Weekly Meeting of Rotary E-Club of the Caribbean, 7020: February 5, 2016

WELCOME TO THE WEEKLY MEETING

FRIDAY, February 5, 2016

In this meeting:

Rotary Minute
ABCs of Rotary
An Update on Polio
Theme for 2016-17
How Rotary Works
Animal Intelligence
Biography - Herbert Taylor
Guidelines for use of Rotary Marks
What happened Wednesday
Foundation Corner
Rotary Anthem
Four-Way Test to close

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OUR GREETER THIS WEEK IS LOU DELAGRAN

President's Message

Dear fellow Rotarians and Guests,

It is indeed my pleasure to welcome you to Peace and Conflict Resolution month celebrated in February.

As we start the month, I ask the question what is peace – Peace is a stress-free state of security and calmness that comes when there’s no fighting or war, everything coexisting in perfect harmony and freedom.

Conflict resolution is a way for two or more parties to find a peaceful solution to a disagreement among them. The disagreement may be personal, financial, political, or emotional.

When a dispute arises, often the best course of action is negotiation to resolve the disagreement.

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ROTARY MINUTE

QUOTATIONS REGARDING ROTARY

by Rotary International Presidents

1934-35 Robert E. Lee Hill (bankers' associations), Rotary Club of Columbia, Missouri, USA. Rotary vision: Individual Rotarians, working together to pay their duty and show their responsibility to society.

“Merely selling things is boredom; selling services is the stuff of which self-respect and dignifying one’s vocation are made.”

— Rotary in a Progressing World, THE ROTARIAN, July 1934

1935-36 Ed R. Johnson (coal industry), Rotary Club of Roanoke, Virginia, USA. Rotary vision: Application of individual responsibility as the key to service.

“One of the most inspiring Rotary experiences that I have had…was the participation in a regional conference in Venice….More than 1,500 Rotarians and members of their families, coming from 29 countries, gathered to meet at a time when Europe and the world were torn by dissension….European Rotarians, animated by goodwill, showed themselves determined to maintain contacts with fellow Rotarians of other countries up to what might have been the last moment. They wanted to explore every possibility to help in the development of mutual understanding and thus preserve international peace.”

— Address to 1936 Rotary Convention, Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA

ABCs OF ROTARY

RI President (1992-93) Cliff Dochterman

THE ROTARIAN and Regional Magazines

The month of April is annually designated as "Rotary's Magazine Month," an occasion to recognize and promote the reading and use of the official RI magazine, THE ROTARIAN, and the regional magazines.

THE ROTARIAN has been around since 1911 as the medium to communicate with Rotarians and to advance the program and Object of Rotary. A primary goal of the magazine is to support the annual theme and philosophy of the RI president and to disseminate information about new and special programs, major meetings and the emphasis of the several official "months" of Rotary.

THE ROTARIAN provides a forum in which both Rotary-related and general interest topics may be explored. The magazine serves as an excellent source of information and ideas for programs at Rotary club meetings and district conferences. Many articles promote international fellowship, goodwill and understanding.

Regular readers usually have superior knowledge of the activities of Rotary and how each Rotarian may be more fully involved in the Four Avenues of Service around the world.

In addition to THE ROTARIAN there are 27 regional magazines printed in 21 languages. Although each regional publication has its own unique style and content, they all provide Rotarians with up-to-date information and good reading in April- and all through the year.

International Responsibilities of a Rotarian

As an international organization, Rotary offers each member unique opportunities and responsibilities.

Although each Rotarian has first responsibility to uphold the obligations of citizenship of his or her own country. membership in Rotary enables Rotarians to take a somewhat different view of international affairs.

In the early 1950s a Rotary philosophy was adopted to describe how a Rotarian may think on a global basis.

Here is what it said.

"A world-minded Rotarian:

Looks beyond national patriotism and considers himself as sharing responsibility for the advancement of international understanding, goodwill and peace
Resists any tendency to act in terms of national or racial superiority
Seeks and develops common grounds for agreement with peoples of other lands
Defends the rule of law and order to preserve the liberty of the individual so that he may enjoy freedom of thought, speech and assembly, and freedom from persecution, aggression, want and fear;
Supports action directed toward improving standards of living for all peoples, realizing that poverty anywhere endangers prosperity everywhere
Upholds the principles of justice for mankind; . strives always to promote peace between nations and prepares to make personal sacrifices for that ideal
Urges and practices a spirit of understanding of every other man's beliefs as a step toward international goodwill, recognizing that then are certain basic moral and spiritual standards which will ensure a richer, fuller life."

That is quite an assignment for any Rotarian to practice in thoughts and actions!

AN UPDATE ON POLIO

ADVICE FROM THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION

WHO advice

It is important that all countries, in particular those with frequent travel and contacts with polio-affected countries and areas, strengthen surveillance for AFP cases in order to rapidly detect any new virus importation and to facilitate a rapid response. Countries, territories and areas should also maintain uniformly high routine immunization coverage at the district level to minimize the consequences of any new virus introduction.

WHO’s International Travel and Health recommends that all travellers to polio-affected areas be fully vaccinated against polio. Residents (and visitors for more than 4 weeks) from infected areas should receive an additional dose of OPV or inactivated polio vaccine (IPV) within 4 weeks to 12 months of travel.

In November 2015, following the advice of the Emergency Committee convened under the International Health Regulations (2005), the WHO Director-General extended the Temporary Recommendations to limit the international spread of poliovirus from countries affected by cVDPVs (previously, these Recommendations had been limited to countries affected by wild poliovirus) under the Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC).

To comply with the Temporary Recommendations issued under the PHEIC, any country infected by cVDPV should declare the outbreak as a national public health emergency and consider vaccination of all international travellers.

THEME FOR 2016-17

Rotary’s founder, Paul Harris, believed that serving humanity is “the most worthwhile thing a person can do,” RI President-elect John F. Germ said, and that being a part of Rotary is a “great opportunity” to make that happen.

Germ unveiled the 2016-17 presidential theme, Rotary Serving Humanity, to incoming district governors on 18 January at the International Assembly in San Diego, California, USA.

“I believe everyone recognizes the opportunity to serve Rotary for what it truly is: not a small opportunity, but a great one; an opportunity of a lifetime to change the world for the better, forever through Rotary’s service to humanity,” said Germ.

Rotary members around the globe are serving humanity by providing clean water to underdeveloped communities, promoting peace in conflict areas, and strengthening communities through basic education and literacy. But none more important than our work to eradicate polio worldwide, he said.

After a historic year in which transmission of the wild poliovirus was stopped in Nigeria and all of Africa, Germ said we are closer than ever to ending polio.

“We are at a crossroads in Rotary,” he added. “We are looking ahead at a year that may one day be known as the greatest year in Rotary’s history: the year that sees the world’s last case of polio.”

Last year’s milestones leave just two countries, Afghanistan and Pakistan, where the virus still circulates. Polio would be only the second human disease ever to be eradicated.

When that moment arrives, it’s “tremendously important” that Rotary is ready for it, said Germ. “We need to be sure that we are recognized for that success, and leverage that success into more partnerships, greater growth, and even more ambitious service in the decades to come.”

Germ, a member of the Rotary Club of Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA, encouraged attendees to return to their clubs and communities and spread the word about Rotary’s role in the fight for a polio-free world.
“People who want to do good will see that Rotary is a place where they can change the world. Every Rotary club needs to be ready to give them that opportunity,” Germ said.

Enhancing Rotary’s image isn’t the only way to boost membership. “We need clubs that are flexible, so our service will be more attractive to younger members, recent retirees, and working people.”

He added: “We need more willing hands, more caring hearts, and more bright minds to move our work forward.”

FOR YOUR NEXT ROTARY PARTY

How it works:

When you join Rotary, you join a local club.

Although all clubs operate within the general Rotary International framework, each club has its own distinct personality, participates in its select service projects, and organizes its own fundraisers. Each club is autonomous.

Rotary District 7020 provides support to our clubs through webinar trainings, conferences and assemblies, district-focused grants, and even some social fellowship events.

Facts about Rotary for your next cocktail party:

Rotary has led polio eradication efforts since 1985
We focus on promoting peace, fighting disease, providing clean water, saving mothers and children, supporting education, and growing local economies.
It’s more than 100 years old. It was founded in Chicago in 1905.
The first club in our District was The Rotary Club of St. Thomas (USVI) in 1957, followed by The Rotary Club of St. Croix (USVI) in 1958. The third club was 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.

ANIMAL INTELLIGENCE

These animals are extremely intelligent. See for yourself -

And another

BIOGRAPHY: HERBERT JOHN TAYLOR 1893 - 1978

Author of our Four-Way Test

Herbert John Taylor was born in Pickford, Michigan on April 18, 1893. He grew up in what was a mostly rural, small town community in the logging territory of the Upper Peninsula -- the third of Frank and Martha Ellen Taylor's seven children.

He had a typical boyhood -- public school, chores, fishing and church. His industrious father practically ran the town. Frank Taylor established the telephone company and the electric company as well as ran a lumber-supply firm, a bank and a dairy.

Herbert was encouraged to work. By raising sheep, selling the wool and later the sheep themselves, he was able to save enough money for his education. He also sold advertising for the dairy. When he was 16, at a revival service, Herb Taylor made a life-changing decision -- he went forward and he accepted Christ as his Savior.

Pickford had no high school, so he moved to Sault Ste. Marie, a small city 25 miles north of Pickford, where he boarded and earned his way through school. Here he worked for Western Union as a telegraph operator.His next stop after high school was Northwestern University in Chicago. He chose Northwestern (rather than the University of Chicago where he had already been accepted) primarily because of the friendly reception he received from the Beta Theta Pi Fraternity.

He continued to work his way through school selling typewriters, working for the telegraph company, and writing sports news for two Chicago newspapers (using the telegraph to wire his stories) so his arrived first! He was also business manager of the college yearbook, responsible for selling advertising space.

His formula for success was organization. He set up a tight schedule that allowed him about six hours sleep a night, and he stuck to it even when courting the girl who would become his wife, Gloria Forbrich. Gloria was 14 years old when they met on a blind date (not with each other) at the elevated station in Rogers Park. She was a knock-out and he had competition. He also had to break up with a lovely girl, the campus queen, in order to date Gloria. He knew he got the right girl for him, though!

When Herb Taylor graduated from Northwestern in 1917, he volunteered to work with the YMCA in France. The United States officially entered World War I and he immediately signed up with the navy. When the war ended in November of 1918, he was asked to remain in France with the YMCA, which he did for

about a year. He returned home to Chicago in the spring of 1919. He and Gloria were married about a month later.

Before year's end they moved from Chicago to Paul's Valley, Oklahoma, where he took a job as assistant manager for a pipeline station the Sinclair Oil Company had under construction. Within a year he was in business for himself as a lease broker for oil exploration and as an insurance salesman. Their first daughter Beverly was born here. It was in Paul's Valley that Herb Taylor first became involved with a Rotary Club. He helped found it!

By 1921 Rotary International (which was founded in Chicago in 1905) was 16 years old and had

758 chapters that spanned the globe. Returning to Chicago in 1924, Herb joined the Chicago Rotary Club in 1927.

In Chicago he was hired to be an executive in training with the Jewel Tea Company. He began as a traveling salesman and by 1926 was assistant to the president, M. H. Karker. (Karker had been his commanding officer in the navy.)

In 1928 he became a vice president and director. He also published 2 booklets on office management with the American Management Association. That same year, he and

Gloria moved to Park Ridge, a suburb of Chicago. Their second daughter Ramona was born. He and Gloria lived at 300 North Ashland Avenue for the rest of his life.

In late 1929 Continental Bank persuaded Jewel Tea Company to offer Club Aluminum Products Company the services of Herbert Taylor for a period of three years on a half-time basis to help keep the bankrupt company afloat. He was made President. It quickly became apparent the company was in horrible shape.

Jewel Tea Cop any wanted him back full time. Instead, Herb Taylor chose to stay with Club Aluminum. He borrowed $6,100 against he Jewel Tea stock and cut his salary from $33,000 to $6,000 -- a level it stayed at for four years. His innovations and the dedication of all members of the company working together using The 4-Way Test (which he wrote in 1932) became a success story.

The late 1930's brought the threat of war in Europe. On the home front, Herbert J. Taylor was elected president of the Chicago Rotary Club 1937-1938. He, Gloria and the girls took part in Rotary's global outreach.

Of course, December 7th, 1941, changed life in the United States drastically. World War II brought new challenges. Club Aluminum was informed that no aluminum for domestic production was available. It was needed by the federal government for the war effort.

One plant was overhauled to make weapons. The company diversified into flameproof glass coffee makers and table games made out of fiberboard and plastic for the duration.

Frowning on discrimination, he had Club Aluminum hire Japanese workers forced to move to the Midwest because their loyalty was suspect. He joined the War Department's Price Adjustment Board as a "dollar-a-year" man becoming its vice chairman under Maurice Karker's leadership.

One of the reasons Herb Taylor chose to stay with Club Aluminum was because he felt the Lord had a plan for his life which involved becoming enough of a success in business that he could use his extra time to work with youth. In 1940 he set up the Christian Worker's Foundation.

With the foundation's assistance and Herb Taylor's personal commitment, five Christian organizations with emphasis on reaching youth were pioneered, nurtured and expanded in the USA -- InterVarsity Christian Fellowship, Young Life, Child Evangelism Fellowship, Pioneer Girls and Christian Service Brigade.

Through his efforts, large tracts of acreage in Colorado and Michigan were bought and assembled. These would become camps for youth used by each of these organizations. In all, more than 200 youth-oriented organizations were recipients of

gifts during his lifetime.

Since the early 1940's Rotary International had used The 4-Way Test as part of its Vocational Service Outreach. In 1946, Herb Taylor became a vice-president of Rotary International having served as a district governor and director over the past several years.

In 1954, while serving as president of Rotary International, he formally shared The 4-Way Test's copyright with Rotary. Because of its use by so many Rotarians, the Test was already making its way around the world. Several communities in Japan even put the Test on umbrellas offered free of charge as loaners at their rail stations during inclement weather.

In 1959, he founded The 4-Way Test Association to aid its spread into communities worldwide. In fact, over the years, The 4-Way Test has been the cornerstone of labor contracts, adopted by state governments such as the Florida legislature in 1980; promoted in community-wide campaigns: Daytona Beach, FL; Dallas, TX; Pittsburgh, PA; Long Beach, CA; Grosse Point, MI; Oshkosh, WI; Memphis, TN; and introduced into middle school to college level classrooms throughout the USA and abroad.

Mr. Taylor has received many awards for his philanthropy, including one from his alma mater -- Northwestern University's highest awards, its Alumni Medal in 1957. He is also the recipient of four honorary degrees from other universities. Always on the go, despite health problems, he was instrumental in encouraging Billy Graham to hold the first Greater Chicago Crusade in McCormick Place in June of 1962 and served as Chair of its Executive Committee.

A serious illness -- eventually diagnosed as undulant fever -- incapacitated him for a good portion of 1947. It was traced back to some unpasteurized milk the Taylors had purchased in Oklahoma some twenty-five years earlier. This illness and the medications required over the years caused diabetes and migraine headaches.

Yet, he was a man who smiled, enjoyed people, always on the go. You would not know to look at him how much he suffered at times.

In 1975 he was struck low by a stroke which resulted in aphasia. He lost almost his entire vocabulary, though his mind functioned clearly. It did not affect his personality, which remained friendly and outgoing. Even disabled by aphasia, his warm personality, faith and energy shown through to family and friends who often visited him. He died on May 1, 1978 with few regrets. "He had followed God's plan for his life as best he understood it."

Biographical Notes and Sources:

God's Man in The Marketplace by Paul H. Heidebrecht 1990;

The Herbert J. Taylor Story, his autobiography 1968;

Paul Harris and His Successors Profiles in Leadership 1997;

Personal papers from The 4-Way Test Association.

HERBERT JOHN TAYLOR STATUE ERECTED, 2002

A life size bronze statue to honor Mr. Taylor was erected by Rotary International District 6290 and the Christian Workers Foundation in the summer of 2002 at the intersection of Ashmun and Spruce Street in Sault Ste. Marie, MI.

Betsy Demaray, 2000-2001 District Governor RI District 6290, headed up this effort to honor a native son of Pickford and the greater Sault Ste. Marie, MI area. It took a little over 5 years to complete the project. The memorial statue was unveiled at Rotary International District 6290's annual Conference May 20, 2001.

Today, the Four-Way Test continues to impact the global community.

GUIDELINES FOR USE OF ROTARY MARKS

Guidelines for use of Rotary marks

Per 11.020.6. Guidelines for Use of Rotary Marks by Rotary Clubs, Rotary Districts and Other Rotary Entities for Sponsorship and Cooperative Relationship Purposes

20. No Rotary club(s), Rotary district(s) or other Rotary Entity shall accept a sponsorship or a cooperative relationship that

a. Conflicts with Rotary’s ethical and humanitarian values

b. Undermines internationally recognized standards for human rights

c. Supports the use of addictive or harmful products and activities including but not limited to alcohol (when inappropriate in a specific cultural context), tobacco, gambling, and weapons or other armaments

d. Promotes a particular political or religious viewpoint

e. Involves abortion

f. Unfairly discriminates based on race, ethnicity, gender, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, or birth or other status

g. Weakens the autonomy, independence, reputation, or financial integrity of Rotary International, The Rotary Foundation, or the specific Rotary club, district or other Rotary entity

h. Involves any subject matter which is not in accord with the Object of Rotary

We would, also, appreciate if you would let your Rotary clubs know that the U.S. Rotary club and district liability insurance program does not provide coverage to its insured for activities that are in conflict with the Rotary Code of Policies.

Kind regards,

Alicia Pijal-Avila
Senior Coordinator, The Americas | Club and District Support

WHAT HAPPENED ON WEDNESDAY!

or what WOULD HAVE HAPPENED Wednesday had there not been a serious computer glitch.

Apologies!

Wednesday’s program included two short videos.

The second video presents some fascinating information about our oceans and the sea creatures we may take for granted.

Plan to join us on a Wednesday to continue to learn about Rotary and many other topics of interest!

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."