e fourth meeting of the Board of Directors of R.I. was held at One Rotary Center in Evanston, Ill. U.S.A. on 14-17 February, 2000 At this meeting, the Board reviewed reports from 12 committees and recorded 105 decisions.

Administration
1. The Board amended the mission of Rotary Internional to read as follows:
"The mission of Rotary International is to support its member clubs in fulfilling the Object of Rotary by:Fostering unity among members clubs; Strengthening and expanding Rotary around the world; Communicating worldwide the work of Rotary; and Providing a system of international administraton."
2. The Board approved an implementtion plan designed by the general secretary to restructure the operations of the current R.I. Service Center so that their organizational structures and business processes are cost effective and consistent with R.I. World Headquarters.
3. The Rotary Code of Policies will now be published on the R.I. Web site and updated after each Board meeting.
4. R.I. policy allows the R.I. Board to terminate the membership of any club under R.I. bylaws 3.030.2 for "failure to function". The Board defines a functioning club as:
a, Maintaining at least 20 club members, the number of members required when chartering a new club;
b. Having paid its per capita dues to Rotary International;
c. Meeting regularly;
d. Ensuring that its members subscribe to The Rotarian or an approved regional magazine;
e. Implementing service projects that adress

needs in the local community and/or in communities in other countries.
5. Edwin H. Futa was unanimously elected to be the general secretary of Rotary Internatioal, effective 1 July 2000.

Membership and Extension
1. The Board agreed that where geographically feasible, neighboring clubs with fewer than 20 members are encouraged to merge.
2. The Board reaffirmed that new clubs consisting of only one gender membership are not in the spirit or best interest of Rotary, and encourages governors in districts where single gender clubs exist to promote the establishment of new dual gender clubs in the locality of the existing single gender club.
3. The Board agreed that "new generation clubs" comprised of younger members are important to the future growth of Rotary International and encourages governors to actively establish these clubs in order to close the gap between the termination of Rotaract membership and entrance into existing clubs with a higher average age.
4. Every district is encouraged to develop and adopt by 30 June 2002 a District Leadership Plan as outlined in the Rotary Code of Policies. The district is to provide a copy of the plan to the general secretary as confirmation of its adoption via approval of the two-thirds of the clubs at PETS or the district assembly.

Programs and Communications
1. The Board approved the addition of the following committees and task forces for 2000-01: Leadership Development and Training Committee, Population and Development Steering Committee, RYLA          continued next page...

Hold On Together

May is the month of flowers, June is the month of "flower girls" and if flower girls are walking down the aisle, a bride would not be far behind.

Yes, June is dubbed as wedding month, hence the expression, "June Bride." But my wife and I married in December for we thought, especially as newly weds, that "winter" is better than "summer."

Speaking of weddings and wedding anniversaries, Mark Twain wrote to to his wife, Livy, on November 27, 1885, her 40th birthday and the 17th anniversary of their becoming engaged: "We have reached another milestone, my darling, and a very, very remote one from the place whence we started; but we look back over a pleasant landscape ___ that still sleep in the soft light of that far morning of blessed memory. And here we have company on the journey - ah, such precious company, such inspiring, such lovely, and gracious company! (May be their children. A/E.) And how they lighten the march! Our faces are toward the sunset, now, but these are with us, to hold our hands, and stay our feet, and while they abide, and our old love grows and never diminishes, our march shall still be through flowers and green fields, and the evening light as pleasant as that old soft morning glow yonder behind."

Indeed, whether you are junior or senior citizens, relish in the significance of "blessed memory" and continue to march "through flower and green fields." As man and wife, that is!