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.
We have a new banner! Please send us a virtual copy of your club banner and we will send you a copy of our new club banner in exchange. We will also display your club banner proudly on our meeting website.
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.
January is Rotary Awareness month.
Visiting Rotarians. If you are a visiting Rotarian, please click this link to Apply for a Make-up. We will send you and your club secretary a make-up confirmation.
Members. If you are a member of the club, please click this to Club Member Attendance Record to give you details of what you need to include in your email.
Happy Hour Hangout. We are adjusting the time of our Happy Hour Hangout to Saturday mornings - early enough so that you can join before your day gets away from you.
We meet for a live chat and sometimes business discussion. If you are interested in dropping by, please click the link at the end of the meeting. Morning coffee is on the house! (Your house, that is...) Hope to see you there!
Please note: Now, attending our HHH will earn you a make-up!
Interested in joining us? If you would like to become a member of our E-club, please click 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)
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| Cliff Dochterman RI President, 1992-93 |
Virtually all membership in Rotary is based upon a "classification." Basically, a classification describes the distinct and recognized business or professional service which the Rotarian renders to society.
The principle of Rotary classification is somewhat more specific and precise. In determining the classification of a Rotarian it is necessary to look at the "principal or recognized business or professional activity of the firm, company, or institution" with which an active member is connected or "that which covers his principal and recognized business or professional activity."
It should be clearly understood that classifications are determined by activities or services to society rather than by the position held by a particular individual. In other words, if a person is the president of a bank, he or she is not classified as "bank president" but under the classification "banking."
It is the principal and recognized activity of a business or professional establishment, or the individual's principal and recognized business or professional activity, that determines the classification to be established and loaned to a qualified person. For example, the permanently employed electrical engineer, insurance adjustor, or business manager of a railroad company, mining company, manufacturing concern, hospital, clinic, etc., may be considered for membership as a representative of the particular work he or she may be doing personally or as a representative of the firm, company, or institution for which the professional service is being done.
The classification principle also permits business and industries to be separated into distinct functions such as manufacturing, distributing, retailing and servicing. Classifications may also be specified as distinct and independent divisions of a large corporation or university within the club's territory, such as a school of business or a school of engineering.
The classification principle is a necessary concept in assuring that each Rotary club represents a cross-section of the business and professional service of the community.
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ROTARY MINUTE
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SPEAKER - Seth Godin - How to get your ideas to spread
Does this have any import for our Rotary E-club? Get your minds in gear!
In a world of too many options and too little time, our
obvious choice is to just ignore the ordinary stuff. Marketing guru Seth
Godin spells out why, when it comes to getting our attention, bad or
bizarre ideas are more successful than boring ones.
"Seth Godin may be the ultimate entrepreneur for the Information Age," Mary Kuntz wrote in Business Week nearly a decade ago.
"Instead of widgets or car parts, he specializes in ideas -- usually, but not always, his own."In fact, he's as focused on spreading ideas as he is on the ideas themselves.
After working as a software brand manager in the mid-1980s, Godin started Yoyodyne, one of the first Internet-based direct-marketing firms, with the notion that companies needed to rethink how they reached customers. His efforts caught the attention of Yahoo!, which bought the company in 1998 and kept Godin on as a vice president of permission marketing.
Godin has produced several critically acclaimed and attention-grabbing books, including Permission Marketing, All Marketers Are Liars, and Purple Cow (which was distributed in a milk carton).
In 2005, Godin founded Squidoo.com, a Web site where users can share links and information about an idea or topic important to them.
"[Godin] is a demigod on the Web, a best-selling author, highly sought-after lecturer, successful entrepreneur, respected pundit and high-profile blogger. He is uniquely respected for his understanding of the Internet."
-- Forbes.com
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WE CAN DO THIS TOO
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ROTARY BASICS
These programs promote international understanding by bringing together people from different countries and cultures.
Rotary World Peace Fellowships
Awarded to individuals for study in master`s degree programs at the Rotary Centers for International Studies in peace and conflict resolution.
Rotary Peace and Conflict Studies Fellowships
Awarded to individuals for study in a short-term certificate program at the Rotary Center for Peace and Conflict Studies in Thailand.
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OUR E-CLUB PROJECT - Literacy
You can get involved!
- The Butterfly Storybook Project
- A competition for young emerging writers in the Caribbean.
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We’re looking for young writers - ages 7 to 11 years – to write:
• A Caribbean Tale
• A tale of good deeds
• A tale of doing the right thing
• 300 to 750 words
Each Rotary Club in the District is urged to
• Promote this excellent literacy project in your own communities.
• Submit the top 3 stories by email to us by February 15
Our intent is to announce the winners by March 20:
• We will publish the winners in our first annual Caribbean Butterfly Storybook!
• All entries will be acknowledged.
• Writers published will receive recognition and prizes.
Sponsored by the Rotary E-club of the Caribbean, 7020 (provisional)
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SPEAKER - Candy Chang: Before I die, I want to...
In her New Orleans neighborhood, artist and TED Fellow
Candy Chang turned an abandoned house into a giant chalkboard asking a
fill-in-the-blank question: “Before I die I want to ___.” Her neighbors'
answers -- surprising, poignant, funny -- became an unexpected mirror
for the community. (What's your answer?)
Candy Chang creates art that prompts people to think about their
secrets, wishes and hopes -- and then share them. She is a TED Senior
Fellow."Wonderfully inspiring. Take 6 minutes to watch this." (Rebecca Low)
Why you should listen to her:
Candy Chang is an artist, designer, and urban planner who explores making cities more comfortable and contemplative places.
She believes in the potential of introspection and collective wisdom in public space to improve our communities and help us lead better lives.
Recent projects include Before I Die, where she transformed an abandoned house in her neighborhood in New Orleans into an interactive wall for people to share their hopes and dreams -- a project The Atlantic called “one of the most creative community projects ever.” Other projects include I Wish This Was, a street art project that invites people to voice what they want in vacant storefronts, and Neighborland, an online tool that helps people self-organize and shape the development of their communities.
She is a TED Senior Fellow, an Urban Innovation Fellow, and was named a “Live Your Best Life” Local Hero by Oprah magazine. By combining street art with urban planning and social activism, she has been recognized as a leader in developing new strategies for the design of our cities. She is co-founder of Civic Center, an art and design studio in New Orleans. See more at candychang.com.
"A community chalkboard is] about knowing you're not alone. It's about understanding our neighbors in new and enlightening ways.” (Candy Chang)
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ROMANCING THE WIND - a charming video
Strive for excellence!
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WORLD POLIO ERADICATION INITIATIVE
We are "this close."
Ziggy Marley
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WHAT IS ROTARY?
From now on, on your way to work, or on your way home, find something beautiful to notice. It doesn't have to be something you see - it could be a scent - perhaps of freshly baked bread wafting out of someone's house, or it could be the sound of the breeze slightly rustling the leaves in the trees, or the way the morning light catches one autumn leaf as it falls gently to the ground.
Look for these things, and cherish them.
For, although it may sound trite to some, these things are the "stuff" of life. The little things we can enjoy each day. The things we often take for granted. The people in our lives we often take for granted... assuming they'll always be there. We must make it important to notice them, for at any time... it can all be taken away."
Make sure you tell those you love that you do. Take time be to with those who are important to you. For as we get older, it is not the things we did or said that we often regret, but the things we didn't do or say.
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A PAUL HARRIS FELLOWSHIP PRESENTATION in Jamaica
A very dignified presentation during which Prime Minister of Jamaica,Portia Simpson Miller, was made a Honorary Paul Harris Fellow by the Rotary Club of Kingston on June 14, 2012. Watch highlights of the ceremony here.
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RI PRESIDENT FOR 2013-14 RON BURTON'S THEME SPEECH
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Learn what is the RI Theme for 2013-14.
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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. 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. PAG Robert Leger from Haiti 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?
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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!
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HAPPY HOUR HANGOUT
Saturday, January 26 at 8:00 a.m. Eastern Time - 9:00 a.m. Atlantic Time.
Click the link below just before the start time.
Please join our get-together on the 26th.
https://www1.gotomeeting.com/join/950393305CLICK THE LINK ABOVE JUST BEFORE THE START-TIME ON SATURDAY!
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