President Andrés from the RC of Moscow International makes a point for PP Leonardo de
Angelison the matter of project options.
Successful Multi-Club Workshop in Stockholm.
Rotary Clubs from five countries met to combine efforts
.
The Multi-Club Workshop was the occasion of a trip to Stockholm of some Rotarians from Italy and other European countries, Finland, Latvia and Russia from the 13th to the 16th of September 2007. The relatives of the Italian fellows were: Paola de Angelis, Flora Giugni (Maurizio), Vincenzo Longobardo (Lina) Filippo Munno, Anna and Giacomo Ruffini, Nadia and Gian Ludovico Spizuoco.
Thursday 13.09.2007 – In the afternoon, the Italian group arrived at Arlanda from Bologna. At their arrival they were welcomed by Carl and Helena Vernerson, Gunnar Ståhl and Ron Pavellas. At the Hotel Hellsten, they met with Andrés Garcia and Svetlana Tomalcheva who had just arrived from Moscow. The whole group together with Gunnar and Ron were walking nearby the hotel. Then they attended the pre-dinner drinks offered by Carl and Helena Vernersson, Past District Governor in their beautiful house at Djursholm. The dinner was held at CLAES PÅ HÖRNET, an antique restaurant (1731) where the group tasted some typical Sweden plates. Thanks to the exquisite warmth of the hosts all the people enjoyed a lot this first day spent in Stockholm.
Friday 14.09.2007 – At 7:00, some fellows from RC Stockholm Strand drove Andrés and Svetlana, Irene, Lina and Vincenzo, Domenico, Maurizio and Flora, Leonardo and Paola to the Restaurant Blasieholmen where they attended at the weekly meeting of RC Stockholm Strand. After a good breakfast, Peter Moberg started the meeting and Leonardo presented each club’ representative who told the activity of his own club and exchanged the banner with Peter. Then all the guests together with Ron and Gunnar went by boat to Vaxham, a beautiful island in the Stockholm Archipelago. After a light and excellent lunch, some people visited the Vasa Museum and other returned to the hotel. At 18:30 the group attended a charming “champagne reception” kindly offered by Britta Wallgren, Past District Governor to all the participants at the workshop on the roof terrace of her own house downtown, nearby the Royal Palace. All people continued to enjoy together the evening by a fine friendship dinner at the Restaurant Ulla Winbladh, in Djurgarden. This long but carefree day ended at 22:30.
Saturday 15.09.2007 – Multi-Club Workshop at the Hotel Hellsten
The workshop started at 10:00 by a short welcome of Peter Moberg, President of RC Stockholm Strand. Then Carl Vernerson emphasized the leading role of the cooperation among clubs to develop the friendship and the help to people in need. After this strong invitation, Leonardo de Angelis talked on the main goal of Rotary. He underlined that the development of the Friendship by the promotion and implementation of some projects to serve other people like Matching Grants and others is the way to reach a better Understanding and Peace in the World. After this intervention, each representative presented the activity of his/her own club, in particular the Matching Grants already implemented or under way. Then the participants started to discuss on the characteristics of the projects to be promoted together. After a light lunch the following projects were presented:
1. Educational Project at Lele, Nepal by Maurizio Montanari, President - RC Ravenna
Construction of physical Facilities – Scholarships – School Expansion Courses.
2. The Promotion of Youth’ Employment in Valle d’Itria, Italy by Irene Munno on behalf of Angelo Roma, President - RC Ceglie Messapica – Promote the development of a quality tourism.
3. A Project for Peace by Leonardo de Angelis on behalf of Michele Simone, President - RC Bari
Improve the better understanding and the peace by developing the economy and the culture in a town, Africa.
4. Rehabilitation Centre at Lubny, Ukraine, by Svetlana Tomalcheva, Secretary, RC Moscow International - Construction of an emergency centre for mothers and children in need – laundry – ambulance room – technical equipment for training classes – heating system improvement – water purification system.
The participants agreed to continue the multi-club cooperation started at this Workshop by the common implementation of one project already well structured and in a country where the countries of the Workshop are not based. Therefore they have deepened the exam of projecets 1 e 4.
The Workshop ended once the majority voting participants decided as follows:
A) The project “Rehabilitation Centre at Lubny, Ukraine ”, presented by RC Moscow International, shall be implemented by the clubs of the workshop
Svetlana Tomalcheva will forward Leonardo de Angelis a new project presentation drafted according to the standards of The Rotary Foundation (TRF). Leonardo will send this presentation to each club for its final approval by the club Board. As soon all these approvals received, RC Moscow International shall present TRF the request in due form for the granting of complementary funds. This request should be forwarded within the end of October 2007.
B) The next Multi-Club Workshop shall be held on 13 September 2008 in Apulia Region, South of Italy
PDG Carl Vernerson, a great fan of international networking gave the Workshop attendees plenty of pep talk. Tord Elfwendahl assisted by jotting down the ideas.
(for more pictures see ]
Immediately after the end of the workshop, Maurizio Montanari offered a splendid “mosaic” to Peter Moberg, President of RC Stockholm Strand and some medals where the profile of Dante Alighieri, the greatest Italian poet is graved on (Dante’ body is buried in Ravenna) to the representatives of the clubs and PP Tord Elfwendahl for his wonderful work in organizing and managing this Multi-Club Workshop. Then the participants moved to Lidingo, where they spent a delicious evening in talking and dining.
Sunday, 16.09.2007
At sunrise the Italian Group left Arlanda Airoport to Bologna where they arrived a little tired but very happy for the intense and very pleasant stay in Stockholm.
Ron Pavellas,
PP RC of Stockholm International
GSE Team from California meet Swedish Minister of Commerce during visit to Sweden.
At a gathering at the Swedish American Camber of Commerce in Stockhom a radiant Californian GSE Team had to opportunity to meet and talk with the Swedish Minister of Commerce Maud Olofsson. The Minister disclosed that her ties with Rotary go back many years, and that she did in fact spent a year in Illinois as a Rotary High School exchange student.
The team have had an experience for a lifetime and despite the chilly weather, have been well received during their visit to Sweden. Read more about their visit in detail in their blogg.
Rotary’s Four Avenues of Service
As a guideline for Rotary Club programmes, Rotary International has developed the Four Avenues of Service for Rotary clubs. They are:
1. Club Service
– Rotary’s first Avenue of Service involves actions a Rotarian must take within the club to help it function successfully.
2. Vocational Service
– Rotary’s second Avenue of Service. It includes promoting high ethical standards in businesses and professions, recognizing the worthiness of all useful occupations, and fostering the ideal of service in the pursuit of all vocations. The role of the club includes developing projects that help members contribute their talents to meeting society’s needs. The role of Rotarians includes conducting themselves and their businesses in accordance with Rotary principles and responding to projects their clubs develop.
3. Community Service
– Rotary’s third Avenue of Service comprises varied efforts that Rotarians make to improve the quality of life within their club’s locality or municipality.
4. International Service
– Rotary’s fourth Avenue of Service comprises all the things that a Rotarian can do to advance international understanding, goodwill and peace by getting acquainted with people of other countries, their cultures, customs, accomplishments, aspirations, problems – through personal contacts, travel and attendance at conventions, through reading and correspondence, and through cooperation in all club activities and projects – including those of The Rotary Foundation – that will help people in other lands.
Bravest taste testers
They say America is the home of the brave, but the bravest of all may
be those who enjoy that delicacy known as cowboy caviar, Rocky
Mountain oysters, or Montana tendergroins. And though you may pity
the bull whose private parts are served up, Rotarians in Oakdale,
Calif., USA, aren't squeamish when it comes to fundraising. The
Rotary Foundation is one of the beneficiaries of the annual Testicle
Festival organized by the Rotary Club of Oakdale and the Oakdale
Cowboy Museum. The testicles are prepared by Rotarians, says club
member Fred Claus: "We dice them and soak them overnight in red wine.
They taste like chicken livers." Last year, the festival raised
$16,000. Tickets cost $50, which includes all you can eat. Needless
to say, everyone at this festival has a ball!
Excerpt from the lighter side of Rotary
in the December 2006 issue of
The Rotarian.
The Rotarian Photo Contest Point.
Shoot.
Compete.
Deadline extended!
How do you picture Service Above Self? The Rotarian wants to see Rotary's motto through your lens.
Winning entries will be published in the June 2007 issue. Submit your best shot from the 2006-07 calendar year that illustrates your definition of Service Above Self. A favorite Youth Exchange student? A
child whose life was changed forever by a club project? A fellow
Rotarian in action in a far-off place? Use your creativity and your
talent to photograph your entry.
The deadline is 1 March 2007. Submit high-resolution digital photos online or send 8 x 10 prints to:
Photo Contest, 1560 Sherman Ave., Evanston, IL 60201 USA.
All entries become property of The Rotarian and will not be returned.
Enter today and your photo could be featured in The Rotarian in June!
Enter the contest now (Terms and Conditions)
CLick here to see last year's winners.
There are more suppliers than meet the eye.
Rotary merchandise is offered through many channels these days. The Internet especially offers a vast range of outlets
offering everything you or your Rotary Club may need to decorate Members and Club Officers alike. And contrary to popular belief, there are no rules stopping you from purchasing items from other countries.
Here are a few of your options for Rotary Online shopping:
www.rota.insignia.be
www.helmut-munz.de
www.juwelier-osthues.de
www.mark-wilm.de
www.vignet.nl
www.jydskemblem.dk/
www.ndbnico.com.ar
w3.rotaryspain.org
www.clubsupplies.com
www.octon-rg.com/
ClubRunner
ROTARIANA helps Rotary Clubs reach a broader audience.
ROTARIANA recognises the importance of a public image on the web for Rotary work in the District, and confirming that inward and outward communications require different solutions. Henceforth the District will offer two sites, one for each purpose. ROTARIANA and www.rotary.se/2350.
So long and Good Luck to our Russian Clubs.
1st July 2006 marks the launch of a new entirely Russian Rotary District. After several years having been part of RI Districts 1430, 2350 and 2370, Western Russian Rotary Clubs now form the new Distrikt 2220. District 5010, whilst Eastern Russian Clubs continue to be a Siberian-Alaskan affair.
The new Russian is also a second attempt to get Rotary an independant foothold in Russia, and not be dependant on "Old World" ties. The first attempt a decade ago couldn't quite get everthing to work as intended, and the Russian Clubs were transfered to piggyback European Clubs, mainly in Sweden and Finland.
But that is history and past, dead and gone as some would put it. Now they are off to a fresh start and ROTARIANA wishes them all the best of luck!
RIP Bill. B. Boyd's Presidential Theme is "Lead the Way"
How does your Club intend to Lead the way?
If we in Rotary want to LEAD THE WAY
Let us practice:
- Producing RESULTS, not EXCUSES
- Inject CREATIVITY in our work, not PASSIVITY
- Practice PROFESSIONALISM, not AMATEURISM
- Strive to PERFECT OUR CRAFT, not MEDIOCRITY
- Develop INITIATIVE, not INDIFERRENCE
- Pay more attention to DETAIL, not to GENERALITIES
- Impose PRODUCTIVITY in ourselves, not INEFFICIENCY
- Become RESOURCEFUL, not CONTENTED
- Focus on DIRECTIONS, not ABSTRACTIONS
- Have more ACTION, not PROCRASTINATION
- Become PROACTIVE, not REACTIVE
- Have more FOLLOW THROUGH, not COMPLACENCY
Rotary hjälper Pakistan med Shelterbox®.
Första svenska rotaryklubben att skänka en Shelterbox blev Stockholm Strand RK, som skänkte £499 den 18 nov 2005 för en box som gick till hjälpen i Pakistan. Din klubb kan också bidra med en Shelterbox! Och betala direkt via nätet!
Shelterbox är ett nytt sätt att hjälpa till i katastrofområden som gör det möjligt för Rotaryklubbar att vara konkreta i sitt stöd till hjälpinsatser.
Varje Shelterbox låda innehåller:
- 10 sovsäckar
- ett tiopersoners-tält
- Överlevnadsutrustning (stormkök mm)
Läs mer om hur ni kan skänka en Shelterbox till hjälpinsatsen i Pakistan
här.<
Stockholm International contributes
to well building in India
• Ny mark för Rotary: Första klubben i Kina!
Shanghais Rotaryklubb blev den första klubben i Kina att officiellt (
om-)Chartras
, den 8 nov 2005
.
• Rotarys Jubileumsros vann första pris!
[du kan även beställa rosen!]
• "The Rotarian Video Magazine"
Rotary lanserar en videotidning
Rotary Business Portal
• Rotaryklubbar uppmanas använda Rotary Internationals medlemsdatabas "Member Access"
• Nyheter från rotaryvärlden nu även på svenska på rotary.org
• The Unofficial Guide to Rotary
Rotary International fyllde 100 år den 23 feb 2005.
23 febuari firades Rotary 100 år på Fryshuset i sällskap med kungaparet. En hel dag gick i Rotarys förtecken och ungdomar från Fryshuset spelade en aktiv roll i jubiléumsprogrammets genomförande.
Rotary Centennial Children Music Competition.
Moskva/Moscow. 20-21 March 2005.
