Louis Piconi, Trustee, The Rotary Foundation 2007-11
RI Vice President 2000-01
Member, Rotary Club of Bethel-St. Clair, Pittsburgh, PA, USA, D7300

This is a video of a speech DG Cindy did at at a networking event sponsored by the Pittsburgh East Rotary Club on Wednesday, August 4th.

Tom Baker, President of the Pgh. East Rotary Club does the introduction.

After taking the stage to the tune of "California, Here I Come," RI President-elect Ray Klinginsmith announced the 2010-11 RI theme, Building Communities -- Bridging Continents, during the opening plenary session of the 2010 International Assembly .

Klinginsmith said he arrived at the theme after reviewing RI themes of years past. He noticed that only a few spoke to non-Rotarians.

"As a result, I decided to search for a briefly stated theme that would fulfill two objectives: the first to explain Rotary to non-Rotarians, and the second to validate our work for Rotarians," he said. "The words I have selected to describe Rotary's current mission and to highlight our achievements are what we do best: Building Communities -- Bridging Continents." 

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The 2010-2011 Rotary District 7300 Governor's Newsletter will be published between the 1st and the 5th of each month. As of today (Monday, June 7th), the deadline for the July edition will be Friday, June 25th. The submission deadline for club articles and events will be the 25th of each month moving forward. If your club has had or is having an event in June and would like to have it highlighted in the July edition, please send your club's article and photographs as soon as possible after the event has taken place (all information sent by June 25th will be highlighted in the July edition). Be sure to include the "who, what, where, when and why" in your article as well as the names of the people in your photographs (in order from left to right)!
Thanks!

Lenore M. Wetzel
Forest Hills Rotary Club
2010-2011 District 7300 Governor's Newsletter Editor
P: (412) 735-8429
E: editor@rotarydistrict7300.org

The Department of State has established a toll free number to enable secondary school students to contact the Department directly regarding issues related to their exchange visitor program and their stay in the United States.   Effective August 1st, 2009 this telephone number will be in operation 24 hours a day 7 days a week.

The telephone number is 1-866-283-9090

This number has been activated as an added measure to ensure the health and safety of these exchange participants.   Students have a right to be treated fairly and to report abuse without retaliation or the threat of program cancellation.

With the current economy as it is, many Rotarians are being displaced from their jobs.  In an effort to help our fellow Rotarians, District 7300 will post their resumes on the District 7300 website.  This will allow networking opportunities for Rotarians seeking employment as well as for Rotarians seeking to hire qualified staff.

Send your resumes and employment oppurtunities to Marc at webmaster@rotarydistrict7300.org for posting. To see resumes and job postings click the link under Site Pages entiled Rotarians seeking employment.

There are several Clubs that now have a presence on Facebook and looking for friends to add. If you are on Facebook look them up and add them to your friends list.

• McKees Rocks Club -Rox Rotary
• Upper St. Clair Bethel Park (just search and become a fan)
• Lawrencevile Club - Rotary Club of Lawrenceville

Does your club have a Facebook presence? Email me at webmaster@rotarydistrict7300.org and let me know.