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.
The Rotary theme for September is New Generations - Rotaract, Interact, and EarlyAct.
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.
First a little introductory "housekeeping" information:
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. 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!
If you have trouble with the links, please send an email directly to Kitty at ladykitt@sympatico.ca.
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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THE ABCs OF ROTARY (by Cliff Dochterman)
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| Cliff Dochterman RI President, 1992-93 |
The Official Rotary Flag
An official flag was formally adopted by Rotary International at the 1929 Convention in Dallas, Texas. The Rotary flag consists of a white field with the official wheel emblem emblazoned in gold in the center of the field.
The four depressed spaces on the rim of the Rotary wheel are colored royal blue. The words "Rotary" and "International" printed at the top and bottom depressions on the wheel rim are also gold. The shaft in the hub and the keyway of the wheel are white.
The first official Rotary flag reportedly was flown in Kansas City, Missouri, in January 1915. In 1922, a small Rotary flag was carried over the South Pole by Admiral Richard Byrd, a member of the Winchester, Virginia, Rotary Club. Four years later, the admiral carried a Rotary flag in his expedition to the North Pole.
The Rotary flag is always prominently displayed at the World Headquarters as well as all conventions and official events of Rotary International.
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A LITTLE MORE ABOUT CLIFF DOCHTERMAN
A short video that provides more about former Rotary International President, Cliff Dochterman.
Real happiness is helping others. When people reach out and touch the lives of other people, so much more comes back into your own.
-- Cliff Dochterman
We can discuss this at our Happy Hour Hangout on Wednesday.
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WHY ROTARY?
The best people to tell you about Rotary are Rotarians.
Click this link to view an insightful video prepared by RIBI - Rotary International of Great Britain and Ireland.
Click your browser's BACK button to return to this main meeting page.
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THE FIRST SPEAKER
A passion for rodents and a passion for Africa!!
Click this link for the video.
QUESTION - Does this idea challenge your perception of the resources surrounding you?
Other (optional) reading to support the talk –
- http://www.the-monitor.org/index.php
- http://www.the-monitor.org/index.php/LM/Press-Room/Press-Releases/Press-Release-Landmine-Monitor-2011
POLIO UPDATE
Click this link below to read the article Don't Fall at the Finish Line to Eradicate Polio.
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Paul Harris said -
Kaleidoscopic changes area taking place, many of them without our will. Even to hang on to the fringe of this fast-changing world is about all most of us can do.I would like to think that the pioneering days of Rotary has only just begun. There are just as many new things to be done as ever there were.
Rotary simply must continue to pioneer or be left in the rear of progress.
-- The Rotarian, February 1945
(And does this apply to the advent of the E-club?)
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TEXTING TO SAVE LIVES
When Nancy Lublin started texting teenagers to help with her social advocacy organization, what she found was shocking. They started texting her back about their own problems, from bullying to depression to abuse.
So, Nancy is setting a text-only crisis line, and the results might be even more important than expected.
Nancy is CEO and chief Old Person at DoSomething.org, where she harnesses the extraordinary energy of teens and focuses it on issues they care passionately about.
DoSomething.org is the largest organization in America for young people and social change.
Nancy is deeply passionate about Do Something, and the activist mission behind the organization.
"The parents in the room know that texting is actually the best way to communicate with your kids. It might be the only way to communicate with your kids."
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DOING GOOD THROUGH ROTARY - A short video
Click this link to view the video.
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PART 1 OF AN 8-PART DOCUMENTARY - Gangs in Paradise
We will consider this topic throughout the next 8 weeks...
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INTERACTIVE ACTIVITY
Click here to open the puzzle online. Return to the meeting when you are finished.
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Don't forget to join our join our Happy Hour Hangout on Wednesday at 6:00 p.m. Miami time to discuss these videos and the meeting. Please email us for information.
(Or email Kitty directly at ladykitt@sympatico.ca if the link above does not work for you.)
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.
Note that RI requires you to spend a minimum of 30 minutes online to qualify for a make-up.
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. PDG Diana will guide 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.
Still, we must strive to be "ichiban." (Reference to our speaker, Sakuji Tanaka, at our first meeting.)
Rotary cheers!
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