6990 district newsletter september 2015 district governor ... · how excited we are to welcome ......
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Editor: Yoli Woodbridge, [email protected]
How excited we are to welcome
the West Broward Rotoract club
into our Rotary Family. Twenty-
five young adults looking to
make a difference in the world.
As Governor, it was an honor to
present this exciting group with
their official charter from Rotary
International.
Sandy and I have spent the past
weeks visiting our great Rotary
clubs throughout District 6990.
It is amazing to learn of the
many projects our clubs do.
From giving socks to elementary
school students who have never
owned a pair of socks to repair-
ing worn out facilities in schools
and nursing homes, feeding
those who have dropped out of
society, providing back backs to
students going back to school
and on and on. How proud we
all are to be Rotarians and part
of this great worldwide organi-
zation.
The growth of Rotary Interna-
tional never stops. Ten clubs are
now operating in China and
three more are in the works. Ro-
tary information is printed in 10
languages and it looks like it will
soon be 11 as one of the many
Chinese dialects is now under
consideration. And our service to
the world goes on.
Plans are underway for this
year’s RYLA and a second one
will be held on Grand Bahama
Island for the first time. We will
now be able to offer to our
young students in the Bahamas
the same leadership training we
do here in South Florida.
We have participated in the first
Zone Global Grant in partner-
ship with all of the other Dis-
tricts in Zone 34 raising
$109,000.00 to provide preven-
tative medical care to 30,000
men, women and children in
Guyana. Your Rotary Founda-
tion dollars at work.
Now is the time to register for
our District Conference. Three
days at Club Med in Port St.
Lucie with your Rotary friends
and family. A magnificent resort
District Governor Larry’s September Message
DISTRICT 6990 SERVING SOUTHEAST FLORI DA, THE FLORIDA KEYS & GRAND BAHAMA ISLAND
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with three swimming pools, golf
course, tennis courts, boating
activities and some great Rotary
presentations. It’s a weekend in
heaven you won't want to miss.
Register NOW! Our allotment of
rooms is going fast and you
don’t want to be left out. And
best of all, the price includes all
food and beverages (of all
kinds). See you there!
Best in Rotary,
Larry Herman District Governor 6990
Meet DG Nominee Alan Cohn 2
It’s Basic Education & Literacy Month
2
Coral Gables Rotary Club 3
Call for 2018-19 D6990
Governor Nominations 3
New Members for August 4
Grand Bahama Island! 5
More Club News 6
Attendance for August 7
Carn Evil ! 8
Speakers Bureau 9-10
District Conf. Nov. 13-14 11-12
Inside this issue:
Editor: Yoli Woodbridge, [email protected]
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Meet District Governor Nominee Alan Cohn
Alan Cohn, a partner at the law firm of Greenspoon Marder, P.A., specializes in Taxation with an empha-
sis in wills, trusts, estates, and corporate and business planning. Alan graduated from the University of
Florida with a Bachelor of Science in Accounting, J.D. in Law and an L.L.M. in Taxa-
tion. He has been working at the same job for thirty years.
Alan has been married to his wife, Lauren, a psychologist, for twenty-nine years, and
has three children. Rachel is an elementary school teacher in Broward County. Emily
received her degree in Musical Theater and is an aspiring actress in New York City.
Darren is a senior at the University of Florida, where he is majoring in Telecommuni-
cations Production. Alan and Lauren live in Plantation, Florida.
Alan is currently the District Governor Nominee, Area 4 Assistant Governor, and
Grants Chair for District 6990. In addition to his Rotary service, Alan has been involved at high levels on
the boards of other charitable organizations, including serving as the President of Temple Kol Ami
Emanu-El, Orloff CAJE, and Goodman Jewish Family Service of Broward County. He has also been in-
volved on professional committees for the Community Foundation of Broward, Nova Southeastern Uni-
versity. Alan spends his free time (if any) cheering for his local South Florida sports teams. His real pas-
sion is University of Florida athletics (Go Gators!).
Teachers with
computers!
The Rotary Club of Miami Brickell
The Rotary Club of Miami Brickell alternates meeting times as follows: 1st & 3rd Tuesdays, 6:00 PM at Miami
Chop House, 300 S. Biscayne Blvd.; 2nd &4th Tuesdays, 7:30 AM at Perricone’s Café, 15 SE 10th Street.
Rotary makes
a difference!
Over the past 12 months, the Rotary Club of Miami Brickell sponsored two special projects focused on ed-
ucation—one locally in Miami and another in Mexico City. Each project provided computers to organiza-
tions helping people in need.
Locally, in Overtown, Miami, the Brickell club supplied the computers for the training room in the
Lotus House Shelter.
Internationally, on the outskirts of Mexico City, the club provided computers and projectors for the
classrooms in a school built by a local Rotary club.
Both projects foster computer literacy that is increasingly important to communicate, learn, and ultimately
get better-paying jobs. These projects were possible thanks to funds raised by the Brickell club and grants
provided by Rotary District 6990 and the Rotary Club of Coral Gables.
Editor: Yoli Woodbridge, [email protected]
September Is Basic Education and Literacy Month
“Literacy is a bridge from misery to hope. For everyone, everywhere, literacy is, along with edu-
cation in general, a basic human right. ... It is the road to human progress and the means
through which every man, woman and child can realize his or her full potential.” —Kofi Annan,
Secretary-General of the United Nations 1997-2006
Rotary's goal is to strengthen the capacity of communities to support basic education and literacy, reduce
gender disparity in education, and increase adult literacy.
September is the month in which we emphasize the importance of Basic Education and Literacy. September
has been chosen to align with UNESCO‘s annual International Literacy Day on September 8.
Combating illiteracy has been a major focus of Rotary International since 1986 – and for good reason.
UNESCO estimates that worldwide, 67 million children have no access to education and more than 775 mil-
lion people over the age of 15 are illiterate, about two-thirds of them women. Millions more are functionally
illiterate, without the reading and writing skills necessary for everyday life.
Since 2002, Rotary International has partnered with the International Reading Association to advance litera-
cy in communities worldwide by providing books and educational materials, by building and supporting
schools, by mentoring students, by training teachers and by establishing literacy programs for children and
adults. RI and the IRA know that literacy is an essential ingredient for reducing poverty, improving health,
encouraging community and economic development, and promoting peace.
Find examples of successful literacy projects and resources for clubs wishing to empower people and com-
munities around the world through literacy in the Rotary publication (618) Basic Education and Literacy
Project Strategies available on rotary.org.
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The District 6990 Nominating Committee will meet on Saturday, December 12, 2015, to interview candi-
dates who wish to serve as District 6990 Governor for the 2018-2019 Rotary Year. Who, from your club,
could be the next in line to lead our dynamic district? To nominate a candidate for Governor, names of qual-
ified candidates must be submitted to the Nominating Committee by means of a club resolution (signed by
the club’s president and secretary), along with attachments, no later than Friday, November 27, 2015, to-
gether with the following:
a statement and resume of the candidate’s Rotary, civic, and business or professional activities; and
a signed statement from the candidate that the person has read, and is familiar with, the Rotary Interna-
tional Manual of Procedure and the District 6990 Manual of Procedure detailing the status, qualifications
and duties of the office of Governor and is prepared to meet the requirements set forth within both.
The candidate’s signed statement is included in the combined RI District Governor Nominee Form, which
can be found in the FILES section of the DaCdb for download. Complete the form and submit it with the
Club Resolution and Candidate Resume as an UNSTAPLED, HARD COPY packet to PDG Joe Roth, Nom-
inating Committee Chair. And remember: November 27 is the deadline to submit your club’s nomination
for District 6990 Governor 2018-2019.
CALL FOR GOVERNOR 2018-2019 NOMINATIONS
Editor: Yoli Woodbridge, [email protected]
The Rotary Club of Coral Gables
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On September 11, 2015, the Community Service Committee of the Rotary Club of Coral Gables attended
the dedication of the Scatter Garden at the Miami Dade County Cemetery. The Scatter Garden is a place
where the ashes of cremated veterans without family are deposited and the veterans honored. An organiza-
tion for the empowerment of veterans, “The Mission Continues 1st Platoon,” together with Vittas, are re-
sponsible for the Miami Scatter Garden. The Coral Gables Club donated funds to this project and will be
assisting in the future with maintenance of the facility.
Scatter Garden—Miami-
Dade County Cemetery
Miami-Dade County Police
Honor Guard at Scatter Gar-
den dedication
Veteran Edwin Vasco, Gloria Burns,
Rebecca Kibbe, Yoli Woodbridge and
Thabatha Aragon at dedication
NEW MEMBERS IN AUGUST 2015
Please join us in welcoming the following new members to District 6990:
Member Name / Sponsor Inducted Rotary Club of:
Martin Brody 08/01/15 Fort Lauderdale
John Johnson / Sponsor: Therese Homer 08/06/15 Miramar-Pines
Steven Emery / Sponsor: Ted Hasle 08/14/15 Pompano Beach
Victor Fernandez / Sponsor: Carlos Bolado 08/20/15 Coral Gables
Alan Jay Snyder / Sponsor: Diane Roberts 08/20/15 Miramar-Pines
Garth Griesen 08/25/15 Fort Lauderdale/Cypress Creek
Pam Kutchey / Sponsor: Cheryl Sargent 08/25/15 Sunset Key West
Robert Lockwood / Sponsor: Jay Fisher 08/25/15 Sunset Key West
Theresa Gannett / Sponsor: Shari Roth 08/27/15 Weston
Robert Garza / Sponsor: Herb Schultz 08/27/15 Weston
John Harrison, Jr. 08/27/15 Miami
Carl Stevens 08/28/15 Key West Sunrise in the Conch Rep.
The Rotary Club of Coral Gables meets Thursdays at noon, Marriott Courtyard, 2051 S. LeJeune Road.
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Rotary Clubs In Freeport, Grand Bahama Island!
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BASRA, the Bahamas Air and Sea Rescue Association,
is an all-volunteer, non profit organization that provides
air and sea rescue in cooperation with the US Coast
Guard. In August, the Rotary Clubs of Grand Bahama
got together, as they do every year, to grill burgers and
hot dogs at BASRA’S ANNUAL Swim Race and
Beach Party event. These organizations have held this
fundraiser, a staple in the Grand Bahama Community,
for the past 20 years.
Also, the Grant Bahamas clubs were honored by the
visit of the District Governor, Larry Herman, and his
lovely wife, Sandy.
Felix Bowe with Yasmin Prospecu, club secretary
of the Grand Bahama Sunrise club.
LEFT: DG Larry Herman and First Lady Sandy with Members of the Grand Bahama Island Rotary clubs.
SUPPORT THE ROTARY FOUNDATION
GBI Rotarians support BASRA at their annual
fundraiser by manning the grills.
Editor: Yoli Woodbridge, [email protected]
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The school year has started and, again, many families do not have the funds to buy supplies for their stu-
dents, and some schools are underfunded. The Pompano Beach-Lighthouse Rotary club has helped four ele-
mentary schools in the area, which include almost 3,000 students. This year the club doubled its effort by
applying for a Grant from Rotary Distinct 6990. After the supplies were purchased with club money and the
Grant, 11 Rotarians and three friends of Rotary sorted and divided supplies, loaded vehicles, and delivered
the much-needed supplies to the individual schools—all on the same day! Items included 25 cases of paper,
506 boxes of pencils, 250 boxes of crayons, 202 composition notebooks, 330 binders, 127 rulers, and sever-
al other smaller needs. This way the schools have on hand what is needed and do not have to pick up from a
central location. Pictured below are some of workers who helped and loaded vehicles, putting in 35 hours of
labor to complete the project.
The Club meets every Friday at 7:30 AM at Galuppi’s, located at the Pompano Beach Gulf Course.
Rotary Club of Pompano Beach-Lighthouse
The Rotary Club of Miami Beach
Shawn Parker, a Past President of the Rotary Club of
Miami Beach, and former GSE Member to Argentina, is
The Rotary Foundation Chair for his club this year.
While recently attending the Care USA National Advo-
cacy meeting in Atlanta, Georgia, Shawn became an
impromptu speaker, discussing what the Rotary Foun-
dation is and does.
Good job, Shawn!
The Rotary Club of Miami Beach meets Tuesdays at 7:00 PM at The Savoy Hotel, 45 Ocean Drive.
L-R: John Diehl (IPP & Area
1 AG); Spanky Caffro (new
member); Nello Biordi
(President); Larry Mellgren,
(Past Pres.); Harry Schwartz
(Treasurer); Fred Conrod
(WWII Vet, age 91, Past
Pres.); Rev. Bill Mohorn
(prospective member). In
Front: Sunshine Health Cen-
ter helpers. Thanks to all!
Editor: Yoli Woodbridge, [email protected]
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Membership and Attendance for August 2015
Clubs in District 6990
Club
Members
6/30/2015
Members
Current YTD-Chg
Month
Chg
Meetings
Held
Avg
Attend%
Coconut Creek 14 14 0 0 4 110.00
Perrine-Cutler Rdg/Palmetto Bay 33 33 0 0 4 97.00
Coral Gables 116 111 -5 -2 4 92.00
Miami-Granada 15 15 0 0 4 90.00
Pompano Beach-Lighthouse 17 17 0 0 4 88.89
Miami Airport 4 7 3 1 4 87.00
John Knox Village 73 74 1 -1 4 80.75
Coconut Grove 29 29 0 0 3 75.00
Coral Springs 17 16 -1 0 4 75.00
Fort Lauderdale North Beach 15 15 0 0 4 75.00
Key Largo 53 53 0 0 4 74.00
Miramar-Pines 24 27 3 2 4 70.37
Miami-Kendall 10 10 0 0 4 70.00
Hialeah-Miami Springs 38 38 0 0 4 69.80
North Dade 23 23 0 -1 0 69.23
Davie/Cooper City 24 24 0 0 4 68.75
Weston 124 127 3 1 4 68.60
Fort Lauderdale South 21 21 0 0 4 66.66
Coral Springs-Parkland 16 16 0 0 4 65.00
Key West Sunrise in Conch Rep 73 75 2 2 4 64.23
Miami Beach 6 7 1 -1 4 63.63
Sunset Grand Bahama 33 33 0 0 3 63.00
Sunset Key West 27 30 3 2 4 62.04
Deerfield Beach 26 26 0 0 4 57.00
Hallandale Beach-Aventura 20 18 -2 0 4 57.00
Miami Shores 32 32 0 0 4 56.25
Miami Brickell 44 40 -4 0 4 54.16
Pompano Beach 65 66 1 2 4 53.04
Grand Bahama Sunrise 24 25 1 0 4 52.50
Fort Lauderdale/Cypress Creek 33 33 0 0 4 51.00
Bal Harbour 15 14 -1 0 4 50.00
Lucaya 37 37 0 2 4 49.52
Fort Lauderdale 131 132 1 1 4 49.00
Plantation 17 17 0 0 4 48.53
Key West 129 122 -7 -3 4 47.70
Key Biscayne 51 51 0 0 5 47.60
Upper Keys 86 86 0 0 4 46.80
Miami 42 44 2 2 4 44.15
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Plantation 17 17 0 0 4 48.53
Key West 129 122 -7 -3 4 47.70
Key Biscayne 51 51 0 0 5 47.60
Upper Keys 86 86 0 0 4 46.80
Miami 42 44 2 2 4 44.15
South Miami 36 36 0 0 3 38.00
Allapattah (Miami) 9 9 0 n/a 0 0.00
Big Pine & Lower Keys 22 22 0 n/a 0 0.00
Doral 13 13 0 n/a 0 0.00
Freeport 29 29 0 n/a 0 0.00
Hollywood 62 64 2 n/a 0 0.00
Homestead 39 40 1 n/a 0 0.00
Marathon 40 42 2 n/a 0 0.00
Miami Dadeland-Pinecrest 22 22 0 n/a 0 0.00
Oakland Park/Wilton Manors 21 22 1 n/a 0 0.00
Totals, Net Gain, Avg Attend: 1850 1857 7 3 63.71%
With 40 of 48 clubs reporting
Date of Report: 16-Sep-15
Club
Members
6/30/2015
Members
Current YTD-Chg
Month
Chg
Meetings
Held
Avg
Attend%
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“In our first year,” says RCPB active member Matt
Hinkle, “Carn Evil turned out to be wildly popular.
“We've had 80 percent participation from our club
members and did very well financially, as well as or
better than the annual Drawdown!. We also got our
name out in the community, and had A LOT of fun
in the process.” Hinkle went on to report that the
club’s Interact kids were there, too, volunteering as
Zombies on the lawn. The only downside was that
the club may have scarred an entire pack of Cub
Scouts for life! This year, the club anticipates an
event scarier haunting. Grab the family and enjoy
some ghoulishly clean fun at Carn Evil, held at
Sample-McDougald House the last three Friday and
Saturday nights in October.
Pompano Beach Senior High Interactors get their scary on.
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ROTARY CLUB OF POMPANO BEACH
Editor: Yoli Woodbridge, [email protected]
ROTARY DISTRICT 6990 CLUB MEETING SPEAKERS BUREAU
NAME AND ORGANIZATION TOPIC GROUP SIZE
PHONE & EMAIL
WILL TRAV-EL?
REFER-RING
DISTRICT SPEAKERS AVAILABLE FOR ROTARY TOPICS:
Joe Altschul, District Annual Fund Chair
Foundation Any [email protected] Open District
Alan Cohn, DGN /District Grants Chair
District Grants Any [email protected] Open District
Barbara Gobbi, BG Marketing Consultant & Social Media
Public Image Any (954) 557 6781 [email protected]
Open District
Pat Hornsby, District Training Team
20 minute @ on: The Structure of Rotary OR Strategic Planning for Ro-tary Clubs OR Rotary
Any (954) 298 2970 [email protected]
Open District
Margarita Lartitegui, District Polio Any [email protected] Open District
Chris Morrison, District Stew-ardship Chair
Foundation Stewardship Any [email protected] Open District
Elihu Phares, District Fund-raising Chair
Foundation Fundraising Any [email protected] Open District
Lee Phares, District Founda-tion Chair
Foundation Any [email protected] (954) 492 8254
Open District
Clayton Solomon, District Alumni Chair
Foundation Alumni Any [email protected] Open District
Carleen Spano, District Paul Paul Harris Society Any [email protected] Open District
Steve Takach, District Endow-ment Fund Chair
Foundation Endowments Any [email protected] Open District
SPEAKERS AVAILABLE FOR GENERAL INTEREST TOPICS
Samantha Baker, Broward County
Water Program Any (954) 519 1222 [email protected]
Open Weston
Parnes Cartwright, Executive Director,
Miami’s Official NWBA (not for profit wheelchair
Any (917) 545 5949 Open
Norman Heming, US Attorney’s Office
20 Minutes on Violence Reduction Partnership
Any (305) 961 9209 [email protected]
Open Weston
D Pyser, Orange Bowl Committee Member
Speaks to the New Year’s Eve Game and the com-munity involvement op-portunities
Any [email protected] Open
Robert Runcie, Broward County Public Schools Su-perintendent
State of Affairs in the country’s 6th largest School District (20 minutes)
Any (754) 321 2600 [email protected]
Open Weston
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Marilyn Stephens, Census Updates Any (404) 323 0594 Open Weston
Michael Kesti, Dis-trict Sports Director
My Experience as a Gov-ernment Confidential In-
Any (305) 323 2993 [email protected]
Open Perrine-CR-P. Bay
Dr. Moshin Jaffer, Senior Medical As-
“ Staying Fit” “Living with Vitality”
Any (954) 389 2439 [email protected]
Broward/Dade
Weston
Dr. Dipen J. Parekh, Chairman /Director of Robotic Surgery U of Miami Miller School of Medicine
Former Rotary Foundation Scholar, speaks to how Rotary helped him
Any (305) 243 6591 [email protected]
Open
Ryan Paton, Honor Flight South Florida
Honor Flight and our local WWII Veterans (10-15 minutes - he will bring video, projector and speaker but will need a screen)
As large as pos-sible
(954) 445 4285 [email protected]
Broward/ Palm Beach/ Dade
Weston
Jacques Wiesel 9 Knockdowns…5 Miracles Any (954) 718-8421 [email protected]
Broward
Weston
ROTARY DISTRICT 6990 CLUB MEETING SPEAKERS BUREAU
NAME AND ORGANI-ZATION
TOPIC SIZE PHONE & EMAIL WILLING TO TRAVEL
REFER-RING CLUB
Patricia Coyle-Zeiler, Executive Director, Fort Lauderdale His-torical Society
Brings the history of Fort Lauderdale to life
Any (954) 463-4431 [email protected]
Open Weston
Felix Zurita, One Blood
Bone Marrow Transplants Any [email protected] Open Weston
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Editor: Yoli Woodbridge, [email protected]
District Conference November 13-15, 2015
Greetings D6990 Rotarians!
By now you have heard and seen
all of the hype and hyperbole
concerning the upcoming Dis-
trict Conference, being held at
majestic Club Med in Port Saint
Lucie, November 13-15, 2015.
But what has not been conveyed
are some of the challenges of
conducting an event at a fabulous
venue such as Club Med. Just
between you, me and the other
2,000 recipients of this commu-
nique, there is an incredibly high
demand worldwide for Club
Med hotel rooms. Consequently,
we (District 6990) have only a
limited block of rooms remaining
at the all-inclusive, amazingly
low price of only $340 per per-
son for the entire three-day,
two-night Conference stay. This
double occupancy price for a
standard club room also includes
ALL of your food and beverages;
yes, those kinds of libations as
well.
Hotel rooms are going very
quickly, so you need to book
your room now to receive the
D6990 rate.
To attend this year’s District
Conference, simply follow these
two-part instructions:
Part ONE - Register for the
Conference itself
Log into DaCdb, the D6990 da-
tabase, at http://www.directory-
online.com/Rotary/. Click on the
Calendar tab near the top of the
page. Scroll down until you come
to the promo for the 2015 Con-
ference. Click on the Register
NOW link in the left column to
register and remit the $50 regis-
tration fee. The steps are self-
explanatory.
Part TWO – Book your hotel
room at Club Med
The best way to do this is by us-
ing the attached special Rotary
booking form, emailing or faxing
it directly to Club Med. All per-
tinent information is included on
the form.
We are looking forward to hav-
ing you join us at Club Med in
Port St. Lucie in November. In
the meantime, contact Governor
Larry Herman, or Conference
Chair Chatty Chuck Yeh at
[email protected], if you
have any questions.
Yours in Rotary Service and
Fellowship,
DRM PDG Douglas R. Maymon,
Chief of Staff
Phone: 954-249-8489
Twitter: @DRMaymon
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WHAT AWAITS YOU AT SANDPIPER BAY—SUN, SAND, AND ...
Overlooking the St. Lucie River on the Atlantic coast, this Club Med European-style all-inclusive resort is 113 miles from Miami
and 130 miles from Orlando. Bright, contemporary rooms come with coffeemakers, flat-screen TVs and WiFi; some add walk-
in closets and/or terraces with water or garden views. Some rooms feature separate living spaces and some offer multiple
bedrooms. Dining options range from a buffet-style restaurant to riverside grill—with the French touch of course! Amenities
include multiple pools, a sandy beach, a spa and a fitness center, plus complimentary golf, tennis and circus-style trapeze
lessons. Childcare services are available (surcharge).
Address: 4500 SE Pine Valley St, Port St Lucie, FL 34952—Phone: (772) 398-5025
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