Fri Jul 27, 2012 Home Editor Scott Kunitz If you have any comments or questions, please contact the editor. Upcoming Programs Jul 27, 2012 John Hall Autisim Recovery Aug 03, 2012 Jed Mills Immigration as it Affects WLA - Santa Monica area Aug 10, 2012 Mayor Jim Butts from Rotary to Mayor’s Office Aug 17, 2012 GOVERNOR’S VISIT Lew Bertrand our Rotary District 5280 Governor - Be there to show off our club! Aug 24, 2012 Bill Shaikin Aug 31, 2012 DARK LABOR DAY Sep 07, 2012 Nat Trives Commission on Judicial Performance View entire list... Upcoming Events 5th Annual International Wine & Jazz Festival Oct 07, 2012 02:00 PM International Food and Song Festival Tom and Stephanie Loo's Apr 28, 2013 12:00 PM - 04:00 Stories This week at Rotary - Dr. John Robert Hall, CEO and author of 'Am I Still Autistic?' Posted by Scott Kunitz Dr. John Robert Hall III is the author of Am I Still Autistic?: How a Low-Functioning, Slightly Retarded Toddler Became CEO of a Multi-Million Dollar National Corporation, John chronicles how he overcame autism, what it was like, the pain of moving from his autistic state to the mainstream world, things he had to learn that most people take for granted, and what he was able to accomplish against all odds. John was able to eventually make friends, graduate from high school, put himself through college, earn a doctorate from USC, start a successful company, and have a family! Robert Hall spent most of his early childhood years in an intensive therapeutic program known as Cheerful Helpers at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. By the age of 6, John had shown significant progress and was mainstreamed in a regular first grade classroom with special education support services. Despite his progress, John struggled through elementary school to catch-up with his peers, make friends, and better relate to the world he was living in. While he persisted and continued to make dramatic progress throughout elementary and junior high school, it was not until his junior year in high school until John felt he was somewhat "normal." John went on to complete high school and embarked into adulthood. John worked full-time through college and by the age of 20 was a Director of Sales & Marketing for a prominent call center firm. In 1997, John co-founded Greenwood & Hall to provide direct response and emerging e-commerce companies with integrated telemarketing, customer care, payment processing, and product fulfillment solutions. Greenwood & Hall is now recognized as a leading provider of customer relationship management solutions to a variety of sectors. Most specifically, Greenwood & Hall has emerged as a leading provider of end-to-end solutions to post secondary institutions. Greenwood & Hall’s solutions support the student lifestyle including new student recruitment, retention, financial aid administration/advising, and student services. At Greenwood& Hall, John oversees business development, corporate strategy and development, new product development, higher education consulting, and the Company’s Enrollment Management Operations. John also manages projects of national interest for Greenwood & Hall. Santa Monica http://www.clubrunner.ca/portal/DynamicBulletinEmail.aspx?a... 1 of 5 7/27/12 11:22 AM
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Editor Scott KunitzIf you have any comments orquestions, please contact theeditor.
Aug 03, 2012Jed MillsImmigration as it Affects WLA -Santa Monica area
Aug 10, 2012Mayor Jim Buttsfrom Rotary to Mayor’s Office
Aug 17, 2012GOVERNOR’S VISITLew Bertrand our Rotary District5280 Governor - Be there toshow off our club!
Aug 24, 2012Bill Shaikin
Aug 31, 2012DARKLABOR DAY
Sep 07, 2012Nat TrivesCommission on JudicialPerformance
View entire list...
Upcoming Events5th Annual International Wine& Jazz FestivalOct 07, 2012 02:00 PM
International Food and SongFestivalTom and Stephanie Loo'sApr 28, 2013 12:00 PM - 04:00
StoriesThis week at Rotary - Dr. John Robert Hall, CEO and author of 'Am I Still Autistic?'Posted by Scott Kunitz
Dr. John Robert Hall III is the author of Am I StillAutistic?: How a Low-Functioning, Slightly RetardedToddler Became CEO of a Multi-Million Dollar NationalCorporation, John chronicles how he overcameautism, what it was like, the pain of moving from hisautistic state to the mainstream world, things he had tolearn that most people take for granted, and what hewas able to accomplish against all odds. John wasable to eventually make friends, graduate from highschool, put himself through college, earn a doctoratefrom USC, start a successful company, and have afamily!
Robert Hall spent most of his early childhood years inan intensive therapeutic program known as Cheerful
Helpers at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. By the age of 6, John had shownsignificant progress and was mainstreamed in a regular first grade classroom with specialeducation support services.
Despite his progress, John struggled through elementary school to catch-up with his peers, makefriends, and better relate to the world he was living in. While he persisted and continued to makedramatic progress throughout elementary and junior high school, it was not until his junior year inhigh school until John felt he was somewhat "normal." John went on to complete high school andembarked into adulthood.
John worked full-time through college and by the age of 20 was a Director of Sales & Marketingfor a prominent call center firm.
In 1997, John co-founded Greenwood & Hall to provide direct response and emerginge-commerce companies with integrated telemarketing, customer care, payment processing, andproduct fulfillment solutions. Greenwood & Hall is now recognized as a leading provider ofcustomer relationship management solutions to a variety of sectors. Most specifically, Greenwood& Hall has emerged as a leading provider of end-to-end solutions to post secondary institutions.Greenwood & Hall’s solutions support the student lifestyle including new student recruitment,retention, financial aid administration/advising, and student services.
At Greenwood& Hall, John oversees business development, corporate strategy and development,new product development, higher education consulting, and the Company’s EnrollmentManagement Operations. John also manages projects of national interest for Greenwood & Hall.
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Jim Dyer from the RotaryInternational Convention
March 30, 2012
GSE Team from India March 30, 2012
Joan Behrens - April 13, 2012
Alan Monroe - March 30, 2012
These projects have included the dedication of the National World War II Memorial, the dedicationof the Marine Corps. Museum, White House Conference on Aging, the United States Departmentof Defense Freedom Walk events, the “Shelter From The Storm” multi-network telethon for victimsof Hurricane Katrina, and most recently Hope For Haiti Now, American Idol Give Back, and StandUp To Cancer.
John volunteers his time as a mentor for college-ready high school students at Roybal LearningCenter, an urban high school in Downtown Los Angeles. He also serves on the Board of Trusteesof Roosevelt Universty in Chicago. Since writing Am I Still Autistic?, John has spoken regularlyto Autism support groups across the country and been featured in newspapers and televisionnews shows. His goal continues to be to promote awareness and hope about Autism.
John received his B.A. in Political Science and Masters Degree in Business Administration(M.B.A.) from Pepperdine University. John also earned his Doctorate in Education (Ed.D.) from theUniversity of Southern California.
John currently resides in Irvine, California and has two children, John (J.R.), age 6 and Lia, age 4.His son, J.R. was diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder and neurological disorders.
Rotary Club Meeting July 13, 2012 - Holly Mosher - Documentary Filmmaker "BonsaiPeople"Posted by Nicholas Goehner
Holly Mosher, a documentary filmmaker and producer spoke today about her current film and whatan amazing man by the name of Muhammad Yunus is doing for women and people around theworld. We kicked off the meeting today with a table quiz, each table had a list of quotes from differentmovies. The first table to turn theirs in with all the right answers won a yet to be determined prize. It seems Rosemary's table won, followed by Gaulke's table and then Nick G's table.
Jay Smith of the Community and Youth Grants Committee presented a check to the WestsidePregnancy Clinic to Christy Myer. They are a non profit medical clinic founded in Santa Monica 35years ago. and they service about 9,000 people per year. This check for $1,825.00 will go toexpand their programs.
Russ Warner presented a check to Step Up on Second they serve about 35,000 meals tohomeless and mentally ill individuals each year. The $2,500.00 check will go to replace a rustic
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Video - 2012 Annual
International Food &
Song Festival
Santa Monica
Rotary Club’s
90th Anniversary
Slide Show
Santa Monica
Rotary Club’s
home makeover effort
at Upward Bound House
Puerto Rico
District Humanitarian Trip's
main project
distributing 110 wheelchairs
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component of their walk in refrigerator so there is no risk of disease in their food.
it's always wonderful to know the good that our Rotary dollars are doing
Spyros got a little bit darker than usual, and it turns out he got his added color in Maui. His finestarted at $250 but he was allowed to give away his fellow Rotarians who might have been therewith him at a $50 deduction each. But he stayed strong and didn't give anyone away, so $250was the fine
Dick Lawrence recently celebrated his 50 year anniversary. He received a congratulatory fine of $100
Holly Mosher was our speaker for today, after getting involved in rotary in 1991 she became aRotary exchange student. Doing so took her to Brazil where she found her passion for storytelling and she made a documentary down there. This would begin her wonderful career as afilmmaker.
Her most recent film, and the center of her discussion today was Bonzai People. Bonzie People isa story about a Nobel Laureate named Mohammad Yunus.
She started her presentation at the podium and then made her way down to the projection screento show us a video of her latest documentary, and describe the man at the center of her story.
When she first discovered Mohammad Yunus it was just about 6 years ago, and he had just wonthe Nobel Peace Prize. She read that he was helping 6.5 million women, which equates to 1 outof every 1000 women on earth. He received the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts throughmicrocredit to create economic and social development. But she found that microcredit was justone of the many companies and endeavors that Mohammad does. He currently has over 50companies, he's 73 years old, and he's still continuing forward. He has also received severalother national and international honors as well for the work that he's done and continues to do. His work in improving the communities around him and bettering the lives of everyone he possiblycan truly encompasses the 4 way test.
The videos that were shown were snippets of the film to give us an idea of this amazing man,while I can't describe the videos for this story directly I can supply the synopsis and a link to thesite where these and many move videos can be seen.
Here is a synopsis:
"As the founder of Grameen Bank, Yunus pioneered microcredit, the innovative banking programthat provides poor people – mainly women – with small loans they use to launch businesses andlift their families out of poverty. In the past thirty years, microcredit has spread to every continentand benefited over 100 million families. His Grameen Bank currently lends to one out of every1,000 people on earth and with a 98% rate of return – unheard of in the financial world.But Muhammad Yunus didn’t stop there. Now, Yunus goes beyond microcredit to pioneer the ideaof social business – a completely new way to use the creative vibrancy of business to tackle socialproblems from poverty and pollution to inadequate health care and lack of education. BonsaiPeople shows how Yunus – in partnership with some of the world’s most visionary businesses – is
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launching purposely designed social ventures.While Muhammad Yunus didn’t invent the notion of doing business for social good – it is a conceptthat needed a leader, Yunus has become that person.Bonsai People is an emotionally compelling documentary film that explores the work and vision ofNobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus.His bank has created 26000 jobs at the bank and 8 million entrepreneurs who are borrowers. Andthis is just one of his businesses."
Truly fascinating and wonderful to know that there are people like this in the world who are doingso much good for so many people. I encourage everyone to learn more about this man, and thestories that Holly is telling. Her website is http://bonsaimovie.com/
Our innovator for today was Jack Gregory, and our song leader was Len Lanzi with Ken Waltzerin the piano. Introducing our speaker, Holly Mosher, was Larry Martorff.. And rounding out ourhead table was one of our new members LaVonne Lawson, and our visitor introducer BrianLinnekens.
We had no visiting Rotarians today but we did have a few guests of Rotarians. They are asfollows:
Jason and Ben Stolpa as well as Chuil Tsang were guests of Judy NeveauChristine Myers was a guest of Jay SmithChisthra was a guest of Monika WhiteMichelle Oyler and Oscar Blance were guests of Mary Dun Powell
Thank you Rotarians for bringing in your friends and family, and finally thank you to our greeter fortoday Len Lanzi
We leave you with the thought of the day, a quote from one of the most profound and andphilosophical film of all time, "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" of course:
"Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it."
CALLING ALL WRITERS!Posted by Scott Kunitz on Jun 01, 2012
Do you fancy yourself the next William Shakespeare orVirginia Woolf? Maybe you have always wanted to be MayaAngelou, or Woodward and Bernstein. Now is your chance,we need your help. We are looking for 3 or more individualswho are willing to take notes of the meeting once a month forthe website and the RotaMonica. We have all of the basics,what we need is the story of the meeting. What did thespeaker share? What were the announcements that week?Any fun fines? You get the idea.
If you can help or have any questions please contact Scott Kunitz 818-288-3995.
Thank you!
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