Speaker: Judy Taunt, Larry Levenson
For our eClub, the highlight of the District Conference was presenting Judi Woods a Paul Harris Fellowship. Judi has been on staff at RI for 34 years, and has been supporting the eClub pilot project since its inception in 2002.
This is our first videop meeting. . . feel free to leave comments. By the way, Judi attends every one of our meetings, so you can leave her a message, too!
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This week comments: 119, this week visitors: 109
The Rotary minute was very interesting this meeting. Thanks
The Video was nice for a change. I guess I still like to read it.
This meeting was interesting - to hear about Judy and the Paul Harris & e-club formation.
Great program. I loved the video presentation of the Paul Harris award.
A compelling story.
loved it
enjoyed it
Congratulations to Judi Woods, and thank you for all your efforts.
Congratulations Judi, I feel proud of being a member of the e-club that have so enthusiastic people like yourself.
Fortunately, I was at the presentation because I cannot hear the video at our site.
It was so nice to see how surprised and touched Judi Woods was to be honored with the Paul Harris Fellowship.
what a lovely way to honor a Rotary International staffer who has been so instrumental and supportive of the eclubs.
well done!
Although Judi provided assistance to your e-club as part of her duties as an RI employee it's apparent her dedication to her role was much more. Very deserving of the PHF recogniiton.
Congratualtions to Judy and all those individuals who made her Paul Harris Fellowship award possible.
Omar
This program spurred me to make another contribution to the Annual Programs Fund. Well done!
Congratulations to all of us for our first video meeting, and welcome Judy to the Paul Harris Fellowship.
Victor
Congratulations Judy on receiving the Paul Harris Fellows Award. The eClub owes you a great debt of gratitude. I would never have become a Rotarian if it had not been for the eClub.
Inspiring and delightful to watch! My how technology has made all these presentations possible, not to mention the best e-club in the USA.
Judi Woods Thanks a lot for your great work and support to the e-Club and welcome like a Paul Harris member.
Larry congratulations for the aknowledgment to Judi.
Excellent program. It sounds like Judi deserved her award and worked very hard on the e-program.
Great Meeting. always most interesting.
On 5/3/10, I became a Paul Harris Fellow, so this program had special meaning to me, Thanks.
Informative and interesting! Our club, Abilene Southwest Rotary, has had a number of individual we sponsored who were selected by our District for the Ambassadoral Scholarships. A great Rotary program.
Congratulations Judy! And just as noteworthy: THANK YOU!
I enjoyed the video format. The Paul Harris Fellowship award presentation to Judi Woods was obviouly a short presentation (video) but I would like to see longer videos in the future.
What a great idea to have food from each country represented by our exchange students. Will try that here in Everett, Wa. Thanks.
My father and I have given out PH's to "civilians" they are always very honored. SO if you have a few to give, please do so!
Interesting vid, but too short.
What a wonderful meeting! I knew of Judi from my communication with Larry, but getting to see this was downright touching. It is a blessing to be reminded of the work that others have done to make the world a better place, and watching her reaction to learning she would be a Paul Harris Fellow allowed me to remember that there are (so many) people out there who work hard, year after year, to make good things happen for others.
When the group first began to applaud the announcement, I did, too, and it wasn't until my fifth or sixth clap that it occurred to me that I wasn't physically present with the others applauding. Made me feel that I'd had a moment where the difference between being part of a Terra club and an eClub had absolutley dissolved.
Thanks, Judi!
WOW!!! What a great experience - this is my first 'e-mtg'.
Thanks Bruce Kagle for providing information about the club and connecting me to Carol Anderson. I look forward to another conversation.
Frances S. De Nuit
I enjoyed the Paul Harris Award video, thank you.
nice to hear thoughts from another region of our country
Just lookin around... See you soon
btw, I changed the PVRotay.org site to point to this e-club!
Frank
Wonderful! I had not known about the beginning of the EClub! A great idea. The information on the District Conference was most informative and encouraging. Keep up the good work for Rotary and the International Projects to help other Rotary Clubs. Many thanks...Ray Horn
Very good meeting.
Great Meeting. Enjoyed the joke about ham bush.
Very good meeting.
Great news about your "acceptance" in the Rotary world! Keep up the great work.
Great meeting!
Congrates Judi Woods for PHF.
I am very happy that our club has gained more recognition and our is being greeted with enthusiaisn atbevey turn. Unfortunaately for me I am not able twatch videos....netwrk!
I felt like I was there.
THANKS FOR ALLOWING ME TO VISIT YOUR MEETING TODAY.
I ESPECIALLY ENJOYED THE COWBOY-BACON JOKE!
I wish more clubs had your vision. Congratulations on this wonderful service to other Rotarians!
Video format is a good way to do this.
I enjoy the E-Club. It is both informative and easy to attend. The programs are einteresting also. Thank you
Your meetings are great.
Thank you for shariing those great quotes. I always get something out of them and find them very inspiring.
This was my first experience with an Eclub. While I appreciate that most of the content gives me a warm fuzzy feeling that the good deeds of Rotary take place in any environment, I must admit an emptyness at not being able to interact socially with my fellow Rotarians.
Good program.
Great to see Judy Woods honored.
Congratulations, Judi! I was clapping at my computer for you. Enjoyed my first e meeting. Thanks, Nancy Westbury
Congratulations on becoming a full blown Rotary Club! And congratulations Judy on receiving the Paul Harris Award! Well done!
Nice meeting and your club does a good job for allowing makeups.
The video was wonderful. Definitely more like attending an actual meeting. Congratulations and congratulations to Judi Woods.
I have attended RECSWUSA on many occasions and videos such as this are a great way for Rotarians such as I (doing makeups "long distance") to put a faces with the e-club we are visiting. Thanks!!!!
Congrats to fellow PH fellows
My dear friends, I just wanted to take a moment to thank you again for the wonderful honor you gave me this past weekend. I also wanted to tell you how much I enjoyed meeting all of you who were at the district conference. You helped to make a special day even more special and I can tell you that it is a day that I will never, ever forget. My thanks too for all the comments here and the personal emails I have received. Finally, thanks to Mel for videoing and to Larry for putting the video on YouTube, because of this I have been able to share this very special moment with family and friends.
THANKS!!
I enjoyed your meeting.
Enjoyed your e meeting very much. You have presented alot of interesting and timely information.
Even though I was not able to attend the district conference last weekend, nonetheless this program today made me feel as if I were there. Congratulations to Judi and many thank to her for how she has helped our E-Club.
Miss Truly Candid also sends her best wishes and congratulations from high in the Rockies in Quaking Aspens, Colorado.
Having the webcast of the presentation adds much flavor and interest instead of just reading text. Continue to at least make this an option!
It is always a great pleasure to see someone who has served their club be honored with as a Paul Harris Fellow.
no comments other than good job! Well done! hang in there! have fun! Live until you die! Be brave. Brush your teeth. Listen to your mother! Stand up when a lady enters the room. leave the toilet seat down or up! Don't mess with Texas. Salute!
Karen Naranjo encouraged me to log in and pose a question to all of you. I am the District 5180 Alumni Chair, and I am in the process of forming an Alumni Association. Given the logistics of coordinating a specific time, place, location for the diverse group that comprises Rotary Alumni to meet, I thought "What about an e-club?" I am most interested in three things: (1) the fellowship or "belonging" aspect of e-clubs, (2) the "participation" aspect of e-clubs, and (3) the leadership aspect of e-clubs. I would appreciate any insight, thoughts, inspiration, or suggestions about how you feel about your e-club.
Congratulations Judie! It's always an honor to become a Paul Harris Fellow and it's even more wonderful when the people surrounding you are honored by your presence as shown in the video. Again, congratulations.
The entire meeting was interesting, informative and humorous - a great combination for a meeting! Thanks.
I love the concept of the Online meeting. As a young Rotarian it allows me to be in a local club, and make up meetings as I miss with Schedule Conflicts. Kudos!
This is only the second time attending an e-meeting. Interesting. I'll do it again.
Congratulations to Judi Woods for being awarded the Paul Harris. I'm in awe at the courage Ms Saberi has shown and her drive to help to the Iranian people. Her story made the appreciation quotes even more powerful. And as a lover of bacon I would have been the first to get bumped off by the ham bush.
I enjoyed the video! It's a nice way to view the meeting. Very cool!
As always, it was an enjoyable program. Congratulations on the fine work accomplished by your club!
Very inspiring
Wow! Looks like I missed a district conference... and I missed the local one as well due to health issues... can't wait to be better and tell you all about the local events... like the zonal conference in Kampala in September and the the district 9200 conference and assembly also in Kampala next year... and God willing I can meet you all in New Orleans...
Loved the quotes
Thanks for making this possible. It's interesting to hear the same type of banter and fellowship we have at an "in person" meeting. I hope your club meets with continued success.
WOW! What a weekend. Larry has given us a meeting that is powerful and full of love and friendship. This is exactly the way we experienced honoring Judi.
We also did a presentation on Membership filling in for Abe Feder who was unable to give it due to illness. Judi was the hit of the presentation giving valuable information to the participants questions.
Always nice to see another deserving individual become a Paul Harris Fellow. In this case, Judi Woods from Rotary International's administrative staff is honored, by way of the Fellowship gift, for her outstanding support and hard work on behalf of building and nurturing the eClub model, of which Rotary eClub of the Southwest USA has become such an outstanding ground breaker and innovator. It is fitting that District 5510 would be involved in this recognition of Judi Woods inasmuch as they have been as supportive of the eClub concept as any District anywhere. Great program and a very appropriate ceremony coincidental with Rotary's sanction of the eClub model as a permanent part of Rotary. Excellent program.
FOR SOME REASON I WAS NOT ABLE TO OPEN THE VIDEO
Thank you for sharing this presentation of the Paul Harris to Judi Woods. We felt as though we were a part of the ceremony.
It was a special time for Judi and our eClub. I was honored to be the cameraman for this event.
Mel
Thank you for helping me keep in contact with Rotary when time does not permit.
Thanks for sharing this presentation to Judi! It's a fitting tribute.
None! thanks for sharing rotary with me today!
I found that topic of grant matching very exciting. I wondeer if all club presidents know about it.
5-17-2010This first video meeting was great! While all the PDF presentations have been very informative and had good visuals demonstrating the positive impact Rotary, this touching Paul Harris award to Judi Woods was especially meaningful because of her efforts as a staff person to make Rotary’s online presence a smooth running reality.
Thank you!
Great meeting
Thanks for being available for club make-ups. I will come back and get some more information on membership later.
I would like to congratulate Judy Woods for this great achievement! I would also like to convey my appreciation to everyone in the eClub for doing everything possible towards the success of our eClub. As Larry pointed out, we have had more participation in our forums lately, and I think that our website will now accept diacritical marks in other languages as well. This means that people from other countries will be able to enter their names with a correct spelling. We have become more and more international as we go along. Lastly, I would like to extend my whole-hearted appreciation to Larry for his magnificent job this year, and for the thorough explanation of how Matching Grants work. I am also looking to our next Rotary year with great anticipation, since we will have Joe Kagle as our President. Congratulations everybody! I will pledge another $10 to the Smiling Pot in appreciation!
What a surprise! Once again I thought that, although I could not make the trip to help celebrate Judi Woods becoming a Paul Harris Fellow, Larry and others included me (and all of you) in this presentation and emotional celebration of all the work the Judi has done for our eClub over the six years as we have found out what this new 'creation' is and can be. "I am there!" And if I want to replay it after breakfast, I can be there again.
With 64 members, and growing each day, on six continents, we have tried to be in the living rooms of each member at each meeting that we have, but I felt it more today than in the past. I was at the District Conference in Arizona when I tumbled out of bed in a suburb of Houston and others went to sleep in India and still others were at work in Japan. But we all can attend this gathering whenever we have the time, and in the 21st century. "When we have the time" may be the rallying call that the future of Rotary has learned. I, again, learned it today. Thank you all for this program. Oh, and you can mark me present and attentive.
As I think about accepting the gavel from Larry on July 1, I know what I do not know therefore I will need the help of everyone inside and outside our eClub to keep the level of excellence that I have witnessed over these six years. Who said that playing chess in six continents, in different time zones, within different cultures would be easy? Not me, but it may be fun. It has been to this point. But helping to run an eClub is a family matter. We need the help of all members, no matter where they live. It is a journey into an 'undiscovered country' and, hopefully, a 'dance in the rain.'
Congratulations, Judi Woods, and a large "Thank you!"
