| Wednesday's meeting: Constance Fraatz |
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Constance Fraatz will be speaking to us on behalf of Still Waters Healing Center. She graduated from the Florida College of Integrative Medicine magna cum laude and is National Board certified in both Acupuncture and Chinese Herbal Medicine. In addition to her training in traditional Chinese medicine, she has also received extensive training in Auricular therapy. She is also an accredited Tai Chi Chih teacher.
Her area of expertise is in Stress and Pain Management with a special interest in the management of chronic diseases such as cancer and CFS. Additionally, she learned the patented protocol for facial rejuvenation using Acupuncture and Chinese herbal medicine.
Still Waters provides drug-free alternative methods for acute and chronic diseases.
The clinic offers Acupuncture, Chinese Herbal Medicine, and Massage Therapy to treat the root of many common diseases and conditions. They also provide support with weight loss, work with cancer management, and provide aesthetic services and dermatological consultations and skin care. br>
Last, but by no means least, they are experts in Stress Management. Their protocols include Acupuncture, Herbal Medicine, and Chinese Qi-Gong and Tai Qi exercise classes.
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| From the President: New Officers & Board Members |
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Last week President Mike announced the formation of a nomination committee for 2008-2009 club officers and four directors and also accepted nominations from the members present at the meeting.
Club members are to submit nominations for 2008- 2009 club officers and four directors for two-year terms. Nominations are open to any member in good standing, and self-nomination will be considered.
Positions available: President
Secretary
Treasurer
Sergeant at Arms
(Note: the President must complete the R.I. District 6980 President-Elect program, and preside at the District Conference)
2008-2010 Board members (4)It is highly recommended to have the officers & board members selected by the end of the year. Pr. Mike would like to close the nominations by Dec 19, so that ballots can be presented Dec 26. In case we do not have a meeting the 26th the ballots will be presented at the following meeting.
The nominations will be reviewed and prepared for a ballot by a Nominations Committee. If you are interested, please email Pr. Mike. The committee meeting would be the week of Dec 19 so that nominations can be reviewed and a ballot created.
All club members are encouraged to submit their nomination by emailing PrintGuy72@Yahoo.com.
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| Gates, Rotary Foundations Partner on $200 Million Polio-Eradication Initiative |
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Rotary International has announced a partnership with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to inject $200 million into the global campaign to eradicate polio.
The Rotary Foundation will receive a $100 million challenge grant from the Gates Foundation that Rotary has pledged to match within three years. Rotary will spend most of the initial $100 million during the first year of the campaign on mass immunization efforts in polio-affected countries, as well as poliovirus surveillance activities and community education and outreach. The latter will be conducted by the Global Polio Eradication Initiative, a partnership spearheaded by the World Health Organization, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Rotary International, and UNICEF. The grant will also support an expanded research on ways to expedite interruption of the transmission of the wild poliovirus. Rotary will distribute the funds through grants to WHO and UNICEF.
Although the Global Polio Eradication Initiative has slashed the number of polio cases by 99 percent over the past two decades, the wild poliovirus persists in Afghanistan, India, Nigeria, and Pakistan, where eradication of the disease remains difficult and costly to geographical isolation, poor public infrastructure, armed conflict, and cultural barriers. According to Dr. Bruce Aylward, who heads the polio program at the World Health Organization, the seven hundred reported cases of the disease suggest that as many as one million people still carry and can spread the virus.
"This investment is precisely the catalyst we need as we intensify the push to finish polio," added WHO director-general Dr. Margaret Chan, noting that the initiative is still $650 million short of its $1.2 billion budget. "We have the technical tools to do it, and we can achieve a polio-free world if the rest of our financial partners step up to meet the challenge."
Posted to Philanthropy News Digest November 28, 2007. Submitted by Steve Robinson.
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| District News |
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The Rotary Club of Mount Dora is giving away TWO great items! Donation tickets at $5.00 each are available at the Youth Dinner, and Club President Bob Kaiser will have them on the Cruise!
A Panasonic 42" HD flat screen TV, and a second prize of a Hewlett-Packard laptop, will be drawn on December 19, 2007.There are only 1000 tickets available, so the odds are excellent to win one of these two great items!
It will help their scholarship program.
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| Greater Orlando Rotary Happy Hour--1st Wednesdays |
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This Wednesday (Dec. 5th) and every 1st Wednesday of the month at Dubsdread Tap Room. This is a general get together for all Rotarians, much like what Lake and Osceola Counties already do.
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| Next Rotary Learning Institute |
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A FEW SPACES STILL LEFT! SIGN UP TODAY!
Registration is now open for the Rotary Leadership Institute to be held at The Villages on January 19, 2008. This will be the first time RLI will be held there, and Rotarians from other districts are registering because of The Villages proximity to 3 other districts. Part 1, 2,& 3 will be offered. Class sizes will be limited to the first 20 Rotarians that register for each part. There will only be 1 class for each part, so be sure to register and pay the fee of $95 at the time you register.
Please register at www.rlitraining.org
If you have any questions, please direct them to RLI District Director Marty Kramer at marty.kramer@earthlink.net
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| Attention Committee Chairs |
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As all of these wonderful events happen, please email me photos, a short blurb and rotarians involved so that we can publish it in the newsletter and have them on record. Thank you.
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| Did you know? |
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Object of Rotary:
The Object of Rotary is "to encourage and foster the ideal of service as a basis of worthy enterprise."
The four areas by which this ideal of sercive is fostered is: through the development of acquaintance as the opportunity for service; the promotion of high ethical standards in business and professions; through service in one's personal, business, and community life; and the advancement of international understanding, goodwill, and peace.
The original constitution of 1906 had 3 objects. By 1910, Rotary had 5 objects, and by 1915, there were 6. In 1918, the objects were written again and reduced to 4, only to grow again to 6 and revised again in 1927.
Finally at the 1935 Mexico City convention, the 6 objects were restated and reduced to 4. The last major change came in 1951 when the objects were streamlined and changed to a single object, which has 4 parts.
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Calendar of Events |
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This week's meeting: Constance Fraatz from Still Waters Healing Center
Greater Orlando Rotary Happy Hour - Dec 5th
Next Board Meeting - Dec 10th
'08-'09/'10 Officers/Board Members nominations Close Dec 19th
Holiday Party at Deer Run Country Club - Dec 22nd |
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