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Program: August 3 - Ed Burke, Chicago Alderman
 Edward M. Burke, 66, the Dean of the Chicago City Council, has served as Alderman of Chicago’s 14th Ward for more than four decades. A recognized expert on city budget matters, Alderman Burke is the Chairman of the City Council Committee on Finance.
As Chairman of the City Council’s powerful Committee on Finance, Alderman Burke holds the city’s purse strings and is responsible for all legislative matters pertaining to the city’s finances, including municipal bonds, taxes and revenue matters. He also serves as a member of the Chicago Plan Commission.
Throughout his career in public life, Alderman Burke has been an avid student of Chicago history and is the co-author of three books, Inside the Wigwam: Chicago Presidential Conventions, 1860-1996; End of Watch: Chicago Police Killed in the Line of Duty, 1853-2006; and Glory & Government, Chicago’s City Hall at 100.
Alderman Burke is a partner in the law firm of Klafter & Burke and is involved in many civic and charitable organizations, including the One Hundred Club of Cook County, the Knights of Columbus and the Irish Fellowship Club of Chicago.
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ROTARY GLOBAL HISTORY FELLOWSHIP 10TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION
CHICAGO OCTOBER 10-12, 2010
BY
DICK MCKAY- RGHF SECRETARY/TREASURER EMERITUS
On 11 October 2000, Rotarian Jack Selway, Colorado, USA, conceived the idea of incorporating the histories of the first 50 Rotary Clubs on the internet. Since Rotary started in Chicago, I called him and offered the support of ROTARY/One in this effort. Within days, then DG 5470 Eddie Blender, Wichita #30 Club President Geri Appel, and New York #6 webmaster Matts Ingemanson joined our ranks. Shortly before the San Antonio Convention in June 2001, we decided to invite the officers of the first 50 clubs to a cocktail party, which we guaranteed. We were overwhelmed with the response and by the time we left the convention we had concluded we should preserve the first 100 clubs of the world. Today, we have histories of nearly 1,000 clubs, including more than half of the Rotary world’s districts, and many other projects beyond the clubs.R/O Rotarian Angelo Loumbas provided the legal expertise which enabled us to successfully request Fellowship status from Rotary International. This was granted on 3 October 2003.
RGHF has a Board comprised of 56 members who represent 34 zones and zone sections. The board is convened online, monthly, over a three day period. There are currently 15 historians and 10 webmasters volunteering their time. RGHF has more than 600 dues paying members and is growing rapidly. ($30.00 per year) The website contains over 25,000 articles about the Global History of Rotary included in more than 4,000 pages on the internet. There are more than 100 separate projects underway at RGHF. This information is available free of charge to anyone accessing rghf.org.
The celebration of the 10th anniversary of RGHF will also be the launching pad for the first RGHF Institute. The purpose of the Institute is to find a handful of Rotarians who will dedicate their lives to history, so that thousands more might dedicate their lives to Rotary. The Board has approved the tentative following locations for the next 15 years.
2011 Munich Selway/Ziegler
2012 New Zealand Selway/Winterbottom
2013 Texas Selway/Kagle
2014 London Selway/Lewis
2015 Denver/Aspen Selway/Blender
2016 Cyprus Selway/Achilleoudis
2017 Jerusalem Selway/Lewitt
2018 Wichita Selway/Appel
2019 Cairo Selway/Abdelkhalek
2020 New York Selway/Ingemanson
2021 Istanbul Selway/Altinok
2022 Goa Selway/Saraswat
2023 Edinburgh Selway/Thomson
2024 San Francisco Selway/
2025 Pueblo Selway/
See the room where it all started, "Room 711," visit Paul Harris' office, grave, and home. Learn about the Chicago archives and visit the RI archives. Tour RI headquarters lunch with senior RI officials. Dinner at the Sears Tower (Willis), lunch with Chicago Rotarians; meet the grand daughter of Harry Ruggles the fifth Rotarian. Meet a Rotarian who knew many of the founders of Rotary. By Tuesday night, you'll be on your way to a life teaching Rotary's Global History.
Attendees will receive brochures with key talking points; thereby, enabling them to convey the history of Rotary to others.
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Report of the Board - Request for Club and Foundation Administrative Services
A request for proposal (RFP) is being solicited for administrative and financial support for the upcoming year for the Rotary Club of Chicago and the Rotary/One Foundation.
"effectus, LLC" headed by David Phelps continues to be the contractor of record for the Rotary Club of Chicago and the Rotary/One Foundation, but the Board of both the Club and the Foundation believe it to be prudent business practice to periodically request bids from both "effectus, LLC" and other providers for the future services.
To apply see Rotary Request for Proposal for details.
Bids with description of how bidder intends to provide key deliverables should be clear and concise and are due no later than August 11, 2010.
Upon approval of the Rotary Club of Chicago Board of Directors and the Rotary/One Foundation Trustees, the successful bidder (or bidders) will commence providing services as soon as mutually agreeable.
The Board established an Adhoc Committee on Administrative Services, chaired by Arol Augsburger. Their commission is:
An ad hoc committee shall be appointed to determine which duties of the
administrative provider reasonably may be absorbed by club volunteers in
order to reduce expenses. In making this determination, the Committee
shall consult with effectus LLC as much as is necessary and also obtain
and analyze whatever data is deemed by the committee to be relevant.
Once a list of duties and responsibilities of the administrative
provider has been compiled by the Committee, the Committee shall prepare
a request for proposal ("RFP") and seek outside proposals. effectus LLC
will be asked to submit a proposal in response to the RFP, as will
other potential providers chosen by the Committee.
Taking all of the above into account, and based upon the responses
received to the RFP and any other information reviewed and obtained by
the Committee, including, but not limited to, a complete analysis of the
historical costs of
administrative services provided to both the club and the foundation,
administrative services provided without charge, administrative services
provided in support of service projects undertaken by the club, the
costs and
consequences of transitioning to a new administrative provider, and the
goals of club leadership, the Committee shall report its findings and
recommendations to
the board with respect to the recommended administrative services
provider for the 2010 through 2013 Rotary years, the recommended cost of
such service, and the recommended method by which such costs shall be
divided between the club and the foundation.
Board of Directors
Board of Trustees
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Program: August 10 - Congressman Mark Kirk, Republican Candidate for US Senate and a Special Recognition of JOB1 Interns and Employers
 Mark Kirk represents the 10th Congressional District of Illinois located in the suburbs north of Chicago. Now in his fifth term, Congressman Kirk is s member of the powerful House Appropriations Committee and is co-chairman of the moderate GOP Tuesday Group and the bipartisan House US-China Working Group. Congressman Kirk works to advance a Suburban Agenda that is pro-defense, pro-personal responsibility, pro-environment, and pro-science. He wrote a number of provisions which became law, including funding for commuter rail, improving veteran's health care, ensuring military voting, and boosting aviation security.
Kirk was born in Champaign and grew up in Chatham, Downers Grove and Kenilworth. Representative Kirk graduated from New Trier High School (Winnetka) and attended Blackburn College (Carlinville) and the Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico before earning a B.A. from Cornell. He holds a Masters Degree from the London School of Economics and a law degree from Georgetown. Congressman Kirk began his career on the staff of his predecessor, Congressman John Porter. He later served in the World Bank, the State Department, the law firm of Baker & McKenzie, and the U.S. House International Relations Committee.
Kirk, who holds the rank of Commander, is a Naval Reserve intelligence officer and has served during conflicts with Afghanistan, Iraq, Haiti, and Bosnia. He recently became the first House member to serve in an imminent danger zone since 1942 when he deployed as a reservist to Afghanistan in December, 2008. He completed his second deployment to Afghanistan in January. Kirk was awarded the Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal for his Kosovo service in 1999.
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Club Leadership
David L. Durham, President
Board of Directors & Committee
Chairs
Andrea Luehmann, President
Elect
Pedro Cevallas-Candau, Secretary
Manish Patel,
Treasurer
Barry Axler, President Nominee
Brett Batterson, Director
Evan Freund, Director
Ana Gil-Garcia, International Service Co-Chair
Jana Herdova, Director
Margrethe Kearney, Director
Sarah Sullivan, Community Service Co-Chair
Mike Faris, Community Service Co-Chair
Gus R. Noble, Program Director
Marius Ronge, Service Projects Director
Lisa Russ, Membership Director
TBD, Club Administration Director
TBD, Club Service Chair
TBD, Vocational Service Chair
Rotary International District 6450
Leadership from Rotary/One
Robert
C. Knuepfer, Jr., Governor
David
Templin, Governor-Elect
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Rotary
Club of Chicago
ROTARY/One Foundation, Inc.
The Rotary Club of Chicago was founded
on February 23, 1905. Leaders of the Club went on to establish Rotary
International in 1910. Paul Harris, Rotary's founder, became the first
international president. Ches Perry, of
ROTARY/One became the first general secretary of the newly formed international
office.
The Rotary Club of Chicago,
operating as ROTARY/One, the world's first service club has for 105 years
remained dedicated to the Rotary Movement and it has continued growth to over 200
countries.
Please consider donating to
support Rotary's effort to eradicate Polio from the world and to support the
service projects of the club. Donations may be made online at a secure
location by clicking on
Donations and Payments.
Meetings:
Union League Club Tuesdays noon – 1:30
PM
65 W. Jackson Boulevard
Chicago, IL 60604
(312) 372-3900
Info@RotaryOne.net
Office Hours:
9:00 AM to 5:00 PM, CST
David
Phelps, Rotary chief administrative officer
Moya Belcaster, accounting
Melissa
Davis, senior consultant
Marla
Green, senior consultant
Nancy
Phelps, member services/office manager
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Weekly Newsletter:
Gyrator 07 27 2010
Gyrator 07 20 2010
Gyrator 07 13 2010
Gyrator 07 06 2010
Gyrator 06 29 2010
Meeting Time and Location:
Tuesdays, 12:00 PM to 1:30 PM
Union League Club, 5th Floor
65 W. Jackson Boulevard
Business or Business Casual dress
Luncheons are $32.00 per person
Please RSVP if attending luncheons by Monday 3:00 PM. Click here Luncheon RSVP.
Programs:
August 3 - Ed Burke, Chicago Alderman and Member of Rotary/One
August 10 - Congressman Mark Kirk, Republican Candidate for US Senate and a Special Recognition of JOB1 Interns and Employers
August 17 - TBD
August 24 - Senator Bill Brady
August 31 - Alexi Giannoulias, Democrat for US Senate
September 7 - NBC 5, Carol Marin and Mary Ann Ahern
September 14 - TBD
September 21 - Richard Rodriguez, CEO, Chicago Transit Authority
September 28 - Toni Preckwinkle, Democratic candidate for Cook County President
October 5 - Roger Keats, Republican candidate for Cook County President
October 12 - Rotary Global History Fellowship - Anniversary Celebration
October 19 - Chris Kennedy
October 26 - TBD
November 2 - Professor Paul Green, Political TV Commentator
November 9 - TBD
November 16 - TBD
November 23 - William Foley, CEO, Cook County Health & Hospital
System
November 30 - TBD
December 7 - Club Annual Meeting
December 14 - Annual Holiday Party
December 21 - No Meeting
December 28 - No Meeting
January 4, 2011 - Kathryn Lofton, Author
January 11 - David Spadafora, President,
Newberry Library
January 18 - TBD
January 25 -Poetry Slam with Robert Burns and Mick Weltman
Rotary was founded on February 23, 1905. Leaders of the Rotary Club of Chicago went on to establish Rotary International in 1910. ROTARY/One, for over than 105 years has remained dedicated to the Rotary Movement.
Chicago expansion clubs are listed below.
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Rotaract Club of Chicago
- 4th Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Union League Club 65 West Jackson Blvd
Rotary Club of Chicago Financial District - Thursday 12:15 p.m., Union League Club 65 West Jackson Blvd Reservations for Lunch, please e-mail: info@rotarycfd.org
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