The Rotary Club of
Fellow Rotarians,
Our next
Unfortunately, I will miss the next meeting, because I am leaving
for
Bonnie Mairs has written the Reporter of the Week about our last
meeting in the Bulletin. Thank you Bonnie for a great report! Bonnie’s
classification is International Affairs and she is the Executive Director of
YMCA of Greater
At our last meeting, Former New York Mayor David Dinkins gave a
passionate and entertaining speech filled with a lot of humor. Last week, I
mentioned that David Dinkins’ son produces boxing fights for Showtime, so I
asked Mayor Dinkins if he too was interested in boxing. He answered me that he
is only interested in boxing when his son is producing.
The Bulletin announces the
birthdays for Mary Fischetti on July 27th, Larry Parks on August 3rd,
Sylvan “Barney” Barnet on August 5th, Saul Anton on August 8th,
and Arthur “Art” Draznin on August 13th. Happy Birthday to all of you!
The Rotary Club of
Two weeks ago, the History of
Rotary Chairman Jack Selway and I were speaking at the Rotary Club of
We have many interesting
members in our legendary Rotary Club. Let me tell you about Dr. Behrooz
Behbudi, who leads the Global Unity Partnership. It is an organization that
builds bridges of mutual understanding throughout the world. It also promotes
understanding between Middle Eastern and American cultures, including their
religions and ethical values. Behrooz believes that American and
Middle Eastern ideologies can co-exist peacefully together. You can read more
about Behrooz and his great mission on our
website at www.nyrotary.org/meet_our_members/behrooz_behbudi/index.html
David Dingle,
who was our piano player for many years, has now retired from the piano
playing. I remember when Dave many years ago rushed across the room to play our
Rotary Welcome Song when the President at the time had forbidden it to be
played (against the will of most our members).
I was introducing visiting Rotarians and then unexpectedly announced the
Rotary Welcome Song. Never before was our Welcome Song sung with more passion
and never before did Dave run faster. Tank you Dave; we had many fun moments
together over the years. Volker Detering is now taking over the piano playing.
The Bulletin informs us about the
The Bulletin
reminds us that it is time to pay the Annual Dues and Luncheon Coupons Dues.
You can read more about it in the latest Bulletin.
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 at
212-633-1311. You can also fax in the RSVP form, which you can download at http://ussterilizer.com/rsvp_07-29-2003.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!
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following interesting websites at:
1.
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
7. Matts Ingemanson, Helen Reisler and Jim
Thompson from the
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