WELCOME TO THE WEEKLY MEETING
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 2016
In
this meeting:
- Personal greeting
- Our speaker - Saturday, February 20 Preview
- Rotary Minute
- ABCs of Rotary
- An Update on Polio
- Eradication efforts - Wow!
- Rotary Code of Conduct
- Women in Rotary
- One Remarkable Woman
- Best Practices for Vibrant Clubs
- Announcements -
- Peace Fellows Webinar
- New Grants Model Qualifications
- Global Rewards
- WASRAG Summit 8
- Be a Gift to the World
- What happened Wednesday
- A little music creativity
- Foundation Corner
- Rotary Anthem
- Four-Way Test to close
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OUR GREETER THIS WEEK IS JEROME COWANS
President's Message
Dear fellow Rotarians and Guests,
It is indeed my pleasure to welcome you to
Peace and Conflict Resolution month. The
young people around the world make up the richest wealth of any country. As such we are all encouraged to engage them
in finding their true passion in ways that will help develop a nation.
We look forward over the
next few weekly meetings to hosting our special guest speakers who will share
with us how they are working with Peace and Conflict resolution in their
hometowns.
Let us be the change!!!!!
“Don’t wait for the perfect moment, take
the moment and make it perfect.” — Zoey Sayward
February 20 - Weekly
Meeting – Guest Speaker – LaVerne Ragster
February 27 - Weekly
Meeting – Guest Speaker – AG Douglas Arnold
March 5 – Weekly
Meeting – Guest Speaker - Lorna Phillips
ANNOUNCING OUR SPEAKER FOR
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 20
BIOGRAPHICAL PROFILE
LaVerne E. Ragster, Ph.D.
LaVerne Ragster is a retired Professor of
Marine Biology and President Emerita of the University of the Virgin
Islands. She was born and raised in St.
Thomas, US Virgin Islands.
Her educational career included completion
of a B.S. in Biology and Chemistry (University of Miami) in 1973, a M.S. in
Biology (San Diego State University, algal physiology concentration) in 1975,
and a Ph.D. in Biology (University of California, San Diego, plant biochemistry
concentration) in 1980.
Dr. Ragster has conducted research and
training in the areas of algal physiology and natural resource management, and
obtained training and practical experience in institutional and leadership
development over the last 35 years. She helped to link UVI to other higher
education institutions in the region when she served as Sub-Secretary General
for the Association of Caribbean Universities and Research Institutes (UNICA),
and also as the Coordinator of the Consortium of Caribbean Universities for
Natural Resource Management.
Dr. Ragster works with a number of
non-governmental organizations (ngos) and region organizations, including
- the Caribbean Studies Association (past president)
- Caribbean Natural Resources Institute (past chair of the board, currently Program Advisor)
- Caribbean Conservation Association (past vice president)
- Island Resources Foundation (board member)
- The Nature Conservancy (former board member)
- Caribbean Council for Science and Technology (USVI Representative)
- Clean Islands International (board member).
She is a member of the recently formed US
Integrated Ocean Observing Systems Advisory Committee, which builds on her
national experience of participation in the National Environmental Policy
Commission of the Congressional Black Caucus Brain Trust on Environmental
Justice, Commissions and programs of the American Council on Education, and the
National Association of State Universities and Land Grant Colleges (NASULGC),
and membership on the National Marine Fisheries Advisory Committee.
Dr. Ragster has been recognized and honored
by Virgin Islands organizations, national organizations, higher education
institutions, and the President of the U.S. for her teaching, work in
conservation, leadership and community service.
Rotarian LaVerne has been a member of the
Rotary Club of St. Thomas II since 2010.
She has served two terms on the Board, including a year as the Director for
Public Relations, and many assignments on the Foundation Committee and as
support to the President's Council in the area of public relations.
Currently, she is the vice-chair for the
Rainbow Fund Rotary II and a member of the By Laws revision
committee. For two years, Rotarian
LaVerne served as the co- chair for the
Rotary Practice Peace Initiative with PP Shaun Pennington of Sunrise
Rotary. Her current focus is on climate change adaptation efforts in the USVI
and the rest of the Caribbean,
especially with respect to the area of public health.
Come join us on Saturday morning, February 20
9:00 a.m. Atlantic Time
8:00 a.m. Eastern Time/Jamaica Time
ROTARY MINUTE
QUOTATIONS REGARDING ROTARY
by
Rotary International Presidents
1938-39
George C. Hager (law), Rotary Club of Chicago, Illinois, USA. Rotary vision: Good communication as the
basis of true understanding.
“Rotary
believes that the citizen who best serves his country is the one who wishes to
know the truth about his neighbors, and who desires to replace hatred between nations
with friendship.”
—
Address to 1939 Rotary Convention, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
1939-40
Walter D. Head (education), Rotary Club of Montclair, New Jersey, USA. Rotary
vision: Every Rotarian a living example of Rotary principles in action.
“In a
world where precious little love is being lost between nations, [the] movement
to save the children is revealing man’s best and perhaps truest side…. Just how
great or small Rotary’s part in this movement will be, nobody can yet
say….[But] Rotary will open its great heart and do as it has always done when
facing emergency — rise with magnificent courage, grateful for another
opportunity
to exemplify its one fundamental principle, the service of one’s fellowman.”
— New World Homes for European Children, THE ROTARIAN,
September 1940
ABCs OF ROTARY
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| RI President (1992-93) Cliff Dochterman |
Women in Rotary
Until 1989 the Constitution and Bylaws of Rotary
International stated that Rotary club membership was for males only. In 1978
the Rotary Club of Duarte, California, invited three women to become members.
The RI board withdrew the charter of that club for violation of the RI
Constitution.
The club brought suit against RI claiming a violation
of a state civil rights law that prevents discrimination of any form in
business establishments or public accommodations. The appeals court and the
California Supreme Court supported the Duarte position that Rotary could not
remove the club’s charter merely for inducting women into the club.
The United States Supreme Court upheld the California
court indicating that Rotary clubs do have a "business purpose" and
are in some ways public-type organizations. This action in 1987 allowed women
to become Rotarians in any jurisdiction having similar "public
accommodation" statutes.
The RI constitutional change was made at the 1989
Council on Legislation, with a vote to eliminate the "male only"
provision for all of Rotary. Since that time, women have become members and leaders
of clubs and districts throughout the world.
Room 711 - Rotary's Birthplace
The number 711 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 its
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
the RI World Headquarters in Evanston.
AN UPDATE ON POLIO
<http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/02/polio-dangote-gates-commit-42m-to-routine-immunisation/>
Speaking on the benefit of the newly-signed Memorandum of Understanding,
MoU, the Chief Executive Officer, Dangote Foundation, Zouera Youssoufou, said
the need to keep up the success through routine immunisation, was to ensure
that the trend of polio is not reversed.
“While it is an important indication of progress to have a year and five months without a case of WPV, Nigeria needs to go through July 2017 without a case anywhere in the country to be declared polio-free. Surveillance must be maintained at global-level standards so that we are not missing anything.”
“This informed the extension of strategic partners between the two Foundations and the six state governments to earmark a total of $42 million to strengthening routine immunisatio and by extension, a significant part of the primary health care system.”
Youssoufou hinted that a total of $42 million has been set aside for 2013- 2018 with Dangote Foundation and the Gates Foundation contributing $14 million each while the six states together provide the balance of $14 million.
She pointed out that strengthening routine immunisation takes sustained financial and human resource commitment and it is important that the changes being made during the short MOU period must be ‘habit forming’ changes that are kept in place well after the MOUs end.
Youssoufou who is the former World Bank Country Manager for Gabon, Equatorial Guinea and Sao Tomé and Principe, said the the two Foundations are entering into a one-time, 15-month tripartite MoU with Zamfara and Katsina States to strengthen their cold chain system for the success in remaining polio free since 2013.
Immunization Leadership Challenge, the two foundations committed to recognizing Zamfara and Katsina State each with $1 million grant award funds for their success in remaining polio free in 2013.”
“Dangote Foundation and BMGF’s founding will support the purchase of cold chain equipment, while the states have committed to releasing funds to support equipment installation, operation, and maintenance.
“Money from the two foundations’ money has been released to UNICEF to enable them to do the procurement which includes walk-in coolers for satellite cold stores, as well as the solar direct drive dual refrigerators to be used at the facility level,” She noted.
NOTE:
The Dangote Foundation is the Corporate Social Responsibility arm of Dangote Group. The Foundation is responsible for contributing over $100 million in charitable funds to several causes in Nigeria and Africa over the past four years.
The president of the foundation is Africa's richest, Alhaji Aliko Dangote.
To maintain the success of Nigeria’s
delisting from the group of polio-endemic countries and ensure
global-level standards of surveillance, Dangote Foundation and the Bill &
Melinda Gates Foundation have extended their existing partnership on routine
immunisation and strengthening of primary health care in Kano and Bauchi states
to four additional states of Borno, Kaduna, Sokoto and Yobe.
PARTNERSHIP: L-R: Environmental Surveillance Officer, Mr.
Haliru Usman; President, Dangote Group Ltd, Aliko Dangote and Co-Chairman, Bill
& Melinda Gates Foundation, Bill Gates, during a visit to Rigasa
Environmental Surveillance site, Igabi LGA, Kaduna State.
“While it is an important indication of progress to have a year and five months without a case of WPV, Nigeria needs to go through July 2017 without a case anywhere in the country to be declared polio-free. Surveillance must be maintained at global-level standards so that we are not missing anything.”
“This informed the extension of strategic partners between the two Foundations and the six state governments to earmark a total of $42 million to strengthening routine immunisatio and by extension, a significant part of the primary health care system.”
Youssoufou hinted that a total of $42 million has been set aside for 2013- 2018 with Dangote Foundation and the Gates Foundation contributing $14 million each while the six states together provide the balance of $14 million.
She pointed out that strengthening routine immunisation takes sustained financial and human resource commitment and it is important that the changes being made during the short MOU period must be ‘habit forming’ changes that are kept in place well after the MOUs end.
Youssoufou who is the former World Bank Country Manager for Gabon, Equatorial Guinea and Sao Tomé and Principe, said the the two Foundations are entering into a one-time, 15-month tripartite MoU with Zamfara and Katsina States to strengthen their cold chain system for the success in remaining polio free since 2013.
Immunization Leadership Challenge, the two foundations committed to recognizing Zamfara and Katsina State each with $1 million grant award funds for their success in remaining polio free in 2013.”
“Dangote Foundation and BMGF’s founding will support the purchase of cold chain equipment, while the states have committed to releasing funds to support equipment installation, operation, and maintenance.
“Money from the two foundations’ money has been released to UNICEF to enable them to do the procurement which includes walk-in coolers for satellite cold stores, as well as the solar direct drive dual refrigerators to be used at the facility level,” She noted.
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NOTE:
The Dangote Foundation is the Corporate Social Responsibility arm of Dangote Group. The Foundation is responsible for contributing over $100 million in charitable funds to several causes in Nigeria and Africa over the past four years.
The president of the foundation is Africa's richest, Alhaji Aliko Dangote.
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POLIO ERADICATION EFFORTS
WHAT IT ALL MEANS
EXPLAINING ENVIRONMENTAL SURVEILLANCE
Eradicating polio is a particularly unforgiving task. While the virus remains anywhere in the
world, it has the potential to spread around the globe to any vulnerable child
or community. As the Global Polio
Eradication Initiative (GPEI) zeros in on polio, it becomes more important than
ever that every last virus is found and rapidly stopped in its tracks.
In this photo series - which will be continued in our next few meetings - , Dr. Ousmane Diop describes how
environmental surveillance is one of the innovations being used to find every
last strain of poliovirus in every last corner of the globe.
ACUTE FLACCID PARALYSIS SURVEILLANCE
Traditionally, the polio programme uses acute flaccid
paralysis (AFP) surveillance for rapidly detecting where polio is present. This process involves using a wide network of
health workers, teachers, traditional healers and families to find and report
children who hae symptoms that could be polio:
floppy, rapid-onset paralysis with no obvious cause. Sstool samples of people with these symptoms
are tested in laboratories to see whether they are the result of the
poliovirus, and in the case of a positive result, an outbreak response is
launched or efforts strengthened in the area where the case was found.
In order to ensure polio surveillance is sensitive enough,
endemic countries are required to find and report at least two cases of AFP per
100,000 people aged under 15 years of age.
This is the number of AFP cases that you would expect to find in a given
population, regardless of whether polio is circulating or not. In this way, if poliovirus is present and
causing the cases of paralysis, it would be rapidly detected and can be
addressed.
WOMEN IN ROTARY
ONE REMARKABLE WOMAN
Before Hillary Clinton,
there was Shirley Chisholm
By Rajini Vaidyanathan
BBC News, Washington
26 January 2016
...submitted by PDG Diana White
Forty-four years ago this week, Shirley Chisholm made
history as she announced her candidacy for the White House. Her bid for the top
job was short lived, but the symbolism is as powerful today as it was then.
She was a pioneer for her generation, a woman of many
firsts - the first African American congresswoman. The first African American
to run for president. The first woman to run for president.
"She paved the way for me to be able to set foot on
Capitol Hill," says 22 year-old Kimaya Davis, who works for a
congressional committee.
For the full story, click here: http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-35057641
Source - http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-35057641
BEST PRACTICES FOR VIBRANT CLUBS
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)
FOUR ANNOUNCEMENTS
Please see below details of a webinar which you may be interested in attending.
HOW TO APPLY FOR A ROTARY PEACE FELLOWSHIP: ASK THE FELLOWS
WHEN - Tuesday, February 23 at 9:00 pm. (60 minutes)
LEVEL - Beginner
Audience: Peace Fellowship applicants
TIME ZONE - to be established
Are you interested in applying for the 2017 Rotary Peace Fellowship? Three current Rotary Peace Fellows will share their experiences about the application process and as current fellows in both the master’s degree and professional development certificate programs. This webinar will all you to ask the fellows questions about their program and guidance for applying to be the next Rotary Peace Fellow.
Language: English
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QUALIFICATIONS FOR CLUBS
NEW GRANTS MODEL
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| David Beck |
Under The Rotary Foundation New Grants Model, clubs are
required to re-qualify annually to be eligible to apply or receive Global or
District Grants.
See below steps to re-qualify which need to be completed to be eligible for 2016-17 Grants, with MOU sent to both District Foundation Chair Lindsey Cancino and myself.
See below steps to re-qualify which need to be completed to be eligible for 2016-17 Grants, with MOU sent to both District Foundation Chair Lindsey Cancino and myself.
QUALIFICATIONS FOR CLUBS
District 7020 requires clubs to be qualified in order to
apply for both District and Global Grants.
Qualifications for club eligibility include —
- Sign and comply with club Memorandum of Understanding (MOU).
- Have no unreported or delinquent Foundation grants; i.e., all report deadlines must have been met.
- On average have contributed a bare minimum of US$12 per member; i.e., US$1 per month per member, to the TRF Annual Program Fund by March 5th of the year before the grant is due; e.g., by March 5, 2016 for clubs applying for District Grants in 2016/2017.
- Comply with TRF Grants Terms and Conditions
- Agree to record keeping of expenses and receipt retention requirements
- Proper grant oversight with committee of three club members (in the case of a Global Grant).
- Bank account solely for Rotary Foundation Global Grant funds (in the case of a Global Grant).
- Ensure funds used only for qualified expenses
- Attendance of at least two senior club members at Rotary Foundation Grant Management seminar
Requirements to maintain club qualification status —
- Adhere to terms of the club Memorandum of Understanding (MOU).
- Implement stewardship and grant management practices to prevent misuse of funds.
- Appoint a club member/committee to manage club qualification.
- Submit reports on timely basis.
Club qualification checklist —
- What MOU requirements does club already implement?
- What requirements does club need to implement?
- What members would be good choices to help implement the club MOU?
YIR
PAG David A Beck
District 7020 Club Qualification Chair
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Rotary Global Rewards
Have you tried Rotary
Global Rewards — our new member benefit program that offers discounts on
travel, hotels, dining, entertainment, and more? Rotary Global Rewards will
make your Rotary membership even more rewarding.
Rotary Global Rewards helps you share Rotary by:
- Doing more good work— Involve more members
in Rotary projects with savings on truck rentals, airfare, and hotels
- Building Rotary
friendships —
Forge richer friendships with fellow members with your dining and
entertainment offers
- Sharing our story with
someone new
— Tell people about Rotary’s work when you use discounts at coffee shops
and restaurants
Our rewards program is even more special now because members
are invited to build it.
This fall, Rotarians can add their company’s special
offers to our growing portfolio of Rotary Global Rewards.
Where will Rotary Global Rewards take you?
Sign in to My
Rotary, go to the Member Center, and learn more. If you don’t have an account,
create one now at www.rotary.org/myrotary.
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WATER AND SANITATION
ROTARY ACTION GROUP
WASRAG
BE A GIFT TO THE WORLD
WHAT HAPPENED ON WEDNESDAY!
Wednesday’s
program included a very short video from chasingice.com.
In the spring of 2005, acclaimed environmental photographer
James Balog headed to the Arctic on a tricky assignment for National Geographic: to capture images to help tell the story
of the Earth’s changing climate.
Even with a scientific upbringing, Balog had been a skeptic
about climate change. But that first
trip north opened his eyes to the biggest story in human history, and sparked a
challenge within him that would put hiscareer and his very well-being at risk.
Chasing Ice is the
story of one man’s mission to change the tide of history by gathering
undeniable evidence of our changing planet.
Within months of that first trip to Iceland, the photographer conceived
the boldest expedition of his life: The
Extreme Ice Survey. With a bank of young
adventurers in tow, Balog began deploying revolutionary time-lapse cameras
across the brutal Arctic to capture a multi-year record of the world’s changing
glaciers.
As the debate polarizes America and the intensity of natural
disasters ramps up globally, Balog finds himself at the end of his tether. Battling untested technology in sub-zero
conditions, he comes face to face with his own mortality.
It takes years for Balog to see the fruits of
his labour. His hauntingly beautiful videos
compress years into seconds and capture ancient mountains of ice in motion as
they disappear at a breathtaking rate.
Chasing Ice depicts a photographer
trying to deliver evidence and hope to our carbon-powered planet.
Chasing Ice is
honoured to have received the 2014 News and Documentary Emmy award for
Outstanding Nature Programming. The film
made its TV debut on the National Geographic Channel on April 19, 2013. Since that day, Chasing Ice has screened in more than 172 countries and on all 7
continents.
Chasing Ice is
honoured to have received the 2014 News and Documentary Emmy award for
Outstanding Nature Programming. The film
made its TV debut on the National Geographic Channel on April 19, 2013. Since that day, Chasing Ice has screened in more than 172 countries and on all 7
continents.
We are so grateful for all of our supporters who helped make
this night possible for our team. We
were very fortunate to have worked with an incredible group of people
throughout the creation and distribution of this film. Thank you to everyone who contributed their
time and amazing skill sets.
This video is a summary of the project.
We enjoyed a fabulously entertaining discussion about the Environment - beginning with the necessities of accepting that the climate is changing and that something needs to be done.
Discussion included water and sanitation through the world, and we are grateful for the participation and enlightenment of Dawn Johnson, District 7020 Chair of Water and Sanitation.
Dawn's knowledge and experience in Haiti are invaluable! Thank you, Dawn!
Plan to join us on a Wednesday to continue to learn interesting stories about Rotary and other topics and to enjoy some Rotary fellowship!
PHOTOS FROM SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 13
MUSIC - MUSIC - MUSIC
Can you believe the talent?
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 John Fuller leads us.
Rotarian John Fuller leads us.
And
the final bell with our own John Fuller...
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