D-3850 POSITION PAPER

RI DISTRICT 3850

OFFICIAL POSITION PAPER

on the

CONSOLIDATION OF CLUBS IN DISTRICTS 3850 AND 3870 (PHILIPPINES)

In response to the request of RI Director Ian Riseley and RI Director-Elect John Lawrence, we are presenting our Official Position on the Consolidation of the Clubs in Districts 3850 and 3870 (Philippines), as follows:

1) RI District 3850 recognizes the power vested on the RI Board under Section 15.010 of the RI Bylaws to “… eliminate or change the boundaries of any district with fewer than 30 clubs or fewer than 1,000 Rotarians.”

2) RI District 3850 views the proposed consolidation of the Rotary Clubs in Districts 3850 and 3870 with great reluctance, considering the difficulty of travel within the proposed consolidated District involving great constraints in time and resources.

3) RI District 3850, if and when the proposed consolidation will take effect, welcomes the return of the Clubs of District 3870 to its original “mother” District 3850 and looks forward in working for a stronger, bigger and effective consolidated District 3850 with the Clubs and Rotarians of District 3870.

4) In the event that the proposed consolidation will take effect on 1 July 2009, RI

District 3850 proposes the following:

a) Being the “mother” District, the District Governor for RY 2009-10 should come from District 3850 in the person of District Governor-Nominee Edgar Sy (Bacolod), with a mutual agreement to be worked out to resolve the question on who will serve as District Governor in RY 2010-11, RY 2011-12 and RY 2012-13, considering that the District Governors- Nominee for RY 2009-10 and RY 2010-11 of the two (2) Districts may have been selected before 30 June 2008.

b) The budget of the District Governor should be thoroughly reviewed and increased by RI, considering the existing conditions within the multi-island consolidated District.

5) RI District 3850, in the event that the proposed consolidation will not take effect, recognizes that there is the immediate need to address our problems in membership and calls on its past, present and future leaders to work out a program that would enable District 3850, with or without the Clubs in District 3870, to reach a membership of at least 2,000 within the next 3-5 years.

6) A committee to be chaired by PDG Ramiro “Chick” Garcia, Jr. and composed of Past District Governors shall be organized to work out the official position paper of District 3850 on the consolidation issue.

ADOPTED during the Official Business Meeting of RI District 3850 during the 2008 District Conference held on 5 April 2008 at Planta Hotel & Residences in Bacolod City, Philippines.

PDG RAMIRO L. GARCIA, JR. DG RENIER P. GEROCHI

Chair, Consolidation Committee District Governor, RI D-3850