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Message from Chairman of TRPIA

PDG Horace Cheng-Hsi Wang, District 3522

Chairman and Publisher of Taiwan Rotary
magazine for 2020-22

Ideally, every Rotarian shall receive monthly a copy of
a Rotary magazine, which may be “Rotary” (the official
Rotary International flagship magazine published in
English), or a regional Rotary magazine certified and
prescribed for his/her Rotary club by Rotary International
and published in other language. So, what role does a
Rotary magazine play to promote Rotary and the lives of
Rotarians?

Over the past two years, I have been trying to systematically give an idea to the Rotarians in Taiwan about the
role of Rotary regional magazines, especially our “Taiwan Rotary” monthly magazine (TR) for which I serve
as its board chairman and publisher in 2020-22. I also have been exploring and reviewing that question when
each issue of the TR magazine was editing and publishing in these two years. Finally, TR may have created
some sorts of features that I would like to share with you and that is a wonderful memento for me as my term
is approaching to an end.
Firstly, TR is a regional Rotary magazine officially authorized by Rotary International (RI). It must be run
according to certain RI policies and be re-certified every few years. It was certified again on 22 June 2020.
In terms of the four functions of the media: 1. surveillance, 2. education, 3. inheritance, and 4. Entertainment,
TR has performed well and created some features through the articles published in each issue in these two
years.

Among these articles, some are selected and translated from the “Rotary” published in English by RI,
some are the works contributed by Rotary members in Taiwan, some are the research results from various
committees, and some are the marvelous pieces produced by the Editor-in-chief Marine Po-Shin Lee. These
seemingly unrelated articles are wrapped up in each issue of TR according to the principles and functions of
media, and are the most important factors that determine the role of TR.

After a period of exploration, the editing team of TR decided to make this magazine not only a publication
for Rotarians, but also a popular one for the public. Then, we choose and edited articles on the base of
attractiveness, topicality, and Rotary’s five core values. As a result, the readers can indirectly relate him-
or her-selves to what Rotary members have committed to environment protection by reading the reports on
the restoration of butterflies in America and the protection of white rhinos in Africa. They can also get ideas
about the diversity and modernization of the Rotary clubs by checking the articles that introduces innovative
technology and emerging new professions. We hope that all Rotarians in Taiwan become subscribers to TR
magazine so that they will be benefited with the latest information from Rotary International while learning
from the experiences of other Rotarians who exemplify Rotary’s core values, and that the non-Rotarian
readers can discover the charms of Rotary after their joyful, relaxing, and informative reading.

Thumbing over Taiwan Rotary magazine, you may be amazed by its articles that they are consistent with
each other while having various contents and are from authors with different backgrounds. If giving a further
look, you may find that they all reflect our five core values and the pulse of our communities. In all, TR is a
magazine edited by the standard of our values and with the refined and the popular tastes. It is a publication
designed both for Rotarians with some mandatory and exclusive Rotary materials and for the public with
many positive and inspiring contents.

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