2007 RFPD Annual General Meeting (AGM)
Rotary International Convention

Each year at the Rotary International Convention, the Rotarian Action Group for Population Development holds an annual meeting to review its progress and to plan for the future.

RFPD Events a Success at RI Convention
(See below for PowerPoint presentations)

Salt Lake City, Utah, USA  June 2007

The Rotarian Action Group for Population & Development held a series of successful meetings at the RI Convention in the Salt Palace, Salt Lake City, Utah, June 2007.  Over 120 Rotarians attended the Annual General Meeting (AGM), Tuesday, June 19th.  Professors Malcolm Potts and Martha Campbell spoke on Population issues, Frosty Wooldridge gave a hair-raising and eye-opening look at environmental degradation, and Lana Dakan spoke about the Packard Foundation and its history with RFPD and Rotary International.

At right Past RI President Frank Devlyn receives the Nafis Sadik award for courage from PDG Buck Lindsay.

At the Annual General Meeting, Professors Martha Campbell and Malcolm Potts and Frosty Wooldridge were named Paul Harris Fellows. 

For the first time, Rotary International granted RFPD two workshops at the convention. Both workshops were successful with attendance of over 300 people at the "RFPD's Contribution to the Millennium Development Goals," and 125 people at the "Comprehensive Approach to Reduce Maternal Mortality."  Panelists included the RFPD board of directors, Prof. Malcolm Potts and Martha Campbell, Bill Ryerson, President of PMC, DG Saliu Ahmed, and Peter Neuner, Country Chair for Austria.

RFPD held a training session for Country Chairs (CC), Zone Coordinators (ZC) and Assistant Zone Coordinators (AZC).  The training session was well attended, and included a skit written by PRID Bill Cadwallader and presented by the USA ZC's and AZC's. 

RFPD also managed an exhibit booth in the House of Friendship, where RFPD leaders, members and potential members gathered to network, establish projects and share in Rotary fellowship.  RFPD's current large-scale project: Improvement of Maternal Health - Prevention and Treatment of Obstetric Fistula exhibited in the House of Friendship.

Click below for PowerPoint presentations presented in Salt Lake City 2007

United Nations Millennium Development Goals

A Comprehensive Approach to Reducing Maternal Mortality

Zero Adolescent Pregnancy - en Espanol

Links to ZAP English version

PDF Zero Adolescent Pregnancy - ZAP
founded in Cortland Couny, New York USA

Link to website ZAP in Cortland County, New York USA