Weekly Meeting of Rotary E-Club of the Caribbean, 7020: September 23, 2016

WELCOME TO THE WEEKLY MEETING

FRIDAY, September 23, 2016

In this meeting:

Welcome
President’s message
Rotary Calendar
Rotary Minute
ABCs of Rotary
Update on Polio
Six little stories
Creative genius in Haiti
Humour
What happened last Saturday
What happened Wednesday
Butterfly publicity
Foundation Corner
Rotary Anthem
Four-way test to end

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OUR GREETER THIS WEEK IS ROTARIAN JOHN

President's Message

President Paul

Dear fellow Rotarians and Guests,

Welcome to the regular meeting of the Rotary E-Club of the Caribbean, 7020. My name is Paul Amoury, and I am the president of the club for the Rotary year 2016-17. I do hope you’ll enjoy the time you spend with us.

As a reminder, RI President John F. Germ chose Rotary Serving Humanity as his theme for 2016-17. Noting Rotary’s unique ability to bring together committed professionals to achieve remarkable goals, RI President Germ believes that “now is the time to capitalize on our success: as we complete the eradication of polio, and catapult Rotary forward to be an even greater force for good in the world.”

Each one of us is important in helping to make Rotary achieve these very worthwhile goals. We all have a role to play.

I hope that you will find your time here worthwhile and that our meeting will inspire you to get more involved in order to achieve our goals.

Thank you for stopping by. I wish you well in the next week and in all that you do for Rotary.

THE ROTARY CALENDAR

AUGUST

Membership and New Club Development

SEPTEMBER

Basic Education and Literacy

OCTOBER

Economic and Community Development

Remember our DG's visit on October 22.

NOVEMBER

The Rotary Foundation

DECEMBER

Disease Prevention and Treatment

JANUARY

Vocational Service

FEBRUARY

Peace and Conflict Prevention/Resolution

MARCH

Water and Sanitation

APRIL

Maternal and Child Health Month

MAY

Youth Services Month

JUNE

Rotary Fellowships Month

ROTARY MINUTE

QUOTATIONS REGARDING ROTARY

by Rotary International Presidents

2001-02 Richard D. King (law), Rotary Club of Niles (Fremont), California, USA. Rotary vision: For Rotarians to recognize that Mankind Is Our Business.

“Rotary is of great value. It changes the course of human life. It changes the life of

every Rotary beneficiary, as well as the life of each Rotarian.”

— An Uncommon Man, THE ROTARIAN, July 2001

2002-03 Bhichai Rattakul (pharmaceutical manufacturing), Rotary Club of Dhonburi, Bangkok, Thailand. Rotary vision: That each Rotary member, club, and district Sow the Seeds of Love.

“When love is infused into our actions, we do not stop to question the time or money we are sacrificing. We are inspired to do more, to give more. Love is the motivating force behind all of Rotary’s best work.”

— Sow the Seeds of Love, THE ROTARIAN, July 2002

ABCs OF ROTARY

RI President (1992-93) Cliff Dochterman

Rotary Mottos

The first motto of Rotary International, "He Profits Most Who Serves Best," was approved at the second Rotary Convention, held in Portland, Oregon, in August 1911. The phrase was first stated by a Chicago Rotarian, Art Sheldon, who made a speech in 1910 that included the remark, "He profits most who serves his fellows best."

At about the same time, Ben Collins, president of the Rotary Club of Minneapolis, Minnesota,

commented that the proper way to organize a Rotary club was through the principle his club had adopted - "Service, Not Self." These two slogans, slightly modified, were formally approved to be the official mottoes of Rotary at the 1950 Convention in Detroit - "He Profits Most Who Serves Best" and "Service Above Self."

The 1989 Council on Legislation established "Service Above Self" as the principal motto of Rotary, since it best explains the philosophy of unselfish volunteer service.

100 Percent Attendance

Regular attendance is essential to a strong and active Rotary club. The emphasis on attendance is traced back to 1922 when Rotary International announced a worldwide attendance contest that motivated thousands of Rotarians to achieve 100 percent attendance year after year. Many Rotarians take great pride in maintaining their 100 percent record in their own club or by making-up at other Rotary club meetings.

Although the bylaws of Rotary require members to attend only 50 percent of all meetings, the custom has emerged that 100 percent is the desirable level. Rotary stresses regular attendance because each member represents his own business or profession and thus the absence of any member deprives the club of the values of its diversified membership and the personal fellowship of each member.

From time to time, proposals have been made to give attendance credit for various reasons or to lower the minimum requirement. Such attempts generally have been rebuffed by the clubs acting through the Council on Legislation.

Further on Rotary’s mottos

[source - https://www.rotary.org/myrotary/en/history-rotarys-mottoes]

Rotary’s official mottoes, Service Above Self and One Profits Most Who Serves Best, trace back to the early days of the organization.

In 1911, He Profits Most Who Serves Best was approved as the Rotary motto at the second convention of the National Association of Rotary Clubs of America, in Portland, Oregon. It was adapted from a speech made by Rotarian Arthur Frederick Sheldon to the first convention, held in Chicago the previous year. Sheldon declared that "only the science of right conduct toward others pays. Business is the science of human services. He profits most who serves his fellows best."

The Portland convention also inspired the motto Service Above Self. During a convention outing on the Columbia River, Ben Collins, president of the Rotary Club of Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, talked with Seattle Rotarian J.E. Pinkham about the proper way to organize a Rotary club, offering the principle his club had adopted: Service, Not Self. Pinkham invited Paul P. Harris, who also was on the boat trip, to join their conversation. Harris asked Collins to address the convention, and the phrase Service, Not Self was met with great enthusiasm.

At the 1950 RI Convention in Detroit, slightly modified versions of the two slogans were formally approved as the official mottoes of Rotary: He Profits Most Who Serves Best and Service Above Self. The 1989 Council on Legislation established Service Above Self as the principal motto of Rotary, because it best conveys the philosophy of unselfish volunteer service. He Profits Most Who Serves Best was modified by the 2004 Council to They Profit Most Who Serve Best and by the 2010 Council to its current wording, One Profits Most Who Serves Best.

UPDATE ON POLIO

Much attention has rightly been given to the recent detection of wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) cases in Nigeria, the first reported from the African continent in more than two years. The announcement of these cases came on the eve of Africa’s ‘two year’ anniversary without polio. But even without detection of these cases, the risk of an ongoing circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus strain type 2 (cVDPV2) had also remained, in Guinea.

Guinea has been affected by a cVDPV2 outbreak, centred around the country’s Kankan region, since 2014. While no new cases have been reported since December last year, remaining subnational surveillance gaps in the region mean that undetected circulation cannot be ruled out.

Guinea has made strong improvements both to its population vaccination/immunity levels – which had been decimated as a result of the Ebola crisis – and surveillance sensitivity over the past year. An official outbreak response assessment found profound and significant improvements across the country. Despite these improvements, however, gaps both in vaccination coverage and surveillance remain which must be filled, before it can be definitively concluded that the outbreak has been stopped.

Worryingly, as many as 20% of children in Kankan remain underimmunized and therefore vulnerable to diseases such as polio. Of additional concern is that neighbouring countries, in particular those which had also been affected by Ebola, also have significant immunity gaps in key areas. In Liberia for example, in some areas as many as half the children are not fully protected against polio.

This should be cause for concern and a need for urgent action, particularly given the risk of undetected circulation of the cVDPV2 in the region, and now with the detection of WPV1 in Nigeria. Historically, WPV1 from northern Nigeria has repeatedly spread to re-infect countries across west Africa.

The risk of persistent subnational gaps – both in surveillance and population immunity – was highlighted and underscored at the recent Africa Regional Certification Commission meeting, not just in west Africa, but indeed across west, central and the Horn of Africa. Despite tremendous progress achieved across the African continent towards polio eradication, detection of recent viruses and persistent surveillance and immunity gaps are a stark reminder that more must be done to secure a lasting polio-free Africa once and for all.

[Source: http://www.polioeradication.org/mediaroom/newsstories/The-hidden-risks-of-polio-transmission-in-Africa/tabid/526/news/1424/Default.aspx]

Six little stories

{1}

Once all villagers decided to pray for rain.

On the day of prayer all the people gathered,

but only one boy came with an umbrella.

That's FAITH.

{2}

When you throw babies in the air,

they laugh because they know you will catch them.

That's TRUST.

{3}

Every night we go to bed

without any assurance of being alive the next morning,

but still we set the alarms to wake up.

That's HOPE.

{4}

We plan big things for tomorrow

in spite of zero knowledge of the future.

That's CONFIDENCE.

{5}

We see the world suffering,

but still we get married and have children.

That's LOVE.

{6}

On an old man's shirt was written a sentence

“I am not 80 years old.

I am sweet 16 with 64 years of experience.”

That's ATTITUDE.

Have a happy day and live your life like the six stories.

When I was a child I thought nap time was punishment. Now it's like a mini vacation.

Creative genius in Haiti

WHAT HAPPENED SATURDAY

September 17 - Assembly

WHAT HAPPENED ON WEDNESDAY!

September 21

September 21 – two topics

A short video on Literacy and what can happen when one becomes literate
A second video on the environment

The first video

September is literacy month. How Literacy can make a huge difference in one's life.

The second video

How do we build a society without fossil fuels? Using her native Costa Rica as an example of positive action on environmental protection and renewables, climate advocate Monica Araya outlines a bold vision for a world committed to clean energy in all sectors.

In 2015 Monica Araya's native Costa Rica produced almost all of its electricity from renewable sources. She advocates for the next step: a fossil-fuel-free world.

Why you should listen

Monica Araya is the founder and director of Costa Rica Limpia (Spanish for "clean"), a citizen group that promotes clean energy. Costa Rica Limpia tracks governmental pledges on key issues such as renewable energy and public transport investment, and it hosts citizen consultations to give visibility to people's preferences on these topics. Araya is also the founder of Nivela, an international thought leadership group that advances narratives on development and climate responsibility by combining senior and millennial perspectives from emerging economies.

After earning a master's in economic policy from Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica, Araya obtained a PhD in environmental management from Yale. The French Ministry of Foreign Affairs named her "Personality of the Future" in 2014.

Attendees:

Please plan to join us on a Wednesday for fun and fellowship!

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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.