South Miami Rotary Newsletter

Roy Gonas, Don Streaker, Donna Gaines - for Linda Kaplan's success with the grants

Felipe Vidal - happy to have participated in the dictionary giveaway, he went to 3 events and said it is an awesome experience; Felipe is also happy that we now have a Rotary camera

Jody Perlmutter - Happy that Peter Mirchandani has come again as a guest and has applied for membership

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· Heather Bettner of Prince Media Development talked about their new division that focuses on public art events. They did the project with the peacocks, and are auctioning the peacocks to raise funds for non-profit organizations. Their upcoming event is the South Miami Manatee Fest, and there will be a dozen fiberglass manatees created by local artists. At the end of the exhibit, the manatees will also be auctioned off to raise funds for non-profits. This project raises awareness of how art impacts the community, gives children the opportunity to watch the process of art.

· Margaret Sotham, Director, South Miami Drug-Free Coalition, thanked our club for the approval a lane at the Kingpin Challenge, a fundraiser to support the coalition. The event is on March 20th, 5-8 PM.

· The South Miami Rotary Art Festival is coming up on February 26th and 27th. All members are being asked to work at least two shifts, three shifts would be helpful, and the sign-up sheet is being circulated. Wendy Lapidus is heading the volunteer sign-up.

· We are looking for exhibitors for the Children's Alley, so please contact Doreen if you are aware of a non-profit that can provide an interactive experience for children

· Ellen Book thanked the members who helped with the Rotary and Atlas give-aways. We are partners with Rotary of Dadeland and will be at Miami Norland Middle School and Palmetto Elementary School on February 10th.

· Linda Kaplan gave an update and had good news about our grants! Every year, we apply and receive two grants from the count. We had applied for the tourist development grant and were recommended to receive $3,000.00, but Linda received the award documents back and they gave us $5,000.00! We have $9,400.00 in county grants this year. The grants are used to finance public relations for the Art Festival, so we can do more advertising to promote the event.

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NEXT SHOW

Saturday & Sunday, February 26 – 27, 2011

www.southmiamiartfest.com

Reserve the date – participation is required for all members

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DID YOU MISS A MEETING ‘BECAUSE YOU WERE AWAY?

Our club goal is 100% Attendance!

If you miss a meeting, it can be made-up within 2 weeks, before or after, of the missed meeting date.

For online make-ups:

Visit www.ri6990.org to find a club to make up an absence.

Attendance credit for a 30-minute interactive club Web site activity offers an alternative to making up a meeting at another club.

To earn this credit, Rotarians log on to the site, read up on a range of subjects, post comments, & submit a form to the club secretary.

How to do a Make-Up On-Line via Rotary eClub One?

Perfect attendance is now possible for every Rotarian with computer access. Rotary’s eClub One is a full-service online charted Rotary Club. Meetings operate 24 hours a day, seven days a week. What an easy way to make up for a meeting that you have missed! During the last Rotary year, Rotary eClub One welcomed more than 120,000 visitors from 161 countries. Of these, about 800 per week participated in one of eClub One’s meeting programs and applied for make-up credit.

Here’s what you have to do to earn make up credit. Go to http://www.rotary.org/RIdocuments/en_pdf/eclub_list.pdf

It is mandatory that you spend at least 30 minutes on the website for qualify for a make-up credit. (Remember Rotarians are guided by the principles of the 4 Way Test).

For make-ups anywhere around the world when traveling internationally: http://rotary.org/support/clubs/index.html

NOTIFY Brett Trembly, RCSM Secretary

of ALL make-ups: b.trembly@gmail.com

Doreen Reitnauer, Raquel Hickey, Pansy Graham, Brett Trembly, Fabio Fernandez – Foundation Treasurer, Diana Phillips, Linda Kaplan, Charles Ruiz de Castilla

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Benefits of Being A Rotarian (Membership)
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¨ Interact with other professionals in your community;

¨ Assist with RI's international humanitarian service efforts.

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