Finish the Rotary year by adding in your make-ups! Dates for July and August 2019 have now been added, but do not use them if you have any unused dates in 2018-19. It does not matter if a meeting date is marked as closed, it can still be used. At the end of June we will be able to tell what our final average was. Right now we are at 55%. At the end of June last year, our activity rate was 60%. Some did more than others, but every activity counts.
Inter-club Dinner in Cornwall
Please mark your calendars for Wednesday, June 12, for a supper club meeting in the Rotary Tea Room at the Glen-Stor-Dun Lodge, Cornwall beginning at 5:30pm. All Rotarians are welcome. Please spread the news to your members, their spouses, friends and potential members that can’t make it to our usual meeting times.
Agenda is now finalized and posted in Documents. Theme is orange to celebrate National Indigenous Peoples Day (June 21st)
Room capacity is 55 guests. We have 5 going from our club, but there's always room for more.
From PE Chris
Do you have your personal Rotary goals for the coming year written down? Those goals then placed where you can see them every day? Out of sight can mean out of mind. I suggest writing in short, simple, phrases with a date for doing attached. You’ll be amazed how much you can accomplish if you apply this suggestion.
Committee Membership
Next year's goals requests that we appoint a committee of at least 5 members each for Membership and for The Rotary Foundation. Keep in mind that most meetings will be online. Which Committee do you want to join? Membership 5, The Rotary Foundation 3, Neither 2
Would the people who want to be on the Membership Committee contact me, and those for the Foundation can contact Jacinthe?
WEEK 50 THE ROTARY FOUNDATION
WHAT KIND OF ROTARY SERVICE AWARDS ARE THERE?
District Service Award recognizes Rotarians at the District level who serve humanity through Rotary Foundation programs and are awarded by the District Governor.
Citation for Meritorious Service recognizes one Rotarian from each District during each Rotary year for demonstrated active service to the Rotary Foundation.
Distinguished Service Award is The Rotary Foundation’s highest service award and recognizes the recipients’ exemplary service to The Rotary Foundation which must extend beyond the District level and over an extended period of time.
YOU CAN HELP NOMINATE ANY WORTHY ROTARIAN FOR ANY OF THESE AWARDS.
Rotary ABC’s - The International Assembly
The International Assembly is held each year before 15 February to prepare district governors-elect from around the world for the office they will assume on 1 July. Accompanied by their spouses, the 535 incoming governors join a host of experienced Rotarian leaders for a week of training and motivational sessions. At the assembly, they meet the special Rotarian who will serve as RI president during their year as governors, and they learn the RI theme for the coming year, around which they will build their district’s activities.
The first International Assembly was held in Chicago in 1919. Since then, assemblies have been held throughout the United States: Lake Placid, New York; Kansas City, Missouri; Boca Raton, Florida; Nashville, Tennessee; Anaheim, California; and, most recently, San Diego, California. In 2020 the International Assembly will be in Orlando, Florida. But regardless of the venue, the message on the sign above the plenary hall remains unchanged: “Enter to learn . . . go forth to serve.”
Request for volunteers
By Jennifer Wyatt
I am on the board of the Ottawa Bach Choir and we are looking for volunteers. I wondered if this was something the Rotary Club may be interested in doing.
Here is the info for the calendar.
Dates for next season's concerts are:
Sunday, December 1, 2019
Saturday, March 7, 2020
Saturday, May 2, 2020
Concerts are at 8 pm (venues TBA), so Front of House volunteers should plan to show up at 6:30 pm, dressed in formal business attire (black, if possible). We need people to help out with logistics (setting up Reserved signs), managing the Reserved areas, greeting people, handing out programs, and helping to take tickets and CD orders. We will provide on-the-spot training. Contact Jennifer if you are able to volunteer. This item will be moved into Documents next week.
Invitation from E-club of Innovation
Wednesday 12 June 2019 AT 19.30 BST … That's in the afternoon, 2:30 pm our time.
“Crowdfunding for Social Good”
Our speaker is Devin Thorpe – A social entrepreneur, a crowdfunding speaker and trainer, a published author, new media journalist, Forbes contributor, and, ardent champion of social good. Whew! In other words, he’s a man of many talents. He is an interesting Rotarian sharing his experience with us. He recently interviewed Bill Gates about “why polio”.
Devin brings a global perspective to audiences around the world, empowering them to do more good and make their mark on the world. These lessons also enable them to change their personal lives and to drive positive change within their organizations. His books provide roadmaps to audiences on how to have a positive impact.
His leadership programs include:
Adding Profit by Adding Purpose
Building a Movement to Change the World
Crowdfunding for Social Good
He is a Forbes Contributor - blogging, writing, and speaking about Crowdfunding for Social Good. Using Crowdfunding to bring meaningful change to the world, he runs his own YouTube show covering social entrepreneurship and impact investing, reaching an audience of over 2 million people. He’s produced over 1,000 episodes of his “Your Mark on the World” show featuring celebrity change agents. A bestselling author, his five books on personal finance and crowdfunding, draws upon his experience as an investment banker, CFO in a top 500 business, treasurer and U.S. Senate staffer and his Cornell MBA and have been read over 1 million times, helping people use money for good. He has helped non-profits raise millions via crowdfunding.
Devin Thorpe, a considered a "champion of social good,"
He is an adviser to change agents in organisations globally and he is an accomplished public speaker. Devin has been a keynote speaker at the United Nations talking about Corporate Social Responsibility. His recent claim to fame is to have the honour to interview Bill Gates about why he involved his Foundation in ending polio.
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