Rotary's Action Plan is our path to achieving our vision of bringing even more people together to create lasting and positive change in an evolving world. As we continue to make progress in the third year of this five-year strategic plan, I want to update you on our efforts to achieve the four strategic priorities.

More than a century ago, Rotary pioneered a new model of service leadership built on person-to-person connections. Today, those connections form a network that spans the globe — bridging cultural, linguistic, and geographic barriers — with a shared vision of a better world.

Achieving that vision requires a plan. Through focus groups and surveys, Rotary members and participants told us we needed to become more nimble, more responsive, and open to new ideas. They want Rotary to better capitalize on changing technologies and trends.

In response, we developed the Action Plan, which provides the framework for us to identify and address critical challenges that we face as an organization. The Action Plan makes use of our remarkable professional capabilities, especially the ability to listen to and learn from others.

Our priorities — increasing our impact, expanding our reach, enhancing participant engagement, and improving our ability to adapt — reflect the input, feedback, and hopes of current and former members, leaders, alums, Youth Exchange students, and staff. In all, we contacted more than a million people connected to Rotary to ensure that our Action Plan priorities are the right ones and authentically Rotary.

This is our plan, and we look forward to your contributions as we work to achieve it.

Sincerely,
John Hewko General Secretary and Chief Executive Officer