April 15, 2013 Getting Connected with the Rotary Club of Fort Wayne: It s all about Relationships! Anthony Juliano from The Asher Agency delivered his fascinating presentation LinkedIn In 10 Minutes a Day to the club. He showed how social media can add to productivity, but warned that it s a tool to add to a marketing strategy, not a quick fix, one answer for everyone approach. (Continued on page 4.)
THE DOWNTOWN ROTARY CLUB Next Meeting: April 15, 2013 OPENING DOORS THROUGH SERVICE Greeters Cashier Invocation House Song Leader Sergeant Spin Editor Program Lunch Menu Tom Hufford & Jeff Zimmerman Jill Gutreuter TBA Roger Reece Jeanine Herold Ron VerLee Bruce Haines Group Study Exchange Team from Austria Caesar Salad Bar, Lasagna & Blueberry Crisp Upcoming Programs April 22 April 29 May 6 May 13 May 20 May 27 Lisa Pacula The New Ronald McDonald House RI Foundation Committee presents 2013 Community Service Awards Rotary Speech Contest Winners Bob Fefeman, Midwest Coordinator of United Against a Nuclear Iran (UNAI) Victor Martin, Architect Baker Street Train Station: Efforts to Return Rail Service to Fort Wayne NO MEETING MEMORIAL DAY
Club Announcements CUP FOR A CAUSE April 15 April 19 May 18 THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING THIS PROJECT! 144 Bags sold = $430+ for the club! ROTARY HAPPY HOUR with GSE team from Austria At the NEW O Reilly s Irish Pub in Harrison Square, 5:30 pm Anthony Wayne Club social for the Austrian Group Study Exchange 5:30-7:30pm at Pint & Slice 816 S. Calhoun River Greenway Clean up 10AM at Headwaters Park east Meet in parking lot by Lincoln Pavilion Lunch at Coney Island Club Committee Calendar April 23 Board Meeting, 7:30 am Local May 18 Rotaract Great American Clean Up May 18 at 9 am Bike Depot (Near Wells Street Bridge) District and International April 13-20 April 26-27 2013 June 23-26 2013 GSE Team from Austria here District 6540 Annual Conference Radisson Star Plaza, Merrillville Rotary International Convention Lisbon, Portugal
Anthony shared three reasons why LinkedIn is worth company time. 1. It s all about relationships it assists in identifying relationships critical to a business success. 2. It s serious business the average LinkedIn use is a 43 year old, college educated man, earning $107,000 in a senior leadership role. And you won t find any of those silly apps or photo albums found in other social media sites. 3. You can be effective in a reasonable amount of time by building and enhancing current relationships. Anthony then gave us 7 activities we can do in 10 minutes to start getting the most out of LinkedIn. 1. 1 minute: To inform your network of your work, update your status with current projects 2. 1 minute: To connect with your network, like another status from your news feed. 3. 1 minute: To engage with your network, comment on a connection s status. 4. 1 minute: To find out who is interested in your work, review who has viewed your profile. 5. 2 minutes: To learn and develop your own knowledge and skill, join a relevant discussion group and post a comment. 6. 2 minutes: To enhance an existing relationship, send a message to a connection that you haven t spoken to lately and schedule a face to face meeting with them. 7. 2 minutes: To learn about a customer or competitor and keep up to date with what s going on in the business community, review an organizational profile. 10 Minutes, 7 tasks it s that easy! To learn more about LinkedIn, Anthony encourages us to visit his blog at http://linkedinstitute.wordpress.com/.
Rotary Youth Leadership Academy (RYLA) Greetings Rotarians! Kindly read this quick inquiry on behalf of the RYLA committee. As you know, each year we send high school students down to the Rotary Youth Leadership camp near Lafayette. We normally rent a van which we can get at a reduced cost. However, in the interest of potentially saving more money, I wanted to inquire about an alternative mode of transportation this year. We also typically caravan with the Anthony Wayne and Churubusco Rotary clubs, and the students really like to ride together. Unfortunately, we cannot accommodate all students in one vehicle. So, perhaps a bus! Does anyone attend a church or know of a facility that would allow us to use a bus (seating for at least 20) for free or a reduced rate? If you have any connections or resources concerning this inquiry, please pass the information on to me as soon as you can. Thanks! Rotating like crazy, Jeremy Redding Group Study Exchange Meet the Team Monday, April 15, 2013 O Reilly s Pub 301 W. Jefferson in the Harrison 5:30 7:30 pm The visiting GSE Team from Austria (District 1920) will be in attendance for an evening filled with fun, fellowship, and cultural exchanges. Come see how your Rotary Foundation contributions are impacting lives here and around the world! There is a second opportunity to meet the team while they are in Fort Wayne. On Friday, April 19, the Anthony Wayne Club is hosting a social at Pint and Slice (816 Calhoun St.) at 5:30 pm. Please RSVP to Anthony Wayne President, Amber Recker (amber.recker@gmail.com). Anthony Wayne Rotary Challenge 2013 Bill Harris informed the club that our friends at Anthony Wayne have challenged us again this year in the annual 5K Walk/Run that benefits Polio Plus to be held August 17 at Schoaff Park. Contact Bill now to join the team (we need at least 5 men and 5 women) and for tips on training and preparation. Our club hopes to improve on last year s showing, where both teams were competitive, but edged out by Anthony Wayne.
Rotary Speech Contest These 10 high school speech contestants came from South Side & Canterbury High Schools. The local contest was held on Monday, March 18th at the downtown Allen County Public Library. The regional contest is April 13, 2013 at Chesterton High School in Chesterton, Indiana. The winners of Original Oratory & the 4 Way Test will be our featured presentation at the May 6th club meeting. Thanks to chair, Glen Abels and his committee for organizing a great event! April s Student of the Month is Taylor Reid Ruth Corn introduced us to Taylor, who hopes to become a sound engineer and music teacher after attending IU Southeast starting this fall (freshmen orientation is this Saturday!). Taylor is on the varsity tennis team and drum major. She will attend our club meetings in April, so please introduce yourself to her and get to know an outstanding young student in our community!
New Paul Harris Fellows At our April 1 meeting, Denny Williamson was recognized as a Paul Harris Fellow. Denny is a longtime member, our incoming Vice President, and past president of the Little Turtle Rotary Club. Our apologies for listing his name incorrectly in last week s SPIN. This week, Randy Rider became a Paul Harris Fellow. Randy has served on our club s foundation committee, which works to raise awareness about the international aspects of Rotary. He became a PHF because he believes that his support is essential given his role in asking others to do so. Congratulations, Randy!
Rotary District 6540 World Affairs Conference finds that Peace is Possible!!! On Wednesday, April 10, approximately 100 students from the region and a dozen Rotarians from our club gathered at IPFW for the annual World Affairs Conference. Some of the participating students are pictured above. The theme this year, Is Peace Possible? provided a forum for students to discuss why individuals young and old should care about and work towards peace. Keynote speakers were featured on DVD and included Lee H. Hamilton, director of the Center on Congress at Indiana University, George Lopez, Chair in Peace Studies at Notre Dame University, and Celia Cook-Huffman, professor in Conflict Resolution at Juniata College in Pennsylvania. The event was a great success with engaged students discussing their opinions, beliefs, and opportunities to make our world a better place. Special thanks to chair Nick Shah for organizing the event (originally scheduled for March, but delayed due to inclement weather) and for everyone involved!
It's that time of year again! The Great American Cleanup with be happening May 18 and Rotarians have two options to join the cause. First, join our Environmental Committee at Headwaters Park East for our annual River Cleanup. The crew will meet at 10 am, clean up along our Rotary Circle of Hope and Rotary Avenue of Trees, and finish up by Noon. We ll then enjoy hot dogs at Coney Island (the first one is free!). Thanks to chair, Bill Gabbard for organizing this event. RSVP to Secretary Jane fwrotarysecretary@gmail.com. Second, meet our Rotaract Club at the Bike Depot (by the old Wells Street Bridge). This group will set out on canoes to clean the river banks at 9 am and finish by noon. RSVP to rotaractfortwayne@gmail.com. Rotary Youth Exchange We are looking for host families for our incoming 2013-14 student. Please contact President Dave or Chair Doug Hiatt if you are interested in welcoming a young person into your home for 3-4 months.
DOWNTOWN FORT WAYNE ROTARY HOSTS ROTARY HAPPY HOUR! Relax. Refresh. Relate. Monday, April 15 @ 5:30 PM O Reilly s Irish Bar & Restaurant @ The Harrison (301 W. Jefferson, suite 120) * Come meet the GSE Team from Austria!
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Dr. Ranjan B. Kini Phone: (219) 980-6906 or (219) 322-4313 Fax: (219) 980-6916 email: rkini@iun.edu or rkini@comcast.net Address: School of Business & Economics, Indiana University Northwest 3400 Broadway, Gary, IN 46408 2014-2016 ROTARY PEACE FELLOWSHIP - APPLICATIONS AVAILABLE Schererville, IN, April 1, 2013 - Applications for 2014-2016 Rotary World Peace Fellowships to be awarded worldwide are now available from the Rotary Clubs in northern Indiana region. The Fellowships are: To study at one of the five Rotary Centers for International Studies in peace and conflict resolution to obtain a two-year master s-level degree in international relations, peace studies, conflict resolution and related areas; or To obtain a 3-month Professional Certificate in peace and conflict studies. The Rotary Foundation has established the Rotary Centers in partnership with prestigious universities throughout the world. Students are eligible to apply if they have completed a Bachelors degree and have at least three years of fulltime paid or unpaid work experience in a related field for Master s degree program, and 5 years experience for the Professional Certificate program. During their studies, Rotary Peace Fellows will work to advance knowledge of issues related to peace, causes of conflict, and world understanding. The fellows will participate in an annual Rotary Center seminar and will commit to career related to international relations, peace and conflict resolution. Rotary Peace Fellowships are for two academic years and provide funding for round-trip transportation, tuition and fees, room board, and other limited expenses. Interested individuals may contact the person given above, or consult the Rotary Web site at http://www.rotary.org/en/studentsandyouth/educationalprograms/rotarycentersforinternationalstudies/pages /ridefault.aspx. For more information, and, to download an application form please goes to http://www.rotary.org/ridocuments/en_pdf/083en.pdf. There are Five Rotary Centers for Master s degree in International Studies involving Six University partners. These University Partners are: Duke University and The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA International Christian University, Tokyo, Japan University of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia Uppsala University, Sweden The expense paid 3-month Professional Certificate program is offered through Rotary International s partner institution, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand. Completed Applications are due by May 17, 2013.