Picture a birthday party with nearly 40,000 close friends from 200 countries, speaking some 40 languages, all there to celebrate Rotary, and the Rotary Foundation's 100th year of "doing good in the world!" And add to that picture, invited guest speakers such as Polio Fund Philanthropist Bill Gates, Golf Pro and Polio Survivor Jack Nicklaus, Retired Mayor, Senator, MLK compatriot and US Ambassador Andrew Young, Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed, WWE superstar John Cena, and new WHO Diretor Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus of Ethiopia!
If there's still room in your vision of all this, add a host of Rotary super-stars including President John Germ, Pres-Elect Ian Riseley of Australia, Pres-Nominee Sam Owori of Uganda, Gen. Secretary John Hewko of Ukraine, First woman Rotarian Sylvia Whitlock, and our own Jennifer Jones of Ontario!
And picture entertainment from Bluegrass to symphony performers, attractions such as the World of Coca Cola, the home of CNN, The College Football Hall of Fame, the largest Aquarium in the US, Jimmy Carter's Presidential Library, The Center for Human and Civil Rights -- and a Ferris Wheel at Centennial Park lit up with Rotary's logo in the center wheel!
General sessions were awesome, breakout sessions were inspiring, and the chance to meet Rotarians from Clubs around the world was, in a word, priceless! See some of the pictures gathered up, in PHOTO ALBUMS on our Rotary 6420 HOME PAGE! And... Click HERE for even more Convention highlights, pics and videos to share with your Club!!
DG Scott's original goal of 50 attending was surpassed, with 57 on the roster from 6420 -- a record we hope to break again next year when the Convention takes over Toronto!