The Rotary
Club of
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March 14, 2004
Fellow Rotarians,
The speaker at our next
meeting on March 16th will be Mark Mix, who is President of the National Right to Work Legal
Defense Foundation. It is a 2.2 million-member public policy
organization, and the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation litigates
on behalf of employees whose rights have been violated by compulsory unionism.
The foundation is currently representing over 150,000 workers in 325 cases
across the country. Mark Mix is a sought after speaker on political technology
and lobbying tactics. He became active
in public policy and after graduation worked for several Right to Work groups
as an independent lobbyist prior to taking his current position as President of
the Nation Right to Work Committee. You can read more about Mark Mix in the latest Bulletin on our website at www.newyorkcityrotary.org/bulletin2004/bulletin_03-16-2004.pdf
(click on
the link).
This week’s Reporter of
the Week in the Bulletin is written by David Zeller, who has been a member of
our legendary Rotary Club since 2000. His classification is Computers –
Consulting. I was out-of-town last week on a business trip, so I especially enjoyed
reading David’s report about our last meeting.
The Bulletin informs us
about the next meeting of our International Service Division on Wednesday,
March 17, at the German Permanent Mission to the UN, top-floor restaurant on
First Avenue (between 48th and 49th Streets), from 8:30 to 9:45 a.m. Our guest
speaker will be Anne Kerr, Chief of Programming Coordination and Partnerships
Division of Sustainable Development of the UN Department of Economic and Social
Affairs. Her topic is “Stemming Poverty in the World’s 50 Poorest Nations.” You
can RSVP by sending an e-mail to Joseph Klee at j.u.klee@att.net,
or by sending a fax to our office fax (212) 633-1954. The cost of the breakfast
is $18, payable by credit card (via e-mail to ny.rotary@verizon.net) or cash at
the entrance. Since seats are limited, reservations are not refundable. You can
read more about the International Service Division meeting in the Bulletin or
on the
I received the following
message from one of our members Behrooz Behbudi, who lives in
Dear Friends,
I hope this note finds
you all happy and prospering this March 2004. I am writing to inform you of my
email address change to behbudi@shaw.ca. Please feel free to contact
me at 604.218.4036 or my assistant Marilyn at 604.782.9728. I look forward to
further communications with you all in the year ahead.
With best regards,
Dr. Behrooz Behbudi
By the way, Behrooz is a
very interesting person. You can read more about him our website at http://www.nyrotary.org/meet_our_members/behrooz_behbudi/index.html.
Last year, we had our
Group Study Exchange project with Rotary District 9250, which includes
I should like to
report briefly as follows on the implementation of MG 22865:
- Kungwini Early
Learning Centre, Pretoria : The project has been completed and a special
function will be held on 25 March to 'inaugurate' the upgraded Centre to be
known in future as The Kungwini Sunflower Early Learning Centre. Two
photographs attached:
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- There are two
projects still in the early stages of implementation
- Owing to the fact
that some of the schools did not need their full allocation, a ninth school has
been added for upgrading, namely The
Yours in Rotary
Chris Pretorius
Project Co-coordinator
District 9250
As you can see, the
District 9250 Rotarians are busy Lending a Hand to their fellow human beings. I
believe that compassion for others is what unites Rotarians around the world.
It does not make sense to be a Rotarian unless we have compassion.
Jack Selway, who is the Chairman and Founder of Rotary’s Global
History Fellowship was the speaker at the Rotary Club of
Dear
Matts,
Thank you for letting
me know about Jack Selway's serious medical condition. I understand that
he took a serious fall in
We, at
Please keep Jack and
Sherry Selway in your thoughts and prayers.
Best regards
Greg Lynch
President
The Rotary Club of
Thank you Greg for your message!
I called Jack to congratulate him on his amazing recovery as soon
as he returned from the hospital. He sounded tired, but was otherwise perfectly
normal. His main complaint was that he was still not cured from his sinus
infection. Well, I guess that doctors know how to perform brain surgery, but
they still don’t know how to cure the common cold. I suggested to Jack that he
allows himself a lot of rest. Knowing him, I am not sure that he will. Today, Jack was back in action sending out the following
message to Rotarians around the world:
Dear Fellow Rotarians
and Friends,
We ask that you “Lend
a Hand” to celebrate Rotary history by joining Rotary’s Global History
Fellowship. We are creating a resource which is free to anyone with access to
the internet. Currently our website contains several thousand articles on the
history of Rotary. There is a need for hundreds of Rotarians in nearly as many
positions to continue this work. http://www.joinrghf.org is where to visit to
join our effort.
Reaching all Rotarians
with the philosophy of Rotary is our mission. We have nearly a century of our
history of fellowship, tolerance and service which will be “beneficial to all
concerned” and which will certainly add to our centennial celebration.
Today, we offer a Paul Harris quote prepared by the chairman of the
centennial convention which we hope you’ll enjoy.
Yours for Rotary’s
History,
Jack Selway
Chairman and Founder
Rotary’s Global
History Fellowship (An Internet Project)
Neither snow nor rain
nor storms or even brain surgery will stop Jack from getting his message out to
Rotarians around the world.
In contrast to the happy
conclusion of Jack’s surgery, I recently received the following very sad
message from David Fish in
Dear Matts,
I think I got on to
your mailing list in September 2001 when I was World Community Service Chairman
for our district Members wanted to know how they could help in the horrific
aftermath of the events of 9/11.
You talked about 529
District Governors Elect attending
Any Rotary visitor
there or to any event in that sector of
Unhesitatingly, she
replied: "Yes, Youth Exchange!" Rotary, individuals and the local
community, not to mention their family, are suffering a huge loss.
Yours in Rotary
fellowship,
David Fish
R C of Bolsover
District 1220
30 Brockley Avenue
Shuttlewood
Chesterfield
Derbyshire
S44 6RB
T +44 (0) 1246 241230
F +44 0 870 705 8201
E mail@davidfish.f9.co.uk
Thank you David for your message. One thing that I have learned
about Rotary is that in addition to the many happy fellowship experiences it
brings, it also brings great sadness when we lose one of our Rotary Fellows.
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.newyorkcityrotary.org/bulletin2004/rsvp_03-16-2004.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 Lending a Hand!
Internet Communications
Division
The Rotary Club of
Senior Vice President
Rotary's Global History
Fellowship
www.RotaryHistoryFellowship.org
Chairman 2002-2004
Group Study Exchange
Rotary District 7230
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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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