August 5, 2016 - Weekly Meeting

 

WELCOME TO THE WEEKLY MEETING

FRIDAY, August 5, 2016

 

In this meeting:

• Welcome
• President’s message
• Message from DG Haresh
• Rotary Calendar
• Rotary Minute
• ABCs of Rotary
• Update on Polio
• Diversions
• Video - Membership Month
• Be a Vibrant Club!
• What happened last Saturday
• What happened Wednesday
• Link to Caribbean Weather site
• Video - Alzheimer's
• Foundation Corner
• Rotary Anthem
• Four-way test to end

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OUR GREETER THIS WEEK IS ROTARIAN DENIS

          

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.

August is Rotary’s focus on membership.  There are many thoughts when one considers membership.

• We hope to give our members a meaningful Rotary experience by offering each one opportunities to make a positive difference and connect with others.
• We can all make valuable friendships and feel good about Rotary and the work we’re doing to make the world a better place.
• We hope to develop a long-term strategy for strengthening our club’s membership.
• We encourage all our members to get involved for a more meaningful Rotary experience.
• We ask that each one of us find prospective members who want to get involved.

In reflecting upon how strong is our club, we have to ask if our members reflect the range of professions and cultures in your community? The community of our E-Club is District 7020 – and this district, as we know, is a very diverse one comprising 10 different countries and islands.

Ask yourself if you are helping our club to achieve our goals?  What qualities make our club attractive to new members?

As we begin Membership month, please enjoy the posted meeting below.  If you wish a make-up, follow the link at the bottom of the meeting and email our secretary. 

Thank you for stopping by!  Enjoy your week and all that you do for Rotary!

AUGUST MESSAGE FROM DG HARESH

 

My Fellow Rotarians, Rotaractors, and the family of Rotary: 

It’s been a month since the new Rotary Year. By now most of the club leaders have settled into their new role and plans have started being executed. 

I’m looking forward to seeing how these plans take shape and to see the fruit of all this labour. 

Since the new Rotary Year I’ve have a chance to visit a few clubs and I can tell you that Rotary is indeed alive and well. And the clubs are doing some incredible work in their communities. 

August is Membership and New Club Development Month. This month the focus is on strengthening and growing Rotary – by engagement & attraction. 

What a great time to encourage Rotarians to bring a friend or a guest to a meeting. Go out there and tell everyone what Rotary is all about; why Rotary membership is the most meaningful way to help their communuty & the world globally. Turn to social media and share worthy content. Do a quick video about why you love your club. Ensure that you’re providing value to your Rotarians and your club. Craft a better rotary experience. Do a fireside chat for new or potential members. 

Membership is Rotary’s # 1 internal priority - we need more willing hands, more caring hearts, and more bright minds to move our work forward. We have clubs that are becoming more flexible, so that Rotary service will be attractive to younger members, recent retirees, and working people. 

So go out there are share Rotary – People are starved for connection. For that feeling of doing something good for others. Rotary is the perhaps the best way to make a meaningful difference. 

Finally my friends, membership is a job of all of us, not just the membership chair or committee. We must be the change in how we share rotary with others – and let them know that indeed we Serve Humanity.

 

 
THE ROTARY CALENDAR

AUGUST

Membership and New Club Development

SEPTEMBER

Basic Education and Literacy

OCTOBER

Economic and Community Development

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

1985-86 Edward F. Cadman (orthopedic surgery), Rotary Club of Wenatchee, Washington, USA. Rotary vision: To remind the individual Rotarian, You are the Key to Rotary service.

“Rotarians in one part of the globe can affect lives on the opposite side of the world. We have the desires and the capabilities to give help where help is needed. 

• Where there [is]…a starving child…a weeping mother — Rotary can be there. 
• Where there is a cataracted eye, a crooked limb — a need for medicine, braces, surgery — Rotary can be there.
• Where there is the sigh of the lonely, the despair of the isolated — Rotary can be there.

Rotary is the sanctity of fellowship, the love of brotherhood, the warmth of trust. Rotary is a vision — yet struck in stone. We build not only in concrete, but also in lives and futures.”

— Address to 1985 Rotary Convention, Kansas City, Missouri, USA

1986-87 M.A.T. Caparas (labor law practice), Rotary Club of Manila, Philippines. Rotary vision: That Rotary Brings Hope to those in need throughout the world.

“Hope is the expectation of better things — a polio-free world, a world without hunger, universal peace. It is the spark that keeps a man going, whatever his station. Without it, life is nothing more than existence in despair.”

— Rotary Brings Hope, 1986-87 Presidential Citation Program

ABCs OF ROTARY

RI President (1992-93) Cliff Dochterman

 

Paul Harris Fellows

Undoubtedly the most important step to promote voluntary giving to The Rotary Foundation occurred in 1957, when the idea of Paul Harris Fellow recognition was first proposed. Although the concept of making US$1,000 gifts to the Foundation was slow in developing, by the early 1970s it began to gain popularity. The distinctive Paul Harris Fellow medallion, lapel pin and attractive certificate have become highly respected symbols of a substantial financial commitment to The Rotary Foundation by Rotarians and friends around the world.

The companion to the Paul Harris Fellow is the Paul Harris Sustaining Member, which is the recognition presented to an individual who has given, or in whose honour a gift is made, a contribution of US$100, with the stated intention of making additional contributions until US$1,00O is reached. At that time the Paul Harris Sustaining Member becomes a Paul Harris Fellow.

By 1998 more than 625,000 Paul Harris Fellows and 215,000 Sustaining Members had been added to the rolls of The Rotary Foundation.

A special recognition pin is given to Paul Harris Fellows who make additional gifts of US$1,000 to the Foundation. The distinctive gold pin includes a blue stone to represent each US$1,000 contribution up to a total of US$5,000 in additional gifts. Red stone pins signify gifts of US$7,000 to US$9,000. A Diamond Circle pin is given to donors for major gifts in excess of US$10,000.

Paul Harris Fellow recognition provides a very important incentive for the continuing support needed to underwrite the many programs of The Rotary Foundation that build goodwill and understanding in the world.

Citation for Meritorious Service and Distinguished Service Award

Two very special awards of recognition occasionally are presented by the Trustees of The Rotary Foundation to Rotarians who render outstanding service to The Rotary Foundation. The Rotary Foundation Citation for Meritorious Service recognizes significant and dedicated service by a Rotarian to promote the programs of The Rotary Foundation and thus advance the Foundation's goal of better understanding and friendly relations among people of the world.

The second award, called the Distinguished Service Award, is presented to a Rotarian whose outstanding record of service to The Rotary Foundation is on a much broader basis and spreads beyond the district level and continues over an extended period of time. The Distinguished Service Award acknowledges the efforts of a Rotarian who has already received the Citation of Meritorious Service, for continuing efforts to promote international understanding.

Both of these select awards are presented for exemplary personal service and devotion to the Foundation rather than for financial contributions. No more than 50 Distinguished Service Awards are granted by the trustees in anyone year and there is only one recipient of a Citation for Meritorious Service in any district each year. A recipient of the Citation for Meritorious Service is not eligible for nomination for a Distinguished Service Award until two or more years have elapsed.

It is a very proud distinction for any Rotarian to be selected for one of these high levels of recognition by The Rotary Foundation Trustees.

 AN UPDATE ON POLIO

Nigeria celebrated two years without a case of wild poliovirus on 24 July. This is an important milestone for polio eradication efforts in the African region, but much still remains to be done to keep the country and region polio-free.

In Pakistan, both the oral polio vaccine and the inactivated poliovirus vaccine are being used hand in hand to boost immunity; and committed healthcare workers are going to great lengths to build trust and ensure every child is vaccinated.

A DIVERSION

Click the link below for an online crossword puzzle.

crossword puzzle

AUGUST MONDAY

Emancipation Day is a common holiday for the former colonies of Great Britain and Guyana. This day is celebrated on the first Monday in August. At some point the holiday became the first day of the traditional Carnival and adopted the name of August Monday.

Emancipation Day celebrates the day when Slavery Abolition Act came into force in 1833. Actually this occurred on August 1. This is another date of celebration of Emancipation Day in number of countries.

Some countries decided to move celebrations to the first Monday of August to provide a long summer week-end and gradually it evolved into the first day of traditional Carnival in August, known as August Monday (like in Anguilla, British Virgin Islands, Antigua, Dominica and Grenada). 

Barbados uses another name to celebrate this day, Kadooment Day. Culturama is the name for Emancipation Day in Saint Kitts and Nevis.

No matter, what is the name of the holiday, its celebration is always bright and jolly, because the Caribbean Carnival is one of the most spectacular events.

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MEMBERSHIP MONTH

Thank You for Making Membership a Priority from Rotary International on Vimeo.

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MORE MEMBERSHIP IDEAS

by Lindsey Cancino | Membership Chair

This is the time of year that we celebrate what it means to be a member of Rotary and particularly your club. How can we do that? Here are some suggestions:

1. Spread the Word!  Let your friends and acquaintances know how proud you are to be a member of your club and why; wear your pin proudly and when someone asks what it is or why you wear it, let them know. Consider taking out an ad in the local paper extolling virtues of your club and what it does in your community. 

2. Bring a Friend!  Invite  a friend or friends to join you at a regular meeting, event or social of your club with a view to seeing if they would be interested in becoming a member. Remember, the reason you are a Rotarian is because someone invited you.

3. Lend a Hand!  Think about pairing up with a smaller, less vibrant club in your community with a view to helping them strengthen their membership as well as yours. Obviously, this may extend beyond the month but you can start by considering a joint fellowship and/or fundraising event this month as a beginning. 

4. Celebrate! Finally, think of ways to celebrate your club and the great work you do in your community with your fellow members; this might be a meeting devoted to your club's history, a meeting run by past presidents or one conducted by the future of your club, your Rotaract, Interact or even Early Act clubs. Whatever it is, have fun reminding yourselves what a great privilege and experience it is to a Rotarian.

 

WHAT HAPPENED SATURDAY

JULY 30

A good meeting, led by President Paul, where members were updated on the goals for the year and what projects we are considering.

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With the discussion of a possible project to support girls in developing countries with sanitary pads, here is a video that may be of assistance in understanding the situation.

A video that might be helpful

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".

       

Also, here are a few links that can be used for further information:

www.daysforgirls.org 

Click the link below for the Days For Girls newsletter -
http://www.daysforgirls.org/so/eLOu4en8?cid=5a86b7c5-3fcd-46dd-af69-00f861fca3f0#/main

http://www.femmeinternational.org/femme-kits.html

http://www.fastcodesign.com/3050139/an-innovative-solution-to-menstrual-hygiene-in-developing-countries/1

http://www.onegirl.org.au/what-we-do/launchpad 

WHAT HAPPENED ON WEDNESDAY!

August 3

...contributed to AG Amarylis

It was really a Happy Hour last night at the E-Club Hangout! 

Lou, Bonita, Wein and Paul joined in.

I share information regarding tools and resources that, if taken advantage of, will greatly enhance our Rotarian experience.

Because my computer was "indisposed" for a few days until shortly before the meeting, I did not have a chance to finish a visual presentation, but I will finish it so that it can be posted later.

In the meantime, here's the brief.

Volunteering Hours can now be logged in Rotary Club Central

This resource is a wonderful way to create a real sense of what we all put regarding hours.  We can add everyone's hours and see at the end of the year, how much "time equity" we have invested into "Serving Humanity."

Attendance Make-Up Opportunities

Make-Ups can now be banked in Clubrunner and RI is letting clubs use this tool to increase engagement and retention in creative ways.  For example, Lou can trade one of her banked make-ups with another member in return for a 5-minutes prsentation to the Club. 

President Paul and Amarylis will figure out how to take advantage of this opportunity, and present to the Board and all members subsequently.  It could be a cool Assembly topic.

The idea is to deal with attendance shortcomings in positive ways, rather than in disciplinary ways which RI has recognized to be a deficient engagement strategy.  I personally think that it goes extremely well with our President's upbeat leadership style!

Rotary Rewards

We talked about all the perks of membership that are now available to all Rotarians worldwide.

Giving through Amazon

We talked about how to give to the Rotary Foundation with every Amazon purchase by logging to Amazon through their giving portal smile.amazon.com.

Donor Advised Fund

We talked about this fund-creating resource for establishing a giving account financially managed by Rotary, but which funds are used according to the owner's instructions.  There was a request to provide further information and begin the process of creating a DAF this year.

Projects Portal

As the District officially moved to close the 7020 Project Portal and to use RI's Ideas & Showcase platforms, we discussed adding our Projects to both  ideas.rotary.org and Rotary Showcase.

Ideas.rotary.org is a crowd resources-seeking platform through which we can promote our projects as well as seek monetary contributions, partners and in-kind donations.  Rotary Showcase is a platform for Rotary success stories, and most definitely our Butterfly Storybook should be included there.  We need Rotarians who would be interesting in learning to do posting.

District Governor Haresh Official Visit

We talked about the plans for October 22, but the entire plan still needs to be finalized.  Ideally, those members living in the USVI will join us that Saturday. President Paul is traveling to St. Thomas for this grand occasion, and hopefully, other members can join us as well.

The plan is to a Board Meeting at 8:00 a.m. and our regular meeting then at 9:00 a.m. which will be an Open House since the USVI - BVI Friendship day will begin at 10:10 a.m. at the same place where we will have the meeting.

...contributed by Rotarian Lou

LINK TO CARIBBEAN WEATHER MAP/NEWS

https://weather.com/

 

Love of my life through Alzheimer's...

          

 

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. 

        

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 Howard leads the group...

          
           

And the final bell with our own John Fuller...

 

Thanks for stopping by!

Enjoy your week, and all that you do for Rotary!

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