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Today's Events:

President Pansy Graham presiding

We welcome  all our visitors…

Romey Samtani, VP Branch Manager of Intercredit Bank, Coral Gables (Don)

Neema R. Desai, Attorney at Law (Linda)

South Miami Commssioner Velma Palmer (Pansy)

Jim Barker, former Rotarian with Miami Club & PDG 6990, (John S.)

We’re happy because…

~To be here – Sid, Joanna, Marty

~His 15 year anniversary and to his wife’s health - Felipe

~To visit parents and brother in Ohio - Peter

~My first happy $ as a member – Britt

~Proud to have you as a member Patricia – Assad

~Got back from    - David

~Happy that you’re collecting the dollars – John S

~Father is in town visiting – Brett

~Happy to have my job – Ellen

~Pansy’s enthusiasm – Doreen

~Having spent a week in Ashville, NC with daughter and granddaughter – Don

~Six granddaughters in Disney World – Diana

~Happy to collect Happy Dollars – Patriica

~Having Commissioner Palmer with me here today and blessed with Brett’s prayer today - Pansy

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Football Mania – John Sorgie

This is the club’s 13^th Year anniversary, it is our second biggest fundraiser with a $3,000 potential.

You have 17 chances to win $50 each week.  This costs just .66 cents per week.  We’ve raised over $35,000 over the years.

A little league baseball team is actually helping Micky Whiting sell them.

One of our foremost fundraising challenge. No one will be doing this for you – the responsibility is ours.  Make it happen!

Asking all members to sell 10!

MARK YOUR CALENDARS!!

September 8, 2009:  District Governor Lee Phares’ club visit!

MEALTIME DESSERTS:

BTW, You can retrieve your dessert once the meal is over and you don’t have to wait for it to be served to you. Come and get it!  It’s where the salad is being served.

 NEW MEMBER CORNER…

JOHN KNOX VILLAGE CLUB LEADS DISTRICT MEMBERSHIP FOR 2008-09

Leading the drive for new Rotarians for the 2008-2009 year was the Rotary Club of John Knox Village, our newest District 6990 club. The JKV club inducted three new members last month to end the Rotary year with a total of 30 new members. The RC of Weston also inducted three new members in June, ending the year in fourth place with 18 new Rotarians. A special tip of the hat also goes to the RC of Miami, the second place finisher with 25 new members and the RC of Key West with 22. The final new member tally, by club, is at the bottom of this story. Next month, we’ll start over. How will your club grow this year?

Rotary Minute:

Rotary International has collaborated with the UN along with governments and non-government agencies to improve the human condition.  Its flagship program Polio Plus is a huge undertaking.  By partnering with Unicef,  Rotary Clubs from 21 nations developed a vision in a conference in London soon after World War 2. This became the precursor for Unesco.  Literacy and poverty eradication efforts have made a significant difference to people around the world.

WHAT THE ARCHITECT OF THE ROTARY FOUNDATION HAD TO SAY: “The Rotary Foundation is not to build monuments of brick and stone.  If we work upon marble, it will perish; if we work on brass, time will efface it; if we rear temples they will crumble into dust; but if we work upon immortal minds, if we imbue them with the full meaning of the spirit of ROTARY . . . we are engraving on those tablets something that will brighten all eternity.” Quoting, Arch C. Klumph, President of Rotary International, 1916-1917. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT OF THE ROTARY FOUNDATION!

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Next show:

Saturday & Sunday, February 27 – 28, 2010

www.southmiamiartfest.com  (official site)

DID YOU MISS A MEETING ‘CAUSE 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:

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

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).

1.  Read a variety of current articles in the programs section and/or choose articles from the Archived Programs list and/or information from the Avenues of Service pages. You will be required to answer questions. There is space on the makeup request form for up to three articles to be reviewed, however you will need to read more than three to meet your 30 minute visit obligation.

2.  At the end of your 30 minute visit, click on Make-up Request Form from the drop-down menu at the top of the page OR the bottom of each make-up program.

3.  Read the Makeup Request Form carefully, and follow instructions. The form will appear once you press the SUBMIT button (one time only) and an email copy will be sent to the email address you proved. This can be forwarded to your club secretary so your attendance records are properly updated.

Rotarians can also designate eClub One as their home club.

Members in eClub One are usually experienced Rotarians who are unable to belong to a traditional club because they reside in a remote location or they are engaged in a demanding travel schedule. Those applying for membership in eClub One must provide an endorsement from their current District Governor, current Rotary club President, along with letters of reference from two Rotarian colleagues of their current club..

eClub One has standard requirements for memberships, including charges for dues and administrative fees. Participants also must be willing to take part regularly in the Rotary eClub One community by taking on tasks and responsibilities. Members are required to also have regular access to the Internet and be willing to acquire the necessary skills to participate in the activities of Rotary eClub One.

Rotary and eClub One are on the cutting edge of the technology age. How this evolves will only be determined by periodic evaluation and the involvement of its members. For today, however, it is an outstanding tool for Rotarians to makeup missed meetings and keep in touch with Rotary happenings throughout the world.

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

2009-10 RCSM OFFICERS:

President:  Reverend Pansy Graham
pansygraham@bellsouth.net

President Elect:  Doreen Reitnauer
dhiker217@aol.com

Vice President:  Bill Enright
yukonbill@bellsouth.net

Secretary:  Brett Trembly
b.trembly@suttonlawgroup.com

Treasurer: David Jacobs
david@jnccpas.com

Sergeant at Arms:  Fabio Fernandez
fernandezfabio@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.ri6990.org / 305-860-8060

District Governor Lee Phares & Eliju Phares District Foundation Chair

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 ($275) or to become a New Member ($325) contact

Asaad Massoud, at www.racharters.com

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

Programming Chair Donna Gaines introduced today’s speaker:

Richard Masten

Crime Stoppers

1030 NW 111 Ave.

Miami, FL 33172

305-471-TIPS (8477)

Toll free 1-866-471-8477

www.crimestoppersmiami.com

The backbone of this program is that anonymous callers get approximately $1,000.  Cases with a higher profile sometime attracts outside entities to add to the reward.  This is discouraged.  $1,000 is usually motivation enough and this standard amount tends to have equal results with more cash bounties.

Recent cases that have generated calls:

~Liberty City where 9 were shot and 2 killed. 

~Cat Killer

~ There’s a reward for information leading to who is responsible for the horse killings. 

Since beginning in the early 80, they are clearing probably 30 -60 crime cases per month.

The standard bi-line for every crime in the media – is call Crime Stoppers.

Over the years they have helped solve 500 murder cases and returned $31 million in confiscated property

The program’s operating budget is funded from court costs.  Some central and northern county courts don’t pay up due to bad reputation of court costs being unpaid in this county. 

They are hitting the $1 million mark in payout rewards for arrests.

Per arrest the average payout is between $200 - $1000 depending on the crime.

We get challenges from defense attornies to name who came forward with information.  When the caller contacts them, they are assigned a number.  They go into a Wachovia Bank with their number.  No photo identification, totally anonymous. 

Three strike law is on the books, but we don’t see it imposed.  In Miami Dade, repeat offenders are the norm – we have a very bad track record.  There is a severe shortage of county prosecutors. 

In most residential burglaries, there are chances of having a arrest are approximately 15%

Bounty – Full $1000 reward for the confiscation of an illegal weapon

Paid out $100,000 in this program