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Bedford
We meet Tuesdays at 12:00 PM
The Winking Lizard
25380 Miles Road
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Bedford Heights, OH  44146
United States
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Welcome to our new weekly Bedford Rotary Club Bulletin

We hope you all had a safe and happy Holiday Season and that you are ready for a Great Start to 2017!
As we start this new year, we are going to be sending this Bulletin your way on a weekly basis to keep you informed.
Please enjoy this and let me know if there is anything more you would like to have included.
 
This is the 2nd week we have published the bulletin and now added the District Newsletter and RSS feed.  
 
This Tuesday we have Joyce hosting Dave Karpinsky from LEEDS talking about wind farms.  Please beware that a State of the City with The Mayor and Mike Mallis is this Wednesday at noon at Light of Hearts.  We hope you can attend both events.
 
Yours in Rotary Service - 
Michael Falk

Get ready for the 2017 Bedford Rotary Ribfest!

Contracts to our rib vendors are out for this year's rib fest!
If you haven't received yours, or you would like to participate in this year's event, please email chrisb@berwyntech.net
We are looking forward to an exciting event this year and are working hard to have a good variety of vendors for our visitors to enjoy.
 
Check back soon for a list of participating vendors!

Welcome to our new website!

We are all excited to see how ClubRunner will revolutionize the way we manage our day to day club activities, as well as communicate more effectively. ClubRunner is an all-in-one membership and communication software package designed for Rotary.
More than just an easy-to-use website, it is a complete online package comprised of several modules, all designed to maintain your members' data, facilitate interactive communication, organize events and volunteers, distribute email newsletters and broadcast communications, improve public relations, and help run a club more efficiently.Accessible by all club members through a password protected member area, it allows every member to access key information to communicate much more effectively, as well as share information and collaborate better, as well as automate administrative functions such as attendance tracking and billing. Membership changes to the database are automatically communicated to Rotary International, therefore also saving the Club Secretary from performing double data entry.Online registrations for events and volunteer activities, automatic email services, and an integrated e-Bulletin, among other features, makes it easy to promote your club's activities.

The website features easy to use content management tools, where you don't need to have a technical background to maintain the site, and with the new Website Designer 2.0 interface, you can customize your site to reflect your club's identity and style.

For more information on ClubRunner, visit ClubRunner's Website and discover how to take full advantage of the features of ClubRunner.
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Security and Integrity of Your Data

ClubRunner secures all your private information using the latest security technologies. Hosted in a world class data centre with redundant power, Internet backbones and 24/7 security and monitoring, you can rest assured that your club data is safe and protected. Your members' contact information is secured behind unique logins and passwords. Access to information is also restricted, for example, a member can only view the list of members, but can modify his or her own personal information.

Data on the server is protected by TCP/IP filtering, firewall and anti-virus software that protect against any unauthorized intrusion. Backups of data are made daily and stored off-site.
Your information is kept private and is not shared with any third parties. To review ClubRunner's Privacy Policy, visit www.clubrunner.ca, or look for the link on the footer of every page on ClubRunner's site.
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Integrated eBulletin for Easier Communication

ClubRunner makes it easy to publish your weekly Club eBulletin, and send to all members and friends of the club, by incorporating home page stories and events with the push of a button.
ClubRunner will also include a reminder to each recipient for all registrations and club related commitments including event attendance, volunteering tasks, weekly meeting duty roster, and any responsibilities associated with new membership tasks. The eBulletin will automatically include the club's upcoming speaker program and automatically link content back to the corresponding landing page on the website to make it easier for members and visitors to get more information as well as promote general awareness of your new website.
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The Atlanta Host Organization Committee is offering some good old-fashioned Southern hospitality at the Rotary International Convention from 10 to 14 June. It has planned a wide range of activities featuring everything from good food and music to inspiring tours of local landmarks. If it’s your first convention, these events are chances to meet fellow Rotarians from around the world, and if you’re an experienced convention goer, you can catch up with old friends. Hall of Fame baseball player Hank Aaron will host Rotarians for a “Strike Out Polio” night at the new SunTrust Park, where you’ll...
 
When Teguest Yilma helped found the Rotary Club of Addis Ababa Entoto in 2002, she thought polio had already been eradicated from most of the world. But while Ethiopia had been free of the disease, Yilma was shocked to learn that new cases had started cropping up in surrounding countries such as Somalia. “I was thinking, it’s not possible, we can’t be free if the countries around us are not free,” she says. Yilma, the managing editor of Capital, Ethiopia’s largest English weekly newspaper, has brought a journalist’s skills to the fight against polio. She became vice chair of the Ethiopia...
 
Battling breast cancer in 2000, Kathryn Smith found comfort pursuing her lifelong interest in Franklin D. Roosevelt. The more she read, the more intrigued she became with the 32nd U.S. president’s private secretary, Marguerite Alice “Missy” LeHand. “I thought, what a fascinating life she had because she was by his side through the polio crisis, establishing the polio rehabilitation center in Warm Springs and then after his return to politics,” she says. Smith, a past president of the Rotary Club of Greater Anderson, S.C., and a longtime newspaper journalist, turned that curiosity into a book...
 
Modena, Italy, is known for fine things. The region is home to manufacturers of Ferrari, Maserati, and Lamborghini automobiles. It’s where the artisan cheese Parmigiano-Reggiano is made, as well as Lambrusco wine. And it’s the only place in the world that produces traditional balsamic vinegar. The vinegar is a delicacy – sweeter and thicker than the kind usually found on restaurant tables, refined and aged in casks up to 25 years. The process has been handed down from generation to generation; the casks are often bequeathed to children or used to celebrate milestones such as weddings and...
 
One of United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s earliest memories is of fleeing with his family into the mountains during the Korean War, his village burning behind him. His father and grandfather had to forage for food in the woods; his mother gave birth to his siblings away from anything remotely resembling a health facility. “I have known hunger,” he says. “I have known war, and I have known what it means to be forced to flee conflict.” The soldiers who came to their rescue were flying the blue flag of the United Nations. The UN provided them with food and their schools with books....
 
Speakers
Jan 17, 2017
Lake Erie Windfarm
Jan 24, 2017
Engaging Membership and Growing Membership
Jan 31, 2017
Update on old BVL Facility
Feb 07, 2017
Updating us on status of complex and grounds
Feb 14, 2017
Kathy is working on several potential speakers
Feb 21, 2017
Jeanne is working on several potential speakers
Feb 28, 2017
UH Medical Center Bedford Update and UH in general
Mar 07, 2017
Karen is working on several potential speakers
Mar 14, 2017
Main topic is finalizing the Pancake breakfast outstanding items
Mar 21, 2017
Exercise and Nutrition as we age
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Upcoming Events
Bedford State of the City Address
283 Union Street
Jan 18, 2017
12:00 PM – 1:30 PM
 
District 6630 Annual Foundation Gala
Hale Farm and Village
Mar 03, 2017 6:00 PM
 
Pancake Breakfast
Bedford High School
Apr 30, 2017
8:00 AM – 12:19 PM
 
Vocational Banquet
TBD
May 03, 2017
6:24 PM – 11:24 PM
 
Rib Burn Off
City Square
Jun 02, 2017 12:00 PM –
Jun 04, 2017 11:23 PM
 
Russell Hampton
National Awards Services Inc.
Sage