The Rotary
Club of
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April 26, 2004
Fellow Rotarians,
The
speaker at our next meeting on April 27th will be Alair Townsend.
She has been the Publisher of Crain’s
New York Rotary President Greg Lynch has written an article in the
memory of our member Howard MacPherson, who recently passed away at the
respectable age of 100 years. You can read Greg’s article on our website
at www.nyrotary.org/president_greg/knowing_howard.htm.
This week’s Reporter of
the Week in the Bulletin is written by Nick Uresin, who joined our Rotary Club
in 2003. Thank you Nick for a very good report! Nick’s classification is E-Business
Software and he is the President of Amazia, Inc.
The Bulletin has a whole
page about the President’s Dinner Cruise on board the Mystique, which will start
on Wednesday, May 12 at 6 PM. The departure is from the
You can read in the
Bulletin about the
The Bulletin announces
the birthdays for Christ’l Dullaert on April 27th and Gian Carlo
Treggi on April 30th. Happy Birthday to both of you! Christ’l is now
working hard on making the upcoming
Our Board of Directors
has approved Jordan Stojanvoski as a new member of the Rotary Club of
You can also read in the
Bulletin that Past President Ed Gray invites us for a bridge game in his new
apartment building at
Our Newsletter is read
by Rotarians around the world. An example of this is the following message that
I received from Ron Wilson in
Matts,
I
was very interested in your article on the awards for Fire-fighters, so much so
that I suggested to our President Elect, that we should look at instituting a
similar program in Western Australia, to which she has tentatively agreed.
I
said I would contact you and see if you could send me all the details and forms
etc that your club uses to setup and process this program.
I
am on broadband so can handle large files if you wish to send them via email.
Thanks,
PP Ron Wilson,
Rotary Club of Swan Districts,
Secretary, D9470,
493 Gt. Eastern H'way,
Greenmount. W.A. 6056.
'Phone: 61 8 9294 2530
Fax: 61 8 9294 2753
email alron@arach.net.au
Thank you Ron for your Request. I recommend that you contact
our Executive Director Andreas Rungatcher via e-mail at ny.rotary@verizon.net.
Andreas is the Maestro of these events and I am sure that he can help you with
information.
Rotary
is now gearing up for its Centennial celebration. I received the following
message from Past Rotary International Director Dan Mooers about a major event
in
Good Evening:
As you may know, Centennial President Glenn Estess is kicking off his year as
RI President by holding three "Founders' Recognition Days and
Celebrations." These will be held at
Because the events are taking place so near the beginning of the new Rotary
year, I think it important to begin getting the word out about these events.
I am not certain what is planned for Crestwood and
The Founders' Recognition Days honoring Hiram E. Shorey will begin in
At Noon on Friday, there will be an Intercity Rotary Meeting, hosted by the
Rotary Club of
Following the luncheon, at 2:30 P.M., President Glenn will be planting of
Centennial Tree in honor of the Founders of Rotary, at the Rotary Grove, on the
Eastern Promenade,
On Saturday, July 24, 2004, the venue changes to
Immediately following the memorial service, a Historical Marker at Shorey’s
Birthplace will be unveiled by President Glenn. That ceremony will be followed
by the Dedication of the "Hiram
E. Shorey Family History Center & Library" at the
With all the formalities out of the way, President Glenn and Mary, beginning at
about 12:30 P.M., will enjoy with the residents of Litchfield and with
Rotarians from near and far a "Celebration of Rotary" and the Rotary Centennial at the
Litchfield Fair Grounds, Plains Rd. “A Family Cookout”, it will be
featuring Bean Hole Baked Beans and delicious food from around Maine prepared
by different Rotary clubs and local organizations. There will be Fellowship,
games, music, rides and fun for children of all ages. The focus of the
Family Cookout will be on children, with a farm animal petting zoo, donkey and
pony rides, cotton candy, popcorn, and a few rides and games for the younger
children. Live entertainment will fill the afternoon with music and the
opportunity to share Rotary with a lot of non-Rotarians will punctuate the
afternoon. There will be no charge for this event, although donations for food
and rides will be accepted by the various involved clubs and organizations.
Advance notification of planned attendance is requested.
Rotarians from over 15 states and several countries already have made
reservations for the events in
I hope you will begin putting information about these events in your club and
district newsletters, and encouraging all Rotarians to participate in these
important events as we kick-off Rotary's Centennial year.
We hope to see you at Founders' Recognitions Days in July.
Dan Mooers
Past Rotary International Director
Chair, Founders' Recognition Days Honoring Hiram E. Shorey
Dan Mooers played an
important part in our legendary Rotary Club’s history when he after 9/11 in
2001 sent a message urging us to open an account and collect money for the
victims of 9/11. Dan was at the time the Assistant to the President of Rotary
International. The result of Dan’s request was that our Rotary Club raised
approximately $1.5 million from Rotarians around the world for the victims of
9/11. This became the most successful Rotary Club fundraiser in Rotary’s 100
years history. You can read more about it on our website at www.nyrotary.org/wtc_disaster/wtc_disaster_page.htm.
Dan told me recently in a telephone conversation that the incoming
Rotary International President Glenn Estess would like us to learn more about
the original four Rotarians, who met on Dearborn Ave, Chicago in Room 711 on
February 23rd, 1905.
Rotary’s Global History Fellowship at www.RotaryHistoryFellowship.org
has information about the four original Rotarians at the following locations:
You can also find out about the original meeting place at http://rotaryhistoryfellowship.org/711/
I have received additional
messages from Rotarians with comments about my decision to resign from writing
the
Dear Matts,
CONGRATULATIONS on a fantastic job with our
Sincerely,
Helen Reisler
Past President
The Rotary Club of
District Governor
Nominee
Rotary District 7230
(2005)
Thank you Helen for your kind message, we created Rotary History
together after 9/11 in 2001. I now look forward working with you in Rotary’s
Global History Fellowship, documenting and informing about Rotary’s History.
I received the following message from Past District Governor
Doug Thistlewhite in
Dear
Matts,
I
would like to take this opportunity for the incredible work you put into the
weekly Rotary club New York's bulletin and especially the coverage given
on the Group Study Exchange Teams and the enormous grant towards furthering
education in District 9250, which has been an outstanding achievement. I hope
your successor keeps me on his mailing list and you and I must not loose
contact, as over the last three years you have via email and the bulletin
become a very close friend to me in Rotary.
Thanks
for your friendship
Doug
Thistlewhite
Past
District Governor
Rotary
District 9250
Thank
you Doug for your message, our relationship continues with the South Africa
AIDS Plus Program, where Past District Governor Chuck Katze is the Chairman
with an Advisory Council consisting of Rotary International Alternate
Representative Sylvan Barnet, Past District Governor Bob Benson, Past
District Governor Janet DiBenedetto, Past District Governor Glen Nygren,
Rotary Club of Upper Manhattan President Neil O’Connell, South African General
Counsel Ivan Vosloo (your protégé), Don Hubert and myself. As Group Study Exchange
Chairman, I promoted the vision of an ongoing Rotary Partnership between the
Rotary Districts 7230 and 9250. I am glad to see that this vision is coming
true.
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/bulletin2004/rsvp_04-27-2004.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 having
fun
and do good
things!
Internet Communications
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Fellowship
www.RotaryHistoryFellowship.org
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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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