Governor’s Newsletter DISTRICT 7490 Bergen • Passaic • Hudson Counties • New Jersey, USA District Governor Emil Geering August 2011 Dear friends, ROTARY NJ STATE VOCATIONAL ASSEMBLY Summer greetings - rect their membership efforts to reflect the August is Membership Month in the diversity of their communities. It's not too early to start planning to attend the 2011 New Jersey Rotary Rotary world. And I’m happy to report And these efforts are producing results. Vocational Assembly, to be held on that while the district secretary and I make The Haledon club grew by 25% with 3 October 3 (Monday) at Pines Manor our official visits, we are learning that new members. The Englewood, Teaneck in Edison. This is the most clubs have plans to make a concerted and Maywood clubs will each induct 3 – ONLY State-wide effort with membership growth. These 5 new members during the next few vocational services clubs are setting realistic goals, and most weeks. So you see, it can be done. program held in the United States, so we importantly, are putting committees in We just need to ask. Ask our friends, are VERY thrilled to place to achieve those goals with the help colleagues, clients, neighbors, service announce that our of their club members. Club presidents providers and so forth, to join us at a current RI President, and their committees should use the Pres- meeting in order to share the Rotary ex- Kalyan Banerjee, will idential Citation and Changemaker perience, enjoy the fellowship and learn be our keynote speaker this year. You will also have the opportunity to hear Awards as a guideline and roadmap to di- about the good works and projects we do. John Farmer, Jr., former NJ State At- continued on page 3 torney General, and the renowned psychologist Dr. Teena Cahill, author and radio personality. This year, we have lowered the price to $55, so please start thinking about registra- tion now. To register.... AUGUST IS MEMBERSHIP MONTH We salute our members past, present and future All registrations should go to our Dis- trict Governor Nominee, Len Agrusti. He may be reached at: Len Agrusti, DGN 24 Harmony Lane Wayne, NJ 07470 Rotarian Arvind Shah from Bombay West 973-768-4969 Rotary Club (India) visited and exchanged [email protected] banners with the Hawthorne Rotary Club on We are also looking Wednesday, July 20, 2011. Pictured from for sponsorships from left (front) Rtn. Arvind Shah, (back row) clubs and Rotarians' businesses to President Fred Roughgarden, Past Presi- dent John Minicozzi, and Richard Goldberg, help support the event. Sponsors re- Mayor of Hawthorne. ceive advertising in the journal we Above: Mel W. Tantillo from the Passaic Valley/ Lit- will distribute to all that night. For tle Falls Rotary Club. He became a member in higher levels of donations, you will 1966. He has 100% attendance in Rotary. He was also have your ad included in a Pow- born in Garfield NJ. In the picture with Mel is Ro- erPoint and on the vocational assem- tarian and incoming president of the Passaic Val- bly website. Some of the sponsorship ley/Little Falls Rotary Club Honey Correia. levels (see the brochure) also come Left, l to r: PDG Raj Bhatia, Newest Northern Val- with tickets. This is a great way to ley member Dawn Marcano, Northern Valley Presi- honor your club's nominee for the Vo- dent Don Humphreys, Park Ridge Rotary member cational Service Award. Linda Hanlon. IN THIS ISSUE Mark your calendars, and sign up District Conference . .2 Governorʼs Visits . .3 today for this super state-wide event. Attendance . .2 Important District Dates . .4 The Vocational Assembly application form Membership Magic . .3 Club News . .5 may be found at the end of this newsletter. www.rotarydistrict7490.org Reach Within To Embrace Humanity 1 ROTARY BY MONTH DISTRICT CONFERENCE August . .Membership and Extension Month Our 55th Annual District Conference will be held in September . .New Generations Month Washington, DC, on April 19-22, 2012. Please join fel- October . .Vocational Service Month low Rotarians for an informative and fun filled confer- November . .Rotary Foundation Month ence. The hotel has recently undergone a $14 million December . .Family Month renovation and is located in the prestigious Capitol January . .Rotary Awareness Month Hill section of the city. Included in this February . .World Understanding Month Governor Emil hopes you'll honor us with your attendance at the February 23 . .Rotary's anniversary biggest event of his Rotary year as our District Governor. He has se- lected a great location so that we can celebrate together our successes March . .Literacy Month as District 7490 Rotarians. A private tour of the White House has al- April . .Magazine Month ready SOLD OUT. A second tour is in the making now, so please June 09, 2012 . .RI Convention (Bangkok, Thailand) contact Judy Messineo for further details. Travel Coordinator Conference Chairman Judy Messineo, Bergen Travel Dick Oakley, PDG ATTENDANCE 973-773-8888 201-768-3000 Club Members Gain/Loss Members Attendance [email protected] [email protected] 7/1/11 Year 7/31/1 Percentage Allendale/Saddle River . .21 . .+2 . 23 . 68% Bayonne . .35 . -3 . 32 . 48% Bergen Community College . 20 . 0 . 20 . .37% ROTARY UN DAY Bergen Highlands . 43 . 0 . 43 . 62% Bergenfield/Dumont . Reservations are now open for this Cliffside Park/Ridgefield . 11 . -2 . 9 . .65% Clifton year’s Rotary Day at the UN, which Cresskill/Demarest . .14 . -1 . 13 . .69% will take place Saturday, November 5. Elmwood Park . 9 . .0 . 9 . .100% This year, seats are very limited, since Englewood . 53 . .0 . .53 . .48% Fair Lawn . .19 . .0 . .19 . .11% there will be renovations to the UN. Fair Lawn Sunrise . .12 . .0 . 12 . .46% There are special programs for young people. You can also register at Fort Lee . .34 . .0 . 34 . .45% http://www.riunday.org. Garfield . .13 . .0 . 13 . .55% Hackensack . .28 . .0 . 28 . .74% Rotary International and the Red Cross are the only Haledon . .10 . .+2 . 12 . .60% non-nation members of the United Nations. Hawthorne Hoboken . 38 . .0 . 38 . .29% Jersey City . 52 . .-4 . 48 . .53% HAITI PROJECT – August 22-27 Jersey City Daybreak . .9 . .0 . 9 . .75% We are looking for a few volunteers to help us with construction work Kearny . .12 . .0 . 12 . .67% Maywood . .43 . .0 . 43 . .48% on the new school we are building in southern Haiti. We would like Meadowlands . .8 . .0 . .8 . .69% to work the week of August 22, Mon. - Sat. The majority of the hard Mid Bergen County . .14 . .-1 . 13 . .85% work has been done, we just need to cut, weld, and fabricate wrought Northern Valley . 23 . .0 . 23 . .48% Oakland/Franklin Lakes . .27 . .0 . 27 . .56% iron walls, a couple doors, and window guards. Then a lot of painting! Oradell/Emerson . .16 . .+1 . .17 . .65% We can use a couple people for welding/cutting and a couple of Palisades painters! Paramus . .90 . .0 . .90 . .60% Paramus Sunrise . .19 . .0 . 19 . .38% If interested and able to make a quick trip to the Caribbean, please Park Ridge . .36 . .0 . 36 . .48% call Andy at 201-410-0155 or email [email protected]. Thanks! Pascack Valley . .9 . .0 . .9 . .50% Passaic . .5 . .0 . .5 . .80% Passaic Valley/Little Falls . .16 . .0 . .16 . .55% Paterson . .52 . .0 . .52 . .35% CLUBRUNNER Paterson AM . .16 . .0 . .16 . .55% Paterson Great Falls . .30 . .0 . .30 . .72% Is your club on ClubRunner? It makes day-to-day operations easy to manage, Pompton Lakes . .16 . .0 . .16 . .50% leaving you time for the important things. Check out the website Ridgefield Park/Bogota . 23 . .-1 . 22 . .61% Ridgewood . .44 . .0 . .44 . .55% www.ClubRunner.ca Ridgewood AM . .54 . .0 . .54 . .51% Ringwood/Wanaque . .10 . .0 . .10 . .100% River Edge/Oradell/New Milford . .6 . .0 . .6 . .71% GET YOUR CLUB IN THE DISTRICT BULLETIN Rochelle Park . .6 . .0 . .6 . .100% If you want your club's information published in this bulletin, please send it Rutherford . .12 . .0 . .12 . .40% Secaucus . .8 . .0 . .8 to me at least three weeks in advance at [email protected]. Please be sure to Sunset-Central Bergen . .17 . .0 . .17 . .78% include contact information, including e-mail and phone number on your Teaneck . .17 . .0 . .17 . .63% flyer or message to me. You should also prepare flyers for incoming Chief of Tenafly . .17 . .0 . .17 Staff, Jay Fowler, to distribute to Assistant Governors at the District Staff Union City/West New York . .27 . .0 . .27 . .50% Wayne . .45 . .0 . .45 . .72% meeting by the Wednesday before the District Staff meeting. I will attach fly- Wayne AM ers only once. Please do NOT wait until the last minute and ask that we send West Milford . .30 . .0 . .30 . .82% a blast to the entire district. Wyckoff/Midland Park . .18 . .0 . .18 . .50% 2 Reach Within To Embrace Humanity www.rotarydistrict7490.org MEMBERSHIP MAGIC I think the best feature of Rotary is that it is the most international organization, service or otherwise, in the world. No other entity is in over 207 countries, not even McDonalds can boast such a feat. We are truly unique in our size, effectiveness and scope. I would tell prospective members that they if they want to make a real difference in the world and want to have fun doing it, join a Rotary Club. Not only are you giving to people less fortunate but you will also have fun doing it. You will also meet won- derful people in the process. When a tiny child from Honduras came to our District for heart surgery, made possi- Governor Emil Geering shares a gift with a ble by my club.