Dear Fellow Rotarians, visitors and guests!
WELCOME TO OUR E-CLUB!
Thank you for stopping by our E-club meeting! We hope you will enjoy your visit.
Our E-Club banner is shown at left! 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.
A new Rotary year is upon us! Engage Rotary - Change Lives!
Visiting Rotarians. Click this link to Apply for a Make-up. We will send you and your club secretary a make-up confirmation.
Active Members. Click for Attendance Record.
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!
The link to the Happy Hour Hangout for Saturday is at the bottom of this meeting.
Interested in joining us? 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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RON BURTON - RI PRESIDENT (2013-14)
What a fantastic pancake-serving line -
Past RI President, Sakuji Tanaka and current RI President, Ron Burton
"Leave the woodpile a little higher."Also notice - regardless of your title, it's a "first-name" basis in Rotary.
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ABCs OF ROTARY (Cliff Dochterman)
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| Cliff Dochterman RI President, 1992-93 |
The past month of June was Rotary Fellowships month.
From stamp collecting to wine appreciation, the hobbies of Rotarians are as diverse as the membership itself. Yet, among the more than one million Rotarians worldwide, an amateur-radio enthusiast or a chess player is bound to find others who share the same passions.
But Recreational Fellowship members share more than just their common interest in sport diving or Esperanto; they share an interest in fellowship and service and in promoting world understanding.
As such, it is no wonder that the International Skiing Fellowship of Rotarians donates the profits from ski events to The Rotary Foundation or that the Flying Rotarians help ferry medical personnel and supplies.
One has only to look at the types of Vocational Fellowships to recognize how they differ from their recreational counterparts. With Rotarians united by their shared professional interest in such fields as Hospital Administration and Finance/Banking, it is obvious that Vocational Service is as important a concern as international fellowship to the members of these groups. Members exchange technical information and seek opportunities to employ their expertise in service not just to their own communities and countries, but to their professions as well. For example, the Ophthalmology International Vocational Fellowship organized a professional seminar on the subject of eye surgery in developing countries.
Rotary Friendship Exchange
An interesting Rotary program of fellowship is the Rotary Friendship Exchange. This activity, originally recommended by the New Horizons Committee in 1981, is intended to encourage Rotarians and spouses to visit with Rotarian families in other parts of the world. It may be conducted on a club-to-club or district-to-district basis.
The idea is for several Rotarian couples to travel to another country on the Rotary Friendship Exchange. Later, the hospitality is reversed when the visit is exchanged. After a successful pilot experiment, the Rotary Friendship Exchange has become a permanent program of Rotary.
The Rotary Friendship Exchange is frequently compared to the Group Study Exchange program of The Rotary Foundation, except that it involves Rotarian couples who personally pay for all expenses of their inter-country experience. Doors of friendship are opened in a way which could not be duplicated except in Rotary.
Rotarians seeking an unusual vacation and fellowship experience should learn more about the Rotary Friendship Exchange. Some unusual Rotary adventures are awaiting you!
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POLIO - EILEEN'S STORY (video of 3 minutes)
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POLIO TAKES CENTER STAGE IN LISBON - RI CONVENTION
This is a large file. Let it download.
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SPEAKER - Angela Lee Duckworth - The key to success! Grit!
In her late 20s, Angela Lee Duckworth left a demanding job as a management consultant at McKinsey to teach math in public schools in San Francisco, Philadelphia and New York.
Her research subjects include students, West Point cadets, and corporate salespeople, all of whom she studies to determine how "grit" is a better indicator of success than factors such as IQ or family income.
"Angela Lee Duckworth's research validated and furthered my beliefs in the keys to success for individuals, teams and a business. While intelligence is required, Angela demonstrated that the determining factors for success were perseverance, hard work and a drive to improve."
--Shabbir Dahod, Forbes
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HUMOROUS INTERLUDE - for those who tell me they want some humour!
A British ventriloquist
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ROTARY CLUB OF ST. ANDREW NORTH - donation
Our District 7020 clubs perform extraordinary projects of "Service Above Self." Here's a very short video story of a recent donation from the Rotary Club of St. Andrew North in Jamaica!
Well done!
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PHOTOS FROM DISTRICT 7020 - a little geography lesson
The photo below is a very common one of Sandy Ground Village - Road Bay - in Anguilla, British West Indies. It's likely taken on a Sailboat Racing Day because you can see the sailboats (made in Anguilla and a great sailing/Anguillian tradition). Otherwise, the beach is always empty. This may be a photo taken during Carnival in August.
Road Bay is on the left. The Salt Pond is on the right. You are looking at North Hill - and the photo is taken from South Hill.
Anguilla is one of the islands included in Rotary District 7020.
Below is a map of Anguilla showing the location of Sandy Ground and Road Bay. The ferry to St. Martin leaves Anguilla from Blowing Point (on the south shore.)
You can see the arrow pointing to St. Martin.
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SPEAKER - Children are all different. Why do we treat them the same?
How does this relate to our own individual communities?
Why you should listen to him:
Sir Ken Robinson argues that it's because we've been educated to become good workers, rather than creative thinkers.
Students with restless minds and bodies -- far from being cultivated for their energy and curiosity -- are ignored or even stigmatized, with terrible consequences. "We are educating people out of their creativity," Robinson says. It's a message with deep resonance.
Robinson's TEDTalk has been distributed widely around the Web since its release in June 2006. The most popular words framing blog posts on his talk? "Everyone should watch this."
A visionary cultural leader, Sir Ken led the British government's 1998 advisory committee on creative and cultural education, a massive inquiry into the significance of creativity in the educational system and the economy, and was knighted in 2003 for his achievements.
- His 2009 book, The Element: How Finding Your Passion Changes Everything, is a New York Times bestseller and has been translated into 21 languages.
- A 10th anniversary edition of his classic work on creativity and innovation, Out of Our Minds: Learning to be Creative, was published in 2011.
- His latest book, Finding Your Element: How to Discover Your Talents and Passions and Transform Your Life, will be published by Viking in May 2013.
Click this link to view the video. (19 minutes)
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ROTARY ANTHEM
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THE ROTARY FOUNDATION
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FROM THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION - an experiment
The water shouldn't fall toward the floor because while orbiting the Earth, free falling objects will appear to float. But will the water fly out from the towel, or what? The answer may surprise you.
To find out and to further exhibit how strange being in orbit can be, Expedition 35 Commander Chris Hadfield did just this experiment recently in the microgravity of the Earth orbiting International Space Station. As demonstrated in the video, although a few drops do go flying off, most of the water sticks together and forms a unusual-looking cylindrical sheath in and around the towel.
The self-sticking surface tension of water is well known on Earth, for example being used to create artistic water cascades and, more generally, raindrops.
A little trivia - as a point of interest. Chris Hadfield is a Canadian. He is from the same home town as your provisional president, Kitty.Click this link to view the video. (3 minutes) Click your browser's BACK button to return to the meeting.
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LANGUAGE STOP
Click this link to try your skill with antonyms. Click your browser's BACK button to return to the meeting.
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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, Monica Ramgeet, and David Archer (District Conference Chair) from the BVI lead 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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Visiting Rotarians. Click this link to Apply for a Make-up. We will send you and your club secretary a make-up confirmation.
Active Members. Click to indicate your Attendance.
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HAPPY HOUR HANGOUT - SATURDAY, JULY 6
Please join our Happy Hour Hangout, Saturday, July 6, 2013, at 9:00 a.m. Eastern/Atlantic Time.
Click the link below just before the meeting time.
https://www1.gotomeeting.com/join/632005313
Use your microphone and speakers (VoIP) - a headset is recommended. Or, call in using your telephone.
Dial +1 (213) 289-0010
Access Code: 632-005-313
Audio PIN: Shown after joining the meeting
Meeting ID: 632-005-313
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HAPPY HOUR HANGOUT - WEDNESDAY, JULY 10
Please join our Happy Hour Hangout, Wednesday, July 10, at 7:00 p.m. Eastern/Atlantic Time.
https://www1.gotomeeting.com/join/895693281
Use your microphone and speakers (VoIP) - a headset is recommended. Or, call in using your telephone.
Dial +1 (630) 869-1013
Access Code: 895-693-281
Audio PIN: Shown after joining the meeting
Meeting ID: 895-693-281
Thank you for stopping by our E-club meeting! We hope you will enjoy your visit.
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