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.
Our club banner is picture at the left! Please send us a virtual copy of your club banner and we will send you a copy of our 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. April is also World Autism 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.
E-Club Members. If you are a member of the E-Club, please click this link to Club Member Attendance Record.
Happy Hour Hangout. Our weekly Hour Hangout(HHH) is scheduled for 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! See the link at the end of the meeting!
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 |
District Governor
The Rotary district governor performs a very significant function in the world of Rotary. He or she is the single officer of Rotary International in the geographic area called a Rotary district, which usually includes about 45 Rotary clubs.
The district governors, who have been extensively trained at the worldwide International Assembly, provide the "quality control" for the 33,000 Rotary clubs of the world. They are responsible for maintaining high performance within the clubs of their district.
The district governor, who must make an official visit to each club in the district, is never regarded as an "inspector general." Rather, he or she visits as a helpful and friendly adviser to the club officers, as a useful counselor to further the Object of Rotary among the clubs of the district, and as a catalyst to help strengthen the programs of Rotary.
The district governor is a very experienced Rotarian who generously devotes a year to the volunteer task of leadership. The governor has a wealth of knowledge about current Rotary programs, purposes, policies and goals and is a person of recognized high standing in his or her professional, community, and Rotary club.
The governor must supervise the organization of new clubs and strengthen existing ones. He or she performs a host of specific duties to assure that the quality of Rotary does not falter in the district, and is responsible to promote and implement all programs and activities of the Rotary International president and the RI Board of Directors. The governor plans and directs a district conference and other special events.
Each district governor performs a very important role in the world-wide operations of Rotary. The district governor is truly a prime example of Service Above Self performing a labour of love.
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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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Rube Goldberg - The Melvin Machine
Click this link to view the video.
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ETHICS AND THE DECLARATION OF ROTARIANS IN BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS
Last week we reminded ourselves of our responsibility to create awareness and use of The Four-Way Test.
This week’s topic is another official Rotary statement on ethics – the Declaration of Rotarians in Businesses and Professions. The document is printed below.
During the 1987-88 Rotary year President Charles Keller appointed a Vocational Service Committee for the first time in fifty years. Bill Sergeant chaired that committee. The committee decided that it would be useful to produce a Rotary ethics statement to supplement the Four-Way Test. So the group drafted a Declaration of Rotarians in Businesses and Professions. That document was adopted by the 1989 Council on Legislation.
Is our club doing enough to create awareness of the Declaration of Rotarians in Businesses and Professions? In the club? In our vocations? In the community?
If you have an idea which might help our club do a better job, share it with the club.
...D-7150
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SPEAKER - Ken Jennings
Why you should listen to him:
Ken Jennings loves facts. When he was a kid he followed his parents around reciting whatever new fact he had learned -- "Haley's comet or giant squids or the size of the world's biggest pumpkin pie or whatever it was" -- to no end. And his natural curiosity paid off.
Today Jennings holds the record for most consecutive wins on the trivia game show Jeopardy, with an astounding 74 wins. (At one point Jennings also held the Guinness World Record for "Most cash won on a game show." Not bad for a trivia nerd.)
In 2011 Jennings participated in the IBM Challenge, which featured him and Jeopardy rival Brad Rutter in a match against IBM supercomputer Watson. Jennings came in second. Watson was first. But Jennings wasn't disappointed in his performance, As he wrote of his loss, "I don't have 2,880 processor cores and 15 terabytes of reference works at my disposal. ... My puny human brain, just a few bucks worth of water, salts, and proteins, hung in there just fine against a jillion-dollar supercomputer."
In 2012 Jennings published the book Because I Said So!: The Truth Behind the Myths, Tales, and Warnings Every Generation Passes Down to Its Kids.
Click this link to view the video. Click your browser`s BACK button to return to the meeting.
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ROTARY PEACE CENTERS
Notable quote:
During his fellowship applied field experience in Ethiopia, Alum Cameron Chisholm, worked to prevent cross-border clashes and cattle raids.
He quickly observed that the peacekeeping strategies were geared more toward a culture of spears than the reality of AK-47s.
“I realized there was a huge gap in the field. There was no place for practical skills training in a holistic way. In Addis Ababa, I started scribbling a plan,” Chisholm says.
After his fellowship, Chisholm has taken what he learned in the field to create a month-long symposium every year.
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A RELATED VIDEO - very short
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INTERVIEW WITH DR. RON DENHAM - CHAIR OF WASRAG (4 minutes)
WASRAG - Water and Sanitation Rotary Action Group
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SPEAKER - Melissa Marshall - Communication in 4 minutes
Melissa Marshall brings a message to all scientists (from
non-scientists): We're fascinated by what you're doing. So tell us about
it -- in a way we can understand. In just 4 minutes, she shares
powerful tips on presenting complex scientific ideas to a general
audience.
Melissa Marshall is a crusader against bullet points and an evangelist for effective slide design in scientific presentations.
She believes that the future depends on the innovations of scientists and engineers, and is passionate about helping them effectively tell the story of their work.
A faculty member with the Department of Communication Arts & Sciences at Penn State University, Melissa specializes in teaching speaking skills to engineering students and has also lectured at Harvard Medical School, the New York Academy of Sciences, Cornell University and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Melissa is the co-founder and advisor for the Penn State Engineering Ambassadors, an award-winning science and engineering outreach communication program. She is also an organizer and the faculty advisor for TEDxPSU, a student-run TEDx event held at Penn State each year.
"[Marshall says] that 'science not communicated is science not done' – love that quote! "
Click this link to view the video. Click your browser's BACK button to return to the meeting.
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FRIENDS CAN BE DIFFERENT - YES
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SUSTAINABILITY
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LITERACY PROJECT IN GUATEMALA
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THE OSPREY
...from Wikipedia...
It is a large raptor, reaching more than 60 cm (24 in) in length and 180 cm (71 in) across the wings. It is brown on the upper parts and predominantly greyish on the head and underparts, with a black eye patch and wings.
The Osprey tolerates a wide variety of habitats, nesting in any location near a body of water providing an adequate food supply. It is found on all continents except Antarctica although in South America it occurs only as a non-breeding migrant.
As its other common name suggests, the Osprey's diet consists almost exclusively of fish.
It possesses specialized physical characteristics and exhibits unique behaviour to assist in hunting and catching prey. Despite its propensity to nest near water, the Osprey is not classed as a sea-eagle.
Here is a video of an Osprey. You'll enjoy this up-close view!
Click this link to enjoy this close-up view! Don't forget to click your browser's BACK button to return to the meeting.
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THE 10 COUNTRIES COMPRISING ROTARY DISTRICT 7020
- Anguilla
- Bahamas (except Grand Bahama)
- British Virgin Islands
- Cayman Islands
- French West Indies (St. Martin/St. Barthelemy)
- Haiti
- Jamaica
- Netherland Antilles (Sint Maarten)
- Turks & Caicos
- US Virgin Islands (St. Thomas, St. Croix, St. John)
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COUNCIL OF LEGISLATION UPDATES - a few links of interest
Click this link to read the rotary.org update at April 26, 2013
Click this link to read more information on the Council of Legislation.
Click this link to read about the Council of Legislation updates provided by Doug Vincent, D7080 COL representative from Woodstock, Ontario, Canada.
A few of us "met" PDG Doug via GoToMeeting when he addressed the regular meeting of the Rotary E-Club of District 9220 in February.
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TO END OUR MEETING
To end our meeting, please recite aloud (on your honour!) the Rotary Four-Way Test of the things we think, say, and do.
Ken Guiste, from Rotary Club of Road Town, BVI, 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?
...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
Please join our Happy Hour Hangout at 9:00 a.m. Eastern Daylight/Atlantic Time
Saturday, April 27.
Click this link below just before the meeting start time:
https://www1.gotomeeting.com/join/342300065
Use your microphone and speakers (VoIP) - a headset is recommended. Or, call in using your telephone.
Dial +1 (619) 550-0003
Access Code: 342-300-065
Audio PIN: Shown after joining the meeting
Meeting ID: 342-300-065
