Rotary Club of Gibraltar: March 2012

Object of Rotary

The object of Rotary is to encourage and foster the ideal of service to the community as a basis of worthy enterprise and, in particular, to encourage and foster:

1) The development of acquaintance as an opportunity of service.
2) High ethical standards in business and professions, the recognition of worthiness of all useful occupations and the dignifying of each Rotarian's occupation as an opportunity to serve society.
3) The application of the ideal of service in each Rotarian's personal, business and community life.
4) The advancement of international understanding

Declaration of Rotarians in Businesses & Professions

The Declaration of Rotarians in Businesses & Professions was adopted by the Rotary International Council on Legislation in 1989 to provide more specific guidelines for the high ethical standards called for the the Object of Rotary.

As a Rotarian in Business or Profession I am expected to:

*Consider my vocation to be another opportunity to serve.

*Be faithful to the letter and to the spirit of the ethical codes of my vocation, to the laws of my country and to the moral standards of my community.

*Do all in my power to dignify my vocation and to promote the highest ethical standards in my chosen vocation.

*Be fair to my employer, employees, associates, competition,customers, the public and all those with whom I have a business and professional relationship.

*Recognize the honour and respect due to all occupations which are useful to society.

*Offer my vocational talents to promote opportunities for young people, to work for the relief of the special needs of others and to improve the quality of life in my community.

*Adhere to honesty in my advertising and in all my representations to the public concerning my business or profession.

*Neither seek from nor grant to a fellow Rotarian a privilege or advantage not normallyaccorded others in a business or professional relationship.

Message For Prospective Members

Rotarians are business & professional leaders who take an active role in thier communities while greatly enriching their personal & professional lives.

A Rotary Club contains a diverse group of professional & business leaders from the community that the Club serves.

Membership in a Rotary Club offers a number of benefits, including:
* effective change within the community
* advancing business & professional contacts
* developing leadership skills
* gaining an understanding of & having an impact on
international humanitarian issues through Rotary

Saturday, March 24, 2012

Fun Day Outing to Esteves Bodegas - Jerez

Saturday 24 March at 09.00 saw 13 Club Members with their 5 guests trooping through the frontier on their way for a ‘fun day’ outing to Jerez. We had an excellent tour of the Real Tesoro bodega with a very charming guide.

We were shown barrels galore, horse-drawn wagons and tack, the horses themselves, (which Jane went googoo over) and witnessed a rather strange gathering of domino players.

We then got down to the important ‘bit’ of having a taster!! This was soon followed by a buying frenzy in the shop, so some of us (well most) could re-stock the sherry and brandy content of our individual booze lockers.

Then it was all off for a long leisurely Spanish lunch in Puerto San Maria. A very enjoyable day’s outing.