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10 November 2010
Volume 4 Issue 19
Editor: Tara Handal
“Vision without Action Is a Dream. Action without Vision Is Marking Time. Vision with Action Can Change the World.”
The Rotary Sun The weekly newsletter of
The Rotary Club of Grand Cayman Sunrise
Rotary Club of Grand Cayman Sunrise — Chartered April 18th, 2002
Meeting Place: Grand Old House Wednesdays at 6:45am for 7am start
INSIDE THIS ISSUE
Future Vision
Sunrise Donates $2500 to NCVO
Sunrise at Play
Past Sunriser Boosts Polio Fight
President:
Michael S. Levitt
President-Elect:
Andrea Bryan
Vice-President:
Tony Catalanotto
Secretary:
Ciara Aspinall
Treasurer:
James Chiweshe
Immediate Past President:
Winston C. Connolly
Sergeant-at-Arms:
“Team Sergeant”
Club Service Director:
J.D. Mosley-Matchett
Community Services Director:
Kim Remizowski
Fundraising Directors:
Shannon Sylvestre &
Glen Trenouth
International Service Director:
Patricia Steward
Literacy Director:
Maree Martin
Membership Director :
Bruce John
Youth Director :
Frank Balderamos
2010-2011 BOARD OF DIRECTORS
DUTY ROSTER 10 November 2010
“Tacky Tourists”
Invade Casa Cabana Thoroughly outrageous, totally fun, and utterly delicious aptly describe the “cheap and cheerful” dinner that was splendidly arranged by the Sunrise Fellowship Committee. With Committee Chair Rosie resplendent in red (looking perfectly elegant among the mad tourists surrounding her) and Location Host Glen resplendent in a bikini t-shirt and hanky-headdress, the evening offered endless entertainment and loads of laughs.
Director Glen’s Casa Cabana was the perfect gathering site, with plenty of space for the outlandish party. When commended for providing his stunningly beautiful home for the evening, he quipped, “It’s great! I get to stay home while all these people bring food and drinks. I don’t even have to drive anywhere!” Although high winds stymied the “Guy Fawkes” fireworks planned by Rotarian Geoff, the happy revelers barely noticed their absence as the “Cayman champagne” and premium wines flowed freely.
The food was equally perfect and featured VP Tony’s delectable pulled pork served with cole slaw on split rolls from Foster’s. President Michael’s famous Argentinean beef and curried chicken drew moans of delight from the discerning diners. Numerous tasty side dishes, including salads by Rotarians Barbara and Tara, rounded out the meal which was then topped off by Rotarian Christine’s richly rewarding brownies and Rotarian Dawn’s unique “banoffee” shots. Rotarian Tara also supplied caramel chocolate candy apples for raffle prizes and a lovely floral arrangement for Director Glen’s wife, Jane Cebo, for her gracious hospitality.
It was a fabulous evening and the entire Fellowship Committee deserves high praise for a job well done and an event well attended. Go to www.RotarySunrise.ky for more photos of the evening.
If you missed it, you REALLY missed it—so DON’T miss the next one!
Greeter: PP Gordon Hewitt
4-way Test: Rotarian Debbie Strassburg
Grace: Rotarian Bruce Blake
Raffle: Rotarian Romesh Mirpuri
Rotary Minute: Rotarian Frans Vandendries
Sergeant’s Assistant: Rotarian Bruce Blake
Sun Gets a New Look The format of The Rotary Sun newsletter will change next week, to streamline the production process and to tap the eBulletin capabilities offered through the club’s website. The new format will be easily accessible online and will provide unlimited space for informative and timely articles.
Anyone interested in writing stories or contributing photos for publication in the club’s newsletter is heartily encouraged to contact Director JD for more information.
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Future Vision … a “Rotary Foundation”Month message ...
Written by President Michael Levitt
As PAG Jeremy Hurst will be presenting to the Club this week on Future Vision, I do not want to pre-empt his presentation and will limit this article to some of the back ground to the Future Vision plan of The Rotary Foundation (TRF).
Any Rotarian, who has been involved in the Grant process of the Foundation, will tell you that it is incredibly cumbersome and not easy to understand, making it very difficult to access these Grants. Whilst doing a strategic review of TRF in 2007/8, it was accepted by the Board of Trustees that the Foundation needed to focus on its core mission and develop diverse projects that have greater impact and sustainable outcomes. The aim is to have this in place by The Rotary Foundation’s Centenary in 2017.
With this in mind, The Foundation's new mission, along with its new motto – “Doing Good in the World” – were approved by the Foundation Trustees and the RI Board and endorsed by the Council on Legislation in 2007.
The Future Vision Plan is designed to
• Simplify Foundation programs and processes consistent with the mission.
• Focus Rotarian service efforts where they will have the greatest impact by addressing priority world needs that are relevant to Rotarians.
• Offer program options to help achieve both global and local goals.
• Increase the sense of ownership at the district and club levels by transferring more decisions to the districts.
• Gain greater understanding of The Rotary Foundation’s work and enhance Rotary’s public image.
Over the next 3 years, the Future Vision pilot project is being rolled out in 100 Districts with the intention of the full rollout being commenced in 2013-14 and completed by 2017.
2010-2011 Leadership RI President:
Ray Klinginsmith District 7020 Leadership
District Governor: Diana White
Past District Governor: Errol Alberga
Asst. Governor - Cayman: J. Rosalie Jamieson
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The Four-Way Test Of the things we think, say or do:
Is it the truth? Is it fair to all concerned?
Will it build goodwill and better friend-ships?
Will it be beneficial to all concerned?
* The Rotary Grace
O God and giver of all good, We thank thee for our daily food.
May Rotary friends and Rotary ways,
Help us to serve thee all our days.
* PAST PRESIDENTS
of ROTARY SUNRISE
Charter President
Alastair Paterson 2002—2003
J. Gordon Hewitt 2003 - 2004
Christopher Bowring 2004 - 2005
Stuart N. Diamond 2005 - 2006
Hendrik Jan van Genderen 2006 - 2007
J. Rosalie Jamieson 2007 - 2008
Woodrow Foster 2008 - 2009
Winston Connolly, Jr. 2009-2010
Rotary Club of Grand Cayman Sunrise
P.O. Box 1950
Grand Cayman KY1-1110
Cayman Islands
www.RotarySunrise.ky
Fellowship, Sunrise Style! … Photos courtesy of Director Bruce ...
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Sunrise Donates $2500 to NVCO At the November 3rd club meeting, Director Kim presented a check for $2500 on behalf of the Rotary Club of Grand Cayman Sunrise to Alta Solomon of the National Council of Voluntary Organizations (NVCO). Projects funded by this organization include the Richard Arch Children's Centre and the Nadine Andreas Residential Foster Home.
Here’s a synopsis of the Rotary Sunrise effort:
• The Rotarian canvassers were at Kirk's Home Centre on the 25th of October and collected CI $527.21.
• Director Kim canvassed the Sunrise club on Wednesday morning, the 27th of October, and collected CI $116.
• The Rotarian canvassers were at Kirk's Supermarket on the 30th of October and collected CI $457.10.
Therefore, the total collected by canvassing was CI $1,107.51.
The Rotary Club of Grand Cayman Sunrise had committed to make a full CI $2,500 donation so the club more than doubled the total amount collected through canvassing for a club-level donation of CI $1,392.49.
Rotary Sunrise
Calendar of Events *********************
Coming up…
November 10th, Jeremy Hurst,
Future Vision
November 10th, Membership
Committee meeting, 8:00 a.m.
November 17th, Club
Administration and
Communication Team meeting,
8 a.m. after the club meeting
November 24th, Commissioner
Baines, Crime in Cayman
December 1st, Rotaractors
Andrea Balderamos and
Stephanie Rattan, RYLA
Do you have a committee meeting or event scheduled that you wish to place on the calendar? Email the
information to [email protected]
for inclusion.
Sunrise Birthdays & Anniversaries
November Birthdays
Rex Crighton, Nov. 6
Perry Rombough, Nov. 11
Barbara Anley, Nov. 16
Steven Sokohl, Nov. 18
November Anniversaries (None this month!)
November Club
Anniversaries Gareth Pulman, Nov. 8 (4 yrs) Barbara Oosterwyk, Nov. 19 (7 yrs) Tony Catalanotto, Nov. 21 (3 yrs) Omar Chambers, Nov. 21 (3 yrs)
David Reid, Nov. 22 (4 yrs) James Chiweshe, Nov. 26 (2 yrs) Woody Foster, Nov. 30 (8 yrs) Raquel Solomon, Nov. 30 (8 yrs)
Reminder to Red Badgers
Red Badgers are reminded to
submit their bio / job talk to
Secretary Ciara for publication
in the Sun. Please include
interesting facts like the
reasons you joined Rotary,
hobbies, most embarrassing
moment, etc!
Sunrise at Play! By Rotarian Geoff Mathews
60 members and guests enjoy home cooked food and premium wines at the spectacular, waterside residence owned by Glen Trenouth and Jane Cebo. The Sparkling Wine we enjoy is called Concha y Toro from Chile - produced and fermented in the bottle very similar to the method used by the French to produce Champagne but the name 'Champagne' is reserved by the French, for wine produced in the Champagne district of France and the name is protected by law. Concha y Toro used to call their product 'Champagne' and that was on their bottle. Now we notice they call it 'Concha y Toro Brut'. It is served by several of the hotels in Cayman with their all you can eat - all you can drink Sunday brunches and is sometimes called Cayman Champagne.
The White wine we served is a 2009 Nobilo Marleborough Sauvignon Blanc from New Zealand. It is an excellent premium wine perfect to compliment either fish or meat - forget the old ruling about white wine with fish, red wine with meat. Wine experts exorcised that mistake some time ago. The Sommelier at the Ritz Carlton has told us that the 'nose' of a good white wine is most important. Good wines should smell of apples and our Nobilo Marlborough certainly does.
The Red wine we served was the pick of the bunch. It was a 2007 Trivento Golden Reserve Malbec from Argentina. It is a superb wine, premium quality and delightful to taste. All of these wines are available locally, at moderate prices, from Cayman Distributors.
A word about cost. Rotary Sunrise strives with its Fellowship events to give the best value in Cayman. Last night's event was $25 per head for all you could eat and all you could drink. Our talented chefs were Michael, Christine, Barbara, Tony, Dawn, Tara and Debbie Strassburg. Our chief barman Rickie Handal, Tara's husband. We had food and wine left over, some of which will be used for our next event. We still managed to (just) break even.
We missed the fireworks - it was too windy and would have been dangerous - they are bought and paid for and we will keep them for another SUNRISE occasion.
For all those who came, thank you for your company. For those who missed it, you missed one of our best events ever. Christine was the organizer, Rosie the ringmaster—they did a great job!
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Guests Visitors
Members
Rotary Sunrise
District 7020
Zone 34
Rotary International
Rotary Cayman Islands
Make-Up
Opportunities
Rotary Central
meets on Tuesdays at
7:00 pm for 7:30pm at
Grand Old House
Rotary Grand Cayman
meets on Thursdays at
12:15 pm at The Westin
Casuarina
Rotary Cayman Brac
meets on Mondays at
7:00 pm at Brac Reef
Rotaract
Grand Cayman
meets on Thursdays at
6:45 am for 7 am at Icoa
Rotaract Blue
meets on Wednesdays at
6:00 pm
in the GT Library
Conference Room
“I believe the way for Rotary to remain viable and vibrant in the next century is to help our clubs to be bigger, better, and bolder.”
Ray Klinginsmith 2010 RI Convention
Past Sunriser Boosts New Kingston Polio Fight
Rotarian Claudette Saint Reid, past member of the Grand Cayman Sunrise club and now with the New Kingston club in Jamaica, sent a brief message to President Michael outlining that club's latest effort to combat polio.
Her message reads:
I have been working hard to change the image of my club from being delinquent to the polio challenge to that of being a contributor.
I am leading the charge for a Fund-raiser this Saturday at Liguanea. Club. (See attached).
Will share our success after the event.
Take care,
Claudette
Thanks for Visiting the Sunrise Club! Guests of Rotarians (as signed in):
Chris Anco, guest of Rotarian Simon A. Finley Josephs, guest of IPP Winston Connolly Bob Rees, guest of Rotarian Tara Alta Solomon, guest of Director Kim Andy Scott, guest of Honorary Rotarian Margaret Alistair MacDonald, guest of PP Chris Lauren Hale, guest of Honorary Rotarian Margaret Pavlov Rameau, guest of Director JD Wesley Emanuel, guest of Rotarian Colleen
Visiting Rotarians (as signed in):
Niko Whittaker, Rotary Club GC
Bob Rees Guest of
Rotarian Tara
Alta Solomon Guest of
Director Kim
Guests and Visitors...
Lauren Amor Hale Guest of
Honorary Rotarian Margaret
Remember Remember Remember Remember to have all new guests get their photo taken on the patio immediately after they sign in. Their picture will appear in the following week’s newsletter to help our members get to know them!