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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 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.
We are now officially a fully-fledged chartered Rotary Club in District 7020. Our charter date is August 12, 2013. We hope you will find the content of our meeting enlightening and will give us the benefit of your opinion on the content.
August is Rotary Membership Month!
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. Our scheduled Happy Hour Hangout on a Saturday morning is 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!
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 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) NEW
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| Cliff Dochterman RI President, 1992-93 |
Campaigning Prohibited
One of the interesting bylaws of Rotary International provides that "no Rotarian shall campaign, canvass or electioneer for elective position in Rotary International."
This provision includes the office of district governor, Rotary International director, RI president and various elected committees. The Rotary policy prohibits the circulation of brochures, literature or letters by a candidate or by anyone on behalf of such a candidate.
After a Rotarian has indicated his intention to be a candidate for one of the elective Rotary offices, he must refrain from speaking engagements, appearances or publicity which could reasonably be construed as furthering his candidacy. The only information which may be sent to clubs relating to candidates for an elective position is that officially distributed by the general secretary of RI.
A Rotarian who becomes a candidate for an elective position, such as district governor or RI director, must avoid any action which would be interpreted as giving him an unfair advantage over other candidates. Failure to comply with these provisions prohibiting campaigning could result in the disqualification of the candidate.
In Rotary, it is believed that a Rotarian's record of service and qualifications for office stand on their own and do not require publicity or special promotion.
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GET TO KNOW YOUR DISTRICT AND CLUB LEADERS
Jeremy Hurst, District Governor 2013-14
As District Governor for the 2013-14 year, Jeremy's role is to provide leadership, motivation, and
Jeremy is an officer of RI, with the goal of fostering achievement at the club level.
In preparing for the 2013/14 year, Jeremy has worked closely with the other District Leaders in District 7020 to create an effective support structure for District 7020's Rotary, Rotaract, Interact and EarlyAct Clubs as well as the many other programmes and projects we will undertake during the year.
E-Club President, Kitty Bucsko
My name is Kitty Bucsko, and I am the Charter President of the Rotary E-Club of the Caribbean, 7020. Prior to being associated with the E-Club, I had been a member of Rotary Club of Anguilla for six years, and a member of the Rotary Club of Parry Sound, Ontario, Canada, before that, for three years.
• District Newsletter Editor (2008-09 to 2013-14)
• District Webmaster (2010-11)
• Club-of-the-Month (2010-11 to 2013-14)
• Caribbean Partnership Newsletter Editor (2010-11 to 2013-14)
I am fortunate to be able to spend the winters on the Caribbean island of Anguilla, and to spend the summers in Parry Sound. My classification is Internet Education. For 31 years, I taught Business, computers, and English in the secondary school system in Sarnia, Ontario, Canada. I was also very much involved with adult education during that time. I continue to teach online - professional technical writing and business English – a true 21st Century job! I enjoy music, particularly the piano. I have three adult children.
Because of my travel, I am an excellent candidate for a Rotary E-club. I am excited to be part of a very successful and vibrant E-club.
A BIT OF TRIVIA
One of our members is currently in Ethiopia - and travels frequently to Ethiopia. First of all, do you know which member? And do you know where Ethiopia is? Can you locate it on a map?
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FROM LISBON AGAIN -
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THE POWER OF MUSIC
At last week`s meeting, we learned initially about the power of music through Henry`s experience. Here is a video with some further information.
Could our E-Club become involved in helping seniors with music by donating iPods? Anything is possible for our fabulous E-Club!
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MORE MUSIC
"Forte" - An amazing surprise!! A trio of young men who meet for the first time and then perform for the television show America's Got Talent. You will enjoy this short video!
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PEACE
You don't have to go somewhere special to be somewhere special. Wherever you happen to be has a unique and valuable beauty all its own.
You don't have to do anything special to experience how truly great and special life is. Even in the ordinary things there is always extraordinary richness to be found.
Just the sensation of the warm sun on your skin is amazing. And that's something you can feel anywhere on the face of the Earth.
There's no need to wait until some special moment to experience life in all its glory. The fact is, you can make any moment special just by giving your love and authenticity to it.
Look around you, wherever you are, and you'll see plenty of opportunities for fulfillment. What makes life special is your choice to live it fully.
Allow yourself to feel the wonder, to drink in the beauty and to experience the special time and place where you are.
Life is always special, so live it accordingly.
--Ralph Marston
END POLIO NOW -
A ride to gain recognition and raise funds. Rotarians the world over do what they can to help in this most worthwhile endeavour!
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DISEASE PREVENTION AND TREATMENT
WHO (World Health Organization) estimates that one billion people suffer from neglected tropical diseases. One in six people can’t afford to pay for their own health care. Rotary’s work in disease prevention and treatment addresses these critical areas of need by providing immunization or medical care for patients and training for health care professionals.
Combating malaria in sub-Saharan Africa
Last year, malaria claimed the lives of almost 750,000 people in sub-Saharan Africa, 85 percent of them young children. But now some of the poorest residents of Yirimadjo, Mali, are receiving protection from the disease through a Rotary Foundation Global Grant project supported by Rotarians in four countries.
The Rotary Club of Bamako-Amitié, Mali, leads the Bite Malaria Back project, which provides insecticide-treated bed nets, physician services, and medications to prevent and treat malaria. The Rotary Club of Capitol Hill (Washington, D.C.), USA, and five other D.C.-area clubs are supporting the project, as are clubs in India and Hong Kong. Rotarians teamed up with Project Muso Ladamunen, a nongovernmental organization fighting poverty and disease in Yirimadjo.
In just three months, more than 3,000 patients received treatment through Bite Malaria Back. Health workers visited 12,700 homes and treated 900 children. Over 80 percent of those children received critical medical intervention within the first 48 hours of the onset of symptoms.
“It is not acceptable for nearly one million children to die each year of a disease like malaria, which can be cured with a few dollars’ worth of effective medications, efficiently delivered to the thousands of children who need them,” says Maria Nelly Pavisich, of the Capitol Hill club.
A project supported by a Rotary Foundation Global Grant is giving children in Yirimadjo, Mali, hope for a malaria-free future.
Click this link to read more and watch a short video (2 1/2 minutes). Click your browser's BACK button to return to the meeting.
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SPEAKER - HOW BOOKS CAN CHANGE YOUR MIND
What happens when a dream you've held since childhood … doesn't come true? As Lisa Bu adjusted
Lisa Bu has built a career helping people find great stories to listen to. Now she tells her own story.
At TED's annual staff retreat, everyone has to get up and talk about something -- either about work, or about something interesting from their own lives. In fall 2012, our own Lisa Bu prepared a talk about her love of reading. And our quiet, funny and efficient Content Distribution Manager simply brought down the house, with a story that's too good not to share. We are thrilled and proud that Lisa is the first TED staffer ever to be invited to speak on the mainstage at the TED Conference.
Born and raised in Hunan, China, Lisa Bu has been with TED since 2011. Before that, she spent seven years as a talk show producer and a digital media content director at Wisconsin Public Radio. She's also a computer programmer, with a PhD in journalism and an MBA in information systems from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, as well as a BA in Chinese from Nanjing University in China.
Click this link to view the video. Click your browser's BACK button to return to the meeting.
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SO TRUE!!!
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MORE ON TWITTER HASHTAGS
Helping you to become skilled with Twitter. A 2-minute video.
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A VIDEO FROM JAMAICA CLUBS
...by Christy Almeida (Rotary E-Club of the Caribbean, 7020)
We can accomplish the same thing for our Rotary E-Club. Save your photos!
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ETHIOPIA
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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, or do.
Some of out international members this week...
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.
Please consider a donation to our Club. Just as any Rotarian visiting a Rotary Club would be expected to make a donation, we hope you will consider a donation to our Rotary E-Club of the Caribbean, 7020. Please click the button below:
Active Members. Click to indicate your Attendance.
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HAPPY HOUR HANGOUT - Wednesday, August 28
Please join our Wednesday evening Happy Hour Hangout, August 28, 2013
- 8:00 p.m. Atlantic Time
- (also 8:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time)
Rotary E-Club of the Caribbean, 7020 is inviting you to a scheduled HHH.
- Join from a PC, Mac, iPad, iPhone or Android device:
- Please click this URL to start or join. https://zoom.us/j/597926934
- Or, go to https://zoom.us/join and enter meeting ID: 597 926 934
Join from dial-in phone line:
- Call +1(424)203-8450 (US/Canada only).
- For Global dial-in numbers: https://zoom.us/teleconference
- Meeting ID: 597 926 934
- Participant ID: Shown after joining the meeting
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