The Rotary
Club of
www.NYRotary.org www.NewYorkCityRotary.org
May 10, 2004
Fellow Rotarians,
Our next meeting on May 11h
will be Membership Day and the Final Day for our very successful Paul Harris
Campaign. You can read more about Membership
Day in
the latest Bulletin on our website at www.nyrotary.org/bulletin2004/bulletin_05-11-2004.pdf (click on the link).
This week’s Reporter of
the Week is written by Dentist and
Last week, I published a
debate message from Past District Governor Glen Nygren about District Policy
regarding fundraising. After Glen’s message, I received the following debate
message from Rotary Club of New York President Greg Lynch:
Dear Matts,
I refer to your
capsulization of two views within our District 7230 regarding both giving and
District support of projects. This is an important matter for the
District leaders, for Rotary Clubs and for all 1800 Rotarians in our
District. Giving is always a challenge and there are many good
causes. I was interested in the words of PDG Glenn Nygren. Glen is
a wise and seasoned Rotarian from whom I have often sought advice. On
this occasion, I was not clear on the connection between the thoughts he shared
in the NEWSLETTER and the underlying viewpoints, as presented.
May I also share a few
thoughts:
1) The goal of $100
per Rotarian has been established by RI President Elect Glen as part of the
broader theme of Rotary's 100th Anniversary. It is a universal goal for
Rotary members in the 31,000 + Rotary Clubs worldwide. In some areas $100
may be serious money. In our District, we might hope for substantially
greater contributions.
2) Granted, if every
Rotary member in District 7230 gave $100 we could count on $180,000. That would
be a good beginning, but would it suffice for the needs and services we
Rotarians currently provide? Would it be enough for the needs and
services we dream of fulfilling?
3) I have just come
back from the District 7230 Conference. It is clear to me that there are many
projects the District seeks to support: youth exchange, international
scholarships, the new peace scholars, group study exchange, rotary youth
leadership, Rotaract, Interact, Gift of Life, the New Neo-Natal Tetanus
project. The list goes on and on. I am sure I have forgotten to list favorite
projects of one or another Club within the District. Yes, some would like to
focus on a limited number of projects (just one project seems inconsistent with
the above list). Others like the idea of options. Many Rotarians believe in
unrestricted giving - support without strings - so that Rotary International
with its Districts can continue a remarkable history of service and support;
and
4) It would be great
to hear from Governor Sully and Governor Elect Don, as well as from other
Rotarians from District 7230, on this important topic.
Matts, Thanks for
opening what could be an interesting dialogue.
Best regards,
Greg Lynch
President
The Rotary Club of
Thank you Greg, for your
message. I look forward to messages from other Rotarians in our Rotary
District. Everybody has the right to express their points of view. It is good
to have an open debate about issues that Rotarians feel strongly about. That’s
the good old American way.
If you reserve space on the
President’s Dinner Cruise on Wednesday, May 12 at 6 PM, you will also have an
opportunity to continue the discussion about fundraising issues with President
Greg. The departure is from the
The Rotary Club of
Larry Parks has sent me a new list of upcoming speakers and
events. You can see it on our website at www.nyrotary.org/Events/events.html. Larry is the Executive Director of FAME, which stands for Foundation
for the Advancement of Monetary Education at Box 625, FDR Station, New York, NY
10150-0625. You can also reach Larry by e-mail at Lparks@FAME.org
or his website at www.FAME.org.
South African General
Counsel Ivan Vosloo is a member of our Rotary Club while he is stationed here
in
From: Josh Ramsey
Sent: Wednesday, April 28,
2004 8:05 PM
Subject: home again!!
Hello there massive
amounts of eager people waiting with baited breath to receive an email from me,
your correspondent over the ocean!!
I know most of you are
thinking, "hey, its been a heck of a long time since I got an email from
that great kid who is living in
I guess one could
compare the tour to a cooking recipe, and if one did, they might end up with a
recipe similar to this:
- Take 77 teenagers, from all over the world
- Squeeze them into 2 buses, (and squeeze we did)
- Put them on the road for 2 weeks,
- Add a desire in each of them to be more wild
than any other
- Drop carefully a touch of insanity into the
mixing bowl
- And watch with careful eyes the incredible story
which unfolds!!
So that’s how it
happened, before the tour started, I knew two people, two fellow south
Africans, and by the time the tour had ended (amongst many buckets of tears) I had
made a bunch of friends I now dearly miss, and will now spend a portion of my
life traveling to, all over the world. I guess that is what happens when you
spend 24 hours at a time traveling on a bus, (and if you know me, i DONT
sleep) so i had a LOT of time to talk to all my new found friends!
Okay that’s what we
did in between the amazing stops. Now let me paint you a picture, in your minds
eye,
We traveled the
equivalent of
From this point the
tour kind of went into a blur for me, a mixture of stops in great historical
places, and beautiful ruins, as well as the old red mountain where the native
Indians lived, as well as some great hotels set in picturesque settings, and
not to mentions the great "boliches" or clubs!! Very fun, to say the
least. And all the time my friendships within the group grew stronger. But one
thing that jolted me out of my happy-go-lucky cruise mode was the awesome
catarata, or
The Iguaçu falls, are
a massive collection of waterfalls second to none, being a world heritage
sight, i was expecting a lot from them, but nothing could have prepared me for
what i saw when i arrived!! I doubt is many of you have seen photos of these
falls, so by comparison, imagine what the
This tour was
definitely a huge eye opener for me, and not only that but i know have contacts
in all over the world, so traveling is going to be a compulsory option from not
on. The privilege of being able to connect with so many different and unique
people from all over the world is not one which i take lightly. I have to ask
myself for instance, who has been taught about the middle-east crises, from a
boy who lives there, and whose grandfather saw first hand what caused all the
problems that they face today, an awesome privilege! I know truly realize the
value of Rotary, it’s not about where you go, or what you see, but rather who
you meet and what you learn. This world is full of different people and
different cultures, beliefs, traditions, and now i think that you have only
truly "traveled", when you grow your understanding of these
differences, because if you have not learnt to understand different people,
what have your travels truly taught you? Nothing.
So tour is over, but
the friendships i made are definitely not. I will find the people I met and we
will have awesome adventures. But for now the biggest obstacle in my life is
figuring out how to ask for the remote control, in Spanish, and for this I am
very grateful.
Keep safe and God
bless you.
Love
Josh
Ivan sent me the message
from Josh, because he wanted to show the great benefits of the Rotary Youth
Exchange Program. Thank you Ivan for the message! Also thank you for the great
South African wines that you treated me and Voy Sobon to in your apartment
after the
Don't forget to reserve your table for our next meeting. You can
reserve via e-mail to our office at ny.rotary@verizon.net, or call Andreas or
Ana at 212-633-1311. You can also fax in the RSVP form, which you can download
at www.nyrotary.org/bulletin2004/rsvp_05-11-2004.pdf. Our fax number is
212-633-1954. At our next meeting, the culinary staff at the
I recommend that you visit our
Rotary is about having
fun
and do good
things!
Matts Ingemanson
Chairman
Internet Communications
Division
The Rotary Club of
Acting Chairman
Rotary's Global History
Fellowship
www.RotaryHistoryFellowship.org
The power of the
Internet puts the brains of millions of people together. It also puts 1.2
million Rotarians together. It does not matter where we are and when we are
available. The Internet makes it possible for Rotarians around the world to
instantly participate.
This newsletter has also been posted on our website at www.NYRotary.org
or www.NewYorkCityRotary.org.
I want to thank our Executive Director
Andreas Runggatscher and his Executive Assistant Ana Rivas for working so hard
every week creating and mailing the Weekly Bulletin. In addition to mailing it
out to our members, they also send me the electronic Bulletin so I can upload
it on our website. They have also been working hard with the administration of
the World Trade Center
In order to read the PDF
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You can find the
following interesting websites at:
1.
2.
Rotary’s Global History Fellowship
at www.RotaryHistoryFellowship.org
3.
Rotary District 7230 at www.rotarydistrict7230.org
4.
District
7230 Group Study Exchange Project at www.NewYorkCityRotary.org/GSE7230/
5.
Rotary Youth Leadership
Awards at www.rotaryryla.com
6.
Rotary Radio every
Tuesday
7.
Matts
Ingemanson, Helen Reisler and Jim Thompson from the
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