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.
Although our E-club has Provisional status at this time, we hope that you will find the content of our meeting enlightening and that will give us the benefit of your opinion on the content.
The Rotary theme for September is New Generations - Rotaract (ages 18 to 30), Interact (ages 12-18) and EarlyAct - younger elementary students.
Visiting Rotarians. To receive credit for your attendance, please click the page link Apply for a Make-up in the right column.
Members. If you are a member of the club, please follow the link to Club Member Attendance Record to find details of what you need to include in your email.
Happy Hour Hangout. Each Wednesday evening at 6:00 (USA-ET) 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!
Interested in joining us? If you would like to become a member of our E-club, please follow the link Membership Application and Information.
Finally - If you would like to see a specific topic addressed in these meetings, please let us know. We want to make the meetings educational, interesting, and very worthwhile for everyone. Our Provisional President, Kitty, would now like to welcome you to this week's meeting. Please listen in...
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WHEN YOU START WITH ROTARY
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THE ABCs OF ROTARY (by Cliff Dochterman)
The Secretariat
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| Cliff Dochterman RI President, 1992-93 |
Many Rotarians consider the Secretariat simply another name for the RI World Headquarters in Evanston, Illinois, U.S.A. Actually, it is much more. While it does include the entire World Headquarters, the Secretariat encompasses nearly 600 individuals working to make Rotary International run smoothly and effectively.
The term describes the entire operations of the General Secretary and his staff. The Secretariat includes all eight Rotary Service Centers (formerly called Branch Offices) around the world, all of the staff serving in those centers, as well as all staff assigned to The Rotary Foundation.
Its sole purpose is to serve the clubs, districts, and administrative officers of Rotary International and The Rotary Foundation.
RI World Headquarters, in a building called One Rotary Center in Evanston, is the headquarters of the Secretariat.
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NEW GENERATIONS -
A very short video about making Rotary relevant to New Generations:
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POLIO UPDATE
Here is information gleaned for July 2012 from http://www.polioeradication.org
It is clear that we are definitely making progress in this effort to eradicate polio! We must continue the fight until we finish completely!
Click this link to read about "A polio-free South East Asia is within reach" (dated September 5, 2012)
Remember Rotary Foundation month as it approaches in November!
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FIRST - A LITTLE FUN
Click this link to see a short video that is sure to amuse you!
"Deception is a fundamental part of life."
(You will have to return to this screen to continue the meeting.)
And now to the main speaker for this Rotary meeting:
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THE SPEAKER - The main event
A little background - At age 14, in poverty and famine, a Malawian boy built a windmill to power his family's home. Here he is, at age 22, sharing in his own words the moving tale of invention that changed his life.
"I looked at my father, and I looked at those dry fields (in Malawi). It was a future I couldn't accept." (William Kamkwamba)
Click this link to view the video. Click your Browser's BACK button to return to the meeting.
QUESTION: How can we use this to inspire others?
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Email us to join our Happy Hour on Wednesday at 6:00 p.m. Miami time to discuss these videos and the meeting.
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INTERNATIONAL DAY OF PEACE - September 21
PEACE - A STAR-STUDDED VIDEO
Background:
Few have seen reality's harsher side like South Sudanese musician Emmanuel Jal. A former child soldier, Jal is now an activist, using his art to take social and political action. With his triumphant new video for "We Want Peace – Reloaded," Jal gets assists from former President Jimmy Carter, Kofi Annan, Ringo Starr, George Clooney, Alicia Keys, Peter Gabriel, Dispatch, O.A.R., D.M.C., Das Racist and more. But despite the smiles all around, the song's message is serious.
"The inspiration for 'We Want Peace' comes from my history and the issues that are happening all the time. A guy called Clinton Outten, 'Roachie' – my cowriter and producer – helped put the whole song together," Jal tells Rolling Stone. "This song was used to put a spotlight in Sudan and South Sudan to protect civilians."
Click this link for the music video.
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INTERACTIVE PARTICIPATION
Press your browser's BACK BUTTON to return to this page.
Click the link for the Interactive Crossword -
http://www.MyCrosswords.com/409/KittyBucsko/RotaryCrossword-No7.html
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PAUL HARRIS said:
From time immemorial, the greatest of the great proclaimed by word and deed their adherence to the doctrine which Rotary has summed up in the words, "Service Above Self."
Who shall say that the Rotary goal is unattainable?
--My Road to Rotary
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JOKE OF THE WEEK
The nouveau-riche real-estate developer splurged on a Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow and couldn't wait to show it off. So after a meeting with the bank, he offered one of the senior officers a ride home.
"Whaddaya think?" he couldn't resist asking his passenger after a mile or two. "Pretty classy, eh? I bet you've never ridden in one of these before."
"Actually, I have," replied the banker graciously, "but this is the first time in the front seat."
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PART 2 OF AN 8-PART DOCUMENTARY - Gangs in Paradise
We can talk about this in the next few weeks...
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MEETING MAKE-UP
If you would like to use your stop here as a meeting make-up, please
1. Click the link at the right to Apply for a Make-up
2. Prepare your email and be sure to include all the information requested
3. Send the email to our club Membership Chair.
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. This week, Lindsey Cancino, AG (Bahamas East) and District 7020 Rotary Foundation Chair, will lead 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!
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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