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?

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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!