The Rotary Club of
New York
Fellow Rotarians,
Our next
meeting on March 18th will be Ireland Day and the speaker is John P.
McCarthy, who is Professor of History and Director of the Institute of Irish
Studies at Fordham University. John McCarthy will talk about
“Contemporary Ireland.” You can read more about him in the latest Bulletin on
our website at www.nyrotary.org/Bulletin/bulletin_03-18-2003.pdf
(click
on the link).
Bonnie Mairs wrote a great Reporter of this Week in the Bulletin.
Bonnie has been a member since 1995. Her classification is International
Affairs. Bonnie is Executive Director of the International Branch of YMCA of
Greater New York.
Last Saturday, our Group Study Exchange Committee interviewed all
team leader and team member applicants for the District Group Study Exchange
Program. The quality of all applicants was so impressive that I don’t think
even the intake committees of Harvard, Yale or Princeton have experienced such
high average quality. We will announce our Group Study Exchange Team on
Wednesday March 19th and you will be able to
read the announcement at the Group Study Exchange website at www.nyrotary.org/GSE7230
on Wednesday. I can promise you that our GSE team will represent the best among
young professionals that our great District 7230 has to offer.
Our legendary Rotary Club will also be on TV
next week. The GIFT OF LIFE video that our Past President Helen Reisler has
produced will be shown on New York Cable TV Channel 57 on Saturday March 22nd
at 9:00 PM. It is fourteen minutes long.
Let me remind you about the next meeting of the International Service Division
of the Rotary Club of New York on Wednesday, March 19 at the German Permanent
Mission to the United Nations, at the top floor restaurant on First Avenue
(between 48th and 49th Streets), from 08:30 to 09:45 AM. This month's topic
will be: "The Issues of Iraq." Our guest speaker will be the Deputy
Permanent Representative of Germany to the United Nations Ambassador Hanns
Heinrich Schumaker. You can read about it on our website at www.nyrotary.org/int_service_div/int_service_div.html.
District Governor Bob Benson recently sent me a
message about the upcoming Rotary Council on Legislation:
Dear Rotarian,
It's time to gather
ideas from our Clubs for presentation to the Rotary Council on Legislation.
Please speak with your Club members to see if they have any ideas to propose to
add to, amend and/or change the Rotary Constitution and/or By-Laws. Such
matters as attendance, excused absences, types of and qualifications for
membership, dues, Rotary District governance and operations, formation of new
clubs, operation of the Rotary Foundation, etc.
Please contact Andy
Morzello at 914-592-8710 or by E-Mail at amorzello@hotmail.com with any ideas
your Club members may have. Andy will get the necessary forms to you, and help
you complete the forms. These forms must be submitted to and endorsed by the
District Conference on May 2, 2003 in order to be forwarded to The Council on
Legislation. Please send your ideas to Andy no later than March 30, 2003.
Here's your chance to have your Club heard on Rotary matters! Thanks,
Bob Benson
District Governor
President Elect of the
Rotaract Club at the United Nations Ozge Saritosun sent me the following message:
Dear
Matts,
Our Rotaract club
will have a wonderful guest speaker during our upcoming meeting
on March 20th. Gary
Cohen, who is the President of Becton, Dickinson & Company, had a very
active role in the fight against Tetanus, a cause that Rotary has actively
supported. He will give a 30-minute speech about it at our upcoming meeting:
Gary Cohen,
President of Becton, Dickinson (BD) & Company
Topic: The Role
of BD in the Fight Against Maternal & Neonatal Tetanus
Date & Time:
3/20/2003, 7:30 - 9:00PM - General Meeting (8:30-9:00PM Gary's Speech).
Place: NY Blood
Center, 310 E 67th St, between 1st & 2nd Avenue.
RSVP:
Optional. E-mail Ozge Saritosun osaritosun@yahoo.com
Cheers,
Ozge Saritosun
Thank you Ozge! By the
way, this week is Rotaract Week. I will try to attend the next Rotaract
meeting. Last time I was there a month ago, I had a great time.
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/Bulletin/rsvp_03-18-2003.pdf. Our
fax number is 212-633-1954. Princeton Club’s culinary staff will serve Corned
Beef & Cabbage old Irish style.
Our Executive Assistant Ana Rivas called me a few days ago and
asked me to introduce the visiting Rotarians at our next meeting. That is
always fun to do. I will see you on Tuesday at the registration desk. I also
want to put our Rotarian Pianist Dave Dingle on notice that it is time to hit
it again.
Rotary is about having fun
and do good things!
Internet
Communication Officer
The
Rotary Club of New York
District
7230 Chairman
Group
Study Exchange Committee
Vice
Chairman
The
History of Rotary Project
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.
The History of Rotary at
www.rotaryhistory.org/
3.
Rotary District 7230 at www.rotarydistrict7230.org
4.
District 7230 Group
Study Exchange Project at www.nyrotary.org/GSE7230/
5.
Rotary
Youth Leadership Awards at www.rotaryryla.com
6. 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
7. 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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