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By Frank Sibert RFDC
I hope all of you read the “21 Foundation Thoughts” I
sent you earlier in the Month. There is a lot of
worthwhile information about The Foundation in these
reports.
I have been keeping track of the gifts that you have
been making to the Foundation since the 1st of July
and to be honest the response has been alarming. I
know that we are only two months into the new Rotary
year so we have time to reach our goals of giving yet
this year. We however need to get with the program of
helping the people of the world now.
Think of how blessed you and I are and then think of
the children of the world that are going to bed each
night hungry. Many of the children of the world are
dying because of poor sanitation. Many of the children
and the people are illiterate. The Rotary Foundation,
with your help, is doing something about these
problems. If you saw a starving child would you say “I
would help him or her sometime?”
The sometime is now. If not you, then who? If not
now, then when? We who can need to pitch in and
help by giving to The Rotary Foundation. Your gifts will
all go for the cause. Not one dime will go to solicitors.
Not all charities can make this statement. Give if you
can. We all need to put our shoulders to the load and
push.
As Larry the Cable Guy would say—Let’s git’er done.
As of today, Mindy and I have completed 20 of 34
official District Governor club visits and our trainers
were accurate when they said that after two years of
preparation to hold the office that the club visits are
the most FUN part of our year. We have met many
wonderful club members and leaders and I am
confident that we will reach our goals of the "Extreme
Makeover District 5630," which are more FUN,
PROJECTS, MEMBERSHIP, and FOUNDATION giving in
our District.
A perfect example of Service Above Self is the
successful completion of the BIG RED BLOWOUT
District Fundraiser which was organized and executed
perfectly by Paul Stec of Kearney Dawn and Sharon
Hoffman of Kearney Noon. Under their leadership,
nearly $49,000 was raised which should lead to a
contribution to the Rotary Foundation in the name of
the Rotarian who sold the tickets of approximately
$20,000. Also $10,000 will go to District 5630 and
$10,000 to the clubs that participated!
CONGRATULATIONS!
The GSE team from India had a great experience in
our District and for all those who organized their stay,
our District is very grateful. I think everyone but me
has a new personalized tattoo. This type of experience
is what sets Rotary apart from all clubs.
I would also like to remind our members that the
Youth Exchange students are in our District and I
encourage all clubs to make them a part of your
meetings, make them feel at home and extend District
5630 hospitality. They are adjusting to a different
culture and I am sure they are looking for a helping
hand.
As the Semi-Annual reports come in that indicate our
current District Membership, I believe that we will end
up below last year's beginning number of 1223 and
would expect that number to be 1213 or in that
vicinity. Now more than ever we need to make a
personal commitment to extend an invitation to our
friends to join our clubs in Rotary and mentor them
and help them feel comfortable and active in your
club. We now need "All hands on deck." Membership
and Foundation giving MUST be discussed at every
club meeting and above all make it FUN.
In summary, I believe that although 2011-12 is my
year as your District Governor, it is truly your District
that has existed for almost 75 years and it is up to us
to make sure that is still in existence for another 75
years and so I urge you to "REACH WITHIN," and
"EMBRACE HUMANITY," by extending the gift of Rotary
membership to your friends. Please read this month's
letter in the Rotarian magazine from Kalyan Banerjee
which describes this in detail.
GO ROTARY!
DG 5630 Ron Bazata
District Governor’s Message
District Governor
Ron Bazata PO Box 175
Kearney, NE 68848
308-233-4093 C 308-236-9055W
308-234-6829F
District Governor Elect
Dian Edwards
District Governor Nominee
Duane Tappe
District Treasurer
Todd Adams
District Secretary
Sharon Hoffman
District Trainer
Loraine Lawler
Past District Governor
David P. Snow
International President
Kalyan Banerjee
www.rotary5630.org
District Office
920 West Avenue
Holdrege, NE 68949
308-991-8657
Fax 888-285-8825
The Rotary Foundation: If not you, then who?
Rotary District 5630 Newsletter
September 2011
By Chuck Larsen, Water4Haiti
While in Haiti this summer we visited several small
rural villages, delivering clothes, shoes, school
supplies, sheets, towels etc. The one shown
consisted of approximately 20 houses and was a two
mile hike after the road narrowed.
We met in a building designated as the school, but
because of the lack of funds they could not afford a
teacher; therefore the children were not being
taught. I would guess there were about 50
youngsters present, mostly only with their mothers.
The pool shown was their water source for bathing
and washing and they ventured another three hours
to fetch drinking water. The lady shown beside her
tent-like dwelling had lost her home in the earthquake
and this was the replacement. We had one tarp
along, which we gave her to help keep out the rain. I
cannot imagine what her floor must look like after the
hurricane this month.
Thanks to several Clubs with their continued support,
we are still drilling and repairing wells.
Water4Haiti Delivers Supplies Along With Wells
By Diane Herman
The Curtis Rotary Club on August 21st, served
returning Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture
students supper at the request of our Chamber of
Commerce.
Approximately 150 people were served a meal of
grilled hamburgers, chips, watermelon and
beverage. The hamburgers were cooked on our new
grill, which is a recent gift to our club from long-time
Rotarian John Wilkinson and his wife Marla. It was a
fun evening of service to the college.
The UNK Rotaract group in Kearney found a creative way to help their friend’s homeland .
As you know, Japan experienced a devastating tsunami on March 11th. Although it was a huge tragedy,
this event brought the entire world together to support Japan. Many exchange students at UNK last
semester are natives of the region of Japan where the tsunami struck. Fortunately, most--if not all--of
the students’ families were fine.
After talking with many of the Japanese exchange students, the UNK Rotaract group decided to do
something for Japan. Their idea was to sell rubber bracelets that said "Made for Japan" rather than
"Made in Japan." Listing the price of each bracelet at $3, UNK Rotaract sold them in the Student Union
around meal times as well as at a Japan support event. They raised $814.25 to give to the Rotary Ja-
pan Relief Program. The Rotaract group found the experience to be quite fun and very rewarding for
both UNK Rotaract members and for the country of Japan.
Pictured is UNK Rotaract President Kayla Kimberling presenting the funds raised to DG Ron Bazata. The
money was sent to The Rotary Foundation.
Curtis Club Feeds NCTA Students
Rotary District 5630 Newsletter Page 2
UNK Rotaract Responds to Japan Disaster Needs
Rotary District 5630 recently welcomed
four exchange students to Nebraska. They
are: Carl “Charlie” Finnander of Sweden,
hosted by the Hastings Sunrise and Noon
Rotary clubs; Elizaveta Komarova of
Russia, hosted by the Ogallala Rotary Club;
Adela Osterman of Finland, hosted by the
Chadron Rotary Club and Katharina Sterr
of Germany, hosted in Paxton by the North
Platte Sunrise Rotary Club. The students
arrived in August and started school in
their respective communities. During the last weekend
of August, the exchange students gathered in
Valentine for Inbound Orientation. Rotexes (former
exchange students) Dakota Bergen of Paxton/
Sweden, Blake Yarrington of Merna/Germany and
Esther Petersen of Valentine/Denmark assisted Youth
Exchange Committee Members Dick and Paula Witt of
Hastings, Kellie Soden of McCook and Ronna Morse
of Valentine in conducting mandatory orientation for
the students.
By Ronna Morse
Application forms for students wishing to participate in
Rotary Youth Exchange in 2012-13 are now available.
Students must complete the District 5630 Preliminary
Application form, which is available at
www.5630rye.org. The Youth Exchange application
must be accompanied by a confidential personal
reference completed by a school official as well two
letters of reference.
Youth Exchange is for high school students ranging in
age from 15-18 1/2 years old. Students must be
above average in academics, willing to learn a new
language and ready to experience a new culture. This
is a cultural and educational experience for both the
student and host families. Students will live with host
families, participate in Rotary activities and serve as
ambassadors for their families, their sponsoring
Rotary Clubs, sponsoring District, their state and their
country. Long term exchange students will attend
school and live abroad for 10-11 months beginning in
July or August. Short term exchange students will
spend from 4-6 weeks abroad and host their
exchange partner for 4-6 weeks. Short term
exchanges are usually conducted in the summer
months.
Students must submit their applications to a local
Rotary Club by October 15. Members of the local
Rotary Club will interview the applicants and their
parents to determine which students will advanced to
District interviews. The application form, application
procedure and fee schedule for the District 5630’s
Youth Exchange program can be found
www.5630rye.org. District 5630 Youth Exchange
Committee members and former exchange students
are available to give presentations to clubs and
schools. Contact Youth Exchange Committee
Chairman Ronna Morse at 402-322-0404 or
[email protected] for more information.
Youth Exchange Applications Due October 15
District Welcomes Four New Exchange Students
Rotary District 5630 Newsletter Page 3
Long term exchange students in District 5630 for
2011-12 are from left to right: Elizaveta Komarova
of Russia/Ogallala; Adela Osterman of Finland/
Chadron; Carl “Charlie” Finnander of Sweden/
Hastings and Kathi Sterr of Germany/Paxton.
Rotexes Dakota Bergen and Esther Petersen, right, share
some of their youth exchange experiences with new
exchange students Kathi, far left, Adela and Liz.
Exchange students taking a tubing
trip on the Niobrara River near Val-
entine.
Dick Witt of Hastings Sunrise Rotary Club
and Swedish exchange student Charlie
participate in an orientation session.
By Ronna Morse
Two young men from Hastings have begun their year
as Rotary Exchange Students overseas. Matt Kramer
arrived in Sweden in late July. He has participated in
language camp, has begun school and is exploring life
in his new host country. Kyle Brosnihan traveled to
Germany the last weekend in August. He arrived safe
and sound and is settling into life with his host family
and community.
This summer, three students from District 5630
participated in the Short Term Youth Exchange
program. During the month of August, Sydney Clapp,
and her family, of McCook hosted her exchange
partner Matteo Restivo of Italy. Matteo experienced
many firsts on his exchange including: funnel cakes,
rodeo, professional baseball game, corn dog, a BBQ
and American football game. He also attended school
with Sydney for a few days. Sydney writes of the
exchange experience, “Overall this exchange has been
the best thing that’s ever happened to me. I love this
program and am so thankful that it has given me the
opportunity to experience another culture.”
Hanna Wade of Crookston traveled to India in late July
and returned in late August. She stayed with the
family of her exchange partner Durva Mathure. While
in India, Hanna participated in RYLA camp, did some
sightseeing, made many new friends, tried lots of new
foods and returned home by way of Dubai due to
mechanical problems with the plane. Earlier this
summer, Kailey Kumm of O’Neill spent her short term
exchange in Switzerland with the family of Luzia
Schmid. While on her exchange, Kailey hiked in the
Swiss Alps, toured historical sites, a Swiss chocolate
factory and celebrated Swiss National Day.
District 5630 Students Travel to Europe and India
By Delane Wycoff
So far in 2011 the global number of new polio cases
is about HALF of the number tallied by the same date
in 2010. As of late August, 2010 there were 618
cases and in 2011 only 333 cases. Of these, 111
cases were in endemic countries and 222 cases were
in non-endemic countries, notably just two countries
Chad and the Democratic Republic of Congo which
accounted for 175 cases (more than half of all the
cases in the world).
NIGERIA
Most of the cases in African have been spread from
Nigeria, one of the four countries where polio remains
endemic. In August of 2011, the Nigeria Governors’
Forum has launched a new initiative to rid the country
of polio.
In Kano, Nigeria, it was recently announced that
people would be jailed for refusing to immunize
children against polio. Prosecutions would take place
under existing law forbidding parents from barring
access to health care for their children. The law has
been extended to include immunizations against
deadly diseases. A state immunization coordinator
said three parents were taken to police and
threatened with jail before relenting and allowing their
children to be vaccinated.
Other officials point out that “refusenik” parents are
not the main problem. The greater need is for
improved organization of immunization efforts and
better cold chain storage to assure that vaccines do
not lose potency before they are administered. Polio
spread from Nigeria to 20 other African countries
between 2006 and 2010, so knocking out polio in
Nigeria’s perpetual “hotbeds” of infection would be a
major victory in reducing sources of virus which can
spread elsewhere.
INDIA
India was identified as the source for a polio outbreak
that hit Tajikistan in 2010 with a total of 457 new
polio cases. That outbreak was met with a well-
organized vaccination campaign which has
successfully halted further spread. No cases of polio
have been seen in Tajikistan in 2011.
Even better is the continued good news that India’s
vaccination efforts are paying off! The last case of
polio reported in India was Jan 13, 2011 and that is
the only case reported in 2011 for the entire country.
Rotary’s efforts in helping organize past and ongoing
vaccination campaigns have clearly played an
important role in this success. By this time, last year
there were 30 cases of polio reported in India and we
are currently in the peak season for transmission with
no new cases being reported!
AFGHANISTAN
Afghanistan has reported 13 polio cases in 2011.
This is exactly the same number reported by this time
in the previous year. However, the cases in 2011
were only Type 1 polio, whereas in 2010 there were
roughly equal numbers of both Type 1 and Type 3 of
the reported cases. A national immunization is
scheduled for Sept 12-14 using trivalent vaccine
which is active against all three polio types.
PAKISTAN
Pakistan has had setbacks with 72 polio cases so far
in 2011 compared to 39 by this same time in 2010.
Further sub-national immunization days are scheduled
for September 19-21. Pakistan has presented the
greatest challenge to polio eradication during recent
years and is now drawing attention as the location
where the final battle against polio will take place.
Polio Eradication Initiative
Rotary District 5630 Newsletter Page 4
Gates
Foundation
President to
Speak at Omaha
Rotary
The Omaha (Downtown)
Rotary Club has an-
nounced their 21st Annual
Metro Rotary Luncheon on
Friday, September 16th
will feature
keynote
speaker Jeff
Raikes.
Raikes was
born and
raised in
Ashland, NE
and after
starting in 1981 as a
project manager for Micro-
soft, he became President
of Microsoft Business
Division in 2005. He is
now the President of the
Bill and Melinda Gates
Foundation, which is the
contributor of $350 mil-
lion to The Rotary Founda-
tion’s Polio Plus campaign
in the form of a challenge
grant.
The meeting is open to
Rotarians across Ne-
braska, their family mem-
bers and the general pub-
lic. Luncheon tickets will
be $30 per person. The
Luncheon will be from
11:30 AM to 1:15 PM at
the Embassy Suites La
Vista, 12520 Westport
Parkway, La Vista, NE
68128. (I-80 exit 442,
southeast on Giles Road,
first right turn onto South-
port Parkway, and then
right onto Westport Park-
way.)
Volunteers administer polio
vaccine to a child in Ka-
duna, Nigeria.—AP
Additional support for the polio eradication effort in
Pakistan was announced on August 15, 2011 with
Japan loaning approximately $65 million to Pakistan
to fund polio eradication efforts. If Pakistan is
successful in eradicating polio by 2013, the Bill and
Melinda Gates Foundation has offered to repay the
Japanese loan. This is an innovative new financial
incentive for Pakistan’s government-run immunization
campaign to succeed. The Prime Minister’s
Secretariat has taken over the administration of the
Prime Minister’s Monitoring and Coordinating Cell for
Polio Eradication. This sort of re-organization is
possibly a response to the accusations of bureaucratic
incompetence and corruption with have plagued
Pakistani efforts. There will be no shortage of
immediate challenges including Baluchistan where
counter-polio efforts have been hampered by striking
paramedics who have withdrawn their cooperation
with the anti-polio campaign.
NEBRASKA
THE $200 MILLION CHALLENGE.
The Rotary Foundation reports that Rotarians around
the world have raised $185.1 million toward the $200
million Challenge. Rotarians appear to be well-
positioned to exceed the $200 million goal before the
June 30, 2012, deadline. This will secure $350
million pledged to Polio Plus by the Bill and Melinda
Gates Foundation.
Rotarians, we still have at least $14.9 million to raise
to meet this goal. Although it appears achievable in
the remaining 10 months, we must continue working
toward the goal. Polio eradication requires money.
We are closer to success each year, but we dare not
let up on our efforts to defeat polio!
Polio continued...
Rotary District 5630 Newsletter Page 5
A Pakistani girls receives
polio vaccine drops.
This is not to be confused with proposing to a new
member, which may or may not happen. This page
gives basic information on the way to recommend
someone for membership in Rotary.
Below is information from a brochure published by
Rotary International which is available for
download: Download How to Propose New Member
(PDF). The downloadable form includes sections for
you to fill out and submit to the board of directors.
Attracting Prospective Members
Consider these approaches for attracting prospective
members:
• Hand out Rotary Basics (595-EN), This Is Rotary
(001-EN), and What’s Rotary? (419-EN). All three are
available from either www.rotary.org, the RI Catalog, or
your international office.
• Encourage prospective members to tour the RI Web
site, www.rotary.org.
• Create a pamphlet that outlines the club’s history
and highlights recent service projects and social
events.
• Invite prospective members to a club activity or a
service project.
Click on Membership at www.rotary.org to check for
the latest materials.
Identifying Qualified Candidates
Qualified candidates for Rotary membership are
adults of good character and good business and
professional reputation, who hold or have held an
executive position with discretionary authority in any
worthy and recognized business or profession.
Types of Membership
There are two types of Rotary club membership, active
and honorary:
• Active members must meet the above
qualifications, as well as live or work within the club’s
locality or surrounding area.
• Honorary members have distinguished themselves
by meritorious service in the furtherance of Rotary
ideals and are considered friends of Rotary for their
permanent support of Rotary’s cause.
Classifications
Each active member of a Rotary club is classified
according to the member’s business or profession. A
classification describes either the principal and
recognized activity of the firm with which an active
member is connected or the member’s principal and
recognized business or professional activity. For more
information on qualifications, see the Manual of
Procedure (035-EN); the Bylaws of Rotary
International, Article 4; and the Standard Rotary Club
Constitution, Articles 6 and 7.
Proposing a New Member
Once it becomes clear that the prospective member is
interested in membership:
• Complete Part A of the Membership Proposal Form,
and return the form to your club secretary for
submission to the club’s board of directors.
Remember: Don’t inform a prospective member of the
proposal until after the board approves it.
• Wait for the club secretary to notify you of the
board’s decision, which should come within 30 days of
the submission.
After your club board approves the candidate:
• Have the club or proposer arrange an information
session for the proposed member.
• Ask the proposed member to complete and sign
Part B of the proposal form.
• Publish the proposed member’s name and
classification to the club. The Recommended Rotary
Club Bylaws allow seven days for club members to
consider and file objections, if any.
• If no objections are received, the proposed member
pays the admission fee and becomes a Rotarian.
• The club secretary or president reports the new
member to Rotary International.
Reprinted from Rotary Club of Cheboygan
How To Propose A New Member