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Program for July 12th
by Buck, David


Our first program in the new Rotary year we'll preview the Waterloo Community Playhouse's production of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.

The show has very little spoken dialogue, it is sung-through almost completely. It runs under two hours and is occasionally performed without intermission. It has a family-friendly storyline, universal themes, and catchy music. Written by the team of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice.

For information on tickets see the WCP website.

District's New Governor Installed
by Mason Fromm

Cedar Falls Rotarian Roger Kueter was installed Tuesday, July 6 at the Park Place Event Centre.

To see photos from the ceremony on the district website, click here.

Governor Kueter will visit our club Aug 9th - so be sure to wear something nice that day!

What Do YOU Want?
by Mason Fromm

Before he can be president of our club in 2011, Todd Wordel has to prove his worth by entertaining you each Monday with interesting programs and exciting speakers.

If you have an idea for an upcoming program, or have seen a dynamic speaker at another event, email Todd.

Shoebox Committee Meets Wednesday
by Buck, David

The hardest-working committee in Rotary will meet for lunch this Wednesday at Landmark Commons.

This is our club's flagship service project: thousands of boxes like the one pictured are prepared and shipped to Nicaragua, where school-aged children who have chosen to attend school eagerly open them in December.  This very rewarding and life changing project requires phenomenal coordination and the hands of all Rotarians in our club to become reality.

An amazing amount of help from other Rotary clubs, church groups, civic organizations, and loving families culminate in 2 semi-loads of shoeboxes and other equipment bound for Nicaragua.  It has been our club's duty to coordinate all of this support and your help is much needed.  Please register for the Wednesday meeting!

Contact Steve Thorpe for details.

What is Cowboy Logic?
by Mason Fromm


New RI President Ray Klinginsmith asked Rotarians to apply "cowboy logic" and make Rotary clubs "bigger, better, and bolder."

The fundamental principles of cowboy logic are taking pride in your work, talking less and saying more, doing what has to be done, and remembering that some things just aren't for sale, he explained during the closing plenary session.

"I believe the way for Rotary to remain viable and vibrant in the next century is to help our clubs to be bigger, better, and bolder," Klinginsmith said. "The clubs are the life and breath of Rotary. Therefore, it is clear to me that my job is to help the district governors to help the clubs. We can do it, and we will do it, if all of us follow the simple solution of cowboy logic."

            Klinginsmith also listed improvements that he and the RI Board have already authorized, including revisions to the RI Strategic Plan to make it easier to implement and evaluate, a realignment of RI committees to fit the revised plan, the recruitment of 41 Rotary coordinators, and a commitment to finding new ways to attract younger members and enable them to serve as district governors.

Origin of "Service Above Self"
by Mason Fromm


Rotary's official mottoes, Service Above Self and One Profits Most Who Serves Best, trace back to the early days of the organization.

In 1911, He Profits Most Who Serves Best was approved as the Rotary motto at the second convention of the National Association of Rotary Clubs of America, in Portland, Oregon. It was adapted from a speech made by Rotarian Arthur Frederick Sheldon to the first convention, held in Chicago the previous year. Sheldon declared that "only the science of right conduct toward others pays. Business is the science of human services. He profits most who serves his fellows best."

The Portland convention also inspired the motto Service Above Self. During a convention outing on the Columbia River, Ben Collins, president of the Rotary Club of Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, talked with Seattle Rotarian J.E. Pinkham about the proper way to organize a Rotary club, offering the principle his club had adopted: Service, Not Self. Pinkham invited Paul P. Harris, who also was on the boat trip, to join their conversation. Harris asked Collins to address the convention, and the phrase Service, Not Self was met with great enthusiasm.

At the 1950 RI Convention in Detroit, slightly modified versions of the two slogans were formally approved as the official mot­toes of Rotary: He Profits Most Who Serves Best and Service Above Self. The 1989 Council on Legislation established Service Above Self as the principal motto of Rotary, because it best conveys the philosophy of unselfish volunteer service. He Profits Most Who Serves Best was modified by the 2004 Council to < em>They Profit Most Who Serve Best and by the 2010 Council to its current wording, One Profits Most Who Serves Best.

-Story from Rotary International website