Today's Events:

President Mike Mills presiding

WE WELCOME ALL OF OUR VISITORS:

Hank Langston, RCCG

Linda Singer, RC Of Miami

&

Barbara Acker, 18 Years In Charge Of The Santa’s Parade!

* * * A N N O U N C E M E N T S  * * *

	Happy $’s   Roy’s is happy cause he got a speeding ticket from South Miami’s finest… Marty’s happy the Dow is up 140 points prior to lunch Kathy’s happy with Stan Zeltsman’s photographic talents.
Candidates Wanted
Young Professionals for Rotary International District 6990 Group Study Exchange (GSE)
To Argentina , March 2008
Team members will: Have a cultural experience Have an educational experience Be able to exchange vocational ideas Improve their communication skills Foster life long friendships and international understanding Experience and learn about Rotary International Team members will need to: Be able to travel for 4-5 weeks Be 25-40 years old Be employed full time for at least two years Be employed in the sending district Be a us citizen Participate in 12 hours of orientation Actively participate in language training Be a participating member of a group Study exchange team If you have an interest in this program and wish to find out more about it please contact Deborah O'Connor Deborah.oconnor@bcbssfl.com

Saturday & Sunday, FEBRUARY 23 – 24, 2008

Our #1 Fundraiser
South Miami Rotary Art Festival

www.southmiamiartfest.com

For a quick slide show of the 2006 craft show click below

ROTARY NEWS - GATES PARTNERS WITH ROTARY AGAIN

The Gates Foundation has awarded The Rotary Foundation a challenge grant of $100 million, which Rotary will match, dollar for dollar, over three years. This is the largest single grant ever given to a volunteer service organization and represents a tremendous validation of the approach and success of our PolioPlus program.

This partnership comes at a critical juncture for the polio eradication initiative, which needs an infusion of funds to reach the eradication goal.

For this reason, the initial $100 million will be distributed by The Rotary Foundation through grants to the World Health Organization and UNICEF in direct support of polio immunization activities in 2008.

Your participation in this effort is crucial to making it a success.  The Rotary International Board of Directors and the Trustees of The Rotary Foundation have unanimously agreed to accept this challenge grant to ensure the success of the PolioPlus program. We feel confident that this extraordinary commitment from the Gates Foundation and Rotary will serve as a catalyst for further donations from others to help us realize the dream of a polio-free world.

In 1985, we promised every child a world free from the threat of polio, and we are almost there.  This funding agreement between Rotary and the Gates Foundation is a huge step forward, bringing us even closer to our goal. 

Success is our only option.

FUN-DRAISER – Raising $$ while Saving $$
Coming Soon…

Sunday, December 2, 2007 @ 12:30 pm Set up / 2:00pm-3:00pm Parade

Santa’s Parade of Elves

On Sunset Drive between US1 and Red Road

Sign up to marshall the parade and line up the floats on this 1st Sunday in December.  Help with staging and distributing maps to parents.   At the conclusion there will be 40 minutes of entertainment on 67th Court – cheerleaders, music, etc. 

Enjoy a free lunch at Cheeseburger in Paradise afterwards

CYCLING TO SERVE:

Sunday, December 2, 2007 @ 10:00 a.m.

 Community Ride meeting at Ponce Middle School by US1

There’s also a weekly Saturday morning Rotary ride & if you show up you’ll start looking like this!!

PATRICIA PARDINAS, RCCG
5911 Maynada, Coral Gables, FL  33134 / pardinasp@bellsouth.net

Saturday, December 8, 2007 @ 7PM

THE  HOLIDAY PARTY
will be at Ed Fischer’s home
RSVP to Donna Gaines / dgainre@aol.com / 305-665-6390
$50 / guest
So far 22 people have said they will attend and we need at least 30-34 to have a catered party. 

Friday, December 14, 2007

Friday & Saturday, February 2 & 3, 2008 
Rotary Leadership Institute

To all Leaders and Potential Leaders -

For those of you looking to expand your Rotary knowledge, plus enhance your general management and leadership skills, we are happy to formally announce that the Rotary Leadership Institute will once again be held at conveniently located American Intercontinental University in Weston , Florida .  It will be conducted over a two-day weekend period February 2 and 3, 2008.  Now is a good time for Presidents Elect to get a running start on things prior to P*E*T*S; incoming club board members will also find the session(s) of great benefit, as will most all other club members.

Space is limited; therefore you should register as soon as possible so as not to be disappointed.  You can see the complete class schedule as well as register at the below link.

http://www.rlitrain ing.org

We look forward to seeing you at this very rewarding and enjoyable event.  Please feel free to contact D6990 RLI Director PDG Bob Spano or me if you have any questions.

Douglas R. Maymon
RLI Promotions Director
Rotary District 6990
Phone: 1-800-253-2955

DRMaymon@AMILink.com

Visit the club’s NEW MYSPACE page:

www.myspace.com/southmiamirotaryclub

Hampton Booker

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

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.rotary6990.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.

For make-ups anywhere around the world when traveling internationally: http://rotary.org/support/clubs/index.html

NOTIFY DOREEN REITNAUER, SECRETARY, OF ALL MAKE-UPS:   dhiker217@aol.com

WHY A ROTARY WHEEL?

The basic design, a wheel, dates back to 1905, as it represented meetings that were held "in rotation" at member's places of business.  The first wheel chosen, a buggy wheel, was short-lived, as it was deemed "too plain." 

Clouds were then added, but disputed early on as a Rotarian pointed out, "not even Rotary could raise dust fore and aft a wagon wheel."  The clouds were then superimposed with a ribbon reading "Rotary Club."

At the 1912 Duluth, MN convention, designs were submitted for a universal Rotary symbol, to represent the newly- formed National Association of Rotary Clubs.  A gear wheel in blue and gold was chosen, though it only survived eight years.  Engineers found the wheel to be mechanically unsound, and it was modified, with the new design being announced in 1920. 

Three years later, the most important detail, the keyway, was added, which made it possible for the wheel to transmit power to and from the shaft.  The wheel had finally been turned on...and we have been rolling ever since!

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

2007-08 RCSM OFFICERS:

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 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 efforts.

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

November’s Programming Chair Suzanne Fontana introduced  

Ms. Jo Ann Mathieu

Executive  TV film Producer
Consultant

305-672-3373
Miami Beach, Florida

Email: jo@jam-inc.com

From her company’s website:

is a Film & Television Production Company, for TV and Web on the forefront of the New Media. Our innovative solutions integrate traditional media with cutting edge concepts that include programming and marketing techniques for the new technologies: iPods, blogs and more new liaisons with industries to be released soon. Given our wide resources of talent crossing many disciplines of business and culture, along with decades of yachting and lifestyle experiences to qualify as specialists in the maritime industry, we deliver a wide variety of products to the public at large!

With over 30 years in the International Film and Television Industry, accompanied with Web Design/Marketing since 1998, Jo Ann has served professionally in every major production position: A Producer, Director, Creative Architect, Production Manager and Coordinator, Production Accountant, etc. She has worked in most major media markets: Hollywood Feature Films, National Network Television, the Public Broadcasting System and National Public Radio, producing International Documentary & News Coverage, Advertising & Promotion. This experience was a natural transition to the recent years for Web Design and Development, Internet Marketing & New Media, as the new media technologies have exploded! To view Jo Ann's extensive film/video production credits, please visit the Clients webpage.

She is currently fundraising for "Sailor's Log," a 26-part TV series for the PBS national television network. Click here for the "Sailor's Log" marketing package.

From 1995-98, Jo Ann was Administrator for the Center for Entrepreneurship at Babson College, in Wellesley MA. She was responsible for working closely with the administration, collegiate and marketing departments, integrating new multinational clients, introducing new programs, and outreach for the domestic and international community. At that time, the Center was the largest online content provider on the college website, for which Jo Ann was responsible. She designing the layout for web content and off site usage, integration inside and off campus, creating the support architecture for on-campus and international access usages for their various programs.

She moved to Miami in January 1999 to design and develop the new website for WLRN Public Radio and Television, a multi-media broadcasting company. Her first feat was in March 1999, to design on early hibrid of what is commonly known now as the online pledge drive campaign: the ability to accept online donations to the National Public Broadcasting (PBS) and National Public Radio (NPR) stations housed within WLRN. It became the first CYBER Pledge Drive and full time internet access in Lower Florida.

Following that, she developed an innovative online marketing campaign for fundraising and enhancement for the cultural underwriters to the station, generating discount benefits to the listening arts-loving public: the CulturalConnection.org. The unique online purchasing of "same-day discount theatre tickets" website to support and encourage the Arts sponsorship for cultural programming. This created a win-win situation for the theatrical underwriters and supplemental income for the station. It is a recognized benefit to the theatergoing audience from the Palm Beaches to the Florida Keys for which WLRN was instrumental to enhance the awareness of the ARTS!

Before her departure, she constructed the online ability for WLRN to broadcast online: WLRN Live-Online broadcasting for the station, which allows listeners from around the world to login and "Listen Live!"

Since late 2001, Jo Ann has been an Internet, Media and Web Design consultant with commercial and non-profit clients to enhance their online marketing and web presence, utilizing the new e-marketing technologies. She is also Co-Producer of the Miami Space Time Project,~ a 7-camera timelapse digital media shoot, covering the project since March 2002 till completion. The construction of the uniquely exquisite design of the largest US site for the performing arts, is the multi-facility Performing Arts Center in downtown Miami. Estimated completion date for the facilities Grand Opening: October 2004. The Miami Space Time Project editing will also be completed for the grand opening.

Among Jo Ann's many awards as a production manager, there were top honors in documentary filmmaking for the 1987 PBS series, "Eyes on the Prize, 1954-1965," which included an Academy Award nomination, her most critical success. Equally as important was the Edward R. Morrow Award for the 1984 PBS "Frontline Special: Crisis in Central America", which changed the voting of Congress about funding the Contras.

Her major feature film/television credits were as on-location production coordinator for such films as: Jaws, The River Wild, The Brinks Job, Physical Evidence, See How She Runs!, The Law and Harry McGraw; among many others. She has also produced and designed advertising campaigns and videos for many national and international corporate and commercial clients.

The most noteworthy experience was traveling to Kuwait 14 months after liberation from the first Gulf War - arriving in May 1992 for a 2-week non-stop shoot, as a guest of the government. Their project was to reintroduce their nine scientific directorates, and how they conduct business worldwide, integrating the Arab experience into Western scientific knowledge. The assignment: producing a marketing video to send out to their past and new clientele, announcing they were well repositioned, and back in business after the war.

Jo Ann is also an avid and accomplished sailor. Spending over 30 years cruising the New England waters in antique and classic or modern yachts, as well as racing out of Marblehead, MA. She is now comfortably enjoying the cruising grounds in South Florida ~ venturing forth deep into the Bahamas and Caribbean to Panama, and even a summer in the Mediterranean! There are no limits to her journeys forward.

along with ZBoy Entertainment, are currently in production with "Sailor's Log" ~ a 2 season 26-part TV series for the PBS national television network. "Sailor's Log" is a :30-minute weekly Television series for those of us curious about sailing, those of us interested in learning more about sailing, and those of us who are life long sailors. "Sailor's Log" will bring you all the latest in techniques, technology, and information. We'll show you the "how's and the how to's", while we expose you to the joys and the beauty of sailing. We'll take you to exotic destinations, near and far. We'll give you a glimpse into Sailing's history, and a look back at some of the classic yachts that sailed the Seven Seas. We'll take you into the extremes in racing and design engineering, and show you the fantasy boat you may be sailing in future.

President Mike Mills, Jo Ann Mathieu, and Suzanne Fontana

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