Today’s Events:

President Linda Kaplan presiding

ROTARY THEME 2006-07

Rotary Meeting

January 30, 2007

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President Linda Kaplan opened today’s meeting with a reminder of the District’s meeting with RI President Bill Boyd, 6:00PM, February 18, at the Signature Grand, in Davie. A sign-up sheet was passed around along with a reminder that once you’ve signed up, it is imperative to go to the District’s webpage and register. A second sign-up sheet was sent around for the Rotary Craft Fest. As this is the first year the Craft Fest is 100% Rotary owned, every member is committed to serve two 2-hour shifts.  The Craft Fest Committee will be meeting tonight, 6:00 PM at the South Miami Library. All are invited to participate.

TODAY'S SPEAKER

Program Chair Maxene Graham introduced Coral Gables Rotarian Yolanda Woodbridge, who gave a brief history of the Group Study Exchange (GSE) program and then introduced the visiting GSE team from District 2050 in Italy. Each team member was introduced and showed a PowerPoint slide show of their home, their family and expressed their appreciation to Rotary for the opportunity to travel to the U.S. and learn from their counterparts the “American” way of doing things. First up was the Rotarian GSE Team Leader Prof. Giovanni Marini, who boasted of being retired for three years as a neuron-surgeon. District 2050 is in Lombardy Province in northern Italy. Lombardy Province is home to 9,000,000 people, includes three Rotary Districts with 62 Clubs and 3,000 Rotarians. It is famous for its fashion and design – home of Armani – its wine and the Euroside to Rome Auto Race.

Next member of the GSE Team was Alicia Zamba, a 25-yr old Town Councilwoman with a Masters degree in screenwriting who also does copy editing and looking into joining the advertising industry. She also was a member of Rotaract.

Another team member is Laura Laffranchini, a psychologist with a medical doctor who enjoys dancing, sports and traveling as well as being a founding member and president of her Interact Club.

Next GSE team member to speak and only male, other than the team leader was Emanuele Santa Cruz, a police officer from Sardinia. He serves as a Warrant Officer and member of the Swat team. He likes the guitar and admits to liking beer, as well. He also spoke highly of the US Air Force as he was stationed on at US Air Base as part of the military coalition in Iraq.

Lia Bettoni is a Chartered Accountant – the Italian equivalent of a CPA – and business consultant. Her passion is art and she is also a member of a Rotaract Club.

Following the presentation by the GSE Team, fellow Rotarian Horace Feliu, wearing his Mayor of South Miami hat, presented the team with a Proclamation declaring January 30, 2007, as South Miami’s Italy Rotary GSE Team Day. Following the presentation of the proclamation, Club banners were swapped with the GSE team. 

Raquel Hickey

Diana Phillips

&
Doreen Reitnauer

Persons who believe in Service Above Self

LOCALLY, NATIONALLY, AND INTERNATIONALLY 

From Diana:

Amalia Martinez, President of the South Miami High School Interact Club sent this for me to share.  We have 23 new members this 2006-07 school year. Not all are present in this photo.

Upcoming meeting dates:

Tuesdays, 6pm @ South Miami Branch Library
February 6, 13, 20 2007

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Street Marking for Booths: 

@ 4:00AM!! YES, 4:00 AM !!

We meet in front of Lanes.  ALL HANDS WELCOME

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RECEPTION FOR ART SHOW’S SPONSORS

Thursday, February 22, 2007
6 pm – 8 pm

Catering by Les

Please join us as
Rotary International District 6990
Welcomes

Rotary International President Bill Boyd
And First Lady Lorna Boyd

Sunday, February 18, 2007
Reception 6:30 PM, Dinner 7:15 PM /  $60 pp

Signature Grand
6900 West State Road 84, Davie, Florida

WHO’S YOUR VALENTINE?

Bring your sweetie to lunch on February 13th

For some sweet treats…

GSE Team
ITALY

visits our club 1/30/07

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A BAR-BE-QUE INVITE

Saturday, February 3, 2007

12 noon – 4 pm

Dan McCrea’s Hacienda

South Miami style meshes with Italian flavor

 celebrating the GSE team

Pot luck – Sign up at the next meeting

President Linda:

Host 2 or 3 Fulbright scholars for Dinner, Feb 23rd

Email the MCIV directly if you wish to take advantage of this opportunity to meet

first-year foreign Fulbright students who have the opportunity to participate in enrichment seminars throughout the United States .

Approximately 140 Fulbright grantees representing over eighty different countries have been invited to a three-day winter seminar which will take place in Miami from February 23rd to 26th.  The theme of the seminar will be “Leadership and Public Service”.

As part of this year’s seminar a hosted evening has been organized for Friday, February 23rd, 2007.  This evening will give the students an opportunity to meet local residents in the Miami area and to partake in a unique and memorable experience. In order to accomplish this, we would like to invite you to share in this event by hosting a small group of Fulbright students for dinner in your home or at a restaurant. 
If you are interested in hosting a group of students or if you would like to receive additional information on becoming a host please send your inquiries to

fulbrighthosting@ miamiciv. org

MEMBERSHIP MOMENT

Have you ever written a newspaper press release about a club Rotary event?  This is the month to do so as it is Rotary Awareness Month,

Who, what, where, when and why that is the start of the process. 

Rotarians enjoy seeing their efforts publicized.

The answer to these questions gives your club some well-deserved publicity.

VOLUNTEER HOME STILL NEEDED

We’ll work within your schedule. Please step up and help replenish our dwindling budget reserves. All proceeds benefit our charities.

Coral Gables Cycling Celebration

www.cyclingtoservecanadaus.com

BICYCLING THROUGH THE GABLES

OPEN TO THE COMMUNITY
the first Sunday of the month: Feb 4, March 4, April 1, & May 6
11:00 am – 2:00 pm

February 4th,  volunteers needed for registration and handling kids during the "Firemen-on-Wheels" workshop starting at 10:30 Sunday.  We ride at 11 with police escorts Officers Cachinero and Lopez (who now have a female fan group).  So come out, meet a new bunch of "good-guys" from Coral Gables, and help us sort out the community fun we've got cooking

BICYCLING THROUGH THE COUNTY

For ROTARIANS:  Meet to cycle at 7:30am every Saturday
@ Patricia’s (5911 Maynada, Coral Gables)

Mark your calendars for the following Patricia-sponsored party:

Saturday February 4th @ 8 PM

TERTULIA*

*A social gathering with literary or artistic overtones, especially in Iberia or Latin America) aka a PARTY

@ Patricia’s home honoring
Hank Kaplan’s “History of Boxing in Black & White”
Memories of the 5th Street Gym

For more information check out Patricia’s website:  www.Watch-Inc.org

To become a cycling fellowship member: 

Go to www.cyclingtoserveuscanada.com

$$$ PRINTER CARTRIDGES FUNDRAISER $$$

Accepting ONLY empty inkjet cartridge – NO longer accepting laser print cartridges

DID YOU MISS A MEETING?

Visit www.rotary6990.org
So you need to make-up an absence, do you know what a great opportunity this can be?

Take the opportunity to visit another club, meeting new and interesting members who are business owners and community leaders.  They might be interested in the services that you provide.

For online make-ups:

http://www.rotary.org/newsroom/downloadcenter/pdfs/eclub_list.pdf

Attendance credit for a 30-minute interactive club Web site activity. This offers an alternative to making up a meeting at another club. To earn an attendance credit, Rotarians usually log on to the Web site, read online material on a range of subjects, post comments, and submit a form to the club secretary.

For make-ups anywhere around the world when traveling internationally:

http://rotary.org/support/clubs/index.html

NOTIFY DOREEN REITNAUER, SECRETARY, OF ALL OF YOUR MAKE-UPS:
Doreen_reitnauer@colonialbank.com

Mark Your Calendars
Sunday,                 February 18, 2007		RI Prez Bill Boyd @ Signature Grand, Davie 6:30pm
Friday – Saturday     March 9 – 10, 2007		PETS in Orlando
Saturdays,                     March 17 & March 24, 2007		Rotary Leadership Institute in Weston
Saturday, April 21, 2007		District Assembly venue TBD
Thursday – Monday November 15-19, 2007		District Conference aboard the Carnival Imagination
Meeting Functionaries
Invocation:	HORACE FELIU
Pledge:	CAROLYN SMITH
Guests:	MIKE NEWMAN
Happy $$:	MIKE MILLS
Door Prize:	YOLANDA WOODBRIDGE
$$$ Prize:$9 / $127 ( K OF ©)	DOREEN REITNAUER
It’s Your Turn
January 30, 2007	Door Prize:  Joanna Barush / Dessert: Lydia White
February 6, 2007	Door Prize: Ellen Book  / Dessert:  Peter Wendschuh
February 13, 2007	Door Prize: Hampton Booker / Dessert:  Doug Weinman
February 20, 2007	Door Prize: Darryl Downs / Dessert:  Howell Watkins
February 27, 2007	Door Prize: Bill Enright / Dessert:  Felipe Vidal
Future Speakers:
January 30, 2007	GSE Team from Itlay – Getting to Know You
February 6, 2007	Dan McCrea – Reform Revisited
February 13, 2007	Marty Grafton – HERSTORY
February 20, 2007	Mark Buchbinder – We Have a Dream
February 27, 2007	Lorene Harris - "J" is for jobs
March 27, 2007	Ed Mattson, member of the Mishawaka, IN Rotary Club discussing "Rotary on an INTERNATIONAL LEVEL – Hands Across the Sea". To set the stage and to gain appreciation for international projects, the itinerary is very broad-based and contains important information for every Rotarian: 1. Rotary is more than "local projects". 2. Why we have it so good in the US 3. Some of the latest cancer treatments available here in the US and taking them into the 3rd world. 4. Why Rotary is the best organization to change the world. 5. A look at the need for humanitarian aid in underdeveloped countries, and utilizing Rotary resources to make international projects easier. 6. Partnering with and sponsoring new Rotary Clubs in third world countries 7. A brief look at three current projects in Eastern Europe where Rotary's growth has been a phenominal 16%. "This is the most informative program we have ever heard at a club meeting and we have certainly gained a greater respect for what Rotary is all about".   Rob Ketron, PDG District 7620 "The information presented certainly opened my eyes and has allowed me to gain more insight into my battle with breast cancer"  Liz Garcia, Member Santa Maria, CA Rotary

Maxene Graham’s turn as Programming Chair BEGINS!
Please let her know if you have any interesting speakers!  maxig@bellsouth.net

Maxene introduced
Steve Arch, President
Fellowship of Hunting & Fishing Rotarians

Members of the Rotary Hunting and Fishing Fellowship
(l to r) Fabio, Otto, Bill, Mike, Steve Arch, President & Roy

The 45 members of this 5013 (c) organization meet on the second Tuesday of every month in either Broward or Dade Counties.  With money they fundraiser through events such as bartending at the annual Ft. Lauderdale Billfish Tournament, they have sent over 1,000 children to outdoor adventures. 

Membership is $40 per year.  All expenses for trips are out of member’s pockets.  The April’s meeting is at Roy’s.

We’re always looking for “new blood.”  Being outdoors is salve for the soul.  Dirt on your feet makes you a better person.

Reprinted from our  December 19, 2006 newsletter:

Who are

Formed over 20 years ago, the IFHFR is a 501© (3) charitable organization whose mission is to promote to underprivileged or handicapped children the full beneficial experience of nature and the greater outdoors.

Over 1000 children from Police Athletic Leagues, orphanages, foster agencies,  SOS Children’s Homes, cancer wards and youthful offenders from the Miami-Dade Juvenile Justice System have been sponsored for summer camps and been taken  fishing in South Florida.
 
During 2006 we held 3 fishing outings with approximately 90 children from Broward and Miami-Dade counties. In addition the IFHFR has already approved the funding for the attendance of 15 disadvantaged children to the Florida Elk’s Youth Camp in Umatilla, Florida during 2007. 

Currently, the group meets on the second Tuesday evening of each month. We enjoy our friendships and often plan our own hunting and fishing excursions, which are paid strictly by the individuals, not the Fellowship. There are no attendance requirements – but you might miss an invitation to go fishing on a member’s airboat. We have rented houseboats in the Flamingo/Everglades National Park for weekends; hired fishing guides in the Everglades City area; hunted on private leases that our members have, from Pennsylvania, Georgia and Alabama; hunted wild boar in the Seminole Indian Reservation; and fished in Dry Tortugas. We have sponsored Fishing tournaments in the Florida Keys and the Bahamas. 

Monthly meetings, alternate between Miami-Dade and Broward counties. They are usually held in a member’s home. We discuss fund raising activities and usually eat fantastic meals from successful fishing and hunting trips. During 2006, these included roast venison, pulled wild boar barbeque, grilled fish, duck, dove, elk, and alligator.

An example of a major fund raising event has been the bartending at the Fort Lauderdale Billfish Tournament:—A four day affair. Local businesses donate beer, wine, liquor, ice and the coolers needed for the operation. The turnout by our membership is amazing. Ten to twelve volunteers work in shifts as bartenders to quench the thirst of hundreds of tournament fishermen and onlookers for four days. We hear eager customers say, “You are the best”.