Feb 04, 2016

R.I Theme 2015-16

R.I. OFFICERS

President K.R. “Ravi” Ravindran

President Elect

John F. Germ

Rotary Foundation Assistant Regional Rotary Foundation Coordinator-Zone 34 PDG David Edwards

DISTRICT OFFICERS

District Governor

Milton Inniss

District Governor Elect

Roger Bose

District Governor Nominee

Waddy Sowma

Assistant Governor

PP Peter Downes

District Grants &

Distr. Foundation Annual Giving PDG David Edwards, Chair

Council of Legislation &

Distr. Programs Committee Chair

PDG Tony Watkins

District Treasurer

PP Lionel Moe

Assist. District Confer. Chair

PP Elvin Sealy

Club Officers & Directors

President Jedder Robinson

President Elect Lisa Cummins

Vice President Carl “Tony” Williams

Secretary Robert “Bobby” Morris

Treasurer Brian Cole

Club Service Director Paul Ashby

Vocational Service Director Winston Warren

Community Service Director Annie Bertrand

International Service Director Dr. Tracy Archer

Youth Service Director Neal Griffith

Immediate Past President William “Alex” Mc Donald Sergeant–At–Arms Heather Tull

THE FOUR WAY TEST Of the things we think, say or do:

1. Is it the TRUTH?

2. Is it FAIR to all concerned?

3. Will it build GOODWILL and BETTER

FRIENDSHIPS?

4. Will it be BENEFICIAL to all concerned?

Weekly meetings on Thursdays at

Hilton Barbados

Needham’s Point, Aquatic Gap,

St. Michael

at 12 p.m.

P.O. Box 148B, Brittons Hill, St. Michael, Barbados

www.clubrunner.ca/barbados

ROTA NEWS

District 7030

Chartered March 07, 1962

THE ROTARY CLUB OF BARBADOS

WELCOMES ALL VISITING ROTARIANS AND GUESTS

JANUARY : Vocational Service MonthJANUARY : Vocational Service MonthJANUARY : Vocational Service MonthJANUARY : Vocational Service Month

We will not have a meeting today as we will meet for our Club Fo-rum on Saturday, February 06, 2016.

Rotarians with ten years or less have been specially invited by Pres-ident Jedder.

As with the last Session in September, there will be two topics for discussion.

CLUB FORUM SATURDAY 6TH FEBRUARY 2016 at BARBADOS LIGHT & POWER TRAINING ROOM

1. 9:00 a.m. Call to Order 2. Prayers 3. Excuses for absence 4. Safety Briefing - Rtn Peter Williams 5. Confirmation of minutes of the Club Forum held on 5th September 2015 6. Matters arising from the minutes of 5th September 2015 7. President’s remarks 8. Directors' Reports (5 minutes each)-(a) Community Service: (Anti-cyber

Bullying update), (b) Youth Service, (c ) International Service, (d) Club Service and (e) Vocational Service

9. Sneak Preview on Community Challenges - #7-12 - #7 - Berkeley Blades, #8 - Dr. Carol Belgrave, #9 - Makonem Hurley, #10 - Trevor Whitehall, #11 - Robin Ford, and #12 - Tracey Knight-Lloyd

10. Presentation on Phase 2 of “Faces Speak” - Challenge #5 -Nicholas Waithe

11. Physical achievements at the School House—PP Ron Davis 12. Fund raising - PE Lisa (5 minutes) 13. Presentation on Attendance - PDG Tony Watkins 14. 11:30 a.m. Syndicate Case Study - 30 minutes

(a) Topic: “A donation of $1,000.00 US dollars to Rotary Inter-national over a ten year period earns you a Paul Harris Fel-low, should monetary donations of $..... to your Rotary Club for each meeting not attended be rewarded as a makeup for attendance.”

(b) Membership recruitment and retention. The members will be divided into two groups. At the start of the discussion a spokesperson shall be appointed to inform the Forum of the recommendations of their group after their deliberation.

12:30 p.m. ADJOURNMEMT. HIGHLIGHTS OF THE RELLOWSHIP MEETING OF JANUARY 28, 2016 Last Thursday was a Fellowship Meeting. District Conference Chair, PP Sonya Alleyne gave an update on the April Conference. There were updates on MUN which is scheduled to commence on January 30. Past Director Trevor Whitehall gave a status report on Community Chal-lenge # 10—April. President Jedder commended the effort by Community Service Deputy Director Commander Willie and Past Community Service Director Shawn Franklin in coordinating and executing the Annual Picnic and Fun Day with the Children of the Child Care Board. Mr. Gilbert Rowe the owner of Sandlewood Estates was also commended for his contribution. There was also the confirmation of a donation of $250.00 by the Fami-ly of Jack Robinson in Memory of former Rotarian Dr. St. Elmo who was buried on January 13, 2016 The letter was written by the daughter of Jack Robinson , who had died in 2012; Mary Robinson-Ramsay. Jack & St. Elmo had studied together at McGill University in Canada

There was a twinge of sadness as Past President Stanley (1995-96) bade farewell to the Club as he will be taking his family to experience a new way of life in Asia. We wish them every blessing on this journey.

Stan & Harriet

HIGHLIGHTS OF THE RELLOWSHIP MEETING OF JANUARY 28, 2016, CONT’D

SUMMARY OF PRESENTATION BY CONFERENCE CHAIR, PAG SONYA

Dates: April 20-23, 2016 PETS: Radisson Hotel – April 20, 21 Opening Ceremony – April 21, 2016 – Concorde Conference: LESC April 22, 23 Fee: Local (US$300 – Rotarian, & Spouse US$450 – opening, closing) – Feb 15, 2016, thereafter US$500 Home Hospitality: Harrison’s Cave – April 22, 2016 Closing – LESC Deputy Chair: PP Elvin Sealy RBOB) Treasurer: Brian Cole (RCOB) Conference Secretary/Registration: Neal Griffith (RCOB) Conference Registration: Brian Robinson (RCBS)

Hotels: Ayo Burrowes (RCBS) Transportation: PE Kevin Watson (RCBW) PETS – Michael McClean RCBW) Translators: PP Michael Browne (RCOB) Translation: PIS Helene Watkins (RCOB), Rtn. Simone Hadchitty (RCBS) Shirts: Simone Hadchitty (RCBS) Spouses: Angela Hunte (RCBW) Bags: PP Prakash Mahtani (RCBS) Sponsorship: PP Joe Steinbok (RCBW) – lunches, events – opening, closing, hos-pitality, spouses programme Magazine: Heather Tull (RCOB) AV/IT Support: Makonem Hurley (RCOB), Morton Holder (RCBW) Hospitality Suite: Pres. Farid Mansour (RCBW)– drinks, eats (snacks, bittle) House of Friendship: Martin Steinbok (RCBW) Opening Ceremony: PE Lisa Cummins (RCOB) Closing Ceremony: DS Katrina Sam (RCBS) Hospitality Event: PP Alex McDonald (RCOB) Sarge: PP Alex McDonald (RCOB) Conference: PP Elvin Sealy (RCOB) STILL NEEDED!!!: TAKE THE WEEK OFF!!!! Registration, Secretariat Transportation – airport collection, drop off Hospitality Suite Hotels Opening, Closing, Hospitality Suite Advertising Ushering

MUN—WEEK 2—FEB 06 -ISD Dr. Tracy 9:00 a.m.-9:15 a.m. Registration

9:15-9:45 a.m. – An Introduction to the History, Structure and Operations of the United Nations Systems: – Mrs. Natalie Die-trich-Jones, UN Coordination Analyst

9:45-10:15 am

Migration and Human Rights in the International System, Mrs. Natalie Dietrich-Jones, UN Coordination Analyst 10:15-10:30 BREAK

1030-1230

Country Positions and Critique

12:30p.m. – 1:00 p.m. Wrap-up and Close

MEETING DETAILS - Thursday January 28, 2016

SAA - PP Vic Fernandes

• A"endance - 65%

• Raffle - $91.00

• Winner - PP Dr. Grenville Phillips

• Fines - $212.15

HIGHLIGHTS OF THE RELLOWSHIP MEETING OF JANUARY 28, 2016, CONT’D

UPCOMING EVENTS, CONT’D ROTARY COMMUNITY CHALLENGE Community Challenge #10 - April 2016

Past Director Trevor renewed his call for assistance in progressing

with the rebuilding of a home for a single mother of four children.

The following are required:

Items still required

Flooring - 25 ¾ ply wood sheets, 9 Windows, Partitions

4 Doors Interior, 3 Doors Exterior, Kitchen sink, Bathroom sink, Shower, Toilet, Suck-well

Community Challenge #7 - January 2016 - The tiling of a ward and repairs to the bath-

room and plumbing at a ward at the Geriatric Hospital. Project Leader Rotarian Past

Director, Berkley Blades. ROTARACT WORLD ROTARACT WEEK-UWI CAVEHILL This email servers to inform you of World Rotaract Week which will be held from March 7-13 2016. The Rotaract Clubs of Barbados will be having a week of actives and we are asking that all Rotarians continue to support us. Please find below the date and times for these activi-ties. As soon as the everything is finalized we will send you the poster to share with you re-spective clubs. Please note, even though the week actually stares on March 7 we will be having our beach clean-up on the March 6, 2016 - Should you have any queries please contact the author at 231-1163. Regards, Alicia Simmons.

The first general meeting of the Rotaract Club of UWI for this semester will be held on Satur-day, January 30th in LR 4 of the Roy Marshall Teaching Complex. The meeting is scheduled to begin at 1 pm.

Rotarians are invited to attend and hear the club's board share their plans for this semes-ter. This semester promises to be an exciting one as they will be celebrating World Rotaract Week from March 7th to March 13th followed by Rotaract week on cam-pus from March 13th to March 19th. They are also also planning other activities and outreach programmes throughout the semester which will end in early May.

The UWI Rotaract club held its first meeting for the semester. It was well attended with over 25 in attendance. Director Neal and Rotarian Donna Pierre attended as well. The Board members each gave a comprehensive report on their plans for the semester including monthly visits to the Nightengale Home, visits to the Gentle Folks Nursing Home, a beach clean up, painting of a mural, a leadership seminar and a fund raising cruise among other things. Director Neal also advised the club that some volunteers will be needed to assist at the up-coming district conference.

Lis-

tening to the Presentation by Vice President PP Curtis Cornelis, Pres Chrispen Hackett, directors Israel Alpuche, Destiny Mil-ler, Danielle Callender, Kerniesha Skeete, Shehnezi Frank, VP Olvine Holas.

THE ROTARACT CLUB OF BARBADOS

On Saturday January 23rd, the new Rota-ract Club of Barbados hosted its very first guest speaker, President-Elect Lisa. PE Lisa spoke on the topic Fundraising for Service Projects. Those in attendance were impressed with her take on the subject and she gave the Rotaractors a lot to think on when considering fundraising. She high-lighted many possibilities and the Rotarac-tors look forward to working with PE Lisa in the future.

LAUNCH ANTI-CYBERBULLYING CAMPAIGN The Anti-Cyberbullying Campaign will be launched on February 11 during a Rotary lunch meeting. This campaign is about spreading a message and educating the popu-lation through the media. The Campaign has attracted corporate sponsorship

CLUB CHALLENGE President Jedder announced the Challenge to provide 1,000 lbs of Ground Provisions for the Salvation Army Feeding Programme. This to be facilitated in the month of February .

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UPCOMING EVENTS, CONT’D

DISTRICT CONFERENCE APRIL 20-23, 2016 The early registration deadline has been extended to Feb-ruary 15, 2016. Club members may visit: http://www.7030conference2016.com/ to register for the con-ference and may contact the Planning Committee via email using: 7030conference2016@gmail.com

2016 Rotary Convention

28 May–1 June · 한국국제전시장 (KINTEX)

by Rotary International

Info on the Convention and on Seoul: www.riconvention2016.org

Past President Stanley PP MacDonald (1995-96) bids Farewell

Stanley P. P. MacDonald - PHF – Intro-duced Car-ols by Can-dlelight, the Schools Drive Care-fully Safety Signs – Ro-tary Re-source Room at the Learning Centre St. James. Build Boview Home – Challenor School Annual Beach Clean

Up—the PP Stan PP with the bag! ————————————————————————————————

A polio survivor dreams to end polio for good.

January 20, 2016

Polio survivor Ian (John) Ruggles shares how he dealt with the disease and why he joined his local Rotary club.

UPUPUPUP----COMING EVENTSCOMING EVENTSCOMING EVENTSCOMING EVENTS Mar 07 Mar 07 Mar 07 Mar 07 ---- Club Charter Date Club Charter Date Club Charter Date Club Charter Date ---- 1962196219621962

JANUARY : Vocational Service MonthJANUARY : Vocational Service MonthJANUARY : Vocational Service MonthJANUARY : Vocational Service Month

Celebrating the Work of RotaryCelebrating the Work of RotaryCelebrating the Work of RotaryCelebrating the Work of Rotary Early Registration has been extended to February 15 REGISTRATION: http://www.7030conference2016.com/ to regis‐

ter for the conference and may contact the Planning Committee via email using: 7030conference2016@gmail.com

Community Challenge #7 ‐ The tiling of a ward and repairs to the bathroom and plumbing –The Geriatric Hospital. Project Leader

Past Director Berkley Blades. Feb 06 - Club Forum - From 9:00 a.m.

Feb 21 ‐ Founder’s Day Service ‐St. Thomas Parish Church ‐ 9:15

a.m. Further Fellowship from Noon at Prospect, St. James Feb 25 ‐ Guest Speaker‐Ambassador Robert Morris ‐ “Barbados,

Past, Present, and Future.” World Rotaract Week will be held from March 7-13 2016

Rotaract Week on Cave Hill Campus from March 13th - 19th.

District Conference: 20th-23rd April 2016, Bridgetown, Barbados.

May 28 ‐ June 1, 2016‐ Rotary International Convention- Seoul, South Korea

Announcements

Wedding Anniversary Belated!!! Past President Erskine & Ena Thompson 46yrs Jan 17, 1970

Birthday - Rotarians Rotarian Orlando Newton Jan 30 Sergeant-at-Arms & Past Director Heather M. Tull Feb 03

Past Director Waldo Clarke Feb 06 Past President Sir Trevor Carmichael Feb 09

Birthday - Partners in Service

Norma Lady Blackman - Hon Rotarian Sir Frank Feb 03 Eileen Clarke - Past Secretary Clifford Feb 04 Dr. Marion Williams - Past President CQ Feb 06

Join Date Anniversary Past Chair Ron Williams 13 years Jan 30 2003 Past Secretary Steve Cozier 30 years Feb 01 1986 Past Director Trevor G. Fields 25 years Feb 01 1991 IP President Alex McDonald 16 years Feb 01 2000 Past Chair Dr. John Mayers 35 years Feb 05 1981

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LOOKING BACK WITH THE ROTARY CLUB OF BARBADOSLOOKING BACK WITH THE ROTARY CLUB OF BARBADOSLOOKING BACK WITH THE ROTARY CLUB OF BARBADOSLOOKING BACK WITH THE ROTARY CLUB OF BARBADOS Mar 07 1962 Mar 07 1962 Mar 07 1962 Mar 07 1962 ---- Club Charter Date Club Charter Date Club Charter Date Club Charter Date

1970-71 Dr. Douglas Carter* A Medical Doctor who assisted with cases in need especial-ly medical. A fully equipped emergency van was presented to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital

1971-72

Girwood Springer* - Commissioner of Police. The club assisted with the reformation of the Barbados Boys’ Scout Band

OBJECT OF ROTARY

The Object of Rotary is to encourage and foster the ideal of service as a basis of worthy enterprise and in particular to encourage and foster:

FIRST: The development of acquaintance as an opportunity of service;

SECOND: High ethical standards in business and professions,

the recognition and the worthiness of all useful occu

pations, and the dignifying of each Rotarian’s occupa

tion as an opportunity to serve society;

THIRD: The application of the ideal of service in each Rotar

ian’s personal, business and community life; and

FOURTH: The advancement of the international understanding,

goodwill and peace through a world of fellowship of

business and professional persons united in the

ideal of service.

Bulletin Editor: Michael Wilson Browne

GREETERS

Feb 11 - Past President Lionel Moe & Past Chair Peter Hermant Feb 18 - Imm Past President Alex & Past Secretary Jomo Hope Feb 25 - Rtn. Nicholle Manz-Baazaoui & Rtn. Makonem Hurley Mar 03 - Past DD O’Reilly Lewis & Past President Jerry Ishmael Mar 10 - Past President Algie Leacock & Past Sec. Joe Johnson

OUR GUESTS

VISITORS Mark Wheeler - PDG Tony Watkins

Jacqueline Swainland - Partner-in-Service -Rtn. Tom Swainland

Maggie Daniel - Dir. Winston Warren

Acheme Niles - Dir Winston Warren

ROTARIANS PAG & PP Sonia Alleyne, Rotary District Conference Chairman from Rota-

ry South

Rtn. Tom Swainland, Rotary Club of London

DISTRICT PROJECT - AUTISM

World Autism Awareness Day, April 2, 2016 in the World

DISTRICT PROJECT - DYSLEXIA

a general term for disorders that involve diffi-culty in learning to read or interpret words, letters, and other symbols, but that do not

affect general intelligence.

ROTARY GRACE O Lord and giver of all things good We thank Thee for our daily food May Rotary friends and Rotary ways Help us to serve Thee all our days.