WELCOME TO THE WEEKLY MEETING
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2016
In
this meeting:
- Personal Greeting
- Rotary Minute
- ABCs of Rotary
- Rotary Mottos
- An Update on Polio and Eradication efforts (very interesting)
- Object of Rotary
- International Women's Day
- New Storybook Find (contributed by Diana)
- Best Practices for a Vibrant Club
- Water is Life (contributed by Wein)
- Humour (contributed by John)
- Guest Speaker from last week (Reprise)
- Rotary and the Peace Corps
- Foundation Corner
- Rotary Anthem
- Four-Way Test to close
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OUR GREETER THIS WEEK IS DENIS STOCKMAN
President's Message
Dear fellow
Rotarians and Guests,
This is the last Saturday in the month which is officially recognized as Peace and Conflict Resolution month.
Let us not end the recognition and celebration here, but continue to play our part in ensuring there is continuous Peace in our community and round the world.
This is the last Saturday in the month which is officially recognized as Peace and Conflict Resolution month.
Let us not end the recognition and celebration here, but continue to play our part in ensuring there is continuous Peace in our community and round the world.
Please join us on a
weekly basis as we fellowship and engage in lively discussions about Rotary and
our commitment to a worthy cause.
Let us be the change!!!!!
February 27 - Weekly Meeting – Guest
Speaker – AG Douglas Arnold
March 5 – Weekly Meeting – Guest Speaker - Lorna Phillips
March 12 – Weekly Meeting
March 19 – Weekly Meeting
March 26 – Weekly Meeting
ROTARY MINUTE
QUOTATIONS REGARDING ROTARY
by
Rotary International Presidents
1940-41
Armando de Arruda Pereira (industrial engineering), Rotary Club of São Paulo,
São Paulo, Brazil. Rotary vision: More clubs! More friends!
“Just
as Rotary itself can never keep its place unless it is constantly growing, so each
individual Rotary club cannot afford to stand still while the stream of life moves
onward.”
—
Ever Forward!, THE ROTARIAN, February 1941
1941-42
Tom J. Davis (law), Rotary Club of Butte, Montana, USA. Rotary vision: To help mankind learn to live
together.
“Rotary
was born in a time of peace, but its program of service is even more necessary
in a period of world conflict.”
— Inaugural Message, 1941 Rotary Convention, Denver,
Colorado, USA
ABCs OF ROTARY
 |
| RI President (1992-93) Cliff Dochterman |
Non-attendance Rules
The Standard Rotary Club Constitution specifies three
conditions under which a Rotarian's membership will automatically be terminated
for non-attendance. These circumstances are:
- failure to attend or make up four consecutive club meetings
- failure to attend or make up 50 percent of club meetings each six months
- failure to attend at least 30 percent of the meetings of one's own club in each six-month period.
Under any of these three cases, a member will lose
Rotary membership unless the club board (directors has previously consented to excuse
such failure for good and sufficient reason.
To some individuals, these rules may seem unusually
rigid. However, being present at club meetings is one of the basic obligations
a member accepts upon joining a Rotary club.
The constitutional rules merely emphasize that Rotary
is a participatory organization that highly values regular attendance. When a
member is absent the entire club loses the personal association with that
member. Being present at a club meeting is considered a vital part of the operation
and success of every Rotary club.
For any Rotarian to miss four consecutive meetings, or
disregard the other attendance requirements, should be considered tantamount to
the submission of one's resignation from the club.
When a club terminates a member for non-attendance, it
is simply an acceptance of a resignation and not a punitive action by the club officers.
All Rotarians know the consequences of non-attendance, so it clearly becomes a conscious
decision by a Rotarian to withdraw from the club when he or she fails to fulfil
the attendance requirements.
Sharing Rotary with New Members
Are you aware of the responsibility or obligation most
Rotarians fail to perform? Paying their dues?
Attending meetings? Contributing to the club's service
fund? Participating in club events and projects? No - none of these!
Of all the obligations a person accepts when joining a
Rotary club, the one in which most Rotarians fail is "sharing
Rotary."
The policies of Rotary International clearly affirm
that every individual Rotarian has an
"obligation to share Rotary with others and to
help extend Rotary through proposing qualified persons for Rotary club
membership."
It is estimated that less than 30 percent of the
members of most Rotary clubs have ever made the effort to propose a new member.
Thus, in every club, there are many Rotarians who readily accept the pleasures
of being a Rotarian without ever sharing that privilege with another qualified
individual.
The Rotary policy on club membership states:
"In order for a Rotary club to be fully relevant
to its community and responsive to the needs of those in the community, it is
important and necessary that the club include in its membership all fully
qualified prospective members located within its territory."
One merely has to glance through the pages of the
local telephone directory to realize that most clubs have not invited qualified
members of all businesses and professions into Rotary.
Only a Rotarian may propose a customer, neighbour,
client, supplier, executive, relative, business associate, professional or
other qualified person to join a Rotary club.
Have you accepted your obligation to share Rotary?
The procedures are very simple, and everyone must know
at least one person who should belong to Rotary.
MOTTOS
Service
Above Self and One Profits Most Who Serves Best are the official Rotary mottos.
- The former is the principal motto of Rotary. (50-11, 51-9, 89-145, 01-678, 04-271, RCP 33.080.)
- The latter was modified by the 2010 Council on Legislation, which replaced the word “they” with “one.”
Doing
Good in the World is the motto of The Rotary Foundation. (TRFC 7.090.1.)
Fellowship Through Service is the Rotaract motto. (RCP 41.020.6.)
AN UPDATE ON POLIO
POLIO ERADICATION EFFORTS
WHAT IT ALL MEANS
...continued from last week`s meeting
WHY ENVIRONMENTAL SURVEILLANCE
AFP surveillance brought us a great distance towards
eradication. But approximately only one
in two hundred people infected with poliovirus shows symptoms; in most cases,
there is no visible sign that the virus is present. This means that at any one time, the virus
could be silently beginning to circulate amongst children, without being picked
up by AFP surveillance.
Poliovirus is spread through faeces, and once an individual
is infected, they can shed it for several weeks. Environmental surveillance, therefore, gives
us an important tool to gather information about where the virus is, even when
no case of paralysis gives it away.
Testing sewage generated by populations where polio is likely to be
present provides a method of looking for the virus in many thousands of individuals
at once, rather than one at a time.
Countries are chosen for environmental surveillance based on
multiple factors. Areas with poor AFP
surveillance rates, that are particularly prone to poliovirus circulation, or
where the virus comes back again and again, are particularly good
candidates. Even in low-risk areas,
environmental surveillance can act as an early warning system to check for wild
polio or even to see whether the weakened virus in the oral polio vaccine is
changing into vaccine-derived polioviruses.
WOMEN IN ROTARY
March 8, 2016 - International Women's Day
A NEW STORYBOOK FIND
...contributed by PDG Diana White
Beatrix Potter story, Kitty-in-Boots,
discovered after
100 years
Artist and illustrator Quentin Blake has created illustrations for Kitty-in-Boots
Click below to read the full story:
BEST PRACTICES FOR VIBRANT CLUBS
REMINDER/REVIEW
THE MANUALS FOR ROTARY POSITIONS ARE PROVIDED BELOW
THE MANUALS FOR ROTARY POSITIONS ARE PROVIDED BELOW
Club leaders should review practices annually to ensure that they continue to meet the club’s goals and reflect its identity.
See Be a Vibrant Club: Your Club Leadership Plan (245) for more information.
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Club Officer Duties
Each club officer has specific responsibilities. For
details, refer to the following manuals in the Club Officers’ Kit (225).
Club President’s Manual (222)
Club Secretary’s Manual (229)
Club Treasurer’s Manual (220)
WATER IS LIFE
...submitted by Wein Dimetros
Wein writes: “I think is a great invention
and an economical way to educate and help decrease the clean water crises that
plagues many societies in the world.”
And here is a short video to show what it is and how it
works –
Another short video - bucket list -
Another short video to bring perspective...
A LITTLE HUMOUR
Politics – submitted by John Fuller
If God wanted us to vote, he would have given us
candidates.
~Jay Leno~
The problem with political jokes is they get elected.
~Henry Cate, VII~
We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones
to public office.
~Aesop~
If we got one-tenth of what was promised to us in
these State of the Union speeches, there wouldn't be any inducement to go to
heaven.
~Will Rogers~
Politicians are the same all over. They promise to
build a bridge even where there is no river.
~Nikita Khrushchev~
When I was a boy I was told that anybody could become
President; I’m beginning to believe it.
~Clarence Darrow~
Why pay money to have your family tree traced; go into
politics and your opponents will do it for you.
~Author unknown~
Politicians are people who, when they see light at the
end of the tunnel, go out and buy some more tunnel.
~John Quinton~
Politics is the gentle art of getting votes from the
poor and campaign funds from the rich, by promising to protect each from the
other.
~Oscar Ameringer~
I offer my opponents a bargain: if they will stop
telling lies about us, I will stop telling the truth about them.
~Adlai Stevenson, campaign speech, 1952~
A politician is a fellow who will lay down your life
for his country.
~ Tex Guinan~
I have come to the conclusion that politics is too
serious a matter to be left to the politicians.
~Charles de Gaulle~
Instead of giving a politician the keys to the city,
it might be better to change the locks.
~Doug Larson~
There ought to be one day — just one -- when there is
open season on Congressmen.
~Will Rogers~
WHAT HAPPENED ON WEDNESDAY!
Wednesday’s
program focused on a simple way to break a bad habit - whether it be to lose weight, stop smoking, or to change your lifestyle in a positive way. Enjoy and learn!
A great turnout for the HHH this week. Two regulars sent apologies.
Dawn, Kitty, Wein, and Jerome - with special guest recovering from heart surgery,
Mary Gleason from St. Thomas.
An excellent discussion!
A special treat - Be Kind to One Another!
Get your tissues ready!!
Plan
to join us on a Wednesday to continue our fellowship and enhance your world.!
GUEST SPEAKER
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 20
Dr. LaVerne Ragster
A repeat, in case you missed it...
A very good audience to hear our exceptional speaker!
Thank you all!
Rotary partners with Peace Corps
to enhance club and district service activities
Peace
Corps, a U.S. federal agency, sends American citizens around the world to
tackle pressing needs and promote international understanding. While abroad,
Peace Corps volunteers support sustainable change by working with local
stakeholders to improve communities.
Returned
volunteers offer a wealth of service project knowledge and insights acquired
from living abroad. They also often maintain strong relationships with their
host communities and local partners, which may include Rotary and Rotaract
clubs. By working with active and returned Peace Corps volunteers, Rotary can
continue addressing our six areas of focus while enhancing goodwill,
international understanding, and our capacity to address community concerns.
Read
the Rotary-Peace Corps partnership fact sheet for more information on how
your club or district can partner with current and former Peace Corps
volunteers. Working with your district’s Community and International Service
chairs, encourage clubs to contact a Peace
Corps Regional Recruitment Office to connect with Peace Corps alumni in
your region.
Celebrate Rotary’s commitment to creating a
peaceful world
February
is Peace and Conflict Prevention/Resolution Month, but Rotary takes on the
causes of conflict year-round, through projects that address poverty,
inequality, and ethnic tension and improve access to education and resources.
Rotary
also trains adults and young leaders to prevent and mediate conflict more
directly and aid refugees who have fled areas of conflict. Here are just a few
examples of how Rotary members are building peace:
- More than 70 percent of the 22,000 Sudanese people who
have been displaced to Australia are under age 30. As they’ve struggled to
build a Sudanese community in their new country, a Rotary Peace Fellow
traveled from England to Australia to start a program that develops
leadership skills through soccer and encourages young refugees to be
active members of Australian society. Watch
a video to learn more.
- The Rotary World Peace Conference, the first of five Rotary
presidential conferences planned for this year, was held 15-16 January
in Ontario, California, USA. More than 150 leaders in the fields of peace,
education, business, law, and health care led more than 100 breakout
sessions and workshops. Topics ranged from how to achieve peace through
education to combating human trafficking to the role the media has in
eliminating conflict. Read
more about the conference.
FOUNDATION CORNER
WHAT
IS THE ANNUAL FUND
ANNUAL
FUND is the
primary source of funding for all Foundation activities. Our annual
contributions help Rotary Clubs take action to create positive change in
communities at home and around the world. Our gift helps strengthen peace
efforts, provide clean water and sanitation, support education, grow local
economies, save mothers and children and fight disease.
The
EVERY ROTARIAN every year (EREY) inigtative asks every Rotarian to support The
Rotary Foundation every year.
Through
our annual Sustaining Member contributions of $100 or more, the Rotary E-Club
of the Caribbean, 7020 has been a 100% EREY contributor since we
were chartered in 2013. Let us continue to support The Rotary Foundation
(TRF) through our annual donations. We have been and continue to “Be a
gift to the World."
THE ROTARY ANTHEM
Rotary Anthem from Rotary International on Vimeo.
THE ROTARY FOUR-WAY TEST
To
close the meeting...
ROTARY
FOUR-WAY TEST
of
the things we think, say, or do
Rotarian PDG Diana White leads us.
Rotarian PDG Diana White leads us.
And
the final bell with our own John Fuller...
Thanks for stopping by!
Enjoy your week, and all that you do for Rotary!
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