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Governor Message

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Page 3 Chris Collura

How a Rotary Scholarship to Ireland changed my life

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Essential Changes for Clubs and Districts Page 12 & 13

Tell Your Story

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Sales Andre Heizer Contributors Governor Eric Gordon Vera Schater Gabriela Heizer Juan Ortega Angelica Blakely

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Governor Message

Editorial September is Rotary Basic Education and Literacy Month and a good place to start is by assessing your community’s needs.

Determining your community’s needs and resources is an important starting point for any community project. Work with local stakeholders on a community assessment. By including the community from the start, you will not only identify the most appropriate project but also ensure support and sustainability for your endeavors.

Governor, Eric Gordon

Key stakeholders in a basic education and literacy project should include school administrators, teachers, school staff, parents of students, students, and local community members.

When conducting an assessment, ask open-ended questions to invite answers beyond yes and no. Focus on identifying opportunities for skill building with the community, not just on materials that may be needed. For example, you might ask teachers “What skills you would like to develop?” or “What are your goals for your students? How can we help you achieve them?”

You might ask parents “What kind of job would you like your children to have as an adult? What skills or education will they need to achieve that goal?”

Don’t forget about the students and involving them as well because most important, they’re the ones who will benefit the most from a good project. Understanding what they like and don’t like is essential to succeed, Finally, remember to take stock of the community’s assets, not just their needs. Sometimes all it takes is facilitating a discussion or bringing together different stakeholders to set things in motion. Ask community members if they know of other organizations that are working with the community. Knowing this can help you avoid duplicating efforts and allow you to focus on the issues they wouldn’t be able to address without your help.

If this is your first literacy project, consider simple, short-term goals. Once you’ve achieved these goals, build on your success by expanding the scope of your efforts to ensure long-term sustainability.

For more information, go to the District 6930 website literacy page for some great ideas.

Working together we can make it happen.

Thank you for all that you do.

Yours In Rotary Service,

Eric Gordon District Governor 2016 - 2017 Quest  Edition 2

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Calendar

SEPTEMBER - BASIC EDUCATION AND LITERACY

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District Leadership

PolioPlus Chair Owen, Frances Virgin (Betsy & Mike) Office: Club: Delray Beach

iPDG Burkett, B. Eugene (Gene) Office: 321-631-0383 Club: Merritt Island

District Treasurer Herschbein, Ira (Ira) Office: 561-287-4312 Club: Boca Raton Sunrise District Governor Gordon, Eric (Eric) Office: 561-308-9305 Club: Royal Palm Beach District Secretary Miller, Jeanette K (Jeanette) Office: 863-763-7711 Club: Okeechobee DG-Elect Freudenberg, David (Dave & Pat) Office: Club: Downtown Boca Raton

DG-Nominee Babbitt, Julia (Julia & Clint) Office: Club: Indialantic

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Public Image Kaye, Jon A (Jon) Office: 561-3925166 Club: Downtown Boca Raton

Asst Governor (Area 1) Fertel, Stanley M. (Stanley) Office: Club: Boca Raton Sunrise

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Asst Governor (Area 2) Etzler, Candace (Candace & Emil) Office: 561-398-4403 Club: Delray Beach

Asst Governor (Area 3) Walker, Barnie G. Jr. (Barnie) Office: 561-422-2021 Club: Pahokee

Asst Governor (Area 4) Kollmer, Marianne B. (Marianne) Office: Club: Jupiter-Tequesta

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Asst Governor (Area 7) Gingras, Marc (Marc) Office: Club: Sebastian

Asst Governor (Area 8) Sutter, Richard Daniel (Rich) Office: 321-723-3352 Club: Eau Gallie

Asst Governor (Area 9) Mulberry, Brenda (Brenda) Office: 321-453-7453 Club: Cocoa Beach

Asst Governor (Area 5) Tobin, Patricia A. (Pat) Office: Club: Stuart Rotary Club, Inc

Asst Governor (Area 10) Angel, Baerbel (Babs) Office: Club: Titusville-Sunrise

Asst Governor (Area 6) Gaiser, Donna (Donna) Office: Club: Okeechobee

Membership Chair Hodge, Arthur W (Arthur) Office: 772-778-3910 Club: Vero Beach Sunrise

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District Rotary Foundation Chair Ortega, Juan F. (Juanfer) Office: 561-537-4504 Club: Wellington

Alumni Coordinator Pearl, William (Bill) Office: 561-691-9912 Club: Palm Beach

Vocational Service Chair Hattwick, Richard (Dick) Office: Club: Lake Worth

Webmaster Tomchin, Ronald E. (Ron) Office: 561-557-8388 Club: Royal Palm Beach

Newsletter Editor Heizer, Dini Mancebo (Dini) Office: 561-290-1202 Club: Boca Raton West

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RI Convention Promoter Asch, Christina (Christina) Office: 321-267-3376 Club: Titusville-Sunrise

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Officer Thorne-Shearer, Betty L. (Betty) Office: 772-971-5720 Club: Port St. Lucie

Youth Service Chair Susin, Matthew (Matt) Office: 321 726 6550 Club: Suntree

Trainer Sutton, Carol (Carol) Office: Club: Northern Palm Beaches

Matching Grants Chair Lustig, Philip Harry III (Phil & Peg Or Peggy) Office: 561-212-6554 Club: Boca Raton Sunset Literacy TF Chair Voss, Gay S. (Gay) Office: Club: Boynton Beach-Lantana

Member Walstrom, Michael F. (Michael) Office: Club: Downtown Boca Raton

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Club Directory

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International

How a Rotary Scholarship to Ireland changed my life

A year in Ireland as a Rotary Scholar learned I had a desire to study abroad, changed my life. It is something I still though I had never wanted to miss a year think about on campus. He let me every day. know I could still qualIt altered ify for what was then my life tracalled a Rotary Founjectory, and dation Ambassadorial allowed me Scholarship. to see the world in a It sounded like an incredible opportunity, different so I called my high way. school principal who was active with the I was enterNorthbrook Rotary ing my seClub, got an appointnior year at ment with the district’s Northwestinterview committee, ern Uniand four or five days versity in later was delighted to Evanston, learn I was selected!

Illinois, and trying to Time to think figure out I spent my scholarwhat to do ship year at Trinity with my life, when a good friend of my dad’s, a pro- College in Dublin, Ireland. I’d like to say fessor at Rice University, set up a lunch that my life was dedicated to scholarship to talk about my career aspirations. As in that year, but that wouldn’t be truthful. a history major, I had good grades, was But it was dedicated to getting to know starting an LSAT review course, and fig- my host country, going to Rotary clubs in ured I’d probably end up going to law tiny places in Ireland, and seeing a way of life that was so different from the one school. But I wasn’t excited about it.

I was accustomed to.

Through a series of questions, he

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That year allowed me to step back and think about what I really wanted to do. It made me realize I didn’t have to have all the answers at the age of 22. As a student, I had worked for the radio station at Northwestern calling Wildcat games, and what I really wanted to be was a sports caster. But I had felt the path too difficult or uncertain. During my time in Ireland, I said to myself, what difference does it make? I could be 25 or 26 and figure out what to do with my life, if it didn’t work out.

In 2007, the Big Ten Network contacted me and asked if I had interest being their lead studio host to launch this new network. We are going on our tenth year and I’ve had opportunities to cover some amazing sporting events. I also wrote a New York Times best-seller, The Opening Kickoff: The Tumultuous Birth of a Football Nation.

So I just want to say thank you, Rotary.

Were it not for you, I wouldn’t have had these chances. When people think of Rotary, they mostly think of all the great things in the world you have done, from fighting to eradicate polio to advocating for literacy. But I say, thank you for altering my life, too. I am forever grateful.

When I got back to the U.S., I tried to get in on some sports casting stuff and wasn’t able to at first. I ended up getting a job at a large bank training to work in corporate finance. It was the most miserable year in my life. But it pushed me further in the direction of giving a try to what I really By Dave Revsine, wanted to do.

Former Rotary Scholar and studio host for the Big Ten Network, adapted from a preBreaking into sportscasting sentation to the Rotary Club of Deerfield, Through a high school friend, I got a job at Illinois, USA a small market television station in Texas Rotary Voices covering high school sports as the weekend sports anchor at the CBS affiliate. After two years, I got a job in the Quad Cities in Iowa. Then ESPN hired me as one of the first studio hosts for ESPNEWS, a network they had just launched. I spent the better part of a decade moving up through the ranks hosting various programs.

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2017 International Convention Hotel Rooms Dear, I am happy to announce that we are now ready to accept reservation for the District 6930 hotel rooms allotted to us at the Hyatt Regency for the 2017 International Convention in Atlanta.

Please read the instructions carefully as there are specific guidelines for reserving a room.

15 November 2016 - We are requesting a 50% nonrefundable deposit to be submitted on or before 15 November 2016 to reserve your room. This deposit can be payable by check or money order.

Credit/Debit cards can be accepted through our D6930 PayPal at the end of registration confirmation.

If deposit not received on or before 15 November 2016 your room reservation will be cancelled.

Your final balance will be due to the Hyatt Regency Atlanta Hotel upon your check-in/out.

Please remember the registration on the calendar on dacdb is for a hotel room only and not the convention. If you have not registered for the 2017 International Convention you must go to the Atlanta International Convention website or My Rotary and register. I have attached the hotel registration link for your convenience. Just click on REGISTER NOW and follow the instructions.

Register NOW for 2017 Rotary International Convention Hotel Registration The Register NOW link above can only be used to register the original recipient.

There is a limited amount of rooms so do not hesitate if you will be attending and have not booked a room yet. When the rooms are sold out your name will go on a waiting list while we attempt to get additional rooms. However, we cannot guarantee a room or, if available, that it will be at the same hotel.

Thank you for reserving a hotel room for the 2017 Rotary International Convention at the Hyatt Regency Atlanta.

We look forward to seeing you in Atlanta!

Yours In Rotary Service,

Eric Gordon

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ESSENTIAL CHANGES FOR CLUBS AND DISTRICTS 2016 Council on Legislation (The numbers in parentheses identify the relevant legislative enactments).

Attendance Ability to change rules. Clubs may relax or tighten attendance requirements and termination policies for nonattendance. However, clubs are still expected to forward attendance reports to the governor. Any club that wishes to continue adhering to the traditional attendance requirements may do so. (16-21) Rule of 85. Rotarians can be excused from attendance if the combined total of their years of membership in one or more clubs plus their age equals at least 85, with their years of membership totaling at least 20. (16-35) Club Board Treasurer. A club treasurer is now a permanent member of the club board. (16-02) Board meeting minutes. Written minutes should be prepared for all club board meetings and be made available to members within 60 days of that meeting. (16-01) Club Finances Admission fees. New members can be admitted without paying admission fees. However, clubs may also choose to retain these fees, and they have the flexibility to add admission or other fees to their bylaws. (16-07) Club dues increased. To address both financial challenges and the need to improve service to clubs, RI semiannual dues were increased by $4 for each of the next three years — to US$30.00 per half year in 2017-2018, US$32.00 per half year in 2018-2019, and US$34.00 per half year in 2019-2020. (16-99) Club Meetings Ability to change meeting schedules. Clubs can now vary their meeting days and times, and can cancel meetings, as long as they meet at least twice a month. However, any club that wishes to adhere to the traditional requirements regarding meetings and cancellations may do so.

(16-21) Canceling a meeting. Clubs can cancel a meeting if it

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falls during a week that includes a holiday. (16-26) In-person and online meeting participation. Clubs can have in-person meetings, online meetings, allow online participation for an in-person meeting, or switch between any of these formats. (16-30) Council on Legislation Proposed legislation. Only two types of proposals will be considered: enactments, which seek changes to RI’s constitutional documents, and position statements from the RI Board. (16-113) Council representatives. Representatives will serve for three years, starting on 1 July of the year following their selection. For example, the 2019 Council representative would take office on 1 July 2017 and serve until 30 June 2020. (16-114)

Council on Resolutions. A Council on Resolutions consisting of Council representatives will meet online annually to consider recommendations. Resolutions may be proposed by a club, district conference, the RIBI general council or conference. Those resolutions adopted by a majority vote of council representatives must be submitted to the general secretary by 30 June of the year prior to the Council on Legislation. (16-113) District Changes Moving clubs into adjacent districts. The Board can merge a district with fewer than 1,100 members, or divide districts with more than 100 clubs by moving clubs into adjacent districts. (16-84) Two years for districting changes to take effect. Any decision by the Board to eliminate or change district boundaries won’t become effective until at least 24 months after it is made. (16-86)

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District Leadership Vice governors. Having a vice governor is no longer mandatory.

This role replaces the governor in case of that person’s inability to perform their duties. If the district uses a nominating committee, the committee selects a past governor proposed by the governor-elect. If the nominating committee doesn’t receive a nomination, or if a nominating committee was not used, the governor-elect may choose a past governor as vice governor.

The vice governor serves in the year following his or her selection.

(16-74, 16-76, 16-77) Procedures for failing to adopt the annual statement and report of district finances. The statement and report of finances must be discussed and adopted within three months of the conclusion of the district conference or at the next district meeting to which all clubs are entitled to send a representative and for which 30 days’ notice has been given. If no district meeting is held, the governor must conduct a ballot by mail within 60 days of the end of that three-month period. (16-88) Mishandling of district finances.

Anyone who fails to follow Rotary’s financial requirements, including improperly administering the district fund, is prohibited from holding any Rotary or district office until the irregularities are resolved.

(16-89) E-clubs E-clubs and Rotary clubs. The distinction between traditional clubs and e-clubs was eliminated. While references to e-clubs have been removed from Rotary’s constitutional documents, e-clubs may continue to name and promote themselves as Rotary clubs that meet exclusively or primarily online. (16-82) Elections Concurring with a governor selection challenge. The number of clubs that must concur with a club’s challenge to the nominated candidate has been increased to Quest  Edition 2

10 other clubs, or 20 percent of the total number of clubs in the district, whichever number is higher. Only clubs that are at least one year old as of 1 July of that year are counted in the total and may concur with a challenge. (16-71) Special elections nominating procedure streamlined. If a district restarts the governor selection process due to special circumstances, the governor does not need to repeat the request for suggestions from clubs if there were none made during the first nominating process. (16-72) Magazines Joint magazine subscriptions. Two Rotarians residing at the same address may choose to subscribe jointly to The Rotarian or to the regional magazine prescribed for their club. (16-96) Membership Rules and qualifications. Clubs may determine their own rules or requirements for transferring members, dual membership, and honorary members. They’re also free to continue following the traditional provisions for these members.

The only mandatory qualifications for membership are that Rotarians must be adults who have demonstrated good character, integrity and leadership; have a good reputation in their business, profession and community; and are willing to serve in their community and around the world. (16-36, 16-38) New membership types.

Clubs may offer associate, corporate, family, or other membership types. Clubs offering these additional types would report these members to Rotary as “active” for purposes of inclusion on the club invoice. Other financial obligations (club dues, meal costs, etc.), attendance requirements, and service expectations for these members are determined by the club.

However, only active members may be considered for office and count in determining a club’s vot-

ing strength. (16-36) Dual membership in Rotary and Rotaract clubs. Rotaractors can simultaneously hold separate membership in a Rotaract club and a Rotary club. (16-40) Transferring member statement.

Potential members who owe money to another club are ineligible for membership. Clubs must seek confirmation that a former Rotarian does not have any outstanding debt to their previous club. When a club requests a statement from the club of a member who wishes to transfer, or who was previously a member, as to whether that person owes money, the request must be responded to within 30 days. If no response is provided, it is assumed that the member doesn’t owe anything. These changes are in the RI Bylaws but are no longer repeated in the Standard Rotary Club Constitution. (16-51) New Clubs Charter member minimum. New clubs need at least 20 members to be chartered. (16-83) Suspension Suspension of membership. Clubs may now suspend a member for a maximum of 90 days. At the end of that time, they must either terminate or reinstate the member. A suspended member has the right to appeal the suspension or request mediation or arbitration. (1649, 16-50) Suspension or termination of clubs because of litigation. Clubs can be suspended or terminated if one of their members takes legal action against RI or The Rotary Foundation — including action against directors, trustees, officers, and employees — before exhausting all Rotary remedies. The Council also clarified the conditions under which the RI Board may take action against districts with repeated election complaints. (16-81)

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THIRTY-EIGHT CLUBS WITH A REASON TO CELEBRATE ROTARY’S BASIC EDUCATION AND LITERACY MONTH (September) The following thirty-eight clubs have a special reason to celebrate Rotary International’s BASIC EDUCATION AND LITERACY MONTH ( the month of September). At last June’s District Conference these clubs were recognized for winning a district literacy award in 2015-2016. Some earned the District Literacy Award ( 5 to 9 literacy projects) while others earned the Exemplary District Literacy Award ( 10 or more literacy projects). Here is the list: 1.

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RC of Palm Beach/Flagler –Exemplary RC of Port St. Lucie – Exemplary RC of Port St. Lucie Sunset – Exemplary RC of Rockledge – Exemplary RC of Royal Palm Beach – Exemplary RC of Sebastian – Exemplary RC of Stuart – Exemplary RC of Stuart Sunrise – Exemplary RC of Titusville – Exemplary RC of Titusville Sunrise – Exemplary RC of Vero Beach – District RC of Vero Beach Sunrise – Exemplary RC of Wellington – Exemplary RC of West Palm Beach – Exemplary

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL FROM YOUR DISTRICT 6930 LITERACY COMMITTEE AND YOUR FELLOW ROTARIANS.

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VOCATIONAL SERVICE TIP FOR SEPTEMBER (BASIC EDUCATION AND LITERACY MONTH) Vocational service literacy should be a central part of every Rotary club’s menu of service projects.

Our OBJECT OF ROTARY couldn’t be clearer on this duty when it states: “The Object of Rotary is to encourage and foster the ideal of service as the basis of worthy enterprise and in particular to encourage and foster………. High standards of ethics in business and professions; the recognition of the worthiness of all useful occupations; and the dignifying of each Rotarian’s occupation as an opportunity to serve society.”

Those standards could be considered as part of basic education. They are a central part of what the literature calls CHARACTER LITERACY. Character literacy is as important to an adult becoming a good citizen as reading, writing and math. And Rotary clubs have a special competence in this area of literacy.

Rotary’s traditional project planning frame of the FIVE AVENUES OF SERVICE is an excellent tool for developing club vocational service projects which produce AND reinforce GOOD CHARACTER. FIRST THERE IS CLUB SERVICE. Literacy projects which address this duty begin with the weekly meeting where the Four-Way Test and the Object of Rotary are publicized through signage, group recitations and other means. Any club which does not yet display a FourWay Test banner and an Object of Rotary banner should make plans to do so

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immediately. Make doing so part of your celebration of Rotary’s Basic Education and Literacy Month. Be sure to also regularly repeat BOTH of Rotary’s mottos.

The primary motto, SERVICE ABOVE SELF, seems to be commonly spoken and printed. But how many clubs also promote the secondary motto, ONE PROFITS MOST WHO SERVES THE BEST? The primary motto tells one WHAT to do. The secondary motto tells one WHY to do it. That secondary motto is a philosophy of life statement which describes the way “true blue” Rotarians view the meaning of their lives.

SECOND THERE IS COMMUNITY SERVICE. The most obvious way to reach out to the community is through signage and statements at all Rotary club community service projects. Any club which does not already display the OBJECT OF ROTARY, THE FOUR-WAY TEST AND ROTARY’S TWO MOTTOS AT ALL COMMUNITY EVENTS should make plans to do so in the future.

IN THE PAST the community service idea was to reach out to the business and professional community to create awareness of Rotary’s ideals and encourage their practice. In the old days this was easy to do through the club because the typical club membership represented a good cross section of the “movers and shakers” in the local community. Club members carried Rotary’s values into the daily life of their community. Today, a typical club’s membership does not represent as comprehensive a cross section of community leadership.

So innovative project ideas are needed to come up with substitute projects such as a community business ethics conference, or a service above self community leader award dinner which highlights the Four-Way Test and the Object of Rotary’s ideals. City-wide Four-Way Test billboards would be another such project.

THIRD THERE IS YOUTH SERVICE. The idea here is to expose youth to Rotary’s character ideals at all age levels. Four-Way Test projects at the elementary school, middle school and high school levels are examples. So are Rotary’s youth leadership programs ranging from Interact to RYLA. The key

is to be sure that Rotary’s ideals are presented and discussed. An Interact club which does not do that might be considered a partially failed project.

The same is true of a RYLA weekend.

FOURTH THERE IS INTERNATIONAL SERVICE. The idea here is to make citizens of all countries aware of the fact that Rotary’s ideals are universal.

With a few exceptions such as ISIS and Boko Haram our Four-Way Test and the ideals of the Object of Rotary are shared by all cultures. As the fourth numbered part of the Object of Rotary says, Rotarians are, “ a world fellowship of business and professional persons united in the ideal of service.”

Club international projects should make that information explicit. Club meetings should periodically do the same.

FIFTH THERE IS VOCATIONAL SERVICE. The vision here is that Rotary’s target market and target membership is the present and future adult work force.

We’re referring to folks in business, the professions, government and the not-for-profit areas of work. Our message is that the ideal for a meaningful work life is SERVICE ABOVE SELF. We explain to anyone who will listen that the best reason for working with that philosophy is that ONE PROFITS MOST WHO SERVES THE BEST. We explain that the word “profit” in that last sentence means life-time happiness. And we provide, free of charge, our FOUR-WAY TEST as a daily tool to keep one’s “eye on that prize.”

Theme months are useful tools which club leaders can use to create awareness and stimulate actions by club members.

Rotary’s Basic Education and Literacy Month offers club leaders an opportunity to make members aware of our character literacy obligations and service project opportunities. Will your club do so?

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Our District RYE Students 2016-2017

1. Valerie (Germany) 2. Laura (Italy) 3. Janika (Finland) 4. Peco (Brazil) 5. Theo (Korea) 6. Milosz (Poland).

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TOP ROTARY OFFICIALS TO VISIT VERO BEACH RI Vice President Jennifer Jones and RI Director Peter Offer have accepted invitations to attend Indian River County Rotary’s 41st annual “Home Stay”. Vice President Jones, from Windsor, Ontario, Canada and Director Offer, from Midlands, England will attend the annual Home Stay cocktail party on Wednesday evening, January 11, 2017, and will be featured speakers at a model Rotary luncheon held by all 5 county Rotary Clubs at the Vero Beach Country Club the following day.

This will be the 41st annual Home Stay, a tradition initiated by the Vero Beach Rotary Club in 1976 to welcome and offer friendship and hospitality to District Governors-Elect on their way to the International Assembly in San Diego. This year’s event will be attended by 14 DGEs and their spouses from 9 countries on 5 continents. The international visitors will be guests in Rotarians’ home during their visit and will enjoy a number of “touristy” activities – an airboat ride, a visit to an Orange Grove, an airplane ride along the Treasure Coast – and participate in a literacy program at a local elementary school, bringing children’s books from their home countries to read to and leave with the students. They’ll also attend weekly Rotary meetings in Sebastian, Indian River Shores and Vero Beach with their hosts.

Following their Home Stay visit, the DGEs will be transported to Orlando, where they’ll stay overnight before boarding their flights to San Diego to begin a week of intensive training prior to assuming their new responsibilities and beginning their exciting new Rotary adventure.

JENNIFER E. JONES VICE PRESIDENT 2016-17 ROTARY CLUB OF WINDSOR-ROSELAND ONTARIO, CANADA Jennifer E. Jones is president and CEO of Media Street Productions Inc. She actively participates on many boards in her community, including as chair of the Board of Governors of the University of Windsor.

Jones has served Rotary as RI president’s representative; RI training leader; committee adviser, member, and vice chair; Rotary public image area and zone coordinator; leaders’ seminar trainer; moderator; and district governor.

Jones is a recipient of RI’s Service Above Self Award. She and her husband, Nicholas Krayacich, are members of the Arch Klumph Society, Paul Harris Society, and Bequest Society of The Rotary Foundation.

PETER L. OFFER DIRECTOR 2015-17 ROTARY CLUB OF COVENTRY JUBILEE WEST MIDLANDS, ENGLAND Peter L. Offer is retired from his position as managing director of a furnishings fabrics manufacturing company.

A founding member of the Rotary Club of Coventry Jubilee, Offer has been a Rotarian since 1977.

He has served RIBI as president and committee member and chair, and RI as committee and task force member, Rotary institute chair, and district governor.

Offer received RI’s Service Above Self Award for, among other things, his work with the English Disabled Sports Team Championship, which he founded during his year as club president. He is a Paul Harris Fellow and a Benefactor of The Rotary Foundation.

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LAKE WORTH ROTARY CLUB Project to paint the benches and garbage cans Lake Worth Rotary Club, PAL and LW High Interact Club project to paint cement portions of benches and garbage cans corresponding colors along the entire Dixie Corridor in the city of Lake Worth.

Project will take place September 10th start time 7:30am.

Everyone will meet at the McDonalds located at 2501 North Dixie Hwy. LW. Breakfast will be provided by McDonalds.

Teams will be divided into colors.

Purple North Orange North Green North Pink North

Purple South Orange South Green South Pink South

Each team will have 2 adults and 3 teenagers minimum.

Will have a pickup truck to carry each team and supplies to designated locations on a map provided.

Gonz Auto and tire will be a designated refreshment stop for water bathroom etc. They are also providing T-Shirts for teams.

Walgreens is providing water and ice for project.

Publix will be providing sandwiches that we will take to Pool area for lunch and pool party.

Lake Worth High School Interact Club has paint brushes.

Sherwin Williams will provide paint mixed to color choices from Lake Worth CRA. Alisha Parenteau from Bench Ads will be our speaker at our August 24th meeting. We are asking for them to participate by reimbursing us for paint.

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ROTARY CLUB OF BOCA RATON WEST

On August 25th, the Rotary Club of Boca Raton West, hosted over 30 guest for a Wine Tasting at the Dell Anno showroom in Boca Raton. All of the proceeds from the ticket sales benefited the End Polio Now campaign.

The guests savored wines from Italy, France and Germany while learning some tips on how to best enjoy different types of wines as well as fun facts about wine history and production. NQuavah Velasquez, from the Rotary Club of Boca Raton Sunrise, led the wine tasting from Wines for Humanity and the guests had the opportunity to purchase bottles of their favorite wines of the tasting.

A portion of the sales of wine will also benefit the End Polio Now campaign.

Each wine was a paired to a gourmet appetizer prepared right there for the delighted guests. The chef, Angelica Suzarte, a friend

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of the Rotary Club of Boca Raton West, was cooking in the functional kitchen of the beautiful space that showcases Dell Anno’s high end line of furniture for kitchens, closets, bathrooms and more.

Many guests commented that they were very impressed with the value provided and felt great that their contributions carried extra power because of the Bill & Melinda Gates foundation’s match of the funds raised.

“The event was a great success due to the collective efforts of our club members, other Rotarians and supporters like our chef and the Dell Anno team for opening their doors. “concluded Gustavo Couto, president of the Rotary Club of Boca Raton West.

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Foundation Corner

Dear Charity Administrator, This email is to notify you that Rotary District 6930 Charitable Foundation Inc (EIN: 26-3347403) has been issued a $27.08 donation from the AmazonSmile Foundation as a result of AmazonSmile program activity between April 1 and June 30, 2016. The donation was deposited to your organization’s bank account on or before August 15, 2016. It may take several days for the donation to appear in the account.

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Florida Atlantic University’s Rotaract Club

Rotaract

“Rotaract of Florida Atlantic University has been consistently reviving its presence here at the

Boca Raton campus for the past year. In addition, we’ve been extending our reach to the evergrowing sister campuses composing a student body which totals over 30,000. This expedition first began when former president, Pietro Cracchiolo took it upon himself to initiate the designing and implementation of a year filled with fun and educational activities for the club, with a focus on those that cater to enhanced personal growth, increased occupational knowledge, enhanced leadership ability, served the community or assisted with networking.

Former service projects that were completed by the Rotaract of FAU include the Relay for Life event, the Future Stars ompetition, Surfers for Autism, Keep Palm Beach County Beautiful, the Opal Awards, Stamp Out Hunger & Community Closet Events, the Abbey Delray South, as well as weekly supporting the mission of Boca Helping Hands.

Plans for the upcoming 2016-2017 year are to continue building upon the foundation built by former leadership, expanding our reach & number of active members, and continually searching for new ways to be of service and be more involved with local Rotary, Rotaract and Interact clubs. Another goal is to collaborate with the different collegiate clubs at FAU, in order to help promote the success of both organizations, as well as assisting in unifying the students at our University.

Organizations that we plan to become involved with are the Twin Palms Center of Boca Raton, Florida Atlantic Adapted Aquatics, the Women’s Circle Inc. in Boynton Beach, Aids to Victims of Domestic Abuse, the Animal Rescue Force, Steps for SOS 5k walk/run, the Karen Slattery Research Center for Early Childhood Development and the Milano Center in Delray Beach. If you would like help in finding volunteers for an upcoming event or are interested in helping our club reach its future goals, please email one of our officers at faurotaractclub@gmail.com.”

Samantha Inguanzo President of FAU Rotaract Club

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Rotary Youth Exchange

Each year, over 8,000 high school students participate in the Rotary Youth Exchange program worldwide, learning a new language and experiencing a new culture, through the efforts of Rotary volunteers around the globe. The program began in the 1920s, but took off after the II world war.

The program's primary mission: "To work towards peace and understanding in the world".

RYE Florida The Youth Exchange (YE) programs in Florida are growing, through the efforts of the multi-district organization, Rotary Youth Exchange Florida, Inc. Each of the eight districts in the Sunshine State is committed to promoting Rotary Youth Exchange, and at least half of the districts have been honored with District Achievement Awards at the annual conferences of the North American Youth Exchange Network

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Abbey Ott

Germany Hometown: St.Augustine, Florida School: Saint Augustine High School Sponsor District: 6970 Sponsor Club: St.Augustine Sunrise Host District: Host Club: TBA

My Bio Hallo! Ich bin Abbey! I’m 16 years old and currently a Junior at Saint Augustine High School. I’m enrolled in my schools SJCCA(Saint Johns County Center Of The Arts) program that allows me to take higher art classes. I live in St. Augustine Florida with my parents and two brothers. My older brother is 18 and younger 14. Out of school, I have a part time job at Publix, I’m involved with my church’s youth group, enjoy spending time with my friends/ family, and love being creative with art through drawing and photography. This past September I attended the Rotary Youth Exchange presentation at my school, knowing that it would be an experience of a life time I decided to grab ahold of the opportunity. Now I can proudly say that I will be an outbound student in Germany for my 2016-2017 school year! I’m so excited for what that year will hold! I can’t wait to see what challenges and adventures Germany has for me! While away I hope to gain a better understanding of different cultures, meet new people, and to be able to speak a different language fluently. I can’t thank Rotary enough for choosing me and allowing me to take this amazing opportunity. Till next time!

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Hayden Knight

SLOVAKIA Hometown: Tampa, Florida School: Sickles Highschool Sponsor District: 6890 Sponsor Club: Carrollwood Host District: Host Club: TBA

My Bio Ahoj! My name is Hayden and I got to Sickles High School in Tampa. I am currently 17 years old. It is all still a bit surreal that I am not only writing this bio, but that in a few months I will be somewhere in Slovakia! In school I am an avid member of our AFJROTC detachment. JROTC is a class in which you not only learn about the military (Drill, marching, military history, and the science of flight) But also you learn leadership. You learn how to take charge and put yourself out there and lead. You also learn how to best handle people and how to be accountable for you orders...and your mistakes. I also take honors and AP classes, as well as being part of student government. Outside of school I love to play soccer, hike, and camp! Anything outdoors pretty much. The reason I really want to be an exchange student is because of my love for learning first hand, about other cultures, and also experiencing them. Meeting people from around the world is also extremely interesting as well as amazing. This summer I had the chance to do a little of both at the HOBY World Leadership Seminar. For 8 days I met and participated in activities with 454 other kids from around the world. That’s where I think the drive to become an exchange student all started. I hope to spend the upcoming year in Slovakia not only embracing other cultures, but also learning, and growing as a person to hopefully pass on my experiences back home. I don’t think I’ll ever be able to thank Rotary enough for this opportunity. Well I’ve gotta go, but we’ll stay in touch! See ya on the flip side.

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Local Tourism

City of Boca Raton Is the southernmost city in Palm Beach County, Florida, United States, first incorporated on August 2, 1924[6] as “Bocaratone”,[7] and then incorporated as “Boca Raton” in 1925. The 2014 population estimated by the U.S. Census Bureau was 91,332.[3] However, approximately 200,000 people with a Boca Raton postal address reside outside its municipal boundaries.[8] Such areas include newer developments such as West Boca Raton. As a business center, the city also experiences significant daytime population increases. It is one of the wealthiest communities in South Florida. Boca Raton is located 43 miles (69 km) north of Miami and is considered one of the principal cities in the Miami metropolitan area.

History The area today known as “Boca Raton” was originally occupied by the Tequesta tribe, a Native American people that occupied an area along the southeastern Atlantic coast of Florida.

What Spanish voyagers called “Boca de Ratones” was originally located to the south, in present-day Biscayne Bay in Miami. By mistake since the 19th century, mapmakers moved this location to the north and began referring to the city’s lake, today known as Lake Boca Raton, as “Boca Ratone Sounde”. The area was largely uninhabited after the Indigenous people were cleared from the area by the Spanish and the British. The first significant European settler to this area was Captain Thomas Moore Rickards in 1895, who resided in a house made of driftwood on the east side of the East Coast Canal, south of what is now the Palmetto Park Road bridge. He surveyed and sold land from the canal to beyond the railroad north of what is now Palmetto Park Road. Early settlement in the area increased shortly after Henry Flagler’s expansion of the Florida East Coast Railway, connecting West Palm Beach to Miami.

MIZNER PARK Mizner Park is a lifestyle center in downtown Boca Raton. The area contains several stores and fashion boutiques, restaurants, an iPic movie theater, and housing. The Center for the Arts at Mizner Park is located on the north end of the development, which includes the Boca Raton Museum of Art and the Count de Hoernele Amphitheater.

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BEACHES AND PARKS Boca Raton’s eastern coast has two-miles of beaches, notably Red Reef Park[35] and South Inlet Park.

Red Reef Park has the Gumbo Limbo Environmental Complex, an environmental education center. Founded in 1984, Gumbo Limbo is a cooperative project of the City of Boca Raton, Greater Boca Raton Beach and Park District, Florida Atlantic University, and Friends of Gumbo Limbo.[39] In addition to the sea tanks, butterfly garden and boardwalk trail through the hammocks complete with an observation tower, Gumbo Limbo also houses a research facility run by FAU where students study sea turtles, sharks, sea grass and other marine-related subjects.

Gumbo Limbo

Sugar Sand Park is a municipal park in Boca Raton. It contains the Children’s Science Explorium. Another park is the Burt Aaronson South County Regional Park, located in West Boca Raton. The park contains several amenities, including the Osprey Point Golf Course, a dog park, the Sunset Cove Amphitheater, the Coconut Cove Waterpark, and the Daggerwing Nature Center. Spanish River Park is a family-friendly city park along the Intracoastal Waterway for picnicking, swimming & bird-watching.

The T-REX Corporate Center was originally one of IBM’s research labs where the IBM PC was created.

People from Boca Raton Boca Raton Museum of Art

Ariana Grande Boca Raton Airport

Eric André

Megan Hauserman

Sabby Piscitelli

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Rotary Curiosity

QUESTIONS: 1. How many ROTARACT CLUBS are there in our District?

2. What are the names of these clubs or where they are, and what the club are sponsored?

ANSWERS: 1) 4 2) 1. Rotaract Club of Palm Beach Atlantic University - Sponsored the Rotary Club of West Palm Beach Sunrise 2.. Rotaract Club of Brevard Community College - Sponsored by the Rotary Club of Cocoa 3. Rotaract Club of Florida Atlantic University - Sponsored by the Rotary Club of Boca Raton Central 4. Rotaract Club of Lynn University - Sponsored by the Rotary Club of Boca Raton Sunset

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Highlights

Rotary Club Suntree

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Rotary Club of Stuart

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Rotary Club of Boca Raton West

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Rotary Club Rockledge

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Rotary Club Boynton Beach -Lantana

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District Rotarian Story

My Rotary story begins over 50 years ago in, of all places, Newark, N.J. I was a college student, and during vacations and in the summer I worked in my father’s office in downtown Newark, where he owned a small business. He was a member of the Newark Rotary Club, which was then a large club with around 400 or so members. My mother was a “Rotary Ann”. My Dad would take me to his Club as a guest from time to time, and I was always impressed by the number of men laughing, joking, frequently singing – the club had its own glee club – who cheerfully filled the Robert Treat Hotel’s main ballroom each week. But I was of college age and, like most of us of that generation, had all the answers. And one of those answers was that Rotary wasn’t for me. So as I went off to live my own life, Rotary all

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view.

Fast forward to 1995. My chosen career in commercial printing sales had been overtaken by the computer revolution and suddenly I – and most of my hard earned skills – had been rendered obsolete. So I did the only sensible thing…I followed Jimmy Buffet’s musical advice and moved to Key West, where I began a second career in advertising sales with the daily Key West Citizen. There I met a co-worker named Brian Carman – remember that name! - who showed me the newspaper ropes and as a Key West native (they really do call themselves Conchs, pronounced “konks”) showed me the Key West ropes, too.

Within a year I received a phone call from a college friend who was on his way to Key West. He said he was something called a “District Governor” and was making an “Official Visit” and maybe we could get together. I had no idea what my old friend, the late Arne Carlson (PDG, District 6990) was talking about, but it sounded pretty impressive. So I arranged an invitation to a Key West Rotary Club meeting where I heard him speak and was immediate struck by his devotion to Rotary and its principles. Soon after, I was invited to attend a few Key West Sunrise Rotary Club meetings, which were then held on the top floor of the La Concha Hotel with its panoramic 360 degree view of Key West harbor, and I was hooked. I joined, got involved, served on committees, participated in beach clean ups, sold beer, and made that transition from being a Rotary member to being a Rotarian.

I also held a few offices, chaired a few committees and served as President in 2001-02.

Following my year as President I itched to do a little more. I served on a few District Committees and in 2005 I began my first of three terms as Assistant District Governor. In that capacity I attended the all-Florida PETS in Orlando where I met the lady who was to become my life partner, but who was then beginning her second year as President of the Miami Beach Rotary Club.

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By mid - 2007 Patricia and I were both living and working in downtown Miami and belonged to the Rotary Club of Miami, having been sponsored by PDGs Owen Freed and Marci Ullam. But we were in frequent contact with Doug Morgan, an old friend and Past President of my Key West Club. Doug was by then retired and living in Playa del Carmen, Mexico, and suggested we visit and check it out. We did, and within three months of our visit we had crunched the numbers, done due diligence, had both retired and moved to Playa del Carmen, where we soon made friends and settled into a relaxed and happy ex-pat life.

But we missed Rotary. One evening, sitting in a local watering hole, we noticed a wooden box affixed to the wall with the Rotary Wheel on it. Asking about it we met the bar’s owner, who was a member of the local Rotary Club. (Within the box was a bottle of whiskey – visiting Rotarians got a free drink!) Shortly one of us said “why don’t we start an English speaking Rotary Club here in Playa del Carmen?” So against all odds we did just that, and in September, 2012, the English speaking Rotary Club of Playa del Carmen Seaside received its charter from Rotary International; I served as Charter President, Patricia as both Secretary and Treasurer. That Club is still active and thriving today, fulfilling its mission “to help improve the lives and prospects of Playa’s less fortunate families and children” with a healthy membership mix of Mexican professionals and expats from the United States, Canada, Europe and South America.

It’s said that expats in Mexico reach a crossroads after about 5 years, and that they either go back home or decide to stay forever. In 2014, after lots of soul searching, we decided it was time to go home. Extensive research brought Vero Beach to the top of the list of possible landing sites and in November we sadly said goodbye to Playa, to our Rotary Club and our many friends there and moved to Vero. We didn’t know a soul, but we were aware that my old Key West pal Brian Carman (remember him?) had relocated to Vero Beach and we looked him up. It turned out that Brian was in the middle of his term as President of the Rotary Club of Vero Beach Sunrise and that, thanks to him, my Rotary story wasn’t over. Within 3 months I had come full circle and was back where I started, a brand new Sunrise Rotarian, meeting new friends and looking for ways to help out.

I soon learned that my beer pouring skills would come in handy and hadn’t gotten too rusty.

That was 18 months ago. I’m now an active member of a simply terrific Rotary Club, serving on one committee and chairing another. And I often think of the old adage that as we get older our parents somehow get smarter. It turned out that my Dad was right about Rotary all along… it just took me way too many years to find that out.

Robert W. Hyde Rotary Club of Vero Beach Sunrise

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Editor Message

Dear Rotarians, We are beginning one more year of the Quest Magazine!

It comes with a new face and space for more information. Like “Curiosity” - it highlights the history of our district because many people don’t know about it. “Local Tourism” - the idea is to show touristic spots within the cities that have Rotary Clubs in our district. Why? Many Rotarians from other cities and countries visit us, because they come for business and many do not know what they can do in the cities during their spare time, so I want to show places that people find particularly interesting for visitors. “Rotaract and Interact” - How many know that they exist and where they are located? What are they doing? They should be close to our clubs and should not do things alone. They need to integrate with our clubs, and not only with their sponsor club, because they are our future rotarians! You are the one who is responsible for them within your club, to give them information and encourage them to maintain contact with them to invite us to projects and send photos or articles of what they are doing. We Rotarians should want to be closer to them! We will also have a “Dairy of an exchange student” - what is this?

How many of us know how many students we sent to different countries or how many of us know how many exchange students came into our district? How are they? What countries are these?

How are they adjusting with the new culture that may be completely different than theirs..... We will be learning about their life experience!

The idea is to bring more information in a more practical way to each Rotarian in District 6930, because many of us don’t have time to find them ourselves or do we always know how. Because of this dear president, rotarians, rotaractors, interactors, send us material of your club with articles, pictures, events, flyers, and etc, so that we can promote it! We will see that Rotary is action and this is how we can bring new ideas on how to serve others!

I would like to highlight that our Quest has already reached different countries, like New Zealand, South Africa, and Brazil; we are taking informations of our activities, projects, and action to other people around the world: isn’t that great!!!

I count on your help to make the Quest even more successful!

Dini Heizer District 6930 Newsletter Editor 2014-2017 dini@heizer.us

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