Rotary Foundation Celebration Dinner- South
Saturday, September 24 2011
Hyatt - Vineyard Creek Hotel and Spa
170 Railroad Street Santa Rosa, CA 95401
Theme: Hearts on FIRE!
Black Tie Optimal
$75 per person
6:00pm doors open - no host cocktails
Contact Chris Parr-Feldman for registration-email: parrevents@aol.com
Encourage your members to attend the celebration dinner.
Friday, August 19, 2011
Friday, August 12, 2011
Rotary Membership
Message from RI President Benerjee:
The new Rotary year—our Rotary year—has begun. Now is the time for us to set to work in earnest; now is the time for our plans and preparation to be turned into action.
As we begin the tasks we have set for ourselves, I remind you all that part of our goal is also to leave Rotary better at the end of the year than it was at the beginning, which means bringing in new members and working to keep the ones we have. For that reason, I have asked the RI Membership Development & Retention Committee, chaired by Past RI Vice-President Monty Audenart, to develop a three-year membership plan that includes the following elements:
Recognition of varying regional opportunities and challenges
A focus on diversity to bring in more young professionals and women and expand the range of professional backgrounds in our clubs
Improved retention efforts in all regions
More appealing, inviting, and flexible clubs
Please click on one of the links to view a personal message from me to you, our club leaders, on this most important issue.
I send my best wishes to you, my fellow officers, for a wonderful beginning to this Rotary year—as we Reach Within to Embrace Humanity together.
Thank you.
(taken from the RI president's letter/video message to all the club presidents. Links are below in different languages)
http://tinyurl.com/3z5snbl (EN)
http://tinyurl.com/3ql5bwb (ES)
http://tinyurl.com/3m2oe2a (FR)
The new Rotary year—our Rotary year—has begun. Now is the time for us to set to work in earnest; now is the time for our plans and preparation to be turned into action.
As we begin the tasks we have set for ourselves, I remind you all that part of our goal is also to leave Rotary better at the end of the year than it was at the beginning, which means bringing in new members and working to keep the ones we have. For that reason, I have asked the RI Membership Development & Retention Committee, chaired by Past RI Vice-President Monty Audenart, to develop a three-year membership plan that includes the following elements:
Recognition of varying regional opportunities and challenges
A focus on diversity to bring in more young professionals and women and expand the range of professional backgrounds in our clubs
More appealing, inviting, and flexible clubs
Please click on one of the links to view a personal message from me to you, our club leaders, on this most important issue.
I send my best wishes to you, my fellow officers, for a wonderful beginning to this Rotary year—as we Reach Within to Embrace Humanity together.
Thank you.
(taken from the RI president's letter/video message to all the club presidents. Links are below in different languages)
http://tinyurl.com/3z5snbl (EN)
http://tinyurl.com/3ql5bwb (ES)
http://tinyurl.com/3m2oe2a (FR)
Wednesday, August 10, 2011
RI President 2013-2014
Burton is choice for 2013-14 RI president
By Ryan Hyland
Rotary International News -- 8 August 2011
Ron D. Burton, a member of the Rotary Club of Norman, Oklahoma, USA, is the selection of the Nominating Committee for President of Rotary International in 2013-14
Ron D. Burton, a member of the Rotary Club of Norman, Oklahoma, USA, is the selection of the Nominating Committee for President of Rotary International in 2013-14. Burton will become the president-nominee on 1 October if there are no challenging candidates.
Burton retired as president of the University of Oklahoma Foundation Inc. in 2007. He is a member of the American Bar Association, as well as the bar associations of Cleveland County and the state of Oklahoma. He is admitted to practice in Oklahoma and before the U.S. Supreme Court.
"This is an exciting time to be a Rotarian," Burton says. "I believe we are well poised to capitalize on our strengths as we embrace the [RI] Strategic Plan and the Future Vision Plan. My vision is to have every Rotarian appreciate what it means to be a Rotarian. With these two tools, we can make that happen."
Active in his community, Burton is a founder and past president of the Norman Public School Foundation, and founder and past board member of the Norman Community Foundation. A recipient of the Silver Beaver Award, he is a past vice president of the Last Frontier Council of the Boy Scouts of America.
Burton believes that Rotary's promotion of high ethical standards is one of the qualities that sets it apart from other organizations.
"It assures those dealing with us that we can be trusted," he says. "Most of us are in a business or profession that already has a code of ethics. Vocational service in Rotary just adds to that responsibility. We have an obligation to go above and beyond to make sure that all our actions are above reproach."
A Rotarian since 1979, Burton is vice chair of the Future Vision Committee and a member of the Polio Eradication Advocacy Task Force for the United States. He has served RI as director; Rotary Foundation trustee and trustee vice chair; International Assembly moderator, assistant moderator, and group discussion leader; and district governor.
His other service to Rotary includes chair of the 2011 New Orleans Convention Committee, vice chair of the Investment Advisory Committee, liaison trustee of the Vocational Service Committee, Permanent Fund national adviser, and regional Rotary Foundation coordinator. He was aide to 2006-07 RI President William B. Boyd.
Burton has received the RI Service Above Self Award and The Rotary Foundation Citation for Meritorious Service, Distinguished Service Award, and International Service Award for a Polio-Free World.
Burton and his wife, Jetta, have two children and three grandchildren.
(from RI website: www.rotary.org)
By Ryan Hyland
Rotary International News -- 8 August 2011
Ron D. Burton, a member of the Rotary Club of Norman, Oklahoma, USA, is the selection of the Nominating Committee for President of Rotary International in 2013-14
Ron D. Burton, a member of the Rotary Club of Norman, Oklahoma, USA, is the selection of the Nominating Committee for President of Rotary International in 2013-14. Burton will become the president-nominee on 1 October if there are no challenging candidates.
Burton retired as president of the University of Oklahoma Foundation Inc. in 2007. He is a member of the American Bar Association, as well as the bar associations of Cleveland County and the state of Oklahoma. He is admitted to practice in Oklahoma and before the U.S. Supreme Court.
"This is an exciting time to be a Rotarian," Burton says. "I believe we are well poised to capitalize on our strengths as we embrace the [RI] Strategic Plan and the Future Vision Plan. My vision is to have every Rotarian appreciate what it means to be a Rotarian. With these two tools, we can make that happen."
Active in his community, Burton is a founder and past president of the Norman Public School Foundation, and founder and past board member of the Norman Community Foundation. A recipient of the Silver Beaver Award, he is a past vice president of the Last Frontier Council of the Boy Scouts of America.
Burton believes that Rotary's promotion of high ethical standards is one of the qualities that sets it apart from other organizations.
"It assures those dealing with us that we can be trusted," he says. "Most of us are in a business or profession that already has a code of ethics. Vocational service in Rotary just adds to that responsibility. We have an obligation to go above and beyond to make sure that all our actions are above reproach."
A Rotarian since 1979, Burton is vice chair of the Future Vision Committee and a member of the Polio Eradication Advocacy Task Force for the United States. He has served RI as director; Rotary Foundation trustee and trustee vice chair; International Assembly moderator, assistant moderator, and group discussion leader; and district governor.
His other service to Rotary includes chair of the 2011 New Orleans Convention Committee, vice chair of the Investment Advisory Committee, liaison trustee of the Vocational Service Committee, Permanent Fund national adviser, and regional Rotary Foundation coordinator. He was aide to 2006-07 RI President William B. Boyd.
Burton has received the RI Service Above Self Award and The Rotary Foundation Citation for Meritorious Service, Distinguished Service Award, and International Service Award for a Polio-Free World.
Burton and his wife, Jetta, have two children and three grandchildren.
(from RI website: www.rotary.org)
Tuesday, July 26, 2011
Rotary Social
The weather was cool and the Rotarians were smiling and engaged friendly conversation. Everyone enjoyed the food and drinks. Afterwards-Ice cream.
The future is bright for more social events.
Rotary Social-Rural Urban Dinner
Today is the Rotary Social, a day of fellowship for the 5 Napa Valley clubs,the Napa Valley Rotary Association (NVRA), at the Oxbow Public Market in Napa. The idea of the social event is to revive in a different way an old tradition which started in 1941 by the Rotary Club of Calistoga when each year the Rotary Clubs of Napa Valley get together at the Rural Urban dinner.
The story: "Rotarian Ed Light went out and shot a buck deer and invited the Calistoga Rotary to dinner.
"The next year with more help, the St. Helena Club was invited to join Calistoga and the following year, the Napa Club was invited.
"It was also at that time that a Napa Rotarian Herman Baade, who was the county farm advisor, suggested that each Rotarian should take a farmer to the dinner meeting."
(source: The Napa Register Tuesday July 15, 1980)
The story: "Rotarian Ed Light went out and shot a buck deer and invited the Calistoga Rotary to dinner.
"The next year with more help, the St. Helena Club was invited to join Calistoga and the following year, the Napa Club was invited.
"It was also at that time that a Napa Rotarian Herman Baade, who was the county farm advisor, suggested that each Rotarian should take a farmer to the dinner meeting."
(source: The Napa Register Tuesday July 15, 1980)
Tuesday, July 19, 2011
Calistoga
The Rotary Club of Calistoga was chartered on March 10,1924 sponsored by the Rotary Club of Napa
“The first meeting was on February 21, 1924. It was the first meeting of the Rotary Club of Calistoga, 18 members attended... The meeting was brief. The Rotary Charter would be presented on March 10, but they couldn’t wait-they wanted to get started.
They all agreed that Roy McCarthy, the high school principal, would be the first president, and Wilbur Snow, ...the new secretary and treasurer.
A few days later, the San Francisco newspapers would note that Calistoga was the smallest town in the world to have a Rotary Club..."
"One of the Club’s first acts was to sponsor the Rotary Club of St. Helena in 1925.
Other projects in the historical days of the Club include putting up a new flagpole at the high school, providing playground equipment at the school, putting up permanent street signs, sponsoring books for the library and spearheading the Food Bank...”
One of the “most valuable contributions of the Rotary Club of Calistoga to Calistoga is providing numerous scholarships to CHS students...enabling youth to pursue their educational goals and to become invaluable contributing member of society...”
(Source: Napa Valley Rotary Celebrates 100 years-A Century of Service)
“The first meeting was on February 21, 1924. It was the first meeting of the Rotary Club of Calistoga, 18 members attended... The meeting was brief. The Rotary Charter would be presented on March 10, but they couldn’t wait-they wanted to get started.
They all agreed that Roy McCarthy, the high school principal, would be the first president, and Wilbur Snow, ...the new secretary and treasurer.
A few days later, the San Francisco newspapers would note that Calistoga was the smallest town in the world to have a Rotary Club..."
"One of the Club’s first acts was to sponsor the Rotary Club of St. Helena in 1925.
Other projects in the historical days of the Club include putting up a new flagpole at the high school, providing playground equipment at the school, putting up permanent street signs, sponsoring books for the library and spearheading the Food Bank...”
(Source: Napa Valley Rotary Celebrates 100 years-A Century of Service)
Friday, July 15, 2011
GSE team to France and Turkey
District 5130 is recruiting members for the GSE team to France and Turkey.
Message from Gerald Besses, GSE Chair:
5130 Rotary Group Study Exchange is Going Burgundy, France!
5130 Rotary Group Study Exchange is Going to Istanbul, Turkey!
Huge opportunity for travel and cultural connections! All major expenses paid.
Please continue to spread the word….
This exciting Exchange program to Burgundy, France (focused on those who work in the wine industry) and Istanbul, Turkey from our District will be for four weeks in the Spring of 2012.
-Team Members need to be ages 25-40 and not Rotarians or Rotarian family members. Rotaracters are welcome.
-Team Leaders must be Rotarians with no age requirement - just high energy and stamina.
Full information can be found on the new District web site at
http://www.rotary5130.org/gse.shtml.
Application forms and the GSE handbook is at
http://www.rotary5130.org/gse_20112012.shtml
Applications are due by August 8. Interviews will be scheduled August 27/28 or later, as needed.
I'll be pleased to respond to any further questions at the phone number below.
Gerald S. Besses
GSE District Chair 2011-12
124 Sunny Hill Drive
Petaluma, CA 94952
gbesses@comcast.net
707-763-6615
Message from Gerald Besses, GSE Chair:
5130 Rotary Group Study Exchange is Going Burgundy, France!
5130 Rotary Group Study Exchange is Going to Istanbul, Turkey!
Huge opportunity for travel and cultural connections! All major expenses paid.
Please continue to spread the word….
This exciting Exchange program to Burgundy, France (focused on those who work in the wine industry) and Istanbul, Turkey from our District will be for four weeks in the Spring of 2012.
-Team Members need to be ages 25-40 and not Rotarians or Rotarian family members. Rotaracters are welcome.
-Team Leaders must be Rotarians with no age requirement - just high energy and stamina.
Full information can be found on the new District web site at
http://www.rotary5130.org/gse.shtml.
Application forms and the GSE handbook is at
http://www.rotary5130.org/gse_20112012.shtml
Applications are due by August 8. Interviews will be scheduled August 27/28 or later, as needed.
I'll be pleased to respond to any further questions at the phone number below.
Gerald S. Besses
GSE District Chair 2011-12
124 Sunny Hill Drive
Petaluma, CA 94952
gbesses@comcast.net
707-763-6615
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