January 02, 2020 Meeting of West Bay Rotary

02 January 2020

 

Buckets on the Table: We are still choosing a group

 

Speaker of the Day: Marty Helman, Rotary Peace Centers

 

Marty has been a member of The Rotary Foundation’s Rotary Peace Centers/Major Gifts Initiative Committee and serves as vice chair of The Foundation’s Peace/Major Gifts Initiative

In 1921, Rotary International entered peace making into RI programs, 1942 refugee Rotarians organized a conference in London UNESCO 4 principle of Rotary…thank you Rotary.

Polio plus is also about peace: extremist have targeted even this program but it prevails. All that Rotary does is about peace, all the programs Rotary is a part of is about peace.

Peace fellow program – Rotary has now 6 peace centers working on academic excellence! Across the world, the programs offer a Masters in Peace and Conflict Resolution as well as a graduate certificate program. This is scholarship driven, ability to pay back, can be anyone! There are 1300 peace workers on the ground today. $170 million earmarked by Rotarians for education. Three more schools will be in place for certification programs to begin in Jan 2021. There are 160 certificate students plus 50 master’s participants. Peace comes first before all else we do and it’s the most valuable thing we have in humanity. Envisioned and sustained by RI, a Global organization with hands on to build peace.

 

Committee Reports:

 

Puns from Mark via Terry!

 

Lisa: Satellite club trivia night Jan 14^th 530 pm, teams of 6, sign up with Lisa if interested and need a few volunteers. The theme is ‘You think you know Maine?’

 

Chili Challenge: Bruce, Feb 8that Bay side, 430 -630pm, sign-up sheets next week! Have 1 vendor so far!

 

Steve: Toboggan, Parking at Snow Bowl, sign up!

 

Next Week’s Speaker: David Blanchard, Knox County Art Society