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“As members of the Rotary Club of Chicago celebrated Rotary’s 105th anniversary at a downtown hotel on 23 February, the city’s historic Wrigley Building was illuminated in the background with an urgent message: End Polio Now.
The Wrigley Building joined several other iconic landmarks worldwide, each lit with an anniversary message or the three words representing Rotary’s commitment to rid the world of the crippling childhood disease.” (Rotary Club of Chicago marks 105 years By Ryan Hyland, Rotary International News -- 24 February 2010)
Visit our website to see dazzling images of historic landmarks all working together to get the message accross. Rotary International
District 7890HOT DATES
IN THE DISTRICT
INTERACT/ROTARACT CONFERENCE
MARCh 27, 2010CROwNE PlAzA hOTEl,
ENFIEld, CT
dISTRICT CONFERENCEApril 30-MAy 2, 2010SArAtogA SpringS, ny
INSTAllATION dINNER
June 3, 2010riverview
SiMSbury, Ct
inCoMing ri preSident rAy KlinginSMith will offiCiAte At the inStAllAtion of inCoMing preSidentS And diStriCt 7890 governor. reServAtionS will
be open After MArCh 15.
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ROTARy INTERNATIONAl CONVENTION
Montreal, CanadaJune 20-23, 2010
information:Prasad Menon, DGE
Message from Governor-elect Prasad Menon
March 2010No. 9
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www.ROTARy.ORg
Rotary District 78903 Sarah Anne LaneWindsor, CT
A new Rotary Year is about to begin and I am in the process of getting everything in place for my year as District Governor. In that process I have had several opportunities to interact with many Rotarians at their club meetings. I was amazed to see the accomplishments of our clubs.
President-elect Ray Klinginsmith announced the Theme for the coming year in our International Assembly in January; Building Communities – Bridging Continents. If we look at the Theme it explains everything we do in our own communities and around the world. It also tells the world what we do.
I will continue to emphasize the fact that the Clubs are the pillars of Rotary and we, the Rotarians, are responsible to keep those pillars strong. Without clubs and Rotarians, there is no Rotary.The Rotary Foundation is synonymous with Rotary. Everything we do through the Rotary Foundation translates into saving lives, either directly like polio eradication and clean water, or indirectly like our program on Conflict Resolution through our Peace Fellows and Ambassadorial Scholars. On average, one dollar will save one child in the developing countries. So, I would like all Rotarians to decide how many children they want to save individually, and translate that into dollars, as a basis for their individual contribution to the Foundation. I cannot see any one of us saying that we don’t want to save a few lives at that price.
I hope to put our efforts together to make the clean water projects initiated by many of our clubs into a major undertaking at the District level with matching grants from the District and possibly the Rotary Foundation. In many of these countries the best water available is from dirty ponds. Diseases contracted from polluted water account for the majority of the preventable infant deaths in those countries.
We are a very unique organization; no other organization in the world does everything we do. I look forward to my visits to your clubs to strengthen our ties and to make 2010-11 the best year in history. We already have the best start among all the clubs in the world with the Installation Ceremony officiated by incoming RI President Ray Klinginsmith on June 3 at the Riverview in Simsbury. Please do join us for an inspiring evening that day.
Best wishes to all.
Prasad MenonDistrict Governor 2010-11
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ByLaw ProposalsProposal to amend District 7890 bylaws submitted by Prasad Menon, DG 2010-2011 and Sue Klock, DG 2011-2012.
Last year an extensive revision of the district bylaws, with the exception of Article 2 relating to financial matters, was approved at the District Conference. At that time, “Article 2. Fiscal Matters” was amended to only minor ways to make it consistent with changes being made in other articles. This year DGE Menon and DGN Klock are proposing a revision of Article 2 to improve fiscal practices at the district level. The biggest changes could result from the creation of a Finance Committee separate from the Audit Committee. Aside from that many sections of 2009 bylaws Article 2 remain, just renumbered/rearranged. A complementary proposal to make minor changes in “Article 6, The District Governor” and “Article 7, Committees” is to make them consistent with proposed “Article 2. Fiscal Matters,” and to reflect some actions of Rotary International which will impact our committees. All proposals are available on the District Website (http://www.rotarydistrict7890.org) and will be mailed to club presidents prior to the District Conference in Saratoga Springs.
Proposals submitted by PDG Raymond Chelte
Article 6 – The District NewsletterEach Rotarian will have the opportunity to receive the same newsletter electronically, (instead of by USPS.)
Article 10 – Publication of proposed amendmentsThe chair shall provide to the sitting president of each club by Electronic Mail (delete First Class Mail) no later than March 15th all proposed bylaw changes which will be considered at the conference, including…
ROTARY INTERNATIONAL DISTRICT 7890 CONFERENCE The Saratoga Hilton, 534 Broadway, Saratoga Springs, New York 12866
April 30 – May 2, 2010 Saddle on Up to Saratoga!
We look forward to having you and your family join us at the 2010 District 7890 Conference in Saratoga Springs. Please visit the District Web site for more information and to download the registration form: http://www.rotarydistrict7890.org/DC_2010-info.htm There are many opportunities to support our Rotary District Conference: House of Friendship club booth:
o Promote your club’s activities and events in the House of Friendship – no charge for District 7890 clubs
Donations for goody bags (approximately 100 goody bags): o Flyers/brochures promoting your club’s upcoming activities/events o Snacks/candy o Bottled water o Give-away from your company or club (pens, note pads, etc)
Sponsorships: o Program book sponsor – $150 o Friday lunch sponsor – $250 o Friday reception sponsor – $150 o Friday dignitaries’ reception sponsor – $150 o Friday dinner sponsor – $500 o Saturday breakfast sponsor – $200 o Saturday dinner sponsor – $600 (includes opportunity to present Rotary blanket to
winning jockey and horse) o Sunday breakfast sponsor – $200 o House of Friendship sponsor - $100
Program book ads: o Full page – $100 o Half page – $60 o Business card – $35
For more information about the above opportunities, please contact Janis C. Jerman (Rotary Club of New Britain-Berlin) at [email protected] or (860)826-6625 Hospitality suite:
o One bedroom suite with separate sitting area, dining area, wet bar, and more! o Available Friday and/or Saturday night for $315 per night (does not include food or
beverage) o This is a great opportunity for a club or a group of clubs to host a reception or time
of fellowship at the conference. For more information about reserving a hospitality suite, please contact Carol E. Laliberte (Rotary Club of Easthampton) at [email protected] or (413)527-2073
New Meeting PlacesFarmington - Apricots Restauraunt 1593 Farmington Avenue, Farmington, CT Tuesday - 12:15PM
Hartford - Hartford Club 46 Prospect Street, Hartford, CT Monday - 12:15PM
dISTRICT ATTENdANCEFOR THE MONTH OF JANUARY
Membership JanAGAWAM, MA 37 *AMHERST, MA 81 61%AVON/CANTON, CT 69 68%BLOOMFIELD, CT 21 78.95%BRISTOL, CT 46 *BROADBROOK, CT 19 84.72%CHICOPEE, MA 36 *DALTON, MA 15 93%DANIELSON, CT 25 *E-CLUB 12 70%EAST HARTFORD, CT 86 *E. LONGMEADOW, MA 39 78%EAST WINDSOR, CT 18 86.1%EASTHAMPTON, MA 27 78%ENFIELD, CT 67 72.37%FARMINGTON, CT 39 80%FRANKLIN COUNTY, MA 25 *GLASTONBURY, CT 74 77.7%GREAT BARRINGTON, MA 51 83.82%HARTFORD, CT 33 *HOLYOKE, MA 77 86.5%KENSINGSTN/BER, CT 14 79%LITCHFIELD/MORRIS, CT 26 51.9%LONGMEADOW, MA * *LUDLOW, MA 18 *MANCHESTER, CT 44 66%MONSON, MA 12 76%NEW BRITAIN/BERLIN, CT 65 *NEW MILFORD, CT 59 69.5%NEWINGTON, CT 30 70%NORTH ADAMS, MA 16 *NORTHAMPTON 43 77%PALMER, MA 36 *PITTSFIELD, MA 83 75.74%PLAINFIELD, CT 33 *PLAINVILLE, CT 30 77.81%PUTNAM, CT 62 *ROCKVILLE, CT 25 72%SALISBURY, CT 58 *SIMSBURY, CT 71 66%SOMERS, CT 31 54%SOUTH WINDSOR, CT 68 *SOUTHINGTON, CT 37 *SOUTHWICK, MA 16 *SPRINGFIELD, MA 84 *STAFFORD, CT 13 79.4%SUFFIELD, CT 40 *TERRYVILLE, CT 12 73%THOMASTON, CT * *TORRINGTON, CT 81 44.67%TRI-TOWN, MA 28 55%WARE, MA 16 63%WASHINGTON, CT * *WATERTOWN, CT 140 84%WEST HARTFORD, CT 70 66.79%WEST SPRINGFIELD, MA 65 67%WESTFIELD, MA 49 61.40%WETHRSFIELD/RCKY HILL, CT 14 77%WILBRHAM/HAMPDEN, MA 38 63%WILLIAMSTOWN, MA 18 61%WILLIMANTIC, CT 40 62.18%WINDSOR/WNDSRLOCKS, CT 39 70%WINSTED, CT 42 68%
Please report attendance to District SecretaryAnn Marie Ottoson’s e-mail: [email protected]
CONgRATulATIONS...... to Windsor/Windsor Locks Rotarian Jared
Carillo and his wife Morgen on the birth of their daughter Addison Page.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~When was the last time youbrought a guest to Rotary?When was the last time yousponsored a new Rotarian?
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
wElCOME NEw MEMbERSAMherSt Alvin hAll
Andrew JoneS
MiChAel roMMell
broAd brooK ChriS MAyer
bobbi MAzureK
Ann oSbourne
enfield norMAn SMith
greAt bArrington Alex Joutov
SAbrinA ruggiero
holyoKe Jeff Aldridge
KenSington/berlin pAtriCiA KSiAzKowSKi
putnAM elizAbeth buzAlSKi
SAM CrAwford
SAliSbury pAul bAren
JeAn vAlette SoMerS dAniel MArti
weStfield thoMAS KeenAn
INTERACT/ROTARACT CONFERENCE
The Annual Interact/Rotaract Conference for District 7890 will be held on Saturday, March 27, 2010 at the Crowne Plaza-Holiday Inn, One Bright Meadow Blvd in Enfield, CT.
Registration and breakfast will be from 8-9AM. The conference includes lunch and will be over by 2:30PM.
Over 30 Interact Clubs and 3 Rotaract Clubs are making a positive world changing difference that is shaping the future of humanity on our spaceship Earth. Students and Advisors who have participated in past conferences go back to their clubs with new ideas and enthusiasm and have learned new and improved ways of making their clubs and their service and fundraising projects more successful. Come share ideas with one another in a 5 minute presentation of your best service and fund raising ideas. For more information contact District Chair, David Mangs, at 860 677-7720 or email at: [email protected].
“The Future of Rotary is in the Hands of Our Youth.”
RYLA NEWSOnce again, RYLA (Rotary Youth Leadership Award) will be held at Springfield College’s East Campus on June 12, 2010. This is a program for high school sophomores. Information has been sent out to all club presidents. The cost is $150.00 per student for the one-day RYLA training. This program features motivational speakers and outdoor ropes exercises. Any club in the district can send as many students as they wish. Rotarians are also welcome to attend the day’s activities. We would like to see every club represented on June 12.
GET YOUR REGISTRATION INTO PDG LARRY OTTOSON, REGISTRAR at 25 Lenox Circle, East Longmeadow, MA 01028 Don’t let the sophomores in your local high school be disappointed!!!!
yOuTh NEwS
87 YearsPutnam-CharteredMarch 20, 1923
72 YearsWethersfield/Rocky Hill-Chartered
March 21, 1938
Happy Anniversary To:
...Rotary International and our local Bloomfield
Rotary
A proud supporter of ...
21 Old Windsor Rd., Bloomfield, CT 06002860-242-0303 www.sirspeedy.com/bloomfield
64 YearsThomaston-Chartered
March 4, 1946
Dalton-CharteredMarch 16, 1946
62 YearsGlastonbury-Chartered
March 15, 1948
32 YearsLitchfield-Morris-Chartered
March 11, 1978
12 YearsLudlow-Chartered
March 11, 1998
hAPPENINgS ‘ROuNd ThE dISTRICT...BLOOMFIELD President Donald Harris recently presented a check for $1,200 to Operation Fuel’s Executive Director Patricia Wrice. Operation Fuel is a private, nonprofit statewide program that provides emergency energy assistance to lower income working families, the elderly and disabled individuals.
The EAST HARTFORD Club announces its May 7, 2010 Wine Fest to be held at Goodwin College, Riverside Drive in East Hartford from 7 to 10PM. Cost is $50 per person and features sumptuous hors d’oeuvres, wine tasting and a silent auction which will be held from7-8:30PM. There will also be a live auction at 9:00PM of fine wines. All proceeds will support the club’s charities. For tickets, contact John Shemo at 860 728-2284 or the club’s website: easthartfordrotary.com.
In January, The Central Berkshire/DALTON Interact Club delivered buckets of sand to shut-ins so they could sand their walkways. In February they sponsored a dance at which the entry fees were cans of food which went to the local bank and also a small fee which will go to help the people of Haiti.
Signs encourage crime watch groups – Energized by a rash of fires in December, community leaders in Northampton, MA are pressing on with efforts to establish neighborhood watches throughout the city. The Rotary Club of NORTHAMPTON recently unveiled the model for a set of signs they have purchased urging residents to sign up for watches in their neighborhoods. The signs will be posted at about nine entrances to the city and others will be available at the request of city councilors for their specific wards.
Haiti News
The SALISBURY Club presented a Haiti Benefit Concert in support of Albert Schweitzer Hospital featuring Irish Music, the Paton Family and Friends with special guest World Champion Irish Fiddler, Dylan Foley. The concert was held Sunday, February 7 at the Housatonic Valley Regional High School in Falls Village, CT.
CELEBRATING50th ANNIVERARY
The NEWINGTON ROTARY CLUB recently celebrated its 50th Anniversary at a gala celebration at Indian Hill Country Club where it honored its Charter Member, Charlie Lowe, who remains an active member of the club.
During the evening’s festivities, which were organized by club member Bob Newbold, they received a legislative citation presented by State Senator Paul Doyle. They also received recognitions from Newington Mayor Jeff Wright, from the local chapter of the Shriners, UNICO, the Newington Chamber of Commerce and other various civic organizations.
IT WORKS!Through civil uprisings, monetary instability and administration changes, the well project started by the WESTFIELD Rotary Club has finally come to fruition. Thanks to support of the AGAWAM, AMHERST, CHICOPEE, NEWINGTON, SIMSBURY, SOUTHWICK AND WEST SPRINGFIELD CLUBS, and in partnership with UMass Engineers Without Borders, water is running in Namawanga, Kenya. The hand well was installed and the local Polytechnical School signed on for administration and maintenance of the project. Several hundred community members are already using the well and experiencing improved public health and development benefits in the community.
PUTNAM Rotary Club and the PUTNAM Rotary Foundation were quick to respond with a $5,000 donation to FGSA (Foundation Good Samaritan in Action) a local Northeast CT organization on the ground in Haiti. This donation was matched by a local businessman and his wife. FGSA provides the Haitian people with clean water, vitamins, antibiotics, immunizations and basic medical care.
pictured l to r - Joane Mueller-London, Club President with Charter Member Charlie Lowe
Ambassadorial Scholar visits Wilbraham…
Puja Jain, of Calcutta, India, a student at UMass-Amherst, and a Rotary Ambassador Scholar exchanges flags with WILBRAHAM-HAMPDEN Rotary president Brad Sperry Jan. 27 When she returns to India, she will work on reforming child labor laws.
MAKING A DIFFERENCE WITH A HOT MEAL
For the past three years the KENSINGTON-BERLIN SUNRISE CLUB has provided, prepared and served a hot meal on the first Sunday of each winter month at the New Britain Salvation Army’s Out of the Cold luncheons. The meals are often sponsored by businesses from the community. The Tomasso family has been this season’s sponsor. Approximately 50 people of all ages enjoy the meal each month. The Farmington Interact Club has been faithful in helping to serve and clean up.
WILLIAMSTOWN is holding a breakfast buf-fet at Williamstown Commons on March 28 from 9-22AM to raise money for its youth programs.
hAPPENINgS ‘ROuNd ThE dISTRICT...BLOOMFIELD President Donald Harris recently presented a check for $1,200 to Operation Fuel’s Executive Director Patricia Wrice. Operation Fuel is a private, nonprofit statewide program that provides emergency energy assistance to lower income working families, the elderly and disabled individuals.
The EAST HARTFORD Club announces its May 7, 2010 Wine Fest to be held at Goodwin College, Riverside Drive in East Hartford from 7 to 10PM. Cost is $50 per person and features sumptuous hors d’oeuvres, wine tasting and a silent auction which will be held from7-8:30PM. There will also be a live auction at 9:00PM of fine wines. All proceeds will support the club’s charities. For tickets, contact John Shemo at 860 728-2284 or the club’s website: easthartfordrotary.com.
In January, The Central Berkshire/DALTON Interact Club delivered buckets of sand to shut-ins so they could sand their walkways. In February they sponsored a dance at which the entry fees were cans of food which went to the local bank and also a small fee which will go to help the people of Haiti.
Signs encourage crime watch groups – Energized by a rash of fires in December, community leaders in Northampton, MA are pressing on with efforts to establish neighborhood watches throughout the city. The Rotary Club of NORTHAMPTON recently unveiled the model for a set of signs they have purchased urging residents to sign up for watches in their neighborhoods. The signs will be posted at about nine entrances to the city and others will be available at the request of city councilors for their specific wards.
Haiti News
The SALISBURY Club presented a Haiti Benefit Concert in support of Albert Schweitzer Hospital featuring Irish Music, the Paton Family and Friends with special guest World Champion Irish Fiddler, Dylan Foley. The concert was held Sunday, February 7 at the Housatonic Valley Regional High School in Falls Village, CT.
CELEBRATING50th ANNIVERARY
The NEWINGTON ROTARY CLUB recently celebrated its 50th Anniversary at a gala celebration at Indian Hill Country Club where it honored its Charter Member, Charlie Lowe, who remains an active member of the club.
During the evening’s festivities, which were organized by club member Bob Newbold, they received a legislative citation presented by State Senator Paul Doyle. They also received recognitions from Newington Mayor Jeff Wright, from the local chapter of the Shriners, UNICO, the Newington Chamber of Commerce and other various civic organizations.
IT WORKS!Through civil uprisings, monetary instability and administration changes, the well project started by the WESTFIELD Rotary Club has finally come to fruition. Thanks to support of the AGAWAM, AMHERST, CHICOPEE, NEWINGTON, SIMSBURY, SOUTHWICK AND WEST SPRINGFIELD CLUBS, and in partnership with UMass Engineers Without Borders, water is running in Namawanga, Kenya. The hand well was installed and the local Polytechnical School signed on for administration and maintenance of the project. Several hundred community members are already using the well and experiencing improved public health and development benefits in the community.
PUTNAM Rotary Club and the PUTNAM Rotary Foundation were quick to respond with a $5,000 donation to FGSA (Foundation Good Samaritan in Action) a local Northeast CT organization on the ground in Haiti. This donation was matched by a local businessman and his wife. FGSA provides the Haitian people with clean water, vitamins, antibiotics, immunizations and basic medical care.
pictured l to r - Joane Mueller-London, Club President with Charter Member Charlie Lowe
Ambassadorial Scholar visits Wilbraham…
Puja Jain, of Calcutta, India, a student at UMass-Amherst, and a Rotary Ambassador Scholar exchanges flags with WILBRAHAM-HAMPDEN Rotary president Brad Sperry Jan. 27 When she returns to India, she will work on reforming child labor laws.
MAKING A DIFFERENCE WITH A HOT MEAL
For the past three years the KENSINGTON-BERLIN SUNRISE CLUB has provided, prepared and served a hot meal on the first Sunday of each winter month at the New Britain Salvation Army’s Out of the Cold luncheons. The meals are often sponsored by businesses from the community. The Tomasso family has been this season’s sponsor. Approximately 50 people of all ages enjoy the meal each month. The Farmington Interact Club has been faithful in helping to serve and clean up.
WILLIAMSTOWN is holding a breakfast buf-fet at Williamstown Commons on March 28 from 9-22AM to raise money for its youth programs.
dISTRICT ATTENdANCEFOR THE MONTH OF JANUARY
Membership JanAGAWAM, MA 37 *AMHERST, MA 81 61%AVON/CANTON, CT 69 68%BLOOMFIELD, CT 21 78.95%BRISTOL, CT 46 *BROADBROOK, CT 19 84.72%CHICOPEE, MA 36 *DALTON, MA 15 93%DANIELSON, CT 25 *E-CLUB 12 70%EAST HARTFORD, CT 86 *E. LONGMEADOW, MA 39 78%EAST WINDSOR, CT 18 86.1%EASTHAMPTON, MA 27 78%ENFIELD, CT 67 72.37%FARMINGTON, CT 39 80%FRANKLIN COUNTY, MA 25 *GLASTONBURY, CT 74 77.7%GREAT BARRINGTON, MA 51 83.82%HARTFORD, CT 33 *HOLYOKE, MA 77 86.5%KENSINGSTN/BER, CT 14 79%LITCHFIELD/MORRIS, CT 26 51.9%LONGMEADOW, MA * *LUDLOW, MA 18 *MANCHESTER, CT 44 66%MONSON, MA 12 76%NEW BRITAIN/BERLIN, CT 65 *NEW MILFORD, CT 59 69.5%NEWINGTON, CT 30 70%NORTH ADAMS, MA 16 *NORTHAMPTON 43 77%PALMER, MA 36 *PITTSFIELD, MA 83 75.74%PLAINFIELD, CT 33 *PLAINVILLE, CT 30 77.81%PUTNAM, CT 62 *ROCKVILLE, CT 25 72%SALISBURY, CT 58 *SIMSBURY, CT 71 66%SOMERS, CT 31 54%SOUTH WINDSOR, CT 68 *SOUTHINGTON, CT 37 *SOUTHWICK, MA 16 *SPRINGFIELD, MA 84 *STAFFORD, CT 13 79.4%SUFFIELD, CT 40 *TERRYVILLE, CT 12 73%THOMASTON, CT * *TORRINGTON, CT 81 44.67%TRI-TOWN, MA 28 55%WARE, MA 16 63%WASHINGTON, CT * *WATERTOWN, CT 140 84%WEST HARTFORD, CT 70 66.79%WEST SPRINGFIELD, MA 65 67%WESTFIELD, MA 49 61.40%WETHRSFIELD/RCKY HILL, CT 14 77%WILBRHAM/HAMPDEN, MA 38 63%WILLIAMSTOWN, MA 18 61%WILLIMANTIC, CT 40 62.18%WINDSOR/WNDSRLOCKS, CT 39 70%WINSTED, CT 42 68%
Please report attendance to District SecretaryAnn Marie Ottoson’s e-mail: [email protected]
CONgRATulATIONS...... to Windsor/Windsor Locks Rotarian Jared
Carillo and his wife Morgen on the birth of their daughter Addison Page.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~When was the last time youbrought a guest to Rotary?When was the last time yousponsored a new Rotarian?
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
wElCOME NEw MEMbERSAMherSt Alvin hAll
Andrew JoneS
MiChAel roMMell
broAd brooK ChriS MAyer
bobbi MAzureK
Ann oSbourne
enfield norMAn SMith
greAt bArrington Alex Joutov
SAbrinA ruggiero
holyoKe Jeff Aldridge
KenSington/berlin pAtriCiA KSiAzKowSKi
putnAM elizAbeth buzAlSKi
SAM CrAwford
SAliSbury pAul bAren
JeAn vAlette SoMerS dAniel MArti
weStfield thoMAS KeenAn
INTERACT/ROTARACT CONFERENCE
The Annual Interact/Rotaract Conference for District 7890 will be held on Saturday, March 27, 2010 at the Crowne Plaza-Holiday Inn, One Bright Meadow Blvd in Enfield, CT.
Registration and breakfast will be from 8-9AM. The conference includes lunch and will be over by 2:30PM.
Over 30 Interact Clubs and 3 Rotaract Clubs are making a positive world changing difference that is shaping the future of humanity on our spaceship Earth. Students and Advisors who have participated in past conferences go back to their clubs with new ideas and enthusiasm and have learned new and improved ways of making their clubs and their service and fundraising projects more successful. Come share ideas with one another in a 5 minute presentation of your best service and fund raising ideas. For more information contact District Chair, David Mangs, at 860 677-7720 or email at: [email protected].
“The Future of Rotary is in the Hands of Our Youth.”
RYLA NEWSOnce again, RYLA (Rotary Youth Leadership Award) will be held at Springfield College’s East Campus on June 12, 2010. This is a program for high school sophomores. Information has been sent out to all club presidents. The cost is $150.00 per student for the one-day RYLA training. This program features motivational speakers and outdoor ropes exercises. Any club in the district can send as many students as they wish. Rotarians are also welcome to attend the day’s activities. We would like to see every club represented on June 12.
GET YOUR REGISTRATION INTO PDG LARRY OTTOSON, REGISTRAR at 25 Lenox Circle, East Longmeadow, MA 01028 Don’t let the sophomores in your local high school be disappointed!!!!
yOuTh NEwS
87 YearsPutnam-CharteredMarch 20, 1923
72 YearsWethersfield/Rocky Hill-Chartered
March 21, 1938
Happy Anniversary To:64 Years
Thomaston-CharteredMarch 4, 1946
Dalton-CharteredMarch 16, 1946
62 YearsGlastonbury-Chartered
March 15, 1948
32 YearsLitchfield-Morris-Chartered
March 11, 1978
12 YearsLudlow-Chartered
March 11, 1998
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ARE YOU MOVING OR
CHANGING YOUR EMAIL??When you move or change emails you lose your monthly newsletter
UNLESS you send me the changes. PLEASE let me know! Thank you.
Karen Andrews, Editor - [email protected]
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~HOW TO REACH US
Email submissions with graphics, photos or files as attachments to:
PDG Karen Andrews3 Sarah Anne LaneWindsor, CT 06095
860 683-1710
e-mail: [email protected]
District Website-www.rotarydistrict7890.org
Information must be in our hands by the 10th of the month to be
included in the next issue.
Please respect the deadline.Thank You.
-New- Your Personal Ad
Can Reach:Over 2,500 RotariansOnly $25.00 per Issue
Business Ads $75.00 per IssueFor More Information - email
ByLaw ProposalsProposal to amend District 7890 bylaws submitted by Prasad Menon, DG 2010-2011 and Sue Klock, DG 2011-2012.
Last year an extensive revision of the district bylaws, with the exception of Article 2 relating to financial matters, was approved at the District Conference. At that time, “Article 2. Fiscal Matters” was amended to only minor ways to make it consistent with changes being made in other articles. This year DGE Menon and DGN Klock are proposing a revision of Article 2 to improve fiscal practices at the district level. The biggest changes could result from the creation of a Finance Committee separate from the Audit Committee. Aside from that many sections of 2009 bylaws Article 2 remain, just renumbered/rearranged. A complementary proposal to make minor changes in “Article 6, The District Governor” and “Article 7, Committees” is to make them consistent with proposed “Article 2. Fiscal Matters,” and to reflect some actions of Rotary International which will impact our committees. All proposals are available on the District Website (http://www.rotarydistrict7890.org) and will be mailed to club presidents prior to the District Conference in Saratoga Springs.
Proposals submitted by PDG Raymond Chelte
Article 6 – The District NewsletterEach Rotarian will have the opportunity to receive the same newsletter electronically, (instead of by USPS.)
Article 10 – Publication of proposed amendmentsThe chair shall provide to the sitting president of each club by Electronic Mail (delete First Class Mail) no later than March 15th all proposed bylaw changes which will be considered at the conference, including…
ROTARY INTERNATIONAL DISTRICT 7890 CONFERENCE The Saratoga Hilton, 534 Broadway, Saratoga Springs, New York 12866
April 30 – May 2, 2010 Saddle on Up to Saratoga!
We look forward to having you and your family join us at the 2010 District 7890 Conference in Saratoga Springs. Please visit the District Web site for more information and to download the registration form: http://www.rotarydistrict7890.org/DC_2010-info.htm There are many opportunities to support our Rotary District Conference: House of Friendship club booth:
o Promote your club’s activities and events in the House of Friendship – no charge for District 7890 clubs
Donations for goody bags (approximately 100 goody bags): o Flyers/brochures promoting your club’s upcoming activities/events o Snacks/candy o Bottled water o Give-away from your company or club (pens, note pads, etc)
Sponsorships: o Program book sponsor – $150 o Friday lunch sponsor – $250 o Friday reception sponsor – $150 o Friday dignitaries’ reception sponsor – $150 o Friday dinner sponsor – $500 o Saturday breakfast sponsor – $200 o Saturday dinner sponsor – $600 (includes opportunity to present Rotary blanket to
winning jockey and horse) o Sunday breakfast sponsor – $200 o House of Friendship sponsor - $100
Program book ads: o Full page – $100 o Half page – $60 o Business card – $35
For more information about the above opportunities, please contact Janis C. Jerman (Rotary Club of New Britain-Berlin) at [email protected] or (860)826-6625 Hospitality suite:
o One bedroom suite with separate sitting area, dining area, wet bar, and more! o Available Friday and/or Saturday night for $315 per night (does not include food or
beverage) o This is a great opportunity for a club or a group of clubs to host a reception or time
of fellowship at the conference. For more information about reserving a hospitality suite, please contact Carol E. Laliberte (Rotary Club of Easthampton) at [email protected] or (413)527-2073
New Meeting PlacesFarmington - Apricots Restauraunt 1593 Farmington Avenue, Farmington, CT Tuesday - 12:15PM
Hartford - Hartford Club 46 Prospect Street, Hartford, CT Monday - 12:15PM
“As members of the Rotary Club of Chicago celebrated Rotary’s 105th anniversary at a downtown hotel on 23 February, the city’s historic Wrigley Building was illuminated in the background with an urgent message: End Polio Now.
The Wrigley Building joined several other iconic landmarks worldwide, each lit with an anniversary message or the three words representing Rotary’s commitment to rid the world of the crippling childhood disease.” (Rotary Club of Chicago marks 105 years By Ryan Hyland, Rotary International News -- 24 February 2010)
Visit our website to see dazzling images of historic landmarks all working together to get the message accross. Rotary International
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information:Prasad Menon, DGE
Message from Governor-elect Prasad Menon
March 2010 No. 9
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Rotary District 78903 Sarah Anne LaneWindsor, CT
A new Rotary Year is about to begin and I am in the process of getting everything in place for my year as District Governor. In that process I have had several opportunities to interact with many Rotarians at their club meetings. I was amazed to see the accomplishments of our clubs.
President-elect Ray Klinginsmith announced the Theme for the coming year in our International Assembly in January; Building Communities – Bridging Continents. If we look at the Theme it explains everything we do in our own communities and around the world. It also tells the world what we do.
I will continue to emphasize the fact that the Clubs are the pillars of Rotary and we, the Rotarians, are responsible to keep those pillars strong. Without clubs and Rotarians, there is no Rotary.The Rotary Foundation is synonymous with Rotary. Everything we do through the Rotary Foundation translates into saving lives, either directly like polio eradication and clean water, or indirectly like our program on Conflict Resolution through our Peace Fellows and Ambassadorial Scholars. On average, one dollar will save one child in the developing countries. So, I would like all Rotarians to decide how many children they want to save individually, and translate that into dollars, as a basis for their individual contribution to the Foundation. I cannot see any one of us saying that we don’t want to save a few lives at that price.
I hope to put our efforts together to make the clean water projects initiated by many of our clubs into a major undertaking at the District level with matching grants from the District and possibly the Rotary Foundation. In many of these countries the best water available is from dirty ponds. Diseases contracted from polluted water account for the majority of the preventable infant deaths in those countries.
We are a very unique organization; no other organization in the world does everything we do. I look forward to my visits to your clubs to strengthen our ties and to make 2010-11 the best year in history. We already have the best start among all the clubs in the world with the Installation Ceremony officiated by incoming RI President Ray Klinginsmith on June 3 at the Riverview in Simsbury. Please do join us for an inspiring evening that day.
Best wishes to all.
Prasad MenonDistrict Governor 2010-11