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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.
January is Rotary Awareness 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)
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| Cliff Dochterman RI President, 1992-93 |
RI World Headquarters - new
The headquarters of Rotary International always has been in the area of Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A. First it was in Chicago itself, but in 1954, an attractive new building opened in suburban Evanston.
The Ridge Avenue building met the needs of the Rotary Secretariat until the 1980s when the addition of new programs, the growth of The Rotary Foundation, and the new PolioPlus activities made the headquarters building extremely crowded and required some staff members to be housed in supplementary office space nearby.
When a modern 18-storey office building became available in downtown Evanston in 1987, it appeared to meet all of Rotary's space and expansion needs for years to come. The glass and steel structure, built in 1977, provides 400,000 square feet of office and usable space. The building was purchased by Rotary International, which leases approximately two-thirds of the space to commercial tenants, until needed by future Rotary growth.
The building provides a 190seat auditorium, large parking garage and 300-seat cafeteria, as well as functional office space for the 400 employees of the World Headquarters. The executive suite on the 18th floor includes conference rooms for the RI board and committee meetings, in addition to the offices for the RI president, president-elect, and general secretary.
One Rotary Center, as it is called, will enhance the efficient operations of Rotary International for many more years to come.
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THE BRONX GREEN MACHINE
"Changing the world, one person at a time. That's why I'm a Rotarian."
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SPEAKER - Logan LaPlante
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ROTARY AWARENESS - Let's become "Rotary aware"
As Rotarians, we are welcomed at any Rotary Club throughout the world.
January is Rotary Awareness month.
Let's all try to attend a minimum of 3 meetings at clubs outside of our own E-Club in the next few months.
- Find a local club near you.
- Attend their meeting.
- Introduce yourself as a member of the Rotary E-Club of the Caribbean, 7020
- Be prepared to tell a little about the club - (1) how it operates (2) what our signature project is (Butterfly Storybook (3) our next project, the International PenPal partnership and (4) our TRF fundraiser
For example, when I am back home, I attend the Rotary Club of Parry Sound, Ontario, Canada. I am always welcomed at their club as a regular visitor - a visiting Rotarian. Those visits serve as make-ups, if I need them.
Please make an effort to see how other clubs operate! Expand your Rotary family!
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THE ROTARY FOUNDATION - AND THE PHF - IT'S ABOUT HEART!
Why I am a Paul Harris Fellow...
An excellent 5-minute video about what the Paul Harris Fellowship truly means!
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ROOM 711 - Rotary's Birthplace
The number seven-eleven has a very special significance for Rotary. Room 711 of the old Unity Building, formerly located at 127 North Dearborn Street in downtown Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A., was the birthplace of Rotary International.
That historic room, which was the office of engineer Gus Loehr, was the location of that first meeting when Paul Harris met with several friends to discuss his new idea of a club for professionals and businessmen.
It took extensive research and dedication by a few Chicago Rotarians to preserve the room and restore it to its 1905 authenticity. For years, Room 711 was preserved as a miniature Rotary museum by Rotarians around the world who voluntarily belonged to and contributed annually to the "Paul Harris 711 Club," which provided funds for leasing, maintenance and preservation. In 1989, the Unity Building was about to be torn down.
Members of the 711 Club carefully dismantled the landmark room and placed the contents in storage. There it stayed until 1994, when the recreated Room 711 found a permanent home, and this piece of the Rotary heritage is preserved at th eRI World Headquarters in Evanstron.
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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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SMILE OF THE WEEK
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ROTARY ANTHEM
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DISTRICT 7020 CONFERENCE 2014 IN CAYMAN ISLANDS
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ROTARY WISDOM - Why I am a Rotarian
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MAGICAL EXPERIENCE
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COACH’S CORNER - from Trainer, Diana White
January is Rotary Awareness Month, an ideal time to make a new resolution to learn a little more about Rotary every month.
As your Club Trainer, my new year resolution is to make every effort to offer you valuable, interesting and useful information on a regular basis. This week, I thought you might like to learn about our District Conference and how to prepare for it.
If you would like to access the actual PowerPoint presentation, follow the instructions below:
Click here to access the PowerPoint presentation.
- Click Open on the window that will display.
- View the PowerPoint presentation. Click either the space bar or mouse button to advance the slides.
- When finished, close PowerPoint to return to the meeting.
(You can also choose to save the program to your own computer.)
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SMILE OF THE WEEK
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FOR THOSE WHO LOVE MAGIC
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NAVIGATING THE ROTARY.ORG WEBSITE - a tutorial
My Rotary Video Tour from Rotary Webinars on Vimeo.
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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.
Past District Governor, Russ Miller from District 6950, leads us. Please join along!
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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BOARD MEETING REPLACES THE HAPPY HOUR HANGOUT ON SATURDAY!
Join us next Wednesday, January 15 and next Saturday, January 18. Details will be provided here.
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