The Rotary Club of
New York
Fellow Rotarians,
The next
meeting is scheduled to be our yearly Holiday Party. Unfortunately this party
is at risk of being cancelled if there is a Subway strike in New York City next
week. Please check our website at www.NYRotary.org for the latest updates about
our next meeting. You
can read more about the Holiday Party in the latest
Bulletin on our website at www.nyrotary.org/Bulletin/bulletin_12-17-2002.pdf.
Talking about the Subway strike, one of the main players is the
Chief Legal Officer of New York City Michael Cardozo. He spoke at our Rotary club
this year on August 6th. You
can read about Michael Cardozo in our August 6th Bulletin, which is
available on our website at www.nyrotary.org/Bulletin/BULLETIN080602.pdf.
Maybe, we can invite the other main player in the Subway strike,
Mayor Michael Bloomberg to speak at our legendary club. Knowing that Mayor
Bloomberg prefers to take the Subway to work, we could tell him that our
meetings are not far from the Grand Central Station, which is an easy ride up
from Town Hall. In the event that the strike is still going on and Mayor
Bloomberg rides his bicycle to work, I believe that the Princeton Club staff
will be able to store his bicycle safely during our meeting.
The author Warren Adler, who spoke at our last meeting, is a person that by anybody's standard is considered immensely lucky and successful. His novels are translated into more than two-dozen languages and two novels have become major motion pictures starring Michael Douglas and Harrison Ford. Despite all this successes, Warren Adler spoke about the many frustrations he had to go through in order to accomplish what he has achieved. After the meeting, I said to Mr. Adler that it sounded like he lost 9 battles for every battle that he won?" He told me, "That is the story of my life." Warren Adler’s life is a great story about perseverance. You can read about our last meeting it in the Reporter of the Week in the Bulletin, which is written by Dave Gibbs. Dave has done a very good job reporting about our last meeting.
The Bulletin welcomes our new member Vincenzo Marra. It is a
fascinating success story that started with Vincenzo’s immigration from Italy
in 1973 to start out driving a truck. He has since become an international businessman
and leading Philanthropist.
The Bulletin reminds us again about the Sisters at Fraternite
Notre Dame requests for a gift to the under-privileged children for our
Holliday Party on December 17th.
The Bulletin also displays the Nominating Slate for the Board of
Directors and Officers 2003-2004.
Last week, I told you about the District 7230 Group Study Exchange
Committee. We met last Wednesday and PDG Mark Doyle from our Partner District
9250 joined us. From our club were Greg Lynch and myself. We also had District
Governor Bob Benson, PDG Chuck Katze, Past GSE Chairman Edgar Cornell, Jim
Romeo, Matt Carlone, Paul Rothstein and Don Lee at the meeting. We had a lot of
fun and we made important decisions. The deadline for team leader and team member
applications is February 28th, 2003. You can download the
application forms from our new GSE website at www.NYRotary.org/GSE7230.
This website has a list of the committee members including their e-mail links.
There is also a preliminary calendar for the District 9250 Team Members visit
to our district. The website will be continuously updated, so please visit it
every week.
You can find out more about District 9250 and their Team Members
on the GSE website at www.nyrotary.org/GSE7230/district_9250/district_9250.html.
District 9250 is a jewel of Africa. It covers no less than four interesting
countries. These are South Africa, Mozambique, Botswana and the Kingdom of
Swaziland. The king of Swaziland has no less than 10 wives and I have been told
that our GSE team will meet both the King and his wives. Our GSE Team will also
be taken on a beautiful Safari in Botswana. These are lifetime experiences that
would normally cost thousands of dollars per person, but they don’t cost
anything for our GSE members.
The GSE
Team Members from District 9250 are enthusiastic about coming to our district.
I received the following message from their Team Leader George
Kalell:
Dear Matts
Greetings to you. I receive your bulletin via
email and the one I read this morning was of special interest to me. I am the
team leader for the GSE team from D9250 to D7230.
I see that you have roped Ivan in on your GSE
team selections committee. It is good to see that you are making the man work
and please send him my regards.
Our team has been selected and we have had our
first team building weekend. I have included a couple of photos from our
team-building weekend for you to look at.
It is with great pride that I introduce you to
"The Pride of Africa"
Neels
Botha (37) Police Inspector (Forensics Expert)
Johan Erasmus (30) Clinical Psychologists
Andrew Stead (37)
Headmaster
Prep School (Private Education)
Johan Stronkhorst (39) Principal High School (Public
education)
Dia Van Staden (38) Public Relations officer
George Kalell
(36) Maize
Milling and Entertainment (cinemas) (AG and Team Leader)
Our next team building will take place on the
10th of Jan 2003 and after that weekend I will be sending through the team CV's
and wish list.
The whole team is very excited about the
exchange and look forward to meeting the Rotarians of D7230
Yours in Rotary
George Kalell
I have recently
received the following messages from Rotarians around the world, expressing
their enthusiasm for our legendary Rotary Club of New York:
Matts, thanks for your marvelous
bulletin. I am honored to be included.
I shall put you on our distribution list as well. Alas, with the chairing
the Landmine Dinner upcoming on Tuesday and leaving for South Africa one week
later and then coming back to begin my radiation, I am not sure what the short
term bulletin status will be.
BTW, would you be a lamb and let Ivan and any other appropriate people know
that Dave, Rachel and I will be flying to Johannesburg on the 18th? I
have been e-mailing Doug Thistlewhite to no response. I so very much
would like to meet the cast of characters involved in receiving the computers
that our Club is sending over and do a make up if possible. But I need to
set everything up before we leave as time will be so short that wasting any
chasing around is not an option.
And, of course, count us in to host two or more South Africans. Please.
Hugs,
Helen Bowers
Dear Matts,
Thank you very much for your email and your
Club Bulletin. I visited your attractive websites www.NYRotary.org
and www.rotaryhistory.org
and some of the interesting links. I found your sites beautifully designed,
well organized, and informative. I also visited the link http://12.162.161.64/cart/ProductDetail.asp?PR_ProductID=329
and listen to the Rotary Radio Tuesday July 9, 2002 the interviews of you,
Helen Reisler and Jim Thompson from the New York Rotary Club. I am most
impressed of your Club’s accomplishments especially of the work Helen Reisler
and your members have done for the 9/11 disaster fund. Congratulations
indeed!
Reading your Bulletin and visiting your
website brought back lots of fond memories that I visited your Club often when
I was working in NY -- especially during 1988 to 1990 when I was serving as the
president of Chinatown Rotary. I do look forward to visit your Club again
in the future. If you ever come to visit Rotary Clubs in Westchester
area, please let me know I can meet you there. Elmsford Rotary meets every Thursday
12:15 at Tony’s La Statione, 15 Saw Mill River Road.
Thanks again,
Frances Chu
Dear Matt,
What a delight reading your newsletter. Your meetings sound absolutely
fabulous!
I'm so interested in the different 'personalities' of Rotary clubs. To
contrast your organization with a small club I visited one summer in Tillamook,
Oregon, or our rather rowdy group that meets, in suburban Columbus OH, every
Friday morning. The personality pallet of these organization ranges from
boisterous, to sleepy to vivacious, to bubbly, to stoic yet - each club and
each individual in the clubs are involved with so many great things.
How marvelous that we, and people all over the world have common ground called
Rotary and a desired to make this world a better place through service above
self!
Thanks for including me on your distribution - a joyful holiday and a healthy
and prosperous New Year.
Ann Ralston
President Elect
Dublin AM
Dear Matts,
You have become an outstanding Rotarian. The
work you do on the website is an example for other clubs. I’m glad to see a
proactive New York City Rotary Club that is coming into the 21st
Century and doing great work.
Your amigo in Mexico City,
Frank Devlyn
RI President 2000-2001
Thank you for
your kind words. The power of the Internet has created a worldwide New York
Rotary experience.
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/rsvp_12-17-2002.pdf. Our
fax number is 212-633-1954. Princeton Club’s culinary staff will serve us
Sirloin Steak.
Rotary is a great force for peace!
Internet
Communication Officer
The
Rotary Club of New York
Chairman
District
7230
Group
Study Exchange Committee
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.
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