“扶輪的未來”開放論壇“Future of Rotary” Open Forum

Toshio Itabashi, RI Past Director

Grand Hotel, 12F. Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.

2005年5月7日星期六Saturday, 7 May 2005  / 1430-1530

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主席Presider : 田中作次Sakuji Tanaka, RI Director 國際扶輪理事 

主講人Keynote Speaker : 千玄室Genshitsu Sen, RI Past Director國際扶輪前理事  

引言人Panelist (5 min. each) :

  1. Toshio Itabashi, RI Past Director

  2. Kwang-Tae Kim, RI Director-Elect

  3. Noraseth Pathmanand, RI Director-Elect

  4. Paul C.K. Lee, PDG, D.3300

  5. Chen-Yu Wang, Rotary World Peace Fellow, D.3510, Taiwan

  6. Scott Stephen Thomas, Ambassadorial Scholar, D.5840, USA 

Now we are celebrating the Rotary Centennial year.  The President Glen Estess told that we don’t only look back on those activities in the past 100 years and praise those results but also we have to learn many references to take a powerful step toward the next century of Rotary.  It is very significant and we should consider it as a strong suggestion to us.  Toward the next century of Rotary, I would like to mention the following three points.  

In the first, we should enhance each Rotary club, To realize it, we should rethink the four avenues of service that are the basics of Rotary and conduct them certainly.  First of all, for the club service, let’s reconsider if our mutual fellowships are sufficient or not.  And think about if the members in the ages of 70’s, 50’s and 30’s are having plenty of discussion with each order.  Relating to the quality of a new member, no one was an excellent Rotarian when they joined Rotary.   

Let’s make the members to participate in the service activities so that they act in harmony with each other and regard fellowships as important.  By participating in the service activities and sharing their achievements and movings, the club will be definitely enhanced.  To do so, it will be necessary for each member to accept the variety of the senses of values and to have the spirits of tolerance and patience.  

Next important thing is the new determination toward the vocational service.  Rotary doesn’t support the businesslike idea such as “Business is a business”.  The unchangeable principle in Rotary is the action based on the ethics.  So many big scandals have occurred in the world in recent years due to the lack of this ethics.  Now the world needs Rotary. 

In the second, we should think about the public relations from the new point of view. The most developed thing in the past 30 years must be the public relations.  Reports by characters and reports by TV evolved into digital communications in recent 10 years and this communication means become popular more and more.  

The receivers of reports also changed greatly corresponding to such changes.  Especially the rise of young persons and women in this aspect is remarkable.  Considering these points, our service activities that are taken into account the needs of the community need to be creative.  

It doesn’t become news with the stereotyped service activities year after year.  Polio eradication is almost being attained since we started about 20 years ago and it is the immortal result by Rotary.  We should convey our activities of water, health and literacy issues that President Glen Estess is emphasizing and we should also consider the means of public relations considering to whom we should convey these information.  

As for the media of public relations, I recommend cable TV as it relates to the community very closely.  Though the area is limited, it is watched well in the area and it is cheaper than other advertising media.  

In the last, we should consider woman as a new club member especially in Japan.  Rotary must cover all vocations I the community.  Many new businesses are establishing in recent years and woman managers have cut conspicuous figures in those fields.  The number of women in Rotary is 12% in the world but it is only 3% in Japan.  From my experience, woman members are enthusiastic about the club activities.  I believe that woman members will have big effect to activate Rotary clubs.  

I talked about the three concrete plans that become the big powers for Rotary in the future. In the last, let’s step forward by realizing them and by being aware that Rotarians ourselves develop the second century of Rotary.