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.
Please send us a virtual copy of your club banner, and we will send you a copy of our new banner in exchange. We will proudly display your banner on our club 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 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. 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 below. 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 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)
World Understanding Month
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| Cliff Dochterman RI President 1992-93 |
In designating World Understanding Month, the Rotary International board asks all Rotary clubs to plan programs for their weekly meetings and undertake special activities to emphasize "understanding and goodwill as essential for world peace."
To observe this designated month, many clubs arrange international speakers, invite youth exchange students and international scholars from schools and universities to club meetings, plan programs featuring former Group Study Exchange team members, arrange discussions on international issues, present entertainment with an international cultural or artistic theme and schedule other programs with an international emphasis.
Many clubs take the opportunity to launch an international community service activity or make contact wit a rotary club in another country. It is a good month to initiate a Rotary Fellowship Exchange, a 3-H project or encourage support for PolioPlus and other Rotary Foundation programs.
World Understanding Month is a chance for every club to pause, plan, and promote the fourth Avenue of Service - Rotary's continued quest for goodwill, peace and understanding among people of the world.
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DOING GOOD IN THE WORLD - A short Rotary video
Click this link to view the video.
Remember to click your browser's BACK button to return to the meeting.
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AROUND THE DISTRICT 7020
District 7020's Rotary Club of East Nassau helped out at Christmas with the Salvation Army
Rotaractors attended the President's Christmas Fellowship at
Rotary Club of Mandeville (Jamaica)
Rotary Club of Petion-Ville, Haiti, has a new "branding signature" - I love my club
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DISTRICT 7020 ROTARY FOUNDATION WEBSITE
Click this link to the Rotary District 7020 Foundation website. Mark it on your Favourites toolbar and have a look.
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Do you wear your Rotary pin every day?
...source: www.rotary.org
Rotarians have been extolling the virtues of wearing a Rotary pin on RI's official LinkedIn group. Pins come in many designs, including this one from vendor Russell-Hampton. See a full list of official RI licensed vendors. Photo courtesy of Russell-Hampton
So the 2009-10 president of the Rotary Club of Carol Stream, Illinois, USA, started all over again to meet the challenge William Ferreira, governor of District 6440, had set before all his club presidents.
"You get used to it. It's something that is really good to do," says Triolo. "Different pins do catch people's eye in different ways."
Many Rotarians are serious about wearing their Rotary pins. Eugene Beil, past governor of District 6950 (Florida, USA) and a member of the Rotary Club of Hudson, tapped into that dedication recently when he started a discussion thread on RI's official LinkedIn group, asking Rotarians whether they wear their pins every day or just for meetings. The discussion has prompted more than 190 comments.
"I am happy with the feedback," Beil says. "I feel strongly about the value of wearing the pin every day. Whether you are at the grocery store, at work, or anywhere, you never know when a stranger is going to notice and you have an opportunity to explain Rotary to them."
Tony Quinn, governor of District 1200 (England), notes on the LinkedIn thread that Rotarians agree to wear their pins at all times when they are inducted.
"Remember what Past RI President Bob Barth had to say," Quinn notes.
"He said that a Rotary pin should say this about the wearer:
'You can rely on me, I am dependable, I am reliable, I give more than I take, and I am available.' I can't think of a better reason to wear it at all time."
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SPEAKER - Daphne Koller - What we're learning from Online Education
A little background -
With Coursera, Daphne Koller and co-founder Andrew Ng are bringing courses from top colleges online, free, for anyone who wants to take them.
A 3rd-generation Ph.D. who is passionate about education, Stanford professor Daphne Koller is excited to be making the college experience available to anyone through her startup, Coursera. With classes from 16 top colleges, Coursera is an innovative model for online learning.
While top schools have been putting lectures online for years, Coursera`s platform supports the other vital aspect of the classroom: tests and assignments that reinforce learning.
"Classes involve recorded lectures and quizzes in which the video pauses to let students answer questions." (Ari Levy in Bloomberg Business Week)
Click this link to view the video. Remember to click your browser's BACK button to return to the meeting.
Here is Daphne`s online-learning website - The coursera link.
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WORLD POLIO ERADICATION INITIATIVE
We are "this close."
Ted Turner
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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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People Who Make a Difference
Take this quiz: mentally
1. Name the five wealthiest people in the world.
2. Name the last five Heisman trophy winners.
3. Name the last five winners of the Miss America contest.
4. Name 10 people who have won the Nobel or Pulitzer prize.
5. Name the last half dozen Academy Award winners for best actor and actress.
6. Name the last decade's worth of World Series winners.
How did you do? The point is, none of us remember the headliners of yesterday. These are no second-rate achievers. They are the best in their fields. But the applause dies. Awards tarnish. Achievements are forgotten. Accolades and certificates are buried with their owners.
Here's another quiz. See how you do on this one:
1. List a few teachers who aided your journey through school.
2. Name three friends who have helped you through a difficult time.
3. Name five people who have taught you something worthwhile.
4. Think of a few people who have made you feel appreciated and special.
5. Think of five people you enjoy spending time with.
6. Name half a dozen heroes whose stories have inspired you.
Easier? The lesson? The people who make a difference in your life are not the ones with the most credentials, the most money, or the most awards. They are the ones who care.
Source - http://www.rotarydistrict7150.org/funstuff.html#PeopDif
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Paul Harris said -
Rotary brings together business and professional men differing in social status, religious beliefs, and nationality in order that they be more intelligible to each other and therefore more sympathetic and friendly and helpful.
-- My Road to Rotary
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FEATS OF MEMORY ANYONE CAN DO - Joshua Foer
There are people who can quickly memorize lists of
thousands of numbers, the order of all the cards in a deck (or ten!),
and much more. Science writer Joshua Foer describes the technique --
called the memory palace -- and shows off its most remarkable feature:
anyone can learn how to use it, including him.
In 2005 science writer Joshua Foer went to cover the U.S. Memory Championship. A year later he was back -- as contestant.
A year of mental training with Europe's top memorizer turned into a book, Moonwalking with Einstein, which is both a chronicle of his immersion in the memory culture and wonderfully accessible and informative introduction to the science of memory.
Much more surprisingly, that year of training also turned into a first-place victory at the national competition in New York and the chance to represent the U.S. at the World Memory Championship.
Foer's writing has appeared in National Geographic, Slate, the New York Times, and other publications. He is the co-founder of the Atlas Obscura, an online guide to the world’s wonders and curiosities, and is also the co-founder of the design competition Sukkah City.
"Memory training is not just for the sake of performing party tricks; it's about nurturing something profoundly and essentially human."
--Joshua Foer
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A MOST CHARMING INTERLUDE - and the follow-up story
The follow-up story -
And a subsequent video -
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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. Include all the information requested.
3. Click SUBMIT to send the email.
Our club will send both you and your club secretary a make-up certificate.
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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!
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Happy Hour Hangout (HHH) for Saturday, January 12
- 9:00 a.m. Atlantic Time - 8:00 a.m. Eastern Time
- Click the link below just before the meeting to join:
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