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District 5170 Newsletter

Issue 5 November 2010

Dear Rotarians, November is Foundation month and as many of you have heard me say “The Foundation is the Straw that Stirs our Drink”. Carolyn Schuetz, District Foundation Chair likes to say that the “Foundation is the Engine that Runs our Ship”, and our Partner in Service Bharat Pandya stated that “if Rotarians are the heart of Rotary then the Founda-

tion is our backbone”. However you would like to state it, it’s the Rotary Foundation that separates Rotary from all the other community service organizations from around the world. I could take all the space that Angie allots to me enumerating all the won-derful programs of the Foundation, and it would take a lifetime to describe all the life changing projects that have been funded by just the clubs in our district. PolioPlus, Ambassadorial Scholars, Vocational Training Teams (formally GSE) all come instantly to mind. Eye care in India, hos-pital equipment in Guatemala, Faces of Hope, Child AIDS prevention, Coaniquem burn centers, water projects, hunger abatement, literacy pro-grams, health care initiatives, and the list goes on and on. The Founda-tion gives each club, each member the opportunity to serve mankind. Saving and changing lives all for the purpose of developing World Pease and Understanding. That is why I am so proud of each of you for your service to the world. I could also use my space by thanking all the generous Rotarians who so freely give of their time, talent, and treasure to develop projects, going to distant lands and lending their service, and of course funding their pro-grams. From sustaining members at $100, to Double Sustainers, and to Paul Harris Society members, the donations to The Rotary Foundation distinguishes District 5170 Rotarians as leaders in the Rotary world. Our District is always in the top 10 in Annual Program Funds, a record of which we are proud. But I would rather use my time to speak frankly to our Rotarians who chose not to give to the Foundation. All the wonderful things that are ac-complished by our giving to the Foundation are secured by the generosity of 53% of our membership. Just think what could be accomplished if we achieved the goal of Every Rotarian Every Year; a goal established in 1947 at $100. In 1999 Past District Governor Neal Hoffman suggested that we should consider giving $200 to offset the effects of inflation since 1947. Certainly, I am aware that for some of our members the recession has made their finances very difficult, and I would never ask anyone to give beyond their means, but just think if the remaining 47% of the district membership just gave an additional $25 or $50 dollars, how many more lives could be saved. All I ask is that when your club Foundation Chair asks you what you can give this year, you allow your heart guide your actions. Yours in Rotary Service, Roger

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The mission of the Annual Programs Fund mirrors that of The Rotary Foundation: to enable Rotarians to advance world under-standing, goodwill, and peace through the improvement of health, the support of edu-cation, and the alleviation of poverty. Contributions to the Annual Programs Fund through the Every Rotarian, Every Year (EREY) initiative are the primary source of funding for Foundation programs, which cover more than 160 countries and geo-graphical areas on seven continents. From digging water wells for villages in Africa to teaching basic literacy skills to children in Latin America, during any given moment, thousands of Rotarians volunteer their time and expertise. All contributions to the An-nual Programs Fund are spent wisely on quality Rotary projects. For example, a US$100 contribution can provide mosquito nets for 50 children in Tanzania; $1,000, microcredit loans for 23 women in the Philippines; $10,000, two wa-ter wells to serve villages in Haiti; $100,000, 100 dairy cows and 50 flocks of chickens to farmers in Romania to produce milk and food for area orphanages. November is Rotary Foundation month. If you haven’t committed to the Annual Pro-gram yet, NOW is a great time to do it… Jolene Bortz District 5170 Annual Giving Chair 2010-11 [email protected] Rotary Foundation PSAs. You Tube: h t tp : / /www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=EC61737D65ED0BE3

Annual Programs Fund (Every Rotarian, Every Year)


November is Rotary Foundation Month. To as-sist in the effort, education and inspiration are always powerful tools. There is a lot of informa-tion available to Rotarians in District 5170 on the district website. The Foundation Resource Bu-reau describes the available information and how to obtain it. The Bureau is found at the following URL: h t t p : / / w w w . c l u b r u n n e r . c a / D a t a / 5 1 7 0 / /HTML/103267//FoundationResourceCenter.pdf At the Bureau, there is an extensive list of speak-ers who will come to your club meetings. They will speak on any of the topics listed such as an overview of TRF, Future Vision, Foundation Travel, PolioPlus, Vocational Training Teams (formerly GSE), TRF giving methods, Foundation alumni, Scholars, and TRF related to the New Generations Fifth Avenue of Service. There is a section with links to videos on Polio-Plus. They are around 5-6 minutes in length and can be used as part of a club meeting before the regular program. The next section is made up of PowerPoint pres-entations on polio eradication. The presentations can be used as a standalone program or in con-junction with the videos to have this as a club’s program. The presentations come with text at-tached to each slide and without much prepara-tion, any member of the Rotary Club can lead the presentation and ensuing discussions. The next section is made up of PDF files that have fundraising ideas. The club’s fundraising committee could use the files here to develop ideas for the club to implement to obtain commu-nity wide attention and donations. The next two sections are on Peace and Conflict and TRF in Action. They both list links to videos that put forth examples of the topics and how TRF has played and will continue to play a key role in their ongoing missions.

The final section lists Weekly Rotary Foundation Minute Thoughts. The intended use is to read one a week for the year but perhaps a few choice ones should be read in November. If you have any questions or ideas for new media and areas to cover or should you have some te-chie issues with the material you link to through the Bureau, please get in touch. My email is [email protected] Charlie Wasser Foundation Resource Bureau Chair

Foundation Resource Bureau Helps Clubs

HAVE YOU THOUGHT OF JOINING THE PAUL HARRIS SOCIETY? All you need to do is commit to contribute $1,000 per year to The Rotary Founda-tion. Consider doing it through TRF Direct!


Initiated in Rotary District 5170 in 2002, the Part-ners in Rotary Service program brings Rotarians from throughout the world into the clubs of District 5170 so that our Rotarians can hear the stories and see the effect of the Rotary Foundation across the world. This year, we were fortunate to have the following four outstanding Partners grace our District and clubs:

PDG, Bharat Pandya, from District 3140, India; PDG, Edward Burongoh,

from District 3310, Malaysia; PDG, Jose Luiz Fonseca,

from District 4420 Brazil; and, PDG, Emmanuel Nwankpa,

District 9140, Nigeria During their visit, the Partners visited more than 40 clubs, attended the Avenue of Service event and walked in a San Francisco rain storm to raise awareness and funds toward Rotary’s effort to eradicate polio. They spent time in our communi-ties, shared meals with our clubs and got to know how District 5170 expresses service and friend-ship. While these four people entered our District as strangers, from foreign lands, they leave as new members of District 5170, they have a bit of our culture, and they are all Giants fans – although they may not know the rules of baseball.

Partners in Rotary Service

At their farewell event, held at the Rotary Club of San Jose’s Gordon House on Friday, October 29th, they each expressed their appreciation and admiration for our Districts’ efforts to raise funds for the Annual Programs Fund of the Rotary Foun-dation. Although our clubs may not have contrib-uted directly to a project in their districts, our con-tinued support of the Rotary Foundation gives the Rotarians in their respective Districts the ability to provide service, assistance and opportunity to those who have limited choices. Although our four friends have now returned home, their friendship, smiles, laughter, and wis-dom remains with the clubs and individuals in our District. This program is made possible through the finan-cial support of the district, but the real heroes of this program are the people who shared their clubs, communities and friendships. Further, we are deeply appreciative of the people who volun-teered to host the Partners. These kind people who took them into their homes, provided trans-portation, and whose selfless acts make this pro-gram possible. In October 2011, we expect to have a new class of Partners in Rotary Service come into our Dis-trict and clubs. We look forward to yet another group of new friends, and hope that you, and your club, will again warmly embrace the friendships created through Rotary.


Ambassadorial Scholarships, (now known as Global Grants) The Rotary Foundation's oldest and best-known program, was founded in 1947. Since then, more than 40,000 men and women from about 100 nations have studied abroad under its auspices. Today, it is one of the world's largest privately funded international scholarships programs. Nearly 700 scholarships were awarded for study in 2009-10. Through grants totaling approximately US$16.2 million, recipients from about 70 countries studied in more than 80 nations. The purpose of the Ambassadorial Scholarships program is to further international understanding and friendly relations among people of different countries and geographical ar-eas. The program sponsors academic year scholarships for undergraduate and graduate students as well as for quali-fied professionals pursuing vocational studies. While abroad, scholars serve as goodwill ambassadors to the host country and give presentations about their homelands to Rotary clubs and other groups. Upon returning home, scholars share with Rotarians and others the experiences that led to a greater understanding of their host country.

Greetings from France: Just wanted to take a moment to say hello and thank you once again for everything you have done to help make this scholarship and experience in France possible. The wel-come that I have received here by your fellow Rotarians has been just wonderful. I'm very grateful to already have met so many Rotarians here. Things in general are going very well and while figuring everything out was initially quite a challenge, I'm starting to get into the swing of things and am really enjoying all the discovery and excitement in the city. Today was my first lunch meeting with a Rotary club in France! The Rotary Club "Paris Nord" invited me to their weekly meeting at the legendary "Gare du Nord". It was very nice and I was hosted by Marie-France Vernay, who is in charge of all scholars for Paris-area District 1770, and whom I meet a few weeks ago at our Scholar Orientation Weekend in which all Rotary Foundation Scholars in France met in Paris to learn about Rotary and meet local Rotarians. I have also had the opportunity to have lunch with Marie-France Vernay's family on a Sunday... it was a fabulous meal!

Ambassadorial scholar Lauren Manley with Marie-France Vernay who is in

charge of all scholars for the Paris area District 1770, Harry Juffermans club

President and some Paris Nord club mem-bers.

Our Foundation Dollars at Work

Thank you so much again for making this possible. I'm really learning a lot and soaking it all up not to mention that Paris is just such a beautiful city. (submitted via email by Lauren Manley)


Greetings from Oxford! I hope this note finds you in the best of health and spirits. I have arrived and settled in safely, after a very warm welcome from Rotarian Peter Jones (my Host Counselor), his kind wife Jane, and the Haddenham and District Rotary Club. As soon as I reached the UK after my visit with relatives and my grandmother in Pakistan in late September, I joined my Host District at the Rotary International of Great Britain and Ireland Link Weekend. The program brought together Ambassadorial Scholars from across the British Isles for a warm introduction to the region. The location - in Oxford - and timing was perfect, as the program fell just before the start of orienta-tion activities with my College and Department. Classes have been in full swing for the past two weeks, and I am slowly becoming accustomed to my new home. Our schedule has been quite jam packed with courses from 9:30-4:30 every day. I am learning a ton and am really excited about my coursework. Friday afternoon, for ex-ample, was spent discussing the particulars of Malaria and HIV infections and effective pre-vention methods in developing regions of the world - each seminar has certainly been quite eye-opening for a student new to medicine! I've also included a couple pictures from my various Rotary activities over the past few weeks. I am certain news in California is filled with the upcoming election. I just mailed out my ballot this morning and am looking forward to the results. But for now, back to the books! All the best, Adeel

Last weekend I officially became an Oxford student with a "matriculation" ceremony in Latin where the Chancellor accepted my fel-low students and me into the institution. We were required to dress up a bit like Harry

All the Rotary scholars in the Oxfordshire area.

Adeel with the host club President and Dis-trict Governor. I shared greetings from the Rotary Club of Fremont and District 5170 and presented our home banner as a gesture of friendship. It was great fun and I look forward to the next one!


Last Tuesday at the Santa Cruz City Council meet-ing, Mayor Mike Rotkin proclaimed Oct 24th as Ro-tary World Polio day on behalf of the RC's of Santa Cruz Sunrise and Santa Cruz. The proclamation was read then presented to my-self and Jim Zenner (for the SC club). We had a number of Rotarians from both clubs in attendance. Councilman Ryan Coonerty (a former Sunrise mem-ber) commented on the good, and often unsung, work done by our clubs both locally and world-wide. Submitted by Jon Winston

World Polio Day Update

Pictured on the right is the Mayor of San Leandro, Tony Santos, presenting the Rotary Club of San Leandro The World Polio Day Proclamation. Submitted by Pat Poddatoori

One Never Knows........ To my fellow Governors, especially the 3 of you who participated in the End Polio Now walk, I need to share something that validates everything we went through. Yesterday I visited the Rotary Club of Fortuna, as the 43rd Club in my visit schedule. Just prior to my introduction to deliver my address, President Ken Zanzi told the Club he had a little story to tell. He went on to say that, a couple of years ago, his Aunt passed away, having lived her entire life in the Alexander Valley area in my District. It included some vineyards. She left a significant Charitable Trust, which Ken's sister is the Trustee of. Appar-ently, Ken called her a few weeks ago, at her home in San Francisco, and told her that he and his wife were coming down on the 24th to "do a walk for polio eradication". She had no idea what he was talking about, so he invited her to join them, and she agreed to.

Well, they walked in the rain like the rest of us, met Ray, and she apparently got the ultimate Rotary Elevator Speech from her brother, be-cause at the end of Ken's story yesterday, he handed me a check, signed by his sister on the account of his Aunt's Charitable Trust and pay-able to Polio Plus, in the amount of $30,000.00. I was stunned, to say the least. I did, however, recover in time to ask him if he wanted 1,200 T-Shirts for that, but no, it's going to Polio Plus. Kind of makes that whole thing worthwhile, in my book. Jim Flamson - District Governor Rotary District 5130


Los Altos Rotary AIDS Project 20th Anniversary

In July of 1989, Dushan “Dude” Angius issued a call to action to address the emerging AIDS pandemic during his year as president of the Los Altos Ro-tary Club. As a result, the Ro-tary AIDS Project was founded as a club project with Rotarian Mary Prochnow serving as the first chair of the organization that has become well-known throughout the world of Rotary for championing the global fight against AIDS. It was personal for Dude, who along with fellow Rotarians Walter Singer and Greg Betts, shared their experiences with AIDS in the award-winning film “The Los Altos Story”. The 30-minute video was produced by the Rotary AIDS Project, translated into seven languages and distributed worldwide to encourage other Rotari-ans to initiate AIDS awareness projects. The film received the coveted Peabody Award for its message of compassion and understanding and has been viewed by millions of people through-out the world. Now, two decades after the Rotary AIDS Project was formed, members of the Rotary Club of Los Altos are still working to promote AIDS educa-tion and awareness through a variety of pro-grams. The group, renamed the Los Altos Ro-tary AIDS Project (LARAP), continues to offer ways for Rotarians to address the global chal-lenge of AIDS. In addition to distributing “The Los Altos Story”, LARAP completed a successful HIV/AIDS Edu-cation Book Distribution program and recently started a new project called Child AIDS Preven-tion (CAP) to eliminate pediatric AIDS in Africa. In conjunction with other clubs in District 5170, LARAP is spearheading a Global Grant Humani-tarian Application to raise funds for education and training, HIV testing, counseling and life saving drugs to prevent the mother-to child-transmission of AIDS. For more information please visit www.rotaryaidsproject.org.

Invitation from the Rotary Club of Santa Clara: Join Us! Wine Dinner & Scotch Tasting Polio Bene-fit for the Rotary Club of Santa Clara $60 a person Learn a little about fine single malt scotches and sample some of the world's best spirits. Hosted by Jan Eric Nordmo and Gary Citti Raffle and Prizes Limited space! L a s t year 's e v e n t w a s s o l d o u t early.

Invitation from the Rotaqry Club of San Jose Willow Glen: 5th Annual HOLIDAY ART SHOW! This is news-worthy to all Rotarians in our district because I am including two Fine Art Paintings in the show that will be sold at Silent Auction and 50% of the pur-chase price will be donated to Rotary. If the buyer happens to be a Rotarian they can pick the club that will receive the donation. If the buyer is not a Rotarian then half of the purchase price will go to the Willow Glen Rotary Club. Contact Ed von Nordeck (408) 267-0780 [email protected]


We Celebrate Veterans Many clubs held special veterans day programs in honor of Veterans Day this month. One of our Ro-tarians was recognized in a special way this year. San Jose's 92nd annual Veterans Day parade was held in downtown San Jose and this year's grand marshal was Past District Governor and former Milpitas Mayor Denny Weisgerber. He was a staff sergeant with the U.S. Marine Corps and served in Korea, where he received the Purple Heart and the Navy Cross. You can listen to him tell his story, "No Ma-rine Left Behind," at Digital Clubhouse Network's "Stories of Service" site (www.digiclub.org/sofs). Originally from Idaho, Weisgerber moved with his wife, Marianne, to Califor-nia in 1957. There he had a key role to help keep Milpitas from merging with San Jose in the early 1960s. People certainly took notice of him after that. He spent 12 years on the Milpitas City Council in the 1960s and early '70s, including a couple of stints as mayor. Here his story by copying this link: http://www.digiclub.org/sofs/index.php?


A Day on the Bay

Saturday, October the 16th 13 Exchange students from Brazil, Venezuela, Ecuador, Germany, Bel-gium, Switzerland, Chile, France and Spain came to sail on the San Francisco Bay with Rotary. On Friday after school Mike Cloutier invited all of us for a sleepover party in his house. We ate three huge pizzas, played Wii Rock Band and had a lot of fun. After a few hours of sleep and a nice breakfast with cereals, bagels and even doughnuts :) , other Ro-tarians arrived. Everyone packed their lunch bag with sandwiches, cookies, fruits and water for a picnic near the water later. Then Mike divided us into six groups. Every two or three exchange stu-dents were paired together with three or four Ro-tarians on a sailing boot. Around 12 o'clock we arrived at Angel Island. While cautiously avoiding birds poop we searched and finally found a lunch table. We all gathered together on one long table and ate our lunch. After a short visit in the Island Tourist Museum for some history lessons, we went back to the boats. This time we sailed along the Golden Gate Bridge which was - hard to believe- not in the fog and thus good to see :) Around three o'clock we arrived at Mike's house again and while waiting for our host parents we played Rock Band on his Wii, once again. I asked others in the group for their impression of the day. Phillip De Fries from Germany was excited about the trip, " It was a very nice meeting. First the sleepovers are every time just fantastic. But the sailing trip was just amazing. The fresh air, the sound and the liberty you have when you sail! It is just amazing and it is so much FUN." Tammo Maertens said, "Sailing was so much fun!!! The weather was great and I fell like a real sailor now!! According to Marianne from Venezuela, "it was awesome to go on a sailing trip but the most won-derful thing was to seeing everybody again. It's not about the trips it's about the lovely people that goes in them." I think everybody would agree that we had a won-derful time. I know I did! Katharina Schröder


Middle School Interact!

Rotarian Jill Hitchman has been working to start an Interact Club at the Scotts Valley Middle School since last school year. Her son, Will, a student at Scotts Valley Middle School, is very motivated to give back to the community with service and is as-sisting Jill. Through a lot of hard work and cam-paigning, 64 students have signed up for the new Interact Club. Their first meeting is on November 10th. It is anticipated that Will Hitchman will be the first President. Georganna Drayton Hildebrand

Area 4 Assistant Governor Update by Jacquie Wil-liams Courtright Interactors in District 5170’s Area 4 belong to Area 3 and have named themselves the Electric Zebras and wear electric blue tee shirts with zebra stripes.....Livermore Valley held a golf tournament benefiting “Every 15 Minutes”....Livermore hosted a senior dinner benef i t ing chi ldren at risk.....Pleasanton sent care packages to veter-ans.....Pleasanton North hosted their annual Starry Night raising $150k for 300 wheelchairs.....Tri Val-ley has branded themselves the Night Owls—-Whoo want to make a difference.....Dublin recently held a lobster “feed” to raise money for their dic-tionary project.

Ron Hyde spoke at the November Cabinet Meeting about Area 4’s involvement in the East Bay Stand Down. The 6 Area 4 clubs served 819 meals Sat-urday eve. Military units assembled a well equipped camp in anticipation to the 405 homeless veterans—both men and women--- coming from nearly all seven counties of the San Francisco Bay Area. Over 2,300 volunteers, both civilian and mili-tary, came in 24-hour shifts to support the opera-tion, doing everything from medical/dental and le-

Stand down cont.... and art therapy. The team of Camp Cooks, serv-ers, and other support staff worked together to serve 8,263 meals at this event - a new record. The food ranged from barbequed beef brisket to salmon to a full-service breakfast every day. Stand Downs were named in Vietnam for the rela-tively safe times following battle when combat troops could get a shave, shower, clean clothing and other comforts. The term was used again twelve years ago by the Vietnam Veterans of San Diego to describe a way to help displaced vets. Since that time, there have been hundreds of Stand Downs held throughout the country. The first East Bay Stand Down was held in 1999. The East Bay Stand Down is the only four-day Stand Down in the United States, and offers the most comprehensive array of services and largest number of supportive volunteers to be found a n y w h e r e . Stand Downs have proven to work to help break the cycle of homelessness. Our participants earned this help by virtue of their heroic service to our country in a time of need. They have proven they can complete tough assignments under diffi-cult conditions. East Bay Stand Down is here for our valiant veterans today, to help them remember and reconnect with that time of service and redis-cover the strengths within them to make a lasting difference in their lives.


Interact Selects Interna-tional Project: ShelterBox Interact District 5170 set a goal for its member-ship to raise more than $50,000 this school year. While it might seem a tall task they have raised more than $290,000 in the past four y e a r s f o r c h a r i t i e s w o r l d w i d e . “This year we decided to choose ShelterBox for many reasons. As a district, we haven’t partici-pated in a “disaster relief” oriented project in the eight years which we have had an interna-tional project,” said Estevan Santiago, co-chair for the international committee of the district. “This is a phenomenal project as it touches so many people. It really lets them know that there are people around the world who care for them and will not let them suffer without aid.“ District 5170 is one of the largest membership districts in the world. In the past four years they have raised funds for international projects including $75,000 for End Polio Now and $80,000 for Hydraid. “We are so grateful to partner with the amazing Interactors of District 5170,” said Veronica Brandon Miller, executive director for Shelter-Box USA. “Their level of passion is such an inspiration. They know each $100 raised is clean water and shelter for one individual dis-placed by a disaster.” For the entire year, the clubs throughout the district fundraise and raise awareness for their selected charity. Clubs hold events such as charity dinners, movie nights, talent shows, car washes, coin wars, as well as many other unique and creative fundraisers. The Interac-tors even entice their sponsoring Rotary clubs to lend a hand. “This is a yearlong pledge from all of the Inter-actors in District 5170 and from District Council to work our hardest to raise funds and aware-ness for ShelterBox so that we can impact those who suffer from natural disasters around the world,” said Santiago. “We believe we can help 'change the world one box at a time', and we are extremely committed to ShelterBox!”

Interact Fall Leadership Conference (1700 attendees). Pictured here is Keith Hender-son (Santa Cruz Sunrise Rotary) one of the local ShelterBox representatives.

Dave reported that he had a normal year, an uneventful year yet filled with happiness. Cliff Dochterman was the Interna-tional President. It was the year of the red coats and the theme was Real Happiness is Helping Others. Stan Allen, developer of the We Care program be-came its chair; Ivan Cornelius was the Youth Services Chair (now New Generations). Dave

had one on one visits with each of the Past District Governors. He vowed to do things differently by maintaining better controls with the Treasurer. Foun-dation Chair Roy King came close to achieving the $.5M foundation goal. Clubs were added bringing the total to 58. Community Service Chair, Chuck Hickins took on the task of recording all club commu-nity service projects and determined that $2M was given back to the communities in time and treasure. The Sisters Families program was started. The GSE team went to District 2100 in Italy and Judge Bob Yonce was the team leader. Dwight Perry took the helm for the District Conference which was held at the Santa Cruz beach and boardwalk. The theme was By the Sea in 93.

History of District 5170 Ac-cording to

PDG Dave Heagerty

District Calendar 2010 – 2011

December The Family of Rotary 01 District Cabinet Meeting (Foundation Drawing) January 2010 Club Service 02 Ho Down with the Trail Boss (Meet R.I. President, Ray Klinginsmith at the Saddle Rack) 05 District Cabinet Meeting 08 Mid Year Presidents Meeting 17-23 Rotary International Assembly, San Diego, Ca. Training for DGE 27-29 Uniendo America Project Fair – Panama 29 Pre-PETS 31 DDF Grant Application Deadline February Community Service 02 District Cabinet Meeting 05-06 Interact President’s Retreat 28 Matching Grants Application Deadline March Vocational Service 02 District Cabinet Meeting 04-06 Far West PETS 12 STRS Training April District Assembly 06 District Cabinet Meeting 09 District Assembly 27 AG Leadership Meeting 30 Rotarians at Work Day May District Celebration – International Convention

No Cabinet Meeting: See You at the Celebration 04 District Tennis Tournament 05 District Golf Tournament

06-08 District Celebration 15 Interact Spring Send Off 21-25 International Convention – New Orleans, La. June Thank You for a Great Year! 01 District Cabinet Meeting xx-xx RYLA (RYLA BBQ on 06/xx) July A New Rotary Year 06 District Cabinet Meeting 14 Roast and Toast


TRAINING TALK Rotary International provides training opportuni-ties for all Rotarians. The Rotary E-Learning Center is your online resource for the independ-ent study of Rotary, particularly for new mem-bers and club officers. Learn about training seminars , Member Access help , and the E-Learning Center . One of the sections of RI Training website is: Your Voice, Your Solution Best Practices Each month on the RI Web site, Rotarians share their ideas and strategies for addressing challenges. Some of the best practices (written by Rotarians) that are currently on the website are: Lack of participation in service projects Increasing contributions to PolioPlus Club administration New treasurer is inexperienced To reach the Training page on the RI website go to:

www.rotary.org Click on Members Click on Training

Please submit your articles and pictures to Angie Hassler by the last day of the month for con-sideration for inclusion in the next month’s newsletter. 250 words is a perfect length. Submit to: [email protected]

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