Meeting and Event Descriptions
2011 - April through June

• Monday, June 27, 2011
  
  President Rick’s ‘Swan Song’
  Our Club was fortunate during this past year to have experienced leadership by a highly organized and administratively competent individual who put together a team that brought us the District Dick Hedke Award. Our meetings were led along with the assistance of computer technology, and a new group of Rotary recruits brought energy and new ideas to our growing list of projects. Rick is a shining example of the new age Rotarian who reaches out to the world through the latest in communication tools.

  
  

  
  
  Rotary Club 2011 Hedke Award - District 6400 Governor Kim , President Rick Caron.
  
  
  
  
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  • Dr. Richard (Rick) J. Caron University of Windsor profile
    
    
  • District 6400 Windsor 1918 Rotary Club web page
    
    

  

  
  
  
  
  

• Monday, June 20, 2011
  
  'Literacy Awards’
  Speaker: Kay Curtis
  
  In Windsor there are over 30,000 people whose reading skills are too limited to allow them to deal with most written material that is part of everyday life.
  Literacy is one of the tools people can use to gain control of their lives!

  
  

  Our Speaker, Kay Curtis, introduced two students, one from Grade 5 Shaurya Madan and one in Grade 8, Liam McInnis. These students were the winners of the writing contest jointly sponsored by Rotary, Pediatric READ and others. The student’s read their stories to the audience.
  Kay explained the Rotary District and Zone 29 Literacy award. Our club was one of 2 clubs in Windsor to qualify for the award because we had conducted 10 different literacy activities.
  
  Some of our literacy efforts over the last year were the writing contest, the club literacy awards, the book drive spearheaded by new member Steve Konkle and a number of international literacy activities.
  

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  (UNESCO) defines literacy as the "ability to identify, understand, interpret, create, communicate, compute and use printed and written materials associated with varying contexts.
  More generally, it is the ability to use printed information to function in society, at work and in the family.
  It is the combination of thinking and social skills we need to analyze and use information to control our own lives, achieve our goals and develop our knowledge and potential.
  
  The New ideas of literacies have forever changed the landscape of information access, and are integral in an understanding of Literacy as a practice, in the 21st Century. It is no longer sufficient to consider whether a student can 'read' (decoding text, really) and 'write' (encoding text), and it is necessary to consider more meaningful aspects of literacy in education and in society as a whole, if we are to complete the transition we are in, from a society in which communication was never possible on the level of 'many to many', to one in which it is.
  (h4)Ref: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Literacy (/h4)
  
  The Windsor Library adult literacy program is a community-based volunteer organization which provides a variety of services to enable adults to achieve personal goals through literacy. It also assists learners to utilize the public library as a resource for lifelong learning.
  The Windsor Public Library's Adult Literacy Program was formed in September 1980
  
  
  
  
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  • Literacy From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
    
    
  • Windsor Public Library Adult Literacy Program
    
    

  

  
  
  
  
  

• Monday, June 13, 2011
  
  Children’s Safety Village
  Speaker: Michael Lucier, Program Coordinator
  

  
  
  

  
  
  The Children’s Safety Village operates through the collaboration of local Rotary Clubs, Fire, Police and Paramedic services from both Windsor and Essex County as well as staff and volunteers of the Village.
  
  The CSV is a nonprofit corporation supported by grants, charitable contributions, and donations from foundations and individuals.
  
  What The Children’s Safety Village Does
  
  Our Speaker, Michael Lucier, outlined the history of the Children's Safety Village and explained the reasoning behind its' current mandate. He went on to describe new initiatives which emphasize community safety issues. Injuries are the leading cause of death among Canadian children, said Michael. He told us that there is an average of 400,000 injuries annually in North America and to address these issues locally the Village provides safety programs delivered by the police for Grades SK, 2 and 4 and fire safety programs for Grades 1, 3, and 5. He said that there are 8,000 to 10,000 visits to our Village per year.
  
  The centre offers school programs, summer safety programs and a one-day safety program for other summer camps. The CSV also provides to other safety-oriented associations the use of meeting rooms and facilities. It partners with other safety oriented associations to deliver safety education events to the community. CSV assists parents, educators and students with researching safety related issues through its' Resource Center. The current mandate is "reducing preventable injuries".
  
  
  

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  The Rotary Club of Windsor (1918) invites you to a Weekend of Family Fun!
  Children's Fest is a wonderful way to spend time with your kids and enjoy lots of great fun and activities.
  
  The event will be held Saturday, September 17 and Sunday September 18, 2011 at the CSV site, 7911 Forest Glade Drive.
  
  VISIT WWW.CHILDRENSFEST.CA for more information.
  
  
  
  
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  • How The Children's Safety Village of Windsor and Essex County Began
    
    
  • CSV Organizational Chart
    
    

  

  
  
  
  
  

• Monday, June 6, 2011
  
  ‘Intellectual Property’
  Speaker: Marcel Mongeon
  

  
  

  Marcel Mongeon is an intellectual property coach who assists institutions and companies with the development and implementation of strategies to profit from their intangible assets.
  Marcel is active in many community and industry groups and has served on many boards including the Canadian Council of Better Business Bureaus, Opera Ontario and the Association of University Technology Managers (AUTM).
  

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  Marcel's topic was ‘Why you need to pay attention to copyright’.
  Marcel brought the audience up to date on current and new legislation which will affect our lives on the Internet. He spoke about the behind the scenes battles taking place to generate control over a resource that, up to now, most of us have taken for granted as a low cost public service. He tried to explain a new term appearing on the horizon called "the cloud". He described the term "intellectual property" and how it impacts all of our lives.
  
  
  
  
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  • Test Your IP IQ Are our IP assets properly protected?
    
    
  • Intellectual Property Workshops
    
    

  

  
  
  
  
  

• Monday, May 30, 2011
  
  Jennifer Jones
  "Telling our Rotary Story"

  
  

  Jennifer is a proud member of Rotary and is a Past District Governor of District #6400.
  Jennifer is the President of Media Street Productions, a television production and post-production company.
  
  In Rotary, she is the North American Coordinator for the Public Image Resource Group, a member of the RI Communication Committee, the Advisory Board for Rotary Canada and the Promotions Committee for the 2011 RI Convention (New Orleans). Jennifer has served as an international volunteer in the Brazilian Amazon, Peru, Haiti, Venezuela and Tanzania.
  
  At today's meeting Jennifer gave members an inspiring talk on Rotary's recent service work accomplishments. She told the audience that in today's world it is vitally important that our Rotary clubs broadcast their accomplishments using all the latest electronic tools at our disposal.
  
  
  
  
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  • About Us Media Street Productions
    
    
  • Portfolio Media Street Productions
    
    

  

  
  
  
  
  

• Monday, May 23, 2011
  
  Victoria Day Holiday
  NO MEETING
  
  

  
  

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  Victoria Day, The Sovereign's Birthday, and sometimes referred to as Firecracker Day, has been celebrated in Canada since the reign of Queen Victoria(1837-1901).
  In recent years, fireworks displays have migrated from Victoria Day to Canada Day (July 1).
  May 24, Queen Victoria's birthday, was declared a holiday by the Legislature of the Province of Canada in 1845. Canada observes Victoria Day according to a 1952 amendment to the Statutes of Canada which established the celebration of Victoria Day on the Monday preceding May 25.
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  • Celebrating Victoria Day
    
    
  • Constitutional Monarchies
    
    
  • The Official web site of the British Monarchy
    
    
  • The Queen and Canada
    
    

  

  
  
  
  
  

• Monday, May 16, 2011
  ‘Social Media Marketing Strategy Development
  Speaker: Lora Crestan
  
  Lora Crestan is a certified Success Coach.
  She owns Solstice Group Coaching which focuses on success in business and in personal life.
  She is also the co-owner of Solution Linx On-Line Coaching which offers coaching, by email, directly to your inbox.

  
  

  The Internet is a massive network of networks, a networking infrastructure.
  The World Wide Web, or simply Web, is a way of accessing information over the medium of the Internet. Together they demonstrate a profound concept: that any person can share information with anyone else, anywhere. In this spirit, the Web has spread quickly from the grassroots up. Today, at its 20th anniversary, the Web is thoroughly integrated into our daily lives. We take it for granted, expecting it to be there at any instant, like electricity.
  
  "At its foundation, social media is a set of technologies and channels targeted at forming and enabling a potentially massive community of participants to productively collaborate." in their use of the Web
  Social media is a broad term used to describe the various tools, networks and technologies for sharing content, ideas and knowledge and connecting and collaborating online. It encompasses wikis, pod casts, blogs, social networks, forums, message boards and other viral-type platforms where communities of people come together.
  
  What does the term "viral-type" mean"?
  The term refers to a phenomenon characterized by mass dissemination of an item on the Internet. It is called viral because of the similarity in which actual viruses are spread. Generally one person will show the object in question to his or her contact, who will then in turn show it to their contacts, and so on. This can refer to emails, videos, pictures or anything else that gains popularity rapidly through word of mouth.
  Read more: http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_does_it_mean_to_go_viral#ixzz1M5I4odw7
  
  Most social media production does not require specialized skills and training, or requires only modest reinterpretation of existing skills; in theory, anyone with access can operate the means of social media production.
  
  
  
  
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  • What is social media? Answers.com Encyclopedia - Wiki Answers
    
    
  • A new definition of social media Gartner Research, managing teams
    
    
  • Lora Crestan - Canada
    
    

  

  
  
  
  
  

• Monday, May 9, 2011
  
  The Canadian Rotary Centennial School in Afghanistan
  Shari Cunningham introduced a video describing the construction of a Canadian Rotary Centennial School in Afghanistan
  
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  we were treated to a Presentation by Exchange Student James Lee on his homeland, Taiwan
  James made it clear to us that he was not Chinese as he showed an intense patriotic allegiance to his birth country.

  
  

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  The Afghanistan Challenge is a partnership between CARE Canada, Mennonite Economic Development Associates (MEDA), Rotary International, World University Service of Canada (WUSC) and the Government of Canada.
  
  CRCID offers matched funding to Rotary Clubs for International Development Programs/Projects through Canadian International Development Agency's (CIDA) contributions.
  
  Our new school in Afghanistan celebrated its grand opening on September 26th, 2010. Hundreds of students - from grade one to grade 12 - are now in their fully furnished and freshly-painted classrooms.
  
  
  
  A short Club Assembly was held in order to discuss and change some of our bylaws.
  
  
  
  
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  • Build a School
    
    
  • about Afghanistan
    
    

  

  
  
  
  
  

• Monday, May 2, 2011
  11th Annual Dr. Clare R. MacLeod
  Secondary School Volunteer Awards
  
  The Youth Services Committee
  

  
  
  Volunteerism is a growing activity, especially for high school students who must complete 40 hours of volunteer work before graduation.
  
  Scholarship awards are presented annually by our Club to top volunteers from each of the local high schools.
  It is amazing to hear about the community service activities that these students have performed while they carry on with their studies.
  
  

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  The Youth Services Committee recognized and saluted 28 exceptional students for their leadership in school and community volunteerism.
  Each of the 25 tables at the Caboto had a designated number of settings reserved for these young leaders and their guests. Every table had Rotarians assigned to host the students and guests.
  
  
  
  

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  The late Clare MacLeod, our resident philosopher, spoke to us many times during his Rotary tenure. Mr. MacLeod joined the Windsor Rotary (1918) Club in 1951. He spent a distinguished career in education.
  He was always insightful and amazingly forward thinking. Here is a summary of one of his talks given on May 31, 1999.
  
  

  "People and Progress"

  Clare spoke about some of the changes that had taken place throughout the 20th century, pondering on whether they represented "real progress". His talk was saluted with a standing ovation.
  He defined true progress in his own unique set of terms:
  
  • it must be related to happiness - a feeling of well being, empowerment and freedom encased in a framework of responsibility and accountability
  • it suggests an improved standard of living that is not just an accumulation of goods and services
  • it requires that value and judgmental changes shape our entrepreneurial spirit to create harmony with nature and the environment
  • it is imperative that we increase our productivity to pay for society's protective institutions
  • it is enhanced by technological improvements affecting both science and medicine
  • there must be adequate opportunity to enjoy leisure time for pursuit of the needs of the philosophical side of humankind
  • there needs to be a recognition of the true worth of individuals that is not just based on hero or celebrity worship
  • we must develop an understanding to accompany our exploding knowledge database
  • society must pay due attention to the values and discipline of the family unit in order to control the social problems that a civilization generates in the decline of these basic values
  
  
  

  Other Clare McLeod Talks

  Travelling in the Ditch He gave this talk on January 15th, 2001.
  
  Education - The Core Of Society He gave this talk on November 5th, 2001.
  

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• Why should I Volunteer?
  
  
• About volunteerism
  
  
• Information on Volunteering
  
  
• Youth Volunteer Challenge
  
  

Monday, April 25, 2011

Easter Monday, FAMILY DAY PROGRAM
Rotarians were invited to bring family and friends to this meeting. The focus was on Children's entertainment.

Our Family Day featured the Emerald Isle Dance Society dancers.

The following video files taken at our performance should take from 3 to 5 minutes to download

Dancers - AVI video file #1
Dancers - AVI video file #2
Dancers - AVI video file #3
Dancers - AVI video file #4
Dancers - AVI video file #5
Dancers - AVI video file #6

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Easter Monday in Canada is the Monday following Easter Sunday. Easter Monday is listed in the Canada Labour Code as a Easter Monday Holiday and is celebrated as a statutory holiday in most parts of Canada

Easter is a time of springtime festivals. In Christian countries Easter is celebrated as the religious holiday commemorating the resurrection of Jesus Christ, the son of God. But the celebrations of Easter have many customs and legends that are pagan in origin and have nothing to do with Christianity.


Scholars, accepting the derivation proposed by the 8th-century English scholar St. Bede, believe the name Easter is thought to come from the Scandinavian "Ostra" and the Teutonic "Ostern" or "Eastre," both Goddesses of mythology signifying spring and fertility whose festival was celebrated on the day of the vernal equinox.


Traditions associated with the festival survive in the Easter rabbit, a symbol of fertility, and in coloured Easter eggs, originally painted with bright colours to represent the sunlight of spring, and used in Easter-egg rolling contests or given as gifts.
Ref: http://www.holidays.net/easter/story.htm




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• The Traditions of Easter
  
  
• Easter From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
  

Monday, April 18, 2011

This is Your Life

These talks were, as usual, very entertaining as three of our newer members spoke about how they have arrived at this stage in their lives. Each of our speakers took a unique approach to his/her presentation.

Brandon Stuart

Brandon Stuart spoke of her time as a Youth Exchange Student in France, with RYLA and as a member of the GSE team in Thailand in 2007.

Tom Goebel

Tom Goebel told us of his ‘Top Ten List’, which includes moving and renovating a home and marrying his ‘Princess’. He also told us ‘He was There’ participating in the Anti (Viet Nam) War Protest.

Mohamed Moussa

Dr. Mohamed Moussa settled in Windsor in 2004 and began his practice in 2006. He has successfully cured eye problems of babies without surgery and spoke of treatment of children with autism, brain injury or stroke. He supervises “Eye See Eye Learn’ in 10 schools.

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Monday, April 11, 2011

GSE 2010 (Group Study Exchange)
‘Group Study Exchange 2010 to Upper West Region - Africa’
Speaker: Derek Locke
Water is one of Derek’s passions and being the lead for this team gave him the opportunity to identify needs in West Africa Rotary District 9100 (Ghana and Burkina Faso), which will hopefully lead to the implementation of one or more new water projects.

The Australian Vocational Training Team (VTT) from Rotary District 5400 also visited us. The Vocational Exchange is similar to Group Study Exchange, except that the teams now have a focus. The inbound team will be working with the literacy initiative in Detroit.
This year's District 6400 outbound team will be traveling to E. Timor to assist in midwifery training and pharmacy control.

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!!! CLUB MEMBERS BROUGHT IN THEIR FILLED EASTER BASKETS !!!

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The Rotary Foundation’s Group Study Exchange (GSE) program is a unique cultural and vocational exchange opportunity for businesspeople and professionals between the ages of 25 and 40 who are in the early stages of their careers. The program provides travel grants for teams to exchange visits in paired areas of different countries. For four to six weeks, team members experience the host country's culture and institutions, observe how their vocations are practiced abroad, develop personal and professional relationships, and exchange ideas.

From the Super District 6400 Digest
Team Leader Derek Locke from the Dearborn Heights Rotary Club and his team of Andrew Dowie, Athena Kolbe, Paul Mourad and Katie Bush left last April for a four week vocational and cultural experience in West Africa where they studied water and sanitation problems and developed possible solutions that they will tell us about at our District Conference in May.

See their travel site




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• Water and why it matters Andrew Dowie - GSE 2010 team member
  
  
• GSE - About the program