Rotary E-Club of the Caribbean, 7020: November 2012

Friday 30 November 2012

November 30 - Regular meeting of Rotary E-club of the Caribbean, 7020 for week beginning November 30

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.

November as Rotary's Foundation Month is ending. We shortly begin December, The Family of Rotary month. What can we do to include our families?

Visiting Rotarians. If you are a visiting Rotarian, please click the link Apply for a Make-up to receive a make-up confirmation.

Members. If you are a member of the club, please click the link to Club Member Attendance to give you details of what you need to include in your email.

Happy Hour Hangout. Each Wednesday evening at 6:00 p.m. Atlantic Time (5:00 p.m. Eastern/Miami Time) 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 becoming a member? If you would like to become a member of our E-club, please click the link Membership Application and Information.

As a clarification, we encourage our E-club members not only to participate online with the E-club and the E-club activities, but also to participate with Rotary clubs at service projects in their local communities at the level they feel comfortable. It is the best of all possible worlds!

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

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ABCs OF ROTARY (Cliff Dochterman)

International Responsibilities of a Rotarian

As an international organization, Rotary offers each member unique opportunities and responsibilities. Although each Rotarian has first responsibility to uphold the obligations of citizenship of his or her own country, membership in rotary enables Rotarians to take a somewhat different view of international affairs.

In the early 1950s, a Rotary philosophy was adopted to describe how a Rotarian may think on a global basis. Here is what it said:

A world-minded Rotarian:

looks beyond national patriotism and considers himself as sharing responsibility for the advancement of international understanding, goodwill and peace
resists any tendency to act in terms of national or racial superiority
seeks and develops common grounds for agreement with peoples of other lands
defends the rule of law and order to preserve the liberty of the individual so that he may enjoy freedom of thought, speech and assembly, and freedom from persecution, aggression, want and fear
supports action directed toward improving standards of living for all peoples, realizing that poverty anywhere endangers prosperity everywhere
upholds the principles of justice for mankind
strives always to promote peace between nations and prepares to make personal sacrifices for that ideal
urges and practices a spirit of understanding of every other man's beliefs as a step toward international goodwill, recognizing that there are certain basic moral and spiritual standards which will ensure a richer, fuller life

That is quite an assignment for any Rotarian to practice in thoughts and actions!

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THE ROTARY FOUNDATION - The Heart of Rotary

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FIVE REASONS TO GIVE TO THE ROTARY FOUNDATION

Click this link to read all about it. Don't forget to click your browser's BACK button to return to the meeting.

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ROTARY YOUTH EXCHANGE - One exciting program through The Rotary Foundation

View the video below promoting Rotary Youth Exchange.

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DAVID SUZUKI - first a brief introduction

David Suzuki is an award-winning scientist, environmentalist and broadcaster.

Born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, he earned a B.A. at Amherst College (Mass.) in 1958, followed by a PhD in genetics at the University of Chicago in 1961. He was a professor of genetics at the University of British Columbia from 1969 until 1993, when he became an Associate in the University of British Columbia's Sustainable Development Research Institute, while continuing to pursue his international environmental and media work.

He has written 32 books, including 15 children's books. He resides in Vancouver, Canada

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View his message below about our environment

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SPEAKER - ENGINEERING IN HAITI

Peter Haas has a message:

"Haiti was not a natural disaster," says TED Fellow Peter Haas: "It was a disaster of engineering."

As the country rebuilds after the deadly quake in January of 2010, are bad old building practices creating another ticking time bomb? Haas's group, AIDG, is helping Haiti's builders learn modern building and engineering practices, to assemble a strong country brick by brick.

Click this link to view the video. Remember to click your browser's BACK button to return to the meeting.

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Paul Harris said -

What Rotary will be one hundred years hence, none living can imagine. There is nothing impossible to Rotary now.

-- The Rotarian, February 1915

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HAPPY HOUR HANGOUT - Wednesday, December 5

Don't forget to join our join our Happy Hour Hangout on Wednesday at 6:00 p.m. Atlantic time to discuss these videos and the meeting.

Click the link below just before 6:00 p.m. Atlantic Time on Wednesday, December 5, to join the Happy Hour Hangout. We welcome you!

https://www1.gotomeeting.com/join/988960121

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PART 1 OF 2 - BACK2LIFE (Kingston, Jamaica)

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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. Please include all the 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. Assistant Governor, Jim Ferris, from St. Maarten leads 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.

Let's all try to become Ichiban. (Reference from RI President in our first meeting!)

Rotary cheers!

Friday 23 November 2012

November 23 - Regular meeting of the Rotary E-club of the Caribbean, 7020 for the week beginning November 23

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.

November is Rotary`s celebration of The Rotary Foundation (TRF).

Visiting Rotarians. If you are a visiting Rotarian, please follow the link Apply for a Make-up.

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

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

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CELEBRATING 20 YEARS OF ROTARY IN THE UKRAINE - a short video

Click this link to view the video. Don't forget to click your browser's BACK button to return to the meeting.

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ABCs OF ROTARY (Cliff Dochterman)

First Names or Nicknames

Cliff Dochterman
RI President, 1992-93

From the earliest days of Rotary, members have referred to each other on a first-name basis. Since personal acquaintanceship and friendship are cornerstones of Rotary, it was natural that many clubs adopted the practice of setting aside formal titles in conversations among members. Individuals who normally would be addressed as Doctor, Professor, Mister, the Honorable, or Sir, are regularly called Joe, Bill, Charley, or Jerry by other Rotarians.

The characteristic Rotary club name badge fosters the first-name custom. In a few areas, such as Europe, club members use a more formal style in addressing fellow members. In other parts of the world, mainly in Asian countries, the practice is to assign each new Rotarian a humorous nickname which relates to some personal characteristic or which is descriptive of the member's business or profession.

A member nicknamed "Oxygen" is the manufacturer of chemical gas products. "Trees" is the nickname for the Rotarian in the lumber business, "Building" is the contractor, "Paper" is the stationery or office supply retailer. Other members might carry nicknames like "Muscles," "Foghorn" or "Smiles" as commentaries on their physical features.

The nicknames are frequently a source of good-natured fun and fellowship. But whether a Rotarian is addressed by a given first name or a nickname, the spirit of personal friendship is the initial step which opens doors to all other opportunities for service.

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THE ROTARY FOUNDATION - main topic

Rotary Foundation Matching Grants support the Bitone children's center in Uganda, which brings music, dance, and opportunity to underprivileged children.

The first video is a short introductory video.

A second video on the school in Uganda is below contains more information:

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GRANTS MANAGEMENT SEMINAR(S)

The purpose of the Rotary Foundation Grants Management Seminars is to prepare the clubs for Future Vision which will cease to be Future Vision and will become the grants model for The Rotary Foundation on July 1, 2013.

The Grants Management Seminar is a requirement of TRF that at least 2 members of any club that wishes to be certified must attend this seminar. Once a club is certified, then the club can have access to the funding – from TRF and from the District as well.

Rotary was concerned that the monies expended on its projects were considerable, and yet the projects were not as effective as they could be. Indications were that 80 percent of projects were small and having less impact than Rotary hoped for. Only 20 per cent of the projects were big enough to make an impact in their communities and big enough to give RI a better public image, attract members and donations.

So a new model was created and tested with 100 pilot districts since 2010. The aim of the new model is to reverse that trend of 80 per cent small and 20 per cent large projects to 80 per cent large projects and 20 per cent smaller projects.

Our District Governor-elect (DGE) Jeremy Hurst wants the process for applying for all grants to be simple - an identical process applying for district grants and for TRF global grants.

There will be only two grants now: (1) District grants and (2) Global grants.

One of the major changes will be a focus on two words beginning with "S." These are

Stewardship
Sustainability

In the next Rotary year 2013-14, we anticipate that the District Designated Funds (DDF) level will be about $130,000. That figure is calculated on the fact that three years ago – when PDG Diana was governor - our district contributed $260,000 to TRF. Half of that amount comes back to the district three years later according to the SHARE program - where half goes to the World Fund and half returns to the District. So, roughly $130,000 will return to District 7020 for 2013-14.

Accordingly, in the next Rotary year, we anticipate that District 7020 will receive $130,000. From that amount (which is half of what we contributed three years ago), the global grant allocation will be half again - and the district grant allocation will also be half - $65,000. Half of the half. So, $65,000 will be available for global grants from the district and $65,000 for the distribution to the district according to the wishes of the DG.

The new District Grant will take the place of, and is similar to, the old District Simplified Grant (DSG).

The district grant is a block grant given to the district. It represents a portion of the funding according to the SHARE system, in which the district got back 50 per cent - and in our case, it's the $65,000 mentioned above.

Under the old DSG, the District Governor (DG) could use 20 per cent of that 50 per cent for District Simplified grants.
Under the new model, the DG can use 50 per cent of that 50 per cent - and in this case, all of the $65,000.

This change gives the district a lot more money and a lot more flexibility to do district grants than previously. Because we contributed $260,000 three years ago, we expect to receive $130,000 for the 2013-14 year, and half of that (50 per cent - or $65,000) can be used for the District grants. DGE Jeremy wishes to take all of that $65,000 (the maximum allowed) and use it all for DDF - funds for the district.

Considering the $65,000, and how it should be distributed, DGE Jeremy and his team have decided that there will be available nine district grants of $5000, for a total of $45,000. Once that's gone, it's gone. So, clubs will have to consider their needs and get their proposals in to the district in good time.

So, 9 district grants of $5000 each! Excellent! Competitive grants!

That leaves $20,000. And from that remaining $20,000, DGE Jeremy wants to keep $10,000 in reserve and to apply $10,000 in a rather unique way:

Five $2000 grants for projects that will be partnerships between Rotary Clubs and either Interact or Rotaract or both - sponsored by the Rotary Club, but a project initiated by Rotaract and Interact and planned with the Interact and Rotaract as equal partners with Rotary. The Rotary club, of course, will be responsible for completing and submitting the application.

5 grants of $2000 each. Excellent! Competitive grants, so the clubs have to get started as soon as possible.

More information can be found at the following resources:

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LOVELY - IN HAITI (an article to read and a short video to view)

You will find this story most inspiring and heartfelt. You will be transported back to that day in Haiti and the horrors of the earthquake. You will meet the heroes - the local heroes. This is a must read!

Click the link below. (Click your browser's BACK button to return to our meeting.)

http://www.thestar.com/news/insight/article/1233232--the-story-of-a-hero-in-haiti

Below is an updated video (1 1/2 minutes) showing Lovely in Haiti.

Click here. Again, you must click your browser's BACK button to return to the meeting.

There is also a previous story on Lovely, from Haiti, by Catherine Porter. (Again, click your browser's BACK button to return to this meeting page.)

http://www.thestar.com/news/world/article/1216416--column-a-good-day-in-haiti-as-lovely-graduates-from-kindergarten-porter

Please comment thoughtfully on these articles in your review of our Rotary meeting.

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ROTARY BASICS -

Effective Rotary Clubs - Obligations of Club Membership

The club is the cornerstone of Rotary, where the most meaningful work is carried out. All effective Rotary clubs are responsible for four key elements:

sustaining or increasing their membership base
participating in service projects that benefits their own community and those in other countries
supporting The Rotary Foundation of RI (TRF) financially and through program participation
developing leaders capable of serving in Rotary beyond the club level

What Rotarians get out of Rotary depends largely on what they put into it. Many membership requirements are designed to help members more fully participate in, and enjoy, their Rotary experience.

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DID YOU KNOW?

1910-11 - Paul Harris was elected first president of National Association of Rotary Clubs at the first convention.

1911-13 - Clubs were formed in Canada, Great Britain, and Ireland; organization name changed to International Association of Rotary Clubs.

1915-16 - A Rotary club was chartered in Cuba, the first non-English-speaking Rotary country.

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THE ROTARY FOUNDATION - What is it?

A very good and quick overview!

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And one final "make-you-smile" interlude.

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Possible Fundraising idea for District 7020 and our E-club

Have a look at this website below. The internet auction is currently running until early December. Something like thie within our district, sponsored by our E-club, might be extremely successful. And don't forget to click your browser's BACK button to return...

www.parrysoundrotaryauction.com

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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. Include all the 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. Rotarians Jon Hart and Rebecca Low, from Sint Maarten, will lead us.

Thursday 15 November 2012

November 16 - Regular meeting of our E-club of the Caribbean, 7020 for the week beginning November 16

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

November is Rotary's celebration of The Rotary Foundation.

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 p.m. Caribbean Time (5:00 p.m. Miami time) we meet for a live chat and sometimes business discussion. If you are interested in dropping by, please click the link below to join our HHH. Drinks are on the house! (Your house, that is...) Hope to see you there!

Click the link just before 6:00 p.m. Caribbean Time on Wednesday, November 21.

https://www1.gotomeeting.com/join/832306072

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.

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

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ABCs OF ROTARY (Cliff Dochterman)

The Rotarian and Regional Magazines

Even though this is only November, it may interest you to know the history of the Rotary magazine.

The month of April is annually designated as Rotary Magazine Month, an occasion to recognize and promote the reading and use of the official RI magazine, THE ROTARIAN, and the regional magazines.

At left - Cliff Dochterman (RI President, 1993-94)

THE ROTARIAN has been around since 1911 as the medium to communicate with Rotarians and to advance the program and Object of Rotary. A primary goal of the magazine is to support the annual theme and philosophy of the RI president and to disseminate information about new and special programs, major meeting, and the emphasis of the several official "months" of Rotary.

THE ROTARIAN provides a forum in which both Rotary-related and general-interest topics may be explored. The magazine serves as an excellent source of information and ideas for programs at Rotary club meetings and district conferences. Many articles promote international fellowship, goodwill, and understanding. Regular readers usually have superior knowledge of the activities of Rotary and how each Rotarian may be more fully involved in the Five Avenues of Service around the world.

In addition to THE ROTARIAN, there are 28 regional magazines printed in 22 languages. Although each regional publication has its own unique style and content, they all provide Rotarians with up-to-date information and good reading in April - and all through the year.

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A NEW SYMBOL FOR PEACE

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DID YOU KNOW?

1905 - Chicago attorney Paul Harris organized the first Rotary meeting on 23 February, leading to formation of the Rotary Club of Chicago.

1906 - Rotary Club of Chicago provided a public toilet outside City Hall, Rotary's first community service project.

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ROTARY IS SOWING HOPE - THROUGH THE ROTARY FOUNDATION

See how The Rotary Foundation is helping farmers in Mongolia.

Click this link to view the video. Then click the arrow to start the video.

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

Keep Mongolia Green, a partnership between Rotarians in Korea and Mongolia, is fighting dust storms from the Gobi by planting trees and creating community farms.

Please support The Rotary Foundation.

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PEACE - a message from Rotary International President - Sakuji Tanaka

Click this link to view the message from Rotary International President, Sakuji Tanaka.

The Rotary President Sends a Message of Peace from Rotary International on Vimeo.

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ROTARY BASICS

Responsibilities of Club Membership

ATTENDANCE

Attending weekly club meetings allows members to enjoy their club's fellowship, enrich their professional and personal knowledge, and meet other business leaders in their community. Many larger communities offer clubs with different meeting times, including early morning, the lunch hour, after work, and evening.

If members miss their own club's meeting, they're encouraged to expand their Rotary horizons by attending make-up meetings at any Rotary club in the world - a practice that guarantees Rotarians a warm welcome in communities around the globe. Find meeting places and times in the Official Directory or through the Club Locator at www.rotary.org.

In some cases, Rotarians can make up meetings by participating in a club service project or attending a club board meeting or a Rotaract or Interact club meeting. Members can also make up online at one of several Rotary E-clubs (such as this one.)

SERVICE

All Rotary clubs share a key mission: to serve their community and those in need throughout the world. By participating in club service projects, members learn about their club's involvement in local and international projects and can volunteer their time and talents where they are most needed.

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SPEAKER - Amy Purdy – Living beyond our limits

A little background -

When she was 19, Amy Purdy lost both her legs below the knee. And now ... she's a pro snowboarder. In this powerful talk, she shows us how to draw inspiration from life's obstacles. (Filmed at TEDxOrangeCoast.)

Amy Purdy became a professional snowboarder despite losing both her legs to meningitis. She encourages us to take control of our lives, and our limits.

After bacterial meningitis took her legs, Amy Purdy struggled with depression, and only beat it when she learned to accept her new reality, but not any limitations. After being unable to find prosthetics that would allow her to snowboard, she built her own. Today, she is a world champion female adaptive snowboarder. In 2005, she co-founded Adaptive Action Sports, a non-profit dedicated to introducing people with physical challenges to action sports.

Click this link to view the 10-minute inspiring video! Click your browser's BACK button to return to this meeting.

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POLIO UPDATE

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INTERACTIVE PARTICIPATION

Try your hand at this online crossword. Click this link.

Click your browser's BACK button to return to the meeting when you finish. Enjoy!

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Paul Harris said

Friendship was the foundation rock on which Rotary was built, and tolerance is the element which holds it together.

There is enough atomic energy in every Rotary club to blow it into a thousand bits were it not for the spirit of tolerance.

-- My Road to Rotary

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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 Make-up.
2. Complete the form with all the 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. Past Assistant Governor, Haresh Ramchandani, leads us.