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“ SERVICE ABOVE SELF ”ROTARY CLUB of SPACE CENTER Rotary International District 5890 Club 2010 Chartered August 6, 1964 Member Orientation Manual P.O... 8 SPACE CENTER ROTARY CLUB ENDOWM

“ SERVICE ABOVE SELF ”

ROTARY CLUB of SPACE CENTER Rotary International District 5890

Club 2010

Chartered August 6, 1964

Member Orientation Manual

P.O Box 58862 Houston, Texas 77258-8862 www.SpaceCenterRotary.org

Updated—July 1, 2015

TABLE OF CONTENTS

WELCOME LETTER FROM CLUB PRESIDENT 3

OBJECT OF ROTARY 4

THE 4-WAY TEST 4

THE ROTARY MOTTO 4

THE ROTARY ORGANIZATION 4

THE ROTARY FOUNDATION 6

PAUL HARRIS FELLOWS 6

HOUSTON DISTRICT 5890 HISTORY 7

ROTARY CLUB OF SPACE CENTER 7

HISTORY OF THE ROTARY CLUB OF SPACE CENTER 8

SPACE CENTER ROTARY CLUB ENDOWMENT FOUNDATION 10

RNASA – NATIONAL AWARD FOR SPACE ACHIEVEMENT FOUNDATION 11

WHAT IS EXPECTED OF YOU AS A NEW MEMBER 12

OPPORTUNITES FOR SERVICE 13

OFFICERS & DIRECTORS 2015-16 15

MAKE-UP OPPORTUNITIES 16

RED BADGE CHECK LIST 18

SOURCES OF INFORMATION 19

WELCOME LETTER FROM CLUB PRESIDENT

Congratulations!!

Through hard work and dedication, you have reached a degree of success as a professionalperson More importantly, you have reached a point in your career where you realize thatgiving back to your community and serving others is very important, which made youeligible for an invitation to become a Rotarian You were invited to become a Rotarian –Rotary is not a club just anyone can join

Marriage and the birth of children are always important events in the lives of all familymembers Another great milestone is now taking place in your life of service to others.Today, even as you read this, you are becoming a member of a family of over 1.2 milliondedicated Rotarians who truly believe in putting “Service Above Self” This is our veryown cherished motto and a way of life

The reason Rotarians believe in their motto so strongly is that by 1950, when the mottowere officially adopted, it was a proven fact that Rotary was and still is the greatest of allservice organizations; and “SERVICE ABOVE SELF” is the key to Rotary’s undisputablesuccess Rotary brings hope wherever it goes and to all who espouse its principles

You are being accepted into this Rotary Club because its members believe that you have aheart that is willing to put others first – to serve others before self – which is the mosthumbling experience any person can have

We welcome you into the Rotary Club of Space Center

John Branch

President 2015-16

Space Center Rotary Club

• undertake projects and activities to improve life in the Club's community

• expand Rotary’s humanitarian reach around the globe and to promote world

understanding and peace

• recognize the positive change implemented by youth and young adults through

leadership development activities, service projects, and exchange programs

THE 4-WAY TEST

From the earliest days of the organization, Rotarians were concerned with promoting high ethical standards in their professional lives One of the world's most widely printed and quoted statements of business ethics is The 4-Way Test, which was created in 1932 by Rotarian Herbert

J Taylor (who later served as Rotary International president) when he was asked to take charge

of a company that was facing bankruptcy This 24-word test for employees to follow in their business and professional lives became the guide for sales, production, advertising, and all relations with dealers and customers, and the survival of the company is credited to this simple philosophy Adopted by Rotary in 1943, The 4-Way Test has been translated into more than a hundred languages and published in thousands of ways It asks the following four questions:

"Of the things we think, say or do:

• Is it the TRUTH?

• Is it FAIR to all concerned?

• Will it build GOODWILL and BETTER FRIENDSHIPS?

• Will it be BENEFICIAL to all concerned?"

THE ROTARY MOTTO: Service Above Self

THE ROTARY ORGANIZATION

On a cold and windy 23rd day of February in 1905, Paul P Harris, a lawyer, hosted ameeting in Chicago, Illinois In an effort to bridge a gulf between professionals andtradesmen, he invited a coal dealer, a tailor, and a mining engineer to the first meeting.Paul explained his idea of a different kind of businessmen’s club, one in which the variousbusinesses and professionals of the community are represented Harris wanted to recapturethe friendly spirit he had experienced among business people in the small town where hehad grown up Rotary was born that day and Paul Harris is recognized as its founder.Having no formal organization at the time and no budget to pay expenses, the four menagreed to “rotate” the meetings from one of their personal offices to another as theycontinued to meet, and thus they decided to name it the “Rotary Club of Chicago”

Rotary International is an association of Rotary clubs throughout the world, with over 1.2million members located in 250 countries and over 34,000 clubs worldwide It isadministered by a Board of Directors consisting of the President and President-elect ofRotary International and 17 other directors nominated by the clubs in zones as specified inthe by-laws and elected by the convention Each director, although nominated by the clubs

in certain zones, is elected at the convention by all the clubs, thereby placing on eachdirector responsibility for each club Directors serve two-year terms and are elected at theRotary International Convention The convention is held annually in a major city chosen toexpand international fellowship and Rotary knowledge

The Council on Legislation is the legislative body of Rotary It meets every three years in adifferent part of the world to review and make changes in the rules and policy It adopted

in 1995 the past service membership for retired persons, and in 1998, allowed Rotarians toreceive attendance credit for attending Club Service projects

The World Headquarters of Rotary International is located in Evanston, Illinois It has aninternational staff, headed by the General Secretary There are service centers located inParramatta, Australia; Sao Paulo, Brazil; Delhi, India; Tokyo, Japan; Zurich, Switzerland;Buenos Aires, Argentina; Seoul, Korea; and Manila, Philippines

A Rotary district is a geographic area in which Rotary clubs are associated for RotaryInternational administrative purposes Each district is headed by a district governor who is

an officer of Rotary International The district governor’s role is to assist clubs in thedistrict The district conference is an annual meeting of Rotarians of the district thatenhances fellowship and the discussion of the affairs of the clubs and Rotary International.The Space Center Rotary Club is one of 62 different Rotary Clubs in District 5890, whichincludes those in greater Houston metro area, and surrounding counties Space CenterRotary Club has a president and a board of directors who are elected annually Director’sterm is for 3 years with one third elected annually A listing of the current officers andboard members appears in the reference materials section of this manual

Rotary is hierarchical organization composing of Rotary International, the districts, and theclubs Club morale, understanding of the Object of Rotary, and effectiveness in earning aplace in the communities are attainments for which the individual club takes fullresponsibility and consequently recognition In a very real sense, the District is not anarray of clubs all marching in step, but is instead, a collection of highly individualisticentities whose greatest desire is to practice Rotary as they see it

This is to say that this district, and every Rotary district, should see itself, not asadministrator or judge of conformity, but as a helper, a supplier of ideas and, whennecessary, a coordinator of activity The sixty two clubs of Rotary District 5890 are boundtogether by their common loyalty and understanding of the Object of Rotary and by theircommon belief in the validity of Rotary's motto, ''Service Above Self"

THE ROTARY FOUNDATION

In 1917 Rotary International President Arch Klumph told delegates that “it seemseminently proper that we should accept endowments for the purpose of doing good in theworld.” The response was favorable; however it was a year later before the first funds werereceived At the end of a six-year period, the endowment stood at $700 A decade later,The Rotary Foundation was formally established at the 1928 convention By 1932 it hadgrown to $50,000

In 1947, upon the death of Paul Harris, a new era opened for the Foundation Memorialgifts poured in to honor the founder In 1954 the Foundation received its first $500,000 giftand it received a $1 million gift in 1965 Rotary Foundation receives more than $65million each year from its members for educational and humanitarian work around theworld

100% of contributions received in a given year are allocated to programs in the thirdsucceeding year The Rotary Foundation supports many wonderful programs, whichinclude:

• The Rotary Foundation Ambassadorial Scholarship Program

• The Health, Hunger, and Humanity Grants

• Matching Grants

• The Carl P Miller Discovery Grants

• PolioPlus

• Disaster Relief Program

• Rotary Peace Program

PAUL HARRIS FELLOWS

The most important step taken to promote contributions to the Foundation was theestablishment in 1957 of the Paul Harris Fellows program When Rotarians give $1,000 tothe Foundation, they are recognized through the Paul Harris Fellow medallion, lapel pin,and certificate More than one million individuals have been recognized as Paul HarrisFellows worldwide – people who have given $1,000 to the Annual Programs Fund or havehad that amount contributed in their name Rotarians, who make multiple $1,000 gifts,receive a pin with a blue stone for each additional $1,000 given A red stone pin signifiesgifts of $7,000 to $9,000, and a diamond circle pin is given to donors who contributed

HOUSTON DISTRICT 5890 HISTORY

At a time when Rotary International can claim 1.2 million members and nearly 34,000clubs, it is difficult to think of a time when there were fewer than 5,000 members and 50clubs comprising the entire world of Rotary

Yet, such was the case when the Rotary Club of Houston was founded, on November 1,

1912, and received charter No 53, of the National Association of Rotary Clubs Today, theRotary Club Houston is one of the oldest clubs in Rotary Any consideration of the history

of the present District 5890 of Rotary International, or of any aspect of Rotary in all ofSouth Texas, for that matter, must begin with full appreciation of the enduring leadership ofthe Rotary Club of Houston The Houston club's "Lombardi Award" dinner is not onlytheir primary fund-raiser, but it is a major event in the sports life of the city Footballnotables from all over the country attend, and the event generates a great amount of mediacoverage

The District 5890 administrative structure is a complex one In the 2015-16 year there aretwenty Assistant Governors (AG) , each serving as liaison to from three to five clubs.While the District Governor (DG) is required to personally visit each of the sixty two clubs

in the course of her of his year, it is obviously impossible for the DG to maintain acontinuing intimate relationship with each one The Assistant Governors perform thisfunction

The entire district committee structure involves something over one hundred individuals.This is a way by which a great number of Rotarians may be drawn into activities whichenable them to see something of the scope of Rotary beyond their respective clubs, andwhatever can be accomplished enriches both Rotary and the Rotarians involved

ROTARY CLUB OF SPACE CENTER

Upon your induction, you will become a member of The Rotary Club of Space Center TheClub was organized in August 1964 (thus celebrating its 51st Anniversary this year) and is

a member of District 5890 of Rotary International It is an organization of business andprofessional leaders in the local community organized for fellowship and service

As a MEMBER of the Club, you can attend regularly, enjoy lunch and fellowship withfriends, and go on about your business until the next Monday lunch meeting OR you canwillingly contribute some of your time and talents to Service Above Self and become aROTARIAN You will immediately become a member of this Club but will become aROTARIAN slowly and for sure only as you dedicate your life to the cause of Rotary andinvest your time, talent and heart in its noble undertakings While the original basis ofRotary was fellowship, service to others soon became its hallmark It is service to thecommunity, the workplace, and the world Rotarians build goodwill and peace, providehumanitarian services, and encourage high ethical standards in all vocations Rotariansstrive to create order where there is chaos, beauty where there is ugliness, fellowship where

there is loneliness and misunderstanding; and Rotary creates health and happiness wherethere is poverty and disease

HISTORY OF THE ROTARY CLUB OF SPACE CENTER

In 1963, Fred Lane, then President of the La Porte Rotary Club, conceived the idea that theterritory around Seabrook would possibly support a Rotary Club With the rapiddevelopment of the Space Center area, it was felt by District Governor Virgil Lee that asurvey be conducted to determine if a club could be organized in that area Ed Bracher andBill Avery, both past District Governors, made a preliminary investigation and felt that aRotary Club would prosper there

Territorial limits were checked with Dick Proctor, Secretary of the Rotary Club of Houston,since the Houston Club had jurisdiction over the area in the vicinity of the Space Center.Subsequently a formal request was filed with the President of the Rotary Club of Houston,Erwin Neinen on May 19, 1964 The territory to be encompassed by the club would be asfollows:

• Genoa-Red Bluff Road on the North

• The Gulf Freeway on the West

• Clear Creek, Clear Lake and Taylor Lake on the South

• Red Bluff Road on the East

Rotary International approved the admission of Rotary Club of Space Center (Houston),Texas on August 6, 1964 (thus celebrating its 51st Anniversary this year) A letter fromBeth Mavestry, Extension Services, Rotary International dated August 6, 1964 notifiedEllis R Bareiss, “Congratulations to you and your club on your success in extendingRotary to this community The application for the provisional club has been received andbefore long we hope to advise District Governor Bracher of the admission of this club tomembership in Rotary International.”

The Club’s Board of Directors (Board) met on different days and at different frequenciesover the years In recent years it has met once a month on the third Tuesday of the month.The Board requested twice, in 1968 and again in 1977, to include League City in the Club’sterritory but was refused both times by the respective district governor However change tothe Club's territorial limits was approved in a letter and associated documents including amap dated May 21, 1982 The Sergeant at Arms position was established in Rotary Year1975-76 and the position of Vice President/President Elect established in Rotary Year1979-

80 The Articles of Formation of the Rotary Club of Space Center, Houston, Texas, anunincorporated nonprofit association dated August 17, 2010, replaced the Certificate ofIncorporation of the Rotary Club of Space Center, Houston, Texas Charter No 1311422-01dated May 12, 1994 The Club received a Texas sales and use tax exemption in 1981 andagain in 2002 A letter dated February 9, 1981 from the IRS noted that the RotaryInternational Space Center Chapter Rotary Club is exempt from Federal income tax underGroup Ruling No 0573, section 501(c)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code It noted that thisexemption was granted August 1965 Board action on June 4, 1985 dropped the title of

"Rotary Anns" for the Rotary wives to "My Rotary Wife" and later the title of “The SpaceCenter Women of Rotary” was officially established June 18, 1987

The Club has received many prestigious awards since receiving the first recorded award inRotary Year 1983-84 President Webb was selected the outstanding Club President forRotary Year 1983-84, the Club was designated as one of the 5 "Best Clubs" in Rotary Year1984-85, and has received six Club of Year Awards since then It has received the RotaryInternational Presidential Citation five times Owen Morris was presented a 5-star, PaulHarris pin in recognition for his dedication to the Polio Plus campaign for raising $39,000

in Rotary Year 1987-88 and Dr David Taylor received The Freedoms Foundation “AtValley Forge Award” in Rotary Year 1993-94 The Club became a 100% Paul HarrisFellow Club in Rotary Year 2006-07 Dr David Taylor received the “Service Above Self”

Award in Rotary Year 1988-89, Stan Galanski received the same award in Rotary Year

2009-10 and most recently, PDG Suzi Howe received the award in Rotary Year 2013-14

International recognition came early in the Club’s history with emergence of the mannedspace program and several astronauts being honorary members of the Club: Frank Borman,Gordon Cooper, Jim Lovell, Buzz Aldrin, and Apollo crew James A McDivitt, David R.Scott, and Russell L Schweickart The fame of the Space Center Rotary Club continued tospread and in 1966 when Astronaut Gordon Cooper addressed the Rotary InternationalConvention in Denver, Colorado The Rotary Club of Space Center was featured in anarticle in the May, 1966 issue of the Rotarian In addition, Frank Borman was a principalspeaker at Rotary International Convention in Honolulu, Hawaii in May 1969 Hepresented Rotary International President Kiyoshi Togasaki of Japan the banner of theRotary Club of Space Center This miniature banner was carried on Apollo 8, the firstflight to circumnavigate the moon

Youth Activities were collectively the most funded and most Club member participated inprojects of all of the service projects Almost $500,000 has been given to such projects asthe Interact, Academic Scholarships, Rotaract, YMCA, Drug Awareness, Boy and GirlScouts, and International Youth Exchange Club members also participated in many of theprograms such as mentoring, Youth Forums, International (Rotary) Youth Exchange, drugawareness program, drug essay contest, Interact, and academic scholarships A few of theClub member participation programs have continued through the years, however some ofthem were intermittent Those continuing were the Interact and Rotaract programs,academic scholarships, drug awareness essay contest, and the International (Rotary)Student Exchange

The first major fundraiser was held in July of 1974 at Galveston County Park, League City,Texas and has continued each year It was patterned after the Brazosport Rotary ClubShrimp Boil The event was moved to the September/October timeframe after the first yeardue to the hot weather in July The format for the early years consisted of a live auction,conducted off an 18 wheeled truck trailer; a boiled shrimp and fried fish meal;entertainment such as a band, singer or recorded music; and a raffle of donated usedvehicles Activities such as a silent auction, 4 K run, beauty contest, and golf tournamentwere added to the Shrimporee in some of the latter years In Rotary Year 2005-06 thePresident Elect was designated as the permanent Shrimporee Chair The Club has raisedover $1.67 million with the Shrimporee since 1974 through Rotary Year 2014-15

A second major fundraiser was started in Rotary Year 2000-01 It had several differentnames; VIP Auction and Wine Tasting, SCR VIP Gala, Boots and Black Tie Ball, andSpringoree in Rotary Year 2006-07 which it has remained It is estimated that over

$300,000 has been raised with these fundraisers through Rotary Year 2014-15 The eventwas more formal, catered to adults, and had higher value live and silent auction items thanthe Shrimporee It was held at a banquet type facility, rather than in a park environmentwith about 100 persons attending It was primarily to recognize the Shrimporee sponsors.The event was changed from August 2005 to the spring 2006 in Rotary Year 2005-06 toprovide more separation between it and the Shrimporee which was held in the fall In

2015, a third fundraiser, a golf tournament, was added which raised $22,000 for serviceprojects

SPACE CENTER ROTARY CLUB ENDOWMENT

FOUNDATION (SCRCEF)

Its History:

John Watson (Club President 1989-1990) and the Board unanimously supported the idea of

a local foundation and resolved to establish the Space Center Rotary Club EndowmentFoundation John asked Billy Smith to obtain a charter from the Texas Secretary of Statefor a non-profit corporation and David Hamblin was asked to obtain approval from theInternal Revenue Service so that the Foundation was classified as a 501(c)(3) charitableorganization After considerable research and discussions with members of other Rotaryclubs who had long-established foundations, both were accomplished The corporatecharter was issued on February 15, 1991 and 501(c)(3) status was granted on April 9, 1993.The purposes for which the Foundation is organized are stated in Article I of its bylaws:

Intent of Founders:

Not desiring to diminish the importance of or to detract from the work of The RotaryFoundation of Rotary International or to interfere with or compete for support, through itsmembers, of Space Center Rotary Club, and, while acknowledging the worthiness of theClub's attaining the highest possible level of member participation in financially supportingThe Rotary Foundation through Paul Harris Fellowships, Paul Harris Sustaining Members,and Benefactors, the founders of The Space Center Rotary Club Endowment Foundationbelieve that there will be those among its members, both present and future, as well asrelatives and friends of members, who, desiring to foster and promote the ideals of Rotary,wish to do so within the local community and through the control, management, andadministration of members of Space Center Rotary Club Therefore, this Foundation hascome into existence and shall strive to nurture, encourage, and advance the development ofeffective programs, activities, undertakings, and projects of a philanthropic, charitable,educational, humanitarian, and eleemosynary nature To achieve this intent, the foundersbelieve that it will be important and desirable for the Trustees of the Foundation to resistthe temptations to distribute all available funds, but, at least in the early years, toconcentrate on the building of a sizable trust corpus, accumulating as much of the income

as possible and adding it to the principal until the Foundation has the means and resources

to offer financial assistance to worthy projects of a far greater dimension than it wouldotherwise be able to consider