Future Vision
… a “Rotary Foundation”Month message ...
Written by President Michael Levitt
As PAG Jeremy Hurst will be presenting to the Club this week on Future Vision, I do not want to pre-empt his presentation and will limit this article to some of the back ground to the Future Vision plan of The Rotary Foundation (TRF).
Any Rotarian, who has been involved in the Grant process of the Foundation, will tell you that it is incredibly cumbersome and not easy to understand, making it very difficult to access these Grants. Whilst doing a strategic review of TRF in 2007/8, it was accepted by the Board of Trustees that the Foundation needed to focus on its core mission and develop diverse projects that have greater impact and sustainable outcomes. The aim is to have this in place by The Rotary Foundation’s Centenary in 2017.
With this in mind, The Foundation's new mission, along with its new motto – “Doing Good in the World” – were approved by the Foundation Trustees and the RI Board and endorsed by the Council on Legislation in 2007.
The Future Vision Plan is designed to
• Simplify Foundation programs and processes consistent with the mission.
• Focus Rotarian service efforts where they will have the greatest impact by addressing priority world needs that are relevant to Rotarians.
• Offer program options to help achieve both global and local goals.
• Increase the sense of ownership at the district and club levels by transferring more decisions to the districts.
• Gain greater understanding of The Rotary Foundation’s work and enhance Rotary’s public image.
Over the next 3 years, the Future Vision pilot project is being rolled out in 100 Districts with the intention of the full rollout being commenced in 2013-14 and completed by 2017.