Friday 29 March 2013

March 29 - Welcome to the regular meeting of the Rotary E-Club of the Caribbean, 7020 for the week beginning March 29


















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.

April is Rotary Magazine Month.  Click this link to read about the history of The Rotarian Magazine. Click your browser's BACK button to return to the meeting.

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)

Cliff Dochterman
RI President, 1992-93
Official Directory

How do you find out when the Rotary club meets in Toowoomba, Pondicherry or Recklinghausen?  Simply turn to the Official Directory of Rotary International.  The approximately 750-page annual publication is filled with current information about Rotarians and Rotary clubs.  The meeting, day, time, and location of every one of the more than 33,000 clubs are listed.

Now, you can go to rotary.org and find the Club LocatorYou can also download an app for your mobile phone from the same website.


Opportunities for Fellowship

 Most Rotarians are successful professional and business executives because they hear opportunities knock and take advantage of them.  Once a week, the opportunityh for Rotary fellowship occurs at each club meeting, but not all members hear it knocking.

The weekly club meeting is a special privilege of Rotary membership.  It provides the occasion to visit with fellow members, to meet visitors you have not known before, and to share your personal friendship with other members.

Rotary clubs which have a reputation of being "friendly clubs" usually follow a few simple steps:

First, members are encouraged to sit in a different seat or at a different table each week.

Second, Rotarians are urged to sit with a member they may not know as well as their long-time personal friends.

Third, members invite new members or visitors to join their table just by saying:  "Come join us, we have an empty chair at this table."

Fourth, members share the conversation around the table rather than merely eating in silence or talking privately to the person next to them.

Fifth, Rotarians make a special point of trying to get acquainted with all members of the club by seeking out those they may not know.

When Rotarians follow these five easy steps, an entirely new opportunity for fellowship knocks each week.  Soon Rotarians realize that warm and personal friendship is the cornerstone of every great Rotary club.


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YOU ARE THE MISSING PIECE


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ROTARY INTERNATIONAL

 

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 SPEAKER No. 1 - - What's wrong with our food system





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AN OUTSTANDING RUBE GOLDBERG MACHINE



Enjoy The Page Turner below:




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INTERVIEW WITH AUTISTIC CHILD





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SPEAKER 2 - NATURAL PEST CONTROL - USING BUGS

Shimon Steinberg looks at the difference between pests and bugs -- and makes the case for using good bugs to fight bad bugs, avoiding chemicals in our quest for perfect produce.

Shimon Steinberg's biotech lab researches ways to harness the natural benefits of insects on a massive scale.


Shimon Steinberg is chief scientist at Bio-Bee, a world leader in mass production of the world's best natural, biological control agents: bugs. (Beneficial bugs are replacing the use of chemical sprays in greenhouse vegetables and open field crops, producing pesticide-free food and eliminating hazardous exposure of millions of workers in third world countries.) These insects are shipped worldwide, where they go to work protecting thousands of hectares of greenhouses and open fields, in vegetables, field crops, fruit trees, ornamental plants and more.
"My dream is to narrow the gap even more by finding more robust and reliable good bugs we can mass produce or conserve in the field, as well as create more public demand for natural pest control and increase awareness among growers."


Click this link to view the video.

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A BRITISH CHARITY EVENT FOR CANCER




What fun!

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FRIENDS CAN BE DIFFERENT

To be a friend does not mean that you have to look the same.









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AUTISM


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WHAT IS ROTARACT?

 

We invite Rotaractors approaching the age of 30 to join our E-Club!  Continue to make a difference in your community!

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ROTARY E-CLUB GOALS

When Rotary E-Club One received its charter on 4 January 2002, the Board of Directors of RI prescribed 5 key goals, all of which now apply to every Rotary e-club:

1. Use the Internet to retain Rotarians who would otherwise be lost to Rotary.
2. Use the Internet to attract new Rotarians.
3. Use the Internet to facilitate meetings.
4. Use the Internet to manage service projects.
5. Use the Internet for fellowship by creating a friendly community of like-minded Rotarians.


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DISTRICT 7020 CONFERENCE IN BVI - May, 2013

Why attend?



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LINK TO OUR FIRST PROJECT - THE BUTTERFLY STORYBOOK


 Click the link below to view the "magazine-style" Butterfly Storybook - our first successful Literacy Project.

http://issuu.com/rotary7020/docs/butterfly_e-storybook_2013












 
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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.  Prepare your email and be sure to include all the information requested
3.  Send the email to our club Membership Chair.

Our club will send both you and your club secretary a make-up certificate.

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HAPPY HOUR HANGOUT - Please join us!

Please join our meeting on Saturday, March 30, at 9:00 a.m.  Click the link below just before the meeting time.

https://www1.gotomeeting.com/join/367100960


Use your microphone and speakers (VoIP) - a headset is recommended.

Or, call in using your telephone.

Dial +1 (773) 897-3016
Access Code: 367-100-960
Audio PIN: Shown after joining the meeting


Meeting ID: 367-100-960















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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. Rotarian Delma Maduro from Tortola 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?










Delma Maduro



..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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