The Rotary Club of
New York
April 21,
2003
Fellow
Rotarians,
Our next
meeting on April 22nd is Firefighters Recognition Day with the
Commissioner of the Fire Department of New York Nicholas Scoppetta as the
speaker. You can read more about Commissioner Scoppetta in the latest Bulletin
on the Internet at http://ussterilizer.com/bulletin_04-22-2003_02.pdf
(click on
the link). Please be patient, it takes time for the Bulletin to download
because it has more pages than usual.
Our Firefighters
Recognition Day last year was a great success. You can read about it and see the
photos on our New York Rotary website at www.nyrotary.org/firefighters_recognition_day_2002/firefigthers.html.
ADT Security Systems is sponsoring our Fireman's
Recognition Day thanks to New York Rotarian Jim Thompson, who is Senior
Security Consultant at ADT. Jim’s classification is Security Services
Residential. You can hear an interview
with Jim on Rotary Radio on the Internet at http://12.162.161.64/cart/ProductDetail.asp?PR_ProductID=329.
Volker
Detering has written a detailed Reporter of the Week in the Bulletin, including
the report about the induction of 4 new members that day. You can read Volker’s
full report in our latest Bulletin. Volker’s classification is Event Marketing.
He is the Executive in EventMe!, with its website at www.eventme.com.
As Manager of Germany's Green Party in the district of
Gütersloh from 1995-99, Volker organized campaigns and special events.
Additionally, Volker ran for federal office in Germany in 1994 and 1998 and played a leading
role in founding subdivisions of the party and representing single-issue
interest groups. He is also the publisher of Event Me's by-product Start
Abroad, a website for newcomers to the U.S. Above all, Volker became
a member of our legendary Rotary Club in 2002.
The Bulletin
reminds us about the upcoming Rotary Jazz Cocktail Party at the Cornell Club on
April 28th from 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm. David Dingle and Silvio Amori are
organizing this event. There is a special page about the event in the latest
Bulletin.
The Bulletin
announces the birthdays of our Past President Ed Gray on April 22nd
(Ed introduced me to Group Study Exchange while he was President of our Rotary
Club 1999-2000), Rev. Roger Kozik from Fraternite Notre Dame on April 22nd
(we call him the Flying Bishop because of his interest in flying single engine
air planes) and Gian Carlo Treggi on April 30th (Gian Carlo has been
a member since 1987 and is a Past Director). Happy Birthday to all three of
you!!!
The Bulletin
also has a letter from District Governor Elect David Sullivan, who we call
Sully:
Dear President Silvio,
I have just finished reading your weekly newsletter
so ably published by Rotarian Matts. I note especially the reference to the
Rotary Club of New York's contribution to PolioPlus. Allow me to offer my
heartiest congratulations on a job well done. This contribution represents a
significant commitment per member and sets an impressive goal for the rest of
the District to try to match. Again please express my congratulations to all
the members of NYRC on this outstanding accomplishment.
LEND A HAND
SULLY
Thank you Sully for your kind words about our Rotary
Club and myself. I also want to thank our club, President Silvio and Executive
Director Andreas for their indispensable support in my work as Internet
Communications Officer. By the way, Sully is also a member of the Group Study
Exchange Committee and he will together with our other Committee Member in
Bermuda, Wane Dill be in charge of the GSE Team program when the team arrives
to Bermuda on May 5th.
Our first week with the District 9250 GSE Team
has been very successful thanks to Past District Governor Chuck Katze for
managing all our host families so well. It is a demanding job with many
possibilities for mishap, but under Chuck’s experienced leadership everything
has been great. Many thanks to our
other GSE Committee Member including District Governor Bob Benson and Jim Romeo
for their help with the Bronx Zoo visit, District Governor Nominee Don Lee
for his arrangement of the Korean dinner after the United Nations visit last
Thursday and GSE Team Leader Peter Grunthal for arranging a successful meeting
between the visiting District 9250 Team and our outgoing District 7230 Team.
They got along great. We also had indispensable help from our hosts Past
District Governor Patricia Anderson and her husband Dick, who is the funniest
person in our district, Past District Governor Andrew Morcello for his help
with the United Nations visit as well as District Rotarians Rick Lowell and
George & Peggy Koplinka. Billy Demarco for his help with the Yonkers
program and the President of the White Plains Rotary Club Margo Jones for
her help with our White Plains program.
Edgar Cornell, Peter Grunthal and I were at the
same time busy preparing for our outgoing team’s visit to District 9250. We had
many contacts with District 9250 Governor Doug Thistlewhite and District 9250
GSE Chairman Andre’ Brandmuller in South Africa and with our own team, to
ensure that the program for them in District 9250 will be successful.
I would like to thank Jim Romeo in our GSE
Committee for preparing and printing the 2002-2003 Group Study Exchange
Brochure. We give out copies of it whenever we can. You can also download the
brochure from the Internet at www.nyrotary.org/GSE7230/gse_brochure_incomming_team_01.pdf
(click on the link).
You can find the Group Study Exchange
Itinerary-at-a-Glance on our GSE website at www.nyrotary.org/GSE7230/itinerary_at_a_glance_01.pdf
(click on the link).
There is a GSE 9250 Team Information Summary on our GSE website at
www.nyrotary.org/GSE7230/district_9250/team_info/summary_team_info_9250.html
You can find out everything about our GSE program on the GSE
website at www.nyrotary.org/GSE7230/index.htm
The GSE team has now been transferred to Helen
& David Bowers from the Rotary Club of Somers, which by the way is where
our Immediate Past President Helen Reisler has her country house. Helen &
David Bowers will be the hosts and coordinators for the GSE Team during next
week.
New York Rotary President Elect Greg Lynch was recently in
Argentina. He wrote me the following message:
Dear Matts
On Monday, April 7, Rotary launched the
opening of its Rotary Center for Peace in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The
Center will be housed at the prestigious Salvador University. It was my
pleasure to be invited to the inaugural ceremony where RI Past president Luis
Giay delivered a brilliant invocation of Rotary's many initiatives for peace
and the peaceful resolution of international disputes. The Center begins
its work with eight Rotary Peace Scholars sponsored by Rotary
International.
Greg
Both President Silvio Amori and I are on the Board
of Directors of the History of Rotary. This organization is going to be the
topic of Rotary Radio’s broadcast next Tuesday 22 April at 5:00 PM EST. The
History of Rotary website has more than 60,000 visitors every month. Its
Chairman Jack Selway will be interviewed for the entire hour. You can listen to
Rotary Radio on the Internet at http://12.162.161.64/cart/ProductList.asp?SearchFor=Rotary+Radio&x=36&y=6
(click on the link). Jack
will also be the speaker at our legendary Rotary Club on July 15th.
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_04-22-2003.pdf.
Our fax
number is 212-633-1954. Princeton Club's culinary staff will serve us Sliced
London Broil.
I recommend
that you visit our New York Rotary website every week at www.NYRotary.org.
You can also see a list of future
speakers on our website at www.nyrotary.org/Events/events.html.
Rotary is about having fun
and do good things!
Internet
Communication Officer
The
Rotary Club of New York
Chairman
Group
Study Exchange
Rotary
District 7230
Ambassador
of History
The
History of Rotary Project
This
newsletter has also been posted on our website at www.NYRotary.org.
In order to read the
PDF file of the Bulletin-on-the-Web, you need the latest version of the Acrobat
Reader (Version 5.0). If you don't have Acrobat Reader 5.0, you can download it
for free from the web at:
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
You need
Windows Media Player to listen to Rotary Radio. Windows Media Player is
included with Windows Millennium and Windows XP. If you use Windows 95 or
Windows 98, you can download Windows Media Player for free from Microsoft.