Friday 26 October 2012

October 26 - Regular meeting of our Rotary E-club - for the week beginning October 26



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.
Please let us know who you are.  Please click this link to leave your name and club name for our records.
October is Rotary`s celebration of Vocational Service.  

Vocational Service is one of the five avenues of service within Rotary.  It demonstrates how, by using our skills and expertise, we can make the lives of others better - and this leads us to a better, kinder world where citizens can live in peace, not fear - and live with dignity, not desperation.  It's another way that Rotarians can exemplify our Rotary Theme for 2012-13 - Peace through Service.

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!
Interested in joining our club?  If you would like to become a member of our E-club, please follow the link Membership Application and Information.

NOW THE MEETING - 

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



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FUTURE VISION - DISTRICT 7020

www.rotaryfoundation7020.org
The Rotary Foundation Future Vision pilot is in the third year of a three-year test of the new grant structure outlined in the Foundation's Future Vision Plan. All clubs will be able to apply for grants under the new model in 2013.

The new grant model will have only two grant types:
  • Global Grants
  • District Grants 
Click this link to open up the rotary.org site to learn about Future Vision.  Then click the Future Vision tab.


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ERADICATING POLIO

Click this link to view the video - The Last Hurdle.  (About 7 1/2 minutes)


Learn about Rotary's efforts to eradicate polio, and follow a group of Rotarians on a life-changing trip to India for a National Immunization Day.


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THE ABCs OF ROTARY  (by Cliff Dochterman)

Rotary Mottos
Cliff Dochterman
RI President, 1992-93

The first motto of Rotary International, "He Profits Most Who Serves Best," was approved at the second Rotary Convention, held in Portland, Oregon, in August 1911.  The phrase was first stated by a Chicago Rotarian, Art Sheldon, who made a speech in 1910 which included the remark "He profits most who serves his fellows best."

At about the same time, Ben Collins, president of the Rotary Club of Minneapolis, Minnesota, commented that the proper way to organize a Rotary club was through the principle his club had adopted - "Service, Not Self."

These two slogans, slightly modified, were formally approved to be the official mottoes of Rotary at the 1950 Convention in Detroit - "He Profits Most Who Serves Best" and "Service Above Self."

The 1989 Council on Legislation established "Service Above Self" as the principal motto of Rotary, since it best explains the philosophy of unselfish volunteer service.

....from Wikipedia
From 1905 until the 1980s, women were not allowed membership in Rotary clubs, although Rotarian spouses, including Paul Harris' wife, were often members of the similar "Inner Wheel" club.  Women did play some roles, and Paul Harris' wife made numerous speeches.  In 1963, it was noted that the Rotary practice of involving wives in club activities had helped to break down female seclusion in some countries.  Clubs such as Rotary had long been predated by women's voluntary organizations, which started in the United States as early as 1790.
The change of the second Rotarian motto in 2004, from "He profits most who serves best" to "They profit most who serve best," 99 years after its foundation, illustrates the move to general acceptance of women members in Rotary.

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VOCATIONAL SERVICE

The following is an important document for all Rotarians - 

DECLARATION OF ROTARIANS IN BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS

As a Rotarian engaged in a business or profession, I am expected to:

1.  Consider my vocation to be another opportunity to serve;

2.  Be faithful to the letter and to the spirit of the ethical codes of my
vocation, to the laws of my country, and to the moral standards of my
community;

3.  Do all in my power to dignify my vocation and to promote the highest
ethical standards in my chosen vocation;

4.  Be fair to my employer, employees, associates, competitors, customers,
the public, and all those with whom I have a business or professional
relationship;

5.  Recognize the honor and respect due to all occupations which are useful
to society;

6.  Offer my vocational talents: to provide opportunities for young people,
to work for the relief of the special needs of others, and to improve the
quality of life in my community;

7.  Adhere to honesty in my advertising and in all representations to the
public concerning my business or profession;

8.  Neither seek from nor grant to a fellow Rotarian a privilege or advantage
not normally accorded others in a business or professional relationship.

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AN EXCITING PROGRAM in the Virgin Islands - a short video (4 minutes)

In the summer of 2011, we launched our first Summer Leadership Program that would lay the foundation for our 2012 Summer Leadership Institute.  Seven aspiring future leaders set out to make an impact within their local community.

At VI Scholars, we identify, develop, and support future Virgin Island leaders empowering them to effect positive change within their local community.

If you see a message to "Watch on YouTube," simply click the underlined words.  Then remember to click your browser's BACK button to return to the meeting.





For further information and reading, click this link.


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MAIN PRESENTATION - Bruce Aylward - Global Polio Eradication Initiative
(23 minutes)



Bruce Aylward is a Canadian physician and epidemiologist who heads the polio eradication program at WHO (World Health Organization), The Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI).

Since June of 1998, he has been working with the GPEI, directing the effort since February of 2006.  During the course of his medical training, Dr. Aylward travelled and worked in countries throughout South America, Africa, and Asia.  Upon joining the World Health Organization in 1992, Dr. Aylward worked as a Medical Officer with the Expanded Program on Immunization primarily in the areas of measles, neonatal tetanus and hepatitis  vaccination,  and injection safety.  From 1992 to 1997, he worked with national immunization programs at the field level in the Middle East, Western Pacific, Europe, North Africa, central and southeast Asia.

Aylward has overseen and managed the scale-up of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative between 1997 and 2008, during which time the program expanded to operate in every country of the world, the annual global budget increased to $700 million a year, polio-funded staff deployed by the WHO increased to over 3,500 people worldwide, and new monovalent oral poliovirus vaccines were developed for the program.

"We're not trying to control polio. We're not trying to get it down to just a few cases, because this disease is like a root fire; it can explode again if you don't snuff it out completely.  What we're looking for is a permanent solution."  (Bruce Aylward)

Click this link to view the presentation.  (And click your browser's BACK button to return to the meeting.)

Please comment thoughtfully on this presentation in your review of our Rotary meeting.

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JOIN OUR HAPPY HOUR HANGOUT




Join our Happy Hour on Wednesdays at 6:00 p.m. Miami time to discuss these videos and the meeting.  Click the link below just before 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday, October 31 to join us.

https://www1.gotomeeting.com/join/676309184

Please contact us for more information.

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ROTARY BASICS

The Organization of Rotary

Rotary is essentially a grassroots organization, with most if its service efforts being carried out at the club level.  The district and international structure is designed to support the clubs and help them provide more service in their local communities and abroad.

Clubs.  Rotarians are members of Rotary clubs, which belong to the global association Rotary International (RI).  Each club elects its own officers and enjoys considerable autonomy within the framework of Rotary's constitution and bylaws.


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Rotary E-Learning Center


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WHY JOIN OUR E-CLUB?




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MUSICAL INTERLUDE - Jackie Evancho


For those of you who don't know of Jackie Evancho, I've copied some information below from Wikipedia.

Jackie was born April 9, 2000, and has gained wide recognition at an early age. Between 2008 and 2010, she entered several talent competitions; made singing appearances, mostly in Pennsylvania (including at Pittsburgh Pirates baseball games); issued an independent album, Prelude to a Dream; and attracted interest on YouTube.

She impressed composers Tim Janis and David Foster, each of whom included her in his concerts beginning in 2009. Later in 2010, at the age of 10, she gained wider popularity with her performances in the fifth season of the America's Got Talent (AGT) competition, finishing in second place.


Listen to the angelic voice of young Jackie Evancho singing To Believe - a song written by her uncle.  Click your browser's back button to return to the meeting.




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JOKE OF THE WEEK

With only two tellers working at the bank, the line I was standing in was moving very slowly. As I waited, I began to fill in my withdrawal slip. Not sure of the date, I turned and asked the woman behind me.

"It's the fifth," she replied.

From the back of the line a man advised, "Don't write it in yet!"


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OVERVIEW OF OUR CARIBBEAN NEIGHBOUR - DISTRICT 7030 

(A Caribbean Rotary neighbor District,  south of Rotary District 7020)

This excellent video below reflects very well on District 7030. Kudos to District 7030 for such an excellent production!




The video above provides some insight into The Caribbean as a whole,  and specifically to District 7030. Much of the information also relates to Rotary in general - and shows what Rotary can accomplish in the Caribbean and elsewhere.
St. Maarten Sunrise (District 7020) also participates in the Step-by-Step program.  
(Click this link to read about the Step-by-Step programme with St. Maarten Sunrise.)

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SHORT REMINDER - VOCATIONAL SERVICE 
(as Rotary Vocational Service month draws to a close)



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PART 6 OF AN 8-PART SERIES - Gangs in Paradise

An ongoing report...




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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.  Complete all 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.  Adopted by Rotary International in 1934, The Four-Way Test remains an essential standard against which Rotarians measure ETHICAL behavior.

Rotarian Dr. Robert Leger from Haiti, who is the District 7020 Future Vision Chair for French language, and the District Future Vision Co-ordinator, will lead us.  Please join in...


Rotary's Four-Way Test of the things we think, say, or do:

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!


Friday 19 October 2012

October 19 - Regular meeting of the E-club - week beginning October 19, 2012





Before we start -

Click this link to discover in 30 seconds What is Rotary?

Click your browser's BACK button to return to the meeting!

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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, experience all that we have to offer through the meeting, become inspired and excited about Rotary, and finish up by reciting the Four-Way Test along with our guest presenter.

Please let us know who you are.  Please click this link to leave your name and club name for our records.

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.

October is Rotary`s Vocational Service month.  October 24 is World Polio Day.
Visiting Rotarians.  If you are a visiting Rotarian, please follow the link Apply for a Make-up to receive a make-up confirmation.
(If you have difficulty with the form, please click this link.)
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 joining us at our HHH, please follow the link later in the meeting and click the link next Wednesday at 6:00 p.m. Miami time.   Drinks are on the house!  (Your house, that is...)  Hope to see you there!
Interested in becoming a member?  If you would like to become a member of our E-club, please follow the link Membership Application and Information.

AND NOW THE MEETING - 

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





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THE MISSING PIECE




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THE ABCs OF ROTARY  (by Cliff Dochterman)
Cliff Dochterman
RI President, 1992-93

Some Rotary Firsts


  • The first Rotary club meeting was in Chicago, Illinois, on February 23, 1905.
  • The first regular luncheon meetings were in Oakland, California, chartered in 1909.
  • The first Rotary convention was in Chicago in 1910.
  • The first Rotary club outside the United States was chartered in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, in 1910.
  • The first Rotary club outside North America was chartered in Dublin, Ireland, in 1911.
  • The first Rotary club in a non-English-speaking country was in Havana, Cuba, in 1916.
  • The first Rotary club in South America was chartered in Montevideo, Uruguay, in 1918.
  • The first Rotary club in Asia was chartered in Manila, Philippines, in 1919.
  • The first Rotary club in Africa was chartered in Johannesburg, South Africa, in 1921.
  • The first Rotary club in Australia was chartered in Melbourne in 1921.

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POLIO - World Polio Day - October 24




Rotary International Marks World Polio Day from Rotary International on Vimeo.

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Click this link to view another short Rotary video on Polio. (And don't forget to click your browser's BACK button to return.)

Click this link to read about the latest successes (and an update) on polio worldwide. (...and again, click your browser's BACK button to return.)



And just this week, MORE MONEY is dedicated to Polio.  Click this link to read more.  (...and again, click your browser's BACK button to return.)


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SPEAKER - The main presentation - Honey Bees

The topic for this meeting is another fascinating talk - this time on honey bees.  The speaker is Noah Wilson-Rich, and his topic is "Every City Needs Healthy Honey Bees."

Bees have been rapidly and mysteriously disappearing from rural areas, with grave implications for agriculture.  But bees seem to flourish in urban environments, and cities need their help too.  Noah Wilson-Rich suggests that urban beekeeping might play a role in revitalizing both a city and a species.

A brief bio:  Noah Wilson-Rich founded Best Bees Company in his Boston apartment while getting his Ph.D. at Tufts University.  Best Bees supplies gardeners and any other interested parties in the Boston area with beehives, as well as the resources, materials and appropriate consultation for their upkeep.  

This service is a nontraditional means of raising money for research to improve honey bee health.  Profits from installing and managing these honey beehives goes to fund Wilson-Rich's research into bee diseases.
"...Encourage yourself to recognize honey bees as so much more than icky bugs, but vitally important creatures who provide us with food and flowers.  Value honey bees."  (Noah Wilson-Rich)
Click this link to view the video, which is about 12 minutes in length.  Click your browser's BACK button to return to the meeting.

Please comment thoughtfully about this speaker in your review of our meeting.

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OUR HAPPY HOUR HANGOUT

Join our weekly Happy Hour on Wednesday, October 24, at 6:00 p.m. Miami time to discuss these videos and the meeting.  Click the link below - just before 6:00 p.m. on October 24.


https://www1.gotomeeting.com/join/809311920


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ROTARY BASICS

Rotary International, the world's first service club organization, is made up of over 32,000 clubs in more than 200 countries and geographical areas.  Its members form a global network of business and professional leaders who volunteer their time and talents to serve their communities and the world.

Rotary's motto, Service Above Self, exemplifies the humanitarian spirit of the organization's more than 1.2 million members.  Strong fellowship among Rotarians and meaningful community and international service projects characterize Rotary worldwide.

Rotary enjoys a rich and sometimes complex tradition and organizational structure, with many programs and customs that can be confusing to new and even not-so-new members.  The Rotary Basics, offers a basic Rotary education - the fundamental knowledge that will make every member better informed about Rotary and proud to be a Rotarian.


VOCATIONAL SERVICE 

The Four-Way Test

The Four-Way Test was conceived in 1932 by Herbert J. Taylor, a member of the Rotary Club of Chicago who served as the 1954-55 president of Rotary International.

Having been assigned the task of saving a company from bankruptcy, Taylor developed the test as an ethical guide to follow in all business matters. The company’s survival was credited to this simple philosophy.

Adopted by Rotary International in 1934, The Four-Way Test remains an essential standard against
which Rotarians measure ethical behavior. The test has been translated into dozens of languages and promoted by Rotarians worldwide.

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THIS IS ROTARY




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JOKE OF THE WEEK


When the mother returned from the grocery store, her small son pulled out the box of animal crackers he had begged for. Then he spread the animal-shaped crackers all over the kitchen counter.

"What are you doing?" his mom asked.

"The box says you can't eat them if the seal is broken," the boy explained. "I'm looking for the seal."

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COMING TOGETHER IN PEACE - Get set for an inspiring trip round the world!!

No matter who you are, no matter where you go in your life, at some point you gonna need somebody to stand by you.



Can you list the countries represented here??

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A RANDOM ACT OF KINDNESS (AOK) can cause a ripple effect that impacts the entire world.

A random act of kindness can be anything you do to help others.




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INTERACTIVE ACTIVITY


Try your hand at this online crossword puzzle based on the contents of this Rotary meeting.

Click this link to open the puzzle.  Again, click your browser's BACK button to return to the meeting.

Enjoy the puzzle.  It's a fun, interactive, online activity.


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PART 5 OF AN 8-PART DOCUMENTARY - Gangs in Paradise

We can talk about this for 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.  Click SUBMIT to send all the information requested to our 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.  Adopted by Rotary International in 1934, The Four-Way Test remains an essential standard against which Rotarians measure ETHICAL behavior.

Our District Governor-elect, Jeremy Hurst, will lead us.

The Rotary Four-Way Test of the things we think, say, or do:

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!

Friday 12 October 2012

October 12 - Regular Meeting of our E-club - Week beginning October 12
















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.

October is Rotary Vocational Service month.  October 24 is World Polio Day.

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.

Visiting Rotarians.  If you are a visiting Rotarian, please follow the link Apply for a Make-up to receive a make-up confirmation.
Please let us know who you are. Just as at a regular Rotary club meeting, we would like to recognize our visitors.   Please click this link to leave your name and club name for our records.
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!

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.


NOW - ENJOY THE MEETING

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



The program for this week - outlined in the short video below -


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VOCATIONAL SERVICE - 


































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THE ABCs OF ROTARY  (by Cliff Dochterman)


Object of Rotary
Cliff Dochterman
RI President, 1992-93

In some areas of the world, weekly Rotary club meetings begin with all members standing and reciting the Object of Rotary.  This statement, which comes from the Constitution of Rotary, is frequently seen on a wall plaque in Rotarians' offices or place of business.

The Object of Rotary is "to encourage and foster the ideal of service as a basis of worthy enterprise."

The statement then lists four areas by which this "ideal of service" is fostered:  through the development of acquaintance as the opportunity for service; the promotion of high ethical standards in business and professions; through service in one's personal, business and community life; and the advancement of international understanding, goodwill and peace.

The Object of Rotary has not always been expressed in this manner.  The original Constitution of 1906 had three objects:  promotion of business interests, promotion of good fellowship, and the advancement of the best interests of the community.

By 1910, Rotary had five Objects as increased emphasis was given to expanding Rotary.  By 1915, there were six Objects.  In 1918, the Objects were rewritten again and reduced to four.  Four years later, they had again grown to six and were revised again in 1927.

Finally, at the 1935 Mexico City Convention, the six Objects were restated and reduced to four.  The last major change came in 1951, when the "Objects" were streamlined and changed to a single "Object" which is manifested in four separate ways.

The "Ideal of Service" is the key phrase in the Object of Rotary.  This ideal is an attitude of being a thoughtful and helpful person in all of one's endeavours.  That's what the Object truly means.

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ROTARY MOMENTS - A short video



Click this link to view a short video - RI President Sakuji Tanaka:  The Power of Rotary Moments. President Tanaka wants to focus on MEMBERSHIP during his year as Rotary International President.

We must share our achievements (our Rotary moments) with those around us and with the world.  

Membership is our responsibility.


Click your browser's BACK button to return to this Rotary meeting.

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ONE RANDOM ACT OF KINDNESS - AOK

Click this link to watch a short video about one random act of kindness. (The video begins after a 15-second advertisement.)

Winnipeg Transit bus driver who gave his own shoes to a homeless man last week says he hopes others will carry out their own "AOKs," or Acts of Kindness.
The story of Kris Doubledee's generous act went viral after stunned Winnipeg Transit passengers saw the bus driver giving the shoes off his feet to a man on September 18.
Let's "get on board" with the AOK Movement. 

Here is another "take" on this story from another source.  Click this link.


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ROTARY VOCATIONAL SERVICE MONTH - October

What does it mean?

Membership in Rotary is based on a member’s vocation, with each club striving to create a microcosm of its community’s business and professional world. This unique feature provides the source for Rotary’s historic commitment to vocational service, the second of Rotary’s four Avenues of Service.

Through vocational service, Rotarians are expected to
  • adhere to and promote high ethical standards in all their business dealings 
  • recognize the worthiness of all useful occupations, and 
  • contribute their professional expertise and skills to addressing societal problems and needs.
The club and its members share responsibility for promoting vocational service.

Each club should develop projects that allow members to use their business and professional skills. Members are expected to contribute to these projects and to conduct their own business dealings in accordance with Rotary principles.

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A TRIP TO HAITI

Please view this short video about the BVI Rotarians' trip to Haiti.  You should find it most enjoyable!




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OUR HAPPY HOUR HANGOUT - next Wednesday, October 17.

A time to meet real time!  Join us for a visit!

Join our Happy Hour on Wednesday at 6:00 p.m. Miami time to discuss these videos and the meeting.  If you wish to attend, please click this link just before 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday, October 17.


  • Or Click the link below.
  • Or Copy the link below into your browser's address button.  

https://www1.gotomeeting.com/join/706217288

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INTERACTIVE PARTICIPATION

Try your hand at the online crossword puzzle below.  The link will open.  Complete the puzzle.  Press your browser's BACK BUTTON to return to this page.

Click this link to work at the crossword that highlights the Rotary Club of Tortola's Visit to Haiti.



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INTERVIEW - FORMER CHILD SOLDIER -  talks briefly about his life



Please comment thoughtfully on this topic in your meeting review.


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ROTARY - MAKE A WORLD OF DIFFERENCE




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ROTARY IS HUMANITY IN MOTION 

Focus on Membership

Alone, our reach is limited.  No matter how great our intentions, on our own, we can only stretch so far.  But at Rotary, we believe the right group of people, working together, can make our communities - our world - a better place.




Interact - Ages 12-18
Rotaract - Ages 18 - 30

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PART 4 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 this link to apply for a meeting make-up.
2.  Click SUBMIT to send off all the information requested to our 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.  Adopted by Rotary International in 1934, The Four-Way Test remains an essential standard against which Rotarians measure ETHICAL behavior.

PAG Felix Stubbs from Bahamas (Chair of Disaster Relief for District 7020) will lead us:

The Rotary Four-Way Test of the things we think, say, or do:

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!

Thursday 4 October 2012

Regular Rotary E-club meeting - Week of October 5














Dear Fellow Rotarians, visitors and guests!

A special welcome this week to our District 7020 Rotaractors!  This meeting is prepared with special emphasis on our Rotary family, ages 18 through 30.  However, we trust that all visitors will find the time spent here worthwhile and beneficial!

WELCOME TO OUR E-CLUB!  

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

October is Rotary Vocational Service month.  However, this particular meeting is in celebration of the Rotaract PETS conference this week.

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.

A few note about how to proceed -

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.  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.

And now to the meeting - 

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)

Every Rotarian an Example to Youth

Cliff Dochterman
RI President, 1992-93

In much of the official literature of Rotary International relating to service to young people, a special slogan will be found - "Every Rotarian an Example to Youth."  These words were adopted in 1949 by the Rotary International Board of Directors as an expression of commitment to children and youth in each community in which Rotary clubs exist.  Serving young people has long been an important part of the Rotary program.

Youth service projects take many forms around the world.  Rotarians sponsor Boy Scout and Girl Scout troops, athletic teams, handicapped children's centers, school safety patrols, summer camps, recreation areas, safe driving clinics, county fairs, child care centers and children's hospitals.  Many clubs provide vocational counselling, establish youth employment programs and promote use of the Four-Way Test.  Increasingly, drug and alcohol abuse prevention projects are being supported by Rotarians.

In every instance, Rotarians have an opportunity to be role models for the young men and women of their community.  One learns to serve by observing others.  As our youth grow to become adult leaders, it is hoped each will achieve that same desire and spirit to serve future generations of children and youth.

The slogan accepted over 50 years ago is just as vital today.  It is a very thoughtful challenge - "Every Rotarian an Example to Youth."

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SPEAKER ONE - Natalie Warne - Leadership One


At 18, Natalie Warne’s work with the Invisible Children movement made her a hero for young activists. She uses her inspiring story to remind us that no one is too young to change the world. (Filmed at TEDxTeen.)

Natalie Warne did not let being too young stop her from running a successful campaign for the Invisible Children project.   In this talk, she calls on young people everywhere not to let age stop them from changing the world.

When she was 17, Natalie Warne learned about the Invisible Children Project -- a campaign to rescue Ugandan children from Joseph Kony’s child armies. As an intern for Invisible Children, she led a nation-wide campaign for the project.  She successfully got the campaign featured on the Oprah Winfrey show, a victory that dramatically raised the profile of the movement.  Natalie now works as a film editor in Los Angeles.

Click this link to view the inspiring video.

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PAUL HARRIS said
May you be builders, not mere climbers.
--The Rotarian, February 1916 
Let us keep our hearts strong, enthusiasm fresh, hope high.  As long as we keep imbued with this spirit, Rotary can never die.
--The Rotarian, August 1926  
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POLIO

One of the original posters designed to publicize the plight of polio -




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DOING GOOD - 




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SPEAKER TWO - Everyday Leadership - Drew Dudley - Leadership Two


Drew Dudley’s interest in developing people’s leadership began when he was the Leadership Development coordinator at the University of Toronto, Scarborough. In 2010 he founded Nuance Leadership Development Services, a company that creates leadership curricula for communities, organizations and individuals -- a subject on which he also speaks widely.


We have all changed someone’s life -- usually without even realizing it. In this funny talk, Drew Dudley calls on all of us to celebrate leadership as the everyday act of improving each other’s lives. (Filmed at TEDxToronto.)

Drew Dudley believes leadership is not a characteristic reserved for the extraordinary. He works to help people discover the leader within themselves.

Click this link to view this entertaining video.

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WHY JOIN OUR E-CLUB?




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HAPPY HOUR HANGOUT




Click the link below to join the meeting on Wednesday, October 10 at 6:00 p.m. Miami Time.

   https://www1.gotomeeting.com/join/651793489

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INTERACTIVE ACTIVITY




Click this link to try your hand at the very short interactive crossword about the content of this week's meeting.





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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, Haresh Ramchandani, who is Assistant District Trainer, District Foundation  Grants Chair, and a past Assistant Governor, will lead us:



Rotary's Four-Way Test of the things we think, say, or do:

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!