Rotary International President Gordon R. McInally declared on 4 December seven Rotary members to be RI directors for 2025-27.

The RI Bylaws provide that if the general secretary does not receive a duly proposed challenge to the selection of a zone’s nominating committee for director by 1 December, the president shall declare the selection of the nominating committee to be the director-nominee from the zone.

There were no proposals of additional candidates from the following zones. Therefore, in accordance with the RI Bylaws, McInally declared the following Rotary members to be the directors-nominee from their respective zones to serve on the Board beginning on 1 July 2025:

Zone 8
Jennifer Scott — Central Blue Mountains, New South Wales, Australia

Zone 11
Jung-Hyun Lee — Hwasung Taean, Korea

Zone 16A
Christine Büring — Altenburg, Germany

Zone 20B
Harriette Verwey — Leiden-AM, Netherlands

Zone 23A
César Luis Scherer — Marechal Cândido Rondon-Beira Lago, Brazil

Zone 27
Wyn Spiller — Grass Valley, California, USA

Zone 31
Brian Hall — Covington, Louisiana, USA

The general secretary received challenges to the Nominating Committee’s selection in Zones 5 (India, southern) and 7 (India, southern and central). An electronic ballot is being prepared for clubs in these zones to select their candidate. The ballot will be live by 31 December and will run, per the RI Bylaws, until 1 February.