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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.
October is Rotary's Vocational Service Month! October 24 is World Polio Day.
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. Happy Hour Hangout. Our 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!
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 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 |
Interact
Interact, the Rotary youth program, was launched by the RI Board of Directors in 1962. The first Interact club was established by the Rotary Club of Melbourne, Florida.
Interact clubs provide opportunities for boys and girls of secondary-school age to work together in a world fellowship of service and international understanding.
The term "Interact" is derived from "inter" for international, and "act" for action. Every Interact club must be sponsored and supervised by a Rotary club and must plan annual projects of service to its school, community, and communities in the world.
"Interactors" develop skills in leadership and attain practical experience in conducting service projects, thereby earning the satisfaction that comes from serving others. A major goal of Interact is to provide opportunities for young people to create greater understanding and goodwill with youth throughout the world.
Rotaract
After the success of Interact clubs for high school-age youth in the early 1960s, the RI board created Rotaract in 1968. The new organization was designed to promote responsible citizenship and leadership potential in clubs of young men and women, aged 18 to 30. The first Rotract club was chartered by the Charlotte North Rotary Club in Charlotte, North Carolina. In 1995, there were more than 113,500 members in almost 5,000 Rotaract clubs in 114 countries.
Rotaract clubs emphasize the importance of individual responsibility as the basis of personal success and community involvement.
Each club sponsors an annual project to promote high ethical standards in one's business and professional life. Rotaract also provides opportunities leading to greater international understanding and goodwill. Rotaractors enjoy many social activities as well as programs to improve their community. A Rotaract club can exist only when continuously sponsored, guided, and counselled by a Rotary club. The programs of Rotaract are built around the motto "Fellowship Through Service."
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CHILDREN AND THE WEB - A few traps to avoid
The start of a new school year is always a good opportunity to remind children about a few safety rules: don't talk to strangers, cross the road at intersections, and sty on the sidewalks. However, in this era of the Internet, another important element should never be forgotten: Internet safety.
First of all, children should never use a nickname that reveals their age. They should never, ever accept an invitation from someone who asks them not to talk about it to other people. Parents must also make their children, especially daughters, aware of the consequences of one of the most dangerous activities on the Web - the posting of sexy or suggestive photos. Once on the Internet, these images can circulate nonstop, long into the future. This issue has caused plenty of grief for many a young woman.
Parents must discuss with their children the risks and the traps to avoid. Sitting in front of a computer screen seems to protect and isolate us, but the Internet is a window into the world at large. The golden rule is to never do on the Web what you would not dare do on the street. Because of this, careful supervision is vital. In fact, it is recommended to set up the computer in a communal area of the home so that parents can keep an attentive eye on the use their children make of it.
If parents believe that their child is the victim of entrapment or bullying, they should be aware that they do have recourse against this type of criminal activity. Record and print any conversations and contact your local police immediately.
THE GOLDEN RULE - Never do on the Web what you would not dare to do on the street.
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HAPPY HOUR HANGOUT - October
Please mark your calendars and plan to join us and give a warm welcome to the speakers planned for the month of October.
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A HISTORY OF ROTARY INTERNATIONAL
This video runs about 18 minutes.
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ROTARY ANTHEM
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SPEAKER - RI President - Ron Burton
Conversation with RI President, Ron Burton, through the format Google Hangout. This conversation took place this week - so we are among the first to enjoy it!
DISTRICT 7020 CONFERENCE 2014 IN CAYMAN ISLANDS
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ATTENDANCE STATS
Congratulations to the following members with outstanding attendance:
Nadine Alexander 95%
Keturah de Weever 100%
Camille Seaton 100%
Wein Dimetros 95%
Lou deLagran 100%
Diana White 100%
Kitty Bucsko 100%
Amarylis Dávila 100%
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AN ENTERTAINING INTERLUDE
If you appreciate dogs as much as I do, this will be a very worthwhile 6 minutes.
Get ready to wear a great big happy smile for a few minutes...
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SALT AND YOUR HEALTH
WASH held its 6th World Salt Awareness Week earlier this year. We will be asking for ‘Less Salt Please’, showing how everybody, including chefs, can use less salt and still enjoy the great flavour of their food.
Many people now know that eating too much salt is bad for their health and are looking to cut down.
However, whilst you can take control of your salt intake when preparing food at home by reading the labels and not adding salt, when eating out out of the home it can be difficult to know where to start.
In this years National Salt Awareness Week, we showed you how to take control of the salt in your own food preparation, by simply using less salty and more tasty ingredients, as well as adding less salt during cooking and at the table. We highlighted to the catering industry, chefs and others involved, the importance of adding less salt to our food and the long-term health implications of eating a high salt diet.
Twenty two countries took part in the 6th annual Salt Awareness Week, including Australia, Pakistan, Poland, Iran, the Pan American Health Organisation, Italy and Lebanon
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EHEALTH EXPERIENCE - Get The Message Campaign in the Caribbean
The mHealth initiative called Get The Message Campaign aimed to educate, inform and advocate throughout the Caribbean region for the greater awareness on Non Communicable Diseases (NCDs) and in support of the United Nations High Level Meeting (UNHLM) on NCDs, held September 2011, with the hope that the meeting would bring additional resources to the Caribbean for the prevention and treatments of these diseases. The Get The Message Campaign was developed by the Healthy Caribbean Coalition with support from the Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) and other private and public institutions.
Building on the success of Get The Message, the Healthy Caribbean Coalition intends to continue to use the model of mobile phone advocacy as one of its pillars of strategically improving the awareness on NCDs throughout the region and intends to replicate this program outside of the English speaking region. It also intends to develop other models of mHealth advocacy to be launched in 2013 specifically aimed at cervical cancer.
The Healthy Caribbean Coalition (HCC)
The HCC is a civil society network of NGOs throughout the Caribbean primarily focused on increasing the awareness of NCDs, namely, cancer, diabetes, heart disease and lung diseases. At present 60% of all deaths in the world are due to NCDs, worldwide statistics have shown that the Americas (inclusive of the Caribbean) is the region of the world that is most affected by chronic diseases.
The Get The Message Campaign
Using mobile phones, people from 17 Caribbean islands Barbados, Trinidad, Guyana, Suriname, Jamaica, Montserrat, St. Lucia, St. Vincent, Antigua, Dominica, Haiti, BVI, Grenada, Anguilla, TCI, St. Kitts, Cayman showed their support for the fight against NCDs by texting the word “YES” for FREE to a designated shortcode as their “Vote of Support” for the campaign. This mobile phone advocacy was supported by an educational campaign on NCDs made available throughout the territories via traditional and new media.
Every day millions of people in the Caribbean use mobile phones as a tool for communication, information and education. The Healthy Caribbean Coalition developed strategic partnerships with the two main mobile companies within the Caribbean, (LIME and Digicel) to develop the mHealth Advocacy throughout the 17 territories. The mobile phone companies provided the designated shortcodes, ensured that the customers were not charged to send their SMS of support and provided the reports on the total number of messages of support that were sent to the designated shortcodes.
The mobile phone advocacy had a new media component. The number of “Likes” of the Get The Message Facebook page were also added to the compliment of SMS messages of support. The Facebook Page and Twitter account also served to inform and educate the public on NCDs and the UNHLM.
Traditional media still continues to serve as the main forum through which the people of the Caribbean receive information. A strategic partnership was developed with the main media networks in the Caribbean – One Caribbean Media which represents the largest spread of radio networks and newspapers in the region and Caribbean Broadcasting Union, which represents the largest compliment of television stations / broadcast network throughout the Caribbean to disseminate the radio, press and television advertisements that were produced, through funding by Sagicor Inc. (a major life/health insurance company in the region) and with the support of PAHO/WHO.
In September 2011, the HCC was pleased to report that it had received over 700,000 messages of support from the mobile phone subscribers.
Looking back, the HCC faced some initial obstacles to the launch of the mobile phone campaign. It was the first of its kind within the Caribbean and it took some negotiating with the two main and rival mobile phone companies to work on a campaign together. The HCC also had to overcome the delays in process of implementing the technical elements of the provisioning of the shortcodes by launching the Facebook page to keep momentum about the campaign.
When the shortcodes were activated it was not simultaneously done throughout the Caribbean, thus the start date of the campaign was staggered. In one island, Trinidad, implementation and authorization from local statutory boards to complete campaigns with their subscribers was problematic and we saw low subscription there.
The HCC set a target and with September nearing implemented a radio “Textathon” throughout the English speaking territories to drive the final total towards our goal. During the “Textathon” the radio DJs promoted the campaign and encouraged listeners to send the SMS of support. Volunteers from the HCC also conducted radio interviews throughout the day to add further support. In Haiti “Get The Message” rebranded in Kweole as “Di Tout Moun” was promoted via a branded “Di Tout Moun” mobile van with volunteers and loud speakers delivering the Di Tout Moun theme.
The HCC also engaged local partners. Sagicor supported the promotion of the campaign via their large staff compliment. They disseminated information to all of their staff throughout the region and the staff added links to our campaign to their email signatures.
During the months of our campaign Sagicor, LIME and Digicel sponsored large outdoor events including a regional cricket tournament and cultural initiatives and they promoted the campaign by showing stills of the Get The Message advertising on their large multimedia screens. Another campaign supporter, a supermarket chain in Barbados, Super Centre showed the stills of the Get The Message advertising in the supermarket at their checkout terminals and in store screens. A Barbadian soca artiste – Blood – provided a jingle for play on the radio to show his support for the campaign. The campaign advertising was also aired on the large multimedia screens prior to the commencement of the Rihanna concert in Barbados.
Trevor Hassell talks about the Get The Message Campaign from PAHO on Vimeo.
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A NEW LOOK FOR THE ROTARY.ORG WEBSITE
This video runs about 5 minutes.
Public Site Video Tour from Rotary Webinars on Vimeo.
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PART 1 OF AN 8-PART DOCUMENTARY - Gangs in Paradise
We will consider this topic throughout the next 8 weeks...
This video runs about 10 minutes.
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THE HAPPY HOUR HANGOUT - TRAINING FROM LAST WEEK - in case you missed it
What a great time we all had! This video runs about one hour - the length of our regular Happy Hour Hangout.
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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.
Kenan Kern, the Zone 34 Regional Rotary Foundation Co-ordinator 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 – Saturday morning, October 5
• 9:00 a.m. Atlantic Time
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Rotary E-Club of the Caribbean, 7020 is inviting you to a scheduled Happy Hour Hangout.
Guest speaker – PAG Haresh Ramchandani (District Visioning Chair)
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