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VISIT BY THE DIRECTOR CONVENTION OF THE GENERAL CONSULATE OF UNITED ROTARY INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION 2013 STATES IN SÃ O PAULO Fundação de Rotarianos de São Paulo participated for the fourth consecutive year in the Rotary The Director of the International Convention. Education, Press and Culture Section of the General Consulate of the United States in São Paulo visited Faculdades Integradas Rio Branco. Laura Gould and her assistant Marcos Hirata were accompanied by the president of the Fundação 1997-2013, Eduardo de Barros Pimentel, who highlighted the values of the teachers, PRI 2000/01, Frank J. Devlyn; Mario Antonino and his wife; couple DRI 1985/87, with the which esteem ethics, social president of the Board of Directors of Fundação Nahid Chicani and his wife and guests responsibility and teaching quality, in addition to having At the event held in the city of Lisbon, Portugal, the President of a team of teachers more than Fundação’s Superior Council, Carlos Jerônimo da Silva Gueiros, and 85% composed of masters and the President of the Board of Directors, Nahid Chicani, were present. doctors. Edman Altheman, the During the opening session, the president of Rotary International, Faculdades’ general director, Sakuji Tanaka, said he was very satisfied, because, according to approached differentials, him, people from all continents were gathered with the purpose to activities and courses offered improve the world they live in. by the institution. It is estimated that more than 25,000 rotarians were present and it was an excellent opportunity to reinforce the promotion of the works carried out by Fundação de Rotarianos de São Paulo and its Laura Gould maintained entities. Again, the Foundation’s booth, coordinated by the secretary of the presidency Renata Souza, was the meeting point for Brazilian rotarians, very much visited by Portuguese rotarians and rotarians from Portuguese-Speaking countries as well, among others. After the PRI Kalyan Banerjee’s speech last year, which considered the Foundation as the biggest rotary program in the world in the educational area, the Foundation’s visibility increased and, added to the existing proximity between the Brazilian and the Portuguese clubs, it was the key point for obtaining a double booth this year. Several rotary authorities, such as the PRI’s Gary Huang and Frank Devlyn and the DRI’s Carlos Enrique Speroni, José Antonio Figueiredo Antiório, José Alfredo Pretoni and Mario Antonino, visited the booth. Marcos Hirata The Fundação, a CPLP Consulting Observer, participated in specific events to deal with subjects involving the Portuguese Speaking Countries, such as the IV Rotary Seminar of PALOP/ CPLP, in which lectures were pronounced by Sizenando Affonso, member of Fundação’s Superior and Community Councils, and Carlos Jerônimo da Silva Gueiros, president of the Fundação’s Superior Council and current National CIP’s Coordinator, who was also present at the VII Meeting of the Consulting Observers and the Executive Secretariat of the CPLP. 2013 Annual Report 27


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