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Rotary District 6930
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The Official District Magazine
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Preciousness
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Editorial Fellow Rotarians, Every three years, Rotarians meet at the Council on Legislation to review and vote on proposed legislation that impacts how our organization is governed. The next council convenes April 10-15, 2016 in Chicago, Illinois. Past District Governor, Phil Lustig is representing District 6930 and will be attending and voting. In order to ensure our voices are Governor, heard we have arranged for every Rotarian in our district to provide feedback to Phil. If Eugene Burkett you go to our website, www.rotary6930.org you will find a tab labeled Council on Legislation. If you login using your email address you can then provide input on each of the proposals. All items of legislation are divided into two types: enactments and resolutions. A proposed enactment seeks to amend the RI constitutional documents. Constitutional documents include the RI Constitution, the RI Bylaws and the Standard Rotary Club Constitution. All enactments reference the 2013 Manual of Procedure page numbers of the constitutional document(s) they propose to amend. A proposed resolution is any item that does not seek to amend these documents but other RI policies and procedures. I encourage each of you to become familiar with these proposed changes and provide feedback so our vote in Chicago reflects the views of the members in our district. Following is a link to the entire 181 proposals: https://www.rotary.org/myrotary/en/learning-reference/policies-procedures/council-legislation March - Water and Sanitation Month The Rotary theme for March is water and sanitation. Clean water is a basic human need. Yet, at least 3,000 children die each day from diseases caused by unsafe water. Worldwide 2.5 billion people have no improved sanitation facilities and more than 783 million people lack access to clean drinking water. To help make an impact on this critical issue I am encouraging each club to have at one or two members join the Water and Sanitation Rotarian Action Group (WASRAG). The Water & Sanitation Rotarian Action Group (WASRAG) was formed in 2007 by a group of Rotarians, recognized by Rotary International, and focused on WASH projects. Since then it has facilitated many hundreds of projects – helping clubs find partners, ensuring sustainability, stressing the importance of a needs-driven approach, and developing best practices. They encourage a holistic, integrated approach in which water is not the end in itself, but is rather the means to a better life and livelihood in the community. Most importantly WASRAG links water and sanitation to improved hygiene, better health, and empowerment of the community – especially women, irrigation and agriculture, education and literacy and, ultimately, child mortality. To find out more information go to their website: http:// www.wasrag.org/ Key Dates: March 3-5, 2016 – Florida Presidents Elect Training, Orlando, Florida. March 31, 2016 – Preregistration discount ends for Rotary International Conference in Seoul, Korea. May 14, 2016 – District Assembly Keiser University, West Palm Beach, Florida. June 24-26, 2016 – District Conference, Hutchinson Island Marriott, Stuart, Florida.
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ATTENTION CLUB PRESIDENTS YOU CAN APPLY FOR YOUR CLUB’S LITERACY AWARDS NOW
For years Rotary’s LITERACY MONTH took place in March. Then, last year, the RI Board moved LITERACY MONTH to September. But most of our clubs in District 6930 will be celebrating LITERACY MONTH in March. That is as it should be for a district which stands out as a literacy champion (Last year 33 of our clubs earned the District Literacy Award and/or the Vocational Service Literacy Award). YOUR DISTRICT LITERACY COMMITTEE ENCOURAGES YOU TO CAP OFF YOUR CLUB’S CELEBRATION OF LITERACY MONTH BY APPLYING FOR THE DISTRICT LITERACY AWARD NOW Seven clubs have already done that (Boca Raton Sunrise, Boca Raton West, Delray Beach, Lake Worth, Palm Beach Flagler, Titusville and Wellington). As the presidents of those clubs prepare to deal with a flurry of paperwork in April, they won’t have to worry about the literacy applications. They’ve already applied and earned the award. You could join that happy club if you submit your literacy award application NOW. In February all club presidents were sent a copy of the literacy award application by email. If your club did not receive a copy, go to our district web site, click on the literacy option in the menu on the left side of the home page, AND WHEN THE LITERACY PAGE OPENS, click on the line which says “ CLICK HERE to download the 2014-2015 Rotary Club Literacy Award Application. YOU READ THAT RIGHT. The instructions refer to the 2014-2015 application. BUT WHEN YOU CLICK ON THAT LINK THE 2015-2016 LITERACY APPLICATION FORM WILL APPEAR. BE AWARE of the fact that YOU NO LONGER HAVE TO FILL OUT A SEPARATE FORM FOR THE VOCATIONAL SERVICE LITERACY AWARD. WE WILL
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USE YOUR APPLICATION FOR THE DISTRICTLIT LITERACY AWARD TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT YOUR CLUB QUALIFIES FOR THE VOCATIONA AWARD. This is an innovation which, if it works, will reduce the amount of paperwork club presidents have to do by one application. If your club is one of the 33 which earned these awards last year, KEEP UP THE TRADITION. DON’T LET THIS BE A YEAR WHEN YOUR CLUB LAPSED.
If your club did not earn both awards last year, START A TRADITION OF EARNING THE AWARDS THIS YEAR AND THEREBY SET A STANDARD OF EXCELLENCE FOR YOUR SUCCESSORS TO FOLLOW. If you have any questions, contact the District Literacy Committee’s awards program coordinator Dick Hattwick ( richardhattwick@bellsouth.net or 561-5856440). Or talk directly to District Literacy Committee Chairperson Dr. Gay Voss.
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We are pleasedinformation, to announce that eBay, the For more please visitworld’s leading online auction website, will donate a portion of its sales from select Live Auctions to Rotary beginning February 2016. Rotarians and the Jubilee of Rotarians website, which their friends and families are encouraged to visit eBay Live Auctions each month to see what is has beenfor provided our friends in available real-timeby bidding from hundreds of auction houses. Each month, Rotary will be featured as the beneficiary of a designated set of eBay Live Auctions. Products may include antiques, rare books, sports memorabilia, watches, stamps, art, and fine jewelry. Please visit eBay Live Auctions to see the featured auctions and browse the catalog of items available for bid. The more items sold, the more Rotary benefits! Please share the news about this exciting relationship between Rotary and eBay with the Rotarians in your club. This special offer by eBay is being launched first in the United States, so we look to
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Are you committed to Rotary? Commitment is a way, either public or private, of attaching or assuming obligation and responsibility to someone with an objective. There are many different types of commitment, for example: religious commitments, relationship commitments, business commitments, or family commitments. Thus, commitment is a responsibility acquired by virtue of a verbal or written affirmation, made by ourselves. The expression “having a commitment” signifies being busy on a certain date, or having a bond or agreement with somebody. The word derives from “promise”, in other words “with a promise”. Meaning that when you have a commitment, you have a promise. (Wikipedia).
When a person become a Rotarian, this happens through a club. Thus, they know that every week, at the same day and time, they have a commitment. As the definition states, they have a promise, therefore they should not schedule anything on this day, as they already have a previously scheduled commitment. We Rotarians should be “proud” to be Rotarians. ● Are you proud to be a Rotarian? ● Are you truly a Rotarian? ● What have you done for your club? ● Do you attend your weekly meetings? ● Where are you during the time of the meetings? ● How is your commitment with your club? I am very proud to say that I am a Rotarian! I know that I am helping someone, somewhere in the world to have “Water, health, and an education!” What about you? Can you truly say that? Each one of us should have a commitment, think about this! Additionally, we should have “love and dedication” with what you claim to do, and “respect” with what you offer to do for your club, or district. Two years ago (2014-2015) I was invited by the governor of my District 6930 (Juan Ortega) to be responsible for the district newsletter... at the time I was happy for the invitation, but thinking about it now... how crazy! There are over 1,500 members in my district and I was the one chosen? I don’t even have good English! Yet I accepted the challenge because: Quest • Edition 08
1. There is a saying in Portuguese that states “I’m in the rain to get wet”. In other words, I’m a Rotarian, so I’m ready to work and to serve! 2. He invited me, thus, he believed that I was capable. 3. The governor needs help, he can’t do everything alone. 4. If I accepted it, I was assuming the commitment.
When I added the word love and dedication to commitment it is because, to me, they are needed for each other, if I focused only on commitment, maybe I wouldn’t be able to have such a great result.... everything is easy when it comes to others, right? But with you, everything is difficult, right? Nobody helps you... nobody does anything... etc... right? Exactly, for me it is also not easy; I ask other clubs to send me materials with news of their club, or events, for them to send me the flyers of their events so that I can put them in the newsletter, and how many send them to me? Very few, but I do my best, I try to give the reader valuable information, I search for the information that the clubs do not send to me... I have love and I dedicate myself to the newsletter! The Result? I was invited to continue doing the newsletter by Governor Gene Burkett (2015-2016) and by Governor Eric Gordon (2016-2017), and our district just received an award from Rotary International “2014-2015 Best District Newsletter”, do you know why? I am not better than anyone, but I had commitment (I assumed an obligation), dedication (zeal) and love (with the commitment that I accepted)! What about you? How are you acting with the commitments that you’ve accepted in you club and your district? “If I give all I possess to the poor and surrender my body... but have not love, I gain nothing” (1 Cor. 13:3) Be a gift to the world!
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It is time for interested club presidents to nominate one of their club’s service projects for recognition as VOCATIONAL SERVICE PROJECT OF THE YEAR. You can nominate your club in any of three categories as follows: 1. Best Vocational Service Project 2. Best NEW Vocational Service Project 3. Best Inter-Club Vocational Service project. The nomination process is very simple. All that is required is a letter or email in which you name the project and provide a one paragraph explanation. The District Literacy Committee will take it from there. The deadline for submission of nominations is April 1st. Send your nomination to: Dick Hattwick, 7507 Pine Tree Lane, Lake Clarke Shores, FL 33406 (Email:richardhattwick@bellsouth.net)
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Zone 34 Interact Award 2015-16 The aim of international service in Interact is to encourage and foster the advancement of international understanding, goodwill and peace, through a world fellowship of youth united in the ideal of service. The aim of community and school service is to encourage and foster the application of the ideal of service by each Interact Club member to his or her personal, community and school life. Interact Clubs are asked to complete the following questionnaire to test their activities. Clubs that score at least 30 points, out of a possible 50, will qualify for the 2015-16 Zone Award. Once completed, this application should be reviewed and signed by the sponsoring Rotary Club president to certify the Interact Club's achievement and then sent to the District Governor (not to Rotary International), no later than the 31st of March, 2016. The answers to all questions below are subject to The Four Way Test! Governors must certify the list of clubs that have earned the citation and send to the Zone 34 Rotary Coordinator via email (art.macqueen13.14@gmail.com), no later than the 15th of April, 2016. Award certificates will be returned to the Governors by May 1st. POINTS Does you club meet at least twice each month, meeting or project? ________ 10 Has your club undertaken at least one major project to serve the school or community this school year? ________ 10 Has your club undertaken at least one major project designed to promote international understanding this school year? ________ 5 Did one or more of your club projects involve the active participation of nearly all club members ? ________ 5 Did your club organize at least one successful fundraiser within this school year ? ________ 5 Did your club collaborate, correspond, exchange ideas with Interact Clubs in other countries?______ 5 Did your club commemorate World Interact Week during the week of November 5th, through a joint activity with your sponsoring Rotary Club or by promoting the positive effect that Interact Clubs have on their communities?________ 5 Did any of your club members attend at least one meeting of your sponsoring Rotary Club this school year? ________ 5 Interact Club______________________________________ District__________ Sponsoring Rotary Club______________________________________________ District Governor Name & Signature____________________________________ Quest • Edition 08
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people. They were part of a system. So I started to talk
fighting and stubborn. I knew I had to accept the reality and conI said, “Come on. We are just students. We are not m trol my mind or I would go crazy in that place. There were others criminals. We only want the right to learn and who committed suicide. They smashed their heads against the democracy.” I tried to explain as much as I could, fro wall. I didn’t want to be defeated in this way. I did not want to die the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and Gandhi. in front of inhuman wardens. But I had also to remember that the guards were not educated Many did not respond at all. But I kept talking. I mad people. They were part of a system. So I started to talk with loud. After many times talking, some prison guards them. I said, “Come on. We are just students. We are not murme. We became familiar and finally like close friends. derers or criminals. We only want the right to learn and to make a democracy.” I tried to explain as much as I could, from reading After six years and eight months, I was released. the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and Gandhi. fulfilling my dream of studying overseas at Australia Many did not respond at all. But I kept talking. I made my voice University in Canberra. Of all the prisoners who were Illustration by Gwen Keraval Naing Ko Ko loud. After many times talking, some prison guards replied to the protests, I think I am the only one who is getting a Rotary Peace FellowUniversity of Queensland, Naing Ko Ko me. We became familiar and finally like close friends. Australia,Peace 2012-13FellowUniversity of Queensland, After six years and eight months, I was released. I am now Rotary More than 3,000 people died during the democracy fulfilling my dream of studying overseas at Australian National Australia, 2012-13 1988. Thousands more went to prison like me. W In 1988, when I was 16, I began to protest with other students University in Canberra. Of all the prisoners who were arrested known as the “88 Generation” because we called for Infor1988, when I was 16, I began to protest with other students for democracy, human rights, and social justice in my home in the protests, I think I am the only one who is getting a Ph.D. and human rights. democracy, humannow rights, and social justice in my home country country of Burma, called Myanmar. Four years later, I was More than 3,000 people died during the democracy protests ofarrested Burma,and now calledfor Myanmar. Four later, I camp. was arrested tortured two months in anyears interrogation I of 1988. Thousands more went to prison like me. We became We cannot forget what happened in places like the d and months interrogation camp. wastortured shackled for and two beaten. I was in not an allowed to sleep. 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I was givenAfter no lawyer, forward.But Yourevenge cannot make a democracy in your heart. tosent a special I was given no lawyer, just sent directlyThere to must be forgiveness. It is important to talk about justice. directly court. to prison. For me, bestare revenge to become someone who c prison. They did not want us to learn in prison, but I had a dream to go But revenge and the justice not the is same. country I want to return and study overseas when I was released. I convinced a guard For me,change the bestmy revenge is tosystematically. become someone who can work to to become a chief policy adviser. I want to wor They did notbooks wanttousme. to Ilearn in prison, but to I had dream totogo to smuggle received a dictionary learnaEnglish change my country systematically. I want to return to Myancorruption and anti-poverty programs and social j and whenand I was released. I convinced guardmar to to become andstudy booksoverseas on economics philosophy. 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They put me in shackles again and made me be- Are youAre you in interested in working forresolution? peace an interested working for peace and conflict resolution? Find out how to become Rota have asday, if I were dog. If they name, “Naing Ko I were But one I gota sleepy and called didn’tmy hide the books, andKo!” they Find out how to become a Rotary Peace Fellow or supportathe Fellow or support the Rotary Peace had to respond, “Woof! Woof!” When the guards came, I had to discovered. After that, I was moved to a cell where they kept Rotary the Peace Centers at www.rotary.org/peace-fellowships. at www.rotary.org/peace-fellowships. kneelThey downput andme press my face toagain the floor not me lookbehave at their as if I dogs. in shackles andand made face.aThey food on themy ground and“Naing I had toKo eat Ko!” just with were dog.put If the they called name, I hadAs totold to Steve Almond As told to Steve Almond my mouth, like a dog. WithWhen water itthe was this way, too. 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SAVE THE DATE Zone 34 Seminar June 10 and 11, 2016 Hyatt Regency Jacksonville Riverfront
Jacksonville, FL
PDGs, Governors, Governors Elect, Governors Nominee, Governors Nominee Designate, Assistant Governors, Foundation Chairs, Membership Chairs, Public Image Chairs, and all other officers and directors in the Districts and Clubs of Zone 34 are invited to join us for two days of fun and education. Your hosts are: Regional Rotary Foundation Coordinator - PDG David Stovall Rotary Coordinator - PDG Art MacQueen Rotary Public Image Coordinator - PDG Betsy Owen End Polio Now Coordinator - PDG Cynde Covington Endowment Major Gifts Advisor - PDG Carl Treleaven Peace Center Advocate - PDG Kenan Kern and all of their assistants who will be there to help you. Quest • Edition 08
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ROTARY CONVENTION
CONNECT WITH KOREA TOUCH THE WORLD
Early Registration Savings End 31 March The countdown to the Rotary Convention is on! Join the more than 40,000 Rotarians who have already registered and experience the biggest event of the Rotary year, the convention in Korea, 28 May--1 June. As a leader, you can use your influence to make a difference in attendance by using the updated Promotional Toolkit. Also, don’t forget to extend a personal invitation to your members and register to attend yourself. Convention Committee Chair Ian H.S. Riseley has helped se-
cure an outstanding group of speakers, including a world champion of public speaking, a famous spiritual guru from India, and the CEO of an organization that works to keep children out of institutional care and living with families. Watch the video to learn more about the convention program. Come to Korea to get inspired to do more good and Be a Gift to the World. Take advantage of early registration savings until 31 March. Register today!
http://www.riconvention.org/en/seoul/register
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For 85 years, countries around the world have honored the work of Rotary with commemorative stamps. The first appeared in 1931, when Austria created a set of stamps in honor of the Rotary convention in Vienna.
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The National Association of Rotary Clubs changed its name to the International Association of Rotary at Clubs the 1912 Rotary its convention, The National Association of Clubs Rotary changed name toafter clubs were chartered in Winnipeg, Canada, in April and London, Engthe International Association of Rotary Clubs at the 1912 land, in August. Rotary International became the official name in 1922. Rotary convention, after clubs were chartered in Winnipeg, Canada, in April and London, England, in August. Rotary International became the official name in 1922.
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Student & Teacher of the Month We are pleased to announce that our ROTARY Student of the Month is James O’Halloran of Atlantic High School. James is the acting vice president of our Student Government Associa-tion and the captain of the varsity cross country team. He is a student in our IB program and currently has achieved a 3.2453 GPA and a 4.1344 HPA. Our awardee recently received a scholarship from the Palm Beach School Counselor Association to use upon his entrance to college. James’ resume reflects this community involvement with an impressive 90+ hours of community service. We are very proud to have James awarded student of the month!
We are also pleased to announce that our ROTARY Teacher of the Month is Anne Magelinski. She has been a teacher for seven years at Atlantic High School. Anne is an intensive read-ing teacher with the task of helping some of our level one and two readers achieve their acad-emic goals and increase their reading score. Our Awardee is very active with her students and is aware of their needs outside of the classroom. She is a proactive teacher who keeps coun-selors, administration, and parents in the loop in order to help our students strive for success, with an extensive background in economy Anne has been continually recognized for the im-pressive gains that have been achieved by her students in past years. The Delray Beach Rotary Club has a lunch meeting every Tuesday at 12:15PM at the Delray Beach Public Library at 100 West Atlantic Avenue in Delray Beach . Join us to help our community, both locally and internation-ally. Rotary is an organization of business and professional leaders united worldwide who provide humanitarian service and help to build goodwill and peace in the world. There are approximately 1.2 million Rotarians who are members of more than 34,000 Rotary clubs in over 200 countries. For more information, visit www.rotary.org. Quest • Edition 08
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111th Birthday Party celebration Since Feb. 23, 1905, for 111 years, Rotarians have contributed their time, energy and passion to sustainable, long-term projects in local communities across the globe. Projects focus on important issues like peace and conflict resolution, disease prevention and treatment, water and sanitation, maternal and child health, basic education and literacy and economic and community development. The Rotary Club of Delray Beach was chartered 68 years ago on February 10, 1948 at the Colony Hotel under the sponsorship of the Rotary Club of Boynton Beach. It was established with 27 charter members and guided by our first President, Lauren C. Hand. The Rotary Club of Delray Beach, together with its charitable, tax exempt corporation, Delray Quest • Edition 08
Beach Rotary Fund, Inc., has been involved in numerous local and international projects. These projects include contributions of over $100,000 for scholarships to the local high school and over $65,000 for Polio Plus, a Rotary International Project to eradicate polio throughout the world. The funds to finance these projects were by various endeavors such as golf tournaments, bingo and our annual hot dog and soft drink sale at the Delray Affair. The Delray Beach Rotary Club has a lunch meeting every Tuesday at 12:15PM at the Delray Beach Public Library at 100 West Atlantic Avenue in Delray Beach . “Join us to help our community, both locally and internationally”, says Ms. Candace Etzler, President of the Rotary Club of Delray Beach. Rotary is an 111 year old organization of business and professional leaders united worldwide who provide humanitarian service and help to build goodwill and peace in the world. There are approximately 1.2 million Rotarians who are members of more than 34,000 Rotary clubs in over 200 countries. For more information, visit www.rotary.org.
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Tell Your Story
My name is Angelica Blakely and I will be at service as Public Image team in our District. As part of Rotary’s new strategy we are trying to strengthen our image so that everyone will understand what Rotary stands for, how we’re different, and why it matters. I encourage all Public Image Chairs for each club to download from Rotary Brand Center the Messaging Guidelines Brochure, subtitled The Voice, and Visual Rotary Guidelines, to share with club members. In this brochure you will find powerful tools to do “What we need to do”, which is to tell our great story in a way that ensures our actions and supports our words. And if your club doesn’t have Public Image Chairs please ask your president to appoint someone.
One of the best ways to bring our story to life is to simply tell about it. With this in mind we will have a thisspace brochure you will find powerfulcalled “Telling You Story”. It will be a forum for individuals to tell about the day they became a in the District newsletter great in a way that ensureswill ourneed to be no more than 400 words and, if possible, should include the author’s picture. Stories truestory Rotarian. Submissions esn’t have Public Image Chairs please like these can inspire others and help to connect people to one another. Please, send to me at: anbblakely@hotmail.com
ply -tell about it. With this in mind we Angelica Blakely ing Rotary You Story”. It will a forum Club of Boca be Raton West for DistrictSubmissions Public Imagewill Team Rotarian. need to be ude the author’s picture. Stories like Quest • Edition 08 one another.
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TellYourStory i was 13 years old when i first heard the name Rotary. while at a skating rim i and a friend were trying to develop some unique skating effects. while doing a lift of another skater my feet went out from under me and we hit the floor with the partner on top of me. i don’t remember much after that for about half an hour when i partially recovered but could not remember much of where i was or what had happened. someone put me in their auto and took me home. when i walked into the house my mother asked me who brought you home, and I said “ I don’t know.” The next question was where have you been and i gave her the same answer. The next question was what were you doing and of course i still could not tell her the answer. Mother immediately picked up the phone to call our family doctor. in this small Ohio town he was available 24/7 for his patients. she was told that he was not available. “Why”, my mother asked and the answer
I was 13 years old when I first heard the name Rotary. While at a skating rim I and a friend were trying to develop some unique skating effects. While doing a lift of another skater my feet went out from under me and we hit the floor with the partner on top of me. I don’t remember much after that for about half an hour when I partially recovered but could not remember much of where I was or what had happened. Someone put me in their auto and took me home. When I walked into the house my mother asked me who brought you home, and I said “ I don’t know.” The next question was where have you been and I gave her the same answer. The next question was what were you doing and of course I still could not tell her the answer. Mother immediately picked up the phone to call our family doctor. In this small Ohio town he was available 24/7 for his patients. She was told that he was not available. “Why”, my mother asked was that he is at Rotary. and the answer was that he is at Rotary. you can imagine how this affected me when my mind was working again. can imagine affected meRotary when mind working again. One ofYou the very important peoplehow in our this community considered that my important and was it became foremost in my mind that this was a very valuable organization even if i did not know any thing else One about the of club.the very important people in our community considered Rotary that important and it became foremost Later on i solved the problem of having the doctor available at all times. in myhismind that this was a very valuable organization if I todid not know any thing else about the club. i married daughter and he would always place us ahead of even Rotary when we even needed him treat his grand children. Later on I solved the problem of having the doctor available at all times. Later i went to Parks Air College for a year. it was a start on my life’s desire to be a pilot. when i flunked my medical because ofand color he blindness i leftalways the school place and was us duly ahead drfted intoof theeven Rotary when we needed him to treat his I married hisexam daughter would grand children. Later I went to Parks Air College for a year. It was a start on my life’s desire to be a pilot. When I flunked my medical exam because of color blindness I left the school and was duly drfted into the army. I then knew that I could never realize my hearts desire of flying for a living. With my years training in aviation the army automatically sent me into the Air Corps where I could put my training to use. The basic training taught me to be a soldier. The exiting interview from basic training gave me the opportunity to select the part of the Air Corps and when Captain Bean, from Maine, asked me what I would like to do I told him that I had had good training in Meteorology and maybe they could use my training to their advantage the Captain said that he would see what he could do. The next thing I knew I was on my way to Denver, CO for a 3 months training in maintaining the gunnery computer in the new Boeing B-29 bomber. The job made me an expert in changing tubes in this new device that gave the planes gunners a hit rate of 10% rather than the 1% rate enjoyed by gunners in the Europe theatre. So I was really a gunnery sergeant who was really cannon fodder like all the other gunners on the airplanes. 24 years later after I finished my education as a radiologist that I was invited to join Rotary in New Orleans. The problem was that most meetings were at noon and that was the time that my referring physicians wanted
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to visit me in my office to go over their patients X-rays. I had to decline the invitation even though I knew a lot more about this organization than in earlier years. The opportunity to join Rotary came again in 1980 when I accepted the job of Radiologist at the Jupiter Medical Center. This was a new hospital and the first year there, as the patient load developed, I had plenty of extra time on my hands and could easily take time off once a week to serve this organization that had leftg such a strong impression on me of what important business and professional people feel is important. One of my colleagues asked if I would give a talk to the membership and of course I accepted. After this presentation Dr. Everts invited me to become a member and this time I felt able to accept the offer and join the Jupiter-Tequsta Rotary Club (1980). The first three years I did enjoy the meetings and the membership but by then I was bored and thinking of resigning. It was then that the clubs weekly bulletin announced me as the new assistant treasurer and I suddenly had a job. Rotary became the saving grace of my existence. So remember to get your new members busy as soon as possible and you will keep them forever. At seven years I was the club president and at 12 years I accepted the job of district governor which was a fantastic opportunity to really carry my load of the work for our district. This year was just as trying and difficult as the first year of medical school but my fellow members guided me along and I remember the year as a great learning experience. I recommend it to everyone. My post governor years have been filled with numerous jobs in my club, in the District and at the Zone Institute. The most lasting job has been as the photographer from 1991 to date but home duties have required me to pass on most of the these jobs that required travel away from home. The latest assignment occurred in 2013 when I asked the district governor, Arthur Hodge, what I could do for him. The answer was I want a 6930 district history to cover the time from its formation in 1991 to date. This full year of working daily on the process produced an e book containing 7600 pages, and 3600 photos. It is very easy to add each additional year to the e book and offer a copy to any Rotarian at the cost of the flash drive and the mailing costs. For those who purchase a History e book any year can obtain the following years by returning the original flash drive and the cost is only the mailing. Another view of a service club came from my mother who spent the last third of her life in the Eastern Star of the Masonic lodge. She became very active in this organization when she retired from our family clothing business. She moved up through the chairs to Worthy Matron in Newcomerstown, Ohio and then through the chairs of the state organization to become the Ohio Worthy Matron. She told me that the friends that she made in this organization lasted her all the rest of the years of her life-friends to the end. I feel that Rotary is doing the same for me and I receive more benefits from my membership than I ever expected. They will only be able to get rid of me by death. The most interesting part of Rotary is that every member is a success in their community before joining the club. They all have already proven themselves by their success when they are asked to join the club. Each brings many talents to us and we need to open them up by listening to their ideas and by sharing our club with them. Give them a chance to use their energies for the benefit of the needy people in our world. Of the 10,000 Rotarians that I have known in my career to date, there was only one that I disliked which speaks of the very high quality person you will find in the organization.
- PDG William J. Bean, MD Jupiter-Tequesta Rotary Club
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DISTRICT QUEST MAGAZINE Dear Rotarian,
It’s an honor to be able to speak to you! You probably have noticed that every month, you get an e-mail of
month, you get an e-mail of the District Quest newsletter transformed into a magazine to get all n a more modern, efficient, and exciting way!
the District Quest Magazine. Quest is our monthly district newslet-
ter transformed into a magazine to get all the district information out to Rotarians in a more
you to send me information, flyers, and photos of we can promote it throughout the whole district. know what yours is up to and encourage them to
modern, efficient, and exciting way!
e district, so we created a print version of the for us! It was an absolute success, and it was 6930 Conference!
Through this letter, I want to encourage you to send me information, flyers, and photos of
the events that your club holds so that we can promote it throughout the whole district. That
ay for all members in our district to be up to date also a great way to recruit future Rotarians. We hat being a Rotarian is all about. They will see the munities, along with the fun time we have while o use this magazine as a recruitment tool for your
way, you will be letting other clubs know what yours is up to and encourage them to do the
same! We want to show support to our entire district, so we created a print version of the magazine. This was a dream come true for us! It was an absolute success, and it was distributed to everyone in the last District 6930 Conference! This will be a fast, easy, and pleasant way for all members in our district to be up to date on the happenings of every club. This is also a great way to recruit future Rotarians. We can let others in our community learn what being a Rotarian is all about. They will see the wonderful services we do for our communities, along with the fun time we have while doing it! I encourage all your members to use this magazine as a recruitment tool for your clubs. Dini Heizer District 6930 Newsletter Editor 2014-2016 District 6930 Public Image Chair 2015-2016 President Rotary Club of Boca Raton West – 2015-2016 Quest • Edition 08
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