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September 8 Scott Neal - Cal Ripken, Sr Foundation Ability Field
September 1 Meeting
President John presided and welcomed guests and visiting Rotarians: AG Steve Aycock from the Rappahannock Rotary; Kathryn Barry from the Saipan Rotary; Rita Owens, District 7610 executive secretary; Donald Duckworth and Scott Price.
Program
DG Ron then presented Triple Crown pins to members who support the Rotary Foundation by being a Paul Harris Fellow, a sustaining member, and a TRF Benefactor: PDG Sandy Duckworth, Randy Burdette, Carol Foley, George Franklin, Joan McLaughlin, Nelda Mohr and Dave Varrelman.
After joking about the weight he's gained since becoming district governor, DG Ron gave an overview of important changes for Rotary International and the Rotary Foundation. These changes affect the local Rotary club and individual Rotarians.
CHANGES IN RI FOR THE 21st CENTURY 1. Increasing overall membership and bringing younger members into Rotary, lowering the median age. 2. Elimination of Polio cases worldwide and sustaining the eradication of Polio. 3. Implementation of TRF Future Vision Plan (FVP) worldwide in 2013. 4. Reorienting the focus of the educational programs of the Rotary Foundation. 5. Giving Districts greater flexibility to utilize their District Designated Funds (DDF). 6. Additional criteria for Rotary club minimum standards…was 6, increased to 12. 7. Implementation of “Strategic Plans” at the RI, District and club levels. 8. Implementation of the “Club Leadership Plan” worldwide. 9. Making Rotary…Bigger…Better… Bolder !
ROTARY CLUB MINIMUM STANDARDS 1. Pays per capita dues (RI, District, SAR). 2. Meets regularly. 3. Subscribes to The Rotarian or an approved regional Rotary World Press Magazine 4. Implements service projects locally and/or in other countries. 5. Receives visits from the District Governor, Assistant Governor, or other RI Officers. 6. Maintains any required general liability insurance. 7. Follows Rotary policies. 8. Pays dues without help. 9. Provides timely member reports. 10. Resolves internal disputes. 11. Cooperates with the District. 12. Does not litigate against Rotary.
TRF Changes and Emphasis for 2010- 11 1. Initiate the “pilot program” for the FVP with 100 districts worldwide for a period of three Rotary years. 2. Remaining Rotary districts worldwide operate under the previous policies of TRF until 2013. 3. All Rotary districts worldwide will operate under the FVP concept beginning in 2013. 4. Emphasis on six “focus areas” for TRF humanitarian projects and the development of long term sustainable projects with other NGO’s and private/government foundations. 5. Future matching grants will be weighted against the six focus areas. 6. The GSE program will evolve in 2013 to incorporate the six focus areas and team members will strive to carry out a project while on their exchange.
AREAS OF FOCUS * Peace and conflict prevention / resolution. * Disease prevention and treatment. * Water and sanitation. * Maternal and child health. * Basic education and literacy. * Economic and community development
EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS CHANGES 1. The Rotary Foundation Peace Centers will become pre- eminent as well as the Peace Scholar program. 2. Ambassadorial Scholarships will continue for the foreseeable future but on a one year basis only. 3. Cultural scholarships will cease beginning in the 2010-2011 Rotary year. 4. Rotary Grants for University Teachers will cease beginning in the 2010-2011 Rotary year. 5. The GSE team composition will reflect one of the six focus areas and strive to initiate and/or complete a focus project during their visit .
PRESIDENT’S CITATION FOR 2010 - 2011 New requirements format and point weighting system. 2. Four areas of emphasis – the four traditional Avenues of Service with many point weighted options in each avenue. 3. Two levels of RI Presidential Citation award: basic and “with distinction”. 4. Basic RI Presidential Citation awarded to a club that achieves 25 points in each Avenue of Service category and amasses a total of 100 points. 5. RI Presidential Citation With Distinction is awarded to a club that achieves 35 points in each Avenue of Service category and amasses a total of 140 points. 6. Clubs certify to the District their achievements and point totals and the District, in turn, certifies the award to RI.
GOVERNOR’S EMPHASIS FOR 2010 - 2011 * Membership * Extension. * Polio Eradication * Youth Programs * Foundation Giving * Native American Initiative
GOVERNOR’S CITATION FOR 2010-2011 1. Will utilize the RI Presidential Citation Avenues of Service categories and options as listed. 2. Clubs must achieve a total of 140 points across the Avenues of Service categories (without mandatory point total in each category) but with several mandatory options required. 3. A club must achieve the net 1 gain in membership listed in Club Service. 4. A club must actively support the Rotary’s US$200 Million Challenge for Polio Eradication listed in International Service. 5. A club can earn an additional 5 points by supporting the District Governor’s Native American Initiative, either alone or in cooperation with other District clubs. 6. A club can earn 10 additional points by having 5 or more club members attend the District Conference, Gettysburg, 7-10 April 2011. 7. Additional points can also be earned by a club attaining 100% EREY (10); 100% Sustaining Members (10) and/or 100% Paul Harris Fellows (20).
2010-2011 District Administrative Goals 1. Finalize the District Strategic Plan (DSP) for 2010-2013; Incorporate the three priorities of the RI Strategic Plan as a baseline; Tailor the priorities to size, membership and needs of the District; Recognize the diversity of the District’s clubs and communities 2. Update the District Leadership Plan (DLP). 3. Bring the DSP and DLT into alignment. 4.Encourage the all clubs to accept and to organize under the RI “Club Leadership Plan” concept. 5. Have all clubs draft their Club Strategic Plan in consonance with the DSP.
Announcements: Debra made an appeal for more people to join her sales team.
Randy encouraged everyone to sell more raffle tickets.
Mary told a story about John Lafley's unexpected meeting with Vicki and Jim Lewis in Alaska.
Upcoming Programs
Sept 15- Club Forum & Classification talk Sept 22- Rick Hurley, President of Univ. Mary Washington Sept 29 - Fifth Wednesday Fellowship - No Noon Meeting
Are You Reading the Bulletin?
When is International Literacy Day?
Wings and Wheels Festival Sales Begin
2010 Rotary Sales Teams
Charolais Sept 11 Rte 17 North Wal-Mart Jeff Small, Captain Carol Cortesio
Sandy Duckworth Joe Howard Kat Kammer
What Are You Reading?
As we enjoy the Internet's bounties, are we sacrificing our ability to read and think deeply? Carr describes how human thought has been shaped through the centuries by "tools of the mind"--from the alphabet to maps, to the printing press, the clock, and the computer--and interweaves recent discoveries in neuroscience. Now, he expands his argument into a compelling exploration of the Internet's intellectual and cultural consequences. Our brains, scientific evidence reveals, change in response to our experiences. Building on insights of thinkers from Plato to McLuhan, Carr makes a case that every information technology carries a set of assumptions about the nature of knowledge and intelligence. The printed book served to focus our attention, promoting deep and creative thought. In contrast, the Internet encourages rapid, distracted sampling of small bits of information. As we become ever more adept at scanning and skimming, are we losing our capacity for concentration, contemplation, and reflection?
New Member Corner Rotary Youth Exchange
The Rotary Foundation News “Good Governance” A Key To Polio-Free Africa
By Sandra Prufer and Dan Nixon, Rotary International News – 23 August 2010
Mo Ibrahim, African telecommunications entrepreneur and proponent of global polio eradication. Photo courtesy of Mo Ibrahim
The founder of a major African telecommunications firm has voiced his support for Rotary's promise to kick polio out of the continent, and the world. Mo Ibrahim, founder of Celtel, called on leaders at the African Union Summit, held 19-27 July in Kampala, Uganda, to finish the job of polio eradication.
"Polio is no barrier to success … but it does make success more difficult to achieve. And the real tragedy is that their suffering was entirely preventable," Ibrahim wrote in an editorial appearing in South Africa’s Mail and Guardian and Kenya’s online Business Daily.
“The debilitating disease, which has crippled and killed millions throughout history, can be completely eradicated thanks to effective and inexpensive vaccines and immunization programmes," Ibrahim wrote. "A global campaign to eradicate polio -- spearheaded by WHO [the World Health Organization], Rotary International, UNICEF and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention -- has already seen astonishing success in reducing incidences of the disease.”
The Sudanese-born entrepreneur also chairs the London-based Mo Ibrahim Foundation, which he started in 2006. The foundation is committed to supporting African leadership to improve economic and social prospects for people on the continent. Toward that goal, it stimulates debate on governance, provides criteria that citizens can use to hold their governments accountable, recognizes leadership achievements, and funds educational scholarships for aspiring leaders.
In his editorial, titled “Good Governance Is Crucial in the Fight against Polio,” Ibrahim noted that the Kick Polio Out of Africa awareness campaign drew strong support from government leaders in Nigeria and other countries in West and Central Africa.
“While the fight against polio has been overwhelmingly successful, it’s important to remember that it has not been won,” Ibrahim cautioned. “Although numbers of new cases have drastically decreased, outbreaks and epidemics are a constant threat. This is not the time to relax and say ‘job done.’ One final push could see polio eradicated completely, thereby preventing any possibility of a resurgence of the disease, protecting thousands of children across the world, and allowing them to participate fully in the development of their continent.”
Ibrahim also lauded Rotary’s leadership role in a massive immunization campaign held in the months before the World Cup, resulting in 85 million children in 19 countries being vaccinated by 400,000 volunteers. At the same time, a soccer ball signed by African leaders and public figures -- including Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu, a Nobel Peace Prize laureate and polio survivor -- traveled through 23 polio-affected nations on the continent before arriving in Alexandria, Egypt, in June. In a grand finale celebration, a soccer ball was kicked toward the Mediterranean Sea, symbolizing the poliovirus being kicked out of Africa. (A virtual version of the ball, displayed at www.kickpoliooutofafrica.org, has gathered more than 10,000 online signatures.)
“Only a metaphor, perhaps, but a strong one, reflecting exactly what needs to happen with this deadly but preventable disease,” Ibrahim wrote.
Other Dates to Remember
First Wednesday of each month, 6:45 pm—Board meeting, Stafford Regional Airport Fourth Wednesday of each month, 1:30 pm –Golf September 11 - Wings and Wheels Sales Team - Jeff Small, Captain September 18 Wings and Wheels Festival - Stafford Regional Airport April 7-10 District Conference, Wyndham Hotel & Conference Center, Gettysburg, PA May 21-25, 2011 - RI Convention New Orleans, Louisiana
Room Setup and Take Down Schedule
The Truth Team is responsible for Room Setup in September Dave Varrelman, Captain Mike Torosian Mike Zitz Jeanne Wesley Debra Schleef
Each member of the team should arrive early enough to assist fellow team mates in the set up and remain to assist with the take down. In that way, your team can make these assignments a fellowship opportunity.
SETUP involves hanging the welcome banner, the Four Way Test banner, the club banner, the Paul Harris Fellows banners and as many of the banners from other clubs as possible; bringing out the podium; bringing out the badge box and other materials for the Sergeant at Arms. All of the items are in the room between our room and the kitchen. TAKE DOWN involves putting all of these items away.
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AG Steve Aycock introduced District Governor Ron Marion. DG Ron presented Paul Harris Society membership certificate and wings to Randy. Our club has the second highest number of Paul Harris Society members in District 7610. (McLean has the highest number.)
The Shallows : What The Internet Is Doing To Our Brains
Rotary Youth Exchange (RYE) is a Rotary International student exchange program for students in secondary school. Since 1929, Rotary International has sent young people around the globe to experience new cultures. Currently, about 9,000 students are sponsored by Rotary clubs every year.
