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Tuesday September 26, 2006

Today’s Events:

President Linda Kaplan presiding

ROTARY THEME
2006-07

We welcome all of our...

VISITING ROTARIANS:
Hank Langston, William Isais (Coral Gables)
& Nancy Green (Perrine Cutler Ridge Palmetto Bay – that’s one club not three)

VISITING GUESTS:
Bob Miller (Cathy’s hubby)

ANNOUNCEMENTS

 

Tuesday, September 26, 2006 @ 5:30 pm (NEW TIME)
ART SHOW COMMITTEE MEETING
South Miami Branch Library auditorium.
All are welcome.

Diana Phillips read...
A letter of thanks from our loyal Interact counselor, Josie Adamack. She was faculty advisor since 1994 and details her twelve years of heartfelt relationships connected with our Rotary Club. To acknowledge all of our good works, she offers a $100 donation to our foundation. Josie, an honorary Rotarian for many years is bonded with us. Thank you for your many years of service to SMHS students and this community.

FOOTBALL MANIA DEADLINE!!

Joanna Barusch won the $50 prize this week!
Turn in your $$

MARK YOUR CALENDAR
November 10-12, 2006
2006 Rotary International District 6990 Conference
 

DoubleTree Grand Key Resort, the official hotel & site of almost all conference events

Located on the eastern end of the island, the hotel room block will be released on
October 1st. Reserve now at www.rotary6990.org.

We’ll See You in Key West!

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Saturday, October 21, 2006 @ 7 pm
CASINO NIGHT
Rotary Club of Perrine Cutler Ridge Palmetto Bay

The Rotary Club of Perrine-Cutler Ridge/Palmetto Bay will hold its Second Annual Rotary Casino Night from 7 to 11 p.m. Oct. 21 at The Palmetto Bay Village Center (the former Burger King World headquarters) to raise funds for the community.

The gala evening will include hors d'oeuvres, drink tickets, live and silent auctions, a raffle, door prizes and gaming. Guests will receive $30 in ''fun chips'' to gamble with, 2 drink tickets, and will be able to bid on prizes in the silent auction. Prizes include vacation trips, hotel stays, dinners, sports memorabilia and other items.

They anticipate 500 guests for this exciting fundraising event benefiting various children's charities through the efforts of The Rotary Club of Perrine-Cutler Ridge/Palmetto Bay.
For more information, call Mills, 305-238-8688.

NEED TO MAKE-UP A MEETING?

Visit www.rotary6990.org

So you missed a meeting, do you know what a great opportunity this can be?

Take the opportunity to make up at another club, meet new and interesting members.

This can be a great opportunity to meet business owners who might be interested in the services that you provide and see how other clubs are growing membership!

For online make-ups:

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

Attendance credit for a 30-minute interactive club Web site activity. This offers an alternative to making up a meeting at another club. To earn an attendance credit, Rotarians usually log on to the Web site, read online material on a range of subjects, post comments, and submit a form to the club secretary.

For make-ups anywhere around the world when traveling internationally:

http://rotary.org/support/clubs/index.html

Meeting Functionaries

Invocation: ROY GONAS
Pledge: MIKE MILLS
Guests: MAYOR HORACE FELIU
Happy $$: JOHN SORGIE
Door Prize: HARRY BARSCH
50-50 Prize:
K OF ♥ = $334
 STAN ZELTSMAN $8


It’s Your Turn

   
October 3rd: Door Prize: Michael Newman / Dessert: Pansy Graham
October 10th: Door Prize: Jodi Perlmutter / Dessert: Roy Gonas
October 24th: Door Prize: Diana Phillips / Dessert: Donna Gaines
October 17th: Door Prize: Marty Rosen / Dessert: Otto Fuentes
HALLOWEEN: Door Prize: Gene Sanchez / Dessert: Susanne Fontana

Future Speakers:
   
October 3rd: Filepe Vidal How to Protect Your PC
October 10th: Roselyn Smith, PhD, Rebuilding After Katrina
October 17th: TBA
October 24th: Sally Baumgartner, Foundation Annual Giving Program
HALLOWEEN: TBA

Today’s Program…

President-Elect Mike Mills introduced today’s esteemed program speaker...

State Representative Julio Robiana
 District 117 Office:
6741 SW 24th Street, Suite # 19
Miami, FL 33155
(305) 442-6868

Capitol Office:
405 House Office Building
402 South Monroe Street
Tallahassee, FL 32399-1300
Phone: (850) 488-6506

Miami-Dade Community College, A.A., 1983
Born: September 1, 1961
Elected to the House in 2002, reelected subsequently

Affiliations

  • American Cancer Society's Relay for Life
  • Film and Entertainment Advisory Board
  • Florida Unit of Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic
  • Greater Miami Host Committee
  • Habitat for Humanity
  • Hands on Miami, Chair
  • Neighbors 4 Neighbors
  • Southwest YMCA
  • Special Olympics

Insurance issues:

  1. All Florida needs to be under the same building code as S. Florida
  2. East of US1 residents are monetarily penalized by insurance companies – with no scientific reason for the tacked on extra cost.
  3. Older homes are charged more as they are considered not up to par with the building code.
  4. Content insurance should not be mandatory and made an optional choice.
  5. State matching grant of up to $5,000 to improve an older home that is assessed lower than $500,000. Free inspection included. Call 800-342-2762 or visit http://www.mysafefloridahome.com/
  6. Categorize homes and grade them on preparation for emergencies.
  7. Implement a one cent tax for storm items
  8. Have the insurance companies put aside a percentage of their assets in a rainy day account.
  9. Mandate the amount of insurance needed for a home – equaling the current amount of the mortgage not the full amount of the original loan
  10. Stop the insurance companies from cherry picking the industry in FL by trying to drop homeowners and commercial insurance while keeping auto insurance.
  11. Allow self insurance for homeowners and condo groups.
  12. Keep insurance companies from writing policies and then flipping them to Citizens.
  13. To bring premiums down, have the state involved in re-insurance. Since companies are now buying re-insurance policies (those that help to cap the extent of each company’s payout in a disaster) overseas, those foreign companies are raising rates astronomically. The state is now appropriating $3-4 billion / year in funding for self-supporting a catastrophy fund.
  14. For long term solution to bringing insurance companies back into FL, the federal government needs to have a federal “cat” fund to cover all insurance companies dealing with disasters nationwide.

Insurance industry lobbyists have been so strong that there have been no major changes in the industry in years. Now, political pressures and the media are making changes that swing back to the consumer’s benefit.

Homestead extension should be portable so that someone wishing to downsize carries their exisiting tax rate with them. Now people are locked into their homes.
Bad for the real estate industry and for homeowners. Died in the senate last year as counties lobbied against this bill – their property taxes will be effected.

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