The Next Meeting will be held on DECEMBER 22 in the AFDA CLUB
PROGRAM: San Juan Rotary will celebrate its annual HOLIDAY PARTY with a special menu, coquito cocktail, wine with lunch, and entertainment. Come and enjoy the spirit of the season with your fellow-Rotarians and their guests.
THE FOLLOWING CANDIDATE has been approved by the Board of Directors for membership. Alan Austen(Education: Private Schools) Head of School, Commonwealth-Parkville School, sponsored by Telesforo Fernandez. If no written objections is received by October 25, 2015, addressed to the Secretary, Rotary Club of San Juan, PO Box 9021529, San Juan PR 00902-1529, the candidate will be scheduled for orientation. The final decision rests with the Board of Directors.
PAST PRESIDENT Fernando Valverde (1986-87) visited our club and exchanged banners with Past President Troy. Fernando is a member of the Poinciana Florida Rotary Club. He invited several friends and we were happy to see familiar faces at our luncheon. Fernando has spent 45 years in the public relations field, most of them in Puerto Rico. He had words of encouragement for the island in these troubling times. We hope to see Fernando and his Idalia as they make future visits to their island.
Guest speaker Luis Figarella, was born and grew up in Bayamon PR. A graduate of UPR with a Masters from Boston U in Systems Engineering, he is a registered Patent Agent and professional engineer. Making his home in Nashua NH, Luis has helped customers in over 10 states, Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic & Ecuador. He spoke of the many types of patents such as, intellectual property, industrial secrets, and copyrights, to name a few. Our speaker is a co-inventor of over 14 US patents, and has participated in the development of the MaxiCode and Data Matrix symbologies and scanners with both UPS and Int’l Data Matrix. Both symbologies are daily used in well over 15 million new individual items.
Our third once-a-month get re-acquainted speaker was William “Bucky” Tervo, a San Juan Rotarian since 2001 and President in 2010-2011. A third generation Rotarian, his grandfather was President of the Hancock, Michigan Rotary Club and his father, President of the St. Thomas Rotary Club. Bucky was born in Minnesota but moved to St. Thomas in the late 60's with his family. He spoke about the Rotary Leadership Institute (RLI) , a Rotary development program that gives you general Rotary education. Its broken down into three one day sessions. Classes will be conducted in Puerto Rico on Saturday, March 19, 2016. He urges Rotarians to let Juanita Morris know if you are interested. Whether you are new to Rotary or have been a member for 50 years, Bucky’s advice to all members is to take at least the first RLI Course. It will make you a more enthusiastic, informed, and effective Rotarian.
The October 2 Revelry at Chicharron’s, the new restaurant in Santurce’s La Placita, saw 37 people attending, a record for a Revelry. Fourteen stayed and enjoyed a delicious dinner. Organizer, Jennifer, thanks all who helped make it a success. There will be a second one scheduled in the near future. Stay tuned!
The joint Santo Domingo Bella Vista and Rotary e-Club P.R. y L.A. project photos show how the youngsters are receiving their much needed school supplies. Fellow Rotarian, PDG Pepito Rivero-Olmedo, personally went to supervise the distribution of the donations. There is still more need. If you want to help, your donation can be added to your Rotary account.
