Weekly Meeting of Rotary E-Club of the Caribbean, 7020: August 12, 2016

WELCOME TO THE WEEKLY MEETING

FRIDAY, August 12, 2016

In this meeting:

Welcome
President’s message
Rotary calendar
Rotary Minute
ABCs of Rotary
Membership video
Update on Polio
August message - RI President John Germ
Update your info on ClubRunner - Sheila Bethel
Membership month - our club
Pointilism
What happened Saturday, August 6
What happened Wednesday, August 10
Educating and Empowering Women
Foundation Corner
Rotary Anthem
Four-way test to end

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OUR GREETER THIS WEEK IS ROTARIAN LESLI

President's Message

Dear fellow Rotarians and Guests,

Welcome to the regular weekly meeting of the Rotary E-Club of the Caribbean, 7020.

As we all know – or should know – August is membership month in Rotary. Rotary is proud to welcome you all – new members and seasoned members - to our global community of more than 1.2 million men and women dedicated to building a better world.

You make Rotary stronger.

By adding your skills, experience, and enthusiasm to your club, you can advance communities at home and on a global scale. Together, we can eradicate polio, train more skilled peacemakers, and provide lasting solutions for communities fighting disease, hunger, illiteracy, and poverty.

Through the Rotary community, you can exchange ideas and build lifelong friendships with like-minded people. Take advantage of the resources and activities available through your club, district, and Rotary International to make your experience with Rotary both rewarding and fun.

So, to begin, just sit back and enjoy the meeting posted below. If you wish to use your time for a make-up, please email us and we will be happy to send you a certificate.

Enjoy the meeting. Enjoy your week, and 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

Note that our DG's club visit will be 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

1987-88 Charles C. Keller (corporate law practice), Rotary Club of California, Pennsylvania, USA. Rotary vision: That the world see Rotarians — United in Service — Dedicated to Peace.

“The challenge of world peace…is the most pressing imperative of our time...In a world which possesses the means of self-destruction, if we do not find the path of peace, whatever else we do won’t make much difference.”

— Address to 1987 Rotary Convention, Munich, Germany

1988-89 Royce Abbey (window shades manufacturing), Rotary Club of Essendon, Victoria, Australia. Rotary vision: That every Rotarian Put Life into Rotary — Your Life.

“Be sure you apply the qualities…that made your own business successful…as diligently in the business of Rotary — the multinational enterprise in which we are all partners. We must work tirelessly to perfect our important product, service, and look always toward our ultimate bottom line: international understanding and peace.”

— Running Rotary Like a Business, THE ROTARIAN, October 1988

ABCs OF ROTARY

RI President (1992-93) Cliff Dochterman

Public Relations of Rotary

Historically Rotarians perpetuated a myth that Rotary should not seek publicity, but rather let our good works speak for themselves. A 1923 policy stating that "publicity should not be the primary goal of a Rotary club in selecting an activity" of Community Service was frequently interpreted to mean that Rotary clubs should avoid publicity and public relations efforts.

Actually, the 1923 statement further observed that "as a means of extending Rotary's influence, proper publicity should be given to a worthwhile project well carried out."

A more modern public relations philosophy was adopted in the mid-1970s that affirms that "good publicity, favourable public relations and a positive image are desirable and essential goals for Rotary," if it is to foster understanding, appreciation and support for its Object and programs and to broaden Rotary's service to humanity. Active public relations is vital to the success of Rotary.

A service project well carried out is considered one of the finest public relations messages of Rotary. It is essential that Rotary clubs make every effort to inform the public about their service projects that have been well performed.

As Rotary clubs and districts consider effective public relations, it is important to remember that when Rotarians think of Rotary, we think of our noble goals and motives. But when the world thinks of Rotary, it can only think of our actions and the service we have performed.

Use of "Rotary" and the Rotary Emblem

The Rotary International emblem and the word "Rotary" are officially registered with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office as trademarks and "service marks," which gives RI certain rights regarding their use and puts unauthorized individuals on notice against any infringing use. The Rotary emblem should not be altered or modified in any way.

Rotarians are encouraged to wear the emblem as a lapel button. It is frequently used on jackets, pens, caps and other personal items manufactured by firms or individuals licensed by the RI Board of Directors. Rotary badges, banners, road signs and official Rotary club stationery naturally use the emblem as a mark of identification.

The Rotary emblem cannot be used for any commercial purpose. It is not permissible to use it in a political campaign or in connection with any other name or emblem not recognized by Rotary International. Individual Rotarians should not use the Rotary emblem on business cards or stationery or for any other use intended to promote business. Nor is it considered proper for Rotarians to use the emblem on doors or windows of their business premises.

It is the responsibility of all Rotarians to use the emblem with pride. The restrictions are provided to assure that the Rotary emblem will not be misused and that it will always bring distinction to the organization.

MEMBERSHIP

2016 COL Decisions: Meeting Flexibility and Format from Rotary Training on Vimeo.

POLIO UPDATE

Surveillance

Acute Flaccid Paralysis (AFP) surveillance

Nationwide AFP (acute flaccid paralysis) surveillance is the gold standard for detecting cases of poliomyelitis. The four steps of surveillance are:

finding and reporting children with acute flaccid paralysis (AFP)
transporting stool samples for analysis
isolating and identifying poliovirus in the laboratory
mapping the virus to determine the origin of the virus strain.

Environmental surveillance

Environmental surveillance involves testing sewage or other environmental samples for the presence of poliovirus. Environmental surveillance often confirms wild poliovirus infections in the absence of cases of paralysis. Systematic environmental sampling (e.g. in Egypt and Mumbai, India) provides important supplementary surveillance data. Ad-hoc environmental surveillance elsewhere (especially in polio-free regions) provides insights into the international spread of poliovirus.

AUGUST MESSAGE FROM RI PRESIDENT, JOHN GERM

August 2016

Forty years ago, a man named George Campbell, the owner of the company I worked for, invited me to join Rotary. Back then, that was a common practice in the United States. Your boss invited you to join Rotary because he thought it would be good for business and good for the community, and you said yes. It’s not surprising that our membership surged during that period.

George warned me not to use Rotary as an excuse to slack off at work. Even so, I always had time to attend lunch meetings and serve on committees. I never had to worry that taking a long lunch once a week would hurt my advancement, or what my boss would think about the occasional Rotary phone call at work.

Today, things are different. Companies are less generous about time, and not every manager looks favorably on community service. It’s hard to enjoy a Rotary meeting when you’ve got emails piling up on your phone. It’s harder than ever to balance work with Rotary – and the model that gave us so much growth a few decades ago is part of what’s holding back our growth now.

That’s why the recent Council on Legislation adopted some innovative measures that allow clubs to vary their meeting times and expand their pool of prospective members. Clubs have more flexibility now to respond to the needs of their members and to clear away as many barriers to membership as they can. But there’s one barrier to membership that only you can remove, one thing that every prospective member needs to become a Rotarian: an invitation to join a Rotary club.

Whenever I tell a group of Rotarians that we need more willing hands, more caring hearts, and more bright minds to move our work forward, everyone applauds. But those hands, hearts, and minds won’t magically appear in our clubs. We have to ask them to join. And an invitation to Rotary is something that only you can give. An invitation is a gift. It’s saying to someone, “I think you have the skills, the talent, and the character to make our community better, and I want you to join me in doing that.”

I’m the president of Rotary International, but the only club I can invite someone to join is the Rotary Club of Chattanooga, Tenn. I can’t make your club or your community stronger. Only you can do that – by inviting the qualified people you know to join you in Rotary Serving Humanity.

NOTICE TO ALL ROTARIANS

from Sheila Bethel (District 7020 Vocational Networking Chair)

Sheila Bethel

The district is attempting to build a database of vocations. They will use the information provided by each Rotarian in ClubRunner.

-- Please update your CLASSIFICATION in ClubRunner.

-- Please update your EMAIL ADDRESS in ClubRunner.

Please try to update this information now so that the database can be compiled early September.

MEMBERSHIP MONTH

OUR Rotary Club...

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POINTILISM

David Bayo is a wonderfully creative French artist who specializes in transforming the seemingly mundane into something spectacular one tiny dot at a time.

Bayo works with pointillism, an artistic process in which small, distinct dots are applied in patterns to form an image that appears totally solid, as if drawn in a more traditional style. In this time-lapse video, you can see the painstaking process it takes to complete one of his stunning pieces. This particular drawing took over 90 hours and an incredible one million ink dots to finish.

WHAT HAPPENED SATURDAY

August 6

WHAT HAPPENED ON WEDNESDAY!

August 10

Published on Apr 27, 2013 - The woman who changed her brain

Barbara Arrowsmith-Young is the Creator and Director of Arrowsmith School and Arrowsmith Program, and the author of the international best-selling book The Woman Who Changed Her Brain (www.barbaraarrowsmithyoung.com/book).

She holds a B.A.Sc. in Child Studies from the University of Guelph, and a Master's degree in School Psychology from the University of Toronto (Ontario Institute for Studies in Education). Arrowsmith-Young is recognized as the creator of one of the first practical applications of the principles of neuroplasticity to the treatment of learning disorders. Her program is implemented in 54 schools internationally.

And the second video -

Published on Oct 5, 2013 - Defy Impossible

TEDxKC 2013: Defy Impossible. Steve Ilardi is a clinical researcher with a passionate interest in improving treatment for mental illness. Steve is also the author of "The Depression Cure: The Six-Step Program to Beat Depression Without Drugs."

Together with his research team, he has developed a novel program for clinical depression based on the premise that humans were not designed for modern life.

This treatment program - Therapeutic Lifestyle Change - has proven to be highly promising in preliminary trials, and has already been adopted by clinicians in over a dozen countries.

Steve also does statistical analysis for the NBA (most recently with the Phoenix Suns).

A great session! We all strive to be more active!

Just 30 minutes of brisk walking 3 times a week has enormous benefits!

Plan to join us on a Wednesday to continue to learn and to have fun!

EDUCATING AND EMPOWERING WOMEN

Last week's meeting introduced of Chantelle Baxter and her interest in helping girls in Sierra Leone with sanitary pads. Here she is, a few years earlier, telling about how she gained an interest in Sierra Leone.

Chantelle wants to see a world where women and girls are creating and leading change in their communities. To fulfill on this vision, Chantelle co-founded One Girl, a non-profit organisation that works in one of the worst places in the world to be born a woman: Sierra Leone, West Africa. Chantelle and the One Girl team provide education scholarships to highly vulnerable girls who are at risk of being forced into child marriage. They've also launched a social enterprise called LaunchPad that delivers affordable eco-friendly sanitary pads to women and girls living in rural areas. Who knew a sanitary pad could change the world? Chantelle is a proud fellow of Melbourne's School for Social Entrepreneurs and has been selected as one of Australia's "Brightest Young Minds".

...submitted by Rotarian Lou

SIGNS

At the Vet's office

Be back in 5 minutes. Sit! Stay!

On a fence

Salesmen welcome. Dog food is expensive.

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.