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September 27, 2011

MEETING AT

IHOP Restaurant on 4910 Spruce Street, TAMPA, FL 33607. 813-288-8828

Club Coming Events September 27: Club Assembly. October 2: Consignment Sale Donation Pickup. Largo Cultural Center/Library. 5:00PM. October 4: Mr. Joe Part from All Trust Insurance, Topic: "Fixing Health Care in America - Let's Get Real" October 11: Our own Frank Irizarry with a program about the Auto Insurance Industry.

If you have any suggestions for programs, please communicate with David

or Maryann to schedule them.

District 6890 Governor: Alan Feldman – Brandon, FL Rotary International President: Kalyan Banerjee, India

www.tampawestrotary.org

Consignment Sale Donation Pickup

Largo Cultural Center / Library

Oct. 2, 2011 @ 5:00PM

What if we could prevent just ONE child

from suffering from POLIO?

How much would that be worth?

Click below and contact Dennis or José to learn more.

http://www.rotary.org/en/ServiceAndFellowshi

p/Polio/HelpEradicatePolio/Pages/ridefault.aspx

Food for Ronald MacDonald’s Home: For at least 20 persons. It can be bought or home cooked and delivered NLT 6pm. David is your contact. *If you can’t make it, please call him.

Joe V. – Oct. 27 Raul V. – Nov. 27

Food for thought

A thing well done is worth doing. - Hugh Leonard A little humor to brighten your day!

A guy was walking beside a pond when a frog jumped out and told him that she was really a

beautiful princess and if he were to kiss her, she would make him VERY happy! He picked up the frog and

put it into his pocket. A few minutes later, the frog poked her head out and said, "Didn't you hear me?! I'm a beautiful princess and if you kiss me I will stay with you and do ANYTHING you want!" The guy took the frog out and said, "Look, I understand what you are saying, but I am a computer programmer and right now I don't have time for a girlfriend,...but a talking FROG is REALLY, REALLY COOL!"

Birthday/Anniversary

Birthdays Anniversaries Sept. 2: Irving Hernandez Sept. 18: Ralph and María Ovalle Sept. 8: Maryann Sturmfels Sept. 26: Raul and Pilar Viera Sept. 17: Arnaldo Fernandez Sept. 19: Norma Hernandez Sept. 27: David Contreras Sept. 30: Dennis Viera

REMINDER: Irving is collecting cell phones for the Crisis Center.

A look at the Future Vision pilot’s first year By Dan Nixon

Rotary International News -- 22 September 2011

One hundred Rotary districts and their member clubs set a brisk pace in the first year of the Future Vision

pilot, recording many milestones along the way.

The Rotary Foundation awarded 208 global grants, totaling almost US$12 million, in 2010-11. These grants

supported large-scale, sustainable activities aligned with Rotary’s areas of focus in 46 countries.

The first global grant project, completed in July, proved highly effective in preventing the spread of dengue

fever in a community in Surakarta, Central Java, Indonesia. Other global grant efforts helped provide

thousands of people in Sierra Leone with access to clean water, boosted malaria prevention and treatment in

Mali, improved sanitation in India, and expanded literacy in Kenya, to name a few. The grants also funded

vocational training teams and equipped scholars to work in sustainable development, health care, peace and

conflict resolution, and other fields related to the areas of focus.

More than $6 million in Rotary Foundation District Grants supported local and international service projects.

District 2650 (Japan) distributed funds from a $271,000 grant to 42 club projects, which included providing

computers, sewing machines, and other vocational training equipment to a village in the Philippines, and

restoring an elementary school in China’s Shaanxi Province.

The Foundation also formed strategic partnerships with Aga Khan University, a private, nonsectarian

university with campuses worldwide, and Oikocredit International, a Netherlands-based cooperative financial

institution. Through the partnership with Aga Khan University, Rotary clubs can establish vocational training

teams and nursing scholarships with support from packaged global grants. Through the partnership with

Oikocredit, clubs can work with microfinance institutions in Oikocredit’s network, also with support from

packaged global grants, and help reduce poverty by identifying local needs, developing effective approaches,

and structuring training programs to improve entrepreneurs’ business skills.

Pilot feedback

Pilot clubs and districts are helping to verify what works in the Foundation’s new grant model under the

Future Vision Plan. Based on feedback from Rotarians, the Foundation is also making operational

improvements during the pilot. Those implemented in 2010-11 include:

Making the temporary online system easier to use

Expanding the definition of disease prevention and treatment to include injuries that, left untreated,

would lead to disease

Allowing a contingency fund of up to 20 percent in district grant spending plans

Eliminating the requirement that scholars provide proof of language testing to the Foundation

Eliminating the requirement that scholars be hosted by the district where their study institution is

located, provided that scholars live in their host district

Eliminating the requirement that, for a proposed exchange of vocational training teams, members of

the second team be identified at the time of application for a global grant

Allowing pilot districts to participate in the Ambassadorial Scholarships program during the first year

of the pilot to ease the transition

“We are making changes to make the model easier for pilot districts. But any changes to the fundamental

structure of Future Vision, we are holding for the full world launch [1 July 2013] so we may determine

whether there truly is Rotarian demand for the changes that are suggested,” says Foundation Trustee Chair

Bill Boyd.

The areas of focus under Future Vision, which are also included in the RI Strategic Plan, allow Rotarians to

carry out projects with a common purpose, in a way that benefits as many people as possible, Boyd says.

“All of us should work to build those six areas of focus into the culture and thinking of every Rotary club,”

he says. “We should seek opportunities to build partnerships between clubs and districts, our Rotary

Foundation, and other organizations that can join us in our mission to advance world understanding,

goodwill, and peace through the improvement of health, the support of education, and the alleviation of

poverty.”

For more information:

Learn more about the Future Vision Plan

Order Rotary's Areas of Focus Guide

Learn more about the RI Strategic Plan

Rotary and social networking

Rotarians help provide service through fellowship, and social networking is one of the many ways Rotarians

are connecting online. Visit Rotary International's official social networking pages and join the conversation.

Facebook

See who some of the thousands of fans are on RI's official Facebook page. You'll find links to RI news stories and

videos as well as comments and discussions.

Official Rotary International Facebook page End Polio Now

Join The Rotary Foundation of RI's End Polio Now cause page on Facebook. You can make a donation to support polio eradication, invite others to be a part of the cause, and keep track of how many people you've recruited.

Rotary Centers Connect with Rotary World Peace Fellows, who promote national and international cooperation, peace, and the successful resolution of conflict throughout their lives, in their careers, and through service activities.

Rotary World Peace Fellowships Join this Facebook cause page to help provide educational opportunities for those interested in studying peace building and conflict resolution

Rotary Foundation alumni Read about Rotary Foundation alumni on their official Facebook page and connect with alumni from around the world.

Read more about Facebook

Twitter

Use this microblogging site to keep in touch and up-to-date with other Rotarians and friends of Rotarians.

Official Rotary International Twitter page RI General Secretary John Hewko's Twitter page Rotaract Twitter page End Polio Now Twitter page

Read more about Twitter

LinkedIn

Network with other Rotarians and friends of Rotary, and see who they're connected to. LinkedIn is a

professionally oriented social network that can help you share your knowledge and expertise.

RI LinkedIn groups include the following:

Official Rotary International LinkedIn group Rotary Foundation alumni Rotary International Youth Exchange Future Vision Pilot ( Note: Only for Rotarians in the pilot districts. Read more about Future Vision .)

Learn more about LinkedIn

Flickr

Add your photo of a Rotary event to the RI Flickr group pool, and your photo may be selected for Interactive

. Be sure to include your full name, club or other Rotary affiliation, and a brief caption. Note that by adding

your photo to the RI Flickr group pool, you consent to its use by RI.

Official Rotary Flickr group pool

Learn more about Flickr

YouTube

Rotary International has its own channel on YouTube that offers video content to those interested in Rotary. The

YouTube channel supplements video on Rotary's website by providing Rotarians the means of embedding video onto

their own sites. Rotarians, Rotaractors, and Interactors are encouraged to select from a growing collection of pieces

from RVM: The Rotarian Video Magazine and from Humanity in Motion public service announcements.

In addition, the YouTube channel allows you to be notified about new videos, and viewers can comment on

the videos.

Make your website more dynamic and read " Embedding videos from RI's YouTube channel "

Learn more about YouTube

Note:

These social networking sites are not owned by Rotary International, and RI is not responsible for the

comments of others on these sites. To participate, you must join each of the social networks individually.

On social networking sites, there are several pages titled "Rotary" that are not affiliated with Rotary

International or The Rotary Foundation. Only the pages or groups in which RI officially participates are listed

here.

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DO NOT FORGET! THIS SUNDAY, OCTOBER 2!!