Rorary Rays October 7th, 2013
October 7th Rotary Minutes
50/50 draw – Stephen Sears 2 of spades drawn – Toownie donated back as happy buck
Don & Phylis celebrating 49th wedding anniversary
Bruce Burbank remaindered us that October is Child abuse & prevention month with a purple ribbon and wristband
Sick and visiting: Doug Eckle had hip surgery and is doing well
Cliff Zaluski – happy buck – his middle son married on the weekend
Bill McLeish: Fernlea IVIX – Non-profit book store in Delhi – proceeds go to help relieve poverty in Haiti
Gary Baumbach: International Festival of Authors – Oct 23rd 2013 $15.00 ticket
Legion Branch 55 partnered with Woodstock library – Memory project - Recording of memories from veterans as well as artifacts scanned for logging from WWII and Koreen war.
Melissa Pike: Lila update – Lila is in the 23% range for her weight and height & 85% range for her head size – lots of room to grow an intelligent brain.
Hazel Powell: Polio Plus challenge – Who is the first female vice president of Rotary International and where is she from? Each table was challenged to answer the question. Unfortunately not one table had the answer – Anne Matthews from South Caroline – Each table gave loose change to Polio Plus.
Roses update: Posters are being printed – volunteers required for packing and delivery.
Shoe Box: Clarification required for dates of auction
Youth: Applications due for next outbound student by October 2013
Maria update (student): Maria enjoyed babysitting and having the buses cancelled on Tuesday for a day off.
Robin Ferro introduced District Governor Mike with background on his Rotary career. Mike’s address to Rotary reiterated Theme ‘Service above self’ to encourage Rotary to change lives.
There are 1.2 Million Rotarians now, there were 1.2 mil Rotarians 5yrs ago and 1.2 mil Rotarians 10yrs ago. Rotarians have the need to feel a part of, be welcomed, get engaged and involved. The key to the theme is ‘get engaged’. As Global grants become available – join in don’t just provide money.
Governors and president elects were asked to give a personal donation to Rotary, this was the first time a personal ask had been used in this way. Get engaged!
District Governor Mike answered questions from the floor on the different kinds of grants Rotary is involved in and how matching grants work; there are 3 kinds of grants – District, where monies given through Rotary International that are not used come back to the district after 3 years and put in the global funds – Global, this is where monies given to projects have to be sustainable and work with Rotary clubs at both ends with a value of at least $30000.00 – Partner, major organisation must be a funding partner.
District Governor Mike also answered questions on how many cases of Polio there are in 2013? There were 180-200 cases last year and unfortunately due to reoccurrence from Niger into Somalia, Pakistan and Afghanistan this year the count is 300.
Dave Harris and Gary Baumbach gave elevator speeches.