Interact is a Rotary-sponsored service club for young people ages 14-18. The program gives young people an opportunity to participate in fun, meaningful service projects while developing leadership skills and meeting new friends.
Through service activities, Interactors learn the importance of:
...Developing leadership skills and personal integrity;
...Demonstrating helpfulness and respect for others; and
...Advancing international understanding and goodwill.
LA2008 Rotary International Convention
Interact and Rotaract Clubs of District 5320 are invited to go as a group or on their own to the Convention on June 15th Opening Day.The convention Center is located in Los Angeles at 1201 South Figueroa Street 90015
The Metrolink Blue line Pico & Flower Street Station is very close to the venue.
You can provide your own Transportation to and from the convention. For those wanting to use a chartered bus this will depend on the number of participants who want to use this service.
We ask everyone to register for the convention before March 31st . The costs go up March 31st
Current Registration fee:
$10 for Interactor’s $100 for Rotaractor’s Adults $345
After March 31st the registration fee:
$20 for Interactor’s $80 for Rotaractor’s Adults $305
Download the registration forms and send in with payment ASAP.
Sunday, 15 June Proposed Plan
08:30 AM Depart District 5320 self transport or chartered bus
09:30 Arrive at LA Convention Center RI Convention
09:00 Registration/Credentialing
09:00-19:00 House of Friendship over 600 booths
People from all over the Rotary World to meet
Rotary International Service Project Booths,
Interact, Rotaract, Youth Exchange, RYLA and more,
Music, Food, Fun Activities are happening all day long.
10:00-11:00 Interfaith Service
13:00-15:30 Opening Plenary Session – First Seating (ticket required)
This is like an Olympic Opening Ceremony
17:00-19:30 Opening Plenary Session – Second Seating (ticket required)
19:45 Meet and load busses
20:00 Return to District 5320
20:45-21:30 arrive back at starting location in District 5320
Saturday, 14 June
Your registration covers both days
08:00-19:00 Registration/Ticket Sales/Credentialing
08:00-22:00 2008 International RYLA (by invitation only)
09:00-19:00 House of Friendship
09:00-12:00 Global Alliance of Rotary Foundation Alumni
09:00-12:00 International Institute
09:00-12:00 Rotaract Meeting
09:00-12:00 Youth Exchange Officers Meeting
09:30-10:30 Orientation for First-Time Convention Attendees
14:00-15:00 Orientation for First-Time Convention Attendees
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The Four Way Test
Moral codes and ethics give us tools but also raise questions to be answered: How should we live? What is morally good and bad, right and wrong? Shall we aim at happiness or knowledge? Virtue or the creation of beautiful objects? If we choose happiness, will it be our own or the happiness of all?
And what of the more specific questions that face us? Is it right to be dishonest for a good cause? Can we justify living in opulence while elsewhere in the world people are starving? Is going to war warranted in cases where innocent people will likely be killed?
Ethics deals with such questions at all levels. The subject’s core consists of the fundamental issues of practical decision making, and its major concerns include the nature of ultimate value and the standards by which human actions can be judged right or wrong.
For Rotary, The Four-Way Test is the cornerstone of all action. It has been for years, and it will be in the future. Of the things we think, say or do
- Is it the TRUTH?
- Is it FAIR to all concerned?
- Will it build GOODWILL and BETTER FRIENDSHIPS?
- Will it be BENEFICIAL to all concerned?
The test is one of the hallmarks of Rotary. Since it was developed in 1932 by Herbert J. Taylor, who later became RI president, it has never ceased to be relevant. Its four brief questions are not based on culture or religion. Instead, they are a simple checklist for ethical behavior. They transcend generations and national borders.
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