Make Dreams Real

J oin RI President Dong Kurn Lee at one of his 14 presidential conferences on increasing and retaining Rotary membership and reducing child mortality.

The 12 membership conferences include small-group discussions aimed at identifying best practices for member recruitment and retention, and adapting to the changing social and professional environment. These are targeted to all Rotarians, especially at the club level, where membership activity takes place.

Topics

• Changing demographics
• Developing goals
• Volunteering trends
• Mentoring
• Identifying prospective members

Child mortality focus

Four of the 12 membership conferences include a half-day session on reducing child mortality. Two separate conferences are devoted to the topic. These conferences include small-group discussions and plenary sessions that show participants how to focus on child mortality within literacy, water, and health and hunger projects.

Who should attend?

Every Rotarian who is interested in strengthening Rotary, including:

• Club and district membership committee chairs and members
• Club presidents and officers
• District governors and officers
• Club and district service project and programs committee chairs and members, especially for literacy, water, health and hunger

Conference dates and locations

For registration information, refer to the conference Web site or contact the conference organizer. Rotary International will not cover costs for participants.

*Conference will also address child mortality
**Conference will focus on child mortality only

Dates	Location	Convener/Organizing Chair
7 July	Tokyo, Japan	RI Director Kazuhiko Ozawa , convener Past RI Director Toshio Itabashi , organizing chair
11 - 13 July	Canberra, Australia	RI Director John Lawrence PDG Len Goodman, organizing chair
18 - 19 July	Auckland, New Zealand	RI Director John Lawrence PDG Andrew Meek, organizing chair
1 - 3 August	Johannesburg, South Africa  *	Past RI Director Tony Serrano PDG Greg Stathacopoulos, organizing chair
8 - 9 August	Buenos Aires, Argentina *	Past RI President Luis Giay Past RI Director Carlos Speroni , organizing chair
15 - 16 August	Sao Paulo, Brazil  *	RI Director Themistocles Pinho RRIMC Jose Antonio Antiorio, organizing chair
2 September	Seoul, Korea**	PDG Chang Gon Yim - registration form
24 - 25 October	Merida, Mexico	RI Director José Alfredo Sepúlveda PDG Jesse Devlyn , organizing
6 - 7 December	Vienna, Austria ( Deutsch )	Co-conveners: Director Bernard Rosen RI Director Catherine Noyer-Riveau Past RI Director Peter Krön, organizing chair
12 - 13 December	Leicestershire, England	RI Director R. Gordon McInally Past RIBI President John Hockin , organizing chair
9 - 10 January 2009	Phoenix, Arizona, USA	RI Director Phil Silvers RRIMC Greg Podd , organizing chair
5 - 7 February 2009	Cairo, Egypt  *	Convener: Past Director Julio Sorjus Co-convener: PDG Azzedine Kettani PDG Mohamed Delawar, organizing chair
27 - 28 March 2009	Baltimore, Maryland, USA	RI Director Mike Colasurdo PDG Toni McAndrew , organizing chair