The Rotary Club of
New York
Fellow Rotarians,
It is my sad duty to inform you that our Immediate Past President Helen Reisler’s husband Melvin Reisler has passed away. One of the things about Rotary is that we get to know so many nice people that it is extra sad when they pass away. Mel was such a person. In my relationship with Helen, I also met and got to know Mel. Last month, I specifically spoke to Mel and asked him for advice. It now feels empty that he is gone.
Helen
has informed us that visitation for Melvin Reisler is on Sunday October 27th
from 10.30AM to 12.30PM in the Riverside Memorial Chapel, 180 West 76th Street,
New York, Tel. 212-362-6600. Parking is across the street. Helen has requested
that any donations members wish to make should be made to the New York Rotary
Foundation, 322 Eight Avenue, Suite 1701, New York, NY 10001.
At our last
Fellowship Day meeting, I said that there are on an average 4,000 visitors per
month to our website, which is very good given that we only have 185 members.
That is an average of 21.6 visits per member per month. That is if every member
visits our website that many times per month (which is of course not the case).
Many Rotarians around the world visit our website regularly and in this way
participate in our legendary club’s fellowship. The power of the Internet puts Rotarians around the world
together. It does not matter where we are. We can still participate.
The speaker
at our next meeting on October 29th is James C. Goodale, who is recognized as one of the
leading First Amendment and communications lawyers in the United States. He
appears frequently on television as a commentator on media and communication
issues and has his own television program, Digital Age. You can read more
about James
Goodale in the latest Bulletin on our website at www.nyrotary.org/Bulletin/bulletin102902.pdf.
Barbara Burns has written a very good account of our last meeting in Reporter of the Week (in the Bulletin). Barbara has been a member since 1992 and is a Trustee in the New York Rotary Foundation. Her classification is Public Relations International and she is the President of Barbara Burns & Associates.
The Board of
Directors has approved Kemal Ilgar Peker and Vincenzo Marra as new members.
Congratulations to both of you and welcome to our legendary club. You can read
more about them in the Bulletin.
We have UN
Day on Saturday, November 9, from 9 a.m. to 4:30 pm at the United Nations. The
President and President-elect of Rotary International, Bhichai Rattakul, of
Thailand and Jonathan Majiyagbe of Nigeria, will also attend the meeting. There
will be many prominent speakers from the UN. You need to register no later than
November 4th by contacting
H. Bradley Jenkins via e-mail at bradjenkins@att.net. You can also download the
registration form from our website at www.nyrotary.org/Bulletin/un_day_reg_form.pdf.
After our
meeting at the UN, we are invited to entertain ourselves across the street at
our Rotaract Club’s 7th Anniversary Charter Celebration in the
elegant Sichuan Palace Chinese restaurant. Rotaract
President Stefan Jekel sent me the following information:
The Rotaract Club at The United Nations
Sponsored by the Rotary Club of New York Cordially invites you to our 7th
Anniversary Charter Celebration Saturday, November 9th, 2002 5:00 PM
at Sichuan Palace, 310 East 44th Street - between 1st and
2nd Avenues - Come join us as we celebrate another year of great
projects, friendship and working together to further the Rotary mission.
Rotaractors $35, Rotarians and Guests $45. Four course Chinese dinner and cash
bar. Please feel free to invite a guest. Please RSVP by November 2nd
to Stefan Jekel, President, E-mail: stefan.jekel@exebs.org, or Fax (212) 531-2066.
(click here for the information flyer)
President
Silvio invites us to a Piano Concert at Alice Tully Hall by Christiana Pegoraro
on November 10th. Sponsored by the Italian Arts & Culture Council and the
Consul General of Italy. Free tickets are available for Rotary members and
their guests at telephone number 212 749 6923.
We also have the Cocktail Reception on November
4th with Music at The Kitana Hotel at 66 Park Avenue with sing -
along conducted by David and Susan Dingle. I told you about David Dingle in my
last newsletter. You can find the flyer on our website at
www.nyrotary.org/Bulletin/kitano%20event%20flyer.pdf.
Don’t forget to reserve your table for our next meeting. You can
do so 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/Bulletin/rsvp102902.pdf
Our fax number is 212-633-1954. Princeton Club’s
culinary staff will serve us Beef Bourguignon during our next meeting. Bring a
good appetite with you!
Rotary is about having fun
and perform good deeds!
Internet
Communication Officer
The
Rotary Club of New York
Vice
Chairman
Rotary’s
Global History
This
newsletter has also been posted on our website at www.NYRotary.org.
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You can find the
following interesting websites at:
1.
New York
Rotary Club at www.NYRotary.org/.
2.
Rotary’s Global History
at www.rotaryhistory.org
3.
Rotary
Youth Leadership Awards at www.rotaryryla.com
4. 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
5. 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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