Presidential Citations

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RI's Strategic Plan Priorities • Eradicate polio. • Advance the internal and external recognition and public image of Rotary.  • Increase Rotary’s capacity to provide service to others. • Expand membership globally in both numbers and quality. • Emphasize Rotary’s unique vocational service commitment. • Optimize the use and development of leadership talents within RI. • Fully implement the strategic planning process to ensure continuity and consistency throughout the organization.

RI President John Kenny says that one of his main objectives is to remind Rotarians of their personal responsibility to Rotary and its ideals, as exemplified by our theme: The Future of Rotary Is in Your Hands.

"We have some ready resources to help us undertake this responsibility." President Kenny says. "Our roadmap to the future of Rotary is the Rl Strategic Plan 2007-10. The plan is made up of seven priorities that Rotarians worldwide determined to be the most important concerns for Rotary in the years ahead.

"This year, I am asking your club to put the plan into action and, by working together, to ensure that we achieve our goals."

This year's Presidential Citation program provides a menu of challenging activities related to the first six priorities of the strategic plan.

These activities also offer opportunities to address each of the four Avenues of Service, as well as President Kenny's

emphases in the areas of health and hunger, literacy, and water.

By focusing our efforts within the framework of RI's strategic plan, our clubs also will help Rotary succeed in addressing the plan's seventh and final priority - to fully implement the strategic planning process to ensure continuity as an organization.

The program is also open to two of our partners in service, Rotaract and Interact, as a means of focusing and increasing the good that Rotary does in the world.

To qualify for a citation, clubs should complete the membership goal and an activity from three of the six categories as described in the brochure linked at right (three activities in total) between 1 July 2009 and 31 March 2010. (Note that there are separate certification forms for Rotary clubs and Interact/Rotaract clubs.)

The scope of the activities should be in proportion to the number of members in your club and their abilities, interests, and skills. Once your club has met this challenge, complete the certification form and submit it to your district governor by 31 March 2010 (Governors must submit a list of all Rotary, Rotaract, and Interact clubs that qualify for the citation to RI World Headquarters by 15 April 2010).

"I encourage you to use this citation program as your guide for 2009-10," President Kenny says. "Consider which projects your club will undertake, and work to address real needs in a cooperative, sustainable, and responsible manner.

"I am confident that by working together in 2009-10 through the strategic plan, we will strengthen our capacity to serve and prepare ourselves for the even greater challenges that lie ahead. "The program is also open to two of our partners in service, Rotaract and Interact, as a means of focusing and increasing the good that Rotary does in the world.