Program: The Four Way Test

I would love to be able to share this information with my club members. 

Enjoyed reading Miss Truly Candid's column about the Four Way Test.

Thank you for putting together great content to make this a worthwhile makeup.  I will return sometime in the future if not for a makeup, to just enjoy the Eclub meeting.

PDG Chuck Cenkner

I enjoyed the meetind and it refreshed my memory about how the 4 way test came in to being. Dave B. Anniston, AL Noon Club

The Four-Way Test is actually something that I practice every day.  "Will it be beneficial to all concerned" is sometimes hard to effectuate, particularly when one is telling an enthusiast that others' interests are also involved and that what s/he is revved up to do has to be done differently or not at all--for the greater good.  The person who is told "no" or "not that way" is not apt to think that the adjustment is beneficial to her/him.  But we have to persevere.  In that kind of situation, perhaps the benefit to the enthusiast is being part of a process that ensures that in the future, s/he will be considered if someone else wants to do something that is not in her/his interest.

Great Rotary Minute.  Really like the order of the meeting.

Thanks for such an enjoyable make up meeting!  Outstanding!

I found this to be a very refreshing meeting and Miss Truly Candid's column was quite hilarious and frank.  I can certainly relate to her idea that mechanics should definitely adopt and live by the four-way test.  Lately, it seems that every time we take our vehicle to the mechanic we need to return it a few days later with another problem.  It makes you wonder about what is really wrong.

I particularly liked where she listed the different persons and places that should display the four-way test.  This was especially funny that she would actually list the names of the persons and the places in citing why the four-way test should be displayed.  

I also found it enlightening to learn about the origin of the four-way test back in 1932, in the company that owed $400,000 with only $6,100 in assets.  It would really be a better world if all presidents would keep as copy of the four-way test under their glass and compare all of their operations to this.  Certainly, this would have avoided scandals such as Exxon and the more recent BP situation.

The meeting was a nice reminder of the meaning of the four-way test.  We say this each week at the meeting, and even know it by heart, but really thinking and applying it to our daily lives makes a huge difference.  Thanks for an enjoyable meeting!

Excellent Program

This was an enjoyable and humorous way to explain the importance of the 4-way test.

I might even remember the Four Way Test after this program. Let's see: Truth? Fairness? Creates Goodwill? Beneficial to all? Yup. I remember

Interesting!

Having personally met Miss Truly, I always enjoy reading her column and have even offered a few tidbits to her in the past!

unique way of explaining the 4 Way Test

it gets the point across

great program !!

Boy I sure hope this ones goes through.  We have read the two articles on El Calaboz and the one on the Four Way Test.  We both got a kick out of the 4 way test story. Both Ella and I marveled on the perserverence of a 16 year old and how she travelled through life to achieve her goals.  And her children have succeeded as well her life story something every girl should read.  Ella and I are two rotarians making up a make up no computer for her right now so we share.

Thanks for a fun program and the opportunity for a makeup. 

Interesting meeting.Enjoyed the video on Rotaract.I liked the line" Hand in Hand Across the Land".

The inspirational thoghts were also very interesting read.

I belong to Rotary Club of Dhaka North West,which is in  Rotary District 3280,Bangladesh.As mentioned in one of my earlier make up meetings,we belong to a developing country Bangladesh and most of our projects and programmes are community and social services related as the need in the sectors are endless.If your club is interested, we may consider taking up a joint-project.I can also send our club's major activities for reference.

At present I am visiting my children in New York and shall be here for the whole of this week.Shall be happy to talk to any Rotarian regarding projcet or any other subject.My phone numbers are 917 421 9360 (home) and 347 549 1250 (cell).

Enjoyed the program and the different presentation format on the four way test.

great words to live by

Good to see Rotarians working on Hurricane Katrina.  I have family in that area.

loved the humor!

Well I get some ideas to tmprove our club meeting such as Inspirational thought and Humor sections. However in our club also has a section of a few minutes for a recent science technology.

I will try to make the meeting whenever I can  

outstanding meeting thanks a lot I really enjoyed it

Great inspirational quotes this week, Joe. To Publilius Syrus' "The eyes are not responsible when the mind does the seeing" I would add "The mind does all the seeing."

Thanks, Miss Truly for a wonderful discourse on the Four Way Test. I hope youRRR RRR gets fixed soon.

Dear Miss Truly Candid shows these comments to Page Turner at the Book Store & Office Supply where we ask many Rotarians in the world that have enough ribbons and carbon paper in your store so that you continue to delight us with your wonderful notes, moreover, tell to do the impossible to get parts for your machine Underwood. Congratulations on your beautiful Edsel. Thanks for your feedback. Get an affectionate hug.

great prrrrogram

Always good to get the report from the Podunk Pines' talented writer.  I also enjoyed learnng of the history of the Four-Way Test.  May we all keep all four in our hearts each and every day.

How cheerful and entretaing, I really enjoyed it.

Congratulations Miss Truly Candid for reminding us the four way test. 

What a great way to share the 4 way test and it would be good for all Rotary Clubs to use this as an example of how best to look at potential members in a fashion that shares why the 4 way test is so important to the members and the community at large.  It works.  Great wrrriting!! Theresa Murphy, Los Alamitos/Seal Beach, CA

Core  value for good people.........Four way Test

Thanks, that was an interesting and inspiring meeting.

Thanks for the information on the four way test.

I learned something more about the history of rotary.

Always a pleasure to hear from you Miss Truly! Thank you!!

I liked the artical on Katrina and I think that it is interesting that the 2011 convention is in New Orleans.

Great meeting! Thank you!

It has been my pleasure to have known Ms. TC for many years, through thick and thin. (No, not her waist size.) She has a wonderful knack of taking a subject that some might just gloss over when reading and making it come alive. And speaking of 'alive', one day we will share a photo of Ms. TC with 'a live' boa drapped arounf her neck.

Mel

Miss Truly Candid, I am becoming a fan of you, the way you write, what you say and for having a beautiful “Edsel”. I learned today that the four way test was adopted by Rotary the same year I was born, and the battle ship “Bismark” was sunk, in a war that would never happened if all the people of the world would follow the four way test as you wrote, “We would have world peace. All the money now spent on bombs and war, planes and guns would be unnecessary, and those funds could instead build schools and hospitals and homes for the homeless. Just think about that.” That is why Rotary members were in the original U.N.

Congratulation to all for being here.

I never did have an Edsel, so I cannot talk about Edsels, but I did type on an underwood typewriter when I took typing in high school, and I did very well on it.  I think that Miss Truly made her point!  The four way test is essential for everyone!

Miss Candid was very entertaining.  I wish I was at the live program.

I always enjoy the positive thoughts shared here.

Miss Truly Candid is at it again, this time explaining as only she can the Rotary Four Way Test. She begins her remarks by reminding us what a global experience Rotary is; and even more, how globally quick it is through the eClub experience. Miss Candid received kind comments on a previous program from all over the world. She then gives a brief history of the Four Way Test and explains the meaning and significance of each line. Next she cites humorous examples of the test as they could be applied to colorful citizens in her very special community. Lastly, in her own inimitable way, she re-states the Four Way Test in Quaking Aspens vernacular. Well done and very entertaining!

Wow, I noticed that the club used the 4-way test to fix the problem with the update page for Rotary info - well done!

As always  interesting and informative. I enjoyed Miss Candids slant on the 4-Way Test.

Loved the program by Miss Truly Candid.  It kept me reading and was quite humorous :)

The perspective on the Four Way Test is truly candid and refreshing.

This is my first e-meeting and as a "red badge" member of the Los Gatos, CA Morning Rotary, I find it a great add-on to what I am learning locally.  Thanks for taking the time to provide this regional (in the largest sense) interface.

Susan Kettmann

Thank you for giving me the oppurtunity to participate in your meeting.

I like the inspirationals and feedback from visitors. Happy Birthday to Karen and Beth (form Phoenix Arcadia members). Having this site really helps when you just can not get to an out of town meeting.

Very original presentation, well done!

I enjoyed the humorous treatment of this serious subject.

very good program!!

Enjoyed the review of the Four-Way Test.  I have placed a little blue Four-Way Test desk sign which my Father had on his desk (he's now 93 and confined to a nursing home) on my desk to remind me each day.

Love the ostrich story!

It's good to remind ourselves of the roots of the Four-Way Test regularly.

The joke about the man and the ostrich made my day. It's so great to know that the E-Club is just like a real meeting where it is so enjoyable. Congrats to your 2 new members, I was inducted 3 weeks ago and I am so excited to start getting involved with my Rotary Club. Thank you for making this so easy to complete.

Great info and a good way to make up when I can't meet face-to-face with my Warrenton VA Rotary friends!  Thanks.

Very interesting

I liked the insight about the Chicago Rotary Club in 1905 banning discussions of a religious or political nature and the friendship that followed

Miss Truly Candid, as always, nice column.

Would love to have attended this club's meeting in person.  Thanks for the very interesting reading.

My first e-visit.  Enjoyed the articles and commentary, as well as the new viewpoints.

No doubt, the four way test is a standard by which all of us should abide. I find it amusing that the writer should end on a note pointing to politicians and used car salesman since I am both and don't have a problem abiding by the four way test.

That Edsle was a good looking car

Miss Truly has done it again...given us a wonderful program. I love the pics. ...... especially for those of us who remember the Edse!

great website and content; very  informational

I enjoyed the meeting as always and it provides a lot tothink about.

This was wonderful!  I am recovering from an accident and was sad to not be able to get out and attend my regular Rotary meeting.  I found this forum very informational and I loved the humor and all the things I can think about during the next week.  THANK YOU for this opportunity to attend this e-meeting!

Very interesting, informative meeting.

Thanks for providing this service!  I'm the membership chariman for the Rotary Club of Hattiesburg, MS and will be sending some visitors your way.  This is a great tool for our members who miss meetings to make up!

Robert Cummings

love the pc on the four way test

Thanks for this refresher on the 4 Way test.  Seems like this ought to be standard curriculum in many business schools these days!

Interesting story about the four way test

This is a great way to make up missed meetings.

Nice program.

Very insightful and entertaining!

I loved it!

A very delightful presentation to remind us all to live by the Four Way Test.

GOOD PROGRAM AND EXPLANATION OF THE "4 WAY TEST"!

Rrrelay enjoyed the meeting.

Nice to be with you as I recover from surgery and am unable to be with my 

Though I likely have many pieces of Rotary literature containing the origins of the 4-Way Test, this is the first time that its actual origins sunk in (the application of it in a business that was in financial difficulty).  It was good to review the 4-way test and recall times when I have repeated it in my head while making difficult decisions.

9-7-2010Miss Trrruly Candid’s “Fourrr-Way Test” is an excellent reminder of the various ways in which each of us can apply this basic element of being a Rotarian. Thank you for an insightful and entertaining take!

Thanks again for offering this service.  I love attending your e-club meetings.  

What a great first makeup meeting experience!  Had no problem loging into your system.

Enjoyed the entire club meeting programs and will be looking forward to doing addtional makeups with your club.

Want to thank e-club again for giving me the opportunity of keeping my perfect attendance. You offer a valuable and appreciated service to those of us that find it impossible to make up at a normal club because of illness and etc. Thanks again.  Bob Bohn

I as well love quotations.  One particular one of interest to Rotarians:

This was from a college commencement address, if I recall.

Thanks for the inspirational aphorisms.

Enjoyed the history!

My understanding (see below) is that an e-mail confirmation of my attendance would be sent to me and to my club secretary.  That had been my experience in the past.  But my attendance the last two times has not been documented in this fashion.  My attendance at those meetings is reflected on my attendance record on your web site.  Has the automatic e-mail confirmation procedure changed?

Thank you.

Jeff Gray

jeffgray49@yahoo.com

Thank you Miss Truly Candid.  The Four Way Test, I think is the center of our Rotary Relationships.   When I meet a fellow Rotarian I know that the Four Way Test will guide our relationship and that initial concerns about trust are not a worry, and we can just get on with what we need to do.  I have attended meetings in other countries and I felt right at home.  The Four Way Test does that for me plus helps me deal with work issues daily.  By the way Dear, the US Public Health Service still uses the same carbon paper form for requesting Physician to Physician consultations that they did 35 years ago when I was in the Navy.  If you need a source I can save all my slighty used carbons and mail them to you. 

Thank you Miss Truly Candid.  The Four Way Test, I think is the center of our Rotary Relationships.   When I meet a fellow Rotarian I know that the Four Way Test will guide our relationship and that initial concerns about trust are not a worry, and we can just get on with what we need to do.  I have attended meetings in other countries and I felt right at home.  The Four Way Test does that for me plus helps me deal with work issues daily.  By the way Dear, the US Public Health Service still uses the same carbon paper form for requesting Physician to Physician consultations that they did 35 years ago when I was in the Navy.  If you need a source I can save all my slighty used carbons and mail them to you. 

I truly enjoyed Miss Truly Candid's humorous approach to this subject. It was a deightful way to focus attention on this important part of Rotary.  She gave several good examples of how the four way test can be used to evaluate everyday decisions and actions.  

As President of our club last year I incorporated the recitation of the four way test as part of our closing agenda.  Every Rotarian became more familiar with it and it has now become a tradition at our meetings. 

thanks for the right link Shilpi!

Good read

Thanks for a Great meeting

Great Program, and examples of four way test...

I liked the fourr way test article.  Put a smile on my face.

I'm very innteresting in about　Herbert J. taylor,president of RC of Cicago　who wrote the　Four Way Test。

The most important event of Rotary Club will be held in New Orieans in May 2011 which was huge damaged by harricane Katrina.

Very clever story and a great way to explain the 4-Way Test. I look forward to reading the next edition of the Podunk Pines Weekly.

Loved your definition of Normal. Seen from different eyes the answer is different and so we we must try to walk in someone elses shoes. And like todays joke we must be careful what we wish for..we just might get it,

I really liked the meeting, it is my first meeting as a member of the club and I am very happy of being accepted.Warm greetings to all.

Cesáreo Veiga

It was an interesting meeting! I wonder if its possible to link to the Tri-District Foundation Meeting in November by SKYPE so Rotarians may attend on line? I would gladly pay the $20.00 registration fee.

Always fun

I was just getting over the thought that it was Ms. Truly's Edsel that I pulled out of a creek in the Colorado mountains with my '67 Jeep CJ-5, when I saw that Underwood in the photo on the first page of this weeks meeting.

I'd swear that's the same model machine I bought from a second-hand shop on Delancey St in Lower Manhattan in 1952 just before I went to college.  I used it all the way through my four years at Lafayette.  Then I went to work at IBM and had to buy one of them new-fangled electric jobs.

In tnem days, I couldn't even spell engineer, now I RRR one.

It was a great article, Ms Truly.  But, shucks, now I'm gonna hafta change my way a thinkin.  Is it the TRRRUTH?...... Hmmmmmm

It is 106* here in Phoenix today. Ron and I are getting ready to pack and go visit my brother in Salida, Colorado (aka Podunk Pines) and enjoy the cool air of the Rockies. I imagine I'll be driving through Poncha Springs (Quaking Aspens) on the way. If I run into Miss Truly Candid, I will tell her about her program appearing in the eClub. She will be so excited! I am sure I will gather more news from her during my visit.

I really look forward to your programs Truly,I sometimes get those bad starts to the day,but all ends on a high,today we are cattle mustering which I enjoy,today we are using motor bikes and not the horses, it is not as user friendly,looking forward to when the eclub members,Truly or past program people can visit Australia Down Under.

Yours is the second Rotary E-club I've participated in.  I enjoyed your format as it followed more of a traditional meeting, versus just scanning articles for review.  Both forms have their merits, but I guess I'm just a traditionalist, so I preferred your format.  I also like the fact that you are able to link to other meetings.  If there is a way to combine formats, that might be beneficial.  For example, maintain your existing format, but include links to articles by topic of interest.

Hi I'm Ken Cook from Dutton Ontario. I'm a new Rotarian, this year in fact. I work shift work and can't always get to meetings. I still think attending an actual meeting with another club is the best way to do make-up meetings, this E-Club is a pretty good alternative.

Thanks, Ken Cook

London North Rotary Club.

congratulations to who have reasons to celebrates.

Truly, Ms Truly Candid, this was a delightful morning to start into Labor   Day. I think that if I was not married to a wonderful woman for over 50 years, I might journey to the Rockies and Podunk Pines to look you up (no, I will come anyway). I admire a woman with humor who owns an Underwood typewriter and drives a 1958 Edsel. I see by the statistical chart of your town that it is smaller than Houston, Texas. If I come now with Anne (my wife), I will bring my friend from Calamity, Texas (a few miles from my home), Bubba Jay III (and his wife, Hummingbird Rose). We would have a grand party. Are you going to ALQ for the eClub get-together on September 18th? Bubba Jay and I are flying out on Southwest for the party. By the way, are you married? I loved your article (so did Anne, Bubba Jay III and Hummingbird Rose) on the Four Way Test. It is publicity like this that will make Rotary clubs grow, know and glow.

Again a great meeting and setup which makes the meeting very constructive and mirror that of a physical meeting. Wishing you all continued success with your club! 

Great program!

This is a topic that is always timely.  While we, the greater Rotary community, struggle to address the needs of younger, new members who have grown up in the electronic and instant gratification age, I wonder whether we're doing a sufficient job of instilling in all of our members the core values of Rotary.  Thank you for reminding us to review the basics.

What a refreshing way to remind os of our Four Way Test. Miss Truly has a way with words..

excellent program

Miss Truly Candid is a "HOOT"! Great meeting, as usual.

A great reminder of the meaning of the four way test!

Very funny Fourrrrrwaytest! I enjoyed, but now, I think that I will remember the four questions! Thank you!