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WEEKLY BULLETIN FEATURED SPEAKER FOR SEPTEMBER 7, 2004
2004 GROUP STUDY EXCHANGE: DISTRICTS 5030 & 9200 The 5030 outbound team was lead by Seattle 4 Rotarian Mason Sizemore. In February Mason and 4 non-Rotarian team members (Christina Hulet, Robert Jamieson, Susan Liu, and Anne Raftis) spent three weeks in East Africa (Ethiopia, Uganda, Tanzania, Kenya). This program features slides and personal accounts of some of their experiences in this Rotary International program. * * *
Team Leader
H. Mason Sizemore, a member of the Seattle Rotary Club for 18 years, is familiar with East Africa. He was there in 2002 and 2003 as a member of Rotary teams working on library and polio-immunization projects. He has spent time in both Ethiopia and Kenya.
Sizemore retired two years ago after working 37 years for the Seattle Times newspaper. He was president and chief operating officer for his last 17 years at the Times. Prior to that his positions included general manager, production director, managing editor, copy-desk chief, and copy editor.
He is a native of Virginia. He graduated from the College of William and Mary, did graduate work in journalism at the University of Missouri, and has an MBA from the University of Washington.
Sizemore resides in Seattle. He is married, and he and his wife have two grown daughters and a grandchild.
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Susan Liu is a QA Engineer for Blue Nile, Inc. Blue Nile is located in Seattle and is the online leader in the diamond and fine jewelry category. Susan was born and raised in the Seattle area, spending her school years in Renton, Washington. Susan graduated from Seattle University with a degree in Business Administration and a concentration in International Business. Upon graduation, she fell into the technology field after a last minute decision to not attend Law school. After working for a few other dot-coms, she decided to come work at Blue Nile in 2000 and has been there ever since. On the weekends, she teaches Sunday school and mentors at University Presbyterian Church. After teaching only 4th grade girls for 3 years, she decided to move up in grades with one special group of girls and has been moving up with them for the last few years and continues growing with her special group of girls. She is excited and honored to be part of the GSE group going to East Africa. The trip will be a reality to a dream she has had since a child after being touched by the famine in Ethiopia in the early 80’s. Since her first introduction to Africa, she has spent numerous hours researching the countries, culture, people, and government to better understand a continent touched by so many hardships. She is looking forward to having a first hand view of the country and all that it has to offer. Susan’s other interests include traveling, hiking, running, yoga, and reading. * * * Click here for more information on District 5030's GSE Program and Teams. Twin Club Relationship Established It's official! As you can see in the note (below) from Susan Scneider, International Support Center, Rotary International, we have established a twin-club relationship with the Rotary Club of Patan in Kathmandu, Nepal. This formalizes our long-standing friendship and cooperation that we have achieved on the many wonderful humanitarian endeavors over the past seven years. We can truly celebrate Rotary through our mutual accomplishments. Congratulations to your club on establishing a Twin Club relationship to celebrate Rotary's centennial! After receiving all completed Twin Club Report Forms, in January 2005, RI will provide the 2004-05 district governors with banner patches to distribute to clubs that have successfully formed Twin Club partnerships. Your club should receive a banner patch as recognition of your accomplishment in completing a special program or project to celebrate Rotary's century of service. RI President Glenn E. Estess, Sr., joins me in commending your club members for their commitment to Rotary service. I send you best wishes for a long and prosperous Twin Club relationship! Kind regards, Photos courtesy of Rob Rose Applications for Community Grants The Bellevue Rotary Club will be taking applications for Community Grants until October 31st. There are certain guidelines that will be considered when reviewing each grant: 1) The funds must be beneficial to the Eastside. 2) Fund requests are not for operational expenses. 3) The maximum grant is $5,000. 4) The Grant Request Form must be filled out. This form is found in the dropdown menu under Club Forms at the top of each page on this website. 5) Email the completed form and any supporting information to Phil Bevan, or mail to: Phil Bevan Auction Beneficiary Selection It is now the time of year to select the "primary beneficiary" for our 2005 Bellevue Rotary Auction. If you are a member of, or involved with, a worthy charitable organization, or if there is an organization that you believe would be a good primary beneficiary of the Auction proceeds, please forward the contact information for that organization to Ross Jacobson. The organization will be contacted directly and asked to submit a request to us to be considered as beneficiary. Please keep in mind that our primary beneficiary is likely to be an organization that can also support the Auction and the fund raising by bringing its supporters to the April 23, 2005 Auction event. If you have questions, please contact Ross Jacobson. Invite to India All BRC members are cordially invite you to go along with Nancy Pasternak to India in late October/early November to witness how BRC funds are spent to help extremely poor women to start their own businesses. When they repay the loans to purchase a sewing machine, a water buffalo to sell its milk, a grinding machine to grind spices, or a cart to salvage and sell junk (for example), the funds grow and are recycled. In groups they improve their living conditions, and their children, formerly indentured laborers, can go to school. Interviewing the women who receive our loans is truly an inspiring and uplifting experience. Some of them are tribal, some dahlits (the lowest caste) — all are/were abjectly poor. Nancy will be going the end of October and early November for approximately two weeks. If you wish to go along, you will need to apply for a visa at this time. Please contact Nancy for exact dates, help with the visa application and other specific information.
Brad Hunt has booked 40 tee times on Tuesday, September 28th, at Trilogy Golf Club at Redmond Ridge, 11825 Trilogy Parkway NE, Redmond, starting at 2:30 pm, after the Rotary Club meeting. The cost is $60 for green fees, range balls and a 1/2 cart. For another $20 per person, food and a no-host bar can be arranged (total cost $80). Confirmation must be made next week with a deposit. Please contact Brad Hunt ASAP, and let him know if this event and date work for you golfers, and if you would like to attend.
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Next Meeting * * * GREETERS * * * SEPTEMBER BIRTHDAYS Phil Bevan, 09/02 Lee Kraft, 09/05 Peter Kirov, 09/06 Clare Nordquist, 09/07 John Valaas, 09/09 Lew White, 09/15 Dennis Conrad, 09/16 Brian Gain, 09/16 Gus Hart, 09/21 David Schooler, 09/22 Millard Lesch, 09/25 Sherry Ladd, 09/27 Rich Reis, 09/30
* * * * Award Winning! * * * * Are you receiving The Rotarian Magazine? If not, contact Laurie Larson or email The Rotarian Magazine. * * * * Rotary Check out Rotary International’s Rotary Business Portal! Each member can access his/her own information. You will need the your ID (located above your name on the mailing label of the monthly Rotary magazine), the club ID, and our district number for access. This last two numbers are available in the Member Directory. * * * * The permanent mailing address for Bellevue Rotary is: Laurie Larson |
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