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flags, US Cellular Field

Now, we come to 1990, my year to attend the Assembly. It was held at the Hyatt Regency, Dallas-Ft. Worth Airport, Texas. The hotel, located away from the city, sitting between two runways at a large busy International airport was totally unacceptable. There were limited programs for the wives and our rooms were adjacent to where American Airlines tested their engines during the night. Need I say more.

In 1991, the Assembly and Institute were held at the Hilton Hotel in Anaheim, California. I think a good decision. However, in 1992 the dates for the Assembly could not be worked out with the Hilton. In 1992 the venue was moved to the Crown Hotels in Kansas City, Missouri. From that year forward the Assembly has been at the Anaheim Hilton, Anaheim, California.

The first International Institute was held in conjunction with the International Assembly in 1937. Prior to that time, a number of Past District Governors and their spouses would choose to visit the Assembly site–which was near the Convention site. They were neither invited nor prohibited from attendance. Their presence at the training sessions proved to be disconcerting as they sometimes voluntarily joined the discussions. After the 1936 Assembly at The Inn, Buck Head Falls, Pennsylvania, in the Pocono Mountains, the Rotary International leadership decided some alternate arrangements were necessary. The decision led to the establishment an an International Institute to be held concurrently with the International Assembly. While many noble reasons would be put forward later, the original Institute was established to keep the PDG’s away from in-coming governors training sessions.

It is hoped that this background will give the members of the Planning Committee for the 2004 Past Officers’ Reunion some sound reasons for continuing the Institute in conjunction with the Assembly. Or, it might be called a Reunion of Past Officers.

(I want to thank PRID Bill Sergeant for sending me this historical background on Institutes. He wrote most of this in 1992 after considerable research, including an interview with Past General Secretary George Means.)

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Flags near Prince Rupert’s cruise ship dock.

From 1929 until 1951, the International Assembly was held at or near the Rotary Convention site, immediately before or after the Convention. The change in venue from Chicago was occasioned by the need to avoid the participants coming twice a year to the United States.

In 1949, the International Assembly was first held at Lake Placid, New York. The 1950 Assembly returned to Chicago, but in 1951, Lake Placid was again the site as Rotary finally found home for its’ International Assembly. It was to remain there until 1975 when the venue was changed to the Boca Raton Hotel and Club in Boca Raton, Florida. Deterioration of facilities, inadequacy in handling an increasing number of participants and a lack of accessibility all contributed to the decision to relocate. The need for space for Institute participants also was one of the reasons to find another venue.

In 1985 the Assembly moved to the Opryland Hotel in Nashville, Tennessee, and stayed there until 1989. A move from that venue was because the hotel was expanding its operation to the point that Rotary International would no longer have the feeling of exclusivity that the Board of Directors had favored over the years. Also, the facility was isolated with little for the wives to do, at a time when there was not much emphasis on scheduling events for them.

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Miss Chinatown USA pageant 2009 Court


Miss Chinatown USA pageant 2009 Court

Miss Talent Claire Yuan 原遠, Third Princess Julie Tam 覃淑莊, Miss San Francisco Chinatown Amy Chu 周玉霞, Miss Chinatown U.S.A. Cindy Wu 吳欣雲, Miss Chinese Chamber of Commerce
and First Princess Angela Chu 朱恩衡, Second Princess Kristine Law 羅小眉, Fourth Princess Tabitha Wong 黃雅琳, TVB Choice Aware winner Juliana Chan 陳鈺芸

Panelists: PRID Sam Greene

PDG Dave Hossler

PDG Werner Schwarz

10:00 – 10:45 a.m. – Break

10:45 – 12:10 p.m. – Plenary Session II

1:30 – 3:00 p.m. – Plenary Session III

3:30 – 5:00 p.m. – Plenary Session IV

USA Today


Turns out that a photo of me is in today’s USA Today!

An AP photographer took a photo of me getting really expensive gas in Menlo Park earlier this week. It showed up in a bunch of online editions of papers around the world, and then today is was in at least one nationwide print edition. Crazy!

Also in:
Yahoo UK
Syracuse Post Standard
Denver Post

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Flag of Canada, flying in Moncton, NB

ANAHEIM

PAST OFFICERS’

REUNION

February 15-17, 2004

CLARION HOTEL

ANAHEIM RESORT

Flags Up


Flags go up in the National Cemetary from June 30th to July 4th. I helped "plant" these this year for the first time. Check out Gettysburg Daily on July 1st for the full story.

There were so many volenteers this year that they flags were all placed within 20 minutes. They will be removed July 4th at 6PM, that is when volenteers are short I hear….

19 April 2004

TO: Anaheim Past Officer Reunion Participants

It is with great deal of pleasure that we send you the Findings Report and Participants List from the February 2004 Anaheim Past Officers’ Reunion. The Findings Committee members have prepared an excellent report of the presentations, questions and answers from each of the Plenary Sessions. It is evident that a great deal of time has been devoted to this Findings Report and we owe a debt of gratitude to each of the Findings Committee members for their excellent work on a “job well done”.

Total attendance at this event was 250 Registrants, from 27 Countries and 23 States within the United States. Your contributions as an attendee at this event played an integral part in contributing to the tremendous success of the meeting.

Thank you for attending the Anaheim Past Officer’s Reunion and we do look forward to seeing each of you next year in Anaheim at the 2005 Past Officers’ Reunion.

Sincerely,

Carol A. Wylie, 2004 Chairman

Anaheim Past Officers Reunion

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I’m going to raise a red flag on this one.
and a yellow flag.
and a red flag.
and a yellow flag.
and a red flag.
…

Mike Stelman has served Rotary in a number of different roles.  He is the past president of the Rancho Bernardo Rotary Club as well as a past president of the club’s foundation.  He is a past Foundation Mentor, Wheelchair Mentor and Assistant Governor.  Mike and his family moved to Rancho Bernardo in 1969 where he began his Real Estate career with Avco in 1971.  Mike currently is a co-owner/Broker of the Associates group that owns Coldwell Banker Associates Realty, General Mortgage, Summit Escrow, AGIS Insurance and National Title of Southern California.

He has been active in his community in several other areas: charter member and past president of the Rancho Bernardo Chamber of Commerce, Spirit of the 4^th Committee, Symphony on the Green, the Planning Board, Historical Society, the Rancho Bernardo High School Foundation and received the Philanthropy Society award.  He has been an honoree as the Business Person of the Year, Soroptimist Man of the Year and as a member of the Rancho Bernardo Hall of Fame.  Mike continues to support the community as a member of the board of directors of the San Diego International Sports Council, Holiday Bowl.

Mike and Karen have five children and twelve grand children.

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Row of flags at the mint toy museum, Singapore.

(cwd2302 ~ Flag Day)

Past Officers Reunion Audience Commentary (Panel)

ADDENDUM SECTION (Full Speech Texts)

Plenary Session V

PRIP Luis Vincente Giay

John Osterlund, Foundation Manager

Plenary Session VI

RIP Jonathan Majiyagbe

2004 PAST OFFICERS’ REUNION PARTICIPANT LIST PHOTO GALLERY (Separate CD Attachment)

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Roy is a native of Glendale, California.  He graduated from Glendale High School in 1951 and went on to attend the University of California, Santa Barbara.  After two years, he took an academic leave and joined the U.S. Army.  He was selected to attend the Army Language School at the Presidio of Monterey where he studied Mandarin Chinese.  After graduating from the ALS, he was assigned to US Army Intelligence.  He spent the remainder of his enlistment in South East Asia in various assignments.  Returning to UCSB, he graduated in 1960 with a BA in Industrial Management. While attending UCSB, he met and married his wife Jean.  They both graduated from the UC system, and started a family.  They have two sons (both Paul Harris Fellows) who are successful citizens.  After graduation, Roy was employed by the IBM Corporation as a Computer Systems Engineer. He and Jean lived in Indonesia when Roy was the Assistant Country Manager of IBM Indonesia. He spent time in Education, Management Training, Legal, and spent the last 10 years as a Senior Systems Engineer in the Riverside, California office.  There, he consulted and aided a variety of IBM=s customers including those in the  legal, medical, law enforcement, accounting and manufacturing industries. Upon retirement Roy worked as a consultant and on personal investments in real estate and construction.

Miss Asian America 2008


Miss Asian America 2008

Sandi Rimer has been a Rotarian since December 1988.  A member of the Rotary Club of Escondido, she has served as Community Service Directory, Club Service Director, Vice President, President-elect and President (1994-95).  She was awarded Rotarian of the Year by the Escondido RC in June 1992.  She has served District 5340 as Area Representative, District Membership Chair (2 years), Group Study Exchange Team Leader and Chair, Assistant Governor for Club Extension and Mentor for “Wheelchairs for Malawi”.  Sandi served as Chief Assistant Governor for DG Larry Scott, 2002-03.

Active in Foundation programs, Sandi has hosted Rotary exchange students from Australia and Tanzania, and has hosted a GSE team member from East Africa.  In November of 1998, Sandi served as the GSE Team Leader to Ecuador.  Her personal and Rotarian travel has taken her, thus far, to five continents.  In April 1999, Sandi was awarded the District Rotary Foundation Service Award.  Sandi is a multiple Paul Harris Fellow.

As the mother of one son Jon, 24, an avid competitive swimmer from age 10 to present, Sandi is a dedicated “swim mom”.  Additionally, she has been actively involved in the Escondido Boys’ & Girls’ Club, the American Business Women’s Association, and the Escondido Association of Realtors.

Sandi holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Business and Management.  Early undergraduate studies in Architectural Design led to a career in real estate.  She became a Realtor in 1979, a Broker in 1987, and since 1997 has been the Owner/broker of Hidden Meadows Realty.  Always passionate about commercial real estate, in 1993 Sandi earned the prestigious National Association of Realtors’ “CCIM” designation (Certified Commercial and Investment Member) representing advanced studies in real estate.

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USA dia 1


Després de moltes modificacions aquestes vacances faré la costa est dels USA (NYC, Chicago, New Orleans i Atlanta)

Avui hem aribat i el dia no ha donat per gaire, tant sols un petit tast del que NYC ens pot oferir.

Roy has attended at least 15 district conferences, many district assemblies, and most district work shops in the past 5 years.  He has served on the Ambassadorial Scholarship Selection Committee and has chaired it for the last two years.  He has served on 4 District Conference Committees and several Assemblies. He was co-chair of the Conference held in Big Bear.  He was in charge of registration, housing, and transportation.  He was selected as an alternate GSE team leader in 1999 (Scotland), and selected as team leader  in 2001 (India).  He has served as a GSE area co-ordinator twice and has hosted many inbound GSE leaders.  He has attended 4 RYLA conferences (Running Springs, Idylwild, and Big Bear) acting as a discussion leader and as a cabin leader.  He has been a District Speaker for Foundation Giving for the last two years, speaking at many clubs. He is currently acting as an Assistant Governor.

Civic activities include: Boy Scouts of America Inland Empire Area Council , Scout Master for 15 years. Chairman of the Big Bear Lake Community Concert Association. Chairman of the City of Big Bear Lake Municipal Arts Commission, member of the Performing Arts Center design and building committee, Chairman of the City of Big Bear Lake Growth Management Commission. He is a member of the Big Bear Lake Republican Club and member of the Big Bear Lake Presbyterian Church, prior Elder of an earlier church.

Miss Chinatown USA pageant 2010


Miss Chinatown USA – Crystal Lee 李萬晴(San Francisco, CA)
1st princess/Miss Chinese Chamber of Commerce – Kristina Owyoung 歐陽坤怡(Lafayette, CA)
Miss San Francisco – Christina Zhang 張子倩(Pleasanton, CA)
2nd princess – Li Li 李欣燃(Flushing, NY)
3rd princess – Anna Chiem 詹佩盈(Chicago, IL) [TVB Choice Award Winner]
4th princess – Angela Wang 王兆蓬(Sugar Land, TX)
Miss Talent – Leilani Soon 孫愛蘭(Honolulu, HI)

Crystal Lee 李萬晴 is 18 and stands 5’7" tall and is a freshman at Stanford University.

Christine Lim 李汶娸, Kristina Owyoung 歐陽坤怡, Samantha Chin 陳冠曄, Leilani Soon 孫愛蘭, Anna Chiem 詹佩盈, Christina Zhang 張子倩, Crystal Lee 李萬晴, Gloria Mui 梅主恩, Angela Wang 王兆蓬,Chang Liu 劉暢,Li Li 李欣燃 ,Tong Qiao 喬彤

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Roy joined Rotary in 1977 as a member of the Rotary Club of Big Bear Lake. He was elected and served as president for the Rotary year 1992-1993.  Prior to his presidential term, he served as a director in each of the 4 avenues of service, the club secretary, and on virtually every committee available. In 1992 he initiated and coordinated the Rotary District Relief Effort after the Landers/Big Bear earth quake. In 1993 he took over the chair of the club Foundation Committee and continues to lead the club in all Foundation activities.  In the last four years his club has always been in the top 3, and during the last 2, has been the District leader in total giving.  He is a multiple Paul Harris Fellow (8), as is his wife Jean (2). Both are Benefactors and members of the Bequest Society.  His wife Jean is also a Rotarian in the Rotary Club of Big Bear Lake.  He has 24 years of perfect attendance and has attended 8 international conventions. On July 11, 2002 he was awarded his club=s highest honor, ARotarian of the Year@

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Rochester Poets – Free Speech Zone


These photographs are from Free Speech Zone poetry readings hosted at the Tango Cafe by the Rochester Poets every Tuesday at 8PM ET.

Rochester Poets was founded in 1922 as the Rochester chapter of the Poetry Society of America. It is the oldest ongoing poetry and literary organization in the upstate New York region.

To join their mailing list (informing subscribers of area literary events) send an email with the Subject: "Mailing List" to . Notices are primarily sent out via Facebook; if you do not have a Facebook account you should note this in your request.

Carrie Dao was born in Chungking, China. She was the youngest of eight children. Her father was a contractor and her mother was a physician.  Carrie Dao left China with her family, during the communist revolution.
They relocated to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Carrie came to California to complete high school, as a foreign student. She graduated with a BS from UCLA and received her Physical Therapy degree from Los Angeles Children’s Hospital School of Physical Therapy. She married Robert Allan in 1963.  Theywere recruited by Desert Hospital to take charge of the Physical Therapy Department. Since 1968, the Allan’s have been in Private Practice.

Before Carrie joined the Palm Springs Sunup Rotary Club in July 1987, she had been a Rotaryann of the Palm Springs Rotary Club. Bob joined the Palm Springs Rotary Club in 1964 and is a past president. After serving as club president, Carrie has served as the chairman of two District Conferences, two years of Assistant Governor, District Club Service Director, Vocational Service Director, District Secretary and Governors’ Representative.

Rochester Poets – Free Speech Zone


These photographs are from Free Speech Zone poetry readings hosted at the Tango Cafe by the Rochester Poets every Tuesday at 8PM ET.

Rochester Poets was founded in 1922 as the Rochester chapter of the Poetry Society of America. It is the oldest ongoing poetry and literary organization in the upstate New York region.

To join their mailing list (informing subscribers of area literary events) send an email with the Subject: "Mailing List" to . Notices are primarily sent out via Facebook; if you do not have a Facebook account you should note this in your request.

He is a lifelong Stamp Collector, a member of the American Philatelic Society, specializing in stamps of the United States, the United Nations, the Republic of Indonesia, the Netherlands Indies, and is starting a collection of Rotary philatelic items.

His other hobbies include photography, gardening, cooking with a speciality in sourdough baking.  He also collects antique Chinese porcelains acquired in his travels.

He speaks Mandarin Chinese, Indonesian, and Malaysian.

Roy and Jean have a lifelong love affair with travel.  They have visited almost all of the 50 states and most of the possessions.  They have traveled extensively  internationally as well as having  lived in several foreign countries.  This has given them a special feeling and sensitivity for international events and a concern for those living in third world countries

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Rochester Poets – Free Speech Zone


These photographs are from Free Speech Zone poetry readings hosted at the Tango Cafe by the Rochester Poets every Tuesday at 8PM ET.

Rochester Poets was founded in 1922 as the Rochester chapter of the Poetry Society of America. It is the oldest ongoing poetry and literary organization in the upstate New York region.

To join their mailing list (informing subscribers of area literary events) send an email with the Subject: "Mailing List" to . Notices are primarily sent out via Facebook; if you do not have a Facebook account you should note this in your request.

Born in Oakland, California. 

1958-1964 – Member of the Redwood 4-H Club in Canyon, California.  Served in all club offices.

1964 – Graduated from Miramonte High School in Orinda, California.

1968 – Honorable Discharge from United States Air Force.   Worked in Security Police with Top Secret clearance.

1968-1978 – Worked in printing industry for Clyde S. Engle Screen Process.  Special Deputy for the Contra County Sheriff’s Department.

1978-1984 – Ed W. Clark High School, Clark County School District, Las Vegas, Nevada. Was in charge of the Graphic Arts Department.

1984-1992 – In charge of printing department for The Mailing Machine in Santa Ana.

1992 - Founded Print & Post with partner Tim Hufler. Print & Post is a printing and mailing company presently employing six employees.

1993 to Present – Member Fountain Valley Chamber of Commerce.1996 to present, member of the Board of Directors, Chairman of the Board in 2000.   Ambassador of the Year 1995, Director of the Year 1996 & 1997.  Received the John Kelly Award in 1997.

1994-2001  – Member of the Omni Service Club of Fountain Valley, a local service club for business men and women in the Fountain Valley area.  Member of the Board of Directors 1995 to 2000,  President in 1999.

1999 to Present – Member of the Board of Directors for the Center Orange County.  Chairman of the Board in 2001-2002.

Rochester Poets – Free Speech Zone


These photographs are from Free Speech Zone poetry readings hosted at the Tango Cafe by the Rochester Poets every Tuesday at 8PM ET.

Rochester Poets was founded in 1922 as the Rochester chapter of the Poetry Society of America. It is the oldest ongoing poetry and literary organization in the upstate New York region.

To join their mailing list (informing subscribers of area literary events) send an email with the Subject: "Mailing List" to . Notices are primarily sent out via Facebook; if you do not have a Facebook account you should note this in your request.

Both Bob and Carrie are multiple Paul Harris Fellows, Benefactors and belong to the Bequest Society.

Some of Carries’ past honors are: the Athena Award, The Boys Scouts of America Distinguished Citizen Award, the Riverside County Outstanding Professional and Service Award, Rotary District Foundation Service Award, Rotarian of the Year, 2002 University of California at Riverside Women of Heart Award and the two Palm Springs Bob and Carrie Allan Days in 1987 and 1994. 

Carrie and Bob have two sons and two grandchildren. Their son Scott is a Berkeley Engineering School graduate and has MBA from Kellogg School of Business. He and his family live in Burlingame, California and he a Vice President of Marketing for Symbols International. Their other son, Sean is a
graduate of UCLA and Tulane Medical School. He is a Psychiatrist in Manhattan New York, affiliated with Bellevue Hospital. 

Rotary has been the way of life for the Allan family for the last 38 years and God willing another 30 plus years. Bob and Carrie have plans to become Rotary World Volunteers as Physical Therapist and their dream is to contribute to world peace.

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Washington, DC

Allan was born in Binghamton, New York and was reared just outside of St. Louis, Mo, but ended up in California graduating from Beverly Hills High School where he met his wife. Saundra was a sophomore while he was a senior. They dated for seven years and married after Saundra received her BA from UCLA. At this time Allan had completed his second year of medical school where he ultimately received his Doctorate in Podiatric Medicine.  After graduation Allan and Saundra moved to Orange County and established his private practice.

He and Saundra have two children. Robert is 36, currently living at Fort Campbell, KY, and is a member of the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault). He is married to Denee and they have two children. Jamie is 26, married to Alex and has a 7-year-old daughter.  Allan maintains an active podiatric practice with two associates in the City of Orange. He is proud that his youngest associate Neil Mansdorf has joined the Orange Rotary Club and is actively involved in club activities.

Washington, DC


Washington, DC

Currently:

• Member of the Valley Vista High School Site Council.

• Holiday card committee for Olive Crest Homes for Abused Children.

• Huntington Beach Union High School District Adult School Community Advisory Committee.

• Business Advisory Council for California Elwyn.  California Elwyn trains individuals with disabilities for employment in the community.

• Huntington Beach Union High School District Policy Planning Committee for at Risk Students

Hobbies include gardening and for the past three years I have been remodeling our home.

For fun time, when time permits, we like to travel.

Personal Rotary History

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Miss Asian America 2008


Miss Asian America 2008

Roy is currently a member of the Las Vegas Fremont Rotary Club, having joined in 1989 and has been a member of the same club since joining.  His current membership is Active and his Classification is Sales and Marketing.  Both he and his wife Kathy are Paul Harris Fellows. He has held every single office available at a club level.  He has chaired several fundraisers, chaired every Avenue of Service, held the offices of Secretary, Treasurer, President Elect, President, and have served on several committees.  Other responsibilities are, Vice President this current year, and he has been Bulletin Editor since July 1, 2000.    Roy has been named Club Rotarian of the Year.  On a Multi-District Level, he served as Global Coordinator Inbound and Outbound Short term for SCANEX, and as Country Coordinator for Australia.  On the District level, he served as facilitator for RYLA, on the committee and served as District Chair of RYLA in 1995-96.  He was on the GSE committee for three years and GSE Group Leader to England in 2000.  He was District Chair of the President’s Retreat/Advance in 2001 and Chair of District Conference 2002. 

Miss Asian America 2008


Miss Asian America 2008

Saundra is the “BOSS” of the three doctors and manages the office for all.

n 1969 Allan was introduced to the world of Rotary and was inducted into the Rotary Club of Orange.  However the meeting day became inconvenient and he joined the Orange North RC in 1972 where he has served this club in all chairs including the Presidency twice. Allan has attended International meetings, District meetings and served as Team Leader for a GSE team to India (an experience he will never forget).  He has served his community through the Orange Senior Citizens Center (Orange Elderly Services) and has served as the President of its Board of Directors twice. Allan has served his profession in all offices of the Orange County Podiatric Medical Association and was elected to the California Podiatric Medical Association Board of Directors and served as its President. Additionally Allan was elected as President of the Western Division of the American College of Foot and Ankle Surgeons.

Allan has served his country as well. His enlisted service was with the US Naval Reserve for 8 years Years later he reenlisted, this time in the US Army Reserve
and retired as a Lt. Colonel from the Army Medical Department.

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