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Guest Speaker Report Wednesday 10 November2010 by Rotarian Ian Johnson (reporter)
Our guest speaker was Mark Wallace. Mark is an associate editor for Rotary Down Under (RDU). Mark spoke to us about “Rotary Down Under”. Mark was introduced by PP Angelo Franco. Mark commenced by stating that we should read each edition of RDU. He pointed out that if we don’t know what is going on in the Rotary world how can we tell prospective Rotarians what Rotary does. One thing that Rotary does is contribute greatly to the fight to eradicate polio. Mark advised that we are very close to achieving the goal of a world free of polio. Mark advised us that there is now a single vaccine for both of the remaining types of polio. Mark said that we could attend all the Rotary assemblies to find out what is going on in Rotary or we could read about it in RDU. For example, what is Rotary doing to provide clean water to people in developing countries? The provision of clean water has follow on effects in relation to health, schooling and other benefits to the community. Mark advised that RDU can now be read online. Soon we will be able to click on videos bringing the stories to life. Mark also advised us that a new Rotarian Life and Leisure section is planned containing information on health and lifestyle, travel and finance issues. A section for professional and trade services listings is also planned. It is also proposed to include a list of available guest speakers. Mark concluded by saying that RDU contained plenty of information to enable us to come up with our own individual “elevator speech”- the short speech we can use to convince non-Rotarians that being a Rotarian is worthwhile. Mark was thanked by PP Joe Saad.
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