RCCDO January25 Bulletin

Vol. 1 No. 23
JANUARY RI THEME: VOCATIONAL SERVICE MONTH
2018-19 RI President
Barry Rassin wants Rotary
members to Be the Inspiration

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PROGRAM
CALL TO ORDER
INVOCATION
PAMBANSANG AWIT
FELLOWSHIP
ENTERTAINMENT
ROTARY INFORMATION
SECRETARY’S REPORT
PRESIDENT’S TIME
ADJOURNMENT
PROGRAM COORDINATOR
PRES. TONYBOY FERNANDEZ
RTN JUN SARMIENTO
RTN NOEL DAJAO
TREAS. ARIEL CENIZA
PAG MANNY ALINABON
DIR. GLENN DAEL
TRF UPDATE
SEC. NEIL QUE
PRES. TONYBOY FERNANDEZ
PRES. TONYBOY FERNANDEZ
PP CALOY GOROSPE
WHAT’S INSIDE:
President's Message 5
Secretary’s Report 6
Meeting Photos 7
Be the Inspiration 8-9
5 ways to inspire through
vocational service
What Is Bitcoin 12-13
How robot taxis will change mobility
over the next 10 years
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15-16
Editorial Staff
RTN MIKE MENDOZA
Editor-In-Chief
Contributors & Members
Pres. Tonyboy Fernandez
PAG John Mark Sarraga
ANN Pres. Angelie Mae Dael
Sec. Neil Que
Dir Leony Quicoy
PD Nasali Cornelio Silava
RTN. Rey Lomarda
Dir. Gus Rodano
Did You Know 17
e pray that this meeting is
W successful, productive, and
blessed. Holy Spirit guide us during our
discussions. Give us wisdom concerning
the issues that we face. Lord, we give
You the glory for what we accomplish in
Jesus name, Amen.
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President Tonyboy Fernandez
F
ellow Rotarians: There is always a
first time. I broke my 100% attendance
because of a simple
application form which had to revised
twice in a span of a few days due
to printing errors which I never imagined
would happen. But because of stringent
rules , I had to just be patient and do it
over again until it was correct. And since
I was in Manila , I had to wait another
day to submit it. Lesson Learned . As of
this writing , I hope you are all convinced
that the Starkey Hearing
Aid project is a laudable one to accept.
When I first heard about it from Dr.
Nery of JRBMH, I immediately accepted
the chance to hear about it in a meeting
with JRBorja hospital and Starkey officials
. I was never aware of the number
of people who have an impairment to
hearing and how much each hearing aid
costs but after the briefing , PE Danny
Empedrad , Dir Leony Quicoy and I
agreed for our club to look into it as part
of the program for RY 2018-2019. The
Board has already approved the endeavour
.What makes it more laudable is the
number of targeted patients , 800 people.
With this in mind , it is our hope
that we will be able to help these 800
have a better quality of life.
This week, we will also be participating
in RYLA. We will have 2 participants who
we will send off to Malaybalay this coming
Jan 26, 2018. The host for this year’s
RYLA is the Rotary Club of Malaybalay. It
is again our hope that these two individuals
will be able to put good use their
experiences gained in the Youth camp .
We have already paid our annual dues
for the RY 2017-2018. Treas. Ariel Ceniza
informed me of this good news and
this has also been reported to Rotary
International . I am now waiting for the
acknowledgment of RI which I hope to
receive any time. For those who have
not yet fully paid your dues , please do
so as soon as possible. This will help
augment our overhead expenses which
is still quite big until June 2018. We do
not want to have a deficit turnover to
the next term.
Again , I enjoin you to join us in helping
out Rotary Foundation. We have a few
more weeks to till the Recognition Night
in the latter part of February. We need
about $ 4,900 to meet our objective
which we promised RI District Governor
Linda Deleste. So Fellow Rotarians , lets
do it! Thank you..
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Secretary Neil Ronard J. Que
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Rotarians attended last week’s
meeting as we were graced by
guests Ms. Elaine Dimayuga (speaker)
and Ms. Lovella Bastillada from Starky
Hearing Foundation. PE Danny Empedrad
also invited Colonel James Espinosa
as the meeting focused on partnership
between RCCDO, Starky Foundation,
JR Borja Hospital and the PNP on
what could potentially benefit over 800
hearing deficient recipients by the end
of 2018.
JANUARY 2018 MILESTONES
BIRTHDAYS (JAN. 22-31)
24—PP PAUL FERRER
29 –RTN JUN HIPONA
31 –ANN AIDA GONZAGA
WEDDING ANNIVERSARIES (JAN. 22-31)
25–PVP HONG & GLORIA SEE
Let us congratulate also
WIWAG Chairman Rey
Lomarda for a successful
partnership with La Salle
Academy, Iligan City for the
WIWAG Program with their
Grade 12 ABM students on
December 4-7, 2017.
Through his efforts, Chairman
Rey was awarded a
Certificate of Appreciation
by La Salle on behalf of
RCCDO. Great Job Chairman
Rey!
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PHOTO
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STRAIGHT FROM THE TOP: ROTARY.ORG
Source: Rotary.org
R
otary International Presidentelect
Barry Rassin laid out his
vision for the future of the organization
on Sunday, calling on leaders
to work for a sustainable future and to
inspire Rotarians and the community at
large.
Rassin, a member of the Rotary Club of
East Nassau, New Providence, Bahamas,
unveiled the 2018-19 presidential
theme, Be the Inspiration, to incoming
district governors at Rotary’s International
Assembly in San Diego, California,
USA. “I want you to inspire in your clubs,
your Rotarians, that desire for something
greater. The drive to do more, to be
more, to create something that will live
beyond each of us.”
Rassin stressed the power of Rotary’s
new vision statement, “Together, we see
a world where people unite and take
action to create lasting change — across
the globe, in our communities, and in
ourselves.” This describes the Rotary
that leaders must help build, he said.
To achieve this vision, the presidentelect
said, Rotarians must take care of
the organization: “We are a membership
organization first. And if we want to be
able to serve, if we want to succeed in
our goals — we have to take care of our
members first.”
Rassin asked the incoming district governors
to “inspire the club presidents, and
the Rotarians in your districts, to want to
change. To want to do more. To want to
reach their own potential. It’s your job to
motivate them — and help them find
their own way forward.”
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Progress on polio
Rassin noted that one source of inspiration
has been Rotary’s work to eradicate
polio. He described the incredible progress
made over the past three decades.
In 1988, an estimated 350,000 people
were paralyzed by the wild poliovirus;
just 20 cases were reported in 2017 as
of 27 December. “We are at an incredibly
exciting time for polio eradication,”
he said, “a point at which each new case
of polio could very well be the last.”
He emphasized that even when that last
case of polio is recorded, the work won’t
be finished. “Polio won’t be over, until
the certifying commission says it’s
over—when not one poliovirus has been
found, in a river, in a sewer, or in a paralyzed
child, for at least three years,” he
said. “Until then, we have to keep doing
everything we’re doing now.” He urged
continued dedication to immunization
and disease surveillance programs.
Sustaining the environment
Rotary has focused heavily on sustainability
in its humanitarian work in recent
years. Now, Rassin said, Rotarians must
acknowledge some hard realities about
pollution, environmental degradation,
and climate change. He noted that 80
percent of his own country is within one
meter of sea level. With sea levels projected
to rise two meters by 2100, he
said, “my country is going to be gone in
50 years, along with most of the islands
in the Caribbean and coastal cities and
low-lying areas all over the world.”
their communities. “We want the good
we do to last. We want to make the
world a better place. Not just here, not
just for us, but everywhere, for everyone,
for generations.”
Barry Rassin, of the Rotary Club of
East Nassau, New Providence, Bahamas,
has earned an MBA in health and hospital
administration from the University of
Florida and is the first fellow of the
American College of Healthcare Executives
in the Bahamas. He recently retired
after 37 years as president of Doctors
Hospital Health System, where he continues
to serve as an adviser. He is a
lifetime member of the American Hospital
Association and has served on several
boards, including the Quality Council of
the Bahamas, Health Education Council,
and Employer’s Confederation.
A Rotarian since 1980, Rassin has served
Rotary as director and is vice chair of
The Rotary Foundation Board of Trustees.
He was an RI training leader and
the aide to 2015-16 RI President K.R.
Ravindran.
Rassin received Rotary's highest honor,
the Service Above Self Award, as well as
other humanitarian awards for his work
leading Rotary’s relief efforts in Haiti after
the 2010 earthquake there. He and
his wife, Esther, are Major Donors and
Benefactors of The Rotary Foundation.
Rassin’s nomination follows Sam F.
Owori’s death in July 2017, just two
weeks into his term as Rotary International
president-elect.
Rassin urged leaders to look at all of
Rotary’s service as part of a larger global
system. He said that this means the incoming
district governors must be an
inspiration not only to clubs, but also to
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5 ways to inspire
through
vocational
service
By Rotary Service and Engagement Staff
V
ocational Service calls on us to
empower others by using our
unique skills and expertise to
address community needs and help others
discover new professional opportunities
and interests. January is Rotary’s
Vocational Service Month, a great time
to leverage vocational service in your
club projects and activities.
Here are five ways you can incorporate
vocational service in your club activities:
Host a club meeting at your work place
and share about your profession; take
time to learn about fellow members’
occupations.
Use your skills and expertise to serve a
community.
Practice your profession with integrity,
and inspire others to behave ethically
through your words and actions.
Work with local businesses to create
mentorship, internship, or practicum
opportunities to help young people
achieve their career goals.
Guide and encourage others in their
professional development.
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Below are some examples of clubs taking
action around the world:
Members from the Rotary Club of
Melbourne Park in Australia come
from a variety of vocational backgrounds.
Not only do they utilize their
skills within the club, but they also have
something to offer to a wider audience.
They started the ‘Rotary Skillshare’ series
with their Past President Jason
Reynolds, who owns a financial advisory
business and offered to conduct a series
of presentations designed to help club
members make smart choices when
confronted with financial decisions. The
club hopes to continue the series, highlighting
a different club member’s profession
to learn from their expertise.
The Rotary Club of Kakuri-
Kaduna in Nigeria organized a career
guidance and entrepreneur workshop
for students from their local secondary
school. Students were surveyed beforehand
for insight on their future career
goals. Various speakers from different
walks of life met with students to discuss
their future plans.
The Front Royal Rotary Club in the
United States partners with the local
Chamber of Commerce to put together
an ethics workshop for high school seniors
in which they are presented seven
ethical dilemmas and have to determine
the best route to solve each of issue.
The Rotary Club of Bangalore Vijayanagar
in India started a vocational
training center offering computer training
and tailored classes to help low income
and unemployed men and women
gain skills to become independent and
self-sufficient.

By: SUE MARQUETTE POREMBA
Y
ou've probably heard a lot about
Bitcoin lately. The digital currency's
price rose astronomically in
2017, going from less than $1,000 in
March to a peak of more than $19,000
in mid-December. Other so-called
"cryptocurrencies" based on Bitcoin have
had similarly shaped trajectories.
What is Bitcoin?
Bitcoin is a decentralized, digital-only
currency. It has no central monetary
authority. Instead, a peer-to-peer computer
network keeps track of Bitcoin
transactions and creates additional
bitcoins through a process called
"mining."
Bitcoin users and their transactions are
pseudonymous; there are no international
exchange rates to figure out, and
there's no need for middlemen to collect
fees.
Bitcoin was created in 2009, in the wake
of the near-collapse of the global financial
establishment and soon after an individual
or group using the name
"Satoshi Nakamoto" posted a paper
online discussing the idea of a decentralized
digital currency free from interference
by governments and financial institutions.
Nakamoto created the online
bookkeeping system to record and track
Bitcoin transactions and mined the first
bitcoins.
The software to create, track, hold and
exchange bitcoins is open-source, so it
can be used for free.
What is the Bitcoin exchange rate?
When Bitcoin was first released in 2009,
one bitcoin wasn't worth much. A single
U.S. dollar could buy more than 1,300
bitcoins. As Bitcoin became more popular
internationally, speculation caused
the value of a single bitcoin to soar to
$260 in early April 2013.
Several cyberattacks caused the value to
plummet to about $50 later that month
in a wave of panic selling. But in November
2013, the rate skyrocketed to about
$1,200 due to Chinese speculation. At
that point, the Chinese central bank took
steps to prevent domestic trading in
Bitcoin.
For most of 2015, Bitcoin traded be-
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tween $200 and $400, but in mid-2016,
the exchange rate began to move again,
increasing rapidly over the following 18
months to peak at about $19,000 in mid
-December 2017.
As of this writing, in January 2018, one
bitcoin is worth about $10,000, quite a
change from a few years ago and following
a volatile ride in the previous few
months. Its fluctuations are due, in part,
to its capped amount of 21 million individual
bitcoins and to its perceived value
on the market.
How do you buy bitcoins?
Anyone can buy bitcoins. You'll first
need to set up a Bitcoin wallet, either on
a computer you control or with an online
Bitcoin service. Some of the most popular
services are Coinbase (perhaps the
best wallet for beginners), Mycelium and
Electrum. You can also find Bitcoin wallet
apps in the iTunes App Store or
Google Play. Most of these services will
walk you through the process of setting
up your wallet.
Then you'll work through a broker to
buy Bitcoin. Coinbase, again, is a good
starting point for beginners, but other
brokers include CEX, GDAX and Poloniex.
You then use a credit card, debit
card or bank transfer to make the purchase.
What is Bitcoin mining?
Bitcoins can be purchased using real
money, but they can also be generated
or "mined." Users generate bitcoins by
having their computers solve difficult
mathematical algorithms that help verify
the creation of new bitcoins in the blockchain
— the encrypted ledger that records
and registers all Bitcoin activity —
and the transfer of bitcoins between users.
The algorithms become progressively
more difficult over time.
The total number of bitcoins that can
ever be mined is 21 million. The cap prevents
anyone from flooding the market
and devaluing the bitcoins already in
circulation. According to Blockchain.info,
which provides real-time updates on
bitcoins, at the beginning of 2018, there
were just shy of 17 billion bitcoins in
existence, or about 80 percent of the
total number possible. The projected
date by which all 21 million bitcoins will
have been mined is 2040.
What can you buy with Bitcoin?
Because of the built-in pseudonymity,
bitcoins are often used for illicit activity.
However, many legitimate businesses,
ranging from hotels to electronic stores,
accept bitcoins. Here is a partial list of
companies that accept Bitcoin as payment
as of January 2018:
Dish Network
Expedia
Golden Gate Hotel & Casino (Las Vegas)
Microsoft
Newegg
OkCupid
Overstock
Reeds Jewelers
Reddit
Roadway Moving Company
Subway
Zynga
There is also speculation that Amazon
may soon accept Bitcoin, but that's only
a rumor for now.
About the Author: SUE MARQUETTE POREMBA
Sue Marquette Poremba is a security and technology
writer based in Central Pennsylvania.
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How robot taxis will change mobility
over the next 10 years
Source: https://www.weforum.org/
A
silent revolution is arriving on
our streets. Before too long, commuters
will use their mobiles to
summon fully autonomous robot taxis.
These will collect them from home and
drive them to the closest metro station,
from where they can catch a train to
work in the city centre. These zeroemission
vehicles will be electric, powered
by solar or wind generation. We
believe this transformation is just around
the corner. It promises to change the
mobility market, and much more.
Within the next five years, cities will
begin to transform their transit systems,
to tackle the twin challenges of congestion
and climate change. By using autonomous
taxis with significantly higher capacity
and usage rates, and integrated
with traffic optimization systems, cities
could reduce the number of cars on their
streets by more than 40%.
In an optimistic scenario, a city like Berlin
could use robot taxis to carry up to
60% of its passengers. Changes like this
would bring clean, affordable and secure
mobility to city residents.
A more likely scenario sees autonomous
vehicles making up 2% of new vehicle
sales globally by 2025, rising to 8% by
2030. If the cost of self-driving cars falls
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faster, and cities introduce new mobility
systems more quickly, autonomous vehicles
could make up 30% or more of
the market by 2030.
Policies and investment
Legislation will be a critical enabler in
this transformation, as cities and countries
make strong commitments to reduce
carbon emissions. Regulations will
increase pressure on internal combustion
engine (ICE) vehicles, creating incentives
for zero-emission cars such as
battery-powered electric vehicles (EVs).
Some cities will ban ICEs from their
most congested districts, and could restrict
these areas to shared vehicles.
These regulatory changes will pave the
way for greater use of electric, autonomous
taxis.
At the same time, automotive and technology
companies are investing substantially
in the software and hardware
required for full automation of urban
mobility (levels 4 and 5 of the Society of
Automotive Engineers’ scale). Some
companies are already piloting autonomous
vehicles in cooperative cities.
Waymo, a subsidiary of Alphabet, has
logged four million self-driven miles.
General Motors is also embracing the

opportunity. It forecasts a substantial
increase of revenue generated for GM
over a car’s lifetime. Daimler’s acquisition
of mytaxi, an app-based mobility
company, underscores the importance
of platforms in this new ecosystem.
Consumer behaviour is also evolving, as
younger people show less appetite to
own and drive cars. Car ownership has
fallen since 2000 in some countries. Urbanization
is also an important factor, as
commuters seek alternative and integrated
means of transportation. This
further favours the emergence of robot
taxis.
Car manufacturers are preparing for this
transformation. They recognize that it
will shift some of the profit pool from
manufacturing to technologies and services,
including batteries, mobility services,
and software that drives cars and
manages mobility networks. As they
expand their businesses to become mobility
service providers, car companies
will manage and maintain large fleets of
robot taxis.
Electricity suppliers will see fleets of electric
vehicles as another decentralized and
digitalized energy resource, capable of
providing flexible power that can flatten
demand peaks and reduce infrastructure
investments. These companies will also
play an important role in supplying ultrafast
charging stations and managing the
energy of buildings and microgrids connected
to EV fleets.
Finally, technology companies such as
Uber, Lyft and Didi have accepted heavy
losses to position themselves at the front
of mobility services, as either platform
owners or robot taxi fleet operators.
They will continue to compete to gain
market share.
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HONORARY MEMBERSHIP
“H
onorary” is one of the two types
of membership a person may
have in a Rotary Club. This type of membership
is the highest distinction a Rotary
Club can confer and is exercised only
in exceptional cases to recognize an individual
for unusual service and contributions
to Rotary and society. Honorary
members cannot propose new members
to the club, do not hold office and are
exempt from attendance requirements
and club dues. Many distinguished heads
of state, explorers, authors, musicians,
astronauts and other public personalities
have been honorary members of Rotary
Clubs, including King Gustaf of Sweden,
King George VI of England, King Badouin
of Belgium, King Hassan III of Morocco,
Sir Winston Churchill, humanitarian Albert
Schweitzer, Charles Lindbergh, composer
Jean Sibelius, explorer Sir Edmund
Hillary, Thor Heyerdahl, Thomas Edison,
Walt Disney, Bob Hope, Dr. Albert Sabin,
British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher
and many of the presidents of the United
States. Truly, those selected for honorary
membership are those who have
done much to further the ideals of Rotary.
PAST SERVICE MEMBERSHIP
A past service member is a retired person
who is not yet qualified for senior
active membership. One way a person
can become a past service member is
by being an active member and retiring
from his or her business or profession.
The Rotary club may also elect to past
service membership a retired executive
or professional who would have qualified
for active membership when employed.
In the latter case, there is no
former classification associated with
the individual. Despite a common misperception,
a senior active member can
never become a past service member.
RULE OF 85
The so-called “Rule of 85” is alive and
well, although modified by the 2010
Council on Legislation. It is hard to find
because it is not officially called the
“Rule of 85”, nor a type of Rotary
membership (“Active” or “Honorary”
are the only two) – it is merely a provision
listed under “excused absences” in
the Standard Rotary Club Constitution.
It provides that if a members combined
age and years of service equal 85 years
or greater, they are at least age 65,
and they ask to be excused, then they
are excused. Additionally, they don’t
count against the club’s attendance
figures.
Example: Member John Doe will be 65
in June 2015 and he will have 20 years
of service in October 2015. This qualifies
him for exclusion from attendance
starting in October 2015. This will not
affect his or her membership status in
any way, but will simply allow the Club
Attendance Secretary to exclude him
from the attendance percent if he does
not make a meeting. However, if he
attends a meeting he should be counted
toward your overall percentage.
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