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Editor: Yoli Woodbridge, ywassociates@bellsouth.net
District Governor Larry’s October Message
DISTRICT 6990 SERVING SOUTHEAST FLORI DA, THE FLORIDA KEYS & GRAND BAHAMA ISLAND
6990 Distr i c t Newsle tter – October 2015
Meet Chief of Staff Doug Maymon
2
October –Community and Economic Development Month
3
Rotary Day at the U.N. 4
Club Events 4
District Foundation & Grants Seminars 5
Nigeria Declared
Polio Free! 5
Polio Plus International
Day Purple Pinky Project 6
Club News 7-8
District News 9
September Attendance 10-11
New Members 11
Speakers Bureau List 12-13
Inside this issue:
My Fellow Rotarians,
It seems to me there is no end to the opportunities to give and help our friends around
the world. This past month our neighbors to the east were hit by a vicious hurricane
and many islands were nearly wiped out, brought down to nothing. Just north of us
South Carolina was hit with the rains and flooding of a thousand years.
Fortunately, some years ago our District established the Robbins Fund, a 501.c.3 de-
signed specifically for collecting and disbursing emergency funds in the situations just
like the ones that have occurred in past weeks. Many of our clubs and members have
already sent checks to support our neighbors and I know many of you will be doing
the same in the next few weeks. I know we all agree it’s better to give than receive.
November 13-15 is our District Conference at Club Med in Port St. Lucie. Now is the
time to register on DaCdb and make your hotel reservation by following the directions
given. It’s a great place to relax with your Rotary friends and hear a little bit about
Rotary. Don’t miss the opportunity to take a long weekend before the busy holiday
season hits us. Remember, no jackets or ties. Bring your cowboy boots and hats, and
mosey down for some real hay stacking nights. Remember, ya’ll only cross the prairie
once. See ya at the corral!
Many of our Clubs are doing a Purple Pinkie Finger program this month. Your club
can participate in this educational fund raiser for Polio Plus, too. We are close, but not
there yet. Only two countries are left. Make sure you are doing your part to defeat this
enemy of mankind.
Several of you have contacted me with interest in building a Rotary Club in Cuba.
Rotary International has requested that no one attempt to build a club in Cuba at this
time without first contacting Rotary International. Obviously, there are numerous is-
sues involved and the timing is important. I repeat! Do not attempt to build a Rotary
Club in Cuba without first contacting Rotary International.
It has been very gratifying to see how many of our Clubs are doing joint projects with
other clubs in our District. If you aren’t, contact your Assistant Governor and tell him
or her you want to work with another club. By working together you can take on larg-
er projects and make a bigger impact. Once again, thanks for all you are doing and
keep up the great work. Rotarians are amazing.
Be a Gift to the World,
DG Larry Herman
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Meet District Chief of Staff Douglas (Doug) Maymon
In early 1988, Doug Maymon was
invited to join the Rotary Club of
Pembroke Pines, Florida. There,
he held many club leadership po-
sitions including Club President
1991-1992. The club named him
their Rotarian of the Year 1989-
1990 and awarded him the Four-
Way Test Award in 1992-1993 for
his humanitarian service. Subse-
quently, Doug joined the Rotary
Club of Weston in 1994, serving
again in many club leadership
roles including Club Secretary
(1997-1998) and Club President
(1999-2000). He was chosen club
Rotarian of the Year for 1994-
1995 and 2005-2006. In 2011
Doug was named the Rotary Club
of Weston’s Rotarian of the Dec-
ade.
At the District level, he has acted
as Assistant Governor and Web-
master (three years), District Sec-
retary, Aide to the Governor, Dis-
trict Foundation Annual Giving
Chair, and twice as District Con-
ference Chair. Doug has also
served numerous times as the Dis-
trict Chief of Staff and has twice
chaired both the Rotary Founda-
tion Major & Planned Gifts Com-
mittee as well as the Continuity &
Governance Committee, and
served on various district commit-
tees. He was selected as the Dis-
trict Rotarian of the Year 2004-
2005 and served as District Gov-
ernor 2010-2011.
Doug was the Rotary International
Zones 33-34 Webmaster for 2011-
2012 and is the Past General
Chair of the Rotary Florida PETS.
He has served as the District 6990
Rotary Leadership Institute Direc-
tor and chaired the RLI Sunshine
Division (Florida, Georgia, and
the Caribbean) for two years.
Doug is a Rotary Foundation Ma-
jor Donor, a Member of the Paul
Harris Society, and a Member of
the Rotary Foundation Bequest
Society. He received The Rotary
Foundation Citation for Meritori-
ous Service in March 2005.
Professionally, Doug is Commu-
nications and Marketing Director
for immigration law firm Hackley
& Robertson P.A. Before H & R
he was with DSI, a division of
American Media, for 29 years
where he held a number of senior
managerial positions, last serving
as the company’s Director of Mar-
keting Services, creating business
plans and sales and marketing
materials for new product launch-
es. In addition he developed and
implemented sales and marketing
strategies for existing publications
and related product extensions,
and generated sales modeling and
financial analyses for potential
and current clients. Prior to DSI,
Doug was a marketing executive
for a food broker and orange juice
manufacturing concern.
Doug holds a Bachelor of Science
in Management from Nova South-
eastern University and attended
the Graduate School of Business
Administration at Florida Interna-
tional University. He served in the
Civil Air Patrol (United States Air
Force Auxiliary) for nine years
where he held several senior com-
mand and staff positions as well
as receiving numerous awards and
citations. Today, Doug works
with the City of Weston, Florida,
Community Emergency Response
Team (CERT) as the Team’s
Training Director. He is certified
by the State of Florida Depart-
ment of Emergency Management
as a CERT Train the Trainer. In
conjunction with the CERT pro-
gram, Doug has received 43 Cer-
tificates of Achievement from the
U.S. Department of Homeland
Security Emergency Management
Institute.
Doug was born in Baltimore,
Maryland, and moved to South
Florida in 1956. His hobbies in-
clude innovative technology and
poker. He is married to the lovely
Deborah Ann (District Governor-
Elect). They have one son, Brad,
daughter-in-law Misty Lee, plus
one grandson, Tyler. Doug and
Debbie are avid football fans and
in their fleeting spare time enjoy
fine wine, classic rock music, and
old movies.
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October is Economic and Community Development Month
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around the world:
The Rotary Club of Apo, Nige-
ria, aimed to empower wid-
owed women in their communi-
ty by providing microcredit loans for trading and training
on how to grow their businesses
to support their families.
In Albania, the Rotary Clubs of
Gubbio and Korça worked with
a local organization to provide125 beehives to 25 fam-
ilies. To create a source of sus-
tainable income, training on
beekeeping and sales of bee products was also conducted.
At the end of the year, the bee-
hives were split, creating bee-
hives for 25 more families.
Working with a local organiza-
tion, the Rotary Club of Ma-kati-San Lorenzo in the Philip-
pines provided microcredit
loans to more than 1,600 rice
farmers in their district and
To promote growth and develop-ment of local economies and com-
munities, the United Nations (U.N.)
Millennium Development Goals
encourage us to focus on eradicat-ing poverty, uplifting and empower-
ing women, creating global partner-
ships for development, and ensuring environmental sustainability. Ac-
cording to the 2014 U.N. progress
report, extreme poverty has been reduced by half, women’s status in
the labor market is improving, the
debt burden on developing coun-
tries remains stable and the use of technology continues to grow with
almost three billion people online
and seven billion mobile-cellular
subscriptions.
Throughout October, Rotary’s Eco-
nomic and Community Develop-ment Month, we celebrate our pro-
gress and commitment to helping
grow local economies. A few exam-
ples of club service projects that are helping improve communities
conducted training on rice mill operations for sustainable busi-
ness efforts.
Progress has been made, but we
must continue to focus on promot-ing sustainable economic growth
and achieve employment and de-
cent work for all. Visit Rotary
Showcase on www.rotary.org >My
Rotary for tips, resources, and in-
spirational success stories to help your club plan a community devel-
opment project.
Help for Hurricane Joaquin Victims in the Bahamas
Attention District 6990 Rotarians: as you know by now, the Bahamas were
hit hard by a terrible hurricane at the end of September, causing serious dam-
age to the central islands. Rotarian Mike Stafford has provided a list of need-
ed items to help restore normalcy to the affected islands. Rotarians on Grand
Bahama Island are working to help those who have suffered loss. I urge you
and your clubs to jump in and see what you can do to help our Bahamian
friends — either by cash donation or collection of goods.
Donate to The Robbins Fund (our district disaster fund for just such events)
by sending a check to District Treasurer Fred Sadoff. We will make a mone-
tary donation to GBI relief efforts from that fund. Please help as soon as pos-
sible. Contact me with questions, suggestions, or offer of resources.
Yours in Rotary Service, DG Larry Hermann
Items needed Phase 1 Emergency response: Wa-ter, Non-Perishable Food Items, First Aid Supplies, Batteries, Flashlights, Tarps, Garbage (yard) bags, Gloves, Toilet Paper, Paper Towels, Matches, Baby formula, Diapers, Heavy-duty Gloves, Bug Spray, Mosquito Spray and Citronella Candles (bucket or tub).
Phase 2 response will require long term items such as clothing, linens, Mattresses, cleaning supplies, etc.
The Rotary Water Plant run by the Grand
Bahama Emergency Water Relief
Foundation loads deliveries to areas hit by
Hurricane Joaquin.
Editor: Yoli Woodbridge, ywassociates@bellsouth.net
November 7th is Rotary Day at the United Nations
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Once again, Rotary Day at the United Nations is
upon us! Each year, Rotary Day at the United Nations
(U.N.) invites more than 1,300 Rotarians and guests to
come together at U.N. Headquarters in New York. The
program is designed to inspire and educate, as well as pro-
vide insight into the relationship between Rotary Interna-
tional and the United Nations.
It is a truly amazing experience, and one to be heartily
recommended to all those who can make it to New York
City in the future. Unfortunately, the event is sold out for
this year but Rotary Day at the U.N. is an annual event.
This unique opportunity offers both a visit to U.N. Head-
quarters in NYC as well as participation in panel discus-
sions featuring leaders and officials from Rotary Interna-
tional with the United Nations and its affiliated Non-
Governmental Organizations (NGOs). Rotary Day also
includes a special program for youth interested in humani-
tarian service. Youth have the opportunity to hear about
some projects that Interact Clubs are working
on, an overview of the U.N. and much more.
Rotary’s relationship with the United Nations dates back
to 1945 when some 49 Rotary members acted as dele-
gates, advisors, and consultants at the United Nations
Charter Conference. Thus Rotary and the United Nations
have a long history of working together and sharing simi-
lar visions for a more peaceful world. Today, Rotary
holds the highest consultative status offered to an NGO by
the U.N.’s Economic and Social Council, which oversees
many specialized U.N. agencies.
“The invitation to Rotary International to participate in
the United Nations Conference as consultant to the United
States delegation was not merely a gesture of good will
and respect toward a great organization. It was a simple
recognition of the practical role Rotary’s members have
played and will continue to play in the development of
understanding among nations.”
Club Events
Post your club’s events on the DaCdb Calendar (www.directory-online.com), District 6990 Facebook Page (www.facebook.com/RotaryDistrict6990), our district website (www.rotarynow.org) and send your event notices to District Newsletter Editor Yoli Woodbridge. Get the word out!
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D6990 Foundation and Grant Management Seminars
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The D6990 Ro-
tary Foundation
Seminar will be
held on Saturday morning, October 31, 2015, from
9:00 a.m. until noon at the Huizenga Sales Institute,
Nova Southeastern University, 3301 College Avenue,
Davie, FL 33314-7796, in the DeSantis Building,
Room 3000. The seminar will cover the basics of the
Rotary Foundation and give your club an opportunity
to get answers to all your Foundation questions.
The Rotary Foundation-Grants Management Sem-
inar will be held on Saturday afternoon, October
31, 2015, from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. in the same
location.
The Grants Management seminar will cover how to
manage The Rotary Foundation Grants and avoid pit-
falls. Someone from your Rotary club must attend the
Grants Management Seminar in order to be certified
to receive a Rotary Foundation Grant for Rotary year
The World Health Organization (WHO) announced on 25 September that Nigeria is now polio-free and has been
officially removed from the list of countries where polio is endemic. With Nigeria’s historic achievement, polio
remains endemic in only two countries—Afghanistan and Pakistan. This means transmission of the virus has never
been stopped in those two countries.
Nigeria was the last country in Africa where polio was endemic.The continent celebrated its own first full year
without the disease on 11 August. Once three years have passed without a case in WHO’s entire African region,
officials will certify polio eradicated there.
“Rotary congratulates Nigeria on its tremendous accomplishment in stopping polio,” says RI President K.R. Ravin-
dran. “On behalf of the entire Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI), we thank volunteers, health workers and
parents in communities across Nigeria for their tireless commitment to ensuring every last child is protected against
this devastating disease. In the months ahead, their dedication will remain as important as ever, as we work to keep
Nigeria polio-free and to eliminate polio from its final strongholds in Pakistan and Afghanistan.”
Nigeria’s success is the result of several sustained efforts, including domestic and international financing, the com-
mitment of thousands of health workers, and new strategies that reached children who had not previously been im-
munized because of a lack of security in the country’s northern states.
Nigeria removed from list of Polio-Endemic Countries
2016-2017.
For your convenience, both events are being held the
same day at the same venue. Lunch, however, will be
on your own. Parking is available in the garage next
to the DeSantis building for $1/hr. See
www.nova.edu/locations/visitors.html. You can and
should register at NO charge to you for one or both
events on the DaCdb calendar on http://
www.directory-online.com/.
We look forward to seeing you. In the meantime,
please contact me if you have any questions.
Best regards,
Lee
PDG Lee Phares
2015-2016 D6990 Foundation Chair
Tel: 954-492-8254
Email: Leephares@earthlink.net
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Polio Plus International Day, October 24, 2015
Celebrate with a Purple Pinkie Project!
By Margarita Lartitegui, District 6990 POLIO PLUS Chair for 2014-2016
We are 99 percent done with polio. But we still have a sig-
nificant budget gap to fill, and Polio Plus funding should be
a cause for ALL of us. Rotary International, its partners,
and thousands of volunteers have devoted time and passion.
What can you do to raise awareness and financially support
the Polio Plus Initiative in your club? You can be a Polio
Plus advocate in your club, in your Community, and on so-
cial media. Another meaningful and memorable activity is a
Purple Pinkie Project.
Designed to mimic the marking of the pinkie finger with Gentian Violet ink to signal that a child has
received the Polio vaccine in polio-endemic countries, the Purple Pinkie Project aims to motivate stu-
dents in elementary, middle and even high school to donate at least $1 for polio vaccines. By teaching
children about polio and their ability to make a difference in the lives of children in other parts of the
world who are not as fortunate, you can raise awareness and funds to help eradicate polio.
Purple Pinkie is an easy-to-do fundraising event. Identify at least one school in your community. Pre-
sent your Polio Plus case and the objectives of the Purple Pinkie Project to the Principal. Share a Rotary
video with them that tells the End Polio Now story in a compelling way. Set a day for the activity, and
conduct it in a way that leaves students and teachers feeling proud of what they’ve accomplished. One
U.S. dollar saves five children in a polio-endemic country from death or a life of crippling pain. Their
“Purple Pinkie Promise” as evidenced by their stained little finger is a sign of their commitment to save
other children from polio.
On the very first Purple Pinkie Project done in Weston in May 2014 we raised $1,500 in three hours.
That donation was matched by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation by 2-to-1, resulting in $4,500,
which (at $.60/dose) bought enough vaccine to inoculate 7,500
kids.
District 6990 raised $102,000 for Polio Plus last year. Our per club
goal for 2015-2016 is $1,000. With a Purple Pinkie Project, your
club could go a long way to meeting the goal and passing along a
memorable message to our children and the community. Just con-
tact me at mllartitegui@yahoo.com or (561) 843-8776 for infor-
mation about how to execute a Purple Pinkie Project in your com-
munity and support our district-wide Polio Plus initiative.
Editor: Yoli Woodbridge, ywassociates@bellsouth.net
Friendship Exchange to Argentina
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D6990 Friendship exchange members
being greeted by fellow Rotarians from
D4290 in Santa Rosa, Argentina.
Members of the Friendship Exchange: Pamela
Williamson, Ligia Corredor, Jack Mathison
and Mary Alice Manella
Our last evening in Tandil. Dinner with fellow Ro-
tarians, Rotary Youth Exchange students, and a
tango performance. The perfect end to our Rotary
friendship exchange experience in this city.
Rotary club president Carlos and other club
members participated in a book distribution
to a small rural school in the area. One of
the club members donated his services to
install a satellite phone for communication.
No Internet there!
Members of the Miramar
Pines, Hollywood and Per-
rine Cutler Ridge/Palmetto
Bay Rotary Clubs went to
Argentina District 4290
representing our District
on a Friendship Exchange.
Rotary Club of Coconut Grove and Kiwanis Club of Coral Gables
On Saturday, September 12, the
Rotary Club of Coconut Grove and the Ki-
wanis Club of Coral Gables held their 2nd
Annual “end of summer BBQ & raffle”
fundraiser at the Boy Scout cabin on the
Granada Golf Course.
Despite the downpour at the beginning, the
event was well attended by members of both
clubs, scouts and parents, residents, and sev-
eral city and county officials including Mi-
ami-Dade County Property Appraiser Pedro
Garcia, Coral Gables City Commissioners
Vince Lago and Jeannett Slesnick, former
Gables Mayor Don Slesnick, and the Mayor
of Coral Gables, James Cason. Boy Scouts
from Troop 7 did the cooking with food and
refreshments generously provided by
Milam’s Supermarket, Publix and BJ’s.
Raffle prizes included two passes to the
NASCAR champion race at the Homestead–
Miami Speedway, a one year family mem-
bership to Fairchild Tropical Garden, dinner
at Tarpon Bend Restaurant, a stay at the
Sonesta Hotel in Coconut Grove and a gift
certificate from Tysunn Dry Cleaners.
The fundraiser supports
numerous projects both
clubs are involved with in
the community. Their next
event is the 3rd Annual fishing tournament
on April 30, 2016. For more information
please visit the event website at:
www.kiwanisandrotaryfishtournament.com
The Rotary Club of Coconut Grove meets
weekly on Thursday at noon at the Coconut
Grove Sailing Club, 2990 S. Bayshore Drive
P. Margaret Nee & Natalia Grozina BID
Boy Scout
Troop 7
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Miami Brickell Rotary Club Service Project
In service club outreach news, Brickell Rotarians joined Touching Miami with Love and the Christ Journey
Church for a community service project involving cleaning and beautifying an Overtown site, 711 NW 6th
Ave., on the morning of September 26th. This is a family-friendly site and those interested in volunteering
may visit www.touchingmiamiwithlove.org for more details. Spearheading this activity for Rotary is Patri-
cia Millan, Community Service Chair for the Rotary Club of Miami Brickell. Millan invites all Rotarians to
join in this effort.
Club Members who volunteered: Antonio Pinheiro,
Michelle Kates, Carol Ann Siegel, Larry Siegel, Thierry
Derane, Robert Rossitto, Victoria Zanini, Viviana Alva-
rez, and Winston Lipert.
Community Service Committee Members: Heather E.
Waldron and Patricia Millan
Rotary District 6990 Area 4 Potluck Social On Sunday, October 4, the Rotary
Club of Hollywood hosted an Ar-
ea 4 Potluck Social at their Rotary
clubhouse in Hollywood, Florida.
The Davie-Cooper City Rotary
Club was well represented, with
eleven members in attendance
along with a number of spouses.
Also present was District Gover-
nor Larry Herman and First Lady
Sandy.
Area 4 of Rotary District 6990
includes the Rotary clubs of:
Hallandale Beach-Aventura, Hol-
lywood, Davie/Cooper City and
Miramar-Pines.
The Rotary Club of Hallandale Beach-Aventura meets Wednesdays at 12:15 at Brio Tuscan Grille, 600 Silks Run
The Rotary Club of Hollywood meets Tuesdays at 12:15, Rotary Club House, 2349 Taylor Street
The Rotary Club of Davie/Cooper City meets Wednesdays at 12:15 at the Blue Moon Café, 10076 Griffin Road
The Rotary Club of Miramar-Pines meets Thursdays at 12:15, Pembroke Lakes Country Club, 10500 Taft Street
The Miami Brickell Rotary Club meets on the 1st and 3rd Tuesdays at 7:30 a.m. at Perricone’s Marketplace, and on
the 2nd and 4th Tuesdays at 6:00 p.m. at Chop House 305.
Editor: Yoli Woodbridge, ywassociates@bellsouth.net
Hey Buckeroos, come to the District 6990 Conference!
It’s almost roundup time and ya’ll better be hitching up yer saddle to mosey on up to Port St.
Lucie way to Club Med’s Sandpiper Bay for a weekend of fun and Rotary on November 13-15!
This’ll be a fine weekend with your Rotary friends and a couple of strays off the range. If’n ya’ll
haven’t registered for the big rodeo at Club Med yet, now is the time. Just trot down to DaCdb
and follow them instructions down to the barb wire fence (conference registration).
Now ya’ll better get movin’, cause times’ a fleetin’ and if’n ya’ll want to corral some of yer kin to
join us for this fun weekend, now is the time. Ya’ll can learn a little bit of what’s been again’ on in yer District and relax under them sunny skies up north along the big bay. We got lots ta do with three cement ponds,
water sports, boot-scootin’, golf and tennis (for the city slickers )—ya’ll can even fly like an eagle on a trapeezy-
thingamajig. Oh my gosh, almost forgot, we even gonna take care of the young-uns with camps for all ages.
And, best of all, it’s a one-price deal including bunk, chow, beverages (of all types), sports and fun. Now, ya’ll don’t want to miss spending a couple nights under them beautiful Florida skies with yer posse. So hurry over to the DaCdb
website and follow the trail to Club Med for a rollicking November weekend of a whole lotta fun and a little bit of
Rotary (no jackets or ties required). DG Larry Herman, Trail Boss
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Congratulations to PDG Robin and Susan Shelley of the
Rotary Club of Miami for becoming members of The
Rotary Foundation Arch Klumph Society. The Shelleys
were recently inducted at a ceremony held at Rotary
International Headquarters in Evanston, Illinois. Their
portraits will hang in the Arch C. Klumph Gallery on
the 17th Floor of One Rotary Center in Evanston, and
their biography is installed in an interactive display in
the gallery.
Past Rotary International President Arch C. Klumph is
credited with establishing the Rotary Foundation in
1917. We thank Robin and Susan for their significant
contribution to The Rotary Foundation. It is truly a Gift
to the World!
L-R: John Osterlund, General Manager of the Rotary Foundation; Su-
san Shelley, Rotary Club of Miami; PDG Robin Shelley, Rotary Club of
Miami; Ray Klinginsmith, Chair 2015-2016, The Rotary Foundation
TRF Honors D6990 Members
REMINDER—DGN NOMINATIONS DUE!
November 27 is the deadline to submit your club’s nomination for District 6990 Governor 2018-2019. The District
6990 Nominating Committee will meet on Saturday, December 12, 2015, to interview candidates who wish to serve as
District 6990 Governor for the 2018-2019 Rotary Year. You can find The RI District Governor Nominee Form in the
FILES section of the DaCdb for download. Complete the form and submit it with the Club Resolution and Candidate
Resume as an UNSTAPLED, HARD COPY packet to PDG Joe Roth, Nominating Committee Chair.
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Membership and Attendance for September 2015
Rotary Club of Members Members
YTD-Chg Mo. Chg Mtgs Held
Average Attend% 6/30/2015 Current
Coral Gables 116 110 -6 -1 4 100.00
Marathon 40 48 8 6 5 99.00
Perrine-Cutler Ridge/Palmetto Bay 33 33 0 0 5 98.00
Miami Airport 4 7 3 0 5 90.00
John Knox Village 73 75 2 1 5 86.20
Hialeah-Miami Springs 38 39 1 1 5 83.16
Miami-Granada 15 15 0 0 3 80.00
Miramar-Pines 24 27 3 0 4 79.49
Pompano Beach-Lighthouse 17 17 0 0 5 77.22
Miami-Kendall 10 10 0 0 5 76.00
Coral Springs 17 16 -1 0 4 75.93
Doral 13 13 0 0 4 74.50
Davie/Cooper City 24 23 -1 -1 5 72.73
Coral Springs-Parkland 16 16 0 0 5 72.00
Oakland Park/Wilton Manors 21 23 2 0 4 71.00
Fort Lauderdale North Beach 15 15 0 0 4 70.00
Key Largo 53 54 1 1 5 69.38
Weston 124 125 1 -2 4 67.60
Coconut Grove 29 29 0 0 4 67.00
Sunset Key West 27 31 4 1 5 65.54
Miami Brickell 44 41 -3 1 5 63.00
Hallandale Beach-Aventura 20 18 -2 0 4 62.50
Miami Shores 32 32 0 0 5 62.50
North Dade 23 23 0 0 4 60.31
Fort Lauderdale South 21 21 0 0 4 57.81
Freeport 29 28 -1 -1 4 57.32
Allapattah (Miami) 9 9 0 0 0 56.25
Miami Beach 6 6 0 -1 4 54.54
Hollywood 62 64 2 0 5 54.30
Big Pine & Lower Keys 21 21 0 0 5 54.00
Deerfield Beach 26 26 0 0 5 52.00
Key West 129 122 -7 0 4 51.65
Key Biscayne 51 51 0 0 4 51.58
Fort Lauderdale/Cypress Creek 33 36 3 3 4 51.00
Miami 42 44 2 0 4 50.97
Grand Bahama Sunrise 24 28 4 3 5 50.80
Upper Keys 86 88 2 2 5 50.00
Lucaya 37 36 -1 -1 0 49.52
Sunset Grand Bahama 33 33 0 0 3 49.00
Pompano Beach 65 66 1 0 4 48.64
Homestead 39 39 0 -6 4 48.00
Fort Lauderdale 131 131 0 -1 5 42.00
Bal Harbour 15 14 -1 0 4 40.00
South Miami 36 36 0 0 5 32.78
Coconut Creek 14 14 0 n/a 0 0.00
Key West Sunrise in the Conch Republic 73 75 2 n/a 0 0.00
Miami Dadeland-Pinecrest 22 22 0 n/a 0 0.00
Plantation 17 17 0 n/a 0 0.00
Totals, Net Gain, Average Attendance: 1850 1867 18 5 64.21
44 of 48 clubs reporting at 10/15/15
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NEW MEMBERS IN SEPTEMBER 2015
Please join us in extending a warm Rotary welcome
to the following new members:
Member / Sponsor Date Rotary Club
Ajakie, Matthew (MATT) / Alexis A. Jagusztyn 09/01/15
Fort Lauderdale/Cypress Creek
Drimmer, Colette (COLETTE) / Denise Caligiuri 09/01/15
Fort Lauderdale
McCrory, Colleen (COLLEEN) 09/02/15
Fort Lauderdale
Moscoco, Edgar (EDGAR) / Sherry Maher 09/02/15
Miami-Kendall
Smith, Timothy L. (TIM) / Thomas Webb 09/02/15
Hialeah-Miami Springs
Egorova, Irina (IRINA) / John Parker 09/08/15
Sunset Key West
Douglas, Leo (LEO) / Jamie Sarles 09/09/15
Grand Bahama Sunrise
King, Selma (SELMA) / Yasmin Popescu 09/09/15
Grand Bahama Sunrise
Smith, Brian (BRIAN) / Minerva Kemp-McIntosh 09/09/15
Grand Bahama Sunrise
Carey, Charlene (CHARLENE) / Darren O. Cooper 09/10/15
Freeport
Martinez, Jesus (JESUS) 09/15/15
Key Largo
McLean, Audreya (AUDREYA) / Arnold Goldman 09/15/15
Fort Lauderdale/Cypress Creek
Schraffenberger, Ryan (RYAN) / Jason Koler, Scott Newton 09/16/15
Marathon
Webster, Duane (DUANE) / Scott Newton, Jason Koler 09/16/15
Marathon
Morles, Jorge Alberto (JORGE) 09/22/15
Fort Lauderdale/Cypress Creek
Thompson, Russell Miller (RUSSELL) / Avis Swenson 09/22/15
Deerfield Beach
Freidt, Jean-Faye (JEAN-FAYE) / Mary Jane Graff 09/30/15
John Knox Village
Scheu, Ian (IAN) / Nada Jones 09/30/15
Key Largo
For inspiration and ideas on how to get involved, see the RI publication Get More Out of
Membership. Connect For Good (595) available for download from rotary.org> My Rotary.
Or visit the D6990 DaCdb >Files > Learning Library> Membership Attraction and Engage-
ment for this publication and more useful membership tools and information.
Editor: Yoli Woodbridge, ywassociates@bellsouth.net
ROTARY DISTRICT 6990 CLUB MEETING SPEAKERS BUREAU
NAME AND ORGANIZATION TOPIC GROUP SIZE
PHONE & EMAIL
WILL TRAV-EL?
REFER-RING CLUB
DISTRICT SPEAKERS AVAILABLE FOR ROTARY TOPICS:
Joe Altschul, District Annual Fund Chair
Foundation Any jea@bellsouth.net Open District
Alan Cohn, DGN /District Grants Chair
District Grants Any Alancohn30@gmail.com Open District
Barbara Gobbi, BG Marketing Consultant & Social Media
Public Image Any (954) 557 6781 barbara@barbaragobbi.com
Open District
Pat Hornsby, District Training Team
Rotary Websites and Online Tools
Any (954) 298 2970 patshorthornsby@myacc.net
Open District
Margarita Lartitegui, District Polio Chair
Polio Any mllartitegui@yahoo.com Open District
Chris Morrison, District Stew-ardship Chair
Foundation Stewardship Any morrisonclan@att.net Open District
Elihu Phares, District Fund-raising Chair
Foundation Fundraising Any elihuphares@bellsouth.net Open District
Lee Phares, District Founda-tion Chair
Foundation Any leephares@earthlink.net (954) 492 8254
Open District
Clayton Solomon, District Alumni Chair
Foundation Alumni Any Clayton.solomon@gmail.com Open District
Carleen Spano, District Paul Harris Society Chair
Paul Harris Society Any cspano@comcast.net Open District
Steve Takach, District Endow-ment Fund Chair
Foundation Endowments Any rcofkb@gmail.com Open District
SPEAKERS AVAILABLE FOR GENERAL INTEREST TOPICS
Samantha Baker, Water Program Any (954) 519 1222 Open Weston
Parnes Cartwright, Executive Director, Miami Heat Wheels
Miami’s Official NWBA (not for profit wheelchair basketball program)
Any (917) 545 5949 Open
Norman Heming, US 20 Minutes on Violence Any (305) 961 9209 Open Weston
D Pyser, Orange Bowl Committee Member
Speaks to the New Year’s Eve Game and the com-munity involvement op-portunities
Any dpyser@orangebowl.org Open
Robert Runcie, Broward County Public Schools Su-perintendent
State of Affairs in the country’s 6th largest School District (20 minutes)
Any (754) 321 2600 Georgi-na.parker@browardschools.com
Open Weston
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Marilyn Stephens, Census Updates Any (404) 323 0594 Open Weston
Michael Kesti, Dis-trict Sports Director
My Experience as a Gov-ernment Confidential In-
Any (305) 323 2993 kestim@aol.com
Open Perrine-CR-P. Bay
Dr. Moshin Jaffer, Senior Medical As-soc.
“ Staying Fit” “Living with Vitality”
Any (954) 389 2439 moshinjaffer@aol.com
Broward/Dade
Weston
Dr. Dipen J. Parekh, Chairman /Director of Robotic Surgery U of Miami Miller School of Medicine
Former Rotary Foundation Scholar, speaks to how Rotary helped him
Any (305) 243 6591 marekhd@miami.edu
Open
Ryan Paton, Honor Flight South Florida
Honor Flight and our local WWII Veterans (10-15 minutes - he will bring video, projector and speaker but will need a screen)
As large as pos-sible
(954) 445 4285 ryan@capitollg.com
Broward/ Palm Beach/ Dade
Weston
Jacques Wiesel 9 Knockdowns…5 Miracles Any (954) 718-8421 mrmotivatr@gmail.com
Broward
Weston
ROTARY DISTRICT 6990 CLUB MEETING SPEAKERS BUREAU
NAME AND ORGANI-ZATION
TOPIC SIZE PHONE & EMAIL WILLING TO TRAVEL
REFER-RING CLUB
Patricia Coyle-Zeiler, Executive Director, Fort Lauderdale His-torical Society
Brings the history of Fort Lauderdale to life
Any (954) 463-4431 pzeiler@flhc.org
Open Weston
Felix Zurita, One Blood
Bone Marrow Transplants Any Felix.zurita@oneblood.org Open Weston
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For Information Contact Mary Beth Casey at mbcasey@cruiseshipcenters.com.