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The purposes of the PDGs Fellowship, as stated in the bylaws,
are as follows:
 The
primary purpose of the fellowship is to improve and enhance the
existing friendship and fellowship among Rotarians who have
served as district governors by increasing the number of
reunions and similar events at all levels of Rotary, including
the annual conventions. The secondary purposes are to provide
additional opportunities for past district governors to remain
actively involved and connected at the international level of
Rotary and to motivate past district governors to support
important Rotary activities, such as PolioPlus, TRF fundraising,
international service projects, and membership growth.
2013: There is a new kid on the block! A new RI fellowship,
informally known as the PDGs Fellowship, is the first one to
focus its attention on the past district governors of the Rotary
world. It was developed by the 2010 11 class of DGs, but it is
now open to all past district governors of Rotary and to their
friends as noted below!
The zone institutes have evolved into training sessions for
current and incoming district governors, leaving less time for
PDGs to socialize and converse on their own. There is a real
interest by PDGs in seeing their classmates, and the PDGs
Fellowship will experiment with some new ideas to provide
alternate reunions for PDGs with less travel and lower costs.
The PDGs of the world also need additional opportunities to
exchange ideas and discuss proposals, which will be provided at
the annual general meetings of the PDGs Fellowship in
conjunction with the RI conventions. The annual meetings will be
low in cost and will provide an alternative to the international
institutes, which are tightly scheduled and expensive. The first
annual meeting of the fellowship will be held at the Lisbon
convention on Friday, 21 June.
Membership in the PDGs Fellowship is open to all Rotarians,
spouses of Rotarians, and Rotaractors, and the cost of
membership will be kept low. The membership fees will be decided
at each of the annual meetings
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The PDGs Fellowship is a grassroots organization, and
the members in attendance at the annual meetings
will
determine the programs and objectives for the following year.
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