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A special couple tie the knot!
Issue 5
October 2014
Cloud
Chatter
Our club President Kanthan Pillay and
Dr Sarah Britten, tie the knot in the
beautiful Clarens setting.
Sarah is also a member of our club...but
they met long before that!
Sarah was very involved with the
communications programme for the
Rotary Family Health Days project in
2013.
Sue Paget (RFHDs Director) and PDG
Shirley Downie enjoyed chatting to her
during a number of meetings...and she
was introduced to us by Kanthan who
highly recommended her to the project.
Sarah is a remarkable artist! She does
artwork using lipsticks - which is so
unusual and extremely beautiful.
All the club members wish them both
many decades of happiness together
and for this Rotary year, Sarah is our
First Lady!
RI President Gary
Haung seen on the screen
during the discussion held by so
many folks worldwide.
RIP Gary’s mentioned that the
future of Rotary could be
through eClubs and also have
more women on board.
PE Annemarie and President
Kanthan were involved in the
discussions.
Read more about the
meeting on page 3.
It is planned that in November,
all our club members can
interact with the twinning club
to interact… once the date and
time is announced, please make
yourself available so that we
can have a wonderful
interaction between us all.
We toasted a few clubs and the 1st Club toasted (last month) was: The Rotary Club of Bishofhofen Aus-tria (D1920). Dr Mashadi Motlana, one of the newer members of the E Club was an exchange stu-dent some years ago before she started her medical
studies. https://www.rotary.at/clubs/178_rc_bischofshofen/clublokal The second club The Rotary Club of Vale Verde - Green Valley in Phoenix Arizona was toasted - following a proposal by club
member Sue Paget - Chairperson of International Service and Programme Director of the RFHA Rotary Family Health Days, Southern Africa.
24 October - World Water Day
There have been radio interviews, TV snippets and much to do about water being cut off in
some areas for over 2 weeks…. And many are saying that they would rather be without elec-
tricity than water!
Water is one of Rotary International’s main focus areas.
Perhaps we should consider a water-related project in ur club. Areas such as Nelspruit , rural
areas and Kenya need to be considered….so eClub members in those areas—and any other
area, please consider a water project. We can even apply for a grant as well.
Merci beaucoup, Muchas Gracias, Thank you so
much, Muito Obrigado, Aligato, 謝謝你 Dear Rotary Friends, dear Friends
MERCI BEAUCOUP ! THANK YOU SO MUCH to all of you who have
attended yesterday’s meeting of the Rotary E-Club 9920 Francophone with
Rotary President Gary Huang as Special Guest Speaker, in spite of the timetable!
133 Rotarians from 29 different countries, 52 Districts , 72 Rotary Clubs from all over the World , what an achievement ! This is the MAGIC of E-CLUBS !
Please forgive me for not giving to all of you the right to speak to President Gary, but I had been told that President Gary had a very tight schedule afterwards.
I would like to thank particularly our D9920 DG Iain who had to wake up so early to be able to attend this meeting , as well as our Friends from Australia.
I would like to thank all 13 of our “already” Twin Clubs , and our 5“future” Twin Clubs who have participated,
and maybe some other Clubs, E-Clubs or “traditional” Clubs , could now come and join us in our “Circle”of Twin
Clubs!
A very special THANKS to the 4 “special” Speakers who have done their “homework” so diligently , as I have
been asking them to do , so that we would be on schedule...!
The New Generation and the Rotaract world was present as well with members from Europe and Africa. Thank you so much for coming ; this is your future!
President Gary’s words of wisdom have most certainly “enlightened” all of us, as well as the whole Rotary World!
Dear Friends , we have been through such a great moment of FELLOWSHIP / AMITIE ROTARIENNE during that meeting , and I am sure that President Gary has had the same feeling.
September 30th , 2014 will most certainly be a“milestone”, not only for the Rotary E-Club 9920 Francophone, but
also for all of us!
So, let’s LIGHT UP ROTARY all together , in order to help more and more the people in need all over the World
Yours in Rotary Service, Amitiés Rotariennes,
Jean Louis Nguyen Qui : 2013-2014 and 2014-2015 President of the Rotary E-Club 9920 Francophone
Email : jl.nguyen1@orange.fr
Some of the
Rotarians
enjoying the
discussions
from all over
the world.
A little bit of wool goes a long, long way!
PDG Mark Doyle had a friend in Australia who came to Johannesburg to assist
with his cousin’s Estate. Amongst all the items that needed to be cleared, they
found bags and bags of wool. Shirley Downie asked for some of the wool. A few
weeks later, Shirley handed a crocheted blanket to PDG Sylvia Knoop to give
the a baby behind bars - a specific programme that is supported by many.
‘I was restrictive to the colours that I used but no matter the colours...it will
keep a baba very warm during the chilly nights’.
If you have any wool laying around, please let Shirley have it and she will do
another blanket!
Speech Competition in Schools — October is Vocational Month
Rotary International has a special monthly calendar and in October, we celebrate
Vocational Month.
It is proposed that we consider doing something special with the youth.
The proposal on the next page can be done in all the areas where you are a
member...be it Nelspruit or Kenya!
Now that we have cemented relationships with other clubs Internationally and
we are twinning soon, we could involve them in this project as well.
Soon a small committee will be formed to kick-start the programme.
You are all welcome to contribute to suggestions/improvements—send them to
shirley@phomella.co.za.
The “Y” in YFM
stands for Youth
and when we
inducted a new
member a few
weeks ago at the
YFM offices in
Hyde Park, the
young group
working at the office joined us.
They took such an interest in what
Rotary as about, they thought of joining!
So, we may have a Rotaract club soon…. They will manage their own projects; raise funds
and become leaders in a very different way.
Seen above are some of the YFM members at Pres. Kanthan Pillay’s induction in July.
topic remarks action
Schools Identify the number of primary and
high schools within a 20 klms radius of
Hyde Park.
Obtain a list from the internet
Competition
criteria
Prepare a criteria and instruction
sheet for the competition agree an entry
fee – possibly R 20
Criteria forms part of the
registration form and needs to be signed
by all entrants
Registration
form
Needs to be completed by the stu-
dent and the parent/guardian
needs to sign it too.
The English class teacher should al-
so sign the form.
Completed forms are to be emailed to a
member of the organising committee
School
competition
The students then do their speech in
front of their fellow students and
teachers and the school
nominates the first, second and
third place.
The winner will then go to the
semi-finals.
This event will be hosted by our
club.
Timelines will be included and Rotarians
could also be present when the speeches
are made.
Winner
submissions
Full names and reg details etc of the
winners are to be submitted by the
school to one Rotary representative.
Deadline applies
Finals This should be held inviting the
parents, teachers and Rotarians
to listen to the speeches.
A panel of three speech
specialists (non-Rtns) should be
sourced.
A specific measuring/weighting form
should be designed by the judges.
Once all is planned then the schools,
students and everyone involved will
receive the programme of events.
Prizes We need to source prizes for the first
three positions. Possibly even a
trip overseas to a Rotary club
and treat this as an
exchange student type of pro-
gramme. So a flight and some
spending money will be required:
Say R 8500 to Europe/UK and
then spending money.
The 2nd and 3rd prizes can be
sourced locally in the form of
vouchers etc.
Sponsorships/donation to be
recognised at the events and on all the
forms etc.
We can design a website for this
programme as well…and showcase all the
sponsors/donors.
PR &
membership
drive
Promote the awareness of Rotary.
Attract new members via the teachers
and parents
Local media exposure
Interviews on YFM.
During the last club Board meeting, we
Toasted the RC of Valle
Verde-Green Valley in
Phoenix, Arizona, USA. Past RFHA
Board Member and friend of South Africa,
Dr Phil Silvers (PRID), is a member of
this club.
http://valleverderotary.org/...more about
the club we toasted.
“Our club is the RC of Valle
Verde-Green Valley (which means
Green Valley-Green Valley :)). It is a club
of 57 members founded 27 years ago as a
breakfast club alternative to the Green
Valley RC--to attract younger members.
We do have about 10 professionals who
are under the age of 45. We sponsor a
very active Interact club from the two
area high schools, and we also sponsor an
orphanage for abused/abandoned girls in
nearby Sonora, Mexico.
We host a youth exchange student
every other year--last year from
Latvia. Our major fundraiser is "Jazz for
Fun"--a jazz festival of five high school
bands.
We share the proceeds with the music
programs of the participating schools. We
sponsor a micro-credit credit
program in Mexico, a VTT to Uganda, and
this year we are sponsoring (with a
district grant) a Healthcare Summit in
Uganda--to set priorities for Rotary
Family Health Days and a new VTT.
We have done Rotary Friendship
Exchanges with Thailand, Latvia,
Turkey, Uganda, and India.
We have sponsored a Global Grant
scholar from Israel/Brazil and a Peace
Fellow who will be going to
Chulalongkorn University in Thailand.
Lastly, we do an annual clean-up/fix-up
day for house-bound elderly people, and
on major holidays we put out American
flags on the major roadways.”
Gift to Covenant Garden Estate in Mathibestad.
Rotarian Judith Chinkumbi, PE Annemarie Mostert and
Tara Ison, also board members of Sesego Cares delivered this wonderful gift to start their sewing project.
Shortly, linen will be collected from the Humanitarian
Centre in Bedfodview and the double sheets will be turned into single sheets… all 32 beds will enjoy the linen in
comfort.
World Hand Washing Day was on 15
October and we need to encourage as many
people, especially the children how important
it is to wash their hands - as many times a day
as possible.
Perhaps your local school can receive hygiene
lessons from the teachers… you can get free
soap from the Humanitarian Centre in
Bedfordview...and do this as an ongoing project.
IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS….
The 1st Go to Meeting webinar of The Rotary E Club SA 9400 will be held on Wednesday
12 November 2014 at 7pm SA time. We will send this invitation to all during the next
week. Please download the link and be ready at 7pm. This session will be for 30
minutes.
Twinning of Rotary E Club 9920 Francophone: Our Twinning is booked for Monday,
November 17th , 7pm SA = 6pm France. Log in details to participate on webinar – Go
to Meeting, will be mailed to you by Annemarie Mostert during the 1st week of Novem-
ber. Please join us!
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