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 93 members strong, as of August  27, 2008

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
 

Check club calendar for location and directions to all meetings.

DON'T MISS OUT ON THE NEXT BIG ROTARY EVENT - HOLIDAY PARTY SCHEDULED FOR DEC. 10TH AT THE GALLERY IN GLASTONBURY

ANNUAL MEETING ON DECEMBER 3RD - REVIEW THE PROPOSED CHANGES AND BE PREPARED TO DISCUSS AT OUR MEETING

District Conference in Portsmouth, NH April 17-19

     (Any question about your committee assignments, click here for an up-to-date list.)

NOVEMBER 22nd - INTERNATIONAL NIGHT WAS A MAJOR SUCCESS AND A GREAT NIGHT

      

           Chef Bill                          Pres Sue With Her Cement Shoes        Tres Peter, Moe, and Chef John, and         Dan the Man at your service

                                                                                                     Bev Leone Busy in the Kitchen                

 

 

Guy Labella entertaining the staff            Chef John with Carmen and Marguerite          Chefs John and Bill with Carmella                           Waiter Bill

for new members to accomplish--

complete East Hartford Rotary Passport, in PDF format.

Visit Member Access (Ask Club Secretary for your Rotary ID. It's on
the club roster (Simple Roster in MS Word or Membershiplist in MS Excel).
 Last but never least, it's on the mailing label on your copy of The Rotarian.)

Then, attend a Makeup at another club nearby--
 ask your sponsor/mentor to accompany you--
and

NEW LOCATION FOR THE WEST HARTFORD CLUB
 POND CAFE, ELIZABETH PARK, 1555 ASYLUM AVENUE, WEST HARTFORD

 attend a Makeup online.

 Alphabet Soup a la Rotary

Attend Part I, The Rotary Leadership Institute of Northeast America 
 Then attend Parts II & III.
(See calendar for directions)

Club Calendar

Club Programs

     1st Club Assembly Materials

      2nd Club Assembly Materials

Proposed Amendments to Constitution and Bylaws

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

Club Rosters  (password-protected)

(updated as of November 19, 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 Art Bradbury.
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 : 

Membership Conference   March 27-28, 2009

Reception Friday evening, with meetings during the day Saturday. 

Register and reserve a hotel before February 2009.

Our Rotary Foundation:

Click here for printable pdf form for making a donation.  Want to use your credit card, click here for a printable form to fax, or donate conveniently online via member access on www.rotary.org.

Click on wheel for more information and updates

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 about this way to help.

 

 

Information about the Dunn Ambassadorial Scholarship

District 7890 : 

 www.rotarydistrict7890.org

In and around our area: 
South Windsor Cultural Arts 2008-2009 Concert Series
(click here for this year's schedule)
Information and directions are available online at http://www.woodmemoriallibrary.org and http://www.woodmemoriallibrary.org/directions.html

Note, the January 18th concert is sponsored jointly by the
Rotary Clubs of East Hartford and South Windsor.

 

Club 6494 UPCOMING EVENTS: 

Board of Directors Meetings -- at East Hartford Community Cultural Center.  Under Pres Sue, most will be third Monday of each month.  (Due to national holidays in Jan. and Feb., board meetings will be on Tues., Jan. 20th  and Tues., Feb. 17th.) 

Holiday Party Dec 10th -- The Gallery, New London Tpke, Glastonbury -- Contact Social Chair Kathy McCabe for details and menu choices

Paul Harris Dinner -- March 25th, 2009 -- The Gallery, New London Tpke, Glastonbury

 

'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   

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

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

Paul Harris Nomination Form

PAUL HARRIS GUIDELINES FORM

DISTRICT CONFERENCE REGISTRATION FORM

BOARD CONSTITUTION AND BYLAWS PROPOSED CHANGES

  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.