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 you will find the content of our meeting enlightening and 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. 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 (USA-ET) we meet for a live chat and sometimes business discussion - mostly fellowship and fun! If you are interested in dropping by, please join the meeting at the appropriate time on Wednesday, October 3. Drinks are on the house! (Your house, that is...) Hope to see you there!
https://www1.gotomeeting.com/join/597210657
Interested in joining us as a member? 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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THE ABCs OF ROTARY (by Cliff Dochterman)
Rotary's Wheel Emblem
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| Cliff Dochterman RI President, 1992-93 |
A wheel has been the symbol of Rotary since our earliest days. The first design was made by Chicago Rotarian Montague Bear, an engraver who drew a simple wagon wheel, with a few lines to show dust and motion. The wheel was said to illustrate "Civilization and Movement."
Most of the early clubs had some form of wagon wheel on their publications and letterheads. Finally, in 1922, it was decided that all Rotary clubs should adopt a single design as the exclusive emblem of Rotarians.
Thus, in 1923, the present gear wheel, with 24 cogs and six spokes, was adopted by the "Rotary International Association."
A group of engineers advised that the geared wheel was mechanically unsound and would not work without a "keyway" in the center of the gear to attach it to a power shaft.
So, in 1923, the keyway was added and the design which we now know was formally adopted as the official Rotary International emblem.
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NEW GENERATIONS
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POLIO
You can eradicate polio:
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Click this link to read about the latest successes (and an update) on polio worldwide.
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SPEAKER
The presentation this meeting is Annie Lennox who speaks on why she is an HIV/AIDS activist. I hope you'll enjoy this interesting and inspiring presentation.
After decades of global fame as part of Eurythmics and as a solo artist, Annie Lennos was moved by Nelson Mandela's call to stop the HIV/AIDS pandemic in South Africa, where it disproportionately affects women and children. She founded the SING campaign in 2007 to raise both awareness and money. "This is an illness that has a lot of stigma," Lennox says on her video blog. "What we need to do is normalize HIV."
Drawing on her talents, she combines music and film to put a human face on the crisis and emotionally connect people to the cause. South Africa has a tradition of activist songs and singing; inspired by this, in spring 2007 Lennox invited 23 female artists to record the benefit single "Sing." The record incorporates the South African activist song "Jikelele," which means "global treatment."
So far, the sales of "Sing" have raised 100,000 pounds, while other appearances since then have multiplied that sum. SING's money goes to support efforts such as the Treatment Action Campaign (TAC), which works to fight monther-to-child transmission of HIV>
Lennox is active in many other causes, both personal and political; in 2008 she was awarded the Services to Humanity Award by the British Red Cross.
Please comment thoughtfully about this speaker in your review of our meeting.
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OUR HAPPY HOUR HANGOUT
Join our Happy Hour on Wednesday at 6:00 p.m. Miami time to discuss these videos and the meeting. Follow this link at the appropriate time on Wednesday, October 3.
https://www1.gotomeeting.com/join/597210657
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INTERACTIVE PARTICIPATION
Click this link for the Interactive Crossword.
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THIS IS ROTARY
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JOKE OF THE WEEK
What happened to the frog who parked illegally?
(He got toad!)
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JOINING ROTARY
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ANOTHER SMALL DIVERSION - Are you a Word Dynamo?
Click here for the Word Dynamo quiz. (Choose the Match game if you have the choice.)
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PART 3 OF AN 8-PART DOCUMENTARY - Gangs in Paradise
We can talk about this in the next few weeks...
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MY RIDE TO END POLIO
Click this link to read about the fundraiser planned by Rotary International General Secretary, John Hewko.
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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. Click the SUBMIT button to send off the information requested
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. Ken Guiste will lead you in the video below:
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!
