Today's Events:

President Mike Mills presiding

We welcome all of our visitors:

Hank Langston – RCCG
Dick Gold, RC of Sunrise

* * * A N N O U N C E M E N T S  * * *

President Mike:

Fellow South Miami Rotarians,

I am sorry to inform you that President-Elect-Elect Pansy Graham's father passed away in Jamaica on Monday morning.  Fortunately, Pansy was able to visit with him late Sunday night. Then, he passed away a few hours after she left his bedside. 

Please keep Pansy and her family in your thoughts and prayers during this time of mourning.

South Miami Rotarians,

The letter below sounds like an updated version of the Harlem Globetrotters that we saw as kids. What a great deal of fun!

I wonder if a member would like to take the lead on bringing them to South Miami. I was thinking that the new Community Center would be a good venue but I don't know how big this could get. Perhaps we'd need the High School or U.M. basketball venue.  Either way, I'd like to see our inner-city youth attend.
Any takers?

Jeffrey Logue

General Manager

888-386-4667

www.HarlemAmbassado rs.com

It's Not Your Grandfather' s Basketball Show!

Wednesday, 5/14/08 at 8:30 a.m.

Atlas Giveaway and Geography Contest

for 389 students at the South Miami Middle School, 6750 SW 60th Street South Miami 33143

Tuesday, 5/20/08 at 9:00 a.m.

Atlas Giveaway part 2

for 100 students at the South Miami K-8 Center, 6800 SW 60 Street,
South Miami   33143

Prizes:
•       Beach ball globes
•       400 tix Bird Road Bowling Alley
•       B&N gift certificates
•       IPOD – grand prize
•       Backpacks
•       Museum tix – historical, modern art

Join Mike Mills and Jennifer Dewsnap for these special events!

Cathy Miller – RI Foundation:

Reminded the membership that there was still XXX available in matching funds for your contribution to The Rotary Foundation.

Community News:

Meet Azizi! MetroZoo’s adorable baby boy now has a beautiful name, Azizi! It means precious in Swahili. This name was suggested to us from Gabriel, a sixth grader at Falcon Cove Middle School. As a big fan of the Zoo and having recently seen Kita pregnant with Azizi, his science teacher Ms. Blagman asked him and his classmates to submit names for the contest. The zoo had almost 150 names to choose from.

http://rotary2008.com/la2008hoc/

SOUTH MIAMI ROTARY ARTS FESTIVAL

Saturday & Sunday, February 21 – 22, 2009

www.southmiamiartfest.com  (official site)

 www.myspace.com/southmiamiartfest (unofficial site)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Miami_Rotary_Art_Festival (wiki encyclopedia article)

$$$ PRINTER CARTRIDGES FUNDRAISER $$$

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:

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

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

2007-08 RCSM OFFICERS:

President:  Michael Mills
millsmike@aol.com

President Elect:  Bill Enright

bill@handsonmiami.org

Vice President: Linda Kaplan

lk@lindakaplan.com

Secretary:  Doreen Reitnauer

dhiker217@aol.com

Treasurer: David Jacobs

david@jnccpas.com

Sergeant at Arms:  Hampton Booker

Hg262@bellsouth.net

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.rotary6990.org

World Organization:
www.rotary.org

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:   

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.

Renewing or Joining
To Renew ($250) or to become a New Member ($300) contact

Asaad Massoud, at www.racharters.com

Fundraisers
Interested in putting together a fundraiser? Contact Club Service Chair Linda Kaplan at lindakaplan@lk.com

Ed Fischer, May’s Programming Chair and Past President, introduced today’s speaker saying that sometimes we think when strangers are talking a different language, they are talking about us.  Today we learn what we can do to expand our minds and learn to understand other cultures…

Louise Harbor, President

Active Languages  

Foreign Language Study Abroad Service (FLSAS)

Box 430903

South Miami, FL  33243

800-282-1090  / info@flsas.com

Remain Competitive in a Shrinking World - Learn a Language

Louise has 30 years of experience and is Consultant and Coordinator for foreign language study abroad service.  She is in this business because of  unpleasant high school and college experiences.  Now bi and tri lingual is in vogue.  Our counterparts in other countries have this skills.  DVD’s, computer games, subliminal tapes,

Sending people abroad is an enjoyable cultural experience. Teens from her company are sent overseas to a soccer camp to emphasize lessons to live the language they are learning

To learn a foreign language you:

~ need to live it – out of the classroom.  It is an acquired skill that is not about memorizing facts.
~you must take part in everyday activities. 
~you must treat it like a sport.  You can watch a sport, but if you don’t play and practice you will not be able to play.

What is your goal?

To communicate
To understand what I hear,
To give orders and answers. 

Learn in a natural setting – hearing others making mistakes in a classroom isn’t the same as a natural street setting.  A controlled conversation in a classroom isn’t emersion or listening to accents.

Build up your recognition of vocabulary.  Grammar can come later. 

Go to Calle Ocho and Hialeah, shop in a flea market or Macy’s or the supermarket.  Get out and use it. 

Better than a textbook:

•Pick up the newspaper
•Read food labels in the useful vocubulary of the other language
•Buy or subscribe to a topical magazine to be interested in the topic and learn that vocabulary
•Total emersion – place people interested in cooking with a good cook – more interesting and less intimidating to make mistakes because the focus is fun
•Go to where it is spoken

Combine different ways to learn – private tutoring is best. 

Classroom and textbook is not a security blanket for not making mistakes. 

People hearing you struggle will appreciate your effort to try their language.  Check out cultural organizations’ events calendar – go to their functions in a different language.

Start with a few hours at a time and don’t wait for a block of time. Go for it!

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