current and past District Governors, the re-zoning may change a
lot of things, including long time relationships between district. The Vice
President can layout the changes for you and respond to your questions.
The re-zoning topic is just one of an infinite number of issues you may want
to discuss. The ICUFR has generously agreed to once again make its “Community
Forums” Internet site available so that Rotarians around the world can get
their questions answered by one of the most knowledgeable Rotarians.
The on-line discussion with Vice President McGovern will take place over a 51
hour period beginning at 6:00 P.M., EST, on Wednesday, February 6th and ending
at 9:00 P.M. EST on Friday, Friday, February 8, 2008. This informative, and
perhaps provocative, discussion with Vice President McGovern will take place
at the web site http//www2.icufr.org.
(Please note the “www2" in the address.)
To ask Vice President McGovern questions and to participate in the discussion,
Rotarians must register in the Forum. To do that, go to the website and click
on ‘Register’ at the top section of the opening page of the Community Forums (http//www2.icufr.org)
. A ‘Terms’ page will next appear and, once you accept the terms, you will
automatically go to the ‘Registration’ page. Please complete all ‘required’
information. When you register, please make sure you make a personal, private
record of the ‘User Name’ and ‘Password’ you decide to use when registering in
the Community Forums. It will be necessary to add your club name and district,
and additional information in the profile, if you wish.
After you “register”, you will receive a confirming email from an ICUFR
volunteer confirming your registration. After receiving the confirming email,
you must post messages and participate in other services on the web site.
Registering for the Community Forums carries no obligation, and you will not
be placed on an email list as a result of registering.
PLEASE NOTE: If you have previously registered in the ICUFR Forum, you
do not need to do so again. Just log in by entering your “User name” and
“password.”
You also may enter the Forum as a ‘guest’ and read the discussion in the
Community Forum but you will not be able to ‘post’ without registering.
We suggest you go to the ICUFR’s Community Forums now, register (unless you
already have done so) and then look around for a while to get a ‘feel’ for the
Community Forums. Post a message or two in any of the sections and topics,
make some friends, and be ready for the discussion with Vice President Mike
McGovern. On Wednesday, February 6th, on or after 6:00 P..M. EST, you can log
into the ICUFR’s Community Forums, and be ready to go. Scroll down to ‘HOT
TOPICS’, click on ‘General Talk About Rotary’ and then click on ‘Discussion
with Vice President McGovern”. Then fire away with your questions.
We sincerely will appreciate you passing this message along to other
Rotarians. Please post it on your district or club web site, publish it in
your district and club newsletter, and forward it to all Rotarians in your
email address book. In the meantime, if you have any questions, you can ask
them in the ICUFR’s COMMUNITY FORUMS in the ‘Computer Help and Ideas’ section
under the topic of ‘Help Using this Forum’, or, alternatively, write to me at
dwm@mooers-law.com and I’ll help with your questions.
See you on-line on Wednesday, February 6th.
 Dan
Mooers, PRID
Director, ICUFR |
