The Rotary Club of East Hartford 6494 -- 81 years young on March 28,  2009!  "Service above self," includes Club Service, Vocational Service, Community Service and International Service.  The mission of Rotary International, a worldwide association of Rotary clubs, is to provide service to others, to promote high ethical standards, and to advance world understanding, goodwill, and peace through its fellowship of business, professional, and community leaders.   The vision of Rotary International is to be universally recognized for its commitment to Service Above Self to advance world understanding, goodwill, and peace.  Rotary's core values, our guiding principles -- Service, fellowship, diversity, integrity, and leadership -- are reflected in The Four Way Test.  The Rotary Club of East Hartford, Inc. is a member of Rotary International and is  94 members strong, as of June 1, 2008 -- including our best and brightest -- honorary members, Bill Flynn, PP, Roger Nicholson, PP, Albee Trieber and last but certainly never least, Ruth Sheehan, PDG-first spouse and PH. And, as Past President Bill says: "This is another good day to be a Rotarian!"

Of the things we think, say or do:

 

 we usually meet WEDNESDAYS, 12:15 pm
AT VETERANS' MEMORIAL CLUBHOUSE. aka "the ridge" 
CLICK HERE FOR DIRECTIONS

n.b. last two weeks of July, meetings are not at the ridge.

Meetings in July:

July 9th:

Program:  Peter Klock--ShelterBox video

committee meetings:
Family committee 11:30

July 16th:

program:  Peter Klock -- polio plus video

Committee Meetings: 
Golf Committee 11:15
program committee 11:30

july 23rd:

New Members' program -- town green
(location in case of rain, community cultural center)

july 28th:

annual baseball challenge & cookout, hosted by rotary club of glastonbury
(glastonbury elks club, 98 Woodland St, So. Glastonbury)

∴No noon meeting at The Ridge on Wednesday, July 30th.

In our Rotary world, or whirlwind,

keep the wheel turning

(click here to see  photos from last year's meetings)

Things new members may want to know--

  2008-2009 Rotary International Theme

Things new members may want to accomplish--

East Hartford Rotary Passport, in PDF format.

Visit Member Access

(Ask Club Secretary for your Rotary ID, or find it on a club
 roster or on the mailing label on your copy of The Rotarian.)

Attend a Makeup at another club in the area, and online.

 Alphabet Soup a la Rotary

Attend Part I, The Rotary Leadership Institute of Northeast America  Then attend II & III.
[Fall 2008 dates to be announced. In our area, usually in October.]

Club Calendar

Club Programs

Club Assembly Materials

Click here for Table of Contents of our Club Constitution and Bylaws
and links to the Club Constitution and Bylaws

Club Rosters & Photo Album (password-protected)

(updated as of June 1, 2008)

If you need help accessing password-protected elements of this site
or of the District 7890 site, please double-click here and email request
specifying what you are trying to access. You MUST be a member
of the East Hartford Rotary Club to have access to these sites!

Committees and Special Assignments

Double click here on HIGH GEAR, written by Mary “Empress of the World” Martin
Double click here on HIGH GEAR ARCHIVES to find older issues of the East Hartford Rotary's newsletter.

High Gear Editors -- click here to see for which month you are responsible and brief notes re. writing High Gear.

Rotary International : 

JUNE 21-24, 2009
Rotary International 100th Convention, Birmingham, England -- get inspired by Rotary and your fellow Rotarians!
 

Plan ahead -- check dates & locations of future Rotary International Conventions

Click on wheel for more information and updates from our Rotary Foundation.

ROTARY "MINI" WEBSITE FOR POLIO ERADICATION

Launched in 07-08 to give the general public an opportunity to help end polio by contributing to Rotary's US$100 Million Challenge from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Check out the three-page site at www.rotary.org/endpolio.  All funds raised will go directly to The Rotary Foundation in support of polio eradication. N.B. Rotarians should continue to contribute through the Member Access Portal at www.rotary.org. But do tell non-Rotarians with whom you discuss our efforts to eradicate polio about this way to learn more AND to help.

 

 

Information about the Dunn Ambassadorial Scholarship

District 7890 : 

 www.rotarydistrict7890.org

District Golf Tournament:  August 11th -- see PP Bill or PE George.

 

Club 6494 UPCOMING EVENTS: 

Board of Directors  -- under Pres Sue, most meetings will be third Monday of each month.  (Exceptions: July 22nd, January 20 and February 17.)  All at East Hartford Community Cultural Center.

Annual Baseball Challenge -- Glastonbury Elks Grounds, July 28th. (Note, no regular Wednesday meeting July 30.)

August -- District Governor Jim's visiting -- no need for upscale dress, leave your sports jackets behind!!

Club Golf Outing &  Picnic --
Wednesday, August 20th. 
Golf Outing: Tallwood Country Club, 9 AM. Scramble format. Cost, $45, for golf & cart, includes a contribution toward prizes.  Please make checks out to Steve Tamiso.
Picnic at Pres. Sue & Peter's house, officially starting at 5 PM, but anytime after 4:30 is fine; dinner will be served by 6:30. (No need to bring food; just bring yourselves!)

 

'08-'09       

Board of Directors -- Rotary Club of East Hartford 6494
President - Sue Klock
President-Elect - George Schoen
Past President - Bill Saunders
Secretary - Ceil Collins
Treasurer - Peter Klock
Director -  Dave Amberg
Director - Glen Peterson
Director - Bill Secord
Sergeant-at-Arms - Sheryl O'Connor

We Rotarians are committed to international service!

Direct links to ShelterBox USA -- 

http://www.shelterboxusa.org/

THE NEED EXISTS. THE NEED PERSISTS . . .

Click here to go directly to form for donating.

Latest photos of ShelterBox --
http://www.shelterbox.org/news_index.htm

For information on District Website about ShelterBox in Northeast US, click here
 http://www.rotarydistrict7890.org/shelterbox.htm

    District 7890   

YEX Home             Forms/Information

and, last, but not least, check for information and updates on District 7890 website
http://www.rotarydistrict7890.org/youthexchange/index.htm

Useful information on the web about Rotary: 

Specific to E H Rotary Club (6494)

CLUB CONSTITUTION and BYLAWS plus TABLE OF CONTENTS

Club phone chain in printer-friendly pdf format

Club phone chain in non-pdf format

HOW TO PROPOSE A MEMBER TO OUR CLUB

NOTICE RE. PROPOSED NEW MEMBER

East Hartford Rotary's Guidelines for Giving

East Hartford rotary's request for payment form

Roster Information Form (please update your information)

LINKS:  If you attend a meeting at another club and want us to know about it -- want the club secretary to credit your attendance before you return home -- just click on the computer link  here  to send information which will be passed along to club secretary and High Gear editor.  Be sure to include your name, the date of the makeup, and the club's name and location .  Please continue collecting makeup cards, exchanging club flags, etc.  This e-mail link is to help keep your attendance up-to-date and our club's stats accurate in secretary's monthly report to the District.

Questions about Rotary International, double click:  http://www.rotary.org/

Questions about  District 7890, double click:  www.rotarydistrict7890.org

Questions about Rotary Leadership Institute, double click: http://www.rlinea.com/Calendar.htm

  Questions about this site, double click red button, bottom left side of page.

Make up meetings online at

http://www.rotaryeclub7890.org/  our own District eclub! or
http://ww.rotaryeclubone.org/ the original eclub.

Remember:  Email the club secretary once you have completed a makeup to receive timely credit.

To read the joke of the week:  double click here on humor.