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In many Rotary clubs throughout the world, wives of male members are affectionately called “Rotary Anns”. This designation was never one of disparagement, but rather grew out of an interesting historical occasion. The year was 1914 when San Francisco Rotarians boarded a special train to attend the Rotary convention being held in Houston.  In those [...]

During our October 24th meeting Imy briefly discussed the Vision event we will have the evening of November 14th.  I’d like to provide more information.   Vision is an activity developed by Rotary in the Eastern states and is now being used throughout the United States.  It’s purpose is to have a coordinator direct a [...]

Sho Tay, has made still more electronic advances. He is now able to have announcements projected on our screen and have them run continuously as we enjoy our meal. So, if you have information you want “announced”, please send it to me no later than noon every Tuesday. I’ll organize the announcements then forward them [...]

As you know, we have been struggling to prepare our High Gear each week and are now in the process of utilizing our club website to enable us to get the job done with much less labor.  We have two objectives.    First, to enable everyone to click on an Arcadia Rotary icon on their [...]

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She said “I brought him home when I was 21 years old. I was a newlywed. I felt bad when I found out he had no one to care for him.” Then she wiped tears , took a deep breath and told us “now I have 32 kids, 3 of them are from my flesh [...]

When?: Wednesday October 22 5:30pm sharp to 7:30pm. Where?: Meet at Canyon Park guardhouse – Link: Who?: All Red Badges – Blue Badges welcome especially those interested in assessing maintenance needs on the Fort Rotary. What?: A 30-40 minute tour of the camp and Red Badge dinner meeting down the hill in Monrovia. Vehicles will [...]

First Quarter Membership Report 2008/9 Rotary Year:   New Members -2, Lost Members – 2. Net change – 0. With 104 members in our club I would expect a new member induction every other week at least.  To date I do not have any signed sponsor forms in the pipeline for the rest of October.  I [...]

17 – VOCATIONAL SERVICE Vocational Service is the “Second Avenue of Service.” No aspect of Rotary is more closely related to each member than a personal commitment to represent one’s vocation or occupation to fellow Rotarians and to exemplify the characteristics of high ethical standards and the dignity of work. Programs of vocational service are [...]

Below is the link for the slide show from Friday’s program: http://www.flickr.com/photos/arcadia_rotary/ Best, Jack Pan

by Brad Miller – Membership Development There are three keys to bringing a new member into our Rotary club – Ask, ask, ask.  When new members are queried why it took them so long to find Rotary they often say “I was not asked!”   To make it easy for our members I have developed scripts [...]

by Brad Miller, MG #68082 Chair First, the GOOD NEWS – Rotary Foundation has approved the Matching Grant to create a Vocational Carving Center for the Maoris in Hokianga in the North Island of New Zealand.  The announcement was received this week and clubs on both sides of the Pacific Ocean are submitting their pledged [...]