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Today's Events:

President Pansy Graham presiding

We welcome all our visitors…

Dr. Lynda Colaizzi, Dentist (Linda)

Natasha Litvino – Exhibit Worldwide, American Companies exhibiting overseas (Assad)

Carmen Marquez – David Barn Gym (Assad)

Dr. Marilyn Bruno, retired Former State Dept Counter-Terrorist Division, International Financial Trade (Assad)

Valeria Vidal, Felipe’s lovely daughter

Carol Alexander, Rotary Club of Miami Sundown

We’re happy because…

~I was honored to meet airmen in Disney last week  – Marty

~I’m sitting with Sid and hoping his raffle luck will rub off  – Don

~I spent the week in Denver on training with patriots – Mike M

~For all of the guests brought by Asaad – Charles

~I’m happy to be back from Hilton Head – Raquel

~I’m hoping to get into the Master Gardener Program –Ellen

~That next week my baby comes home from college – Doreen

~I’m happy to have my guest Lynda here – Linda

~My picture turned out well in the SM News – Dr. Colaizzi

~There’s no Hurricane Bill – Capt Assad

~I sold five Football Maniabooks to non-Rotarians at last week’s meeting and today I sold 3 more – John!

~For my trip to Ohio to visit friends and family – Peter

~We’re going to Orlando for four days – Felipe

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MARK YOUR CALENDARS!!

September 8, 2009: 

District Governor Lee Phares’ club visit!

Board members and Officers arrive at 11:00 a.m.

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Football Mania – John Sorgie

Asking all members to sell 10 booklets by September 10^th!

Support Football Mania!  Mike demonstrated to members how to find people who are normally supportive of charities and just ask for a donation to this small fundraiser by September 10^th!  $10 each offers you 17 chances to have high combined scoring teams which pays off at $50 or 17 chances to have low combined scoring teams which pays off at $10! 

SPEAKING OF FOOTBALL: 

Rotary District 6990 

Rotary Day at Land Shark Stadium

Miami Dolphins vs the Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Sunday, November 15, 2009 at 1:00 pm

Tailgate Party $15 pp starts at 10:30 am until the game starts

Located at Dolphin’s RV lot #8

Catered by Char-Hut

Purchase online:  www.miamidolphins.com/rotaryclub.asp

Or contact Thomas Eugene at 305-626-7296 or teugene@dolphinstadium.com

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A Rotary Minute for the RI Foundation:

Join in the fun and help the cause!

Thursday, Nov. 11, 1:30 p.m.

Biltmore Golf Course, Coral Gables

$25 donation, 1st, 2nd & 3rd place prizes!

Contact Chris Morrison, 305-582-7690

morrisonclan@att.net

This would raise that $105,000.  WE CAN DO THIS!! 

This fundraiser is a top priority!  We need to sell tickets to meet the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. They donated  $355 million in the last two years. Of that amount $200 million is a matching grant for polio eradication.  Our district is expected to donate $300,000. 

We have raised $195,000 towards this goal to date. The balance is $105,000 yet to be raised.  If the 2,100 district’s club members can all sell just 2 tickets this year at $25 per ticket, we’d sell 4,200 tickets.

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DIANA PHILLIPS:

Our annual Rotary Art Festival in February 2009 earned

$30,600 profit for our club’s charities!!!!

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Apply Now to be the D6990 Outbound GSE Team Leader

Th e deadline is rapidly approaching for Group Study Exchange Team Leader hopefuls to apply for this wonder ful opportunity to lead a team of young professionals in May 2010 to District 4450 in Peru. Applications must be received prior to the October 3rd interviews. Candidates should be a mature and seasoned Rotar ian with leadership experience and abilities, language profi ciency and be willing and able to keep pace with the vigorous program of travel and study planned for the team members. Th e Team Leader will be responsible for facilitating all aspects of the exchange as will as inspiring the team with a sense of mission. To learn more about Group Study Exchange, go to: http://www.rotary.org/ RIdocuments/en_pdf/160en.pdf. Contact Joe Roth, District GSE Chair, at 954-646- 6844 or prescent0405@aol.com for more application information.

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Rotary Leadership Institute (RLI)

The club will pay member’s $95 entry fee!  Includes a box lunch.

We are happy to announce that the RLI will once again be held at the American Intercontinental University in Weston, Florida.  It will be conducted on August 29, 2009.  Enhance your general management and leadership skills plus expand your Rotary knowledge at the same time! 

 Registration deadline is August 19, 2009!!!

 http://www.rlitraining.org  

 Registrar Debbie Maymon (contact information is on the website).

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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:

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:  FabioFernandez 

fernandezfabio@bellsouth.net

Club Board of Directors:

Ellen Book, Ed Fischer, Roy Gonas, Linda Kaplan, Mike Mills, Diana Phillips, Don Streaker, Donna Gaines, Felipe Vidal

Club Foundation Board of Directors:

Pansy Graham, Bill Enright, 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

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:

Marci Jackson, Communications Manager

New World Symphony

541 Lincoln Road Miami Beach, FL 33139

(305) 673-3330 Phone (800) 597-3331

A year ago Marci, an Oklahoma native,  was packing up all her belongings and heading southeast to South FL during Hurricane Faye. She left the state of TX leaving the comforts of boots and barbeque.

As a musician, Marci received her bachelor and master degrees in French Horn Performance from John Hopkins University and the University of Cincinnati’s College-Conservatory of Music.  She has performed with orchestras in Mexico, Italy, China and the US, most recently performing for the FL Grand Opera’s productions of La Cenerentola and Lakme.  When not performing or writing about music, Marci can be found exploring S FL with her dog, Bella. 

This is the only orchestral academy institution in the U.S.  Michael Tilson Thomas’ had a dream to create a higher-grade musician.

The New World Symphony is dedicated to the artistic, personal and professional development of outstanding instrumentalists. The NWS fellowship program provides top graduates of music programs here and abroad the opportunity to enhance their musical education with the finest professional training. A laboratory for musical education and expression, the New World Symphony, through a wide range of performance and instructional activities, seeks to develop in participants the full complement of skills and qualifications required of twenty-first century first class musicians. Under the artistic direction of Michael Tilson Thomas, the program offers in-depth exposure to traditional and modern repertoire, with the active involvement of leading guest conductors, soloists and coaches. The relationships with these artists are extended through NWS's pioneering experimentation with distance learning via Internet2.

Their public face as an orchestra, is similar to those in other major cities.  The  performance season spans every weekend from September – May season.

Currently there are 87 fellows from around the world:  US, Canada, Israel, Romania, UK, Hungary.  They each undertake extensive training.  The academy brings coaches and specialists in the field of the arts to give them a well-rounded, broad scope balance to prepare for the professional stage.  This year-round program teaches the musician how to deal with unions, PR, to connect with a diverse audience.

The New World Symphony partners with Broward and Dade County school system. They send out small groups of fellows into the classrooms once or twice per week.  The musicians engage the children and explain the instruments and encourage them to play.  Sadly, there may be no other musical arts other than this program in the school’s curriculum.

Another project is called “kids in the concert hall” School bus in 100’s of students to the Lincoln Theater on S. Beach.  They are able to learn about the composers and instruments and they are  immersed into the music.  They become curious, engaged, and this sparks a lifetime of love for music. It is very powerful to prepare the next generation to open their minds to classical music.

Similar programs have been based upon “kids in the concert hall: in Kansas City and  Savannah.

A new campus by architect Frank Gheary.  It will offer – performance space + internet 2 (like Skype on steroids) so that a composer in Berlin can pair with a performer in the US with audiences everywhere there is a computer. 

From the http://www.nws.edu/NewCampus/CityCenter.html

“In less than two decades, the New World Symphony has become a leading cultural institution in South Florida, generating audiences and critical acclaim around the world. Our local impact has been profound, with more than 60 annual performances, 15 percent of them free to the public. NWS brings to Miami many of the leading classical soloists, composers, and conductors of this era.

NWS also bridges the gap left by drastic cuts to arts education budgets of Miami-Dade schools. School children can attend rehearsals for a first-hand look at how a musical performance takes shape. NWS exposes this high level of artistry and creativity to more than 200 classrooms in 40 local schools annually, in addition to providing free music lessons and mentoring to promising young musicians.

In keeping with the New World Symphony’s community commitment, the new campus is a private/public partnership with Miami Dade County and the City of Miami Beach. The new campus exists at the heart of the City Center Redevelopment Project, a joint venture to inject new vitality into the downtown neighborhood of Miami Beach’s 17th Street Corridor, located just two blocks from the ocean on Lincoln Road, behind Lincoln Road Mall. The City of Miami Beach will build a parking garage and 2-acre public park adjacent to the campus.”

This upcoming season includes over 60 performances with 1/3 completely free.  “Inside the music” allows the audience to sit on the stage with a class presentation.  Last year they had an overwhelming response which ended up challenging maximum capacity occupancy for fire codes.

Because the musicians play what they desire,  these performances are usually the most passionate and heart rendering.  They also become communication lectures discussing the history of the piece, why they love the piece, what is difficult about the work

“Symphony with a splash” offers a multimedia video component with a free cocktail hour  to the music of Bach and Strauss (music of seduction)

There are two children’s concerts per year – with a petting zoo (for the instruments.)

February 13, 2010 –A major gala with a concert component at Gusman – similar to when Disney showcases the music in the movies.  There will be a soiree at the Dupont Building across the street.

Look for the Sunday afternoon concert series at the Arsht.

The New World Symphony makes classical music in all of its forms accessible to the entire community. 

Peter W has been a member since their very first concert.  He appreciates the enthusiasm of the musicians.

Funding

14% of the New World Symphony’s budget is derived from ticket sales. The rest comes from private donors, county budget and other diversified sources.