Friday 28 February 2014

February 28 - The regular meeting of the Rotary E-Club of the Caribbean, 7020 for the week beginning Friday, February 28




To "attend" the meeting, scroll down the screen, review all the information from top to bottom, view all the videos, read all the information, and enjoy your time here with us at our Rotary meeting.




Dear Fellow Rotarians, visitors and guests!

WELCOME TO OUR E-CLUB!

Thank you for stopping by our club meeting!  We hope you will enjoy your visit.

Our E-Club banner is shown at left!  Please send us a virtual copy of your club banner and we will send you a copy of our new club banner in exchange.  We will also display your club banner proudly on our meeting website. 

We are now officially a fully-fledged chartered Rotary Club in District 7020.  We celebrated our Charter Gala with the meeting posted the week of January 24.  Our charter date is August 12, 2013.  We hope you will find the content of our meeting enlightening and will give us the benefit of your opinion on the content.

March is Rotary's Literacy month.  Our club celebrates our 2014 Butterfly Storybook!

Visiting Rotarians.  Click this link to Apply for a Make-up.  We will send you and your club secretary a make-up confirmation.
Active MembersClick for Attendance Record.  
Happy Hour Hangout.  Happy Hour Hangout.  Our Happy Hour Hangout on a Saturday morning is early enough so that you can join before your day gets away from you.
We meet for a live chat and sometimes business discussion.  If you are interested in dropping by, please click the link below.  Morning coffee is on the house!  (Your house, that is...)  Hope to see you there!
Please note:  Now, attending our HHH will earn you a make-up!
The link to the Happy Hour Hangout for Saturday is at the bottom of this meeting. 

Interested in joining us? Click the link Membership Application and Information.

Our President, Kitty, would now like to welcome you to this week's meeting.  Please listen in...





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ROTARY E-CLUB OF THE CARIBBEAN, 7020

 

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ABCs OF ROTARY (Cliff Dochterman)

Cliff Dochterman
RI President, 1992-93

Opportunities for Fellowship 

Most Rotarians are successful professional and business executives because they hear opportunities knock and take advantage of them.  Once a week, the opportunity for Rotary fellowship occurs at each club meeting, but not all members hear it knocking.  (This includes our Wednesday HHH!)

The weekly club meeting is a special privilege o Rotary membership.  It provides the occasion to visit with fellow members, to meet visitors you have not known before, and to share your personal friendship with other members.

Rotary clubs which have a reputation of being "friendly clubs" usually follow a few simple steps:

First, members are encouraged to sit in a different seat or at a different table each week.

Second, Rotarians are urged to sit with a member they may not know as well as their long-time personal friends.

Third, members invite new members or visitors to join their table just by saying:  "Come join us, we have an empty chair at this table."

Fourth, members share the conversation around the table rather than merely eating in silence or talking privately to the person next to them.

Fifth, Rotarians make a special point of trying to get acquainted with all members of the club by seeking out those they may not know.

When Rotarians follow these five easy steps, an entirely new opportunity for fellowship knocks each week.  Soon, Rotarians realize that warm and personal friendship is the cornerstone of every great Rotary club.


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A TOUR OF THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION 







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ROTARY AWARENESS - Reminder

As Rotarians, we are welcomed at any Rotary Club throughout the world.


In the next few months, let's all try to attend a minimum of 3 meetings at clubs outside of our own E-Club in the next few months. 

Please make an effort to see how other clubs operate!  Expand your Rotary family!


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POLIO UPDATE


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A WEE SMILE




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ANOTHER WEE SMILE - DINNER BY CANDLELIGHT





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CLUB SINGING 


Harry Ruggles was the fifth man to join Paul Harris in the conversations which led to the formation of the first Rotary club in Chicago in 1905.

Harry was a fellow who enjoyed singing and this was a popular activity at the turn of the century.  At an early meeting of the fledgling group, Harry jumped on a chair and urged everyone to join him in a song.

Group singing soon became a traditional part of each Rotary meeting.  The custom spread to many of the clubs in the United States and is still a popular activity in the Rotary meetings of such diverse countries as Australia, Japan, Nigeria, New Zealand and Canada.  some clubs sing a national song as the formal opening of the meeting.  Social singing, however, is seldom found in the Rotary clubs in Europe, South America and Asia.

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  • Peace and Conflict Resolution
  • Disease Prevention and Treatment
  • Water and SanitationIf yo
  • Maternal and Child Health
  • Basic Education and Literacy
  • Economic and Community Development

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SPEAKER - Rodney Brooks - Why we rely on robots


Scaremongers play on the idea that robots will simply replace people on the job. In fact, they can become our essential collaborators, freeing us up to spend time on less mundane and mechanical challenges.

Rodney Brooks points out how valuable this could be as the number of working-age adults drops and the number of retirees swells.




He introduces us to Baxter, the robot with eyes that move and arms that react to touch, which could work alongside an aging population -- and learn to help them at home, too.

MIT professor Rodney Brooks studies and engineers robot intelligence, looking for the holy grail of robotics: the AGI, or artificial general intelligence. For decades, we've been building robots to do highly specific tasks -- welding, riveting, delivering interoffice mail -- but what we all want, really, is a robot that can figure things out on its own, the way we humans do.

Brooks realized that a top-down approach -- just building the biggest brain possible and teaching it everything we could think of -- would never work. What would work is a robot who learns like we do, by trial and error, and with many separate parts that learn separate jobs. The thesis of his work which was captured in Fast, Cheap and Out of Control,went on to become the title of the great Errol Morris documentary.

A founder of iRobot, makers of the Roomba vacuum, Brooks now heads Rethink Robotics, whose mission is to apply advanced robotic intelligence to manufacturing and physical labor. Its first robot: the versatile Baxter. Brooks is affiliated with CSAIL, MIT's Computers Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory.
 



    "When I look out in the future, I can’t imagine a world, 500 years from now, where we don’t have robots everywhere."
--Rodney Brooks




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ROTARY ANTHEM







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DISTRICT 7020 CONFERENCE 2014 IN CAYMAN ISLANDS




The website for registering for the conference is now available:

www.DC2014CAYMAN.ky



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From Rotary Today Magazine, a publication of RIBI

...by David Houghton, Membership Development and Retention Chairman

This was a question that caught my eye as I read a weekly update of The Rotarian  a few days ago.

A group of Rotaract members and young Rotarians were asked to give comments on what it would take to turn today's young leaders into tomorrow's Rotarians.  The group's answers were interesting, informative, and challenging. What follows is an abbreviated summary:

What do Rotarians need to understand about young people?

  • A major difference exists in the way we connect
  • Social media allows us not only to share meeting and project details, but also to communicate with clubs around the world
  • Our spirit of community service is no different from that of the older generation; we just have different methods
  • We're results-driven; we move quickly - some might think too quickly.  We want to feel that our work has purpose and we get frustrated when our ideas are not considered.
  • The workplace has changed a lot
  • We're protective of our spare time and less willing to tolerate wasted time, like spending time in costly meetings, discussing information that could be shared through email.

What have you found helpful in your communications with Rotary members?

Some of the best Rotarians I've encountered has been genuine believers in the capabilities of young people.  They are willing to throw their support behind me as a young club president, invest their time in explaining Rotary's nuances to me, and offer advice on everything from projects to finding the right people for leadership roles

There were other messages, and here are some of them:
  • If you want to recruit younger members, you need to remember that Rotary has the power to make great leaders
  • It never, ever helps to talk down to us
  • We have a lot of energy and passion, and a burning desire to make a difference
  • Rotarians shouldn't be too critical of a young person trying a new approach.  Be constructive.
  • Rotary provides an incredible vehicle for us to learn and grow and we're hungry for the wisdom and experience of older Rotarians


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ROTARY WISDOM -  Why I am a Rotarian 





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"THIS CLOSE" - We are ...





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A MUSICAL INTERLUDE

The Silence

About six miles from Maastricht in the Netherlands lie buried 8,301 American soldiers who died in "Operation Market Garden" in the battles to liberate Holland in the fall and winter of 1944-45. Every one of the men buried in the cemetery as well as those in the Canadian and British military cemeteries has been adopted by a Dutch family who mind the grave, decorate, and keep alive the memory of the soldier they have adopted. It is even the custom to keep a portrait of "their" American soldier in a place of honor in their home.

Annually on "Liberation Day" Memorial Services are held for "the men who died to liberate Holland."  The day concludes with a concert. The final piece is always  "Il Silenzio", a memorial piece commissioned by the Dutch and first played in 1965 on the 20th anniversary of Holland's liberation. It has been the concluding piece of the memorial concert ever since,

This year the soloist was a 13 year old Dutch girl, Melissa Venema, backed by Andre Rieu and his orchestra (the Royal Orchestra of the Netherlands). This beautiful concert piece is based upon the original version of taps and was composed by Italian composer Nino Rossi.


Beautiful and moving.






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A SHORT STORY OF SELFLESSNESS




Click this link to read the story.


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HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY

Such a thoughtful gesture!





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TO END OUR MEETING

To end our meeting, please recite aloud (on your honour!) the Rotary Four-Way Test of the things we think, say, or do.  

Our Rotary E-Club member, Keturah deWeever, leads us.





1.  Is it the TRUTH?
2.  Is it FAIR to all concerned?
3.  Will it BUILD GOODWILL and BETTER FRIENDSHIPS?
4.  Will it be BENEFICIAL to all concerned?













 

...and official close of meeting




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Thank you for stopping by our E-club meeting!   We wish you well in the next week in all that you do for Rotary!

The meeting has now come to an end.  Please do have a safe and happy week!  If you have enjoyed our E-club meeting, please leave a comment below.

Rotary cheers!

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Visiting Rotarians.  Click this link to Apply for a Make-up.  We will send you and your club secretary a make-up confirmation.
Please consider a donation to our Club.  Just as any Rotarian visiting a Rotary Club would be expected to make a donation, we hope you will consider a donation to our Rotary E-Club of the Caribbean, 7020.   Please click the button below:


 

Active Members.  Click to indicate your Attendance.  

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HAPPY HOUR HANGOUT - Saturday, March 1

Please join us at our Happy Hour Hangout on Saturday morning, March 1.

•    9:00 a.m. Atlantic Time
•    8:00 a.m. Eastern Time (Miami Time)

Join us.  Renew our fellowship!  Discuss Rotary! 
 


Learn the history of Rotary in the Caribbean this morning!
 
Join from a PC, Mac, iPad, iPhone or Android device:


 OR
 This is a recurring meeting – so the link will be the same for every Saturday morning.

Join from dial-in phone line:

  •     Dial: +1 (424) 203-8450 or +1 (209) 255-1200
  •     Meeting ID: 602 689 205
  •     Participant ID: Shown after joining the meeting
  •     International numbers available: https://zoom.us/teleconference


Friday 21 February 2014

February 21 - The regular meeting of the Rotary E-Club of the Caribbean, 7020 for the week beginning Friday, February 21





To "attend" the meeting, scroll down the screen, review all the information from top to bottom, view all the videos, read all the information, and enjoy your time here with us at our Rotary meeting.




Dear Fellow Rotarians, visitors and guests!

WELCOME TO OUR E-CLUB!

Thank you for stopping by our club meeting!  We hope you will enjoy your visit.

Our E-Club banner is shown at left!  Please send us a virtual copy of your club banner and we will send you a copy of our new club banner in exchange.  We will also display your club banner proudly on our meeting website. 

We are now officially a fully-fledged chartered Rotary Club in District 7020.  We celebrated our Charter Gala with the meeting posted the week of January 24.  Our charter date is August 12, 2013.  We hope you will find the content of our meeting enlightening and will give us the benefit of your opinion on the content.

February is World Understanding Month.  On February 23, Rotary turns 109.
March is Rotary's Literacy Month.

Visiting Rotarians.  Click this link to Apply for a Make-up.  We will send you and your club secretary a make-up confirmation.
Active MembersClick for Attendance Record.  
Happy Hour Hangout.  Happy Hour Hangout.  Our Happy Hour Hangout on a Saturday morning is early enough so that you can join before your day gets away from you.
We meet for a live chat and sometimes business discussion.  If you are interested in dropping by, please click the link below.  Morning coffee is on the house!  (Your house, that is...)  Hope to see you there!
Please note:  Now, attending our HHH will earn you a make-up!
The link to the Happy Hour Hangout for Saturday is at the bottom of this meeting. 

Interested in joining us? Click the link Membership Application and Information.

Our President, Kitty, would now like to welcome you to this week's meeting.  Please listen in...





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ROTARY E-CLUB OF THE CARIBBEAN, 7020

 

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ABCs OF ROTARY (Cliff Dochterman)

Cliff Dochterman
RI President, 1992-93
Invocations at Club Meetings 

In many Rotary clubs, particularly in Judeo-Christian nations, it is customary to open weekly meetings with an appropriate invocation or blessing.  Usually such invocations are offered without reference to specific religious denominations or faiths.

Rotary policy recognizes that throughout the world, Rotarians represent many religious beliefs, ideas, and creeds.  The religious beliefs of each member are fully respected, and nothing in Rotary is intended to prevent each individual from being faithful to such convictions.

At international assemblies and conventions, it is traditional for a silent invocation to be given.  In respect for all religious beliefs and in the spirit of tolerance for a wide variety of personal faiths, all persons are invited to seek divine guidance and peace "each in his own way."  It is an inspiring experience to join with thousands of Rotarians in an international "silent prayer" or act of personal devotion.  Usually, all Rotary International board and committee meetings begin with a few moments of silent meditation.  In this period of silence, Rotary demonstrates respect for the beliefs of all members, who represent the religions of the world.

Since each Rotary club is autonomous, the practice of presenting a prayer or invocation at club meetings is left entirely to the traditions and customs of the individual club, with the understanding that these meeting rituals always be conducted in a manner which will respect the religious convictions and faiths of all members.



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Can you name the first four Rotarians?  (Answer at the end of the meeting...)

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FUN, FUN, FUN 

How would you handle "Pump News"?    

The enthusiasm is contagious!  Enjoy!








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ROTARY'S OFFICIAL DIRECTORY 

How do you find out when the Rotary club meets in Toowoomba, Pondicherry or Recklinghausen?

You simply turn to the Official Directory of Rotary International.

The approximately 750-page annual publication is filled with current information about Rotarians, as well as the composition and Rotary clubs.  The meeting day, time, and location of every one of the more than 32,000 clubs are listed.  From the club of Aabenraa, Denmark, to Zwolle, Netherlands, the Official Directory provides the name and address of each club president and secretary, as well as the number of club members and charter date.

The Official Directory also records a wealth of information about the more than 500 Rotary districts as well as the composition and purpose of all official Rotary committees.  Included are names and addresses of the current RI Board of Directors ad all previous boards.  There is a list of all past RI presidents with a review of their themes.

An excellent directory of hotels around the world is an added feature.

The Official Directory can be obtained from the RI world Headquarters in Evanston, Illinois.  It is a perfect guidebook for making Rotary contacts when you travel.

By the way, Toowoomba meets every Monday at 6:00, Pondicherry on Wednesdas at 7:45 and Recklinghauses on Mondays at 1:00.

Now, that's good to know

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  • Peace and Conflict Resolution
  • Disease Prevention and Treatment
  • Water and SanitationIf yo
  • Maternal and Child Health
  • Basic Education and Literacy
  • Economic and Community Development

 
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SPEAKER- Joseph Kim - The family I lost in North Korea 


A refugee now living in the US, Joseph Kim tells the story of his life in North Korea during the famine years. He's begun to create a new life -- but he still searches for the family he lost.

Joseph Kim escaped alone from North Korea at the age of 16, first to China and then to the United States.

Joseph Kim is from the northern region of North Korea. Growing up during the great famine of the 1990s, at the age of 12 Joseph saw his father starve to death, his mother disappear and his sister flee to China to search for food. In 2006, when he was 16, he decided to make the dangerous escape alone out of North Korea to look for food -- and for his sister. While hiding in China, he met a Korean-Chinese grandmother who protected and fed him until he found help from Liberty in North Korea (LiNK), a NGO that provided more stabilized shelter and later helped him to escape to the United States.

Joseph arrived in the U.S. in 2007 as a refugee. He is now in college studying international business. He is still searching for his sister.
    "In my mind, I thought death is death, whether I die of starvation or from being caught by the North Korean authorities."
--Joseph Kim


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SPEAKER - Paul Pholeros:  How to reduce poverty?  Fix homes 

In 1985, architect Paul Pholeros was challenged by the director of an Aboriginal-controlled health service to "stop people getting sick" in a small indigenous community in south Australia.

The key insights: think beyond medicine and fix the local environment. In this sparky, interactive talk, Pholeros describes projects undertaken by Healthabitat, the organization he now runs to help reduce poverty--through practical design fixes--in Australia and beyond. (Filmed at TEDxSydney.)   

Paul Pholeros is a director of Healthabitat, a longstanding effort to improve the health of indigenous people by fixing their living environment and housing.

"Change comes slowly," says architect Paul Pholeros. He should know; he has spent the last 30 years working on urban, rural, and remote architectural projects throughout his native Australia and beyond. In particular, he is focused on improving the living environments of the poor, understanding that environment plays a key and often overlooked role in health.

An architect himself, Pholeros met his two co-directors in the organization Healthabitat in 1985, when the three were challenged by Yami Lester, the director of a Aboriginal-controlled health service in the Anangu Pitjatjantjara Lands in northwest South Australia, to "stop people getting sick." The findings from that project have guided their thinking ever since, as Pholeros and his partners work to improve sanitation, connect electricity, and provide washing and water facilities to indigenous communities. Above all, the teams focus on engaging these local communities to help themselves--and to pass on their skills to others. In this way, a virtuous circle of fighting poverty is born.

Since 2007, Healthabitat has expanded its work beyond Australia, working on similar projects in the Kathmandu Valley in Nepal. In 2011, the firm was awarded the international UN Habitat and Building and Social Housing Foundation's World Habitat Award, and a Leadership in Sustainability prize from the Australian Institute of Architects. In 2012, Healthabitat was one of the six Australian representatives at the Venice International Architectural Biennale.

    "Paul Pholeros is an architect specifically honoured for his 30 years' work in indigenous housing. His firm, Healthabitat, set up in 1987 with the medic Paul Torzillo and the public health officer Stephan Rainow, does not build new houses but simply “fixes” ones that are not working. They have developed a testing kit that fits in a suitcase, a preferred list of robust, low-maintenance appliances and a standard set of tools, so that local people can be trained in the work. In the past decade they have fixed 6500 houses across remote Australia and a new two-year contract covers 600 more. So you'd have to say he's across the issue."

--Elizabeth Farrelly, the Sydney Morning Herald


Click this link to view the video.  Click your browser's BACK button to return to the meeting.


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ROTARY ANTHEM








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THREE CLICKS TO PEACE




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DISTRICT 7020 CONFERENCE 2014 IN CAYMAN ISLANDS




The website for registering for the conference is now available:

www.DC2014CAYMAN.ky

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How come it takes so little time for a child who is afraid of the dark

. . . . to become a teenager who wants to stay out all night?



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ROTARY WISDOM -  Why I am a Rotarian 




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"THIS CLOSE" - We are ...





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MAKING THE WORLD A BETTER PLACE





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TO END OUR MEETING

To end our meeting, please recite aloud (on your honour!) the Rotary Four-Way Test of the things we think, say, or do.  

Our E-Club member, Keturah deWeever,  leads us.  Please join along.





1.  Is it the TRUTH?
2.  Is it FAIR to all concerned?
3.  Will it BUILD GOODWILL and BETTER FRIENDSHIPS?
4.  Will it be BENEFICIAL to all concerned?















...and official close of meeting




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THE ANSWER - The first four Rotarians --

  • Gustavus Loehr (Mining Engineer)
  • Silvester Schiele (Coal Merchant)
  • Hiram E. Shorey (Merchant Tailor)
  • Paul P. Harris (Lawyer)


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Thank you for stopping by our E-club meeting!   We wish you well in the next week in all that you do for Rotary!

The meeting has now come to an end.  Please do have a safe and happy week!  If you have enjoyed our E-club meeting, please leave a comment below.

Rotary cheers!

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Visiting Rotarians.  Click this link to Apply for a Make-up.  We will send you and your club secretary a make-up confirmation.
Please consider a donation to our Club.  Just as any Rotarian visiting a Rotary Club would be expected to make a donation, we hope you will consider a donation to our Rotary E-Club of the Caribbean, 7020.   Please click the button below:


 

Active Members.  Click to indicate your Attendance.  

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HAPPY HOUR HANGOUT - Saturday, February 22

Please join us at our Happy Hour Hangout on Saturday morning, February 22.

•    9:00 a.m. Atlantic Time
•    8:00 a.m. Eastern Time (Miami Time)

Join us.  Renew our fellowship!  Discuss Rotary! 
 


Learn the history of Rotary in the Caribbean this morning!
 
Join from a PC, Mac, iPad, iPhone or Android device:

 OR
 This is a recurring meeting – so the link will be the same for every Saturday morning.

Join from dial-in phone line:

  •     Dial: +1 (424) 203-8450 or +1 (209) 255-1200
  •     Meeting ID: 602 689 205
  •     Participant ID: Shown after joining the meeting
  •     International numbers available: https://zoom.us/teleconference





Friday 14 February 2014

February 14 - The regular meeting of the Rotary E-Club of the Caribbean, 7020 for the week beginning Friday, February 14





To "attend" the meeting, scroll down the screen, review all the information from top to bottom, view all the videos, read all the information, and enjoy your time here with us at our Rotary meeting.




Dear Fellow Rotarians, visitors and guests!

WELCOME TO OUR E-CLUB!

Thank you for stopping by our club meeting!  We hope you will enjoy your visit.

Our E-Club banner is shown at left!  Please send us a virtual copy of your club banner and we will send you a copy of our new club banner in exchange.  We will also display your club banner proudly on our meeting website. 

We are now officially a fully-fledged chartered Rotary Club in District 7020.  We celebrated our Charter Gala with the meeting posted the week of January 24.  Our charter date is August 12, 2013.  We hope you will find the content of our meeting enlightening and will give us the benefit of your opinion on the content.

February is World Understanding Month.  On February 23, Rotary turns 109.

Visiting Rotarians.  Click this link to Apply for a Make-up.  We will send you and your club secretary a make-up confirmation.
Active MembersClick for Attendance Record.  
Happy Hour Hangout.  Happy Hour Hangout.  Our Happy Hour Hangout on a Saturday morning is early enough so that you can join before your day gets away from you.
We meet for a live chat and sometimes business discussion.  If you are interested in dropping by, please click the link below.  Morning coffee is on the house!  (Your house, that is...)  Hope to see you there!
Please note:  Now, attending our HHH will earn you a make-up!
The link to the Happy Hour Hangout for Saturday is at the bottom of this meeting. 

Interested in joining us? Click the link Membership Application and Information.

Our President, Kitty, would now like to welcome you to this week's meeting.  Please listen in...





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ROTARY E-CLUB OF THE CARIBBEAN, 7020

 

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ABCs OF ROTARY (Cliff Dochterman)

Cliff Dochterman
RI President, 1992-93

Vocational Service 

Vocational Service is the Second Avenue of Service.  No aspect of Rotary is more closely related to each member than a personal commitment to represent one's vocation or occupation to fellow Rotarians and to exemplify the characteristics of high ethical standards and the dignity of work.

Programs of vocational service are those which seek to improve business relations while improving the quality of trades, industry, commerce and the professionals.  Rotarians understand that each person makes a valuable contribution to a better society through daily activities in a business or profession.

Vocational Service is frequently demonstrated by offering young people career guidance, occupational information and assistance in making vocational choices.  Some clubs sponsor high school career conferences.

Many recognize the dignity of employment by honouring exemplary service of individuals working in their communities.  The Four-Way Test and other ethical and laudable business philosophies are often promoted among young people etering the world of work.

Vocational talks and discussion of business issues are also typical vocational service programs at most clubs.

Regardless of the ways that Vocational Service is expressed, it is the banner by which Rotarians "recognize the worthiness of all useful occupations" and demonstrate a commitment to "high ethical standards in all businesses and professions."

That's why the Second Avenue of Service is fundamental to every Rotary club.

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SPEAKER - Juliana Rotich


Why you should listen to her:

Juliana Rotich is co-founder and executive director of Ushahidi, a nonprofit tech company, born in Africa, that develops free and open-source software for information collection, interactive mapping and data curation.

Ushahidi builds tools for democratizing information, increasing transparency and lowering the barriers for individuals to share their stories. Through Crowdmap.com, Swiftly.org and accompanying mobile applications, Ushahidi is making crowdsourcing tools available and useful. Their latest product is BRCK, a tool for resilient connectivity -- anywhere.

Rotich is also a founder of iHub, a Nairobi tech space described as "part open community workspace (co-working), part vector for investors and VCs and part incubator."

She is a TED Senior Fellow and serves on the World Economic Forum's Global Agenda Council on Information Communications Technology. She co-founded Mobisoko, a mobile marketplace for language and location relevant apps in Africa.

She was named Social Entrepreneur of the Year in 2011 by The World Economic Forum.







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THREE CLICKS TO PEACE






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PAUL HARRIS FELLOW RECOGNITION HISTORY

The Paul Harris Fellow recognition acknowledges individuals who contribute, or who have contributions made in their name, of US$1,000 to The Rotary Foundation of Rotary International.

It was established in 1957 to show appreciation for and encourage substantial contributions to what was then the Foundation’s only program, Rotary Foundation Fellowships for Advanced Study, the precursor to Ambassadorial Scholarships.

The first Paul Harris Fellows include 1937-38 RI Director Allison G. Brush and longtime RI Treasurer Rufus F. Chapin, both for donations they made in 1946. Mrs. Adan Vargas was the first woman to receive the recognition, for a gift made in 1953. Mrs. Harry L. Jones was the second, and one of only five people recognized for contributions made in 1957.

Early Paul Harris Fellows received a certificate of recognition. In 1969, the Foundation unveiled the first Paul Harris Fellow medallion at the RI Convention in Honolulu, Hawaii, USA. Japanese metal artist Fiju Tsuda created the piece under the direction of then-past Foundation Trustee Kyozo Yuasa. Today, Paul Harris Fellows receive a certificate and pin. They are also eligible to purchase a Paul Harris Fellow medallion.

Rotarians have a tradition of supporting the Foundation by honoring others. Ida LeTulle Taylor became a Paul Harris Fellow in 1978 when her husband, then-District Governor Vann Taylor, made a donation in her name in honor of their 34th wedding anniversary. The gift also made her the 25,000th Paul Harris Fellow.

At the International Assembly in 1979, then-RI President-elect James Bomar challenged each Rotary club to make one non-Rotarian a Paul Harris Fellow. The Rotary Club of Pikesville, Maryland, USA, responded by making a donation in the name of Mother Teresa in 1980. The entertainer Pearl Bailey also became a Paul Harris Fellow through a joint effort of the Rotary clubs in Cape Cod, Massachusetts.

Many other notable figures have been named as Paul Harris Fellows, including U.S. President Jimmy Carter, Russian President Boris Yeltsin, U.S. astronaut James Lovell, UN Secretary-General Javier Perez de Cuellar, and Jonas Salk.

The number of Paul Harris Fellows reached the one million mark in 2006. 


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ROTARY ANNS

In many Rotary clubs throughout the world, wives of male members are affectionately called "Rotary Anns."  This designation was never one of disparagement, but rather grew out of the an interesting historical occasion.

The year was 1914 when San Francisco Rotarians boarded a special train to attend the Rotary convention being held in Houston.  In those days, few wives attended Rotary events, and until the train stopped in Los Angeles, the only woman aboard was the wife of Rotarian Bru Brunnier.  As the train picked up additional convention-bound delegates, Mrs. Ann Brunnier was introduced as the Rotarian's Ann.  This title soon became "Rotary Ann."

Since the lubs of the West were inviting the Rotarians to hold their next convention in San Francisco, a number of songs and stunts were organized which would be performed in Houston.  One of the Rotarians wrote a "Rotary Ann" chant.

On the train's arrival at the Houston depot, a delegration greeted the West Coast Rotarians.  One of the greeters was Guy Gundaker of Philadelphia, whose wife was also named Ann.  During the rousing demonstration, someone started the Rotary Ann chant.  The two petite ladies, Ann Brunnier and Ann Gundaker, were hoisted to the men's shoulders and paraded about the hall.  The group loved the title given to the two women named Ann.

Immediately, the same term of endearment was used for all of the wives in attendance, and the name "Rotary Ann" was here to stay.

Guy Gundaker became president of Rotary International in 1923 and Bru Brunnier was elected president in 1952.  Thus, each of the two original Rotary Anns became the "first lady of Rotary International."


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The nicest thing about the future is that it always starts tomorrow.

 

Money will buy a fine dog, but only kindness will make him wag his tail. 



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WHAT PEACE?

Peace in a social sense includes not only an absence of hostilities, violence, and harsh and hateful feelings but also the presence of at least a reasonable degree of fairness. It is more complete and enduring when it includes harmonious relations and even a condition of mutual concern, goodwill, friendship and love in which members of a community actively and constantly promote one another’s good. At its best, peace includes conditions that allow for full development of the human spirit and potential.

Peace is characterized by the existence of peaceful social and cultural beliefs and norms. It is a dynamic process – a process of resolving conflict – a process of becoming – a process that requires effort individually and collectively. Peace is strongest when built upon a widely-accepted morality of peace and endures only if a society wills it.

In our own lives, peace includes a growing tranquility that can exist even in the midst of turmoil by moving ever closer to harmony with the Ultimate Source.

We envision a peace where every child can live free of violence and deprivation of the necessities of life –  where each can experience love and the opportunity for full flowering of the human spirit and of finding inner peace.  It doesn’t have to be perfect peace or happen all at once, but the more we collectively (including specifically you) can move the world in that direction, the better.

- See more at: http://www.3clickstopeace.org/what-peace/#sthash.FAvFRcFH.dpuf

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MEETINGS WE NEED TO SCHEDULE


o    Sergeant-at-arms
o    Bylaws – check Council on Legislation for 2013
o    Butterfly Storybook (marketing)
o    Mobile Library – establish a virtual library used worldwide
o    Member wellness resulting from HHH of February 1
o    Awards applications
o    Discussion of support for SXM C.O.M.E. project
o    PenPal Project – final assessment (end of Rotary year)


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  • Peace and Conflict Resolution
  • Disease Prevention and Treatment
  • Water and SanitationIf yo
  • Maternal and Child Health
  • Basic Education and Literacy
  • Economic and Community Development

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ALWAYS FUN TO LEARN NEW TRICKS feb14





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ROTARY ANTHEM







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DISTRICT 7020 CONFERENCE 2014 IN CAYMAN ISLANDS




The website for registering for the conference is now available:


www.DC2014CAYMAN.ky

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A LITTLE GARDEN PROJECT - recycling feb14





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CLUB-OF-THE-MONTH SUBMISSION VIDEO FOR JANUARY




Click here to view the video.

Then, remember to click your browser's BACK button to return to the meeting.











 See what the clubs in District 7020 have been doing!



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A WINDY CITY ENTERTAINMENT INTERLUDE 

Special guests at our meeting this week - all the way from St. Louis, Missouri, USA!

Enjoy!




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ROTARY WISDOM -  Why I am a Rotarian






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"THIS CLOSE" - We are ...





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ROTARACTORS IN DISTRICT 7020 - OUTSTANDING





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TO END OUR MEETING

To end our meeting, please recite aloud (on your honour!) the Rotary Four-Way Test of the things we think, say, or do.  

PDG Russ Miller, from District 6950, leads us.





1.  Is it the TRUTH?
2.  Is it FAIR to all concerned?
3.  Will it BUILD GOODWILL and BETTER FRIENDSHIPS?
4.  Will it be BENEFICIAL to all concerned?













...and official close of meeting




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HAPPY HOUR HANGOUT - Saturday, February 15


Please join us at our Happy Hour Hangout on Saturday morning, February 15.

•    9:00 a.m. Atlantic Time
•    8:00 a.m. Eastern Time (Miami Time)

Join us.  Renew our fellowship!  Discuss Rotary!


Our guest speaker this morning is Justice Morrison.  Please join us to hear about ethics in business.

Join from a PC, Mac, iPad, iPhone or Android device:

 OR
 This is a recurring meeting – so the link will be the same for every Saturday morning.

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