Welcome to another issue of our bulletin! Find out who our winners were for the annual Music Contest, where and when the Area 2 Foundation Dinner is, and read a fascinating article of the power of AI.
Music Makers
The annual Music Contest at Quincy Rotary was inspiring with Loralei taking the top spot, Jura excelling in 2nd place, Rowley delivering a stellar performance for 3rd, and Charlise dazzling with 4th! We're grateful for Judges Greg Willis, Angela Elliott, & Kendrah Fredricksen.
Loralei took first place on the French horn and violin with second place going to Jura on the violin, third to Rowley on the electric guitar and fourth went to Charlise on the violin.
Judges Greg Willis, Angela Elliott, and Kendrah Fredricksen brought their musical expertise to the contest.
Rowley demonstrated his electic guitar skills playing "Floods."
Violinist Jura shared three pieces - "Czardas," "The Tortoise," and "Lark in the Morning."
Charlise performed on violin "Nobel Maiden Fair," "The Butterfly," and "The Hanging Tree."
Loralei performed "Romance" on the French horn and then played "Wizard Walk" on the violin.
Foundation Dinner
The Area 2 Foundation Dinner is the evening of Friday April 10 at the Graeagle Meadows Restaurant (Golf Course). The social begins at 5:30pm with dinner following. The District Governor Larry Harvey and District Foundation Chair Berta Pickett plan to attend. The estimated cost right now is $35 per person and a no-host bar will be available. We encourage attendance (bring a guest) as we celebrate the Rotary Foundation and all it's good work. This is a semi-formal event and we are counting on a good showing from the Quincy club and other area clubs to support this.
We are excited for our speaker Dr. Scott Kellermann to give an update on the nursing school and the Kellermann Foundation. He has been in communication from Uganda and will be returning just a few days prior to the dinner. Please send your RSVP (yes or no) to David Little, no later than March 31 via email: dlittle@spi-ind.com.
Thank you and we look forward to seeing you all there!
Rotary Peace Fellow employs AI for a better World
By Amy Hoak
During her Rotary Peace Fellowship, Branka Panic, worked as a short-term consultant at the World Bank, joining a team that was building a model to predict the probability of famine.
The benefits of such a tool were obvious: “If a certain area will be in need of food in six months, in 12 months, we can prepare humanitarian aid more efficiently,” Panic says.
But unintended consequences of making that information available also became clear. “Our intention was to make humanitarian agencies ready,” Panic says. “But what if, by providing this signal as an open source, we were actually informing the government or any warring party out there to intentionally attack this population because they see there is a vulnerability?”
The exercise illustrated both the power and the danger of using such technologies. It surfaced ethical questions to be mindful of and the sensitivities of parsing data and sharing it widely.
Read more at: https://www.rotary.org/en/rotary-peace-fellow-employs-ai-for-a-better-world
