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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.
Our club celebrates our 2014 Butterfly Storybook! Volumes One and Two are available online. Email us at rotaryeclub7020@gmail.com.
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 |
Rotary Float in Rose Parade
The Rotary International float in the annual Tournament of Roses Parade is undoubtedly the largest public relations project of the Rotary clubs of the United States and Canada. Since 1924, a Rotary float has been entered, including every year since 1981. The famous Pasadena, California, parade is seen by an estimated 125 million people via worldwide television.
Funds for the construction of the Rotary parade entry are voluntarily given by Rotarians and clubs in the U.S. and Canada. The cost of designing, constructing, and flower covering a Rose Parade float begins at about $120,000.
A multi-district Rotary committee in Southern California coorinates planning of the Rotary float and provides hundreds of volunteer hours of service. The Rotary float must portray the annual parade theme, usually depicting one of the worldwide service programs of Rotary International.
Each New Year's Day, Rotarians take pride in seeing their attractive float and realize they have shared in its construction by contributing a dollar or two to this beautiful public relations project.
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OUR HAPPY HOUR HANGOUT SCHEDULE FOR JUNE
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ROTARY INTERNATIONAL PRESIDENT - RON BURTON
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STILL MORE ROTARY FIRSTS
- Rotary first presented "Significant Achievement Awards" in 1969 to clubs with outstanding international or community services projects
- Rotary's first Interact club was organized in Melbourne, Florida, in 1962 to become the pioneer for the 16,742 clubs currently in 2014
- Rotary's first convention held in the Southern Hemisphere was in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in 1948.
- Rotary was assigned the copyright on the "4-Way Test" in 1954 when its author, Herbert Taylor, became president of Rotary International.
- Rotary's first Community Service project took place in 1907 when Chicago Rotarians led a campaign to install a public "comfort station" in the city hall.
- 1964-65 was the first year when The Rotary Foundation received total contributions of a million dollars in a single year. today more than $45 million is given annually.
- Rotary's first appeal for aid to isaster victims was in 1913 when $25,000 was given for flood relief in Ohio and Indiana.
- Rotary's motto, "He Profits Most Who Serves Best," was first expressed at Rotary's very first Convention in Chicago in 1910. (modified in 2004 by Rotary International to They Profit Most Who Serve Best)
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POLIO UPDATE - May 2014
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NEWS THIS WEEK -
CHIKUNGUNYA CASES DOUBLE IN CARIBBEAN
Chikungunya is not usually deadly, but it can cause a very bad headache, joint pain, rash and fever. Its name in the Makonde language, spoken in Tanzania and Mozambique in Africa, means “that which bends up,” because patients are often contorted with pain. They can spend weeks in bed, racked with pain.
“Since then, local transmission has been identified in 17 countries or territories in the Caribbean or South America (Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, British Virgin Islands, Dominica, Dominican Republic, French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Guyana, Haiti, Martinique, Puerto Rico, Saint Barthelemy, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Martin, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, and Saint Maarten),” they wrote in the CDC’s weekly report on illness and death.
“As of May 30, 2014, a total of 103,018 suspected and 4,406 laboratory-confirmed chikungunya cases had been reported from these areas.”
The Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus mosquitoes that spread chikungunya are found across the southern United States and as far north as New York. A. albopictus is commonly known as the Asian tiger mosquito and itself only came to the United States in recent decades.
The virus grows in human blood and when a mosquito bites an infected person, it can spread it to others. So an infected person can carry the virus to new places and it spreads that way. Officials have been cautioning that the virus could become established in the U.S. , much as West Nile virus did starting in 1999.
There's no vaccine against chikungunya and the only treatment is rest and pain relief.
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...from http://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/chikungunya-cases-double-caribbean-n123606
First published June 5th 2014, 11:50 am - byline photo, Maggie FoxMaggie Fox is senior health writer for NBCNews.com and TODAY.com, writing top news on health policy,...
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ROTARY CLUBS MAKE A DIFFERENCE
The name of each petitioner was read. The Oath of Citizenship was given. The Honor Guard from Peckville VFW, Shopa Davey Post 6082 presented arms. With many accents and some tears of pride, the petitioners recited as one voice:
“I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands: one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.”
In the photo above: Pictured from left - Kathy Nelson, Rotarian Dominic Scott and Phyllis Watkins, prepare the reception for the new American citizens on May 23 at the William J. Nealon Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse in Scranton.
Forty-nine persons left the courtroom, holding a small American flag provided by the Lackawanna Office of Veteran Affairs, given to each citizen by members of the Rotary Club of the Abingtons. Fresh-baked homemade cookies and orange punch completed the reception. With smiling faces and congratulatory wishes, the Rotary Club of the Abingtons welcomed the new Americans.
The idea of this community service began when now deceased Rotarian Bengt Nelson and his wife, Marianne, arrived in Spokane, Washington from Sweden. When they became naturalized Americans, a group of lawyers’ wives, welcomed them with a flag and a cookie and punch reception.
After the Nelsons settled in the Clarks Summit area, Bengt became a Rotarian and Marianne joined the Rotary Auxiliary, called the Rotary Anns. Marianne had a mission. She would get others to welcome new citizens when allegiance was sworn to the flag at the naturalization ceremony in Scranton. She chose Phyllis Watkins, Grace Aiken, Val Little, and Helen Hyde. The first of these welcoming ceremonies took place on November 4, 1982.
Thirty-two years later the event continues, still under the watchful eye of Phyllis Watkins. The goals of Rotary are still the same, to promote international understanding and good will. That goal was advanced with these home-baked goodies and a small American flag on May 23.
July 4, Fireworks Display by the Rotary Club of the Abingtons
For twenty-eight years, on or near the Fourth of July, the night sky has been lit up in the Abingtons by a huge fireworks display. This year, the event will start early, at five o’clock on the actual holiday, Friday, July 4.
Live bands will play. Fun events for children will keep the young amused. The smell of outdoor foods from sausage and pepper sandwiches, to pizza or potato pancakes will fill the early evening with scents of summer.
...from www.timesleader.com
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WHY AUTISM? Dr. Wendy Chung
What we know (and what we don't know yet)
She's the principal investigator of the foundation's Simons Variation in Individuals Project, which characterizes behavior and brain structure and function in participants with genetic copy number variants such as those at 16p11.2, which are believed to play a role in spectrum disorders.
Chung also directs the clinical genetics program at Columbia University. In assessing and treating kids with autism spectrum disorders and intellectual disabilities, she uses advanced genomic diagnostics to explore the genetic basis of neurological conditions. She thinks deeply about the ethical and emotional questions around genetic medicine and genetic testing.
Watch a 15-minute video on Autism. Click this link to view the video.
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MUSICAL INTERLUDE
Jackie Evancho - The Summer Knows (featuring Jumaane Smith)
La Vie en Rose
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THE BOYS OF 1905 - A little history
About 18 minutes
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ROTARY INERNATIONAL - WHY?
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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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LIFE AS A VAGABOND - A short talk (5 minutes)
A glimpse of life on the road.
As a young girl, photojournalist and TED Fellow Kitra Cahana dreamed about running away from home to live freely on the road.Now as an adult and self-proclaimed vagabond, she follows modern nomads into their homes — boxcars, bus stops, parking lots, rest stop bathrooms — giving a glimpse into a culture on the margins.
Click this link to view the video.
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NEW - ROTARY BRANDING - A CONSISTENT IDENTITY THROUGH ROTARY
We have a powerful story to tell, and it’s up to all of us to protect, promote, and deliver our message in all of our interactions. By speaking, writing, and designing in a unified voice and look, we ensure that our communications are unmistakably Rotary.
Applying a consistent and clear Rotary style in all of our communications is vital to strengthening our image and enhancing our reputation as a world-class organization. These downloadable resources and guidelines allow each club and district to work independently while maintaining a consistent identity throughout the organization.
These materials are just the beginning of what we plan to offer. Check back often over the coming months to see what new resources are available to help you tell Rotary’s story.
Use these supporting resources to help you apply Rotary’s logo and graphics guidelines.
Click the links below - but remember to click your browser's BACK button to return to the meeting.
Rotary Brand FAQs
Voice and Visual Identity Guidelines
Messaging Guidelines
Identity at a Glance
Ideas Book: Our Identity in Action
Quick Start Guide for Club Websites
It is clear that we may have to make a few changes to comply with the new Rotary Branding Guidelines.
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ROTARY ANTHEM
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ROTARY INTERNATIONAL PRESIDENT-ELECT - GARY C.K. HUANG
...at the Rotary International Assembly, 2014
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"THIS CLOSE" - We are ...
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AND YOU CANNOT MISS THIS FUN!!
I hope you will remember Goldberg machines from a few earlier meeetings...
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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 Ruper Ross, from St. Croix, 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 morning, June 7
• 9:00 a.m. Eastern Time (Miami Time)
• 8:00 a.m. Cayman Time (Jamaica Time)
Rotary E-Club of the Caribbean, 7020 is inviting you to a scheduled Happy Hour Hangout on Saturday morning, June 7.
Our guest speaker this morning is PDG Vance Lewis, speaking on the topic Caribbean Partnership.
This is a recurring meeting so the link is the same each Saturday morning. We look forward to seeing you there!
Join from a PC, Mac, iPad, iPhone or Android device:
• Go to https://zoom.us/join and enter meeting ID: 602 689 205
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Join from dial-in phone line:
Dial: +1 (415) 762-9988 or +1 (646) 568-7788
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