Rotary Global History Fellowship
Authorized by Rotary International
www.RotaryHistoryFellowship.org
Fellow Rotarians,
When I grew up as a little boy in Sweden, my father was a member of a small town Rotary Club. When I was eight, we moved to a suburb outside Stockholm. As soon as our new house was ready, it was filled with new friends, who I had never met before. They were all Rotarians and my father had transferred to the local Rotary Club of Huddinge, near Stockholm.
Since I became a Rotarian, I have experienced that Rotarians can visit any Rotary Club in the world and immediately be accepted as friends, even if we have never been there before.
There is a special bond between Rotarians everywhere in the world. We are united in Fellowship, Camaraderie and Service. Rotary’s Founder Paul Harris once said:
If you have love for your fellow man in your heart, you are potential Rotarian.
Rotarians have compassion and we care for those who are less fortunate. That’s why we help them in our Rotary Service.
I have found that the essence of Rotary can be summarized in the word “Service”. We contribute to what is good for society. That’s why I am a Rotarian.
Matts Ingemanson
You can also read about other Rotarians statements about “Why I am a Rotarian” on our website at www.rotaryfirst100.org/why.
Rotarians from all over the world will get together for the Rotary Convention in Malmöe – Copenhagen from June 11 to June 14. We at Rotary Global History Fellowship will also be there in the House of Friendship. Our Convention Booth number is H-010. I will be there together with many of our board members. I look forward to meet as many of you as possible at the Rotary Convention!
For those of you, who are not able to attend the Rotary Convention, you can visit us on the Internet at our following websites:
www.rotaryhistoryfellowship.org
www.rotaryfirst100.org
www.whatpaulharrissaid.org
www.rotaryfirst100.org/why
www.rghf.org/
www.archivohistoricoderotary.org
www.whatpaulharrissaid.org
www.ourfoundation.info
We had more than 76,000 visitors in May from Rotarians around the world to these websites.
You can also become a member of our successful Rotary Fellowship. The membership due for one year is very reasonable at $25 per year with $100 for five years membership. You can pay online over the Internet by following these steps:
1. Go to www.joinrghf.org
2. Click on the link “CLICK HERE TO JOIN ROTARY'S GLOBAL HISTORY FELLOWSHIP”.
3. At the Sporg page, click 2005-06 Membership Renewal under the Event Name
4. Enter all requested information and pay using either credit card or check.
You can also pay for your membership via mail by filling out the following form and mail it with a check in the amount of $25 or $100:
Name: __________________________________________________
Address_________________________________________________
City_____________________________________________________
State____________________________________________________
Zip Code_________________________________________________
Country__________________________________________________
Email Address____________________________________________
Telephone________________________________________________
Please make your check out to Rotary Global History Fellowship and mail it to us at the following address:
Geri Appel, Treasurer
1668 N Sagebrush
Wichita, KS 67230
E-mail: appelg@kenlerman.com
Rotary Founder Paul Harris wrote in the Rotarian, August 1926:
Let us keep our hearts strong, enthusiasm fresh, hope high. As long as we keep imbued with this spirit, Rotary can never die.
It is important to understand Rotary History when we shape the Future of Rotary.
Matts Ingemanson
Chairman 2004-2006
Centennial Chairman
Rotary Global History Fellowship
(Authorized by Rotary International)