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The Art and Science of Making Atmospheric Measurement

By David Troyan, Rotary Club of Riverhead, NY

What do places as far flung as Ponca City, Oklahoma; Barrow and Atqasuk, Alaska; Darwin, Australia; Nauru Island; and Manus Island, Papua New Guinea have in common?  No, there are not Rotary Clubs at each location – Atqasuk, Nauru Island, and Manus Island are all Rotary-less.  The answer is that at each place there is a permanent suite of atmospheric measurement equipment that is part of the U.S. Department of Energy’s Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Program.

What is a Paul Harris Fellow?

By PRIP Clifford L. Dochterman

When someone commented that the presentation itself "gives a PHF its true value as recognition of exceptional service," I felt that a little more explaining should be made. Certainly, to recognize a person as a Paul Harris Fellow should always be an honor to the individual, because it demonstrates significant support for the wonderful work of The Rotary Foundation. But, just as a Paul Harris Fellow can be "recognition of exceptional service," it can also be many other things, as well.

Rotary in Kenya

The first Rotary club in Kenya, the Rotary Club of Nairobi, was founded in 1930. It is the third oldest Rotary club in Africa. Kenya has a rich history and landscape, making it one of the most visited and well-known countries in Africa. Its ethnic diversity and stability in a region that struggles with conflict has led it to become a regional mediator for neighboring countries such as Sudan and Somalia. Kenya has also become known as a haven for refugees fleeing nearby conflicts.

UNITED NATIONS MILLENIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS

The Millennium Development Goals of the United Nations were officially established at the Millennium Summit in 2000, where 189 world leaders adopted the United Nations Millennium Declaration, from which the eight-goal action-plan, the 'Millennium Development Goals', was particularly promoted.

From S-T-A-L-E to F-R-E-S-H         (AUG)

By Karen Schmidt
Isn't it every manager's dream to have a team of people who all enjoy their job and know how to do it . . . a team of people who are fully engaged! Imagine the impact it would have on turnover and sick leave, which would lead to lower error rates, greater customer satisfaction and higher sales figures. The end result would be a dramatic increase to the bottom line of your organization.

JUST NEEDING SOME HELP (VIDEO) Requires Adobe Flash Player          (AUG)

The Rotary Clubs of Springfield, Missouri, USA are helping to transform hunger into hope by sponsoring a mobile food pantry program. This meaningful Community Service project reaches out to people in need. Over 250,000 pounds (113,400 kilograms) of food has been donated in one year. This inspiring story tells how Rotarians are reaching out to a small struggling community.

Rotary Mottoes         (AUG)

Portland, Oregon. It was adapted from a speech made by Rotarian Arthur Frederick Sheldon to the first convention, held in Chicago the previous year. Sheldon declared that "only the science of right conduct toward others pays. Business is the science of human services. He profits most who serves his fellows best."

Rotarians for Hearing Regeneration         (AUG)

By PDG Dave Sclair

Rotary Club of Lakewood, Washington USA

Birds, reptiles, fish and amphibians can do it. Recently a guinea pig accomplished the task. So the big question is, why can’t human beings do it, too? That question preoccupies a team of scientists laboring at  the University of Washington’s Virginia Merrill Bloedel Hearing Research Center (VMBHRC) in Seattle, Wash, USA.

A Penguin’s Life in the Big City         (AUG)

By Leonie Gale

Chief Executive Officer, Foundation for National Parks & Wildlife, Australia

‘Little Penguin Wardens’, Sydney, NSW, Australia is the name of a Community Service project of Rotary eClub One D5450 supported by the Club’s 2008/2009 President, Angus M Robinson who also champions the Club’s ‘Preserve Planet Earth’ initiatives. Angus commits community service time as a volunteer Director of the Foundation for National Parks & Wildlife (the Foundation) which funds this project.

ROTARY RADIO 1955   (AUG)
By PP Chris Joscelyne,  Rotary eClub One
In the early 1950's more than 40 million American homes owned radio sets. However, by 1955, the "Golden Age of Radio" was coming to an end as television became the dominant medium for home entertainment. In 1955 Rotary recorded a series of radio dramas for its 50th anniversary. In this program we take you back to 1955 for the Rotary Golden Theatre Radio Show.

Manage Your Desk or It Will 'Manage' You     (JUL)

By Robyn Pearce

I had just completed training programs on delegation and email management for a large law firm. A few days later the Human Resources Manager was on the phone.  'One of the partners has asked if you could please work with one of her young solicitors. He seems a bit 'stuck' on various things, including meeting deadlines.'  Let's call him Tom. We worked together on a number of issues, including how to use his Outlook calendar to prioritize better. But there was also another contributing factor to his problems - and it was very easy to fix.

Operation Cleft Australia      (JUL)

By Julie Stein

In November 2004 a group of Australian Rotarians visited Bangladesh. They were overwhelmed by the crowds and noise of this remarkable country whose population is in excess of 153.5 million in an area of just 144,000 sq km. Compare that to Australia where the population is just over 20.5 million in an area of 7,686,850 sq km. While visiting villages and local hospitals, the team noticed many people of varying ages with facial clefts and never having seen an untreated cleft before, were curious as to why there were so many.

The Passionate Rotarian       (JUL)

Address to a Club Assembly of Rotary eClub One D5450

By District Governor Steve Cantrell, 20 July 2008

Steve joined Smoky Hill Rotary in 1990. Like many in Rotary, his first six months left him wondering whether Rotary was for him. He finally discovered that moment when he became a Rotarian, and not just a member of a Rotary club.

Steve served as President in 1995-96. In 1998, he was awarded the club Robert W. Tschappat award (Rotarian of the Year). Steve showed the importance he places upon Rotary’s activities by maintaining perfect attendance, which currently stands at 16 years.

ROTARY ECLUB ONE AT LOS ANGELES ROTARY INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION   (JUL)
By Public Relations Chairman, Dieter Broehdl
Rotary E-Club of London Centenary joined us so we were three Rotary e-clubs working together as one team. Our booth was a very good presentation of the world of Rotary e-clubs  and we had a lot of constructive discussions with visitors from many countries.

Teens organize fundraiser for homeless shelter    (JUL)
By Diana Schoberg 

This event took "teens helping teens" to a new extreme. Toronto-area teenagers who met at a Rotary club-sponsored camp organized a fundraiser with teen volunteers and participants, all to benefit the largest homeless shelter for teens in Canada. They got help along the way from mentors in the Rotary Club of Etobicoke, Ontario, Canada.

Prosthetics project a true labor of love    (JUL)

By Jenny Llakmani 
Bewley learned of the prosthetic device during a 2005 trip to Vietnam. Inspired by how quickly recipients learned to use it and by their joy at regaining their independence, he joined with Fellows and Michael Mendonca, of the Rotary Club of Pleasant Hill, California, USA, to establish a foundation to provide the device at no cost to people with below-elbow limb loss in developing countries.

Afghanistan Students Earn Money Through Carpet Weaving   (JUL)
By Vanessa N. Glavinskas
For centuries, experienced weavers in Afghanistan have painstakingly created a heritage of rugs, with many families passing on their designs for generations. A new 3 x 5-foot rug made by an amateur can sell for US$50 at a local bazaar – and overseas, the decorative carpets sell for far more. 
Lost  in Translation (and in transportation!)  (JUL)
By Rotarian Teri Safranek, Rotary Club of Escondido
When traveling I try to visit a local Rotary Club and complete a make-up.  It’s a great way to meet people and learn about local customs.  I’ve had the pleasure of traveling to Japan recruiting students for the community college where I work in Southern California.  My first visit to Japan started out with the unpleasant experience of starring at the baggage claim conveyor, watching it spin around and not finding my luggage.  After an 11+ hour flight this just isn’t fun. 
A Five Year Plan to Energy Independence
by Asa Beck
Today we find ourselves held to ransom by the combination of foreign oil suppliers and the speculators who have pushed the cost of oil to punishing levels.  As of 6 June 2008 crude oil was US$138 per barrel, gasoline sells at US$4 per gallon in the USA, diesel fuel sells at over US$4.70 per gallon in the USA, and high fuel prices are causing the airlines to incur huge financial losses.

PEACE IS POSSIBLE (THIS IS A VIDEO) (JUN)

The Rotary Foundation funds a network of centers for international studies in peace and conflict resolution. These Rotary Centers provide Rotary World Peace Fellows with the opportunity to pursue a master's degree in conflict resolution, peace studies, international relations, and related areas. Each year, up to 60 Rotary World Peace Fellowships are offered on a competitive basis at the Rotary Centers, which operate in partnership with seven leading universities around the world.

foundation senior leaders discuss future vision plan  (ri video)  (MAY)
In anticipation of the Foundation’s 100-year anniversary in 2017, the Trustees set out in 2005 to develop a 10-year vision with a three-year plan to move the Foundation toward its second century of service. This vision and plan reflect input from a wide variety of stakeholders through interviews, surveys, focus groups, and input sessions and include a comprehensive approach for setting goals and a roadmap for successful execution.

E-Security for your business   (JUN)

By Joanne Sharpe

As visitors to Rotary E-Club One website are well aware, the Internet provides great opportunities for us to meet together virtually, and for small business to reach new markets and more customers than ever before. Unfortunately, with those opportunities come some e-security risks.   This is the advice no small-business owner can afford to miss.

Advanced RYLA – Preparing Today’s Leaders for Tomorrow’s Challenges     (jun)
By Jason Griffith
Lots of people want to “change the world.”  It’s what gets us out of bed; it’s why we give money to charities; it’s why we join Rotary.  In fact, the investment in making the world better has caught on so much that we have a term for it.  Our lives have been infused with a “change-the-world” mentality.  The Rotary world is especially inspired by this emotion, and from every corner of the world Rotarians are joining together to eliminate malaria, provide drinking water, and deal with hunger. 

Rotary eClub One of District 5450 Leads District  In Per Capital Annual Giving   (jun)

President Tim Mowbray and the Board of Directors of Rotary eClub One are very pleased to advise that through the latest reporting period, our Club leads the District in per capital giving to The Rotary Foundation for Annual Programs Fund.  This totals $403.85 per member. How has this been accomplished in a Club of 40 members spread around the world in 9 different countries and in multiple time zones?

Message from RI President Wilf Wilkinson    (apr)
Rotary is uniquely privileged to be a well-established, religiously and politically neutral organization with no governmental ties or obligations. We are known and respected as a group of men and women who simply come to help – by bringing clean water and food, teaching literacy and numeracy, providing assistance after a disaster, ending poli
o. When there is a need, a crisis, or an emergency, Rotary is there. We know that, as Rotarians, part of our role in any crisis is to bring people together, rather than drive them apart. It is our role and also our responsibility.

Do you confuse Activity with AccomplishmenT?    (apr)

By Michael Angier

Almost everyone I know is busy. Heck, even the RETIRED people I know are busy. It doesn't matter whether you're in business for yourself or work for someone else, you no doubt find your day filled with activity. You may even feel overwhelmed a lot of the time.  But being busy by itself doesn't really amount to much.  You can be busy being busy, but not be making much--or any--progress.

Face to face with RI President-elect Dong Kurn Lee    (apr)

RI President-elect Dong Kurn Lee sat down with Vince Aversano, editor in chief of The Rotarian, to talk about how he plans to tackle his year in office as RI’s first Korean president. 
[Q] President-elect Lee, what would you hope to accomplish next year as president?

I would like to see progress made in polio, both in terms of meeting the Gates [Foundation] challenge grant and in reducing the number of polio-endemic countries. I would also like to see child mortality, the terrible tragedy of preventable deaths of children, become something that every Rotarian is aware of.

School Support and Access Project in East Timor (Timor Leste)      (apr)
The Alola Foundation is dedicated to the well-being of women and children in East Timor.  The people at the Alola Foundation are very excited with the launch of a new Education Project in East Timor. Currently they have three School Support Officers working within Friendship Schools in a range of districts, working very closely with the Ministry of Education at a District and Central level. These activities are in line with the newly developed National Curriculum for Primary Schools in East Timor.

Water Harvesting PART ONE: Rotary International RVM part 1    *this is a video   (mar)
Because the foothills of India's west coast are too rocky to retain rainwater year round, villagers must often walk for miles to fetch water for their families. Since 2003, the Rotary Club of Bombay Metropolitan, Maharashtra, partnering with local and international groups and supported by Rotary Foundation Matching Grants, has launched scores of water harvesting projects that preserve this precious resource.
Water Harvesting PART ONE: Rotary International RVM  part 2   *this is a video   (MAR)
Part two of this excellent video story about how matching grants are making a difference in the efforts for clean water around the Rotary world.
CYCLE TO WALK   (mar)
Supported by Rotary clubs in Canada
The World Health Organization says “more than 10 million children will be paralyzed in the next 40 years” if we fail to eradicate polio. Polio is a viral infection that can result in paralysis, respiratory problems or even death. Global immunization is ongoing, but it remains endemic in India, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Nigeria.

What should all Rotary clubs know about clean water projects?    (mar)

By Joseph Derr 

Past District Governor Carolyn Crowley Meub, executive committee member for the Water and Sanitation Rotarian Action Group, and executive director for Pure Water for the World stresses the importance of clean water projects. She is a past governor of District 7870 (Vermont and New Hampshire, USA).

TWO LITERACY PROJECTS      (mar)
Rotary Club of Grahamstown Sunset, South Africa (D9320)
Gwen Mvula-Jamela had a dream for the school where she taught. She wanted children at Makana Public Primary School to develop a love of books and a culture of reading. She also dreamed of children being able to take books home to share with their families. MPPS had a library with empty shelves and piles of old text books …nothing more!

EVERYTHING ABOUT COKE YOU WANTED TO KNOW   (mar)
Except the Secret Formula!

Phil Mooney has been the Director of the Archives Department of The Coca-Cola Company since 1977. Phil is a super-collector of all things Coca-Cola. The position sends him to conventions and private collections and keeps him in frequent contact with collectors around the world. In fact, one of his favorite things about the job is the people, since Coca-Cola collectors make up a large family, sharing a common and endlessly fascinating passion.

YALARI - Indigenous Education Scholarship Program   (mar)

Mr Waverley Stanley is an Australian indigenous aboriginal man who grew up in Murgon and Cherbourg, situated 300 kilometers north-west of Brisbane in Queensland, Australia. In 1979, Rosemary Bishop his year 7 teacher, recognized great potential in Waverley and she assisted him in securing a life changing secondary school scholarship at Toowoomba Grammar School in Queensland.

HANDS ACROSS THE WATER – THAILAND    (mar)
Hands Across the Water is a joint enterprise between Peter Baines, an Australian police officer, and Gill Williams, a UK police colleague, who both worked as part of the international team in Thailand during the response to the Tsunami. As Peter had done, Gill was sent to Thailand on a number of occasions and during one of her deployments she become aware of the needs of a number of Thai children who had been orphaned as a result of the Tsunami.

A GIANT ROTARY WHEEL AND THE WORDS "END POLIO NOW"   (mar)

This image and message was beamed onto the side of the House of Commons to the left of Big Ben in London, UK, on Rotary International's 103rd Birthday on Saturday, 23rd February, to start a challenge to raise $100 million to help finally to eradicate polio from the world. Polio eradication has been Rotary's top priority since 1985 and working with WHO, UNICEF and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Rotary International has managed to cut the numbers of polio cases by 99 per cent.

Google Gives Rotary US$3.5 Million To Help End Polio    (mar)

By Dan Nixon and Vivian Fiore 

Rotary International has received a US$3.5 million challenge grant from the Google Foundation, a nonprofit managed by Google.org, in support of Rotary’s top goal to eradicate polio worldwide. Rotary will raise funds to match the Google Foundation grant dollar-for-dollar over one year. The grant and matching funds will directly support polio immunization activities carried out by the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI), a partnership spearheaded by the World Health Organization, Rotary International, UNICEF, and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Rotarians help fund pediatric unit in Vietnam    (mar)

By Peter Schmidtke 

According to the International Union Against Cancer, in developing countries, children with cancer have a survival rate of less than 50 percent, compared to 80 percent in developed countries. Rotarian Forrest Lloyd spent three years trying to help bridge that gap.  Last year, Forrest Lloyd, of the Rotary Club of China Lake, California, USA, and other project volunteers unveiled a US$650,000, four-bed pediatric intensive care unit at the Ho Chi Minh Cancer Hospital in Vietnam.

Swiss Rotarian Leaves Behind Anti-land-mine Legacy   (mar)
In 1995, Stirnemann, along with Walter Limacher, then governor of District 1990 (Germany), and fellow members of the Rotary Club of Burgdorf, Switzerland, founded Mine-Ex to address the threat and problems caused by these weapons. Stirnemann drew many Rotarians and Rotary clubs to the cause. Today, Mine-Ex carries out numerous service projects, including providing medical and orthopedic care for land mine victims, training local prosthesis technicians, supporting a worldwide ban on the production and distribution of mines, and helping with the removal of land mines.  

Top Ten Reasons to Live a Life of Integrity    (mar)

By Michael Angier

You might think that it's a no-brainer why one should live an honest life. But it's apparent to me that a life of integrity is the exception rather than the rule. How many people do you know who are honest all the time? We could make a case about the morality and the "rightness" of living honestly. Religious leaders have been advocating this for thousands of years.

It's doubtful that even they could provide a true model of integrity.

Climate Change—A New Driver of Innovation?    (mar)

PE Angus M Robinson – Rotary eClub One
Evidence the recent gathering in Bali, Indonesia, climate change has been very much in the minds of our political leaders recently. But what does this mean for Rotarians worldwide? Yes, climate change is occurring, and irrespective of what is causing it (in other words, global warming with or without human involvement), governments around the world are responding by implementing measures to lessen the amount of greenhouse gases (principally carbon dioxide) which results from the combustion of our carbon rich fuels such as coal through electricity generation.

In Praise of Gardens – the Bahá'í Perspective     (feb)

By President Elect Angus M Robinson – Rotary eClub One

Whilst on business recently in Israel, I had the opportunity to visit the magnificently maintained and peaceful, terraced gardens of the Bahá'í Faith located on the slopes of Mount Carmel at Haifa in Northern Israel. Opened in 2001, this spiritual attraction was constructed with funding of some US$260m sourced from adherents to the Bahá'í Faith from all around the world. In addition on any given day, it is not unusual to around 100 disciples applying their skills to gardening and general maintenance work.

ORPHANS & WIDOWS LIVELIHOOD PROJECT KABUL AFGHANISTAN   (feb)
By John Jedryk, International Service Director, Rotary Club of Canberra East
Rotarians have a reputation for undertaking worthwhile projects in the most unlikely places around the world, so why not in Afghanistan?  After almost 30 years of war there are more than one million destitute widows and many thousands of orphans.  The need for help is almost overwhelming so I decided to undertake an international Rotary project.

Improving Communications For People With Disabilities   (dec - pdf)

By Gunela Astbrink

Rotary eClub One has partnered with Rotary Club of Canberra East (District 9710, Australia) to support a feasibility study for an advocate training program in improving communications and information technology for people with disabilities. Funding is now needed to put the program into action. Imagine not being able to pick up a phone to make a call, or to hear your child on the end of a phone line or to be able to see the web pages on the Internet. This is what happens every day to many people who have a physical disability, a hearing impairment or are blind.

If You Don't Change your Mind, Your Mind Will Change You  (dec pdf)

By Chuck Gallozzi

Many people are not entirely happy with their lives, and they have felt that way for many years. Most realize that if they want things to change, they will first have to change themselves. But if that is so, why don't they change? Well, some don't want to. Others don't try to change because of a false belief. And those who do try, often give up too soon.

Making the District Training Cycle Work for you  (dec pdf)

By Maureen Vaught 

The numbers don’t lie. According to survey results, district trainers and governors believe the amount of training Rotary recommends is not too little and not too much, but just right. A district training cycle survey conducted in August by RI’s Leadership Education and Training Division revealed that 72 percent of respondents think the number of training meetings offered at the district level is adequate. And when asked which meeting should be discontinued, 73 percent answered: None; keep all training seminars.

Are you a Spider or a Lion?    (dec)
When it comes to change, are you a spider or a lion? Do you sit back like the spider and wait for things to come to you or do you go out and hunt for your opportunities like the lion? When it comes to workplace change we need to have the attitude of the Lion. If we sit back and wait to see what happens we will usually be disappointed. There is an old saying that goes “good things come to those who wait” but today we need to remember that the only things left to those who wait are the things left behind by those who hustle!
The Money Camp     (dec)
As director of workforce and community development for a Community College in Southern California, I’m interested in training and what’s going on in the business world. Our programs provide training for our local community and we do our best to help with workforce and economic development.  We have the proverbial “underwater basket weaving” classes (which I am tempted to put in our class schedule just to see if anyone would actually sign-up!) and we have certificate programs that help prepare workers for high paying jobs.  We also work with our local employers to provide training for their employees in the workplace. 
Success Story from Limpopo South Africa    (dec)
Elsie Molelemane started out as a cleaner at the University of Limpopo in the northernmost province of South Africa. An intelligent young woman, with a desire to succeed in life, Elsie was assisted by the Rotary Club of Pietersburg 100 in Limpopo, and she received a scholarship to go and study at the Department of Blindness and Low vision at Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA. The Rotary Club of Kalamazoo provided her with support and assistance during her stay in the United States.

10 Reasons We Should Care About Water   (OCT)

"In the years since Rotary International has started focusing on water as one of its annual service emphases…We’ve learned just how much can be accomplished with relatively little, how a single small water project, perhaps a pump or a filter, can change the life of a community," says RI President Wilfrid J. Wilkinson. "However, our work has also included participation in many other major water projects."

John Kenny is choice for 2009-10 RI President   (OCT )

John Kenny, of the Rotary Club of Grangemouth, Central, Scotland, District 1020, is the selection of the Nominating Committee for President of Rotary International in 2009-10. He will become the president-nominee on 1 December if there are no challenging candidates. John Kenny is a past dean of his local law faculty, a judge, and a notary. He is active in scouting and earned the Medal of Merit for helping form new scout groups in Eastern Europe.

GIVING SERIES by Enid Ablowitz
Chose from a list of enid's past articles  
(SERIES)
Enid Ablowitz is the Vice President for Advancement at the University of Colorado Foundation, Inc., and Director of Advancement for the Coleman Institute for Cognitive Disabilities.  She has been working as a donor advocate for more than a dozen years.  Her book, Making Money Matter:  Eight Steps to Thoughtful Giving contains many of the tips you will find in these articles.

About Enid   


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