Speaker: Tanya Ahern
Date: Jun 14, 2010
This year, the Rotary eClub of the Southwest USA has presented a number of programs about innovative efforts to help those in American society who are among the most vulnerable. This week, a Rotarian from the Rotary Club of Santa Clara (California) tells about a program at the care facility where she works that was inspired by and is helping the residents there, a story that speaks to the power of life and livelihood on multiple levels.
Our speaker, Tanya Ahern, is someone I got to know in that Rotary club, where I served before my work schedule changed and I moved to our online club. In Santa Clara, I came to admire Tanya's dedication to getting a job done, her heart for others, and the kindness of both her words and actions. It is her hope that what she presents today might work as a model for other care facilities searching for ways to bring purpose and hope to their residents.
(written by Rushton Hurley)
Speaker: Enrique Flores
Date: Jun 07, 2010
This week's speaker is Enrique Flores, the founder of a San Jose, California-based nonprofit called East Side Heroes. Enrique has devoted seven years to helping young people in the neighborhoods where he grew up realize their academic potential through scholarships to top high schools. His service recently earned him the Santa Clara University Alumni Association's 2010 Ignatian Award. This award is given to recognize alumni who live the SCU ideals of competence, conscience, and compassion, and who have been a credit to the Alumni Association and the University through outstanding service to humanity.
The program will tell you about East Side Heroes, with quotes from those who have worked with Enrique, affirming his commitment to young people seeking to find something better in their lives. In the beginning of the program, there is a link to a five-minute interview of Enrique and two of his scholarship students, which I hope you will take time to watch. Once done, you may need to click "back" on your browser to return to the program.
Speaker: Jack Selway
Date: May 31, 2010
June is Fellowships month. But it's not just a few Rotary Fellowships anymore. . . as eClub member Jack Selway explains, the Rotary Fellowships program belongs to a new parent entity known as Global Networking Groups. The new entity includes groups of individual Rotarians organized to focus on shared topics of interest on an international basis, for fun and fellowship, and for focused action. RAGs and Fellowships -- there's a lot here for all of us to learn!
Jack Selway is not only a member of the Rotary eClub of the Southwest USA, he is also the founder of the now-nearly-ten-years-old Rotary Global History Fellowship. For anyone who values Rotary history, Jack deserves a special place in your heart! With the other founding members of RGHF, he has helped create a veritable museum for Rotary on the web, and you are certainly encouraged to visit this site at http://www.rghf.org when you can.
This week, Jack introduces the wealth and variety of fellowship opportunities available to members of Rotary. Didn't know there was a group for those who love canoeing and another for those who appreciate dolls? You'll know much more after reading this week's program!
Speaker: Rushton Hurley
Date: May 24, 2010
Today's program is designed to help even the most techno-reluctant Rotarian learn tricks using the Google search page. You, too, can amaze friends and family with the many goodies revealed in the PDF linked below. All this for the price of a lunch to support our club's service projects (if you're feeling honorable) or for free (if you just want to build bad karma by ignoring the PayPal button).
The presenter, Rushton Hurley, is a high school teacher of Japanese language who spends way, way too much time at a computer keyboard preparing presentations for the teachers he trains around the world to use technology to better engage their students in their learning. He also hopes that his interest in technology will help the eClub find ways to help more young people take an interest in Rotary. Additionally, he juggles, though that has very limited relevance to today's presentation, which we should get started!
Speaker: Judy Taunt, Larry Levenson
Date: May 17, 2010
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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