WELCOME TO THE WEEKLY MEETING
FRIDAY, April 29, 2016
In
this meeting:
- Rotary Minute
- ABCs of Rotary
- An Update on Polio
- Object of Rotary
- History of District 7020
- One Dictionary Project
- Mission Possible
- Wednesday, April 27
- Elephants
- Fitness Quiz
- Maternal and Child Health
- Could this happen?
- Saturday, April 23
- Foundation Corner
- Rotary Anthem
- Four-Way Test to close
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OUR GREETER THIS WEEK IS PAUL AMOURY
President's Message
Dear fellow Rotarians and Guests,
We were fortunate to have had as our guest
speaker for Maternal and Child Month, District Chair, PP Dionne Meyler who
shared several statistics with us, more specifically those impacting District
7020.
We discussed means and ways our
club could play a vital role in this area.
The final HHH for this month – Wednesday April 27, 2016 focused on
Statistics on Maternal Health - a short
film on child mortality in Angola.
April 30, 2016, will be our last Club
Assembly for the year. Each Rotarian is
asked to join us at our usual time to discuss relevant topics to our club’s
operation. Your participation is very
important to us, as we prepare to hand over to PE Paul who will also be sharing
his vision for the club and its members.
This year has not been the easiest
nor smoothest, but with those committed members who consistently and
continuously come through, we were able to achieve some success.
With this said, the purpose of the Club Assembly is
listed below; and as we review this past year and prepare for the new RI year, let
us be reminded of the following:
- Brainstorm ideas for projects and activities
- Set goals and develop action plans using the Club Leadership Plan
- Coordinate committee activities
- Review the club’s strengths, opportunities, and weaknesses
- Learn more about Rotary and its program
April 30 – Club Assembly
May 7 – Weekly Meeting
May 14 – Weekly Meeting
May 21 – Weekly Meeting
May 28 – Weekly Meeting
May 2 – 7, 2016 – District Conference [Bahamas]
July 9, 2016 – RI President K.R. Ravindran visits Jamaica
ROTARY MINUTE
QUOTATIONS REGARDING ROTARY
by
Rotary International Presidents
1958-59
Clifford A. Randall (general law practice), Rotary Club of Milwaukee, Wisconsin,
USA. Rotary vision: That it meet the challenge of new needs in new settings in
a changing world.
“It is frightfully easy to mistake the speed
with which information can be transmitted from one place to another today with
the actual and complete act of communicating….Having seen the picture or having
heard the event described almost at the time it happened, we are so often left
with questions. We know what has happened but we don’t know why.”
— Address to 1959 Rotary Convention, New York, New
York, USA
1959-60
Harold T. Thomas (furniture and furnishings – retailing), Rotary Club of
Auckland, New Zealand. Rotary vision: To vitalize, personalize, and build bridges
of friendship.
“One of the most impressive examples I know of
international cooperation is in those gardens where we find plants, shrubs, and
trees flourishing side by side in perfect harmony and beauty….There is much
wisdom to be learned in a garden, and the very beginning is a realization of
the fact that all final results depend upon proper preparation of the soil….So
it is with Rotary. The crop we envisage is world peace and stability, a world
in which we all live together as friends and neighbors.
The seed to be sown — fellowship,
friendship, understanding. The soil — the minds of individual Rotarians.”
— Address to 1960 Rotary Convention, Miami-Miami
Beach, Florida, USA
ABCs OF ROTARY
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| RI President (1992-93) Cliff Dochterman |
"Every Rotarian an Example to Youth"
In much of the official literature of Rotary
International relating to service to young people, a special slogan will be
found - "Every Rotarian an Example to Youth." These words were
adopted in 1949 by the Rotary International Board of Directors as an expression
of commitment to children and youth in each community in which Rotary clubs
exist. Serving young people has long been an important part of the Rotary
program.
Youth service projects take many forms around the
world. Rotarians sponsor Boy Scout and Girl Scout troops, athletic teams,
centres for disabled children, school safety patrols, summer camps, recreation
areas, safe driving clinics, county fairs, child care centres and children's
hospitals. Many clubs provide vocational counselling, establish youth
employment programs and promote use of The 4-Way Test. Increasingly, drug and
alcohol abuse prevention and AIDS awareness projects are being supported by
Rotarians.
In every instance, Rotarians have an opportunity to be
role models for the young men and women of their community. One learns to serve
by observing others. As our youth grow to become adult leaders, it is hoped each
will achieve that same desire and spirit to serve future generations of
children and youth.
The slogan accepted over 40 years ago is just as vital
today. It is a very thoughtful challenge - "Every
Rotarian an Example to Youth."
World Community Service
World Community Service (WCS) is the Rotary program by
which a club' or district in one country provides humanitarian assistance to a
club in another country. Typically, the aid goes to a developing community
where the Rotary project will help raise the standard of living and the quality
of life. The ultimate object of World Community Service is to build goodwill
and understanding among peoples of the world.
Every Rotary club is urged to undertake a new World
Community Service project each year. The WCS Projects Exchange list is an
excellent tool to find a real need, a project description and cooperating club
in a developing area. The job then is to "go to work" to complete the
project, and at the same time build bridges of friendship and world
understanding.
AN UPDATE ON POLIO
Have you ever had polio?
Taliban gunmen attacked policemen guarding medical workers administering polio vaccinations in the Pakistani city of Karachi on Wednesday, killing seven of them.
The policemen were killed in two attacks in the sprawling port metropolis of more than 20 million people that has been plagued by ethnic, sectarian and political violence for years.
The attacks took place within 600 metres (650 yards) of each other near a market, a senior police official said.
"One took place at the three policemen who were escorting a polio team, the policemen were on foot when they were attacked," said the official, Ali Asif. "In the second incident, four policemen in a police van were targeted."
Provincial police chief Allah Dino Khwaja said the vaccination workers were not the target of the gunmen.
"The target was purely the police," he said.
The Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility.
A spokesman for the group, Qari Saifullah Saif, said eight members carried out the attacks in revenge for the alleged killing of their colleagues by police in Karachi.
Teams in Pakistan working to immunize children against the virus are often targeted by Taliban and other militant groups, who say the campaign is a cover for Western spies, or accuse workers of distributing drugs designed to sterilise children.
At least 89 people - including vaccination workers and policemen - have been killed in such attacks since July 2012, according to a Reuters tally based on United Nations figures and media reports.
Last year, Pakistan reported 54 of 74 worldwide cases of polio, down drastically from the 306 cases reported in the country the year before, mainly due to expanded immunisation efforts.
Government officials in Karachi said the immunisation drive would be suspended while the violence was investigated.
(Additional reporting by Asad Hashim in ISLAMABAD and Saud Mehsud in DERA ISMAIL KHAN.; Editing by Robert Birsel)
HISTORY OF ROTARY DISTRICT 7020
The records of Rotary International indicate that Rotary within the islands of the Caribbean began with what was called non-district clubs. The first non-district club to receive a charter was The Rotary Club of St Thomas, (US Virgin Islands) in 1957, followed by The Rotary Club of St Croix (US Virgin Islands) in 1958, and by The Rotary Club of Kingston (Jamaica) in 1959. Rotary International continued to charter non-district clubs; until 1973, there were some 41 clubs with charters.
In June of 1973, the first Caribbean Convention of non-district Clubs
was held in St Kitts (Saint Kitts and Nevis). One of the outcomes of
this Convention was a petition to Rotary International for the
establishment of a district for the clubs of the Caribbean. Rotary
International established District 404 on July 1, 1974. All the French,
Dutch, and English speaking islands in the Caribbean Diaspora were
included. Dr John Watts of Grenada became the first District Governor of
District 404. The first District Conference was held in Port-of-Spain,
Trinidad, on September 25-28, 1974 with some 314 Rotarians and
participants attending. Forty-three of forty-four clubs were
represented.
District 404 continued to grow with new clubs developing in most of the Caribbean islands. By the 1979 District Conference in the Virgin Islands, there were some 57 clubs with 2,041 Rotarians situated in the geographical area from the Bahamas in the western Caribbean to Trinidad & Tobago. This created many logistical problems for the new District. For example, many of the mandatory functions of the District Governor such as visiting every club during the first six months of his governorship were virtually impossible with such a spread out District.
Thus, Rotary International was petitioned once again to make changes within District 404. The request was for District 404 to be divided into two separate Districts - 404 and 405. District 405 was created for clubs in the Eastern Caribbean, south of the island of St Martin/St Maarten, and the North and Western Islands remained as District 404. District 404 was a part of Rotary International's SACAMA Zone 5 that was predominantly South America and Spanish speaking.
On July 1, 1991, the District number was changed to 4040 to be consistent with the worldwide four-digit numbering by Rotary International. The January 1992 Council on Legislation adopted enactment 92.140 which transferred District 4040 from SACAMA Zone 5 to USCB Zone 10 effective July 1, 1992.
At its March 1992 meeting, the Board of Directors of Rotary International requested the General Secretary to give the District a new number in harmony with the numbers used by the other Districts in USCB Zone 10. Consequently, District 4040 was renumbered as District 7020 with effect from July 1, 1992. The Council of Legislation in 1995 then realigned the districts around the world and on July 11, 1995, placed District 7020 into Zone 21, the new name for the old SACAMA Zone.
This decision allowed District 7020 to affiliate with Zone 34, the Southeast United States, for communication and training purposes. At the Council on Legislation in January 1998, a resolution was passed to move District 7020 into Zone 34 effective on July 1, 1998. The District has thrived within this Zone with increased involvement in Rotary International.
District 7020 comprises the following countries:
- Bahamas (except Grand Bahama)
- British Virgin Islands
- Cayman Islands
- French West Indies (St-Martin & St-Barthelemy only)
- Haiti
- Jamaica
- Netherland Antilles (Sint-Maarten only)
- Turks & Caicos
- U.S. Virgin Islands
ONE DICTIONARY PROJECT
Dictionary Project // Rotary International from Cliq on Vimeo.
MISSION POSSIBLE
Mission Possible Rotary International from robwrightnet on Vimeo.
Rotary District 6900 includes 69 Rotary Clubs from most of Atlanta and the western part of the state of Georgia.
Our impact starts with our members—people who work tirelessly with their clubs to solve some of our communities’ toughest challenges. Their efforts are supported by Rotary International, our member association, and The Rotary Foundation, which turns generous donations into grants that fund the work of our members and partners around the world. Rotary is led by our members—responsible leaders who help to carry forward our organization’s mission and values in their elected roles.
UPDATE ON OUR CLUB PROJECTS
GANDEVI SMART BOARDS
All paperwork is in order. Report being prepared by Gandevi and in its final stages.
BOULMIER WATER PROJECT
Awaiting update from PP Amarylis
ENGLISH E-MENTORING
Awaiting update
BUTTERFLY STORYBOOKS FOR HAITI
Books have been distributed. Awaiting final report from Les Cayes, Haiti
WEDNESDAY - April 27
April 27 - Statistics on Maternal Health
Maternal mortality: Every day in 2015, about 830
women died due to complications of pregnancy and child birth. Almost all of
these deaths occurred in low-resource settings, and most could have been
prevented.
The primary causes of death are haemorrhage, hypertension,
infections, and indirect causes, mostly due to interaction between pre-existing
medical conditions and pregnancy.
The risk of a woman in a developing country dying from a
maternal-related cause during her lifetime is about 33 times higher compared to
a woman living in a developed country. Maternal mortality is a health indicator
that shows very wide gaps between rich and poor, urban and rural areas, both
between countries and within them.
A short film about child mortality in Angola. The world’s deadliest place for kids.
Produced by: Adam B. Ellick
This is a video report that I’ll never be able to do
again. It’s about Angola, an oil-rich and fabulously
corrupt country that also happens to be the deadliest
place in the world to be a child.
Angola, naturally, doesn’t welcome journalists. It
took me about five years to get a journalist visa to get into Angola, and after
my reporting I doubt I’ll get another visa as long as the current regime
remains in power. So at The Times, we poured a lot of time and effort into the
story of what corruption does to a country.
For me, the most compelling moments are those of rural
Angola, the villages where people live without any access to doctors or
dentists. We simply drove down a highway for hours, and then twice took small
dirt roads quite randomly to see where they would lead, and then stopped in
villages and chatted with people. It’s pretty heartbreaking to see kids
suffering untreated from disease and unable to attend school, or to meet
a mom who has lost 10 children — and it’s not just sad, but infuriating
when you see it in a country that is rich with oil and diamonds.
Then you remember that the Angolan president’s
daughter is a billionaire, that Western governments are buddying up to the
president — and, well, you feel you owe it to the villagers you met to tell
their story in their own words. So we shot some videos to run with my columns.
May this add pressure on the government to spend its oil wealth not just on
Porsches and Champagne for the leaders, but also on health and education for
ordinary Angolans.
I’m in the documentary, but the person who put it
together is Adam B. Ellick, a senior Times video correspondent who has traveled
with me in Iran, Bahrain and other countries. I hope you’ll watch the video,
read the columns, and help spread the word about how it’s not just poverty that
kills, but also local corruption and the world’s willingness to tolerate it.
Plan
to join us on a Wednesday to continue to learn.
ELEPHANTS
The Elephants in the
Room: Watch a Herd Walk through a Hotel
Why go on a safari when
you can watch wildlife right from the comfort of your hotel?
Inviting big, exotic
animals inside probably wasn't the plan when the Mfuwe Lodge was built in
Zambia in 1998, but that’s what wound up happening. The lodge surrounds a mango
tree that a local group of elephants likes to feed on and sits on the path they
traditionally used to get to it.
When Mfuwe opened for
business, the elephants made it clear they had no intention of changing their
route. They walked in like they owned the place, shuffled through the lobby and
out into the courtyard to feast on mangoes.
The spectacle, no doubt
concerning to whoever was working the reception desk the first time it happened,
has become one of the lodge’s main draws, and attracts crowds of tourists every
year. According to the lodge, the group that makes the annual stroll through
the lobby includes three generations of one elephant family, including their
matriarch “Wonky Tusk” and the young “Lord Wellington,” who was born on the
lodge grounds in 2009.
Wildlife cameraman Nathan
Pilcher recently (2014) went to Mfuwe to see the elephants for himself, and you
can watch his short movie by clicking the following link! --- December 14, 2015
A LITTLE QUIZ ON FITNESS
http://www.fitspirit.ca/fitquiz/
Maternal and Child Health
Public Health
SatMed is an E-Health platform, conceived by SES and
supported by the Luxembourg Government’s Ministry of Cooperation and Humanitarian
Action. It is a satellite-based communication solution aimed to improve public
health in emerging and developing countries, most significantly in isolated
areas with poor connectivity.
It is the medical extension of the disaster recovery
platform emergency.lu that was built for quick release in areas that were hit
by severe nature or human made catastrophes.
SatMed enables communications between doctors that allows
the transfer and exchange of medical knowledge and supporting tools for medical
e-learning and e-teaching. An IT cloud infrastructure accessible around the
globe facilitates the data exchange between professionals and the setup of a
medical infrastructure such as electronic medical records and teleradiology
systems.
SatMed is an open, flexible and affordable solution that
perfectly fits SES’s range of satellite based e-activities. Friendship is the
only Bangladeshi and South Asian pilot partner of the SatMed programme.
COULD THIS HAPPEN IN THE CARIBBEAN?
..submitted by PDG Diana
When This Boat Crew Realized What They Were Seeing, It Was Almost Too Late To Escape.
.
We don’t really think about it on a daily basis, but the Earth is still
changing all the time.
It just happens so slowly that we can’t really perceive it. But every now
and then, things speed up… a lot.
In August 2006, the crew of the yacht Maiken, sailing
out of the Vava'u island group, encountered a remarkable "stone sea."
The phenomena they spotted were a series of pumice rafts resulting from a
nearby eruption, one that was forming a new volcanic island in Tonga.
The crew of the Maiken were enjoying a leisurely sail through the South Pacific
when they spotted a strange discoloration on the water.
They
moved in closer to inspect it, but by the time they realized what it was, it
was too late.
The crew of the
Maiken was sailing the South Pacific when they spotted an unusual shadow.
As they
got closer, what they had taken to be a sandbar revealed itself to be something
else entirely.
A huge amount of
pumice stone was floating to the surface of the water. It looked like a beach.
They decided to get a closer look and redirected their yacht towards it.
It looks like a beach in the middle of the ocean!
The crew
decided to sail through it, leaving a break in the stone behind them as they
went.
They wondered what could have caused this expanse of stone to suddenly
appear.
The field of pumice was getting even larger as they passed through it.
The crew had an uneasy feeling and upped their speed.
Once they
were a safe distance away, they heard a faint rumbling. Looking back they saw
water bubbling from the surface.
The source of the pumice stone was an underwater volcano that was
actually erupting at the time!
They anchored to watch this tremendous event. Massive plumes of smoke
filled the sky.
As the smoke
cleared, they noticed something strange just at the water’s surface…
It was land!
The
stunned crew couldn’t believe what they were seeing: It was the actual birth of
a new island.
They sailed a little bit closer to see if their eyes were playing tricks
on them.
But it was real. The peaks of this new land mass were already taking
form.
It was one of the rarest events imaginable.
They were so lucky! Not only because they were able to witness such an
impossible sight… but also because they apparently very narrowly escaped with
their lives!
UPDATE - Alas, the island didn't last very long. By the time
volcanologist Scott Bryan of London's Kingston University managed to get out to
the area a few months later to see it for himself, it was nearly completely
washed away, leaving only the lingering scent of sulfur -- a clue that magma was still cooling inside.
Last updated: 23 February 2016
Last updated: 23 February 2016
Source and verified - http://www.snopes.com/photos/natural/maiken.asp
WHAT HAPPENED SATURDAY
APRIL 23
Presentation by District 7020 Chair
Maternal and Child Health
In attendance:
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) initiative 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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