Meeting #2-15 July 10, 2015
Meeting #2-15
July 10, 2015
Hafa Adai, Pago Bay Guam Rotarians! Thank you for joining us this week!
We begin Meeting #2-15 with Rotary’s Four-Way Test: Is it the Truth? Is it Fair to all concerned? Will it build Good Will and Better Friendships? Will it be Beneficial to all concerned.
As Rotarians, we are reminded of the Object of Rotary:
The Object of Rotary is to encourage and foster the ideal of service as a basis of worthy enterprise and, in particular, to encourage and foster: (1) the development of acquaintance as an opportunity for service; (2) high ethical standards in business and professions; the recognition of the worthiness of all useful occupations; and the dignifying of each Rotarian’s occupation as an opportunity to serve society; (3) the application of the ideal of service in each Rotarian’s personal, business, and community life; (4) the advancement of goodwill, and peace through a world fellowship of business and professional persons united in the ideal of service.
Some upcoming events:
VP/PE Kris continues to plan our engagement with NIH/NIDDK STEP-UP as part of our commitment to sponsor the NIH/NIDDK Step Up Mini-Symposium tentatively scheduled for July 27th, highlighting the research that five high school students and one University of Guam undergraduate student will undertake. This symposium allows these students to shine, showing their parents and their peers what they have learned. The undergraduate student and two high school students will then participate in a Symposium held at the National Institute of Health in Bethesda, MD. Lead Project Directors: VP/PE Kristina, Vocational and New Generations Committee Director Karen, and Rotarian Edward. We heard from two of these students at our last meeting.
“The tree that owns itself.” We look forward to hearing more about this project in our upcoming meeting. PP Ron is the lead for this project. You may contact him for more information at govguam@gmail.com.
Roadway Adoption Program Cleanup: Please plan to participate in our inaugural clean up of this stretch of road along Route 4 from Chalan Inda to Inalago Pago Bay – more information on this date is forthcoming. I would love to see you and your families there in full Rotary spirit and service!
If you have not already done so, please submit a short narrative about yourself and why you joined Rotary (100-200 words) with a picture to share. Please send your submissions to Secretary John at johninguam@gmail.com.
We are continually identifying speakers or presenters on timely topics who are willing to contribute a written narrative or short video clip. The narrative should be 300-750 words and align with our topics of addressing the impoverished, reducing family violence, increasing education, entrepreneurship opportunities in our villages and how we might assist the homeless youth and children. Please send your recommendations to VP/PE Kris at paksayama@gmail.com.
Rotary Minute, maybe more:
This week we would like to feature one of our new members.
Rotarian Christopher Cruz for the Rotarian Spotlight.
My first taste of Rotary came in 2012 when I met then-President Melner Isaac of the Rotary Club of Pohnpei. I have tried to engage and be engaged by Rotary since then.
My name is Christopher A. Cruz and I am a father of two beautiful, lively young children, Ariana Michaela, 7, and Christopher II, 4. My kids keep me on my toes but if I do get some “free time,” I enjoy recreational/sport shooting, and the occasional visit to the Guam International Raceway in Yigo. I am a 2002 FD graduate and immediately after high school I entered the University of Guam not knowing exactly what I wanted to do with myself. I changed majors three times during my undergraduate college career, first from Criminal Justice, moving to Finance and Economics, and finally finishing with a Bachelor of Science degree in Political Science in the fall of 2006. I returned to the university in 2011 as a member of the School of Business and Public Administration Professional Master of Business Administration’s eighth cohort and finished a year later with my PMBA.
I started a career in banking with the Bank of Guam in July 2007 as a management trainee. After about a year, I was promoted to credit officer with the Upper Tumon branch where I worked for four years before being asked to lead our Pohnpei branch in 2012. My assignment required me to relocate and joining Rotary was the driving force behind my assimilation there.
Pohnpei was a breath of fresh air – life is easy-going, the landscape is beautiful all around, and the people are as genuine and inviting as can be.
As mentioned, I was invited to Rotary by Melner Isaac, who I now consider a life-long friend. Our work led us to assist with projects for the public library, provide sports equipment for children in the outer islands of Pohnpei, and continue providing scholarships for college-bound high school students of Pohnpei, which is the Club’s largest project. During my time, I served on the Club’s board of directors.
My career brought me home in June 2014 when I was asked to join the bank’s newly formed relationship banking group. In my current capacity as Vice President/Relationship Banking Manager, I continue to work closely with our neighboring island customers and branches in the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau, to ensure we continue providing superior service and value to them.
Now, I hope to continue my service through Rotary with the Rotary e-Club of Pago Bay.
Announcements:
Our new program year 2015-2016 has started and. July is the month in which membership dues should be paid in full or partial for the current year. If you have not paid your dues for program year 2014-2015 please make your remittance. For any inquires please contact Treasure-Elect Goody at goodman143@yahoo.com
It's been quite some time since our roadside signs dedication officially announcing our participation in the Lieutenant Governor's Islandwide Beautification Task Force's Roadway Adoption Program; therefore, Member Services Committee Director Anita would like to announce that we will be doing our obligation an cleaning the roadside between our signs along the Pago Bay roadside on Saturday, July 25th. We will meet at the Pago Bay bridge at 8am, start time will be at 8:30am.
Due to the ITE outage, RC Tumon Bay’s primary email address (rctb@ite.net) is temporarily inaccessible. As soon as ITE is back, they will notify us immediately. In the meantime, this is a temporary email contact for our Club or you can reach them at 689-9000.
Rotary International Convention for 2016 is in Seoul, Korea (May 28-June 1). Mark your calendars!
President Santos is on vacation from June 19 – July 19 and will attend a work related conference immediately after, returning to Guam on July 27.
I wish you a great week and thank you for taking the time to participate in this week’s meeting. To participate, visit our Facebook page and in the comment box, tell us how you wish to impact our community as a Rotarian.
Adjournment. Meeting #2-15 is now adjourned. Thank you for your time.
Yours in Rotary,
Secretary John Rivera
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