The 2019–20 RI Board of Directors met via video conference in mid-March and April, and reviewed 10 committee reports and recorded 36 decisions. The Board agreed to prioritise the health and safety of Rotarians during the COVID-19 outbreak and encouraged districts to follow local government recommendations for gatherings.

Woven through the fabric of virtually every community on earth, service clubs of Kiwanis International, Lions Clubs International, Optimist International, and Rotary International are working safely and diligently to maintain connections with each other and our neighbours so that we can cope with and overcome the effects

RI President Mark Maloney announced that PDG Ravi Vadlamani, RID 3150, is the director nominee for Zones 4 and 7 for 2021–23. Vadlamani is member of RC Guntur, Andhra Pradesh, and had served as district governor during 2001–02. His wife Rajyalakshmi, a member of