Monday, November 2, 2009

EarlyActors Coin Drive raises over $200,000!

The EarlyAct Clubs of Montego Bay, in conjunction with the Rotaract clubs of Montego Bay and the Rotary Club of Montego Bay on Sunday the 25th of October 2009 hosted a Family Fun Day Coin Count Off at the Cornwall Beach in Montego Bay. The Fun Day was the culmination of a Coin Collection Drive carried out by the EarlyAct Clubs of Mobay.

The youngest arm of Rotary brought us all such pride as they creatively worked hard at coming up with and implementing various ideas to raise funds for the Norwood Basic School. Their hard work resulted in resounding success as they raised over J$200,000 in this, their first major project. We congratulate them!

Friday, October 30, 2009

Rotary Club of Montego Bay Sunrise receives Charter

Members of the Rotary Clubs of Montego Bay, Montego Bay East and the Provisional Rotary Club of Montego Bay Sunrise at a Joint Club Social held at Breezes Montego Bay Resort in August 2009. (Photos : Haresh Ramchandani)

The Rotary Club of Montego Bay Sunrise is the newest Rotary Club in the Western Caribbean. The Club was chartered and admitted into Rotary on October 9, 2009.

The official Charter Ceremony and Banquet will be held on November 7, 2009 at the Montego Bay Yacht Club and the contribution is $3,000.

Tuesday, October 27, 2009

Dr. Cecile Walden on the Importance of After school Centres & Programmes

The Guest Speaker at the weekly Luncheon meeting of the Rotary Club of Montego Bay on October 20, 2009 was Dr. Cecile Walden, former Principal of Same Sharpe Teachers' College. Dr Walden began her teaching career in 1968. Four decades and several awards and accolades later (her most recent accolade was the award as one of the five finalists in the first global women of vision award in june 2009), she recently retired as Principal of the Sam Sharpe teachers' college in September 2009.

Dr. Walden thanked Rotary for the support given by the Organisation to education over the years but she bemoaned the fact that violence pervades many areas of Jamaica and has a negative effect on educational initiatives all across Jamaica and especially in depressed, low income areas. This is compounded by the fact that in so many communities across Jamaica there are no basic resource/research facilities. Well stocked libraries, equipped with internet facilities are a scarce thing in Jamaica and information is not readily available to children or adults alike. If information is not available, how can a community grow?

Dr. Walden in her presentation to the Club, stressed the importance and need for Local Community "After school Resource Centres". She gave examples of such a centre in the Granville area which, sadly eventually closed due to lack of financial support and resources. The facility which originally was started as an after school programme for children, quickly attracted adults as adult literacy, parenting workshops and other programmes were designed for local community adults. The facility included not only academic programmes for children, but also had a very successful musical and arts programme as well which was received very well.

The Centre in Granville proved to be valuable, not just for the educational knowledge that it transmitted but for the emotional, spiritual and attitudinal impact it had on the lives of children and the community it served

Dr. Walden described the tremendous value of these Centres to communities- helping parents with the tools they need to be better parents, providing assistance for children with their academic work (especially helpful when parents are not literate & so cannot provide such assistance), helping students develop non academic skills and perhaps the most important of all, providing children with a safe, vibrant place to play and be themselves.

Dr. Cecile Walden (centre) receives a token of appreciation from Past Presidents Erica and Denton.


"If children are not in school and parents do not have lifelong learning opportunities, then we will not make it out of this recession. This world is information driven." said Dr. Walden. "Entrepreneurs must have vision and if they don't have information about where they can or must go then they won't be able to go anywhere! Change can only come when we can interract in and out of school in community efforts such as research centres."
Dr. Walden made an appeal to the Rotary Club to consider sponsoring a Homework Centre.

Tuesday, October 13, 2009

Information for New Rotarians : Induction of New Members

There is no formal or official ceremony for inducting new members. For samples of various ceremonies, click here.

Tuesday, September 8, 2009

Classification Talk - Natasha Parchment Clarke

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Monday, July 20, 2009

Information for New Rotarians: Dues

The semiannual dues paid to RI allow the Secretariat to provide high-quality information and support to Rotarians around the world.
With your dues, Rotary can provide publications and communications in nine languages, make improvements to www.rotary.org ,train Rotary leaders, assist district governors financially with their year in service, and administer programs such as Rotaract.

RI per capita dues for the next four years will be (US$):
$24.00 per half year in 2008-09
$24.50 per half year in 2009-10
$25.00 per half year in 2010-11

All clubs will also be billed $1 per person on their July semiannual invoice to help defray the costs of the Council on Legislation, which meets every three years.

Some semiannual invoices may also include $12 per year for each subscription to The Rotarian, billed as $6 in January and $6 in July (subscriptions to regional Rotary magazines are billed separately), and variable fees for insurance (U.S. clubs only).


Consequences for nonpayment of club dues

Clubs that have not paid their RI dues within six months of the due date will be terminated.
Clubs will then have one year to fulfill the following reinstatement requirements:

Within 90 days after the termination date, clubs must :-

Pay all outstanding financial obligations at the time of termination
Pay all semiannual dues that continue to accrue thereafter
Pay a $10 per member reinstatement fee
Between 91 and 365 days after the termination date, clubs must
Pay all outstanding financial obligations at the time of termination
Pay all semiannual dues that continue to accrue thereafter
Pay a $10 per member reinstatement fee
Pay a $15 per member application fee
Complete and submit a reinstatement application and a revised membership list
Reinstatement is not possible more than 365 days after the termination date.

After that time, the club termination is permanent, and the club loses its name, history, and charter.

Sunday, July 19, 2009

Information for New Rotarians: Internet Make Up Instructions

Internet Make Up Instructions -
www.rotaryeclubone.org

Welcome to Rotary eClub One, the world's first web based Rotary club.

Rotary eClub One is just like any traditional Rotary club.

The only difference is that members meet on-line to coordinate service
projects and enjoy fellowship with like-minded Rotarians.


If you are a Rotarian, and you are visiting this website for a make-up
credit, there are two basic requirements:

First ... Click on the MAKE-UP PROGRAMS link in the grey panel on the Rotary E-Club One site
and spend 30 minutes or more reading program articles and viewing video content .

Next ... Click on the REQUEST MAKEUP link in the grey panel and and follow the instructions .

Club Secretary's email address : viennaprelude@hotmail.com

The Rotary e-Club One website keeps thousands of Rotarians connected,
informed and inspired.