Speaker: Kazan Today
Date: Oct 27, 2008
This program was submitted by member Carol Anderson. While preparing this program, I was reminded of a story that started with the small telephone company where I did my co-op when I was in college - the beginning of a 30-year career in the software business. (So far, and I have 15 more to go . . . who knows what software will look like in 2025 when I reach legal retirement age?)
Speaker: Dr. Mary Berge, DGE Rotary District 7330
Date: Oct 20, 2008
From our member Frank Longoria, we have a program that speaks to this year's theme emphasis on children. Thank you very much, Frank.
Speaker: Eric Lind
Date: Oct 13, 2008
Recent news headlines have announced "US to become nation of minorities". The point is that in the coming decades, "for the first time" none of the 5 to 7 ethnic groups included on demographic forms will comprise more than 50% of the population of the United States. I find this rather amusing for a variety of reasons, but I'll only cite the first two: first, the handful of English settlers at Jamestown in 1607 were definitely outnumbered, not only by the "Indians" then resident on the continent, but also by the Spanish residents of the St. Augustine settlement, which was then already 12 years old. Second (and I suppose this is really 2 points), the ethnic classifications are extremely arbitrary: I'm old enough to remember when the choices weren't ethnic, they were racial(in the simplest form, White/nonWhite), and I'm pretty sure that many people who are of Hispanic descent consider themselves to be racially "Caucasian". However, the headlines are really about the fact that for some hundreds of years, the majority of Americans were of direct northern European descent. And, by extension, could be considered pretty "culturally homogeneous" - given slight differences in the foods we use to celebrate certain holidays. Here's a musing on the role of the United States and of Rotary in Diversity from a Connecticut Rotarian.
Speaker: Jack Selway
Date: Oct 06, 2008
ReCSWUSA member Jack Selway, USA, writes about fellowship in Rotary. Can it be that fellowship can take place in cyberspace? This week marks the eighth year since Selway and four friends started RGHF (Rotary Global History Fellowship) and he'll discuss the enduring fellowship that is the point of his program.
Speaker: Herman Oosterwijk, International Youth Coordinator, Denton Rotary Club, District 5790
Date: Sep 29, 2008
Make Dreams Real - how Rotary clubs in North Texas are doing just that.
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