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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. We celebrated our Charter Gala with the meeting posted the week of January 24. 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.
February is World Understanding Month. On February 23, Rotary turns 109.
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 |
Vocational Service
Vocational Service is the Second Avenue of Service. No aspect of Rotary is more closely related to each member than a personal commitment to represent one's vocation or occupation to fellow Rotarians and to exemplify the characteristics of high ethical standards and the dignity of work.
Programs of vocational service are those which seek to improve business relations while improving the quality of trades, industry, commerce and the professionals. Rotarians understand that each person makes a valuable contribution to a better society through daily activities in a business or profession.
Vocational Service is frequently demonstrated by offering young people career guidance, occupational information and assistance in making vocational choices. Some clubs sponsor high school career conferences.
Many recognize the dignity of employment by honouring exemplary service of individuals working in their communities. The Four-Way Test and other ethical and laudable business philosophies are often promoted among young people etering the world of work.
Vocational talks and discussion of business issues are also typical vocational service programs at most clubs.
Regardless of the ways that Vocational Service is expressed, it is the banner by which Rotarians "recognize the worthiness of all useful occupations" and demonstrate a commitment to "high ethical standards in all businesses and professions."
That's why the Second Avenue of Service is fundamental to every Rotary club.
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SPEAKER - Juliana Rotich
Why you should listen to her:
Ushahidi builds tools for democratizing information, increasing transparency and lowering the barriers for individuals to share their stories. Through Crowdmap.com, Swiftly.org and accompanying mobile applications, Ushahidi is making crowdsourcing tools available and useful. Their latest product is BRCK, a tool for resilient connectivity -- anywhere.
Rotich is also a founder of iHub, a Nairobi tech space described as "part open community workspace (co-working), part vector for investors and VCs and part incubator."
She is a TED Senior Fellow and serves on the World Economic Forum's Global Agenda Council on Information Communications Technology. She co-founded Mobisoko, a mobile marketplace for language and location relevant apps in Africa.
She was named Social Entrepreneur of the Year in 2011 by The World Economic Forum.
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THREE CLICKS TO PEACE
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PAUL HARRIS FELLOW RECOGNITION HISTORY
The Paul Harris Fellow recognition acknowledges individuals who contribute, or who have contributions made in their name, of US$1,000 to The Rotary Foundation of Rotary International.
It was established in 1957 to show appreciation for and encourage substantial contributions to what was then the Foundation’s only program, Rotary Foundation Fellowships for Advanced Study, the precursor to Ambassadorial Scholarships.
Early Paul Harris Fellows received a certificate of recognition. In 1969, the Foundation unveiled the first Paul Harris Fellow medallion at the RI Convention in Honolulu, Hawaii, USA. Japanese metal artist Fiju Tsuda created the piece under the direction of then-past Foundation Trustee Kyozo Yuasa. Today, Paul Harris Fellows receive a certificate and pin. They are also eligible to purchase a Paul Harris Fellow medallion.
Rotarians have a tradition of supporting the Foundation by honoring others. Ida LeTulle Taylor became a Paul Harris Fellow in 1978 when her husband, then-District Governor Vann Taylor, made a donation in her name in honor of their 34th wedding anniversary. The gift also made her the 25,000th Paul Harris Fellow.
At the International Assembly in 1979, then-RI President-elect James Bomar challenged each Rotary club to make one non-Rotarian a Paul Harris Fellow. The Rotary Club of Pikesville, Maryland, USA, responded by making a donation in the name of Mother Teresa in 1980. The entertainer Pearl Bailey also became a Paul Harris Fellow through a joint effort of the Rotary clubs in Cape Cod, Massachusetts.
Many other notable figures have been named as Paul Harris Fellows, including U.S. President Jimmy Carter, Russian President Boris Yeltsin, U.S. astronaut James Lovell, UN Secretary-General Javier Perez de Cuellar, and Jonas Salk.
The number of Paul Harris Fellows reached the one million mark in 2006.
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ROTARY ANNS
In many Rotary clubs throughout the world, wives of male members are affectionately called "Rotary Anns." This designation was never one of disparagement, but rather grew out of the an interesting historical occasion.
The year was 1914 when San Francisco Rotarians boarded a special train to attend the Rotary convention being held in Houston. In those days, few wives attended Rotary events, and until the train stopped in Los Angeles, the only woman aboard was the wife of Rotarian Bru Brunnier. As the train picked up additional convention-bound delegates, Mrs. Ann Brunnier was introduced as the Rotarian's Ann. This title soon became "Rotary Ann."
Since the lubs of the West were inviting the Rotarians to hold their next convention in San Francisco, a number of songs and stunts were organized which would be performed in Houston. One of the Rotarians wrote a "Rotary Ann" chant.
On the train's arrival at the Houston depot, a delegration greeted the West Coast Rotarians. One of the greeters was Guy Gundaker of Philadelphia, whose wife was also named Ann. During the rousing demonstration, someone started the Rotary Ann chant. The two petite ladies, Ann Brunnier and Ann Gundaker, were hoisted to the men's shoulders and paraded about the hall. The group loved the title given to the two women named Ann.
Immediately, the same term of endearment was used for all of the wives in attendance, and the name "Rotary Ann" was here to stay.
Guy Gundaker became president of Rotary International in 1923 and Bru Brunnier was elected president in 1952. Thus, each of the two original Rotary Anns became the "first lady of Rotary International."
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The nicest thing about the future is that it always starts tomorrow.
Money will buy a fine dog, but only kindness will make him wag his tail.
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WHAT PEACE?
Peace in a social sense includes not only an absence of hostilities, violence, and harsh and hateful feelings but also the presence of at least a reasonable degree of fairness. It is more complete and enduring when it includes harmonious relations and even a condition of mutual concern, goodwill, friendship and love in which members of a community actively and constantly promote one another’s good. At its best, peace includes conditions that allow for full development of the human spirit and potential.
Peace is characterized by the existence of peaceful social and cultural beliefs and norms. It is a dynamic process – a process of resolving conflict – a process of becoming – a process that requires effort individually and collectively. Peace is strongest when built upon a widely-accepted morality of peace and endures only if a society wills it.
In our own lives, peace includes a growing tranquility that can exist even in the midst of turmoil by moving ever closer to harmony with the Ultimate Source.
We envision a peace where every child can live free of violence and deprivation of the necessities of life – where each can experience love and the opportunity for full flowering of the human spirit and of finding inner peace. It doesn’t have to be perfect peace or happen all at once, but the more we collectively (including specifically you) can move the world in that direction, the better.
- See more at: http://www.3clickstopeace.org/what-peace/#sthash.FAvFRcFH.dpuf
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MEETINGS WE NEED TO SCHEDULE
o Sergeant-at-arms
o Bylaws – check Council on Legislation for 2013
o Butterfly Storybook (marketing)
o Mobile Library – establish a virtual library used worldwide
o Member wellness resulting from HHH of February 1
o Awards applications
o Discussion of support for SXM C.O.M.E. project
o PenPal Project – final assessment (end of Rotary year)
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- Peace and Conflict Resolution
- Disease Prevention and Treatment
- Water and SanitationIf yo
- Maternal and Child Health
- Basic Education and Literacy
- Economic and Community Development
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ALWAYS FUN TO LEARN NEW TRICKS feb14
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ROTARY ANTHEM
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DISTRICT 7020 CONFERENCE 2014 IN CAYMAN ISLANDS
The website for registering for the conference is now available:
www.DC2014CAYMAN.ky
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A LITTLE GARDEN PROJECT - recycling feb14
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CLUB-OF-THE-MONTH SUBMISSION VIDEO FOR JANUARY
Click here to view the video.
Then, remember to click your browser's BACK button to return to the meeting.
See what the clubs in District 7020 have been doing!
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A WINDY CITY ENTERTAINMENT INTERLUDE
Special guests at our meeting this week - all the way from St. Louis, Missouri, USA!
Enjoy!
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ROTARY WISDOM - Why I am a Rotarian
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"THIS CLOSE" - We are ...
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ROTARACTORS IN DISTRICT 7020 - OUTSTANDING
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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.
PDG Russ Miller, from District 6950, 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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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:
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HAPPY HOUR HANGOUT - Saturday, February 15
Please join us at our Happy Hour Hangout on Saturday morning, February 15.
• 9:00 a.m. Atlantic Time
• 8:00 a.m. Eastern Time (Miami Time)
Join us. Renew our fellowship! Discuss Rotary!
Our guest speaker this morning is Justice Morrison. Please join us to hear about ethics in business.
Join from a PC, Mac, iPad, iPhone or Android device:
- Go to https://zoom.us/join and enter meeting ID: 602 689 205
- Click this URL to start or join. https://zoom.us/j/602689205
Join from dial-in phone line:
- Dial: +1 (424) 203-8450
+1 (424) 203-8450 or +1 (209) 255-1200+1 (209) 255-1200 - Meeting ID: 602 689 205
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