March 8 - Regular meeting of the Rotary E-Club of the Caribbean, 7020 for the week beginning Friday, March 8

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.

At the left is our excellent 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.

March is World Literacy 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.  There is another link at the end of the meeting!

E-Club 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

Tolerance of Differences

Occasionally, there is a temptation to criticize the laws, customs and traditions of another country which may seem strange or contrary to our own.  In some instances, illegal practices or customs of one nation are completely lawful and acceptable in another.

As members of an international organization dedicated to world understanding and peace, it behooves Rotarians to exercise restraint in judging our Rotary friends and citizens from other countries when their behaviour seems unusual to us.  A Rotary policy has existed for more than half a century relating to this dilemma of international relationships.

The statement, adopted in 1933, says that because it is recognized that some activities and local customs may be legal and customary in some countries and not in others, Rotarians should be guided by this admonition of tolerance:

"Rotarians in all countries should recognize these facts and there should be a thoughtful avoidance of criticism of the laws and customs of one country by the Rotarians of another country."

 The policy also cautions against "any effort on the part of Rotarians of one country to interfere with the laws or customs of another country."

As we strive to strengthen the bonds of understanding, goodwill and friendship, these policies still provide good advice and guidance.


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ROTARY MOMENT

Yesterday is history.
Tomorrow is mystery.
Today is a gift.
Live it well...

What is Interact? 


 

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SPEAKER - How to succeed:  Get more sleep

In this short talk, Arianna Huffington shares a small idea that can awaken much bigger ones: the power of a good night's sleep. Instead of bragging about our sleep deficits, she urges us to shut our eyes and see the big picture: We can sleep our way to increased productivity and happiness -- and smarter decision-making.

Arianna Huffington is the co-founder and editor-in-chief of The Huffington Post, a nationally syndicated columnist, and author of thirteen books. She is the co-host of “Left, Right & Center,” a political roundtable radio program.

Arianna Huffington is the co-founder and editor-in-chief of The Huffington Post, a nationally syndicated columnist, and author of many  books. She is also co-host of "Left, Right & Center," public radio’s popular political roundtable program, as well as "Both Sides Now," a weekly syndicated radio show with Mary Matalin moderated by Mark Green. In May 2005, she launched The Huffington Post, a news and blog site that has quickly become one of the most widely-read, linked to, and frequently cited media brands on the Internet. 

The link -
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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PAUL HARRIS - Part 3 of 4

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THE GIRL WHO SILENCED THE WORLD FOR 5 MINUTES

You will realize the impact of her words - 

(12-year old speaks in 1992 at United Nations Environmental Conference in Brazil)
(This presentation is edited with graphics.)






MUST SEE and HEAR - Here is an update from 2013 - still her words have tremendous impact!




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A MUSICAL INTERLUDE




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SPEAKER - Suspend your belief

Like your uncle at a family party, the rumpled Swedish doctor Lennart Green says, "Pick a card, any card." But what he does with those cards is pure magic -- flabbergasting, lightning-fast, how-does-he-do-it? magic.

Cards that fly all over the table, spill onto the floor, and disappear beneath a laser beam. Welcome to the chaotic and flabbergasting magical world of Lennart Green, grand master of close-up card trickery!

Why you should listen to him:

Swedish card trick maestro Lennart Green has been baffling audiences for years with card tricks that seem barely under control. In 1991 he won the grand prize in close-up card magic from the International Federation of Magic Societies (FISM), sometimes called the "Olympics of magic." He might've won it in 1985 also, except his act of seemingly impossible cardplay fooled even the judges.

With his DVD series Green Magic, Green not only showcases his stunning routines, but divulges many of his most closely guarded secrets, including his famous "Snap Deal" (where cards seem to vanish without a trace as they are dealt). His talents have carried his trickery around the world, including an appearance on NBC's The World's Greatest Magic.

"One cardman who delivered a terrific performance in the contest was Lennart Green, a Swedish physician with an utterly original repertoire. He did not place, because some of the judges, completely fooled by his bizarre methods, jumped to the incorrect conclusion that the spectators who had shuffled the cards during his routine were actually stooges."

--fism.org

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

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 ROTARY BASICS

Unusual Make-up Meetings

Which Rotarians have to travel farthest for a make-up meeting?

You are right, if you guessed the 34 members of the Rotary Club of Papeete, Tahiti, which is located in the middle of the Pacific Ocean and is the club that is most remote from any other.

The southernmost Rotary meeting is that of the Rotary CLub of Punta Arenas, Chile, on the tip of South American.  To visit the northernmost club, you must travel above the Arctic Circle to the Rotary Club of Nordkapp, Norway.

If you attend the El Aguilar club in Argentina, you are meeting with the highest club in the world at 16,000 feet (4,880 meters) above sea level.  The lowest club meets at 40 feet below sea level at El Centro, California, U.S.A.

It is said that there is a Rotary meeting being held someplace in the world every hour of every day of the year.  If you attended one meeting per day, it would take 75 years to visit all of the more than 33,000 Rotary clubs in the world, and by that time, no doubt, there would be thousands more new clubs to attend.

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ROTARY ANTHEM




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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.  Our Past Rotary International Director, Barry Rassin, leads us from a very busy Rotary Training Session in Miami!  Please join along!

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?










PRID Barry Rassin

..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, March 9 at 8:00 a.m. (Eastern Time) and 9:00 a.m. (Atlantic Time). 

Please join our meeting -

https://www1.gotomeeting.com/join/624543009

Use your microphone and speakers (VoIP) - a headset is recommended.  
Or, call in using your telephone.

Dial +1 (213) 493-0605
Access Code: 624-543-009
Audio PIN: Shown after joining the meeting

Meeting ID: 624-543-009
Refreshments are on the house - your house, that is!