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JULY 17, 2007 |
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PUBLISHING ITEMS IN THE BULLETIN
If you have information, articles, photos, etc., for publication in the weekly bulletin (printed bulletin, website and/or eFlash), please send them to bulletin@bellevuerotary.net by 2:00 pm on Fridays.
IN THIS ISSUE:
Eric R. Meier, President and Chief Executive Officer, "Calypso Medical" | Dues to Increase for Bellevue Rotary Club | New Parking Location for Bellevue Rotary | Request for Proposed Project Grants | Rotary Ranked Among Top Five NGO's for Corporate Partnerships | Message From Your Sergeant At Arms: Rat on a Rotarian! | Club to Club Nepal Project: Rob Rose is Readying for Another Trip | Presidential Membership Conference
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GREETERS BACK TABLE DUTY INVOCATION NEWEST MEMBER(S) |
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Laurie Larson Are you receiving |
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Will Bevens, 07/01 |
Chuck Doland, 07/21 |
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Eric R. Meier
President and Chief Executive Officer
"Calypso Medical"
Eric R. Meier brings more than 25 years of medical device and high technology experience to Calypso Medical.
Prior to founding Calypso Medical, Mr. Meier was an executive director in the surgical oncology franchise for Ethicon Endo-Surgery, a Johnson & Johnson Company, where he led worldwide market development and marketing for oncology products. He also served as director of business development with Ethicon, Inc. and was responsible for business development and marketing. Previously, Mr. Meier served as program manager at Protocol Systems, where he led research and development for drug delivery and patient monitoring systems.
Mr. Meier holds a Master’s of Business Administration from Stanford University and a Bachelor of Science degree in biomedical engineering from Duke University. He also serves on the boards of Duke University’s Pratt School of Engineering and Ziba Design, an industrial design firm.
Dues to Increase for Bellevue Rotary Club
Gary A. Zimmerman, President, 2007-2008
In the process of reviewing the Bellevue Rotary Club budget for the 2007-2008 year, your board concluded that annual dues should be raised $50 per person, to $200 per year. Rather than paying this in one lump sum in July, as has been past practice, it was further decided that the dues would be billed in two equal installments of $100, payable in July and January. When you receive your First Quarter billing for meals (July-September) you will also be billed for the first installment of your annual dues. Meal rates at the Harbor club will continue at the present rate.
A portion of the additional revenue will allow the Club to take advantage of the dual projection system being made available by the Harbor Club - with screens at both ends of the meeting room it will be much easier for Rotarians to find better access to the projected images.
Club funds are kept distinctly separate from Foundation funds. All funds raised by the auction and other fund-raising efforts go to support our charitable work in the community. The operation of club facilities, meetings and services come from the Club budget, supported solely by the annual dues and the billings for meals. Dues received by the club also cover the mandated transfers to Rotary International and to the District 5030 operations, which are levied on a per member basis and paid semi-annually.
If you have questions, please discuss this with one of the directors or officers of the Club.
New Parking Location for Bellevue Rotary
Bellevue Corporate Plaza Garage
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Request for Proposed Project Grants
Peter Kalunian, WCS Committee Chair
Humberto Acevedo, WCS Committee Vice-Chair
Our World Community Service Committee will be studying and recommending international projects funding in the next following weeks. For maximum funding, we are strongly encouraging to apply for Rotary Matching Grants as well. Matching funds are received from District 5030 and The Rotary International Foundation. Matching grants require paperwork and the involvement of a foreign Rotary Club. Generally, the funds from RI run out by the month of March. Therefore, we strongly urge that matching grant proposals be submitted ASAP.
We are now asking for your proposed project grants to be submitted for consideration. Our Bellevue Rotary club website includes several World Community Service downloads, including a grant proposal form that needs to be completed and submitted to the committee for review. Click here to go to the World Community Service page.
For Rotary Matching Grant forms, please go to the RI International website www.rotary.org, click on Foundation, click on Humanitarian grants programs, click on matching grants to download the forms. Our first World Service Committee project review will be on Tuesday, July 31, following the club meeting.
Please contact either Peter Kalunian or Humberto Acevedo if you have any questions.
Rotary Ranked Among Top Five NGO's for Corporate Partnerships
The Financial Times last week ranked Rotary International one of the top five nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) for corporate partnerships. In the newspaper’s special supplement, Corporate Citizenship and Philanthropy, Rotary came in fifth in the global rankings of 34 finalists.
Published in conjunction with the UN Global Compact Leaders Summit held 5-6 July in Geneva, the supplement reached some 1.4 million senior business executives, industry and government leaders, and private/institutional investors across 140 countries.
The summit, which was chaired by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, featured an international roster of business leaders, government ministers, and heads of civil society and focused on such key challenges to building future markets as human rights and climate change. RI Director Bernard Rosen of Belgium represented RI President Wilfrid J. Wilkinson at the event.
UN Global Compact and Dalberg Global Development Advisors, who developed the report in preparation for the summit, surveyed 20,000 companies worldwide, identifying 550 NGOs, UN agencies, foundations, and other organizations with which companies had partnered, and profiled 85 of those based on company ratings.
Organizations that ranked higher than RI showcased long-standing partnerships with corporations. Because RI's global partnerships include only UN agencies and other nonprofit organizations - and only Rotary clubs and districts have partnered with corporations to date – the organization’s ranking should be considered exemplary. RI has a long and distinguished history of collaborating with other organizations in the name of humanitarian service.
Message From Your Sergeant At Arms: Rat on a Rotarian
Dear Fellow Bellevue Rotarians,
Your humble, yet fair, '07-'08 Sergeant at Arms requests that all BRC members forward by email, snail mail, pony express, hand delivery, smoke signals, etc., any information of note and valor about fellow (a unisex term!) member activities to Jungle Jim McGraw. You can also use the handy tell-all form on the website.
Your spouse, SO, children, EX's and competitors are all solicited in this noble effort, one designed to raise funds for important club purpose! Suggest it wise to bring some US paper currency to meetings.
In the warm, fuzzy (yet relentless) spirit of BRC Sergeant At Arms past,
YOS - Jungle Jim McGraw
Club to Club Nepal Project
Rob Rose is Readying for Another Trip
This coming February Rob Rose will be taking another trip to Nepal to help uplift the lives of people with disabilities in Nepal, those who are on the lowest rung of the societal ladder in Nepal.
This Rotary Group Trip to Nepal is planned for February 15-25th, 2008, and all Rotarians, their spouses and families are invited to come along. There are already a number of people confirmed, so be sure and let Rob know soon if you’d like to go too! The Nepali Rotarians are warm and hospitable. The trip will include Rotary project visits, sightseeing and a volunteer day in Kathmandu. The Rotary friendships you’ll make along with the history and scenery in Nepal will make for a once-in-a-lifetime trip.
Stay tuned to the weekly bulletin (online and printed) for updates on Rob's nepal journey. When the trip begins, we will be posting Rob's trip headlines as they come in with RSS feeds right here on the site. In the meantime, you can visit Rob's Rotary Nepal website to find out more about this project.
Presidential Membership Conference
Chris Offer, PDG & Chair, Presidential Membership Conference
Rotary International President (2007-08) Wilf Wilkinson invites clubs, districts, and Rotarians to a Presidential Membership Conference in Vancouver, BC (Richmond) on Friday and Saturday, August 10-11, 2007.
Rotarians from Canada, USA and international delegates will attend this outstanding event. This conference is one of only seven Presidential Membership Conference being held by RIP Wilf Wilkinson. Targeted to Rotary clubs, this conference will focus on the need for change and practical ways to increase membership, retain existing members, and extend Rotary through new clubs.
Keynote speakers will include RI President Wilf Wilkinson, Past RIBI President John Hockin (from the UK) and an exceptional line up of speakers with experience in membership development. Speakers will include a non-Rotarian exploring changing community demographics and volunteering trends. The conference will feature interactive roundtable discussion opportunities to exchange ideas and best practices.
Who should attend?
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Club membership committee chairs and members
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Club presidents and club officers
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District membership committee chairs and members
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District Governor, DGE, DGN, AG and past officers
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All Rotarians enthused about strengthening Rotary
Conference details, agenda, list of speakers, hotel information and registration are all available at www.RotaryEvents.ca. Preferential hotel room rates are available and for those areas served by WestJet there are discount flights available.
Many clubs see this conference as an investment in their club's future and are paying the registration and expenses of the club president and club membership chair. A net increase in the club's membership will recoup these costs.
I hope to see you in August at the Presidential Membership Conference.