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Rotary
International's incoming president, William B. Boyd,
has chosen Lead the Way as the theme for
the 2006–07 Rotary year.
"This will be my theme and an
affirmation of my belief in the power of Rotarians
to change the world, one positive act at a time," he
told
incoming district governors
at the International Assembly in San Diego,
California, USA, on 17 February.
Every year at the assembly, Rotary's incoming
president unveils a theme for the next Rotary year.
The current theme under RI President Carl-Wilhelm
Stenhammar is Service Above Self, the same
as Rotary's longtime motto.
The challenge of finding a theme is that it must be
short, inspirational, and translatable. Boyd doesn't
remember the moment Lead the Way popped
into his head. All he knows is that "it just felt
right."
Since the governors-elect attend the International
Assembly to learn more about becoming successful
leaders in their districts, Boyd's theme was
especially pertinent to the audience.
"In the coming year, I ask each of you to take your
places as leaders in your districts and your
communities," Boyd told the incoming governors. "I
ask each of you to lead in the Rotary way, by living
as role models of tolerance, unselfishness, and
integrity. And because the best leaders have
humility, I ask you to do all of this with
friendliness and a smile, so that others will be
happy to walk beside you."
Boyd concluded by saying, "As Rotarians, we are not
content to let matters stay the way they have always
been in our clubs or in our communities. We are not
content with the status quo, and we do not look at a
problem only to say someone else will solve it. We
are the ones who ask, 'Why not us?' We are the ones
with the skills and the desire to build a better
future. And we are the ones who must Lead the
Way." |
