Today's Events:

Past President Ed Fischer presiding

We welcome all of our Visitors:

Just Pat – RC Miami Airport
&
Milton Bolla  Argentina  Rotary Club Moreno, Buenos Aires

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Saturday, September 29, 2007 from early morning until 1pm
The Fellowship of Hunting and Fishing Rotarians

Living in Florida, some kids rarely get to see the ocean.
Join the group helping teach disadvantaged youth how to fish. ~Sandwiches provided~

RI Mastercard

US Rotarians: earn $25 for your Rotary club by applying online and using your card to make qualifying purchases.* 

Spend $75 within the first 90 days – club earns $25

Group Study Exchange (GSE)

District 4920 Buenos Aires GSE team partnership

When: Incoming team: October 29, 2007 – November 24, 2007.
Sign up TODAY for club presentations by our incoming team!!

Contact: Deborah O’Connor doconnorweston@aol.com

http://www.rotary6990.org/html/pc.html

Summary of the Rotary International Presidential Conference

Over 400 Rotarians and their guests gathered in Fort Lauderdale Florida USA on 24-25 August 2007 at the seventh and final Presidential Conference this Rotary year specifically focused on membership development and retention.

Attendees heard from several speakers, engaged in two panel discussions and interacted with other in structured networking exercises all in pursuit of strengthening the organization by attracting, recruiting and retaining Rotary club members.

Rotary International Director Barry Rassin, the convener of the conference, spoke of his own experiences in Rotary and how much the organization has become a part of his life. He emphasized the importance of remembering the tremendous favor that ever Rotarian is first given when a membership offer is extended and he extolled those at the conference to return the favor by, in turn, recruiting others to become Rotarians, too.

Taking a good close look at one’s own Rotary club was the message of Conference Chair, and Past Rotary International Director, Bob Menconi. In a very entertaining opening segment and then by proposing item-by-item assessment tools those in attendance were given much to take back to their own respective Rotary clubs for consideration and implementation.

Rotary International Membership and Retention Chair, and Past Rotary International Director, Ron Beaubien impressed upon the Rotarian audience the importance of Members Getting Members, or “MGM” as the best way of first sustaining, but ultimately growing, the organization.

In addresses the evening before the conference and during the daylong conference itself Rotary International President Wifrid J. “Wilf” Wilkinson made it clear that the opportunity – and the responsibility – of keeping Rotary International a strong, vibrant organization is in the hands of current Rotary club members. “Never in our history has the world needed more that which Rotary provides through projects, programs and hope for the future” said President Wilf.

Attendees were offered the opportunity to sign large “pledge boards” in affirmation of each Rotarians promise to bring at least one new Rotarian into the organization by December 31, 2007. At the culmination of the conference those boards, literally filled with the signatures of those in attendance, provided a clear visual message of the dedication to the goal set: each Rotarian recruiting one new member each and every year.

Recruit! We want to fill all of the tables at Bernies!!  Potential members are all around you!!  More hands means less demands on each of us – we share the projects, the goodwill

To welcome our guests, the position of “Greeter” will be at the door.

Our newest members will be welcoming…

LAST WEEK ~  LAST WEEK ~ LAST WEEK ~  LAST WEEK
FOOTBALL MANIA FUNDRAISER
LAST WEEK ~ LAST WEEK ~ LAST WEEK ~ LAST WEEK

profits go toward the various charities that our club supports. Football Mania update:  moving along swiftly $2,400 collected out of the $4900 expected to collect.

Turn in your $ by the next meeting!  If a booklet is sold after the week of football is over and it wins, the winner will be paid retroactively. 

September 9th is the 1^st NFL game of the season.

Here is how it works:

For a $10 donation to RCSM, you receive a Football Mania book that is good for 17 weeks of NFL regular season football. That equates to less than 60 cents for each week that you are eligible to win.

Each week, your uniquely numbered book has 2 different teams assigned to that week. You can keep track by following the instructions in the book to determine which 2 teams you have for a given week. The teams change every week. Your 2 teams for a given week are not necessarily playing each other.

To win $50 on any given week, your 2 teams for that week will have the highest combined scores. To win $10, your 2 teams will have the lowest combined scores. You may tie another Football Mania player, in which case your winnings will be split.

Players may keep track each week of their assigned teams (different each week), but it is not necessary. Winners each week will receive a check in the mail from RCSM the following week. So, it is important to print name and address legibly on the entry form which is turned in with the $10 donation (entry form is on page 3 of the book - just tear it out). Once the entry form and $10 are turned in, all you need to do is watch your mailbox for a check.

Hampton Booker:

Spare change fundraiser:

Toss your coins into the jug at the Sgt. Of Arms table.  Make a wish!!!

$$$ PRINTER CARTRIDGES FUNDRAISER $$$

We are accepting empty inkjet cartridges for recycling.    Bring them to the meetings or take a postage-paid plastic envelop home –  ask Mike Mills

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

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:       

• 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 effort

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

Programming Chair 2007-08:  Roy Gonas
Members responsible for programming by month:
September - Marty
October – Bob
November – Suzanne
December – Bill
January – open
February – Wendy
March – Otto          
April – Ann   
May – Ed

Marty Rosen, Prius owner who drove to CocoBeach and still had ½ a tank of gas left over, introduced

Frank P. Marsala Jr.

Kendall Toyota 10943 South Dixie Highway, Miami, FL  33156-3752

305-665-6581 #5429 / unclefrank@kendalltoyota.com

Director Fleet and Internet Sales

 Toyota Motors on Hybrids

Worked with Kendall Toyota for 16 years, Frank has sold 11-14,000 cars. 

Toyota has three hybrid models.  This technology has been around for ages.  A diesel locomotive is a form of hybrid, submarines.

Electric motors have instant torque – hit the rheostat and you take off.  Wasn’t practical until the last 10 years and needed a small, light battery developed

Prius has no transmission and is not operated on hydraulic fluid. All hybrids have constant variable planetary gear set (from the turn of the century) and use nickel metal hydroid battery.

Toyota’s three hybrid models are the Camry, Highlander, Prius.  They are each marketed for a different customer’s needs.

Toyota sold the license to the hybrid system to Ford who created the Ford Escape using the 1st generation Toyota’s system.  Toyota is on its 3rd generation system.

There is a premium price of $7-8,000 more to buy a hybrid vehicle. You will pay less for a conventional Civic but if you put in long miles you earn back the cost in fuel.  It is an efficient way of getting mileage.

Ethanol is an alternative fuel burned in a conventional vehicle, sort of a corn vodka mixed with gas. 85% ethanol in typically sold in some states.  This mixture eats away at fiberglass resin.  Corn is the most widely used derivative but any starchy type crop can make ethanol.

In development: a hybrid that you can plug in.  Unfortunately, the current battery capacity doesn’t hold a charge and only goes 45 miles until it needs to be plugged in again. 

The car brakes only during the last 7 miles an hour – magnets slow the car which creates friction and heat to generated electricity to recharge the battery.  There’s a savings on brake pads due to less use.

Pacemakers shouldn’t be around when it is undergoing maintenance due to its inverter.

He’s not known the rechargeable batteries having to be replaced due to age or wear, only due to accidents or due to a fault in the battery.

Like a regular vehicle, you service a Prius every 5,000 miles service with normal maintenance – engines to rotate, mechanical engine servicing.  Tax credits are being phased out and are currently about $750 per Prius