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January 13, 2009

Dear Fellow Rotarians and Visitors to this Website:

It is January 13th 2009 and tomorrow will be my last day as Chairman of the Rotary Rose Parade Float Committee. The incoming chairman is Bill Peloquin, PDG and I am confident that he will surpass my accomplishments. The float committee is very proud of the 2009 float “Make Dreams Real” and the additional publicity it received both pre and post parade. We will continue our efforts to increase the publicity Rotary International receives through the float.

This year, the Committee is especially proud to have worked with the Rotary International Board and the Legal Department to solidify our relationship and how best to represent Rotary International while preserving all trademarks and copyrighted materials. The committee especially wishes to express its gratitude for the guidance and patience of RI Director Paul Netzel, General Secretary Ed Futa and General Counsel Steven Routberg. Without their assistance, the Committee would not be able to do what the committee does best – get a beautiful float down the parade route.

The committee is facing, however, a financial crises. Due to the legal issues which confronted the Committee and Rotary International, we suffered a delay in our fundraising. So we are asking each and every Rotarian, club and District that has not already donated funds to this fantastic project to consider doing so this year to ensure the future of the Committee and our continuing our promotional efforts. The committee works year round and also incurs expenses year round specifically in signing the float construction contract in February of each year. Payments start and continue throughout the year. So as the old saying goes: “ It is never too late (or early)” to send donations to the Rotary Rose Parade Float Committee.”Any and all donations can be sent to the Committee and mailed to P.O. Box 92502 Pasadena California 91109-2502.

The committee encourages all visitors to check out our various pages on this website, including our photo page of the construction and decoration status of this year’s float; our float riders photo and bio page; the Honor Roll of district, club and individual donors and of course our historical pages showing our efforts for the past 30 years.

On a personal note, I was very honored to represent this Committee and will hopefully be able to continue to aid the tradition of presenting one of the most beautiful floats in the Parade.

Yours In Rotary Service,

Maureen A. McKinley
Rotary Club of Las Vegas Central
Chair of the 2009 Parade

Rotary Rose Parade Float Committee, Inc.
P.O. Box 92502
Pasadena, CA 91109-2502
chair@rotaryfloat.org

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