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A message from Peter Davey Eve Conway, the incoming
President of Rotary in Britain
Peter Davey, President of Rotary in Great and Ireland has taken to the
Britain & Ireland, has called for video screen to promote the
improvements in transparency and Regional Assemblies being
communication, as he reaches the half-way organised around the country.
mark in his year.
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In a letter to Club Presidents, he said: “I 26nETGl2jFQ
hope that greater transparency will
encourage a better informed understanding The nearest assembly to the
of RIBI officers and committees, our Peninsula district will be in
activities and value and, ultimately, make it even easier for our Bristol on March 12. Eve is
membership to hold us to account. It should also encourage more hoping that as wide a range of
Rotarians to engage and to share their ideas.” Rotarians as possible will be
able to attend, bringing with
There has been streamlining and cost-saving within RIBI. For them their success stories.
example the General Council has delegated responsibility for
oversight of the Service Committees to the Executive Committee, “It’s going to be an exciting
thus removing much duplication. Online meetings were being used year,” she said, “as we
much more and this had helped reduce costs. celebrate 100 years of since
the Rotary Foundation was
A Leadership Assembly for incoming District leadership teams and formed”
regional assemblies for Service Committees had enabled many
interested Rotarians without District roles to attend this annual More information from the
activity and yielded a substantial reduction in cost. website www.rotary.org.uk

He added: “It is important that the Presidency is evaluated and its
activities better understood; therefore I start with my own activities
and insist that I too am evaluated.”

More information from the organisation’s website www.rotarygbi.org
Peter Davey’s email is president@rotarygbi.org