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Welcome to our Rotary E-Club of Houston!
e-Club of Houston
Service Above Self
Thursdays at 6:00 PM
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Anywhere Worldwide, TX
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Movie "Watch Party" Social - JANUARY 7th
On January 7th (Friday night) we are planning a "Watch Party" to view our very own Rotarian Dree Miller in TY Martin's "Stolen" Movie. It will be streamed onto a big screen in the upstairs media room at the home of Robin and Ed Charlesworth, 11407 Hylander Drive.  We will have pizza and popcorn for our movie night.  Please arrive by 7:00 and show will start at 7:30 pm.  This film is powerful and focuses on sex trafficking and the need to bring our girls home.  Written and directed by TY Martin, Cinematography by Troy Ferguson, and one actress we have come to know and love, Past President of our club........Adrianne Miller.   Guests are welcome and there is interest in our Rotary District on this topic which is a major problem in the Houston area.  Following the movie we will have a discussion and brainstorming on how Rotary can help make a difference to support sex trafficking victims.
 
If you are unable to join us for the viewing in Houston, you may stream it on your own computer in the comfort of your own home or hotel room if traveling.  You may still join us in the discussion following via Zoom.  Look at WhatsApp for the login and meeting ID.  
Join Zoom Meeting. https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85429437405? pwd=RDBoSXhidS8zVnJhOEkxbDNGQkN3dz09
Meeting ID:  854 2943 7405
Password:  362985
Dial by your location:  +1 346 248 7799 US (Houston)
    +1 301 715 8592 US (Washington DC)
    for more options - see WHATsAPP
 
 
HOUSE CONCERT ON JANUARY 22 - THE DAVE BECKER BAND
A fundraising House Concert will be held at the home of PDG Ed and Robin Charlesworth's home on January 22, 2022.  Tickets are $30 each (children below age 16 are no charge).  The Dave Becker Band will provide the entertainment with three musicians playing guitar, violin and bass.  Event begins at 5:00 pm - 11407 Hylander Dr. in Lakewood Forest (Northwest Houston).  
 
 
Dave is an award winning Texas-based singer, songwriter, and guitarist. Most easily described as Americana, his music blends blues, jazz, folk, country and rock influences to evoke feelings from sweet and tender to swingin’ and toe-tappin’. Dave just calls it free range music. Whatever you call it, you’ll find it’s honest and authentic music that you enjoy and want to hear again. Dave recently released a 15-song self-titled debut album that is available on all major music streaming services. He and the band perform widely in Texas and tour a couple of times each year. Catch them live when you can to hear the stories behind the songs!
 
We ask members to sell tickets and bring food to share.  We will also have a Silent Auction and Raffle to enhance our fundraising efforts.  Please consider what you may contribute to a successful event.  
Welcome New Members!
CHOPIN KIANG -     Chopin Kiang and his wife, Joan  have been retired and became residents here in Magnolia, Texas since July 2005.  He was a lifelong educator spanning three decades starting as an Early Childhood Educator and Kindergarten teacher in 1975 in Las Vegas, Nevada and retiring as the Administrator for the Office of Teacher Education and the State Director for the Licensing of State Educational Personnel of Nevada Department of Education in 2005. Joan was a lifelong Physical Education and Health Educator in Louisiana and Nevada also over three decades.

He has been a very active member of Magnolia Rotary Club and was a Rotarian Volunteer with RYLA as well as Interactor Clubs. Chopin is a VietNam War veteran serving with the US Armed Forces in incountry as well as offshore tours from 1966 to 1970. 

After receiving his Bachelors Degree and then relocating to Las Vegas, Nevada during the summer of 1975, Chopin received an appointment with the United States Peace Corps to serve a minimum of two years for Afghanistan! On the other side of the world from January 1976 to April 1978, he served as a Peace Corps volunteer in several capacities:

Teaching English as a Foreign Language Program Coordinator and Special Advisor to the Minister of Mines and Industries and Professor of English Language at Kabul University and one of the foreign consultant and advisor for the Afghan National Auxiliary Rural Nursing Program.  

Chopin is willing to share his Culinary Talents to promote youth programs, homeless issues and peace issues.  Specially, he is interested in Pan Asian Fusion dishes.  He and his wife also enjoy international cruises, although that is on hold due to Covid at this time.  Welcome, Chopin, to the Rotary e-Club of Houston!

 
What's Happening
Wind Nguyen -  Got out of Houston over the holidays to explore Arkansas.
Marcia Natali de Assis Allgayer - Lives in Tucson, Arizona, and supports a library book drive program with the Rotary Club of Boca Raton (in Florida).  See more on WhatsApp.
Valerii Iakovenko - Lives in Kiev, Ukraine, and recently traveled to Washington, DC and California with his wife, Sasha.  
Dree and Mike Miller -  Enjoyed a holiday escape to Canada.
Dick and Barbara Robie- Celebrated their 45th Anniversary in December.  Congratulations!
Ed and Robin Charlesworth - Celebrated their 47th Anniversary in December.  Also, Congratulations!
Anais Watsky - Working on sending scholarship monies to college students this month.
Lynette Wilke - Attending SCRYE  (South Central Rotary Youth Exchange) in Tulsa.  The South Central Rotary Youth Exchange (SCRYE) was created to promote and facilitate Rotary International Youth Exchange for multi-Rotary districts. SCRYE provides information, education, collaboration and the independence to facilitate the Youth Exchange Process.  
Brittany Johnson - Shopped for Christmas gifts with Adopt a Family and helped her children with a hot chocolate stand with proceeds donated to Children's Miracle Network.
Michael Hasty - Organized delivery of food to home-bound Covid families in his community of Grand Prairie from food banks in warehouse districts.
Robin Charlesworth - Participated in ICC-Ukraine & USA Cultural Exchange program in December and facilitated partial funding of a wheelchair Rotary Global Grant for children's hospitals in Ukraine.  We acquired $500 in DDF which will be matched by Rotary International  and another $500 from Charities, Inc., the Rotary Foundation of the Memorial-Spring Branch Rotary Club.
Program:  The Happy Secret to Better Work
Shawn Achor
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TEDxBloomington

The happy secret to better work

We believe we should work hard in order to be happy, but could we be thinking about things backwards? In this fast-moving and very funny talk, psychologist Shawn Achor argues that, actually, happiness inspires us to be more productive.

Why you should listen

Shawn Achor is the winner of over a dozen distinguished teaching awards at Harvard University, where he delivered lectures on positive psychology in the most popular class at Harvard.
 
He is the CEO of Good Think Inc., a Cambridge-based consulting firm which researches positive outliers -- people who are well above average -- to understand where human potential, success and happiness intersect. Based on his research and 12 years of experience at Harvard, he clearly and humorously describes to organizations how to increase happiness and meaning, raise success rates and profitability, and create positive transformations that ripple into more successful cultures. He is also the author of The Happiness Advantage.

 
CREATING A MYROTARY ACCOUNT AT ROTARY INTERNATIONAL WEBSITE
While anyone can access the Rotary International website, members of Rotary are able to learn more detailed information including his/her contributions to the Rotary Foundation, information on Gary Rotary, and information on our Rotary District. To do this a member needs to register, or create an account on the website. Here is how you do it:
 
To gain maximum use of the Rotary International website, each Rotarian must create an account with Rotary. With this account you will be able to view your Rotary profile, as well as check your contributions to the Rotary Foundation. Here are the steps to do this.
 
  1. Go to www.rotary.org, go to "For Members" and click on My Rotary or click on My Rotarywhere ever you see it.
  2. Click on Sign In/Register.
  3. If you are a first time user, click on Create account.
  4. Fill in the Account registration information and click on Continue. If club number is requested we are club #3359. Our District is 6540.
  5. You will be informed that an e-mail has been sent to you.
  6. Check your email for the address you provided in step 5. You will receive a message which will ask you to click on the blue link to finalize the process.
  7. Fill in all the mandatory information and click on Create account.
  8. When the screen refreshes you will be given information describing what you can do with the MyRotary account. After reading, click on Continue.
 
If you are not a first time user, after step 2, just enter your email address and password and click on Sign In.
 
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Plan Ahead for District Conference in April
From District Governor Michelle Bohreer -
 
Our Journey to the Mothership Conference will be out of this world!  We have pivoted from our Chicago plans to celebrate a phenomenal 525,600 minutes of District 5890 Rotarians serving to change lives and our conference will now be at NASA!  We will start off Thursday night at Johnson Space Center for a “astronomical” welcome party and end on Saturday night with the Governor’s Galactic Gala!  So much fun, fellowship and inspiring speakers will occur in between as well.  You will not want to miss the “World’s Largest Pie Fight to End Polio” and our Taste of District 5890 Friday night bash.  Also, we will be recognizing the outstanding clubs, club presidents and projects from this year and introducing DGE Mindi Snyder and her class of presidents.  We are limited to 300 registrants.  Please register NOW!  There is a price break until December 31, 2021.
 
Our room rate at the NASA Hilton is $125 per night and the Ninos are in charge of hospitality so you will want to book a room!  All the information to register is on the District Website (Rotary District 5890).  Our goal is to sell out by December 31, so please register now.
 
Looking forward to celebrating all you and your clubs did this Rotary year April 28-May 1.  
 
DG Michelle
H-Town Spotlight
Our city is full of exciting people, places and businesses! H-Town Spotlight is a fun and informative segment that showcases all that Houston has to offer!

In the October 22 segment the focus was Rotary. Rotary is a global network of 1.4 million neighbors, friends, leaders, and problem-solvers who see a world where people unite and take action to create lasting change - in Houston and communities around the world. Their projects and passions span several different areas. We heard from a polio survivor on how this devastating disease has affected him and so many others throughout the years and how Rotary is working to make a difference.
 
 
 
In Closing, the Rotary Four-Way Test