E-CLUB NEWSROTARY E-CLUB ONE OF DISTRICT 3201 WEEKLY NEWS LETTER

Club # 85189 Chartered on 6 June 2013 Volume 2 19 July 2014

Edited and Published by Rtn Krishnamoorthy DharmarajanSecretary, Rotary E-Club One of District 3201.

For Private Circulation Only.

Hon’ble Chief Guest Luca, Fellow Rotarians, Friends, Ladies & Gentlemen.

I’d like to begin by thanking our Chief Guest, President Luca Della Volta for gracefully accepting our invitation and deliver his speech.

Last week the installation ceremony was held and it is a matter of pride for our club that a large number of distinguished Rotarians from all parts of the globe, participated in our ceremony. The differences in time zones did not deter their enthusiasm and their participation was splendid! I do not want to take names, but all our invitees and other Rotarians who joined in, had nothing but words of encouragement and appreciation, offered in the most sublime Rotarian spirit. We are indeed touched and honored by their sincerity and hope to live upto the high expectations cast upon us.

May you all continue to enthusiastically support us and we welcome your guidance. It may not be out of place to point out that in fellowship hour, we were able to interact and make new friends. The journey in Rotary has become more exciting. Our gratitude to all internet friends who assembled on the 5th of July,2014.

Today is also the birthday of the youngest member of our club, Aishwarya. We wish you many, many happy returns of the day to you, Aishwarya.

Thanks to all of you who have assembled tonight and once again we appreciate your participation. LIGHT UP ROTARY.

Rotary E-Club One of District 3201President Sudarsh Menon

Presidential AddressSaturday, 12 July 2014

He is 59 years old and married to Rtn. Alessandra and the father of two sons Rtn. David and Rtn. Daniel.

He is a Rotarian since AR 1999/2000. Former member of the Rotary Club Treviglio and Pianura Bergamasca he served the Club as Secretary, Counselor, Member of the Club Boardof Directors and he took part in "Polio Plus" calendar in 2001/2002.

Rotary Club Treviglio and Pianura Bergamasca is the Club where started the campaign against Polio in the world.

He was partner promoter and founder member of the Rotary Club Dalmine Centenario (Centennial) of which he was Vice President 2005/2006, President 2006/2007, President of the RF and Delegate R.F. 2007/2008, President of the New Generations 2008/2009, President of the Club again in 2009/2010; Member of the Commission Strategic Plan of the Club, Member of the Subcommittee for Haiti and Autism 2010/2011.

In 2011/2012 he was the Chief Executive Officer of Club for Rotary Foundation, Club Rotary Foundation Chair Committee and Member of the Club Board of Directors.

He is the delegate of the club for the Associate Members Pilot Program for the period 2011/2017 and for relations with the twin club of Villeneuve-Loubet Baie des Anges District 1730 France.

In 2012/2013 he was member of the Club Board of Directors and of the Commission's Strategic Plan of the Club.

In 2013/2014 he was assistant to the President and member of the Club Board of Directors and of the Commission's Strategic Plan of the Club.

Last year he founded EarlyAct Club in Italy, a service club for children between 5 and 12 and He was Partner and founder of the first Rotary E-Club Satellite established in Europe. He is in 2013-2016 Family of Rotary Chair in District 2042 Italy and in 2014/2015 President of Rotary Satellite E-Club 2042 Italia and Vice President of RC Dalmine Centenario.

He is the Coordinator for Italian Districts of The World’s Greatest Meal to End Polio. He is Group manager and administrator of 2011-17 ASSOCIATE MEMBER PILOT PARTICIPANTS on Rotary.org He is a honorary member of the Interact Club Bergamo and of the Rotaract Bergamo Città Alta.

In 2006/2007 he was awarded during the 50 th Congress of District 2040, the District Service Award for the services performed for Rotary Foundation; He is MPHF + 8. Since he joined Rotary he takes part in all the Congresses and the District Assemblies and in the International Conference " La Paix est Possible " held on 2008 at the Palais des Festivals in Cannes, France.

These are the web site of his two clubs :Dalmine Centenario: http://www.rotaryclubdalminecentenario.org/E-Club 2042 Italia: http://www.rotaryeclub2042.org/

His job is Public Relations/Communications/News Media and this is his job site: http://www.ridal.info/

We are happy to present before you President Luca Della Volta of Rotary Satellite E-Club 2042 Italia.

Our Guest Speaker on 12 July 2014

President Sudarsh Menon and Fellow Rotarians across the globe,

Rotary in Italy was born November 20, 1923 with the founding of the RC Milan and was forced to disband in 1938 by the fascist dictatorship. Then Rotary came to life in 1944 almost at the end of the second World War with the reconstitution of the Club of Messina in Sicily. Today in Italy there are 13 districts, 768 clubs and 43,000 members.

Considering that in Italy there are 60.8 million people means that only 0.07 of the population is affiliated with a local Rotary Club and that every club should ideally serve about 80,000 people.

Rotary clubs are almost all traditional and club meetings are almost all for lunch or dinner so the meal occupies a large part of the meeting. And also the cost of the clubs are very much influenced by the cost of the meals. It happens often that the absence of some members in the meetings with meal saves to allocate money to programs of service.This is not a good thing! We must not go to the club to eat but to work!

Members of the club are in many cases too old; there are few women; the club will make a few fundraisers.The members of the clubs find it easier to look for sponsors to fund service programs, but the Italian current economic situation is not good. In many club members use their money for service programs but this is not Rotary. For these reasons, unfortunately, Rotary has always been seen in Italy as an organization of excellence and elite consists of people who are rich. People who do charity, people who organize meals for charity. Fortunately, in most recent years, with the advent of new clubs this concept is changing. It is not easy to make people understand that we are not rich in money. We are rich in heart. We are rich in our professionalism. We serve our community with professionalism, but not with our money! But I think this is a common problem in many clubs all over the world This happens because in our clubs all segments of the population and all professions are not present and represented.

It is easy to find among the members of the club lawyers, doctors, engineers, notaries, businessmen, professors, high-level banking and instead it is very difficult if not impossible to find carpenters, grocers, butchers and in general all those professions that have not gone to college! It is equally easy to find groups of friends who have known each other for many years. Friends who for so many years do the exact same things! It is more difficult to find members who are united in friendship that comes from service. We should not necessarily be friends in life but we have to be friends to serve. We should serve in friendship. Service for others must be our friendship. If we are also friends in life so much better.

I turn to the subject of Rotary in Italy. Our district number 2042 was born July 1, 2013 and it has 43 clubs and about 2,200 members. It is a district that has no big cities and seven provinces. My club is in the province of Bergamo, near Milan in the north of Italy. Rotary Club Dalmine Centenario (Centennial in English) is 10 years old and 40 members. It serves as a very dense population of 34 municipalities, 250,000 residents and 15% of residents are of foreign nationality.

Our club supports the Rotary Foundation and in the coming days we will reach the important figure of U.S. $ 100,000 in donations during last 10 years. We are a 100% Paul Harris Club and we are engaged in many projects to help the community like: Road Safety program that provides first quality road safety information to youth to help ensure when they commence driving motorcycles they have the best road safety education possible. We have a program to help people who have a lot of debt with a free debt management plan. We try to help with our professional people in need who are not able to pay for their needs whatever they may be.

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Luca Della VoltaPresident

SATELLITE DEL R.C. DALMINE CENTENARIO

We are very close to the younger generations. We have two clubs for children between 5 and 12 years who are called EarlyAct and we go into elementary schools to explain the sense of service and the ideals of Rotary. We have an Interact club and a Rotaract Club.

We try to raise funds for the sick and the poor. And always we work together for End Polio Now. In this regard we joined The World’s Greatest Meal To End Polio (WGM) and I am the Italian coordinator for this program.The idea is so simple. Your Club can arrange an event any time. By joining together in a world-wide event many have greatly enjoyed international fellowship via Facebook….all monies collected go straight to The Rotary Foundation/End Polio Now account with full credit going to your Club.

‘Greatest Meal’ events have ranged from: small (two people having lunch) to large lavish dinners; a street BBQ to a romantic dinner on Valentine’s Day; special collections at frugal meals in place of a Rotary Club’s regular meals; meal time raffles and auctions. Events have brought in small amounts of $10 up to $10,000.

Finally we talk about E-Club. On June 25th 2014 I founded E-Club in District 2042 as Satellite of Rotary Club Dalmine Centenario. It is the first and only European Satellite E-Club. We chose to form an E-Club in the Italian language to try to affiliate to the Rotary all the people who speak Italian or Italian in the world that are a lot, it seems even more than 5,000,000 and we have a goal to reach 100 within 3 years members. We hope to work with E-Clubs in the whole world because our association is an international association of clubs and we must be open to the whole world.

As said by our founder Paul Harris: “This is a changing world and we must be prepared to change with it”.

I close my speech with a citation: Herbert J Taylor, President of Rotary Club of Chicago, 1939-40 and Rotary International 1954-55 said:

“I believe that the great opportunity and the great responsibility of Rotary rests in the field of building character, in the building of men. In fact, I think this is the great task of all Rotary Clubs, building men who will be available for service in the various walks of life; in politics, in business, in community affairs, and in their homes as fathers and husbands. There is such a great need for good citizenship and leadership. There are many fields in which the real leader is welcome -and needed. There is the problem of corruption and waste in local government. There is the problem of strife between employer and employee. There is the problem of crime in the streets. There is the problem of international peace and understanding. But I think the greatest opportunity for Rotary is in developing leaders who will take their religious faith, and the ideals that come from it, and put them into practice in everyday life, in the home, in business, and in the community activities. If we take the ideals of truth, justice and love of our fellow men, and put them into constant practice, Rotarians can work wonders. And this means that Rotary can work wonders because the measure of Rotary lies in the life of the average Rotarian. It is the way of life he leads and the way he treats his fellow men.”

Thank you for your attention and for your comments.

Thank you brothers and sisters in Rotary.

Thank you President for inviting me and for honoring me with being the first speaker of your Presidentship.

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Luca Della VoltaPresident

SATELLITE DEL R.C. DALMINE CENTENARIO

Photos from Jon DeisherAnchorage, Alaska

Courtesy: Jocoe's Journal - Rtn Tom Telfer

Pat Moore forwards this illuminating story:

POLICE REPORT

A husband went to the police station to file a "missing person" report for his missing wife.

Husband - I've lost my wife. she went shopping and hasn't come back yet.

Inspector - What is her height?｠

Husband - I never checked.

Inspector - Slim and healthy?

Husband - Not slim; can be healthy.

Inspector - Colour of eyes?

Husband - Never noticed.

Inspector - Colour of hair?

Husband - Changes according to season.

Inspector - What was she wearing?

Husband - Not sure whether it was a dress or a suit.

Inspector - Was she driving?

Husband - Yes.

Inspector - Colour of the car?

Husband - Black Audi A8 with supercharged 3.0 litre V6 engine, generating 333 horse power, teamed with an eight-speed tiptronic automatic transmission with manual mode. ｠And it has full LED headlights, which use light-emitting diodes for all light functions, and it has a very thin scratch on the front left door....

And then the husband started crying.

Inspector - Don't worry, sir. We will find your car.

A Matching Grant Project for distribution of 2400 School Desks and 17 RO Water Treatment Plants by Rotary Club of Guntur RID3150, Rotary Club of St.Simons Island RID 6920, Rotary Club of Brunswick RID 6920, Rotary Club of Golden Isles-Glynn County RID 6920

Courtesy: Jocoe's Journal - Rtn Tom Telfer

Bruce Galway sends these ideas, which he says he did not know and does not know if they really work as stated - so there are no guarantees:

WHO KNEW?

Did you know that drinking two glasses of Gatorade can relieve headache pain almost immediately, without the unpleasant side effects caused by traditional pain relievers? Did you know that Colgate toothpaste makes an excellent salve for burns? Before you head to the drugstore for a high-priced inhaler filled with mysterious chemicals, try chewing on a couple of curiously strong Altoids peppermints. They'll clear up your stuffed nose.

Achy muscles from a bout of the flu? Mix 1 tablespoon horseradish in 1 cup of olive oil. Let the mixture sit for 30 minutes, then apply it as a massage oil for instant relief for aching muscles. Sore throat? Just mix 1/4 cup of vinegar with 1/4 cup of honey and take 1 tablespoon six times a day The vinegar kills the bacteria. Cure urinary tract infections with Alka-Seltzer. Just dissolve two tablets in a glass of water and drink it at the onset of the symptoms. Alka-Seltzer begins eliminating urinary tract infections almost instantly, even though the product was never advertised for this use. Honey remedy for skin blemishes: Cover the blemish with a dab of honey and place a Band-Aid over it. Honey kills the bacteria, keeps the skin sterile, and speeds healing. Works overnight. Listerine therapy for toenail fungus: Get rid of unsightly toenail fungus by soaking your toes in Listerine mouthwash. The powerful antiseptic leaves your toenails looking healthy again. Easy eyeglass protection: To prevent the screws in eyeglasses from loosening, apply a small drop of Maybelline Crystal Clear nail polish to the threads of the screws before tightening them.

Cleaning liquid that doubles as bug killer: If menacing bees, wasps, hornets, or yellow jackets get into your home and you can't find the insecticide, try a spray of Formula 409. Insects drop to the ground instantly.

Smart splinter remover: Just pour a drop of Elmer's glue all over the splinter, let dry, and peel the dried glue off the skin. The splinter sticks to the dried glue. Hunt's Tomato Paste boil cure: Cover the boil with Hunt's Tomato Paste as a compress. The acids from the tomatoes soothe the pain and bring the boil to a head. Balm for broken blisters: To disinfect a broken blister, dab on a few drops of Listerine, a powerful antiseptic. Vinegar to heal bruises: Soak a cotton ball in white vinegar and apply it to the bruise for 1 hour. The vinegar reduces the blueness and speeds up the healing process. Quaker Oats for fast pain relief ... it's not just for breakfast anymore! Mix 2 cups of Quaker Oats and 1 cup of water in a bowl and warm in the microwave for 1 minute, cool slightly, and apply the mixture to your hands for soothing relief from arthritis pain.

For Rotary, The Four-Way Test is the cornerstone of all action.It has been for years, and it will be in the future. 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?

The Rotarian E-Club Fellowship (REF) was approved by the Board of Rotary International on 10th of November 2013. This fellowship operates in accordance with Rotary International policy, but is not an agency of, or controlled by, Rotary International.

Open to all Rotarians, Rotaractors, and spouses/partners  of Rotarians who share an interest in E-clubs, our objectives are as follows:-

1. Discuss ideas and share resources for E-clubs2. Facilitate and encourage the formation of new E-clubs.3. Work towards building a better understanding of E-clubs and

dispelling misconceptions4. Develop new strategies for E-Clubs and long term planning.5. Discuss membership strategies and related issues.6. Encourage partnerships and joint projects between E-clubs and

traditional Rotary clubs.7. Provide discussion areas for informal fellowship and serious

discussion among the members.8. Work together to encourage better goodwill and friendship among

E-clubs.

http://rotarianseclubfellowship.org/

REF DirectorsPosition: Charter ChairmanName: Philip MerrittRotary club and district:  Rotary Club of Mabalacat Clark – D3790Country: Philippines

Position: Vice ChairmanName: Rachid KarrooRotary club and district:  Rotary  E-Club District 9220 – D9220Country: Mauritius

Position: SecretaryName:  Giovanna McKayRotary club and district:  Rotary Club of Waling-Waling Davao, District 3860Country: Philippines

Position: DirectorName: PDG Diana WhiteRotary club and district: Rotary E-Club of the Carribean – D7020Country: US Virgin Islands

Position: DirectorName: Paul McAfeeRotary club and district:  Rotary E-Club of SOWNY – D7090Country: Canada & USA

Position: DirectorName: Jeevesh AugnooRotary club and district:  Rotary Club of Mahebourg – D9220Country: Mauritius

Position: DirectorName: Dijana DomonkošRotary club and district:  Rotary E-club of Croatia – D1913Country: Croatia

Position: Membership DirectorName: Maria Ines BossaRotary club and district:  Rotary Club Rio Tercero – D4815Country: Argentina

Position:  Membership DirectorName: Madhumita BishnuRotary club and district:  Rotary E-Club of Melbourne– D9800Country: Australia

Position:  Latino Liaison DirectorName: Guillem Saez AragonesRotary club and district:  Rotary Club Lleida – D2202Country: Spain