South Miami Rotary Newsletter

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Brett Trembly – Happy to have served under Pansy, he learned a lot from her leadership, and is happy to be a citizen of this country as July 4^th arrives

Doreen Reitnauer – Happy and thankful for sending her to Montreal for the convention

Raquel Hickey, Don Streaker, Ed Fischer and others – Happy for a great year with our outgoing president

Pansy Graham – Happy to have had the opportunity to service as club president and to be going out with a new service project

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· Eliju Phares, Foundation Chair, sent a message to our club, congratulating us on meeting our goal of giving to the annual programs fund, we achieved 100% for the annual contribution!

· Linda Kaplan and Karen Vassell introduced a service project, in partnership with South Miami Hospital, to support Caribbean Charity for Children

Our club will be collecting 105 books to be included in packages being sent to children in Nassau and Montego Bay. Pledges were made at the meeting, and books will be turned in at the meeting on Tuesday, July 6^th. If you have not made a pledge, contact Karen Vassell and she will tell you which children/ages still need books.

Congratulations to Jim Barker!

We heartily congratulated Jim Barker as he was recognized by the Coral Gable Chamber of Commerce as the recipient of the George E. Merrick Award of Excellence.

For over 40 years, Jim has excelled in his signature areas of expertise: community relations, marketing and public relations. He has applied his talent to every sector of Coral Gables and the community at large. Barker served as Chairman of the Coral Gables Chamber of Commerce from 1972-73 and his unwavering focus on the community, most notably during his long tenure as a Coral Gables City Commissioner, was to serve its people of Coral Gables.

The award was established to celebrate and recognize a true visionary leader who has made a significant impact and set standards for the cultural celebration, promotion, beautification, preservation and economic growth of the City of Coral Gables.

Presentation from Pansy

Pansy Graham presented our club with a beautiful plaque and began a new tradition for our club. She asked that the plaque be updated each year with the inscription of the name of the new president for the installation or first meeting of each new year. The words on the plaque are:

Pursuant to the guidelines established in the By-Laws of the Rotary Club of South Miami, District 6990, we hereby recognize the following persons as having served as Club President for the year specified under each name.

Excellence is doing ordinary things extraordinarily well

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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

Pansy Graham, Doreen Reitnauer, Brett Trembly, Don Streaker, Fabio Fernandez, Treasurer Artfest, Linda Kaplan, Diana Phillips, Ellen Book

District Governor Lee Phares & Eliju Phares District Foundation Chair

World Organization:
www.rotary.org

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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 leader.

Benefits of Being A Rotarian (Membership)
Rotary membership provides the opportunity to:

¨ Interact with other professionals in your community;

¨ Assist with RI's international humanitarian service efforts.

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