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.
February is Rotary World Understanding and Peace month. On February 23, Rotary turns 108!
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 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 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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ROTARY E-CLUB OF THE CARIBBEAN, 7020
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ABCs OF ROTARY (Cliff Dochterman)
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| Cliff Dochterman RI President, 1992-93 |
Vocational Service is the Second Avenue of Service. No aspect of Rotary is more closely related to each member than a personal commitment to represent one's vocation or occupation to fellow Rotarians and to exemplify the characteristics of high ethical standards and the dignity of work.
Programs of vocational service are those which seek to improve business relations while improving the quality of trades, industry, commerce and the professions. Rotarians understand that each person makes a valuable contribution to a better society through daily activities in a business or profession.
Vocational Service is frequently demonstrated by offering young people career guidance, occupational information and assistance in making vocational choices. Some clubs sponsor high school career conferences. Many recognize the dignity of employment by honoring exemplary service of individuals working in their communities. The 4-Way Test and other ethical and laudable business philosophies are often promoted among young people entering the world of work. Vocational talks and discussion of business issues are also typical vocational service programs at most clubs.
Regardless of the ways that Vocational Service is expressed, it is the banner by which Rotarians "recognize the worthiness of all useful occupations" and demonstrate a commitment to "high ethical standards in all businesses and professions." That's why the Second Avenue of Service is fundamental to every Rotary club.
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ROTARY MINUTE - The first four
The first four Rotarians: Gustavus Loehr, Silvester Schiele, Hiram Shorey, and Paul P. Harris, sometime between 1905 and 1912 first general secretary.
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ROTARY HISTORY
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WHAT IS ROTARY AT 108 YEARS?
Paul Harris - Part 1 of 4
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SPEAKER - Jacqueline Novogratz - An escape from poverty
A second video from Jacqueline - as she spoke at Commencement, September 2012
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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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SOME FIRST-GRADE FUN!
Source: http://www.rotarydistrict7150.org/funstuff.html#PeopDif
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SPEAKER - Tristram Stuart
Western countries throw out nearly half of their food,
not because it’s inedible -- but because it doesn’t look appealing.
Tristram Stuart delves into the shocking data of wasted food, calling
for a more responsible use of global resources.
Western countries waste up to
half of their food. This is an injustice Tristram Stuart has dedicated
his career to fixing.
In his newest book, Waste: Uncovering the Global Food Scandal,
Tristram shows how changing the systems that result in food waste could
be one of the simplest ways to reduce pressure on the environment.
The winner of the international environmental award The Sophie Prize in 2011, Tristram is the founder of Feeding the 5000,
a consciousness raising campaign where 5000 members of the public are
given a free lunch using only ingredients that otherwise would have been
wasted. Held in Trafalgar Square in 2009 and 2011, the event has also
been held internationally.
In addition, Tristram works with a range of NGOs, governments, and private enterprises to tackle the global food waste scandal.
"Waste is certainly one of the most important environmental books to come out in years. But it is more than that. It is an indictment of our consumer culture that should make us all feel deeply ashamed. "
--The Financial Times
Click this link to view the video. Click your browser's BACK button to return to the meeting.
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INTERACTIVE ACTIVITY
Click this link to try the quiz. Click your browser's BACK button to return to the meeting.
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ROTARY ANTHEM
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OUR ROTARY CLUB
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ROTARY WISDOM - Reflections on Service
IF YOU GIVE A LITTLE LOVE
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OUR ROTARY CLUB
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WORLD UNDERSTANDING AND PEACE MONTH
Created and shared by Rachid Karroo, president of our partner club - Rotary E-Club of District 9220 -
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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:
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?
AG Jim Ferris
Rotary Club of Les Cayes, Haiti
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..and official close of meeting
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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 morning, February 23 at 8:00 a.m. (Eastern Time) and 9:00 a.m. (Atlantic Time)
1. Please join our meeting.
2. Use your microphone and
speakers (VoIP) - a headset is recommended.
Or, call in using your telephone.
Dial +1 (786) 358-5420
Access Code: 870-277-825
Audio PIN: Shown after joining the meeting
Meeting ID: 870-277-825
Click the link above just before the meeting time. We hope you'll join us! ************
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