Rotary E-Club of the Caribbean, 7020: December 20 - Regular Meeting of the Rotary E-Club of the Caribbean, 7020 for the week beginning Friday, December 20

To "attend" the meeting, scroll down the screen, review all the information from top to bottom, view all the videos, read all the information, and enjoy your time here with us at our Rotary meeting.

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.

December is Family of Rotary 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. 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)

Cliff Dochterman
RI President, 1992-93

Standard Rotary Club Constitution

Rotary International is the most territorial organization in the world. It exists in more than 200 countries and cust across dozens of languages, politial and social structures, customs, religions and traditions. How is it that all of the more than 32,000 Rotary clubs of the world operate in almost identical style? The primary answer is the Standard Rotary Club Constitution.

One of the conditions to receive a charter to become a Rotary club is to accept the Standard Club Constitution, originally adopted in 1922. The Standard Club Constitution outlines adminsitrative techniques for clubs to follow in holding weekly meetings, procedures for membeship and classifications, conditions of attendance and payment of dues and other policies relating to public issues and politia positions.

This constitutional document provides the framework for all Rotary clubs in the world. When the Standard Club Constitution was accepted, it was agreed that all existing clubs wcould continue to follow their current constitution. Although most of those early clubs have subsequently endorsed the Standard Constitution, a few pre-1922 clubs still conduct their club affairs according to their former constitutional provisions.

The Standard Club Constitution has to be considered one of the great strengths of Rotary to enable the organization to operate in so many thousands of communities.

Please note that all clubs must review their club bylaws each year - and with the new 2013 Manual of Procedure, it is important that all clubs follow through on this task!

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MY ROTARY MOMENT

Gayle Knepper: My Rotary Moment from Rotary International on Vimeo.

"Changing the world, one person at a time. That's why I'm a Rotarian."

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O HOLY NIGHT

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Peace and Conflict Resolution
Disease Prevention and Treatment
Water and Sanitation
Maternal and Child Health
Basic Education and Literacy
Economic and Community Development

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ROTARY WISDOM - Why I am a Rotarian

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ROTARY ANTHEM

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SPEAKER - The Fastest Ambulance

As a young EMT on a Jerusalem ambulance, Eli Beer realized that, stuck in brutal urban traffic, they often arrived too late to help. So he organized a group of volunteer EMTs -- many on foot -- ready to drop everything and dash to save lives in their neighborhood. Today, United Hatzlah uses a smartphone app and a fleet of “ambucycles” to help nearby patients until an ambulance arrives. With an average response time of 3 minutes, last year, they treated 207,000 people in Israel. And the idea is going global.

Eli Beer, the founder and president of United Hatzalah, has re-imagined first response by training EMT volunteers to respond to local calls and keep people alive until official help arrives.

When he was 6-years-old, Eli Beer was walking home from school when he witnessed a bus bombing in Jerusalem. This traumatic experience inspired Beer to seek out a career that saves lives. At age 15, he took an EMT course and began volunteering on an ambulance. But he found that, when someone truly needed fast medical attention, the ambulance just wasn't able to get there in time because of traffic and the distance needed to travel.

At age 17, Beer gathered a like-minded group of EMTs with a passion for saving lives to listen to police scanners and rush to the scene when medical help was needed in their neighborhood. The initiative became United Hatzalah, which is Hebrew for “rescue.” Twenty-five years later, the organization has more than 2,000 volunteers and helped 207,000 people as they waited for an ambulance last year. Beer serves as United Hatzalah’s president.

Beer has responded to some of the worst civil, wartime and terror-related incidents. In 2010, he was named Social Entrepreneur of the Year in Israel by the Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship and, two years later, became a World Economic Forum Young Global Leader. Married with five children, when Beer is not saving lives or guiding United Hatzalah, he manages the family real estate company, Beer Realty.

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DISTRICT 7020 CONFERENCE 2014 IN CAYMAN ISLANDS

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SMILE OF THE WEEK

CHRISTY'S BAKING

Christy has been baking for Christmas - and she has shared her photos.

I think we must all be invited!

Below - fresh apple cake with rum glaze! Yummy!

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"THIS CLOSE" E-CLUB STYLE

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CHRISTMAS - DECEMBER 25

Make a child happy!

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A RANDOM ACT OF KINDNESS FOR THE HOLIDAYS

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WHAT WOULD YOU DO?

An unbelievably warm and touching scenario - and this will leave you feeling so very inspired!

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MUSICAL INTERLUDE

Listen to the whole thing for a real treat!

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IT'S A WONDERFUL WORLD

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CLUB OF THE MONTH VIDEO -

Click this link to view the Club-of-the-Month video for November.
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CARIBBEAN PARTNERSHIP NEWSLETTER FOR DECEMBER, 2013

Click this link to read the latest issue of the Caribbean Partnership newsletter.

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CARIBBEAN PARTNERSHIP - What is it?

The Caribbean Partnership provides opportunities for Rotarians in the United States and throughout the countries of the Caribbean and North Atlantic to

become better educated as to our respective cultural similarities and differences, and
develop relationships, share knowledge, ideas, and interests that would result in partnered clubs

There are 34 Rotary Zones and District 7020 is part of Zone 34!

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FINALLY - Find out why Jamaicans are waving their flags over one singer...

During the Finale Results show of The Voice, Tessanne was revealed to be the winner of Season 5.

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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.

Our Vice President, Paul Amoury, 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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