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ROTARY INTERNATIONAL WORLD HEADQUARTERS:
One Rotary Centre, 1560 Sherman Ave, Evanston, Illinois, 60201, U.S.
Telephone: 847 866 3000. Fax: 847 328 8554.

General officers of R.I. for 2002-03
President, Bhichai Rattakul, Thailand; President-elect: Jonathan B. Majiyagbe, Nigeria. Directors, Keith Barnard-Jones, England; Gennaro Cardinale, Italy; Frank C. Collins Jr., U.S.A.; Toshio Itabashi, Japan; Peter Kron, Austria; Dong-Kurn Lee, Korea; Gerald A. Meigs, U.S.A.; Samuel A. Okudzeto, Ghana; Floyd P. Olson, U.S.A.; John Michael Pinson, U.S.A.; J. David Roper, U.S.A.; James R. Shamblin, U.S.A.; Omar Steindorsson, Iceland; Kozo Sugo, Japan; P.C. Thomas, India; John G. Thorne, Australia; Alceu A. Vezozzo, Brazil.
General Secretary: Edwin H. Futa, U.S.A.


R.I. South Pacific and Philippines Office
McNamara Centre, Level 2, 100 George Street, Parramatta, N.S.W., 2150 or P.O. Box 1415 Parramatta N.S.W. 2124. Telephone: (02) 9635 3537. Fax: (02) 9689 3169. Office hours: Open daily from 8.30 a.m. to 5 p.m. except weekends and public holidays. Administration: Manager, Harley Tarrant; Co-ordinator, Tracey Toby; Receptionist, Rebecca Tucker. Publication orders, Michelle Fuller. Club and District Administration (formerly service): Supervisor, Ian Booth; Co-ordinator, Paul Engeler; Correspondent, Nicole Raymond. Finance: Supervisor, Charles L. Morrison; Co-ordinators, John Jiang and Wendy Tran; Assistant, Carolyn Hooper. The Rotary Foundation: Supervisor, Terry Davies; TRF Assistant, Amabel Pante. How to e-mail staff: Start with the staff member’s last name (up to seven letters), then add first letter of the first name, followed by @rotaryintl.org Example: smithj@rotaryintl.org for John Smith.
R.I. Internet address:www.rotary.org

Rotary Down Under — The Council
R. I. Director John Thorne, District Governors Colin Thorniley (9450), David Barton (9460), Ed Reed (9470), Peter Rostron (9500), Arthur Robinson (9520), Jeff Crofts (9550), Alan McTaggart (9570), Russ O’Malley (9600), Ross Forgione (9630), Ross Smith (9640), Rick Bowen-Thomas (9650), Alf Braye (9670), Harold Sharp (9680), John Wakefield (9690), Ian Tooke (9700), Ian Sayers (9710), Judith Ward (9750), Patricia Robertson (9780), Neville Miles (9790), Des Hosking (9800), John Glenn (9810), Alan Lyall (9820), Bob Sydes (9830), Bill Conaghan (9910), Tony Fortune (9920), Ian Holyoake (9930), Judith Bain (9940), Ray King (9970), Don Irvine (9980).

The Committee:
R.I. Past Director Bill Boyd (chairman), R.I. Past Director Barry Thompson, R.I. Director John Thorne, Past District Governors Paul Gillett (treasurer), Colin Martin (vice-chairman), Keith Mitchell and Bob Aitken (secretary).

Advisory Committee New Zealand, Pacific Islands:
R.I. Past Director Bill Boyd (chairman), R.I. Past Director Grattan O’Connell, Past District Governors Geoff Dainty, Mark Tregidga, Fergus Cumming, Lindsay Knowles and Bruce Knowles and Stuart Heal.

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issue No 435

NOVEMBER 2002
COVER report

The PolioPlus campaign was begun by Rotarians in 1986-87. At that time the sight pictured on this month’s front cover was unfortunately common throughout the world.

The present polio eradication fund raising campaign is a challenge Rotarians worldwide are facing as they move toward eradication of polio by 2005, the year Rotary International will celebrate 100 years of service to the world.

When polio is eradicated, Rotary’s legacy to the world will finally become known and the front page image will be a thing of the past. See pages 23 and 24 for reports on Rotary meeting the challenge of polio eradication.

Photograph: Courtesy, World Health Organisation, Geneva, Switzerland.


In This Issue
East Timor 164th Rotary country
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Box Hill benefactor for tiny Maria

Training and tools for a new country
Darwin clubs are great friends
F is for a fabulous French GSE tour
Seven goals for The Rotary Foundation

$200,000 bequests for The Rotary Foundation
Empowered through literacy
Ambassadorial scholar learnt and education
Time to plan centennial celebrations
Shane faces his challenges
Rotary's legacy - ending polio now
Students gave Soweto a school library
13-page ACAP feature begins page 31
 

Regular columns

President's Message opposite From Where I Sit, 2; News Bulletin, 2 ; Harley Tarrant's news from the R.I. South Pacific and Philippines, 4;Mailbox, 4; Jottings from R.I. Director John Thorne, 6; Wanted known 17; People 25; Healthy Rotarian with Graeme Wright, 26;What's On 26; Brisbane Convention 27;Rotarnet with Del Jeal, 45; In Your Garden 46; This Rotary World 47; RI Board Decisions 53; Directory 54; Smiles 56;
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