June 16th will me our last General Meeting for my term as your president. Please plan to attend as our very own member, Isis Mejias will give you a preview of her presentation at Rotary International Convention 2018. We hope to see you there! Trini Mendenhall Community Center
Dr. Isis Mejias is a Venezuelan and U.S. national. Her involvement with Rotary includes her role as a Rotary Global Grant Scholar in Sao Paulo to do scientific research in water treatment. Her involvement also includes the generation of 4 global grants in the water and sanitation, the education and literacy, and the disease prevention and treatment areas of focus. She won the 2017-2018 Rotary Service to Humanity Award for Zone 21B and part of 27 and is currently a Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene Rotarian Action Group (WaSRAG) Ambassador. Dr. Mejías will address the importance of water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) education. “Universal and safe WASH coverage by 2030 is not achievable with the current global human resources. To find ways to reach universal and safe WASH coverage by 2030 we need to focus on bridging this larger gap. Rotary can! because of the large network of people, we have throughout the world. To bridge this education gap, we must focus on 4 things: INVEST, MEASURE, NETWORK, AND EMPOWER.” Sincerely, NGUYEN T. NGUYEN Rotary e-Club of Houston - President Disaster Aid USA - Ambassador Cell: (281) 827-5787 | Office: (731) 577-9463 |
Please join us for the annual Installation of Officers to be held online (login information to follow soon for all Active members) June 19th (Tuesday) beginning at 6:30 pm CST and ending by 8:00 pm. As an e-Club, not all officers reside in District 5890 and we want to enable all members to attend from wherever you are in the world. Please confirm your local time for this meeting. We will hear a wrap-up of this Rotary year from President Wind Nguyen and also hear about plans for the new Rotary year from Incoming President Robin Charlesworth. It is BYOB, so if you would like to participate in a toast have a glass of cheer near you while you engage in this online Rotary meeting. The installing officer will be PDG Nick Giannone, an avid supporter of our club. All incoming officers are strongly requested to attend to be officially installed. We still need a few additional board members for the new year, too. President-Elect Robin will be reaching out to our members to fill these positions so please consider these opportunities to serve. Hope to see you online on June 19th!
You will notice that membership dues have increased by $20.00 this upcoming Rotary FY 2018-2019. The rationale for this minor increase is multi-fold. Our club has operated within a very tight budget since club inception and at times this has constrained our ability to make an impact when we wanted to. In addition, this increase in dues may provide us with alternative new membership programs/options that could improve our club's total membership. Despite this increase, we still maintain extremely low dues in comparison to other Rotary Clubs as our goal is to improve accessibility to any potential Rotarians.
Please do not hesitate to call/text or email me with questions. Alexis.Campestre@gmail.com and my cell: 979.248.5612
Pay by either check or debit/credit card.
Check made payable to:
Rotary e-Club of Houston
c/o Club Treasurer, Alexis Campestre
OR
Electronically with credit/debit card:
Go to: www.rotaryeclubhouston.org and look for "pay your membership dues" on the left side of screen.
Thank you for being a Rotarian!
Breakout Session: Best Practices for E-Clubs
On Monday afternoon, June 25, in room 715 of the Metro Convention Center we will host a session from 1 pm until 2:30 pm. This room will hold about 300 people, but there is no reservation for breakout sessions, so make sure you are early enough to secure a seat. There appears to be a lot of interest. This session has been organized by E-Club members of 7 different clubs from around the world.
The meeting will be recorded and it is our plan to have it posted on our club's YouTube Channel within 24 hours: https://www.youtube.com/channel/Rotary E-Club Canada One.
More information can be found in the Convention Program.
On Monday afternoon, June 25, in room 715 of the Metro Convention Center we will host a session from 1 pm until 2:30 pm. This room will hold about 300 people, but there is no reservation for breakout sessions, so make sure you are early enough to secure a seat. There appears to be a lot of interest. This session has been organized by E-Club members of 7 different clubs from around the world.
The meeting will be recorded and it is our plan to have it posted on our club's YouTube Channel within 24 hours: https://www.youtube.com/channel/Rotary E-Club Canada One.
More information can be found in the Convention Program.
Social for E-Club Rotarians
On Sunday, June 24, 2018, we are planning an informal gathering of especially Rotarians that are members of E-Clubs, but of course all Rotarians are welcome. It gives us a chance to meet face-to-face with those that we may have seen online and with other fellow e-clubbers. Starting at 4 pm you can go to the 2nd floor where we should have the space to ourselves for the next 3 - 4 hours. No tickets; cash bar only.
Location: The Office Pub, 117 John Street East, Toronto M5V 2E2 http://john-street.theofficepub.ca
On Sunday, June 24, 2018, we are planning an informal gathering of especially Rotarians that are members of E-Clubs, but of course all Rotarians are welcome. It gives us a chance to meet face-to-face with those that we may have seen online and with other fellow e-clubbers. Starting at 4 pm you can go to the 2nd floor where we should have the space to ourselves for the next 3 - 4 hours. No tickets; cash bar only.
Location: The Office Pub, 117 John Street East, Toronto M5V 2E2 http://john-street.theofficepub.ca
Tickets now on sale for our famous annual E-Club party at the RICON Toronto! International E-Club Party for Rotarians around the world. Tickets are limited so guarantee yours before they are sold out. You don't have to be a member of an E-Club to party with us!
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/international-e-club-party-rotary-without-borders-tickets-45401578343
A nine-minute inspirational overview of Rotary Foundation programs and grants supported by Annual Programs Fund contributions. We hope that every Rotarian will take the opportunity to participate in their Foundation every year, to help grow and sustain the Foundation's many wonderful programs.
Have you supported our Rotary Foundation this year? Our grant application for District Designated Funds (DDF) is limited to $1,000 this next year based on our giving record this year. If we could improve our record to every active member giving a minimum of $25 we could qualify as a 100% Paul Harris Rotary club. We accomplished this goal in 2016-2017. Let's do it again! This would enable us to receive more DDF as matching funds for our community service project.
It's easy to do online -simply go to MyRotary (https://my.rotary.org/en) and click "Give", It takes you to "donation". Please give to the ANNUAL FUND. Thank you, Rotarians!
Great! The Membership Application is found on our website (www.rotaryeclubhouston.org). Complete the application and press send, it will arrive to our club Membership Chairman Adriene Miller (adriane0303@aol.com).
On the membership application you will be asked if you have attended two Rotary e-Club of Houston meetings on-line. Look for the Weekly Program and either view the video or read the article, then go to the tab for Weekly Meeting beneath the banner of the page and submit the attendance form to receive credit.
The Four-Way Test is a nonpartisan and nonsectarian ethical guide for Rotarians to use for their personal and professional relationships. The test has been translated into more than 100 languages, and Rotarians recite it at club meetings.
