Rotary's annual training meeting gives incoming district governors the chance to share ideas for strengthening clubs and improving communities with Rotary leaders from around the world.
Keynote speakers and informative presentations will inspire you and prepare you to lead your district successfully. Idea exchanges, roundtable discussions, and workshops will lead you to new ways of creating positive change. Check back for the complete program.
GOVERNOR-ELECT PARTNER PROGRAM
Your spouse or partner plays an important role during your year as district governor. To prepare them for what lies ahead, we've planned special activities, including:
Roundtable and panel discussions
Cultural exchanges
Networking opportunities
TRAVEL & EXPENSES
Information about international travel, housing and expenses will be available in August.
The Rotary Club of Park Cities will not have its regular club meeting on Friday, April 29th.
Our club will be participating in the District Conference's All Club Luncheon at the Hilton Dallas Lincoln Center from 11:30am-1:30pm in the Lincoln Ballroom. You can register to attend the entire District Conference, attend the All Club Luncheon, and/or attend the Quiet Affaire (evening event). Please make plans now to attend and bring a guest!
Please join us on Friday, April 22nd for an update on Parkland Hospital presented by the CEO of Parkland Hospital, Dr. Frederick Cerise. Frederick P. Cerise, MD, MPH, was named President and Chief Executive Officer in March 2014.
Rotary International includes 1.2 million neighbors, friends, and community leaders who come together to create positive, lasting change in our communities and around the world.
Our differing occupations, cultures, and countries give us a unique perspective. Our shared passion for service helps us accomplish the remarkable.
The Rotary Club of Park Cities meets at noon on Fridays at Maggiano's on the second floor. Please join us! Bring a friend! Share Rotary!
Frederick P. Cerise, MD, MPH, was named President and Chief Executive Officer in March 2014.
Prior to joining Parkland, Dr. Cerise served as Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs at the Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans School of Medicine. From 2007 to 2012, he was Vice President for Health Affairs and Medical Education of the Louisiana State University System. From 2004 to 2007, Dr. Cerise was Secretary of the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals. He began his career at the Earl K. Long Medical Center, Baton Rouge, La. Between 1991 and 2004, he advanced from the role of Assistant Program Director and Clinical Faculty member to Medical Director and ultimately served as Chief Executive Officer.
Dr. Cerise holds a Bachelor of Science degree from University of Notre Dame and earned his Medical Degree at Louisiana State University in New Orleans. He completed a residency in Internal Medicine at the University of Alabama in Birmingham. In 2011, he earned a Master of Public Health degree from Harvard University School of Public Health. He is a member of the Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured and has served on the Louisiana Federal Health Care Reform Steering Committee and the Louisiana Health Care Quality Forum, among others.
Please join us on Friday, April 22nd for an informative update on Dallas ISD by DISD Superintendent Michael Hinojosa. Lunch is $20 or you can be a non-eater for $5.
Dr. Michael Hinojosa returned to Dallas ISD when he was named by the board of trustees to serve as superintendent in October 2015. Dr. Hinojosa has served 20 years as a superintendent/CEO of six public education systems, including two of the 25 largest school systems in America, Dallas ISD in Texas and the Cobb County School District in suburban Atlanta, Georgia. His career in public education, from teacher and coach to superintendent/CEO, spans more than three decades.
With a firm belief that education and not environment is the key to a student’s success, he has led several school districts to improved student achievement. Dr. Hinojosa’s recognitions include being named 2002 Superintendent of the Year by the Texas Association of School Boards and 2005 Superintendent of the Year by the University of Texas at Austin. He was honored as Distinguished Alumnus by the College of Education at Texas Tech University and as the Outstanding Latino Educator by the Association of Latino Administrators and Superintendents in 2014. He is a past president of the Texas Association of School Administrators. He has served as an educational consultant for various organizations that support public education, including as a master teacher and coach for the American Association of School Administrators and the Association of Latino Administrators and Superintendents.
Dr. Hinojosa, a proud graduate of Dallas Independent School District, holds a doctorate in education from the University of Texas at Austin. He and wife Kitty have two sons, graduates of Princeton University and Harvard University. He has a son from a previous marriage who graduated from Texas Tech University. All three attended Dallas ISD for a significant portion of their K-12 careers.
By way of introduction, my name is Michael Hinojosa. I am proud to serve as Dallas ISD superintendent. Dallas is my home. I am a graduate of Sunset High School, started my career in education as a teacher and coach at W.H. Adamson High School, and have two sons who graduated from Hillcrest High School. I served an initial term as superintendent in Dallas ISD from 2005-2011, and returned as interim superintendent in July 2015.
In October 2015, the Board of Trustees formally approved my return to the district as superintendent.
As someone who has experienced our schools as a student, parent, and leader, I know how much the hard work and dedication of the staff and community have helped Dallas ISD students, and your efforts are both appreciated and admired.
Dallas ISD has set high expectations for our schools and put a number of initiatives in place with the goal of preparing every student for college and the workforce. We will continue to uphold those high expectations and implement the key initiatives already underway, including the Teacher Excellence Initiative, more Public School Choice opportunities, and expanded Early Childhood and Career and Technical Education programs, all of which are in the best interest of our students.
I look forward to working with you to help all Dallas ISD students and staff members succeed in every way.
Please join us on Friday, April 15th for a great program on Earth Day by Ken Klaveness, Executive Director of Earth Day Texas.
Talk about issues, opportunities, and solutions. Earth Day Texas is an interactive experience where people come to immerse themselves in the opportunities and solutions presented by today’s environmental issues. As an exhibitor and participant in Earth Day Texas, you have the chance to spread knowledge, tell your story, garner fresh support, attract new donors, customers or volunteers, and help advance the movement. Earth Day Texas is one of the only forums where environmental non-profits, businesses, academic institutions and government agencies unite to show people how to move the needle in all areas of their personal and professional lives!
We are now entering the 46th year of a movement that continues to inspire, challenge ideas, ignite passion, and motivate people to action.
In 1970, the year of our first Earth Day, the movement gave voice to an emerging consciousness, channeling human energy toward environmental issues. Forty-six years later, we continue to lead with groundbreaking ideas and by the power of our example.
And so it begins. Today. Right here and right now. Earth Day is more than just a single day — April 22, 2016. It’s bigger than attending a rally and taking a stand.
This Earth Day and beyond, let’s make big stuff happen. Let’s plant 7.8 billion trees for the Earth. Let’s divest from fossil fuels and make cities 100% renewable. Let’s take the momentum from the Paris Climate Summit and build on it.
Let’s start now. And let’s not stop.
- See more at: http://www.earthday.org/earth-day/?gclid=Cj0KEQjwxI24BRDqqN3f-97N6egBEiQAGv37hMKlMphz74ZDhAcyZUFvJmL9bFD8ylAo40OVIzjp_kYaAtLx8P8HAQ#sthash.SSN2M4PV.dpuf
Please join us on Friday, April 8th for an update on what's going on in Dallas and with City Council by City Council member Angela Hunt!
"In her eight years on the council, Hunt has become one of the city’s most recognizable political figures, known for often taking stands that put her at odds with the city’s political and business establishment.
Now, with Hunt forced to step down because of term limits, seven candidates are hoping to replace her and represent a district that includes Uptown, downtown, Turtle Creek and the M Streets.
Last year, Larry Beasley presented the “Dream Team’s” Charrette Report to the Council. The Report rejected Alternative 3C’s design for the Trinity Parkway and called for a smaller, slower park road. For the past eight months, a technical design team has been further engineering plans for the road.
For the past two months, the Trinity Parkway Advisory Committee has been meeting behind closed doors to review the resulting technical design of the Trinity Parkway. Councilmember Sandy Greyson and former NTTA Chair Jere Thompson were appointed by the mayor to lead the committee. They each appointed three other members: Councilmember Greyson appointed me, Rep. Rafael Anchia, and Bob Meckfessel. Mr. Thompson appointed Ambassador Ron Kirk, Chancellor Lee Jackson, and Mary Ceverha. Our task was to advise the council as to whether the technical design accurately followed the original Charrette Vision.
The Advisory Committee’s work is completed and today the Committee made presentations to the Dallas City Council Transportation and Trinity River Committee. Our Committee was not in agreement. Rep. Rafael Anchia and I presented our conclusions. You can read our report and read our statement to the committee.
To cut to the chase: Last year we thought we were (finally) getting a low-speed, meandering park access road. Instead, according to the technical design, we are getting a highway.
The design and geometry of the road will allow for high speeds: the meanders have been straightened, the lanes widened, the deceleration lanes to parking areas lengthened, and the shoulders turned from grass to gravel. At every decision tree, at every fork in the road, design choices were made to make the road straighter, wider, longer, and faster. (Check out the animation and read the briefing to the council committee.)
At the conclusion of the presentations, we were glad that the committee agreed that the public should (finally) have the opportunity to weigh in on this project. The council committee wants more public input before the road moves to 65% design. But the chair of the committee, Councilmember Lee Kleinman, stated that he wanted a “brief” period of public input, “like 30 days.”
Your voices will be very important in this conversation. We have seen this all before. This is the Balanced Vision Plan round 2.
COUNCIL ON LEGISLATION TO MEET IN CHICAGO 10-15 APRIL
Representatives at the 2013 Council on Legislation hold up green cards to demonstrate a yes vote on a motion.
Photo Credit: Rotary Images
Representatives from Rotary clubs worldwide will gather in Chicago 10-15 April to consider changes to the policies that guide Rotary International and its member clubs.
The Council on Legislation meets every three years and is an essential part of Rotary's governance. The representatives -- one from each Rotary district -- review and vote on proposals that seek to change Rotary's constitutional documentsand on resolutions that express an opinion or make a recommendation to the Rotary International Board of Directors.
Many of this year's proposed changes are designed to increase membership by giving clubs greater flexibility in the timing and the nature of their meetings. Other proposals would amend membership requirements.
Over the decades, Council representatives have debated virtually every nuance of Rotary policy and membership and attendance rules. The five-day meeting is one of Rotary's primary agents for change, allowing the organization to evaluate and enhance its relevance in a rapidly changing world.
Please join us on Friday, April 1st for an informative program on Cyber Security by Dr. Fred Chang, the Director of the Darwin Deason Institute for Cyber Security at SMU. Dr. Chang is the lead inventor on two U.S. patents (U.S. patent numbers 7272645 and 7633951) and he appeared in the televised National Geographic documentary, Inside the NSA: America's Cyber Secrets. He has twice served as a cyber security expert witness at hearings convened by the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Science, Space and Technology.
Rotary is the world’s most philanthropic organization. Together we can really make a difference and accomplish a lot more. Rotary is great for networking, community service, international service, fellowship, and more!
Park Cities Rotary Club meets at noon on Fridays at Maggiano’s in North Park Mall on the second floor. Lunch is $20 or you can be a non-eater for $5.
Frederick R. Chang
Frederick R. Chang is the Director of the Darwin Deason Institute for Cyber Security, the Bobby B. Lyle Endowed Centennial Distinguished Chair in Cyber Security, and Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering in the Lyle School of Engineering at Southern Methodist University (SMU). He is also a Senior Fellow in the John Goodwin Tower Center for Political Studies in SMU’s Dedman College and a Distinguished Scholar in the Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law at the University of Texas at Austin.
Chang has been Professor and AT&T Distinguished Chair in Infrastructure Assurance and Security at the University of Texas at San Antonio and he was at the University of Texas at Austin as an Associate Dean in the College of Natural Sciences and Director of the Center for Information Assurance and Security. Additionally, Chang’s career spans service in the private sector and in government, including as the former Director of Research at the National Security Agency.
Chang has been awarded the National Security Agency Director’s Distinguished Service Medal and was the 2014 Information Security Magazine ‘Security 7’ award winner for Education. He has served as a member of the Commission on Cyber Security for the 44th Presidency and as a member of the Computer Science and Telecommunications Board of the National Academies. He has also served as a member of the National Academies committee on Responding to Section 5(d) of Presidential Policy Directive 28: The Feasibility of Software to Provide Alternatives to Bulk Signals Intelligence Collection, and as a steering committee member of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Workshop on Privacy for the Intelligence Community: Emerging Technologies, Academic and Industry Research, and Best Practices. He is currently a member of the Intelligence Science and Technology Experts Group of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.
He is the lead inventor on two U.S. patents (U.S. patent numbers 7272645 and 7633951) and he appeared in the televised National Geographic documentary, Inside the NSA: America's Cyber Secrets. He has twice served as a cyber security expert witness at hearings convened by the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Science, Space and Technology.
Chang received his B.A. degree from the University of California, San Diego and his M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Oregon. He has also completed the Program for Senior Executives at the Sloan School of Management at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Rotary International is an international civic organization that provides great opportunities for international service, community service, fellowship, networking, and learning more about our local community. The Rotary Club of Park Cities does a tremendous amount of great work for the community through its work with a number of non-profit organizations. In December our Rotary club presented a check for $190,000 to the North Texas Food Bank’s first mobile food pantry truck in North Texas! The mobile food pantry truck sends food throughout North Texas. Our club participates in the food distribution monthly. Other organizations can also participate and “Adopt a Stop” for food distribution. Our Rotary club also works with a number of other non-profits such as Fisher House, the Ronald McDonald House, Meals on Wheels, Scottish Rite, the Salvation Army, and a number of others.
Join us for our meeting, lunch, and great program on Friday, March 18th. Our club meeting starts at noon. Lunch is $20 or you can be a non-eater for $5.
Bring a friend! Share Rotary!
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Why UNT Dallas?
Whether you’re pondering a career in accounting or in human services management and leadership, UNT Dallas will help you fulfill your academic potential. We'll work with you as you refine your critical thinking skills and character in classes that offer more than written assignments and tests – but instead offer exercises in civic engagement that promote the values of virtue, civility, reasoning and accountability.
Special Thanks to Mark Neace Creative Director with SyncLab Media for recording RIP Ravi Ravindran speaking atthe Rotary Club of Dallas' Luncheon on Wednesday, January 13, 2016.
Watching RIP Ravi Ravindran's speech counts as a make-up. Please send your make-up correspondence to: makeups@parkcitiesrotary.org
Hillcrest Interact Club and RCPC spent a "frightfully fun" Halloween afternoon packing food supplies for local pantries at the No. Texas Food Bank distribution center on Cockrell Rd. this past Sat. Some 28 Interactors, along with two faculty sponsors, Dr. Shanmugan and Mr. Kevin Bugress, packed 9 pallets of canned food (over 11,000 lbs.) in a little more than two hours-- doing their part to "take a bite out of hunger" in No. Texas. A special thanks to RCPC members- Ley (and Jan) Waggoner, Tom Swift, Scurry Johnson and Bart Noble-- for their operational and logistical expertise!
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