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ENGLISH (EN)

2021-22 THEME ADDRESS

Shekhar Mehta
RI President-elect
1 February 2021

Namaste. Hello, the movers and shakers of Rotary around the world. You, the DGEs,
are the movers, and I am Shekhar.
Today you are taking a very important step in your journey of service and leadership.
The forthcoming 17 months will be the most amazing, fruitful months in your life. You
can turn this period into the most satisfying period of your life. During this period, I
urge you to dream big, guided by our shared vision for Rotary. You will plan and set
goals, inspire and motivate Rotarians to reach goals — goals to expand the reach of our
organization by increasing membership, and goals to increase the impact of Rotary by
serving the world. And in this journey, you will play a stellar role as you share your goals
with Rotarians and Rotaractors in your district and inspire them to “do more and grow
more.” Friends, this will be our guiding mantra. “Do more” as in bigger and impactful
service projects, and “grow more” as in increasing our membership and expanding
the participation.

Membership, friends, continues to be our biggest challenge. For the last 17-plus years,
our membership has been at 1.2 million. Together let us change that over the next
17 months. My dear change-maker governors, here is your opportunity to make the
biggest change in Rotary history as far as membership is concerned. What we have not
accomplished in the last 17 years, I challenge you to accomplish in 17 months.

But that’s too big a dream, you may say. Well, if I ask you to dream big, I have to lead
from the front. One of my inspirations comes from what George Bernard Shaw said.
He said, “You see things; and you say ‘why?’ But I dream things that never were; and
I say ‘Why not?’ ”

So, friends, the dream is to increase our membership to 1.3 million by 1 July 2022!
How can we reach that incredible goal? The answer is each one, bring one — ask each
Rotarian to bring one member to Rotary in the next 17 months. Just one member in
17 months is all you need to ask of every Rotarian in your district. You can ensure this
by leading by example and having your club presidents lead by example as well. As
Rotarians in every club do this, they too will become change-makers, as they will change
for good the lives of each person that they make a Rotarian.

SHEKHAR MEHTA, 2021-22 THEME ADDRESS

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