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2006 Copenhagen

See the complete Convention Report by RGHF

http://www.rotaryfirst100.org/foundation/newsletter/2006/0701.pdf

Also see our public presentations

Copenhagen Our booth, after our nice blue banner was removed, but we recovered as you'll see. Let's see how it goes in Salt Lake City? Almost every event has its tiny challenges. Another fellowship thought this was their booth! Cal looks puzzled? It all worked out fine since we are Rotarians. Chairman Matts Ingemanson, setting up at H-010, in the Bella Center after we "recovered" our assigned booth. Tord Elfwendahl, renowned Rotary Graphic Designer; PDG Eddie Blender, RGHF founding member; and Chairman Matts
Tord and Matts working on a logo/pin for our membership Chair-Elect Calum Thomson with DG Charles Kandarira of D-9210 (Zimbabwe, home of RGHF Director Maureen Bond) President Elect of ROTARY/One, Don Garner with Chairman Matts Cal and Donald J. Moore, Walkerton, ON, Canada, in the house of Friendship Matts with friends, including DG 7230 07-08 Bob Cuchinell, DG 7230 06-07 Charle Gruetzner, from New York in the House of Friendship
Matts at the dinner table of RI Director David Linnet RI president Carl-Wilhelm Stenhammer addresses the convention Matts with president elect Bill Boyd "notes from Copenhagen" as visitors sign up for our weekly features. Tord and a man pretending to be Hans Christian Andersen
Chair Elect Calum Thomson became a major donor of The Rotary Foundation, but did not yet have his pin. President - Elect Bill Boyd gave Cal his Major Donor pin. Cal with incoming RI Director Gordon McInally, while incoming Vice Chair, PDG Eddie Blender shows Rotarians our project on the internet President Elect Bill Boyd Addresses the convention (reportedly one of the smallest in recent years) PDG Eddie shows PDG Ben and Josie Henson from the Philippines what our present 80,000 visitors see each month.
Our booth attracted many interested Rotarians, here, in the House of Friendship Trustee Chair, and PRIP Frank Devlyn addresses a meeting of Rotary Fellowships PRIP
Rick King (standing) and PRIP Cliff Dochterman, seated left, also addressed the fellowship meeting
Leaders of Rotary Fellowships listen to three former RI presidents and discuss the value and future of Rotary's Fellowships Bill Robinson, Chair of the Yachting Fellowship addresses the gathering. His was the first fellowship in 1947
RI Director 2006-2008 Kjell-Åke Åkesson (from Sweden) with his wife Ingrid together with D-7230 PDG 1996-98 Chuck Katze and RGHF Matts Jim Bodenner, Founder of Rotarians for Safe Water Action Group together with PDG Chuck Katze and RGHF Chairman Matts
PDG Rad Fisher (district 5500, Arizona) and his wife Pat (on the laptop), Center left PDG Katze, and RGHF Chair Elect Cal
Now, we're "On to Salt Lake City" site of the post war 1919 Convention. and the 2007 Convention scheduled because of the devastating New Orleans hurricane of 2005 Chairman Matts and 2007 President Wilf Wilkinson who will be president after the Salt Lake City Convention. (Wilf is an RGHF member)

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RGHF Mission: As an effort to serve others, RGHF accumulates and preserves the complete history, values and philosophy of the Rotary movement, as well as encourages others to do the same at every level of the Rotary movement, and publishes those histories, values and philosophies on the internet, as well as other forms of media as expedient. 17 March 2003, amended 20 December 2007, Rotary Global History Fellowship Board of Directors.

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