Inspiring Leadership of RI President Gary Wong at the RI Convention 2014 in Sao Paulo, Brazil
RI President Gary Wong's impactful leadership at the 2014 Rotary International Convention in Sao Paulo, Brazil, where he emphasized the importance of spreading the message of Rotary and achieved a significant increase in membership numbers.
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RI Convention 2014 Sao Paulo, BRAZIL
Plenary 1 RI Prez. Gary Wong Light up Rotary! Every member of his family is a Rotarian And pretty well every person he meets he makes a Rotarian 4% membership increase in past year. Most in 14 years $220 million contributions to RI Foundation ($12 M more than last year)
Light up Rotary (contd) Wants every Rotarian to see what he has seen Clean water Dental care US families who now have enough to eat Hearing it 100 times is not as good as seeing it once if everyone could see what he had seen, wouldn t have a membership issue
Light up Rotary (contd) We are everywhere more places than the UN Polio No new cases in India in 4 years Pledges from governments of remaining 3 countries to put full government support behind cause No cases of polio in Africa in 10 months Polio-free by 2018 Better to light a single candle than sit and curse the darkness.
Plenary 2 This was apparently very good. I missed it. Because how could you pass up ..
The BIGGEST Pride Parade IN THE WORLD?!?!
Plenary 3 (not quite as many cross- dressers) Focus on peace Oscar .. Most precious war is war against war. Desperation of poverty will always drive people into conflict. Today is a day of hope because of the ocean of leaders who have swept into Sao Paulo and because of RI. Day of hope because of Oscar because he is now a Rotarian.
Plenary 4 Focus on the Future RI Secretarial Update Social media amazing. 16 million users in 2014 Huge media recognition for work and for admin of RI Nothing in Rotary so sacred it cannot be set aside. Are we still relevant? Attendance, fees, Rotaractors We can change tradition we made it, so it s ours to change
Elections (Sweden, France, Guatamela, Canada, US, Japan, Rhodesia) Preview of Seoul looks amazing! Welcome message from Psi let s party together in Seoul! Great springboard for tours. VISA waiver. Great weather. No tipping. Good shopping. Amazing venue. World champion of public speaking. Showcasing youth, peace and tech innovation
Young Citizen Award 10 years old Always someone , somewhere, in a worse situation than you At 6 held her first fundraiser In 4 years has raised 90,000 lbs Rotary Youth Exchange Literally changes people s lives
Closing Plenary Theme I also missed this. But you can watch it online. Takeaway: All of you have been given so many gifts. And now you have been given this great gift: the gift of a year to take all of your talents, all of your gifts everything that you are and can become and BE A GIFT TO THE WORLD. Or be batman. LOL
What was I doing instead of the Closing Plenary?
Foz de Igauacu
Back to Sao Paulo and on to Chile
Chile Narrowest point is 105 km 4,600 km long
San Pedro de Atacama Santiago to Calama huge copper mine Driest desert in the world Desert floor is over 2,000 m above sea level not much oxygen It was winter: 20 degrees by day, 4 degrees at night Coldest place: -10 degrees
San Pedro de Atacama 6,000 people live here 22,000 beds in hotels and hostels Local farms get 1 hour of water every 22 days (if that) Grow quinoa, lemons, pomegranate, olives, red potatoes (or so we think if we translated properly)
Death Valley
Capur to Piedra Rojas
