ATTENDANCE:
Oct. 11, 2013
Rotarians: 31

Fines Balance:  $1546.25

Oct. 18
Program:  Craig Scott
Prayer:  Fred Steinbach
Song Leader:  Dan Kent
Reader:  Dean Christ

RYLA (Rotary Youth Leadership Awards) is a life-changing leadership training program for young men and women where leadership skills and principles are learned, developed and enhanced in an atmosphere of trust and respect.  The purpose of RYLA is to encourage and assist current and potential youth leaders in methods of responsible and effective leadership.  Many past RYLArians from around the country have said, “It was the best week of my life!”

Rotary clubs in Districts 5970 and 6000, through out North Central, Northeastern, and Southern Iowa, sponsor students to participate in a 6-day leadership conference known as Iowa RYLA.

Allison Mark and Zach Fischer attended the conference July 7-12 held at Wartburg College in Waverly, Iowa and they will share their experiences with us.

It' s time for our fall Roadside Clean Up and your help would be appreciated on this coming Friday the 18th right after our Rotary meeting.

Come and get your exercise doing Trash Aerobics.

Come and join the fun and support our first Rotary Trivia night.  

Contact Christopher Watkins at cwatkins@mhbank.com or Corey Goodenow citymanager@iowatelecom.net for more information or if you can help.

In Rotary, October is the month we set aside to remind ourselves of our second Avenue of Service: vocational service. While some Rotarians call this the "forgotten" area of service, I would disagree: In fact, vocational service is the avenue through which we serve so often, we don't always recognize it as service.

Vocational service has its roots in the second object of Rotary, which encourages all Rotarians to hold high ethical standards in our business affairs and our professions, to recognize all useful occupations as worthy of respect, and to dignify work as an opportunity to serve society.

In short, the idea of vocational service is that our jobs, in themselves, are a way of serving society. Whether we are serving customers, teaching students, or treating patients, whether we're involved in commerce, research, the media, or any one of countless other fields – we take pride in doing our work with competence and integrity. Every occupation fills a need, and by doing our work well, we are contributing to our communities and our society.

The role of vocational service in the club is important, even if it isn't always prominent. By maintaining high standards individually, we earn a reputation that we share collectively. By valuing all occupations equally and by maintaining a classification system in our clubs, we ensure that our clubs reflect our communities – and can serve them well. A Rotary club of all lawyers wouldn't be capable of nearly as much as one that also had teachers, engineers, business owners, and dentists; in Rotary, our diversity is our strength. That diversity is an advantage not only to our service but to our members: It gives us all a valuable way to find the connections and opportunities that help us in our own careers.

That aspect of membership is as old as Rotary. Paul Harris himself wrote often of the business advantages of Rotary membership, believing, as I do, that being a Rotarian means a person holds a certain set of values that will make him or her a good person to do business with. Today, with the world more connected than ever, Rotary membership is an honor that we should be proud to share.

RON D. BURTON

The next board meeting will be at 11:00 a.m. on November 8 at Carpenter's Hall. 

This is a great way to make up a missed meeting and to learn more about Rotary.

You can makeup a meeting 2 weeks before or 2 weeks after a missed meeting.
You can attend a board meeting, visit another Rotary club, attend a committee meeting, attend a Rotary social event, help with a Service project, attend a district or Rotary International event. You can also make-up online by going to the District website at http://rotary6000.org Click on: Our Links then How to make up a meeting online.

You can make up at a nearby Rotary Club:
Osceola - Tues. noon - Redman's Pizza and Steak House
Albia - Tues. noon - Kendall Place
Corydon - Tues. noon - Breadeaux Pizza
Knoxville - Wed. noon - Lake Red Rock Cultural Center

You can make up online:
SW USA: http://www.recswusa.org/visitors
London: http://www.erotarylondon.org/make_up.html
Denver (e-Club One): http://rotaryeclubone.org
Singapore: http://www.rotaryeclub3310.net/make-up/make-up-guidelines/

To check your information in the Directory, update missing information, or change incorrect information, go to http://www.clubrunner.ca/chariton

username:  yourfirstname.yourlastname.1637
password:  1637 (Unless you have changed your username & password)

District 6000 Governor 2013-14 - Jacque Andrew & Jim - jeandrew@netins.net - Jefferson, IA
Assistant Governor - Mary Ellen Stanley - grandme@grm.net - Leon, IA
District Adminstrator-Carolyn Scharff-877-976-8279-District Office-Pella
President, Rotary International 2013-14 - Ron D. Burton & Jetta - Norman Oklahoma

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Veronica Fuhs, President
Corliss Klaassen, Secretary/Treasurer
Bill Shelton, Immediate Past President
Becky Struve, President-Elect

Board of Directors:

(Term ends 6/30/14)
Sandra Knebel

Christopher Watkins - President Nominee

(Term ends 6/30/15)
Corey Goodenow
Kris Milledge
Kris Patrick

first
      Is it the TRUTH?
second
      Is it FAIR to all concerned?
third
      Will it build GOOD WILL and BETTER FRIENDSHIPS?
fourth
      Will it be BENEFICIAL to all concerned?