The Rotary
Club of New York
www.NYRotary.org www.NewYorkCityRotary.org
January 19, 2004
Fellow Rotarians,
The speaker at our next meeting will be Dr. Kenneth Allard, who is the author of the book Business
as War. He is a former U.S.
Army colonel and recognized expert on strategy, military affairs, and global
security issues. He is a frequent commentator on NBC, MSNBC, CNBC, and
"Imus in the Morning." He was also Dean of the National
War College
and an instructor on the faculty at West Point.
You can read
more about Dr. Allard in the latest Bulletin
on the Internet at http://ussterilizer.com/bulletin_01-%2020-2004.pdf
(click on
the link).
Last week, District Governor David “Sully” Sullivan sent the
following message to President Greg to announce that our Past President Helen
Reisler has been nominated as District Governor for 2005-2006:
President Greg,
Allow me to
congratulate the Rotary Club of New
York in that the Nominations Committee has
recommended that Past President Helen Reisler serve as District Governor for
the period 2005-2006. In addition you will be aware that this year's Leadership
Team made recommendations early on to the Clubs for consideration of creating
the position of District Governor Designate. It was met with overwhelming support
and I am additionally pleased to inform you that Mr. Charles Gruetzner of Peekskill Rotary Club has
been recommended to serve as District Governor for the year 2006-2007. Lastly,
you should know that a former member of the Rotary Club of NY and indeed the
last District Governor from NYRC, PDG Louis P. Mahler, Jr. has been nominated
by the Committee to serve as District Treasurer 2004-2006. Greg, I am
particularly pleased to see in the recommendation of Helen as District Governor
Nominee the appropriate culmination of the inclusion and closure of what has been
described to me as an "interesting period of NYRC and the District." I
know that you in particular have worked very hard in this area and your Club
should be very proud of one of its own poised to lead the District to new
heights. Once again my congratulations to all in NYRC and I look forward to welcoming
you all to District Conference in Bermuda this
April.
Lend a Hand
David “Sully” Sullivan
District 7230 Governor
The announcement was received with great enthusiasm at our latest
Rotary Club meeting. Bonnie Mairs wrote the
following in the Bulletin:
President Greg
announced that Past President Helen Reisler will be District 7230 Governor in
2005-2006 and members congratulated with a toast. She believes that the
election was won by the Club, not just by her. “We have to lead the way in our
district.” she told us.
Congratulations Helen!
Not only are you the first woman president in our legendary Rotary Club’s
history. You will now also become the first woman District Governor from our
Rotary Club.
President Greg has been
very productive and contributed two stories for the Presidential Page on our
website. The first story is called “Beginnings” and describes the latest
achievements of our Rotary Club. You can read it on our website at http://www.nyrotary.org/president_greg/beginnings.htm.
The second story is called “Taking A Drive,” where Greg tells about his drive to
the south during the holidays and how he experienced Rotary fellowship during
the trip. You can read it on our website at http://www.nyrotary.org/president_greg/taking_a_drive.htm.
Thank you Greg, for your contributions!
The Bulletin announces
that members, who are interested in placing ads for their company in our next Roster,
can contact our office as soon as possible to reserve space. The cost for a quarter page is $50, a half
page is $100 and a full page is$200.
The Bulletin informs us
about news from Rotary International that India’s
President launches Immunization event Across India, where tens of millions of
children received the oral polio vaccine. Twenty-nine Rotarians from Milan, Italy,
joined their Indian counterparts in delivering the vaccine to health clinics
and immunization centers, as well as administering drops of the vaccine to
children. You can read more about it in the latest Bulletin.
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 http://ussterilizer.com/rsvp_01-20-2004.pdf. Our fax number is
212-633-1954. At our next meeting, the culinary staff at the Princeton
Club will serve us a Buffet Lunch.
Next week on January 27th,
we will have Sweden
Day. It will be a unique event hosted in Scandinavia
House on 58 Park Avenue
(near 38th Street).
Sweden Day will be catered by the famous Aquavit Restaurant, which is rated by the
Zagat Survey as extraordinary to perfection for its food and very good to
excellent for its service. The meal includes beer, wine and Absolut vodka from Sweden. My
mother, by the way, was born in Sweden
five minutes from where they make Absolut. At the event, we will teach you how
to sing a popular Swedish drinking song. Sweden
Day is sponsored by New York
Rotarian Erik Enroth’s organization “Invest in Sweden Agency” with additional contributions
of vodka from the manufacturers of Absolut. Erik will be the main speaker and I
will participate as the Master of Ceremony. I look forward to a fun event. Seating
is limited to a maximum of 100 persons, so Sweden Day can be fully booked very
soon. I recommend that you make a reservation as soon as possible.
I recommend that you visit our
New York
Rotary website every week at www.NYRotary.org or www.NewYorkCityRotary.org.
Rotary is about
having fun
and do good
things!
Skål (Swedish for toast)!
Matts Ingemanson
Chairman
Internet Communications
Division
The Rotary Club of New
York
www.NYRotary.org
www.NewYorkCityRotary.org
Chairman
Group Study Exchange
Rotary District 7230
www.nyrotary.org/GSE7230
Senior Vice President,
"History Ambassador"
& Depts. General
Manager
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
- Disaster Relief Fund.
In order to read the PDF
file of the Bulletin-on-the-Web, you need Acrobat Reader Version 5.0 or later.
If you don't have Acrobat Reader, you can download Acrobat Reader 6.0 for free
from the web at:
You can find the
following interesting websites at:
1.
New York Rotary Club at www.NYRotary.org and www.NewYorkCityRotary.org/.
2. Rotary’s Global History Fellowship at www.RotaryHistoryFellowship.org
3.
Rotary District 7230 at www.rotarydistrict7230.org
- District 7230 Group Study
Exchange Project at www.NewYorkCityRotary.org/GSE7230/
5. Rotary Youth Leadership Awards at www.rotaryryla.com
- Rotary Radio every Tuesday 5-6
PM EST or 2-3 PM PST at http://12.162.161.64/cart/ProductList.asp?SearchFor=Rotary+Radio&x=36&y=6
- Matts
Ingemanson, Helen Reisler and Jim Thompson from the New York Rotary Club were interviewed
on Rotary Radio Tuesday July 9, 2002. http://12.162.161.64/cart/ProductDetail.asp?PR_ProductID=329
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