EAST HONOLULU ROTARIAN
UPCOMING SPEAKERS
May 12: Peter Forman on the state of the inter-island airline
industry
May 19: Club Assembly
May 26: *** DARK ***
June 2: Dr. Albert Honda on “Hidden Health Care Rationing in the United States”
June 9: HRYF scholarships and recognition of Kalani Interact advisor Mark Shanahan
If you have an idea for a speaker, contact Terence Yeh at tyeh@asbhawaii.com with the name and number.
ROTARY MINUTE by John Steelquist
100 PERCENT ATTENDANCE. Regular attendance is essential to a strong and active Rotary club. The emphasis on attendance is traced back to 1922 when Rotary International announced a worldwide attendance contest that motivated thousands of Rotarians to achieve a 100 percent attendance year after year. Many Rotarians take great pride in maintaining their 100 percent record in their own club or by making-up at other Rotary club meetings. Although the constitution of Rotary requires members to attend only 50 percent of all meetings, the custom has emerged that 100 percent is the desirable level. Rotary stresses regular attendance because each member represents his or her own business or profession, and thus the absence of any member deprives the club of the values of its diversified membership and the personal fellowship of each member. From time to time, proposals have been made to give attendance credit to Rotarians who are on jury duty, serving in the community, attending a trade convention, on vacation in remote areas, on shipboard or unable to attend because of health reasons or other special
reasons. None of these exceptions has been adopted. The policy is very clear --- a Rotarian is not given attendance credit if he or she does not attend a meeting. There are circumstances where attendance credit may be awarded when a Rotarian participates in an alternate type of Rotary event (such as an Interact or Rotaract meeting, district conference, district assembly, international convention, or Council on Legislation, or participating in a club service project).
ROTARIANS AT WORK DAY
Mahalo to the Kalani Interact Club and the following East Honolulu Rotarians who showed up to paint at Palolo Chinese Home on Saturday, April 26: Marc Doneza, Wayne Nakashima, Bruce Monahan, Janet Jensen, Bob Yee, Ke Kai Kealoha, Ian Ross, Faye Ross, Terence Yeh, Jim Morris, Chuck Servey, Aloha Makekau, Kevin Wu, Pearl Low, and Elsie Choy.
ROTARY PHOTOS
APRIL 26, 2008 (Palolo Chinese Home)
THE OFFICIAL ROTARY SONGSmile -Sing a Song
Smile and the world smiles with you, Sing a song.
Don't be weary, Just be cheery all day long.
Whenever your trials, Your troubles and your cares
Seem to be more than you can really bear
Smile and the world smiles with you, Sing a song.
