RCGI e Bulletin August 21st 2016 (Aug 21, 2016)

Great to see you, come back again soon!

We meet Tuesdays at 12:30 PM

Chic Restaurant,

Royal St. Lucian Hotel
Rodney Bay, lc
Saint Lucia

District Site

Club Assembly in lieu of Lunch Meeting

Boardroom at Bay Gardens Beach Resort

Aug 23, 2016 7:00 PM

Fellowship Lunch - Alternate Location

Location to be announced

Aug 30, 2016 12:30 PM

Guest Speaker - to be confirmed

Chic Restaurant at the Royal St Lucian

Sep 27, 2016 12:30 PM

Member Birthdays

Judy Deterville

September 3

Matt Render

September 10

Join Date

D. Lisle Chase

August 1, 1984

32 years

Bernard Rattray

August 8, 2008

8 years

Cornelius Sidonie

September 3, 2013

3 years

Happening - August 21st 2016

Last week, PP Jonathan was taken ill and ended up in hospital for a couple of days. I am pleased to report that he is making a good recovery and is at home. We all wish him a complete recovery in the shortest possible time.

Happily, Rtn. Len is also continuing her steady recovery and we hope to see her back out and about in a few weeks.

At our regular meeting on August 16th, we were delighted to welcome back Linda Saturno, Peace Corps volunteer and to welcome Sunil Ramdeen who has recently moved to Saint Lucia with Sandals Resorts. Great to have you join us at lunch folks, please come back again soon.

Golf Tournament planning continues a pace. All request letters have now been dispatched and we should have the Raffle Prizes tied down by the end of this week so that tickets can be printed for distribution end of week 1 in September. Books will consist of 10 tickets with $25 value. Every 2 books sold entitles the seller to a free ticket or $25. This is intended to incentivize non Rotarian sellers.

Members asked to contribute US$500 each to TRF this year by District 7030 Foundation Chair Hervé!

Grow Well Summer Golf Camp

Quain Jones of Riviere Mitan celebrates as 2016 Golf Camp Champion.

Golf Camp Champion Quain Jones, right, with rival Rayshorn Jones

Lisa Daniel (right) repeats as Champion, turning away a strong challenge from Jowen Smith. Claire Nardoni, Golf Camp sponsor, congratulates both Gros Islet residents.

Twenty Grow Well junior golfers compete at Golf Summer Camp

Grow Well is a Project of the Rotary Club of Gros Islet. The Golf Program is sponsored and run by Mrs. Claire Nardoni assisted by Mrs. Coleen Newman.

Message from DG Roger Bose

District Governor Roger Bose

DEAR FELLOW ROTARIANS,

The new Rotary year has begun and the feeling of excitement is overwhelming.

The upcoming year is full of special celebrations, landmark events, experimentation with recent Council of Legislation (COL) changes, and a renewed focus on membership that begins with each of us as individual Rotarians.

PDG Hervé Honore

The Rotary Club Of Martinique

Welcome in

The Rotary Foundation Centennial

Year in District 7030

My Fellow Rotarians,

It’s a real pleasure for me to serve as District Rotary Foundation Chair for 2016/2017 to 2018/2019 on behalf DG Roger

Bose, DGE Waddy Sowma and DGN Dominique Vénéré.

In 2016/2017, The Rotary Foundation is about to mark a century of Doing Good in the World through humanitarian projects, scholarships, professional training and exchanges, and its remarkable campaign for a polio-free world.

The Role of the Chairman in Effective Meetings Part 4

So far we have dealt with:

Why we need Effective Meetings
What makes an effective Chairman
Phase 1 - Planning for the meeting
Phase 2 - Setting up the meeting, and
Phase 3 - Running the meeting

Remember if you missed any of these topics you only have to go to the RCGI website at www.rotarygi.org and look at the last issues of the bulletin on the right hand side of the Home Page.

This is an extract from a course offered on line at the Rotary Learning centre at www.rotary.org

Here we will look at:

Phase 4 - Following up on the meeting
Tips to handle difficult members
Preventions and finally
A few ideas to help you summarize your role

Let me know if you found this series interesting and useful (or not).

Rotaract Club of Gros Islet Leadership Training

Team Rotaract - Gros Islet Shortly after Training Session on Leadership concluded on Sunday August 14th.

From Left to Right: Curtly Stephen, Treasurer; Carlyn Joseph, President; Natacha Stava, Club Administration Chair; Robin Branford, Professional Development Chair; Minerva Gustave, Secretary and International Service Chair.

After an ice beaker the group settled into a discussion on leadership by first identifying the leader that they most admire. Participants came up with some interesting choices, all of whom were discussed and the traits of leadership examined putting substance to the choices made.

Professional Development Chair Robin thanked PP Lisle for his presentation.

Our Rotaractors are a great group of young people who need our help. Members are strongly encouraged to help as much as we can. This is the future of Rotary folks and a project of our making.

Handing Over of Playground to CDGC

RCGI Hands Over Playground For Children With Special Needs

The Playground with the Rotary Club of Gros Islet Banner in the Background.

From Left to Right: President of RCGI Astrid Mondesir; Director of CDGC, Dr. Kim Gardner; Parliamentary Representative for Castries North, Hon. Stephenson King; Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Merline Frederick; Second Row: 3rd Secretary at the Embassy of Taiwan, Mr. Guan-Ting Lou and President of RC Saint Lucia, Selma St. Prix.

Left, Mr. Ryan Devaux, 2015 Title Sponsor - Bank of Saint Lucia International; Mr. Rhory McNamara, Director CDGC; Mr. Guan-Ting Lou, 3rd Secretry,Embassy of Taiwan, Fr. Cleophus, Lady of Fatima Church, La Clery; Dr. Merline Fredrick , Chief Medical Officer.

Some Sponsors and Guests

Hand Over of GoTo Supports

Winchester Rotary combined with PP Lisle Chase to Supply a Number of GoTo Supports for Needy Children

	GoTo Support being demonstrated as support for child sitting on a chair .
	GoTo Support makes it possible for children to use the wheel chairs safely
	GoTo supports make it safe for children to enjoy the swing These versatile supports are light weight yet sturdy. They can be used in the home and in the car. Thanks to the generosity of the Rotary Club of Winchester UK, who contributed £1,000 towards the purchase of the supports, many of the wheelchair users can now sit up in their wheelchairs safely. This will greatly assist in the correction of posture and ultimately to the quality of life for these children. See more pictures at Hand Over of GoTo Supports. Also see Social Media