R O T A R Y C L U B O F N I C O S IA- L E F K O T H E A D I S T R I C T 2 4 5 0 - C L U B 2 5 0 6 5 Weekly Bulletin Issue 19 Rotary Year 2011-2012 Nicosia Hilton Hotel Mondays 13:15 14:30 Περίληψη Σσνεστίασης Δεστέρα 5 Δεκεμβρίοσ 2011 πλερίδεηαη ηε πλεζηίαζε πνπ πξαγκαηνπνηήζεθε ζην Ξελνδνρείν Hilton από ηηο 13:15 14:30 κ.κ. παξεπξέζεθαλ 30 άηνκα, 24 κέιε ηνπ Οκίινπ καο θαη 6 θηινμελνύκελνη. Η ζπλεζηίαζε άξρηζε κε ηελ πξνζεπρή από ηνλ Ρνη. Μηθόια Γεωξγηάδε. Ιαιωζόξηζκα Ο Πξόεδξνο ηνπ Οκίινπ θαισζόξηζε ηα κέιε θαη ηνπο επραξίζηεζε γηα ηελ παξνπζία ηνπο ζηελ ζπλεζηίαζε. Ο Πξόεδξνο ηνπ Οκίινπ θαισζόξηζε ηνπο θηινμελνύκελνπο Υξπζάλζε Δπακεηλώλδα, Πέηξν Πεηξίδε, ηαύξν ηπιηαλνύ, Λάκπξν Κειαληώηε, Κσλζηαληίλν Σαιηώηε γηα ηελ παξνπζία ηνπο ζηε ζπλεζηίαζε. Ο Πξόεδξνο ηνπ Οκίινπ θαιωζόξηζε ηνλ Πξέζβε ηνπ Θζξαήι ζηε Ιύπξν θ. Michael Harari θαη ηνλ επραξίζηεζε γηα ηελ παξνπζία ηνπο ζηελ ζπλεζηίαζε. Αλαθνηλώζεηο-Ελεκέξωζε ε κηα πνιύ ελδηαθέξνπζα παξνπζίαζε Ο Πξέζβεο ηνπ Ιζξαήι ζηε Κύπξν θ. Michael Harari παξνπζίαζε ηηο απόςεηο ηνπ γηα 3 ζεκαληηθά ζέκαηα πνπ εμειίζζνληαη θαη είλαη ππό δηακόξθσζε ζηελ πεξηνρή καο θαζώο επίζεο θαη ηηο πξννπηηθέο πεξαηηέξσ ζπλεξγαζίαο Ιζξαήι Κύπξνπ ζε ζέκαηα ελέξγεηαο. Σα ζέκαηα απηά ήηαλ: 1. Η Αξαβηθή Άλνημε θαη πωο απηή επεξεάδεη ηελ Λέζε Αλαηνιή. 2. Η πξννπηηθέο ζπλεξγαζίαο κεηαμύ Ιύπξνπ θαη Θζξαήι ζε ζέκαηα ελέξγεηαο, εμόξπμεο πδξνγνλαλζξάθωλ. 3. Οη δηκεξείο ζρέζεηο ηωλ δύν ρωξώλ θαη ε πεξαηηέξω ελδπλάκωζε ηωλ ζρέζεωλ ζε όια ηα επίπεδα Με ην πέξαο ηεο νκηιίαο ηνπ Πξεζβεπηή ηνπ Ιζξαήι, αθνινύζεζε ζπδήηεζε θαη εξσηήζεηο από ηνπο παξεπξηζθόκελνπο ηόζν γηα ηα ζέκαηα ελέξγεηαο θαη πδξνγνλαλζξάθσλ όπσο επίζεο θαη γηα ην Κππξηαθό θαη γηα ην ξόιν ηεο Σνπξθίαο ζηελ πεξηνρή (Αθνινπζεί θσηνγξαθηθό πιηθό) Reminders and Announcements 1. Δπόκελε ζπλεδξία Σειεηή εηζαγσγήο κέινπο Πέηξνο Πεηξίδεο ζηνλ Όκηιν καο. 2. ύλδεζκνο ηήξημεο Αηόκσλ κε ηε Νόζν Αιζράηκεξ-Παδαξάθη ζην Πξνεδξηθό (20/12). Rotary Int. President: Kalyan Banerjee District Governor: Usamaa Barghouthi Σηην έκδοζη αυηή Σελ. Περίληψη Σσνεστίασης 1 Cyprus Rotary / District 2450 News 2-4 Rotary International News 5-6 - Public Relations Plan - Τριμηνιαίο Πρόγραμμα Ομίλοσ - Γενέθλια, Ονομαστικές Γιορτές, Επέτειοι Παροσσίες Μελών Ομίλοσ 8 2011-2012 Club Committee Plan 9 7 ΙΚΗΡΩΗ Ο ηπρεξόο ηεο εκέξαο είλαη ν πξόεδξνο Αηκίιηνο Σαλνύζεο θξαζί Ζακπάξηαο- πξνζθνξά ηνπ Οκίινπ. ROTARY CLUB OF NICOSIA-LEFKOTHEA P.O. Box 20965, 1665 Nicosia, Cyprus www.rotary-cyprus.org/~lefkothea Σελίδα 1
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From Rotary International Rotary water symposium in Israel stresses sustainability By Abby Breitstein Rotary International News 5 December 2011 More than 100 Rotarians took part in an international water symposium in Tel Aviv on 16 November, discussing ways that Rotary can help meet the world's water and sanitation needs. The symposium, sponsored by District 2490, was held in conjunction with WATEC Israel 2011, an annual water technology exhibition and conference that draws thousands of researchers, developers, politicians, and business executives from around the world. RI President Kalyan Banerjee, addressing both symposium attendees and the larger WATEC audience, emphasized the need for Rotary service projects to be sustainable. Sustainability "means that there will not be a problem finding parts, fixing something that is broken, finding the money for maintenance, keeping the project going," he said. "It means the community will take ownership of a solution, so that even though it might have come from Rotary originally, it no longer belongs to Rotary." Community input Banerjee used the example of solar ovens to illustrate why successful service projects need to begin with community input. Though solar ovens might look like a perfect solution to the problem of finding cooking fuel -- their energy source is free, inexhaustible, and nonpolluting; they are cheap to make; and they preclude the need to gather wood and cut down trees -- other factors might have to be considered, he said. Perhaps local foods need to be cooked at hotter temperatures than a solar oven provides, or the area is very windy and the ovens could blow away, or the local women traditionally rise before dawn to cook. "These are all issues that you simply might not have thought of," Banerjee said. "When we are talking about solutions to a problem, we must recognize that solutions cannot be imposed. They have to be developed, they have to be appropriate, they have to be a product of communication and cooperation." Ron Denham, chair of the Water and Sanitation Rotarian Action Group and a member of the Rotary Club of Toronto Eglinton, Ontario, Canada, said it is especially important to choose appropriate technology for water projects in low-income areas. "Appropriate technology means that the technology is within the capability and capacity of the people to use. It has to be very simple," he said. "The community also has to be able to afford to operate and maintain the facility." The day's events brought together a wealth of expertise in water technology in a country that is the world's leader in water conservation. Conference organizer Avner Fuchs, past governor of District 2490 and a member of the Rotary Club of Gedera, explained that Israel exists in a "permanent state of water shortage. We cannot waste any water, so we look at ways not only to use less water, but to reuse water in every way we can." Fuchs said Israel recycles 75 percent of its uncontaminated wastewater, adding that the figure will rise to 95 percent by 2020. "Reclaimed water goes into things like cotton, trees, flowers -- anything that people don t end up eating or drinking," he said. For more information: Find out how you and your Rotary club can get involved in a sustainable water project through the Water and Sanitation Rotarian Action Group. Learn about Rotary's areas of focus, including water and sanitation ROTARY CLUB OF NICOSIA-LEFKOTHEA P.O. Box 20965, 1665 Nicosia, Cyprus www.rotary-cyprus.org/~lefkothea Σελίδα 5
From Rotary International Message from the Foundation Trustee chair Bill Boyd, Foundation Trustee Chair Now's the time to learn about what the Foundation does November is Rotary Foundation Month, and I hope you'll focus on the Foundation with your club speakers and programs. How can our newer Rotarians understand the Foundation if we do not tell them what it is and what it does? We are often not good communicators in Rotary, which is strange as we are business and community leaders. Maybe it is information overload or too much sport on television, but Rotary information is not a high priority for many Rotarians. For example, how would you answer these questions: Is there an Ambassadorial Scholar in our district? What is this Future Vision Plan, and what does it mean for our club? What do we need to know about polio eradication, other than that it makes us feel good? What is the difference between Group Study Exchange and vocational training teams? I hear the words Every Rotarian, Every Year. What is that about? How can The Rotary Foundation support our club's desire to help people outside our community? What are Rotarians doing on issues such as HIV/AIDS and water and sanitation? Nobody in my club reads the Foundation annual report. Where does the money go? What is our relationship with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation? The list of questions could go on, but the real question is, "What is our club doing to learn more about our Rotary Foundation?" If the answer is "not enough," now might be a very good time to start. ROTARY CLUB OF NICOSIA-LEFKOTHEA P.O. Box 20965, 1665 Nicosia, Cyprus www.rotary-cyprus.org/~lefkothea Σελίδα 6
Public Relations Plan Public Relations Plan Main target: To get more citizens aware, especially whose who leave in Nicosia area, about our club, and our activities. What is Rotary, who are the Rotarians, what does Rotary do. Specifically, we should try to overcome and to clarify a misunderstanding and a misperception that runs across a lot of people in Cyprus that Rotary is a kind of a "sect" (heresy). This is a quite negative approach from a lot of people in Cyprus that affects the expansion, the role and the function of our club and our organization in general, especially in Cyprus a country with citizens that have very strong bonds to their religion. Also, we should sick and aim to expose and to promote most of our major activities, through the media (local and national). Use of media: In our days the use of media, especially electronic media, is a very powerful, important and effective tool (and vehicle) in order to promote and to inform the public about our organizations and our club's activities. We are listing below some of our initial suggestions regarding the promotion of our club's activities through the media: Prepare and send press (news) releases to all media (electronic and printed) regarding our major activities. Arrange the participation of our President and/or other Board members to various local radio programs, in order to speak and to explain the role, the function and the importance of our organization and especially our Nicosia-Lefkothea club. Inform the media (especially some "key" media persons and journalists) but also the public, in general, about our official web-side, so they can visit it and get the appropriate information. They could also have a link to our weekly electronic bulletin in order to follow our meeting activities and other general activities and projects of our club. Events that could be attractive to the media: We should organize specific events that are attractive both to the media and to the general public. Such events could be "tea - afternoons", dinners, special "theme" nights, or special nights (parties) at a local night club (such event could be also attractive to younger people). We can also organize special events like a Christmas Gala dinner, a Carnival dance dinner, a Saint Valentine's Day special dinner, an Easter lunch day, out in the fields, with the traditional lamb "suvla", etc. We can invite one or two notable, expert speakers (according to specific subjects and fields) well known Doctor, or a well known media personality, to give a speech thus, organizing an event open to the general public. For all these events and activities we can always collaborate with other local clubs. Local government officials: We could arrange meetings of our Board Members with high positioned local government officials in order to inform them about our activities, our efforts to support and to help the society through our charity activities and events and to make them aware about our existence and our function, especially in the district of Nicosia. Such meetings will be largely covered by the media. 2. Anniversary Publication The club's public relations committee is finishing a glossy publication about the «25 years of Service To Τhe Community» of the Rotary Club of Nicosia- Lefkothea. Research, text and lay out by PP Christodoulos Achilleoudis. The features of this luxury booklet are the following:- Foreword Members of the Board Founding of the Club Naming of the Club Banner of the Club Founder Members of the Club The First Board Members 1987-1988 and cards of the Club Paul Harris Fellows 1987-1988 - 2007-2008 Inner Wheel Rotaract Interact Twinning with Nea Smyrni Twinning with Sahel Metn Sponsoring the New Rotary Club Nicosia-Salamis Presidents of the Club 1987-1988 - 2007-2008 Main Activities 1987-1988 2007-2008 Members of the Club 2007-2008 Members of the Club 2007-2008 individually Club Committees 2007-2008 Attendance since 20 years In Memoriam Objects of Rotary Declaration of Rotarians in Businesses and Professions The 4-Way Test The booklet will be sold to all members and also be distributed to a large number of individuals, head of large corporations, senior civil servants, University community, Chamber of Commerce, Employers Organizations, professional bodies and institutions, etc, with the aim of promoting the Rotary Principles and Ideals. Τριμηνιαίο Πρόγραμμα Ομίλοσ Δεκέμβριος 2011 Ιανοσάριος 2011 Φεβροσάριος 2012 4ε Παδαξάθη Inner-Wheel 5ε Σαθηηθή πλεζηίαζε κε νκηιεηή ηνλ Πξέζβε ηνπ Ιζξαήι ζηελ Κύπξν. 12ε Καλνληθή πλάληεζε -έληαμε κέινπο Πέηξννπ Πεηξίδε. 19ε Απνγεπκαηηλή πλάληεζε ζην Occhio Lounge Bar ζηηο 18:45 26ε Αλαβνιή πλάληεζεο ιόγσ Υξηζηνπγέλλσλ 9η Καλνληθή πλάληεζε 16η Καλνληθή πλάληεζε 23η Καλνληθή πλάληεζε 30η Καλνληθή πλάληεζε 6ε Καλνληθή πλάληεζε 13ε Καλνληθή πλάληεζε 20ε Καλνληθή πλάληεζε 27ε Καλνληθή πλάληεζε Γενέθλια, Ονομαζηικές Γιορηές & Επέηειοι Γενέθλια Ονομαζηικές Γιορηές ΑΒΒΑ ΑΒΒΙΓΗ (05/12) ΝΙΚΟΛΑ ΓΔΩΡΓΙΑΓΗ (06/12) ΝΙΚΟ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΤ (06/12) ΝΙΚΟ ΜΙΥΑΗΛΙΓΗ (06/12) Επέηειοι Γάμοσ ROTARY CLUB OF NICOSIA-LEFKOTHEA P.O. Box 20965, 1665 Nicosia, Cyprus www.rotary-cyprus.org/~lefkothea Σελίδα 7
5/Δεκ 12/Δεκ 19/Δεκ 26/Δεκ CARD TOTAL Παροσζίες Μελών Ομίλοσ Δεκεμβρίου/11 ATTENDANCE Meetings: 1 MEMBERS Monthly % YTD % 1 Achilleoudis Christodoulos 1 1 100,0% 100,0% 2 Agrotis Charalambos 0 0,0% 0,0% 3 Agrotis Stavros 1 1 100,0% 95,8% 4 Andreou Peter 0 0,0% 49,2% 5 Christou Mylona Avgi 0 0,0% 0,0% 6 Constantinides Iacovos 1 1 100,0% 91,7% 7 Constantinou Paris 1 1 100,0% 35,0% 8 Costa Mikis 0 0,0% 0,0% 9 Costeas Theodoros 0 0,0% 58,3% 10 Petros Petrides 0 0,0% 0,0% 11 Georgiades Nicolas 1 1 100,0% 62,5% 12 Georgiou Glafkos 1 1 100,0% 76,7% 13 Ierodiaconou Kyriacos 0 0,0% 36,7% 14 Jacovides Kypros 0 0,0% 25,0% 15 Jacovides Sotos 0 0,0% 8,3% 16 Kallis Christos 1 1 100,0% 40,8% 17 Kanari Popi (Ms) 0 0,0% 25,0% 18 Karis Phidias 1 1 100,0% 91,7% 19 Kittis Stathis 0 0,0% 0,0% 20 Klerides Takis 1 1 100,0% 60,8% 21 Koufaris George 0 0,0% 20,8% 22 Koumenides Andreas 1 1 100,0% 33,3% 23 Koutselini - Ioannidou Mary (Ms) 0 0,0% 24,2% 24 Kouzalis Charalambos 0 0,0% 60,0% 25 Markides Loizos 1 1 100,0% 44,2% 26 Michaelides Christos 0 0,0% 20,0% 27 Michaelides Dimitris 1 1 100,0% 33,3% 28 Michaelides Nicos 1 1 100,0% 100,0% 29 Michaelides Polis 1 1 100,0% 100,0% 30 Mouskis Titos 0 0,0% 0,0% 31 Natar Victoria (Ms) 0 0,0% 56,7% 32 Nicolaides Panicos 0 0,0% 20,0% 33 Papanicolaou Katerina 1 1 100,0% 24,2% 34 Pattihis Loukis 1 1 100,0% 48,3% 35 Petrides Costas 1 1 100,0% 29,2% 36 Philippou Christos 1 1 100,0% 84,2% 37 Potamitis George 0 0,0% 4,2% 38 Poullou Kyriaki (Rica) 1 1 100,0% 30,8% 39 Psimolophitis George 1 1 100,0% 100,0% 40 Roussias George 0 0,0% 4,2% 41 Roussos Yiannis 0 0,0% 0,0% 42 Savvides Savvas 1 1 100,0% 95,8% 43 Siman Paul 1 1 100,0% 63,3% 44 Stylianou Th. Petros 0 0,0% 11,7% 45 Stylianou N. Petros 0 0,0% 38,3% 46 Tanousis Emilios 1 1 100,0% 100,0% 47 Taoushanis Takis 1 1 100,0% 66,7% 48 Xenopoulos Xenios 1 1 100,0% 73,3% 21 0 0 0 4 25 52,1% 44,7% ROTARY CLUB OF NICOSIA-LEFKOTHEA P.O. Box 20965, 1665 Nicosia, Cyprus www.rotary-cyprus.org/~lefkothea Σελίδα 8
2011-2012 Committee Plan ROTARY CLUB OF NICOSIA-LEFKOTHEA P.O. Box 20965, 1665 Nicosia, Cyprus www.rotary-cyprus.org/~lefkothea Σελίδα 9