South Miami Rotary Newsletter

Karen Vassell – to have her daughter and daughter’s friend with our group today, as they are doing such good work in the community

Diana Phillips – for Linda Kaplan to earn an award she so richly deserves, repeated by Roy Gonas, Donna Gaines, and Wendy Lapidus

John Sorgie – happy to be ready for Football Mania to support Rotary Foundation

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Pansy Graham led the meeting as Doreen Reitnauer is on vacation..

· Statements for dues have been issued, and dues are due now! Please remember to submit your dues payments!!

· For those who use the parking garage, keep in mind that the fee has gone up to $1.25 per hour

· Karen Vassell and Linda Kaplan reported on the Caribbean Charities for Children Project. We met our goal of 105 books in a week, they showed us a sample bag that will be distributed to the children, and Karen and Linda will attend the picnic for the children next week

· Vocational Service Award was presented to Linda Kaplan

Pansy presented the Vocational Service Award to Linda Kaplan. Linda has served as Service Project Chair, and has supported our club in many ways. She wrote the agreement for Caribbean Charities for Children, has written grants for the club, has involved her office and made a tremendous contribution to our club.

NEXT SHOW

Saturday & Sunday, February 26 – 27, 2011

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Save copies of The Rotarian for Wendy for the next show!

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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 Castillan

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