The Rote – September 13, 2018
The Miami Yacht Club
President Dave Skinner called the meeting to order. Jay Almeida gave an invocation. Angel Rodriguez led us in the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag.
Guests and Visitors were introduced by Randy Lichtman
Mike, Norby Rudel’s guest. A wonderful handyman was enjoying his first time at a Rotary meeting.
Carmen Suarez joined us from the Maracaibo, Venezuela Rotary Club. Carmen and President Dave Skinner exchanged banners.
Announcements
Last Monday evening President Dave Skinner led a successful Zoom online meeting. The online meetings will allow for Rotary Committees to escape Miami traffic and attend meetings remotely. There are more members that would like to get connected and there will be more Zoom online meetings in the very near future;
Rotary Means Business (Fellowship) encourages Rotarians to support the success of their fellow Rotarians by doing business with them, and by referring others to them. We are looking at ways to provide an opportunity to share information about their business. If you are interested in giving a presentation to the club, please email Dave Skinner;
Miami Police Chief Jorge Colina sent a letter thanking us for our contribution to the Police Athletic League Gala;
Greg Herman-Giddens received the President’s Volunteer Service Award.
Happy $$$$$$$$$$$$$ were collected by Renel Noel
Norby Rudel was happy and tired. He brought his new friend Mike to the meeting. 14 days ago he started picking Mike up to work on redoing his kitchen. Norby was so happy he had Mike redo his bathroom too, and the septic tank! Mike served in the Army in Korea;
Susan Shelley was happy because it was her mom’s birthday;
Jay Almeida was happy because it was also his mom’s birthday. Jay recently visited 5 countries. He met with our friends Michael and Gabrielle Hilsbos in Germany. He toured wineries with them and we are invited to Hamburg next year;
Noreen Timoney is happy for today’s speaker;
Randy Lichtman went from Chicago to see his kids to Tampa for a CFP conference. He then went to Michigan to visit with his mother and relatives. He was happy for the Enhance Magazine from Miami Dade College. The Rotaract Club is getting a lot of interest this school year;
Robin Shelley is happy because Rotary allows you to meet the most wonderful people you wouldn’t otherwise meet. On a recent trip to Dallas, he met a world class shark researcher and he will be here on October 18th as our speaker. He has been on Shark Week! Robin encourages us to ask people what they do and make those connections!
Renel Noel was happy to see Tim Ryan today;
Dave Skinner was happy that his son became a Director of Sales for a DNA technology company and had begun working with St. Jude Children’s Hospital to help eradicate childhood cancer.
Jose Zamora was introduced by Marcia Brod
Jose Zamora and Marcia Brod met while working together at the Knight Foundation. At Knight, Jose managed the Knight Foundation’s Knight News Challenge, an initiative to spur media innovation across the world. He also helped manage their journalism program, where he helped develop over 100 grants to advance media innovation and freedom of the press. José joined Univision in June 2012 and leads strategic communications for Univision Network News. In that role, he is responsible for ensuring that content produced by Univision’s news division has the widest possible reach and impact. He also manages the integration of media innovations into the newsroom and helps develop partnerships with foundations, nonprofits and other media and technology organizations that allow Univision News to further inform, engage and empower its audience. José is a journalist, columnist and a former news executive with el Periódico in Guatemala. He has a law degree from Universidad Francisco Marroquín, a specialization in media law from Oxford’s Media Law Advocates Programme and a Masters in Public Affairs from the University of Texas at Austin.
Jose is committed to the art of journalism because it helps people make more informed decisions. He wants to ensure the content produced by journalists has the longest reach & impact possible. He notes that over the last 6 years, communications have largely moved to original content across all devices. Univision is always looking for platforms to reach more audiences and develop partnerships. The have partnerships with universities via internships, and also with foundations to develop innovations for news rooms around the world. Because there is now the ability to get content from various sources, Jose says it is a bigger need than ever to be able to trust your news source.
4-Way Test
Randy Lichtman led us in the 4-Way Test of the Things We Think, Say or Do.
And that concludes another wonderful, fun-filled meeting.
