Speaker: Sandra Prufer
Date: Nov 08, 2010
In 2000, the United Nations announced a number of development goals for the new millennium. They seek to improve the quality of life around the world. Millennium Development Goal Number 5 calls for a 75 percent reduction of the maternal mortality rate world by 2015. The Rotary Foundation, through its Future Vision plan, also includes maternal and child as one of its Areas of Focus<http://www.rotary.org/en/Members/RunningADistrict/FutureVisionPilotProgram/Pages/AreasofFocus.aspx>. In a recent op-ed piece, Past RI President Jonathan Majiyagbe, the first RI President from Africa, explains the urgency of addressing maternal health in his home country of Nigeria. We will then see how Rotary clubs in Austria, Germany, and Nigeria have partnered in a maternal health project that has successfully reduced maternal mortality by 50% in select hospital in the northern states of Kano and Kaduna.
Speaker: Rick Barrett
Date: Nov 01, 2010
Intro: To begin Foundation month, I wanted to share a recent campaign to "Kick Polio Out of Africa." The global eradication of Polio remains among The Rotary Foundation's top priorities. Since the Global Polio Eradication Initiative began in 1988, polio cases globally have dropped by over 99 percent, and polio now remains extent in only four countries: Afghanistan, India, Nigeria, and Pakistan. The "Kick Polio Out of Africa" campaign focused on Africa, where many countries are still threatened by imported cases of polio from Nigeria. This campaign was supported by government leaders across the continent and raised public awareness of why it is so important to continue immunizing children against this dreaded disease.
--Rick Barrett
A little about the speaker. Rick works with Rotary International as the Treasury Manager in Evanston. According to those he works with, he is knowledgeable in treasury management with integrity and leadership in all of his professional undertakings. Based on the recommendations of those that introduced him to our club, that goes for his personal life as well!
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Date: Oct 25, 2010
eClub Past President Larry Levenson works as a web designer, webmaster and internet marketing consultant in his own company, Sigma Web Technologies. Over the past 12 years, Sigma has served hundreds of small bsuinesses and many Fortune 1000 companies.
Currently, Larry is working on a project with corporate counsel at several Fortune 1000 companies and large law firms to develop a new model of legal practice where companies and outside law firms manage their litigation as a business. Sigma Web is developing the platform where this new model will be showcased and advanced to ever-imporved detail and applicability.
In this week's program, Larry delves into the computer tools he uses every day to make his computer use more efficient, faster, and safer.
Speaker: Stephen Shearin
Date: Oct 18, 2010
Several members of this club are very proficient online. Many members and visitors have been early adopters of new applications and technologies on the Internet. I would beg of you all to comment, add to, criticize in a forum and otherwise bring these ramblings to life with the social Internet.
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Date: Oct 11, 2010
If grant writing was easy, organizations would write more grants and be able to do more service for their community and its people. If grant writing did not take time, energy and research, many small or medium size organizations would have the funds to make a difference in their community. If writing grants was like learning to ride a bicycle, it would not take as many years to learn to do it successfully. If grant writing did not mean the job of the hired Director of a non-profit organization, that same Director would still have to write grants to get thing done but the stress would be less.
If Rotary Clubs could pyramid their grants, more funds would be available for ‘service above self’ in their community and the world. Here are some beginning hints and suggestions about grant writing and a model successful Matching Grant that can be used as a template for other grants that needs writing. Grant writing is not glamorous or emotional, but it is necessary for any non-profit organizations, and especially for Rotary Clubs. See if all Rotarians should know about this worthwhile skill…so read on!
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