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We WECOME all of our visitors….
Cornelia Dilley – a past RCSM
member who is visiting from Germany
Daniel Berger – Ellen’s husband
& NID 2010 member
Gabriel Dialmas – Home Stay
Senior Care
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We’re happy because…
Way to go NID Ellen & Daniel – Darryl
& Ed, Dr. Mike, Don, Raquel, David, Wendy, Brett
GSE team leader application filled out hopefully
sending Linda to Sweden!!! – Linda
Met John Sorgie at the Elks function –
Bob Straile
Raquel’s new hairstyle – Lakitsia
Happy Ellen’s back – Karen, Doreen
Best wishes for Linda’s chances – multiple
members!!!
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Today's Events:
President Pansy Graham presiding
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ROTARY
THEME
2009-2010 |
It’s
Your Turn to bring a DOOR PRIZE!
(in
REVERSE alphabetical order unless a switch is requested) |
March
2, 2010 |
Buck Reilly |
March
9, 2010 |
Diana Phillips |
March
16, 2010 |
Jordan Perlmutter |
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ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Street Painting for marking artshow booths:
This Thursday morning!
4:00 AM - that’s right – if there’s a rooster in
your neighborhood you’ll be able to wake him up!!
Meet in front of the First National Bank of South
Miami. Be on the lookout for groggy-eyed Rotarians carrying cans of white
spray paint.
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Mark your calendars:
March
1st |
Board
Meeting - 6:00 pm at First National Bank of South Miami. |
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The Rotary International annual program fund
is still open for your donations. Our club
promised a pledge of $6,450. We would love to double this – each club
member is asked to contribute $125 so we get a Presidential Citation at the
end of March.
Go to www.charitywatch.org to see the reputable status of the RI Foundation.
Today is the 105th anniversary of
Rotary in the world
Saturday & Sunday,
February 27 – 28, 2010
www.southmiamiartfest.com
SHOW
COORDINATOR WENDY LAPIDUS:
We could
not possibly do this show without Doreen and Diana. The club this year
is a little smaller in membership and everyone is pulling their
weight.Eveyrone should have gotten their parking passes in email as an
attachment.
There are set groups: Coke, Marshalls
and Set Up People were emailed instructions.
Ellen:
On
February 7th, it was an honor to participate in India’s
National Immunization Day. The tour included a meeting with the head of
the World Health Organization, Polio Plus, a view of the pharmaceutical
company producing the polio vaccine, a tour of St. Steven’s Hospital
polio ward to see the disease’s victim get medical attention to allow
them to walk and stand straight, the ability to give drops of vaccine to
children five years and younger, and on and on. All of the members got
great satisfaction and shivers down our spines when those first few drops
hit the tongues of the children and we knew they were being protected
from a lifelong crippling disease.
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On the
local front, the club received dozens and dozens of thank you letters
from the students at South Miami K-8. They were adorable thanking
us for their dictionary and spelling out their new favorite word!
One child said that when he
grew up he knows what he wants to be…a Rotarian!
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Save the date:
Saturday, February 27,
2010 @ 3:30 p.m.
Miami
Heat vs Milwaukee Bucks Game
American Airlines Arena
$20 / per ticket
Our
Rotary District 6990 has arranged for an afternoon of fellowship, fun and
entertainment with the Miami HEAT. All Rotarians, their families and guests
are invited.
This Rotary event includes
the Miami HEAT game ticket, the Early Entry Program to watch the NBA
players warm up before the public enters the building and the scoreboard
& public address welcome during halftime.
Lee
Phares, DG
Thursday,
March 25, 2010
A
Concert to End Polio
This
Concert is being presented through the generosity of a local Charitable
Foundation, whose mission it is to promote the arts. It is their wish to
remain anonymous. They requested that we focus the Concert exclusively on
Rotary and its efforts to eradicate Polio. Thus it is named "A
Concert to End Polio" in the name of the PolioPlus initiative to
"End Polio Now."
This promises to be a memorable
evening of music with the gentle sax of Dave Koz and the piano stylings
of Shelly Berg, backed by the amazing UM Concert Jazz Band.
100%
of the proceeds for this event goes to the PolioPlus
Program of Rotary International. 100% of the $45 ticket is a tax deductible
donation.
Tickets
may be purchased directly from the Rotary Foundation of Coral Gables by
clicking on the secure PayPal button under the flyer. You can use your
credit card, or your PayPal account if you have one. Click on the
flyer to view a larger version. |
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Special Rotary Observances
(From the
ABC’s of Rotary)
In the annual Rotary
calendar several months are designated to emphasize major programs of
Rotary International.
January is Rotary Awareness Month. This
is a time to expand knowledge of Rotary and its activities among our
membership and throughout the community.
February is designated as World
Understanding Month. This month was chosen because it includes the birthday
of Rotary International, 23 February. During the month, Rotary clubs are
urged to present programs that promote international understanding and
goodwill, as well as launch World Community Service projects in other parts
of the world.
World Rotaract Week is
the week in which March 13th falls. It's a time when Rotary clubs and districts
highlight Rotaract by joining in projects with their Rotaract clubs.
April is set aside as Rotary's Magazine
Month. Throughout the month, clubs arrange programs and activities that
promote the reading and use of THE Rotarian magazine and the official
regional magazines of Rotary.
July is Literacy Month, a time for
clubs to develop their own literacy projects, as well as raise awareness of
Rotarians' efforts worldwide to eradicate illiteracy.
August is Membership and Extension
Month, a time to focus on Rotary's continuing need for growth, to seek new
members and form new clubs.
September is New Generations Month. Rotary
clubs of the world give special emphasis to the many Rotary-sponsored
programs that serve children and young people. During this month many clubs
give increased attention to Youth Exchange activities.
October is Vocational Service Month.
During this period, clubs highlight the importance of the business and
professional life of each Rotarian. Special activities promote the
vocational avenue of service.
November is selected to be Rotary
Foundation Month. Clubs and districts call attention to the programs of The
Rotary Foundation and frequently cultivate additional financial support for
the Foundation by promoting contributions for Paul Harris Fellows and
Sustaining Members.
Each of these special
months serves to elevate the awareness among Rotarians of some of the
excellent programs of service which occur within the world of Rotary.
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2010 RI Convention in Montréal,
Canada
101st Annual Rotary International Convention
20-23
June 2010
Register and reserve rooms online or by fax: www.rotary.org/convention
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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
Meeting Functionaries: |
Invocation: |
Ed Fischer |
Pledge: |
Hampton Booker |
Guests: |
Dr. Darryl Downs |
Happy
$: |
Stan Zeltsman |
Door
Prize: |
Karen Vassel |
$$$
Prize ($7 /$180.00) |
Brett Trembly |
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Future Speakers: |
March 2, 2010 |
Linda
Kaplan - Haitians and Temporary Protection Status. |
March 9, 2010 |
Dr.
Michael Newman - Chiropractor. |
Mark Your Calendars: |
Saturday,
February 27, 2010 |
$20 Rotary Heat game |
Thursday,
March 25, 2010 |
Classical Music Concert at University
of Miami |
May
2010 |
Outbound GSE to Peru
WORDS
FROM A GROUP STUDY EXCHANGE TEAM MEMBER:
“In
Warsaw, Poland, Woijeich Sierpinski, a Rotary Club President, took
me on a tour that I will never forget. We visited his parent’s house –
where they lived during WW II. There in the kitchen, under a dusty stack
of crates was a secret wood panel in the floor. Woijeich removed
the panel to reveal a tiny room underneath the kitchen floor where his
parents hid their neighbors – a Jewish family – during the war. As I
stood speechless, listening to Woijeich describe how they evaded
the Nazis, I realized the full value of the Group Study Exchange
program.” Ian Oxman, Group Study Exchange member from California. |
November
11-15, 2010 |
District
6990 Conference |
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2009-10 RCSM OFFICERS:
President:
Reverend Pansy Graham
pansygraham@bellsouth.net
President
Elect: Doreen Reitnauer
dhiker217@aol.com
Vice
President: Mike Mills
millsmike@aol.com
Secretary: Brett Trembly
b.trembly@suttonlawgroup.com
Treasurer:
David Jacobs
david@jnccpas.com
Sergeant at Arms: Fabio Fernandez
fernandezfabio@bellsouth.net
Club Board of Directors:
Ellen Book, , Ed
Fischer, Donna Gaines, Lakitsia Gaines, Linda Kaplan, Mike Mills, Diana
Phillips, Martin Rosen, Charles Ruiz De Castilla, Don Streaker, Felipe
Vidal
Club Foundation Board of Directors:
Pansy
Graham, Doreen Reitnauer, Brett Trembly, Don Streaker, Fabio Fernandez,
Treasurer Artfest, Linda Kaplan, Diana Phillips, Ellen Book
To send an E-mail
to the Rotary Club of South Miami’s Board of Directors, board@southmiamirotary.org
South
Miami Rotary Club:
www.southmiamirotary.org
Rotary
District 6990:
www.ri6990.org / 305-860-8060
District
Governor Lee Phares & Eliju Phares District Foundation Chair
World Organization:
www.rotary.org
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Mission Statement
The mission of Rotary
International, a worldwide association of Rotary clubs, is to provide service
to others, to promote high ethical standards, and to advance world
understanding, goodwill, and peace through its fellowship of business,
professional, and community leaders.
THE 4-WAY TEST OF THE THINGS
WE THINK, SAY OR DO:
Is
it the TRUTH?
Will
it build GOODWILL and BETTER FRIENDSHIPS? |
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Is
it FAIR to all concerned?
Will
it be BENEFICIAL to all concerned?" |
Benefits
of Being A Rotarian (Membership)
Rotary
membership provides the opportunity to:
¨ Become
connected to your community.
¨ Work
with others in addressing community needs.
¨ Interact
with other professionals in your community;
assist with RI's international humanitarian service efforts.
¨ Establish
contacts with an international network of professionals.
¨ Develop
leadership skills. Involve family in promoting service efforts.
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Renewing
or Joining
To Renew ($275) or to become a New Member ($325) contact
Asaad
Massoud at www.racharters.com
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Fundraisers
Interested in putting
together a fundraiser?
Contact Club Fundraising Chair Wendy Lapidus at wendylapidus@bellsouth.net
Service Projects
Interested in helping others?
Contact Club Service Chair Linda Kaplan at lk@lindakaplan.com
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