This Week: January 30, Experiences of a Rotary Scholar by Michael Gordon, graduate student from Pretoria, South Africa attending UNLV. Click here to go to Michael's blog.

Next Week: February 6, Group Study Exchange program. Past team leader, Gene Hernandez, will present his team and their experiences in Central Europe. Gene is the District Governor Nominee (2008-2009). Charlie Barr, incoming District Governor (2007-2008), will also be attending this meeting.

Mark Your Calendar: March 31, Spring Fest Fund Raiser. Don't forget to gather those auction items.

Michael has surpassed himself yet again with his craft talk program. Last week's program was informative, fun, and entertaining. We heard from Vicki Wille, Darrell Cavanaugh, and the surprise guest, Wenlee Jensen.

We look forward to Michael's next craft talk production.

There's no fellowship in an empty chair.
Your guests and visiting Rotarians help kindle the flame of fellowship

Our guests were George from Keokuk, Iowa
Chad Dymon, guest of Bobby G
Rick Amadio, guest of Eric Tarbox
Shawn Spanier, guest of Paul Workman
and Doug Verb, guest of Larry Brown

“Each club is a link in the great chain of rotary. When one club does a service for its community, every club glows with the reflected radiance.”
Chesley R Perry 1957 (extract from ‘The Rotary Life of Chesley Reynolds Perry’ ©ROTARY/One Foundation 2006)

Membership Referral Form: Do you have a friend, family member, or business associate who would make a great Rotarian but lives or works too far away to join your club? Submit the online Membership Referral Form to spread the word to clubs in his or her area!

All forms are received by the Membership Development staff at RI headquarters and forwarded to the appropriate district governor and district membership chair. District leaders are encouraged to send information about any qualified, potential candidates to the appropriate clubs. At that point, club leaders can contact candidates to see if they would be a good fit for their club.

By referring a friend, relative, or colleague, you can expand the recruitment possibilities for another club and share the opportunity for Rotary service with another person. And if someone you refer joins a Rotary club, there will be another set of hands available for service around the world.

Why I Am A Rotarian
I've always thought that to serve others was my life's calling. After watching our children grow up and lead lives of their own, my husband and I decided to devote our time to helping others help their lives. We were not part of any organization then; we found people to help, and people found us to help them.

It was in 2005 that my brother, then President-Elect of the Escalon Sunrise Rotary Club in Escalon, California, brought up the idea of setting up a Rotary Club in our town. It was daunting at first, but with much encouragement and support, and the will to serve others, we were able to set up the Rotary Club of Alabat Island, chartered in 2005.

We are still a relatively young club, but in terms of projects and the number of people we have helped, we have accomplished so much more than what my husband and I ever envisioned.

For us, the Rotary Club of Alabat Island is a bigger way of being able to share what we have for the service of others, which we have always wanted to do.
Alicia "Alice" Caparros Botin, Charter President of the Rotary Club of Alabat Island, RI District 3820, Philippines

Last call for baby contest pictures. If you don't recognize yourself in the gallery to the right, you probably haven't submitted your beautiful baby picture. Please bring them in Tuesday or email them to webmaster@rotarysummerlin.org.

Our Beautiful Baby Contest will be posted on our website the beginning of February for a month. You will have an opportunity to match online the hidden Rotarian in each baby picture to the grown-up (well almost) ones in our club.

There will be a prize given to the person who can correctly identify the most "Rotarians in the Rough" as well as a prize for the picture of the Rotarian who has been identified the least--no telling anyone which is your picture.

Any picture of you, black and white, or color, print, slide, or digital can be used. We will scan prints and slides if you like and return the pictures in the same condition in which you presented them. Pictures must be of you from high school age or younger (sorry no sonograms or X-rays). You may enter up to three pictures--this often confuses the contestants.

Greeter: TBA
Pledge: TBA
Inspirational: TBA
Musicologist: Dennis Ortwein

If you would like to be a guest for one of our programs, please contact Darrell Cavanaugh at membership@rotarysummerlin.org