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PRESIDENT GARY C.K. HUANG’S AMBITIOUS 1.3 MILLION
MEMBERSHIP GOAL
"We need to showcase our good work to everyone in
the community. Rotary Days need to be fun and all
inclusive. Invite your family, friends, and neighbours
to participate. My hope is at the end of the day a few
non-members will want to join Rotary," he says.
"Let's give people the opportunity to experience
"It's simple. The more members we have, the more what it's like to make a difference. Rotary Days can
people we can help. A stronger membership base will achieve that."
result in stronger communities," says Huang, who on
Huang designed a travel schedule that will allow him
1 July became Rotary's first Chinese president.
to visit more than 30 Rotary Day events across the
Huang also hopes his presidential theme, Light Up globe, including Argentina, Chile, France, India, Italy,
Rotary, will encourage members to brighten Rotary's Korea, Malaysia, Philippines, and the U.S., as well as
image to the public, which he believes in return will his home city of Taipei.
improve member recruitment and retention.
Huang says he's honoured and humbled to be RotaHuang has a track record of improving membership ry's president. He knows he's part of an exclusive club.
development in Asia, adding 19 clubs when he was
district governor for Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Macau. By Ryan Hyland
One of the cornerstones of his presidency is encouraging clubs and districts to conduct a Rotary Day. Rotary News
These one-day events, he says, can spotlight a partic- 1-AUG-2014
ular cause, and solidify Rotary's image as one of the
world's leading service organizations.
Gary C.K. Huang never imagined he would become
Rotary International's president when he joined in
1976, but now that he is in office, he hopes to increase membership to 1.3 million by the end of his
term.

View this membership video from RI President Gary C. K. Huang

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