Friday 28 December 2012

December 28 - Regular meeting of the E-club of the Caribbean, 7020 for December 28, 2012


















Dear Fellow Rotarians, visitors and guests!

WELCOME TO OUR E-CLUB!

Thank you for stopping by our club meeting!  We hope you will enjoy your visit - even though it is a very busy time of the year!

We have a new banner!  Please send us a virtual copy of your club banner and we will send you a copy of our new club banner in exchange.  We will also display your club banner proudly on our meeting website. 

Although our E-club has Provisional status at this time, we hope you will find the content of our meeting enlightening and will give us the benefit of your opinion on the content.

December is Rotary's Celebration of Family month.

Visiting Rotarians.  If you are a visiting Rotarian, please click this link to Apply for a Make-up.  We will send you and your club secretary a make-up confirmation.
Members.  If you are a member of the club, please click this to Club Member Attendance Record to give you details of what you need to include in your email.
Happy Hour Hangout (HHH).  We are adjusting the time of our Happy Hour Hangout to Saturday mornings - early enough so that you can join before your day gets away from you. 
We meet for a live chat and sometimes business discussion.  If you are interested in dropping by, please click the link at the end of the meeting.  Morning coffee is on the house!  (Your house, that is...)  Hope to see you there! 
Please note:  Attending our HHH will earn you a make-up!
Interested in becoming a member?  If you would like to become a member of our E-club, please click the link Membership Application and Information.

Our Provisional President, Kitty, would now like to welcome you to this week's meeting.  Please listen in...



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ABCs OF ROTARY (Cliff Dochterman)

Cliff Dochterman
RI President, 1992-93
Women in Rotary

Until 1989, the Constitution and Bylaws of Rotary International stated that Rotary club membership was for males only.  In 1978, the Rotary Club of Duarte, California, invited three women to become members.  The RI board withdrew the charter of that club for violation of the RI Constitution.

The club brought uit against RI claiming a violation of a state civil rights law which prevents discrimination of any form in business establishments or public accommodations.  The appeals court and the California Supreme Court supported the Duarte position that Rotary could not remove the club's charter merely for inducting women into the club.

The United States Supreme Court upheld the California court indicating that Rotary clubs do have a "business purpose" and are in some ways public-type organizations.  This action in 1987 allowed women to become Rotarians in any jurisdiction having similar "public accommodation" statutes.

The RI constitutional change was made at the 1989 Council on Legislation, with a vote to eliminate the "male only' provision for all of Rotary.


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SPEAKER - Scilla Elworthy: Fighting with non-violence

How do you deal with a bully without becoming a thug? In this wise and soulful talk, peace activist Scilla Elworthy maps out the skills we need -- as nations and individuals -- to fight extreme force without using force in return.

To answer the question of why and how non-violence works, she evokes historical heroes -- Aung San Suu Kyi, Mahatma Gandhi, Nelson Mandela -- and the personal philosophies that powered their peaceful protests. (Filmed at TEDxExeter.)

When Scilla Elworthy was 13, she sat in front of her television set watching as Soviet tanks rolled into Budapest. Immediately she started packing her bags.

"What are you doing?" her mother said. "I'm going to Budapest," she said. "They're doing something awful and I have to go."

Years later, Elworthy is a three-time Nobel Peace Prize nominee and a recipient of the Niwano Peace Prize.

In 2002 Elworthy founded Peace Direct, which supports local action against conflict, and in 1982 founded Oxford Research Group, a think-tank devoted to developing effective dialogue between nuclear weapons policy-makers and their critics. Beginning in 2005 she helped set up The Elders initiative as an adviser to Sir Richard Branson, Peter Gabriel and Archbishop Desmond Tutu.
"Anger is like gasoline. If you spray it around and somebody lights a match, you've got an inferno. [But] if we can put our anger inside an engine, it can drive us forward.”
(Scilla Elworthy)

Click this link to view the video.  Don't forget to click your browser's BACK button to return to the meeting.

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FURTHER READING ON PEACE

In light of the recent horrific incidents of violence, readings and discussion of PEACE are very appropriate.

Former Rotary Peace Fellow Nai-Hua Wu says the opportunity to learn about conflict resolution was the best experience of her life.

Click this link to read the first article.  Note - Click your browser's BACK button after each article to return to the meeting.

Other articles:

Former Rotary Peace Fellow a Defender of Children

Rotary Centers for Peace and Conflict Resolution

Program Participants

Liberian Nobel Peace laureate says collective strength, selflessness needed to face global challenges

Peace camp will help train West African youth in peace and conflict resolution


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INTERACTIVE PARTICIPATION

This is how the Rotary Club of Palm Beach, Florida, celebrated the joy of Christmas just a few days ago.




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ROTARY BASICS


Rotary's Guiding Principles - Classification Principle

By assigning each member a classification based on his or her business or profession, this system ensures that the club's membership reflects the business and professional composition of its community.  The number of members holding a particular classification is limited according to the size of the club.  The goal is professional diversity, which enlivens the club's social atmosphere and provides a rich resource of occupational expertise to carry out service projects and provide club leadership.

Avenues of Service

Based on the Object of Rotary, the Avenues of Service are Rotary's philosophical cornerstone and the foundation on which club activity is based:

Club Service focuses on strengthening fellowship and ensuring the effective functioning of the club.

Vocational Service encourages Rotarians to serve others through their vocations and to practice high ethical standards.

Community Service covers the projects and activities the club undertakes to improve life in its community.

International Service encompasses actions taken to expand Rotary's humanitarian reach around the globe and to promote world understanding and peace.

New Generations Service acknowledges the positive change implemented by youth and young adults involved in leadership development activities, community and international service, and exchange programs that enrich and foster world peace and cultural understanding.   Programs include RYLA, Rotaract, Interact, and Rotary Youth Exchange.

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WHAT IS ROTARY?

Rotary clubs participate in a broad range of humanitarian, intercultural, and educational activities designed to improve the human condition.

Rotary's humanitarian grants support club projects that provide health care and medical supplies, clean water, food, job training, youth development, and education to millions of people in need, particularly in the developing world.

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HAPPY NEW YEAR FOR 2013

Click this link for a New Year's wish!  (Floyd Cramer at the piano.)

Don't forget to click your browser's BACK button to return to the meeting.

**Bonus marks if you spot the spelling error!

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FLASH MOB

Christmas is over for another year, but have a look at this lovely "flash mob" and get into the fun of the holidays! This one should warm your heart!





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MEETING MAKE-UP

If you would like to use your stop here as a meeting make-up, please

1.  Click this link to Apply for a Make-up
2.  Please include all the information requested
3. Click SUBMIT.

Our club will send both you and your club secretary a make-up certificate and a copy of our banner!

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To end our meeting, please recite aloud (on your honour!) the Rotary Four-Way Test of the things we think, say, and doPast Assistant Governor non-pareil, Louis Wever, from Sint Maarten, leads us:




1.  Is it the TRUTH?
2.  Is it FAIR to all concerned?
3.  Will it BUILD GOODWILL and BETTER FRIENDSHIPS?
4.  Will it be BENEFICIAL to all concerned?













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Thank you for stopping by our E-club meeting!   We wish you well in the next week in all that you do for Rotary!



The meeting has now come to an end.  Please do have a safe and happy week!

If you have enjoyed our E-club meeting, please leave a comment below.

Rotary cheers!


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Happy Hour Hangout (HHH) Information for Saturday, January 5:
  • 8:00 a.m. Eastern Time.  9:00 a.m. Atlantic Time.
  • Click the link below just before the start of the meeting. 
https://www1.gotomeeting.com/join/691805168
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Happy Hour Hangout (HHH) Information for Saturday, January 12:
  • 8:00 a.m. Eastern Time.  9:00 a.m. Atlantic Time.
  • Click the link below just before the start of the meeting.




 

Friday 21 December 2012

December 21 - Regular meeting of the Rotary E-club of the Caribbean, 7020 for the week beginning December 21


















Dear Fellow Rotarians, visitors and guests!

WELCOME TO OUR E-CLUB!

Thank you for stopping by our club meeting!  We hope you will enjoy your visit.

We have a new banner, and if you request a make-up, we will send along our virtual banner.  We would be grateful if you would send us a virtual copy of your banner to us in exchange!  We'll post it on our website.

Although our E-club has Provisional status at this time, we hope you will find the content of our meeting enlightening and will give us the benefit of your opinion on the content.

December is Rotary's Celebration of Family month.

Visiting Rotarians.  If you are a visiting Rotarian, please click this link to Apply for a Make-up and to receive a make-up confirmation.

Members.  If you are a member of the club, please follow the link to Club Member Attendance Record to give you details of what you need to include in your email.
Happy Hour Hangout (HHH).  This week's Happy Hour Hangout is scheduled for Saturday morning, December 22, at 10:00 Atlantic Time or 9:00 a.m. Eastern Time.  We meet for a live chat and sometimes business discussion.  If you are interested in dropping by, please send us an email request for an invitation to our HHH.  Drinks are on the house!  (Your house, that is...)  Hope to see you there!
Please note:  Now, attending our HHH will earn you a make-up!!  
Interested in joining us?  If you would like to become a member of our E-club, please follow the link Membership Application and Information.

Our Provisional President, Kitty, would now like to welcome you to this week's meeting.  Please listen in...





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ABCs OF ROTARY (Cliff Dochterman)

The sponsor of a new member

Cliff Dochterman
RI President, 1992-93
The bylaws of Rotary clearly outline the procedure for a prospective member to be proposed for Rotary club membership.  The "proposer" is the key person in the growth and advancement of Rotary.  Without a sponsor, an individual will never have the opportunity to become a Rotarian.

The task of the proposer should not end merely by submitting a name to the club secretary or membership committee.  Rotary has not established formal responsibilities for proposers or sponsors; however, by custom and tradition these procedures are recommended in many clubs.  The sponsor should:

  • Invite a prospective member to several meetings prior to proposing the individual for membership.
  • Accompany the prospective new member to one or more orientation/informational meetings.
  • Introduce the new member to other club members each week for the first month.
  • Invite the new member to accompany the sponsor to neighbouring clubs for the first make-up meeting to learn the process and observe the spirit of fellowship.
  • Ask the new member and spouse to accompany the sponsor to the club's social activities, dinners, or other special occasions.
  • Urge the new member and spouse to attend the district conference with the sponsor.
  • Serve as a special friend to assure that the new member becomes an active Rotarian.
When the proposer follows these guidelines, Rotary becomes stronger with each new member.

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FIRST SPEAKER - Stephen R. Covey (1932-2012)

7 Habits of Successful People

"All of us believe we see the world the way it is; in fact, we see the world the way we are."
--Stephen R. Covey 
Background - Stephen Richards Covey (October 24, 1932 – July 16, 2012) was an American educator, author, businessman, and motivational speaker. His most popular book was The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People. His other books include First Things First, Principle-Centered Leadership, The Seven Habits of Highly Effective Families, The 8th Habit, and The Leader In Me — How Schools and Parents Around the World Are Inspiring Greatness, One Child at a Time. He was a professor at the Jon M. Huntsman School of Business at Utah State University at the time of his death.




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A FESTIVE PRESENTATION

Music - the International Language!


 




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ROTARY'S POLIOPLUS - A little history


Here is another video that gives much more information on Polio's history.

 

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THANK YOU from The Rotary Foundation


Click this link to view a Thank You video for The Rotary Foundation.

Don't forget to click your browser's BACK button to return to the meeting.





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ROTARY BASICS

Rotary's Guiding Principles

Throughout Rotary's history, several basic principles have been developed to guide Rotarians in achieving the ideal of service and high ethical standards.

Object of Rotary - First formulated in 1910, and adapted through the years as Rotary's mission expanded, the Object of Rotary provides a succinct definition of the organization's purpose as well as the club member's responsibilities.

The Object of Rotary is to encourage and foster the ideal of service as a basis of worthy enterprise and, in particular, to encourage and foster:

FIRST.  The development of acquaintance as an opportunity for service.

SECOND.  High ethical standards in business and professions; the recognition of the worthiness of all useful occupations; and the dignifying of each Rotarian's occupation as an opportunity to serve society;

THIRD.  The application of the ideal of service in each Rotarian's personal, business, and community life;

FOURTH.  The advancement of international understanding, goodwill, and peace through a world fellowship of business and professional persons united in the ideal of service.


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WHAT IS ROTARY?

Over 32,000 Rotary clubs in more than 200 countries and geographical areas initiate service projects to address today's challenges, including illiteracy, disease, hunger, poverty, lack of clean water, and environmental concerns.

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SECOND SPEAKER - from Kingston, Jamaica - Dr. Ernest Madu on World Class Health Care


Dr. Ernest Madu runs the Heart Institute of the Caribbean in Kingston, Jamaica, where he proves that -- with careful design, smart technical choices, and a true desire to serve -- it's possible to offer world-class healthcare in the developing world.


Ernest Madu founded the Heart Institute of the Caribbean, a revolutionary clinic for cardiovascular diseases in Kingston, Jamaica -- revolutionary for offering first-class health care in a developing nation. His next stop: Nigeria.


Dr. Ernest Chijioke Madu believes that people in the developing world have a right to world-class health care. At his three Heart Institute of the Caribbean clinics --in Kingston and Mandeville, Jamaica, and in the Cayman Islands -- he delivers more than $1 million a year in free or reduced-care treatment, a significant contribution in an area where 56% of hospital deaths are caused by cardiovascular disease.

Now Dr. Madu is hoping to transfer HIC's mission and achievements into other low-resource nations. His next target is Nigeria, his home country, where the Heart Institute of West Africa is scheduled to open in 2009. Though AIDS and malaria are huge factors for Africa, Dr. Madu emphasizes the importance of treating cardiovascular disease, which is the second leading cause of death in sub-Saharan Africa, after HIV/AIDS, and the leading cause of death for people over 30. 

Dr. Madu's work on noninvasive evaluation of coronary artery disease in obese individuals has become a standard evaluating tool.
"Dr. Madu has shown that in an interconnected world, technology, expertise and the human (I’d say Nigerian spirit) spirit can support make the seemingly impossible, possible."   -- 

Chikwe Ihekweazu, at Nigeria Health Watch



Click this link to view the videoDon't forget to click your browser's BACK button to return to the meeting.

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MUSICAL INTERLUDE - Jackie Evancho



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A FESTIVE INTERLUDE FOR HOLIDAY TRAVELLERS

 

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MEETING MAKE-UP

If you would like to use your stop here as a meeting make-up, please

1.  Click this link to Apply for a Make-up
2.  Please include all the information requested
3.  Click SUBMIT.

Our club will send both you and your club secretary a make-up certificate.

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To end our meeting, please recite aloud (on your honour!) the Rotary Four-Way Test of the things we think, say, and do.  Our District Governor-elect, Jeremy Hurst, leads us:



 1.  Is it the TRUTH?
2.  Is it FAIR to all concerned?
3.  Will it BUILD GOODWILL and BETTER FRIENDSHIPS?
4.  Will it be BENEFICIAL to all concerned?










Thank you for stopping by our E-club meeting!   We wish you well in the next week in all that you do for Rotary!

From Home to home, and heart to heart, from one place to another  -

May the Blessings of the Season be upon you.

The meeting has now come to an end.  Please do have a safe and happy week!  If you have enjoyed our E-club meeting, please leave a comment below.

Rotary cheers!

Friday 14 December 2012

December 14 - Regular Meeting of our Rotary E-club of the Caribbean, 7020 for December 14, 2012















Dear Fellow Rotarians, visitors and guests!

WELCOME TO OUR E-CLUB!

Thank you for stopping by our club meeting!  We hope you will enjoy your visit.

We have a new banner to share.  When you ask for a make-up, we will send our virtual banner.  We would be so grateful to receive your banner in return!

Although our E-club has Provisional status at this time, we hope you will find the content of our meeting enlightening and will give us the benefit of your opinion on the content.

December is a celebration of Family in Rotary!


Visiting Rotarians.  If you are a visiting Rotarian, please follow the link Apply for a Make-up to receive a make-up confirmation.
Members.  If you are a member of the club, please follow the link to Club Member Attendance Record to give you details of what you need to include in your email.
Happy Hour Hangout.  Each Wednesday evening at 6:00 p.m. Atlantic Time,  we meet for a live chat and sometimes business discussion.  Drinks are on the house!  (Your house, that is...)  Hope to see you there!
Click the link below just before 6:00 p.m. Atlantic Time on Wednesday, December 19.

Please contact us for information.    If you would like to become a member of our E-club, please follow the link Membership Application and Information.

Our Provisional President, Kitty, would now like to welcome you to this week's meeting.  Please listen in...




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ABCs OF ROTARY (Cliff Dochterman)

RI World Headquarters


Cliff Dochterman
RI President, 1992-93

The headquarters of Rotary International has always been in the area of Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.  First it was in Chicago itself, but in 1954, an attractive new building opened in suburban Evanston.  The Ridge Avenue building met the needs of the Rotary Secretariat until the 1980s when the addition of new programs, the growth of The Rotary Foundation, and the new PolioPlus activities made the headquarters building extremely crowded and required some staff members to be housed in supplementary office space nearby.

When a modern 18-storey office building became available in downtown Evanston in 1987, it appeared to meet all of Rotary's space3 and expansion needs for years to come.  The glass and steel structure, built in 1977, provides 400,000 square feet of office and usable space.  The building was purchased by Rotary International, which leases approximately two-thirds of the space to commercial tenants, until needed by future Rotary growth.


The building provides a 190-seat auditorium, large parking garage and 300-seat cafeteria, as well as functional office space for the 400 employees of the World Headquarters.  The executive suite on the 18th floor includes conference rooms for the RI board and committee meetings, in addition to the offices for the RI president, president-elect, and general secretary.

One Rotary Center, as it is called, will enhance the efficient operations of Rotary International for many years to come.



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IS YOUR CLUB FAMILY-FRIENDLY??  A short video



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POLIO UPDATE

View this video for more information on Polio.





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A LITTLE CLUB HISTORY

Here is information about the First Rotary Club - Rotary Club of Chicago.




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ROTARY YOUTH EXCHANGE

As we look forward to January where the celebration within Rotary is Rotary Awareness, we should consider Youth Exchange.


A s a Rotary Youth Exchange student, you’ll spend up to a year living with host families and attending school in a different country.

Whether you participate in Rotary’s long-term or short-term Youth Exchange programs, you’ll learn a new way of living, a great deal about yourself, and maybe even a new language. You’ll also be an ambassador, teaching people you meet about your country, culture, and ideas. You can help bring the world closer – and make some good friends in the process.

For over 75 years, students and host families have broadened their horizons through Rotary Youth Exchange. More than 80 countries and over 8,000 students each year participate in the program, which is administered at the regional level by Rotary districts and at the local level by Rotary clubs.




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MAIN SPEAKER - Alanna Shaikh

(This video is about 6 1/2 minutes.)

When faced with a parent suffering from Alzheimer's, most of us respond with denial ("It won't happen to me") or extreme efforts at prevention. But global health expert and TED Fellow Alanna Shaikh sees it differently. She's taking three concrete steps to prepare for the moment -- should it arrive -- when she herself gets Alzheimer's disease.

Alanna Shaikh is especially interested in Alzheimer's, as she has watched her father deteriorate from the disease over the past 12 years. But she says the experience has not sent her into denial—she plans to be prepared for the genetically transmitted disease, should it ever arrive.
"I need a heart so pure that if it is stripped bare by dementia, it will survive." (Alanna Shaikh)
Click this link to view the video.  Don't forget to click your browser's BACK button to return to the meeting.


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ROTARY PROVIDES MILK FOR CHILDREN IN ROMANIA

Click this link to view a lovely video about what a Rotary partnership is accomplishing in Romania. 

Click your browser`s BACK button to return to this meeting.

This video is about 7 minutes in length.






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THE LANDFILL ORCHESTRA

 The Landfill Harmonic is an upcoming feature-length documentary about a remarkable musical orchestra in Paraguay, where young musicians play instruments made from trash.

Click this link to view the short trailer. Don't forget to click your browser's BACK button to return to this meeting.

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FESTIVE INTERLUDE - 'tis definitely the season to be jolly!!

 

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GSE EXCHANGE

You might enjoy this video prepared by the GSE Team from southern Brazil (District 4670)  that visited Virginia Rotary Clubs in District 7600 (Central and Southeastern Virginia) during September.  This will give you an idea of what is possible with a Group Study Exchange.



The Rotary GSE Exchange from District 7020 to India, District 3260, is taking place this month.  Here are a photo and a few details.  Haresh Ramchandani from Jamaica is the Team Leader.



Rotary Group Study Exchange 2012
Jamaica to India, 2012
District 7020 to District 3260
 



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A LITTLE LITERARY LULL

Click this link to play a little word game - if you feel you're up to it!    

Don't forget to click your browser's BACK button to return to the meeting.

 
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LET'S VOTE FOR ROTARY

Rotary is in FIRST PLACE!!!  We must keep voting to make sure we stay there!!!  Have you and all your club members voted yet?

We have still another 11 days left!

Please take a moment EACH DAY to vote for Rotary in United's 10 Million Charity Miles Giveaway!

Until December 25, you can vote once each day for Rotary on EACH of your devices (such as laptop, smartphone, tablet, etc.)  Charities receive a portion of the miles based on the percentage of the overall vote they receive.

Please forward this link http://10millioncharitymiles.com/ to everyone you know.  

Last year, we took second in the contest, receiving 2.5 million charity miles.  Your vote could help Rotary come in First this year in the 10 Million Charity Miles Giveaway!

Note:  After the "thank you" screen displays, click the browser's BACK button to return.


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MEETING MAKE-UP

If you would like to use your stop here as a meeting make-up, please

1.  Click this link to  Apply for a Make-up.
2.  Include all the information requested.
3.  Click SUBMIT to send the email.

Our club will send both you and your club secretary a make-up certificate.

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To end our meeting, please recite aloud (on your honour!) the Rotary Four-Way Test of the things we think, say, and do.  What better way than to experience a lovely Caribbean Day in Anguilla!

1.  Is it the TRUTH?
2.  Is it FAIR to all concerned?
3.  Will it BUILD GOODWILL and BETTER FRIENDSHIPS?
4.  Will it be BENEFICIAL to all concerned?







Thank you for stopping by our E-club meeting!   We wish you well in the next week in all that you do for Rotary!

Before you go, please review these two recent newsletters - that may interest you.

  • Click this link for the December issue of the Caribbean Partnership newsletter!  Great new format!
  • Click this link for the December issue of the District 7020 newsletter! 
As with all links, click your browser's BACK button to return to the meeting!
 
The meeting has now come to an end.  Please do have a safe and happy week!  If you have enjoyed our E-club meeting, please leave a comment below.

Rotary cheers!