Editor's Note: Rotary International News has released an item by Ryan Hyland dated 29 December 2010 which I believe has huge significance for both Districts and Clubs in the coming months.In effect we are seeing the implementation of The Future Vision Plan. 

https://clubrunner.blob.core.windows.net/00000050018/Stories/8e62a694-bed9-4195-91d9-8b32685b795f.jpgThe World Community Service and Rotary Volunteers programs will be phased out by 30 June to reinforce the priorities and goals of the RI Strategic Plan and to shift from a program-based model to a resource and support model.

The goal of this new model, approved by the RI Board at its November meeting, is to expand the resources available to clubs for connecting and partnering with each other.

"A significant component of Rotary’s new strategic plan is the transformation of Rotary’s involvement from monitoring, regulating, and administering specific projects to functioning in a highly supportive mode of providing clubs and districts with essential resources in their international service," says RI Director Kenneth W. Grabeau.