Weekly Meeting of Rotary E-Club of the Caribbean, 7020: September 16, 2016

WELCOME TO THE WEEKLY MEETING

FRIDAY, September 16, 2016

In this meeting:

Welcome
President’s message
Power of Litracy
Rotary Calendar
Rotary Minute
ABCs of Rotary
Update on Polio
Can you dance?
Lexophilia
What happened Saturday
What happened Wednesday
Inspirational video
Signs of Melanoma
Foundation Corner
Rotary Anthem
Four-way test to end

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OUR GREETER THIS WEEK IS ROTARIAN LOU

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 POWER OF LITERACY

THE ROTARY CALENDAR

AUGUST

Membership and New Club Development

SEPTEMBER

Basic Education and Literacy

Club Assembly September 17

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

1999-2000 Carlo Ravizza (architecture), Rotary Club of Milano Sud-Ovest, Italy. Rotary vision: To ensure Rotary’s success in the 21st century through the message Rotary 2000: Act with Consistency, Credibility, and Continuity.

“Clearly, we are moving toward a future that will be characterized at once by desperate needs and vast potential. We Rotarians are especially well-positioned to serve as a bridge between the problems and the possibilities. We have a strong presence in nations that are technology-rich as well as in countries that can barely eet even the most basic human needs. Let us use that presence — and the unique perspective it affords us — to create the vibrant spirit of Rotary…and extend it to every part of the globe.”

— Rotary 2000, THE ROTARIAN, July 1999

2000-01 Frank J. Devlyn (optical stores), Rotary Club of Anahuac, Distrito Federal, Mexico. Rotary vision: To encourage Rotarians to Create Awareness and Take Action.

“We must face the fact that today we are a recognized public force, and that we will receive many benefits if we cultivate the image and the recognition that go along with that reality.”

— Meet Frank J. Devlyn, THE ROTARIAN, July 2000

ABCs OF ROTARY

RI President (1992-93) Cliff Dochterman

Some Rotary "Firsts"

The first Rotary club meeting was in Chicago, Illinois, on 23 February 1905.
The first regular luncheon meetings were in Oakland, California, chartered in 1909.
The first Rotary convention was in Chicago in 1910.
The first Rotary club outside of the United States was chartered in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, in 1910.
The first Rotary club outside of North America was chartered in Dublin, Ireland, in 1911.
The first Rotary club in a non-English-speaking country was in Havana, Cuba, in 1916.
The first Rotary club in South America was chartered in Montevideo, Uruguay, in 1918.
The first Rotary club in Asia was chartered in Manila, Philippines, in 1919
The first Rotary club in Africa was chartered in Johannesburg, South Africa, in 1921.
The first Rotary club in Australia was chartered in Melbourne in 1921. (Original idea from "Scandal Sheet")

Object of Rotary

In some areas of the world weekly Rotary club meetings begin with all members standing and reciting the Object of Rotary. This statement, which comes from the Constitution of Rotary, is frequently seen on a wall plaque in Rotarians' offices or places of business.

The Object of Rotary is "to encourage and foster the ideal of service as a basis of worthy enterprise." The statement then lists four areas by which this "ideal of service" is fostered: through the development of acquaintance as the opportunity for service; the promotion of high ethical standards in business and professions; through service in one's personal, business and community life; and the advancement of international understanding, goodwill and peace.

The Object of Rotary has not always been expressed in this manner. The original Constitution of 1906 had three objects: promotion of business interests, promotion of good fellowship and the advancement of the best interests of the community.

By 1910 Rotary had five Objects, as increased emphasis was given to expanding Rotary.

By 1915 there were six Objects. In 1918 the Objects were rewritten again and reduced to four. Four years later they had again grown to six and were revised again in 1927.

Finally, at the 1935 Mexico City Convention the six Objects were restated and reduced to four. The last major change came in 1951 when the Objects were streamlined and changed to a single Object, which has four parts. The "ideal of service" is the key phrase in the Object of Rotary. This ideal is an attitude of being a thoughtful and helpful person in all of one's endeavours. That's what the Object truly means.

UPDATE ON POLIO

The last cases of naturally occurring paralytic polio in the United States were in 1979, when an outbreak occurred among the Amish in several Midwestern states. From 1980 through 1999, there were 162 confirmed cases of paralytic polio cases reported.

The eradication of polio in India is heralded as one of the biggest achievements in global health efforts. The polio-free certification by the Regional Certification Commission came Thursday, along with a proclamation that Southeast Asia is free of the disease.

(CNN) -- India has been certified polio-free by the World Health Organization after going three years without an endemic case of polio. The eradication of polio in India is heralded as one of the biggest achievements in global health efforts.

Just a few years ago, India was home to nearly half the global polio cases and considered one of the most technically difficult places to eradicate the disease, because of sanitation challenges and high-density population.

India's last case was reported in a young girl paralyzed by polio in West Bengal in January 2011.

So how did the second most populous country in the world, considered the hardest place to end polio, become free of the disease?

Health workers determined that the children of migrants or those growing up in difficult-to-reach areas were not getting access to vaccines. So they deployed immunization efforts to reach the most vulnerable, according to UNICEF.

India launched a massive effort involving a surveillance network and almost 2.3 million vaccine administrators, who identified communities falling through the cracks.

To counter rumors and misgivings about the vaccine, social mobilizers, religious leaders and parents were included to increase understanding about immunizations.

They also bolstered communication and outreach efforts that often included Bollywood celebrities and cricket players. The efforts combined government, various U.N. agencies as well as philanthropic organizations.

The highly infectious viral disease primarily affects young children and could lead to paralysis and death. It can be prevented through immunization, but there is no cure.

CAN YOU DANCE?

LITERACY OR LEXOPHILIA...

...submitted by Rotarian Lou

Who on earth dreams these up?
A lexophile of course.

•    Venison for dinner again?   Oh deer!

•    How does Moses make tea?   Hebrews it.

•    England has no kidney bank, but it does have a Liverpool .

•    I tried to catch some fog, but I mist.

•    They told me I had type-A blood, but it was a Typo.

•    I changed my iPod's name to Titanic. It's syncing now.

•    Jokes about German sausage are the wurst.

•    I know a guy who's addicted to brake fluid, but he says he can
     stop any time.

•    I stayed up all night to see where the sun went, and then it dawned on me.

•    This girl said she recognized me from the vegetarian club, but
     I'd never met herbivore.

•    I'm reading a book about anti-gravity.   I just can't put it down.

•    I did a theatrical performance about puns.   It was a play on words.

•    Why were the Indians here first? They had reservations.

•    I didn't like my beard at first. Then it grew on me.

•    Did you hear about the cross-eyed teacher who lost her job

     because she couldn't control her pupils?

•    When you get a bladder infection, urine trouble.

•    Broken pencils are pointless.

•    What do you call a dinosaur with an extensive vocabulary? A thesaurus.

•    I dropped out of communism class because of lousy Marx.

•    I got a job at a bakery because I kneaded dough.

•    Velcro - what a rip off!

•    Don’t worry about old age; it doesn’t last.

BUTTERFLIES IN HAITI

District Governor Haresh Ramchandani visiting in Cayes one of the school rebuilt with DAF funds after the earthquake.

In this school the Rotary E-Club of the Caribbean has the project Butterfly book. In this picture one of the students tell one of the stories to DG Haresh. This project has motivated the students to also write their own stories.

Robert Leger, DG-elect

WHAT HAPPENED SATURDAY

September 10

Guest Speaker - Richard Kelly

WHAT HAPPENED ON WEDNESDAY!

September 14

Decades ago, few pediatricians had heard of autism. In 1975, 1 in 5,000 kids was estimated to have it. Today, 1 in 68 is on the autism spectrum. What caused this steep rise? Steve Silberman points to “a perfect storm of autism awareness” — a pair of psychologists with an accepting view, an unexpected pop culture moment and a new clinical test.

But to really understand, we have to go back further to an Austrian doctor by the name of Hans Asperger, who published a pioneering paper in 1944. Because it was buried in time, autism has been shrouded in misunderstanding ever since. (This talk was part of a TED2015 session curated by Pop-Up Magazine: popupmagazine.com or @popupmag on Twitter.)

Steve Silberman is a writer and contributing editor for Wired who covers science and society. His newest book explores neurodiversity and the link between autism and genius.

Why you should listen

Steve Silberman is a writer and contributing editor for Wired and other national magazines. In 2001, he published "The Geek Syndrome," one of the first articles in the mainstream press to probe the complex relationship between autism and genius. The article was praised by experts in the field like neurologist Oliver Sacks and author Temple Grandin, but as time went on, Silberman was haunted by the biggest question that he had left unanswered: Why have rates of autism diagnosis increased so steeply in the past 30 years?

This question has become particularly pressing in the face of a resurgence of measles, mumps, pertussis and other childhood diseases worldwide due to parental fears of vaccines, despite numerous studies debunking their alleged connection to autism. To solve that medical mystery for his new book, NeuroTribes: The Legacy of Autism and the Future of Neurodiversity, due out in August 2015, Silberman went back to the first years of autism research, where he uncovered a series of events -- some long forgotten, and others deliberately buried -- that will require the history of autism to be rewritten.

A former teaching assistant for the poet Allen Ginsberg, Silberman has won numerous awards over the years for his science coverage in the New Yorker, Nature and many other national and international magazines.

And the second video -

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

An inspirational video

SIGNS OF MELANOMA

There are five indicators for potential melanoma, known as the ABCDEs:

A for asymmetrical shape
B for irregular borders
C for different colors
D for a diameter bigger than a pencil eraser, and
E for evolving shape, color, or size.

If a mole or lesion displays any of these signs, contact a dermatologist immediately.

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.